2x CD
1967–1970
Compilation by The Beatles
Released 2 April 1973
Tracklist
- CD 1
- 1Strawberry Fields Forever4:084.2 ★
- 2Penny Lane3:013.1 ★
- 3Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band2:013.8 ★
- 4With a Little Help From My Friends2:434.0 ★
- 5Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds3:274.1 ★
- 6A Day in the Life5:065.0 ★
- 7All You Need Is Love3:484.0 ★
- 8I Am the Walrus4:344.2 ★
- 9Hello, Goodbye3:293.6 ★
- 10The Fool on the Hill2:593.8 ★
- 11Magical Mystery Tour2:483.4 ★
- 12Lady Madonna2:193.4 ★
- 13Hey Jude7:084.0 ★
- 14Revolution3:233.9 ★
- CD 2
- 1Back in the U.S.S.R.2:463.9 ★
- 2While My Guitar Gently Weeps4:464.5 ★
- 3Ob‐La‐Di, Ob‐La‐Da3:113.6 ★
- 4Get Back3:123.2 ★
- 5Don’t Let Me Down3:343.7 ★
- 6The Ballad of John and Yoko2:593.5 ★
- 7Old Brown Shoe3:203.5 ★
- 8Here Comes the Sun3:074.6 ★
- 9Come Together4:184.2 ★
- 10Something3:024.2 ★
- 11Octopus’s Garden2:523.6 ★
- 12Let It Be3:523.5 ★
- 13Across the Universe3:473.8 ★
- 14The Long and Winding Road3:373.2 ★
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Release credits
- French horn [6]
- cello [6]
- cello [6]
- bassoon [6]
- vocal [8]
- guest [8], violin [8]
- engineer [13]
- clarinet [6]
- viola [6]
- trumpet [2]
- baritone saxophone [12]
- violin [6]
- tenor saxophone [12]
- Hammond organ [10], electric piano [4, 4-5], guest [4], organ [12, 14]
- cello [8], guest [8]
- producer [7, 10-11]
- flute [10], guest [10]
- flute [6]
- double bass [6]
- vocal [8]
- engineer [1], producer [1]
- guest [7, 11], piccolo trumpet [2, 7], trumpet [6, 11]
- violin [6]
- flute [6]
- cello [6]
- flute [2]
- cello [1]
- trumpet [1]
- cor anglais [2], oboe [2]
- tenor saxophone [7]
- violin [6]
- trumpet [2]
- engineer [7]
- cello [8], guest [8]
- guest [11], trumpet [11]
- violin [7]
- background vocals [7], electric guitar [2], guest [1.7, 2.2]
- violin [6]
- trombone [7]
- vocal [8]
- cello [6]
- double bass [2]
- vocal [8]
- trumpet [2]
- vocal [8]
- background vocals [7], guest [7]
- engineer [2.3, 2.6, 2.8-10, 1.1, 1.5-6, 1.8, 1.11-12, 1.14]
- acoustic guitar [2.2-3, 2.8, 1.5, 1.10], background vocals [1.4, 1.7, 1.9, 1.11-13, 2.1, 2.3, 2.5, 2.8, 2.11-12], bass guitar [1-2], bongos [1], congas [6], drums (drum set) [1], effects [2], electric guitar [2.1, 2.4, 2.4-5, 2.7, 2.7-8, 2.8-9, 2.9-10, 2.10, 2.10-14, 1.1-2, 1.8, 1.11-14], guitar [1.2, 1.4, 1.4-5, 1.5, 1.7, 1.9, 2.8], handclaps [2.3, 2.8, 2.10, 1.2, 1.9, 1.12, 1.14], harmonica [10], lead vocals [2, 7-8, 10], maracas [1.1, 2.13], organ [2, 7], other vocals [4], percussion [11], swarmandal [1], synthesizer [8], tambourine [9], tambura [1.5, 2.13], violin [7]
- Hammond organ [4], conductor [1], harmonium [6], orchestrator [6-7], piano [2, 5, 5-7], producer [1.1-2, 1.4-14, 2.1-14], strings [10]
- engineer [4, 10, 12, 14]
- clarinet [8], guest [8]
- double bass [6]
- background vocals [7], guest [7]
- violin [6]
- trumpet [1]
- viola [6]
- violin [6]
- trumpet [6]
- trombone [7]
- baritone saxophone [12]
- violin [6]
- vocal [8]
- vocal [8]
- vocal [8]
- clarinet [6]
- flute [10], guest [10]
- accordion [7]
- guest [8], violin [8]
- guest [8], violin [8]
- guest [8], violin [8]
- background vocals [7], guest [7]
- engineer [7, 10-11]
- vocal [8]
- spoken vocals [8]
- cello [1]
- guest [8], violin [8]
- acoustic guitar [2.6, 2.13, 1.6, 1.11, 1.13], background vocals [2.1, 2.3-4, 2.7, 2.9, 2.12, 1.4, 1.7, 1.9, 1.11-13], banjo [7], bass guitar [12], congas [2], cowbell [4], effects [2], electric bass guitar [14], electric guitar [2.1-2, 2.4, 2.4-6, 2.9, 2.11, 1.1-2, 1.12, 1.14], electric piano [2.9, 1.8], guitar [2, 4-5], handclaps [2.3, 2.9, 1.2, 1.9, 1.12, 1.14], harmonica [10], harpsichord [7], lead vocals [1.1, 1.5-7, 1.7-8, 1.14, 2.5-6, 2.9, 2.13], maracas [5], mellotron [1, 8], mouth harp [10], organ [9], other vocals [1, 4], percussion [1.1, 1.11, 2.6], piano [2.3, 2.7, 2.10, 1.2, 1.6, 1.9], snare drum [1], spoken vocals [11], tambourine [1.7, 2.9]
- harp [6]
- viola [6]
- vocal [8]
- viola [6]
- guest [11], trumpet [11]
- vocal [8]
- violin [6]
- background vocals [7], guest [7]
- background vocals [7], guest [7]
- viola [9]
- engineer [1.8-10, 1.12, 2.1-2, 2.13]
- viola [9]
- flugelhorn [2], trumpet [2]
- background vocals [12]
- violin [6]
- cello [8], guest [8]
- guest [8], violin [8]
- guest [11], percussion [11], piano [6], spoken vocals [6], tambourine [1]
- flute [2]
- background vocals [7], guest [7]
- tambourine [6]
- spoken vocals [8]
- engineer [13]
- tuba [6]
- background vocals [7], guest [7]
- background vocals [7], guest [7]
- vocal [8]
- conductor [7]
- cor anglais [2], oboe [2]
- trumpet [6]
- guest [8], horn [8]
- guest [11], percussion [11]
- French horn [6], guest [8], horn [8]
- electric piano [14], guest [14]
- cello [1]
- vocal [8]
- violin [7]
- background vocals [7], guest [7]
- acoustic guitar [10], background vocals [1.2, 1.4-5, 1.7, 1.11, 2.2, 2.5-9, 2.9-12], bass [4-5], bass guitar [1.1-2, 1.4-5, 1.7, 1.9, 2.1, 2.3], clavichord [6], conductor [6], congas [9], double bass [7], drums (drum set) [1, 6-7], effects [2], electric bass guitar [2.4, 2.4-11, 1.2, 1.6, 1.8, 1.10-14], electric guitar [1], electric piano [12], guitar [1], handclaps [1.2, 1.12, 1.14, 2.1, 2.3, 2.8, 2.10], harmonium [2], lead vocals [1.2, 1.6, 1.9, 1.9-13, 2.1, 2.3-4, 2.4, 2.12, 2.14], maracas [6, 12], mellotron [1], organ [5], other vocals [4-5], piano [1.1-2, 1.2, 1.4, 1.6, 1.9-12, 1.12-13, 2.1-2, 2.6, 2.11, 2.11-14], recorder [10], tambourine [8], timpani [1]
- vocal [8]
- engineer [13-14]
- flute [2], piccolo [2]
- engineer [8-11]
- producer [13-14]
- spoken vocals [8]
- guest [8], violin [8]
- trombone [6]
- flute [2], piccolo [2]
- trombone [6]
- tenor saxophone [7]
- flute [10], guest [10]
- background vocals [13], bongos [3], castanets [2], drums (drum set) [1.1, 1.1-2, 1.2, 1.4, 1.4-5, 1.5-7, 1.7-14, 2.2-4, 2.4-5, 2.8, 2.8-11, 2.11-13, 2.13-14, 2.14], effects [1.2, 2.11], finger cymbals [10], handclaps [1.2, 1.14, 2.3, 2.8, 2.10], lead vocals [1.4, 2.11], maracas [1.6, 1.9-10, 2.9, 2.13], piano [6], tambourine [2.2, 1.2, 1.4, 1.13], tubular bells [2]
- oboe [6]
- tenor saxophone [12]
- guest [11], trumpet [11]
- guest [8], violin [6-8]
- trumpet [1]
- trumpet [7]
- vocal [8]
- cello [8], guest [8]
- background vocals [8], guest [8]
- trumpet [1]
- guest [8], horn [8]
- percussion [6]
- vocal [8]
Issues
1
12x 12" Vinyl2 April 1973
12x 12" Vinyl2 April 1973
12x 12" Vinyl19 April 1973
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1Digital Media10 November 2023
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12x CD10 November 2023
T2x Digital Media (Dolby Atmos mix)10 November 2023
T2x Digital Media10 November 2023
T2x Digital Media10 November 2023- 1
- TCassette
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