REEL MUSIC

Release: March 22, 1982
Label: Capitol SV-12199
Producers: George Martin, Phil Spector
Buy: CD/LP/cassette

1. A Hard Day's Night (2:32)
• Recorded: April 16, 1964 at Abbey Road, London, England
  John Lennon - double-tracked lead vocal, rhythm guitar
  Paul McCartney - bass guitar, harmony vocal
  George Harrison - 12-string lead guitar
  Ringo Starr - drums
  George Martin - piano
2. I Should Have Known Better (2:45)
• Recorded: February 25-26, 1964 at Abbey Road, London, England
  John Lennon - double-tracked lead vocal, acoustic guitar, harmonica
  Paul McCartney - bass guitar
  George Harrison - 12-string lead guitar
  Ringo Starr - drums
3. Can't Buy Me Love (2:15)
• Recorded: January 29, 1964 at Pathé Marconi Studios, Paris, France
  John Lennon - rhythm guitar
  Paul McCartney - lead vocal, bass guitar
  George Harrison - 12-string lead guitar
  Ringo Starr - drums
4. And I Love Her (2:31)
• Recorded: February 25-27, 1964 at Abbey Road, London, England
  John Lennon - acoustic guitar
  Paul McCartney - double-tracked lead vocal, acoustic guitar
  George Harrison - acoustic guitar solo, claves
  Ringo Starr - bongos
5. Help! (2:21)
• Recorded: April 13, 1965 at Abbey Road, London, England
  John Lennon - lead vocal, acoustic guitar
  Paul McCartney - bass guitar, background vocal
  George Harrison - lead guitar, background vocal
  Ringo Starr - drums, tambourine
6. You've Got to Hide Your Love Away (2:11)
• Recorded: February 18, 1965 at Abbey Road, London, England
  John Lennon - lead vocal, acoustic guitar
  Paul McCartney - acoustic guitar
  George Harrison - acoustic guitar
  Ringo Starr - tambourine
  Session musicians - flutes
7. Ticket to Ride (3:13)
• Recorded: February 15, 1965 at Abbey Road, London, England
  John Lennon - lead vocal, rhythm guitar, tambourine
  Paul McCartney - bass guitar, lead guitar, harmony vocal
  George Harrison - lead guitar
  Ringo Starr - drums
8. Magical Mystery Tour (2:52)
• Recorded: April 25, 1967 at Abbey Road, London, England with overdubs added April 26-27, 1967 (vocals), May 3, 1967 (trumpets), and November 7, 1967
  John Lennon - acoustic guitar, background vocal
  Paul McCartney - lead vocal, bass guitar, piano (with echo effects)
  George Harrison - lead guitar, background vocal
  Ringo Starr - drums, tambourine
  Session musicians - three trumpets
9. I am the Walrus (4:37)
• Recorded: September 5, 1967 at Abbey Road, London, England with overdubs added September 6, 1967 and September 27, 1967
  John Lennon - lead vocal, mellotron (at the beginning)
  Paul McCartney - bass guitar, background vocal
  George Harrison - tambourine, background vocal
  Ringo Starr - drums
  Session musicians - eight violins, four cellos, three horns
  Choir - six boys singing "Oompah, oompah, stick it up your jumper", six girls singing "Everybody's got one"
10. Yellow Submarine (2:43)
• Recorded: May 26, 1966 at Abbey Road, London, England with special effects overdubbed June 1, 1966
  John Lennon - acoustic guitar, background vocal, blowing bubbles through a straw
  Paul McCartney - acoustic guitar, background vocal
  George Harrison - tambourine, background vocal, swirling water in a bucket
  Ringo Starr - lead vocal, drums
  Mal Evans, Neil Aspinall, George Martin, Alf, Geoff Emerick, Patti Harrison and studio staff - chorus on fadeout
  Session musicians - brass band
11. All You Need is Love (3:53)
• Recorded: June 14, 1967 at Olympic Sound Studios, London, England (backing track), overdubbed and shortened at an Abbey Road session, then overdubbed live on the "Our World" TV broadcast
  ::Backing Track::
  John Lennon - harpsichord
  Paul McCartney - string bass played with a bow
  George Harrison - violin
  Ringo Starr - drums
  ::Abbey Road Track::
  John Lennon - lead vocal
  Paul McCartney - electric bass guitar
  George Harrison - guitar
  Ringo Starr - drums
  ::Live "Our World" Track::
  John Lennon - lead vocal
  Paul McCartney - background vocal
  George Harrison - background vocal
  Session musicians - studio orchestra
  Mick Jagger, Gary Leeds, Keith Richards, Marianne Faithfull,
  Jane Asher, Patti Harrison, Keith Moon, Graham Nash - chorus
12. Let It Be (4:03)
• Recorded: January 31, 1969 at Apple Studios, London, England with overdubs added April 30, 1969 and January 4, 1970
  Re-produced and remixed by Phil Spector in March, 1970
  John Lennon - bass guitar, harmony vocal
  Paul McCartney - lead vocal, piano
  George Harrison - lead guitar, harmony vocal
  Ringo Starr - drums
  Session musicians - orchestra (overdubbed by Phil Spector)
13. Get Back (3:07)
• Recorded: January 27, 1969 at Apple Studios, London, England
  John Lennon - lead guitar
  Paul McCartney - lead vocal, bass guitar
  George Harrison - rhythm guitar
  Ringo Starr - drums
  Billy Preston - electric piano
14. The Long and Winding Road (3:38)
    • Recorded: January 31, 1969 at Apple Studios, London, England
      Re-produced and remixed by Phil Spector on April 1, 1970
      John Lennon - bass guitar
      Paul McCartney - lead vocal, piano
      Session musicians - choir, strings, harp, drums (overdubbed by Phil Spector)

Song Selection by: Steve Meyer and Randall Davis
Cover Illustration by: David McMacken