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Help! is the fifth U.K. album and tenth U.S. album by The Beatles
The Beatles

The Beatles were a rock music and pop music band from Liverpool, England that formed in 1960. During their career, the group primarily consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr ....
, and the soundtrack album from their film of the same name
Help! (film)

Help! is a 1965 film starring The Beatles and featuring Leo McKern, Eleanor Bron, Victor Spinetti, John Bluthal, Roy Kinnear and Patrick Cargill....
. Produced by George Martin
George Martin

Sir George Henry Martin Order of the British Empire is a United Kingdom record producer, arrangement and composer. He is sometimes referred to as "the Fifth Beatle"?a title that he owes to his work as producer or co-producer of all of The Beatles' original records as well as playing piano on some of The Beatles tracks?and is considered one o...
 for EMI
EMI

The EMI Group is a United Kingdom music company comprising the major record label EMI Music ? which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in London, England, United Kingdom ? and EMI Music Publishing, based in New York City....
's Parlophone
Parlophone

Parlophone is a record label, founded in Germany in 1896 in music by the Carl Lindstr?m Company. The ? trademark is a German L, for Lindstr?m....
 Records, the album (in its original British form) contains seven songs that appeared in the film Help!
Help! (film)

Help! is a 1965 film starring The Beatles and featuring Leo McKern, Eleanor Bron, Victor Spinetti, John Bluthal, Roy Kinnear and Patrick Cargill....
, and seven that did not, including the singles "Help!
Help! (song)

"Help!" is a song by The Beatles that served as the title song for both the album Help! and the film Help! . It was also released as a single, and was #1 for three weeks in both the USA and UK....
" and "Ticket to Ride
Ticket to Ride

"Ticket to Ride" is a song by The Beatles from their 1965 album, Help! . It was recorded 15 February 1965 at Abbey Road Studios and released two months later....
".

The album also features the Paul McCartney ballad "Yesterday
Yesterday (song)

"Yesterday" is a pop music song originally recorded by The Beatles for their 1965 album Help! . According to the Guinness Book of Records, "Yesterday" has the most cover versions of any song ever written....
". Tracks like Lennon's "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away

"You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" is a song by The Beatles. It was written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon/McCartney, and first appeared on the album Help! in August 1965....
" indicate the influence of Bob Dylan and folk music
Folk music

Folk music can have a number of different meanings, including:* Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous with the term "Traditional music", also often including World Music and Roots music; the term "Traditional music" was given its more specific meaning to distinguish it from the other definition...
.






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Help! is the fifth U.K. album and tenth U.S. album by The Beatles
The Beatles

The Beatles were a rock music and pop music band from Liverpool, England that formed in 1960. During their career, the group primarily consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr ....
, and the soundtrack album from their film of the same name
Help! (film)

Help! is a 1965 film starring The Beatles and featuring Leo McKern, Eleanor Bron, Victor Spinetti, John Bluthal, Roy Kinnear and Patrick Cargill....
. Produced by George Martin
George Martin

Sir George Henry Martin Order of the British Empire is a United Kingdom record producer, arrangement and composer. He is sometimes referred to as "the Fifth Beatle"?a title that he owes to his work as producer or co-producer of all of The Beatles' original records as well as playing piano on some of The Beatles tracks?and is considered one o...
 for EMI
EMI

The EMI Group is a United Kingdom music company comprising the major record label EMI Music ? which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in London, England, United Kingdom ? and EMI Music Publishing, based in New York City....
's Parlophone
Parlophone

Parlophone is a record label, founded in Germany in 1896 in music by the Carl Lindstr?m Company. The ? trademark is a German L, for Lindstr?m....
 Records, the album (in its original British form) contains seven songs that appeared in the film Help!
Help! (film)

Help! is a 1965 film starring The Beatles and featuring Leo McKern, Eleanor Bron, Victor Spinetti, John Bluthal, Roy Kinnear and Patrick Cargill....
, and seven that did not, including the singles "Help!
Help! (song)

"Help!" is a song by The Beatles that served as the title song for both the album Help! and the film Help! . It was also released as a single, and was #1 for three weeks in both the USA and UK....
" and "Ticket to Ride
Ticket to Ride

"Ticket to Ride" is a song by The Beatles from their 1965 album, Help! . It was recorded 15 February 1965 at Abbey Road Studios and released two months later....
".

The album also features the Paul McCartney ballad "Yesterday
Yesterday (song)

"Yesterday" is a pop music song originally recorded by The Beatles for their 1965 album Help! . According to the Guinness Book of Records, "Yesterday" has the most cover versions of any song ever written....
". Tracks like Lennon's "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away

"You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" is a song by The Beatles. It was written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon/McCartney, and first appeared on the album Help! in August 1965....
" indicate the influence of Bob Dylan and folk music
Folk music

Folk music can have a number of different meanings, including:* Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous with the term "Traditional music", also often including World Music and Roots music; the term "Traditional music" was given its more specific meaning to distinguish it from the other definition...
. Also tracks like I've Just Seen a Face
I've Just Seen a Face

"I've Just Seen a Face" is a song by The Beatles. It appears on their 1965 UK album Help! . But in the United States, this song, along with "It's Only Love", appears on the Rubber Soul album....
 the Beatles' sound truly matured into an eclecticism that started to reach beyond the bounds of what had previously been considered rock music. Several songs on 1964's Beatles for Sale, as well as "I'll Cry Instead
I'll Cry Instead

"I'll Cry Instead" is a John Lennon composition credited to Lennon/McCartney, and recorded by The Beatles for the soundtrack to their film A Hard Day's Night ....
" from A Hard Day's Night
A Hard Day's Night (album)

A Hard Day's Night is the third U.K. album by The Beatles, released on 10 July 1964 as the soundtrack to their first A Hard Day's Night . The album, their fourth U.S....
, had leaned in a country and western direction. But "I've Just Seen a Face" was almost pure country, taken at such a fast tempo that it might have been bluegrass if not for the absence of banjo and fiddle. In later years, Lennon said that the title track of the album was a sincere cry for help, as the pressures of the Beatles' fame and his own unhappiness (what he later called his "fat Elvis
Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley was an United Statesn singer, actor, and musician. A cultural icon, he is commonly known simply as "Elvis", and is also sometimes referred to as "List of honorific titles in popular music" or "The King"....
" period) began to build, and that he regretted turning it from a downbeat song in the style of Roy Orbison
Roy Orbison

Roy Kelton Orbison was an influential Grammy Award-winning United States singer-songwriter, guitarist and a pioneer of rock and roll whose recording career spanned more than four decades....
's "Only the Lonely
Only the Lonely

"Only the Lonely " is a 1960 in music song written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson. Recorded by Orbison, it became his first major hit. As an operatic rock 'n' roll ballad, it was a sound unheard of at the time, described by the New York Times as expressing "a clenched, driven urgency"....
" to an upbeat pop song as a result of commercial pressures.

George Harrison
George Harrison

George Harrison Order of the British Empire was an English Rock music guitarist, singer-songwriter and film producer. He achieved international fame as lead guitarist in The Beatles, and is listed number 21 in Rolling Stone Magazine's list of "The 100 Best Guitarists of All Time"....
 contributed "I Need You" and "You Like Me Too Much
You Like Me Too Much

"You Like Me Too Much" is a song by The Beatles written by George Harrison. It was recorded on 17 February 1965. It was first released on the Help! album in the United Kingdom and on Beatles VI in the United States, both in 1965 ....
". These were Harrison's first song compositions to be included on a The Beatles album since "Don't Bother Me
Don't Bother Me

"Don't Bother Me" is the first song written by George Harrison to appear on an album by The Beatles. It originally appeared on the group's With the Beatles album in the United Kingdom, 1963 in music, and on their Meet the Beatles! album in the United States, 1964 in music....
", from 1963's With The Beatles
With the Beatles

With The Beatles is The Beatles' second UK album, recorded four months after the band's first album and released on 22 November 1963.The album features eight original compositions and six covers, mostly of Motown and Rhythm and blues hits....
.

In 2003, the album was ranked number 332 on Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is a United States-based magazine devoted to music, politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J....
 magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time
The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time

The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time is the cover story of a special issue of Rolling Stone magazine published in November 2003.Related news articles:* The list was based on the votes of 273 rock musicians, critics and industry figures, each of whom submitted a weighted list of 50 albums....
.

Album cover

The album cover features the group with their arms positioned to spell out a word in flag semaphore
Flag semaphore

Modern semaphore The newer flag semaphore system uses two short poles with square flags, which a signalman holds in different positions to signal letters of the alphabet and numbers....
. According to cover photographer Robert Freeman
Robert Freeman (photographer)

Robert Freeman is a celebrated photographer and designer, most famous for his album cover photos for the The Beatles and his design work on the end credit sequences of their first two films and the related film posters and advertising materials....
, "I had the idea of semaphore spelling out the letters HELP. But when we came to do the shot the arrangement of the arms with those letters didn't look good. So we decided to improvise and ended up with the best graphic positioning of the arms."

On the British Parlophone
Parlophone

Parlophone is a record label, founded in Germany in 1896 in music by the Carl Lindstr?m Company. The ? trademark is a German L, for Lindstr?m....
 release, the letters formed by The Beatles appear to be 'NUJV', whilst the slightly re-arranged U. S. release on Capitol Records
Capitol Records

Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label owned by EMI and located in Hollywood, California and New York City as part of Capitol Music Group....
 appeared to feature the letters 'NVUJ'.

The following semaphore characters show the correct spelling of 'HELP'.

CD release

The album was released on CD in 1987, using the 14-song UK track lineup. Having been available only as an import in the US in the past, the 14 track UK version of the album was also issued domestically in the US on LP and cassette on July 21, 1987. As with the CD release of the 1965 Rubber Soul
Rubber Soul

Rubber Soul is the sixth U.K. studio album and the eleventh U.S. release by the UK rock music band The Beatles. Released in December 1965, and produced by George Martin, Rubber Soul was recorded in just over four weeks to make the Christmas market....
 album, the Help! CD featured a contemporary stereo digital remix of the album prepared by George Martin. One of the mostable changes is the echo added to Dizzy Miss Lizzy, something that was not evident on the original mix of the LP. A few Canadian-origin CD editions of Rubber Soul
Rubber Soul

Rubber Soul is the sixth U.K. studio album and the eleventh U.S. release by the UK rock music band The Beatles. Released in December 1965, and produced by George Martin, Rubber Soul was recorded in just over four weeks to make the Christmas market....
 and Help! use the original mix of the album, presumably by error.

Track listing

All songs by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Lennon/McCartney

File:Lennon-McCartney.JPGThe songwriting partnership of John Lennon and Paul McCartney, usually referred to as Lennon/McCartney, is one of the best-known and most successful musical and cultural collaborations of all time....
, except where noted.

Side one

All songs on side one appear in the movie.
  1. "Help!
    Help! (song)

    "Help!" is a song by The Beatles that served as the title song for both the album Help! and the film Help! . It was also released as a single, and was #1 for three weeks in both the USA and UK....
    " – 2:18
  2. "The Night Before
    The Night Before

    "The Night Before" is a song by The Beatles from the album Help! . It was written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon/McCartney. The song is performed on the Salisbury Plain in the second Beatles film, Help! ....
    " – 2:33
  3. "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
    You've Got to Hide Your Love Away

    "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" is a song by The Beatles. It was written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon/McCartney, and first appeared on the album Help! in August 1965....
    " – 2:08
  4. "I Need You" (George Harrison
    George Harrison

    George Harrison Order of the British Empire was an English Rock music guitarist, singer-songwriter and film producer. He achieved international fame as lead guitarist in The Beatles, and is listed number 21 in Rolling Stone Magazine's list of "The 100 Best Guitarists of All Time"....
    ) – 2:28
  5. "Another Girl
    Another Girl

    "Another Girl" is a song by the the Beatles released in 1965 on the album Help! . The song was written by Paul McCartney but credited to Lennon/McCartney....
    " – 2:05
  6. "You're Going to Lose That Girl
    You're Going to Lose That Girl

    "You're Going to Lose That Girl" is a song by the Beatles from the album Help! , written mainly by John Lennon for the film Help! . Capitol Records originally titled the song "You're Gonna Lose That Girl" in the United States....
    " – 2:17
  7. "Ticket to Ride
    Ticket to Ride

    "Ticket to Ride" is a song by The Beatles from their 1965 album, Help! . It was recorded 15 February 1965 at Abbey Road Studios and released two months later....
    " – 3:10


Side two

  1. "Act Naturally
    Act Naturally

    "Act Naturally" is a song written by Johnny Russell and Voni Morrison, originally recorded by Buck Owens and the Buckaroos, whose version reached number 1 on the Billboard Country Singles chart in 1963 in music, his first chart-topper....
    " (Johnny Russell
    Johnny Russell

    John Bright "Johnny" Russell was an United States country music singer, songwriter, and comedian famous for his song Act Naturally, which was made famous by Buck Owens, who recorded it in 1963, and The Beatles in 1965....
    , Voni Morrison) – 2:29
  2. "It's Only Love
    It's Only Love

    "It's Only Love" is a song written mostly by John Lennon, and credited to John Lennon and Paul McCartney. It was first released by The Beatles in 1965, on the Help! album in the UK, and on the Rubber Soul album in the US....
    " – 1:54
  3. "You Like Me Too Much
    You Like Me Too Much

    "You Like Me Too Much" is a song by The Beatles written by George Harrison. It was recorded on 17 February 1965. It was first released on the Help! album in the United Kingdom and on Beatles VI in the United States, both in 1965 ....
    " (George Harrison
    George Harrison

    George Harrison Order of the British Empire was an English Rock music guitarist, singer-songwriter and film producer. He achieved international fame as lead guitarist in The Beatles, and is listed number 21 in Rolling Stone Magazine's list of "The 100 Best Guitarists of All Time"....
    ) – 2:35
  4. "Tell Me What You See
    Tell Me What You See

    "Tell Me What You See" is a The Beatles song that first appeared on their UK album Help! and the US album Beatles VI. As with all Beatles compositions by either of the two, the song is credited to Lennon/McCartney, although it was written mainly by Paul McCartney....
    " – 2:36
  5. "I've Just Seen a Face
    I've Just Seen a Face

    "I've Just Seen a Face" is a song by The Beatles. It appears on their 1965 UK album Help! . But in the United States, this song, along with "It's Only Love", appears on the Rubber Soul album....
    " – 2:04
  6. "Yesterday
    Yesterday (song)

    "Yesterday" is a pop music song originally recorded by The Beatles for their 1965 album Help! . According to the Guinness Book of Records, "Yesterday" has the most cover versions of any song ever written....
    " – 2:03
  7. "Dizzy Miss Lizzy
    Dizzy Miss Lizzy

    "Dizzy Miss Lizzy" is a song composed and sung by Larry Williams in 1958.The song has been covered many times, including ? most famously ? by the Beatles on the 1965 in music Help! album, though the recording was initially intended for the 1965 American Beatles compilation Beatles VI along with the Larry Williams cover "Bad Boy ",...
    " (Larry Williams
    Larry Williams

    Larry Williams was an United States rhythm and blues and rock and roll singer, songwriter and pianist from New Orleans, Louisiana, Louisiana. Williams is best known for writing and sound recording and reproduction some rock and roll Traditional pop musics from 1957 to 1959 for Specialty Records, including "Short Fat Fannie", "Bony Moronie" a...
    ) – 2:53


Rejected songs

A few songs that were intended for the film were not used because of the Beatles' suggestions. Lennon and McCartney wrote "If You've Got Trouble
If You've Got Trouble

"If You've Got Trouble" is a song written by Lennon/McCartney....
" for Ringo Starr
Ringo Starr

Richard Starkey Order of the British Empire , better known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an England musician, singer-songwriter and actor, best known as the drummer for The Beatles....
 to sing, but he hated it. McCartney's "That Means a Lot
That Means a Lot

"That Means a Lot" was an unreleased The Beatles song, recorded in 1965. It was originally to be included on the album Help! , but both John Lennon and Paul McCartney disliked the track, and so it was kept off....
" was not used because he thought it was not recorded perfectly. Lennon had the same opinion about his "Yes It Is
Yes It Is

"Yes It Is" is a 1965 in music The Beatles Single credited to John Lennon and Paul McCartney which was first released as the A-side and B-side to "Ticket to Ride"....
", but the song ended up as the B-side of "Ticket to Ride
Ticket to Ride

"Ticket to Ride" is a song by The Beatles from their 1965 album, Help! . It was recorded 15 February 1965 at Abbey Road Studios and released two months later....
". "You Like Me Too Much
You Like Me Too Much

"You Like Me Too Much" is a song by The Beatles written by George Harrison. It was recorded on 17 February 1965. It was first released on the Help! album in the United Kingdom and on Beatles VI in the United States, both in 1965 ....
" and "Tell Me What You See
Tell Me What You See

"Tell Me What You See" is a The Beatles song that first appeared on their UK album Help! and the US album Beatles VI. As with all Beatles compositions by either of the two, the song is credited to Lennon/McCartney, although it was written mainly by Paul McCartney....
" were rejected for use in the film by Richard Lester
Richard Lester

Richard Lester is an American-born British-based film director famous for his work with The Beatles in the 1960s....
, though they did appear on the album.

Much later, in June 1965, the song "Wait
Wait (song)

"Wait" is a song recorded by The Beatles, from their 1965 album Rubber Soul. The songwriting credit is Lennon/McCartney, and is a real joint effort between the two .....
" was recorded for the album. However, all four Beatles thought the song was rather dull. "Wait" ended up on the album Rubber Soul
Rubber Soul

Rubber Soul is the sixth U.K. studio album and the eleventh U.S. release by the UK rock music band The Beatles. Released in December 1965, and produced by George Martin, Rubber Soul was recorded in just over four weeks to make the Christmas market....
 when there were not enough songs to be put on the album for a Christmas release.

United States release


The U. S. version, the band's eighth Capitol Records
Capitol Records

Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label owned by EMI and located in Hollywood, California and New York City as part of Capitol Music Group....
's release and tenth overall, includes the songs in the film plus selections from the orchestral score composed by Ken Thorne
Ken Thorne

Kenneth Thorne is an Academy Award-winning British-American television and film score composer....
 and performed by the George Martin Orchestra, which contains one of the first uses of the Indian sitar
Sitar

The sitar is a plucked stringed instrument. It uses sympathetic strings along with a long hollow neck and a gourd resonance chamber to produce a very rich sound with complex harmonic resonance....
 on a pop album. Ticket To Ride
Ticket to Ride

"Ticket to Ride" is a song by The Beatles from their 1965 album, Help! . It was recorded 15 February 1965 at Abbey Road Studios and released two months later....
 is the only song on the US release in duophonic
Duophonic

*In synthesizers, capable of sounding two voices, or notes, at a time. Compare: monophonic , polyphonic.*Duophonic is also a term used to refer to a sound process by which a monaural recording is turned into a kind of "fake stereo" by splitting the signal into two channels, delaying the left and the right channels by means of delay lines an...
 stereo (also known as "fake stereo") reprocessed from the mono mix. This album is available on CD as part of The Capitol Albums, Volume 2
The Capitol Albums, Volume 2

The Capitol Albums, Volume 2 is a box set compilation album composed of The Beatles' 1965 United States Capitol Records releases. The set, which contains stereophonic sound and monaural versions of all 92 tracks was announced on 2006-03-22....
 box set.

Track listing

All tracks written by Lennon-McCartney, except where noted.

Side one
  1. "Help!
    Help! (song)

    "Help!" is a song by The Beatles that served as the title song for both the album Help! and the film Help! . It was also released as a single, and was #1 for three weeks in both the USA and UK....
    " (preceded by Ken Thorne
    Ken Thorne

    Kenneth Thorne is an Academy Award-winning British-American television and film score composer....
    's James Bond Theme
    James Bond Theme

    The "'James Bond Theme'" is the main signature theme music of the James Bond films and is featured in every EON Productions#James Bond series 007 film since Dr....
     instrumental arrangement)
  2. "The Night Before
    The Night Before

    "The Night Before" is a song by The Beatles from the album Help! . It was written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon/McCartney. The song is performed on the Salisbury Plain in the second Beatles film, Help! ....
    "
  3. "From Me to You
    From Me to You

    "From Me to You" is a song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and released by The Beatles as a single in 1963. The single was the Beatles' first number one in some of the United Kingdom charts, second in others, but failed to make an impact in the United States at the time of its initial release....
     Fantasy" (instrumental) (Lennon-McCartney; arranged by Ken Thorne
    Ken Thorne

    Kenneth Thorne is an Academy Award-winning British-American television and film score composer....
    )
  4. "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
    You've Got to Hide Your Love Away

    "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" is a song by The Beatles. It was written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon/McCartney, and first appeared on the album Help! in August 1965....
    "
  5. "I Need You" (George Harrison)
  6. "In the Tyrol" (instrumental) (Ken Thorne
    Ken Thorne

    Kenneth Thorne is an Academy Award-winning British-American television and film score composer....
    )


Side two
  1. "Another Girl
    Another Girl

    "Another Girl" is a song by the the Beatles released in 1965 on the album Help! . The song was written by Paul McCartney but credited to Lennon/McCartney....
    "
  2. "Another Hard Day's Night" (instrumental) (Lennon-McCartney; arranged by Ken Thorne
    Ken Thorne

    Kenneth Thorne is an Academy Award-winning British-American television and film score composer....
    )
  3. "Ticket to Ride
    Ticket to Ride

    "Ticket to Ride" is a song by The Beatles from their 1965 album, Help! . It was recorded 15 February 1965 at Abbey Road Studios and released two months later....
    "
  4. Medley: "The Bitter End" (Ken Thorne
    Ken Thorne

    Kenneth Thorne is an Academy Award-winning British-American television and film score composer....
    )/"You Can't Do That
    You Can't Do That

    "You Can't Do That" is a song recorded by The Beatles credited to Lennon / McCartney although it was wholly composed by John Lennon."You Can't Do That" was recorded on Tuesday, 25 February 1964, in Abbey Road Studios in London, and initially released as the B-side of The Beatles' single "Can't Buy Me Love....
    " (instrumental) (Lennon-McCartney; arranged by Ken Thorne
    Ken Thorne

    Kenneth Thorne is an Academy Award-winning British-American television and film score composer....
    )
  5. "You're Gonna Lose That Girl" (as titled by Capitol Records)
  6. "The Chase" (instrumental) (Ken Thorne
    Ken Thorne

    Kenneth Thorne is an Academy Award-winning British-American television and film score composer....
    )


Personnel


According to Mark Lewisohn
Mark Lewisohn

Mark Lewisohn is an English author and historian, regarded as the world's leading authority on The Beatles ....
 and Allan W. Pollack.

  • John Lennon
    John Lennon

    John Winston Ono Lennon, Order of the British Empire was an English Rock music musician, singer, songwriter, artist, and peace activist who gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles....
    : lead, harmony and background vocals; rhythm and acoustic guitars; electric piano and Hammond organ; percussion.
  • Paul McCartney
    Paul McCartney

    Sir James Paul McCartney Member of the Order of the British Empire is a multiple Grammy Award-winning England singer-songwriter, poet, composer, multi-instrumentalist, entrepreneur, record producer, film producer, Painting, and Animal rights....
    : lead, harmony and background vocals; lead, acoustic and bass guitars; electric and acoustic piano and guiro.
  • George Harrison
    George Harrison

    George Harrison Order of the British Empire was an English Rock music guitarist, singer-songwriter and film producer. He achieved international fame as lead guitarist in The Beatles, and is listed number 21 in Rolling Stone Magazine's list of "The 100 Best Guitarists of All Time"....
    : lead and background vocals; lead, rhythm and acoustic guitars; percussion.
  • Ringo Starr
    Ringo Starr

    Richard Starkey Order of the British Empire , better known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an England musician, singer-songwriter and actor, best known as the drummer for The Beatles....
    : drums, percussion, lead vocals and backing vocals.
  • George Martin
    George Martin

    Sir George Henry Martin Order of the British Empire is a United Kingdom record producer, arrangement and composer. He is sometimes referred to as "the Fifth Beatle"?a title that he owes to his work as producer or co-producer of all of The Beatles' original records as well as playing piano on some of The Beatles tracks?and is considered one o...
    : piano and production.
  • John Scott
    John Scott (composer)

    John Scott is a United Kingdom composer and Conductor .John Scott is a film composer who has worked with some of the world's foremost producers and directors including Richard Donner, Mark Damon, Hugh Hudson, Norman Jewison, Irvin Kershner, Daniel Petrie, Roger Spottiswoode and Charlton Heston, among others....
    : flutes on "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away".
String quartet on "Yesterday", as arranged and conducted by George Martin with Paul McCartney.

Release history

Country Date Label Format Catalog
United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 6 August 1965 Parlophone
Parlophone

Parlophone is a record label, founded in Germany in 1896 in music by the Carl Lindstr?m Company. The ? trademark is a German L, for Lindstr?m....
 mono
Monaural

Monaural sound reproduction is single-channel. Typically there is only one microphone, one loudspeaker, or, in the case of headphones or multiple loudspeakers, they are fed from a common Signalling path, and in the case of multiple microphones, mixed into a single signal path at some stage....
 LP		 PMC 1255
stereo
Stereophonic sound

Stereophonic sound, commonly called stereo, is the reproduction of sound, using two or more independent Sound recording and reproduction channels, through a symmetrical configuration of loudspeakers, in such a way as to create a pleasant and natural impression of sound heard from various directions, as in natural hearing....
 LP		 PCS 3071
United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 13 August 1965 Capitol Records
Capitol Records

Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label owned by EMI and located in Hollywood, California and New York City as part of Capitol Music Group....
 mono LP MAS 2386
stereo LP SMAS 2386
Worldwide reissue 15 April 1987 Apple
Apple Records

Apple Records is a record label founded by The Beatles in 1968, as a division of Apple Corps. It was initially intended as a creative outlet for the Beatles, both as a group and individually, plus a selection of other artists including Mary Hopkin, James Taylor, Badfinger, and Billy Preston....
, Parlophone, EMI
EMI

The EMI Group is a United Kingdom music company comprising the major record label EMI Music ? which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in London, England, United Kingdom ? and EMI Music Publishing, based in New York City....
 CD
Compact Disc

A Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store Data , originally developed for storing digital audio. The CD, available on the market since October 1982, remains the standard physical medium for sale of commercial Sound recording and reproduction to the present day....
 CDP 7 46439 2
Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
 11 March 1998 Toshiba-EMI
Toshiba-EMI

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 CD TOCP 51115
Japan 21 January 2004 Toshiba-EMI Remaster
Remaster

Remaster is a word marketed mostly in the digital audio age, although the remastering process has existed since recording began. The measure of its success depends on: 1....
ed LP		 TOJP 60135
Worldwide reissue 11 April 2006 Apple/Capitol/EMI CD reissue of U.S. LP CDP 0946 3 57500 2 7


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