The Best I (1962~1964)

Compilation by The Beatles

Released 1988

A. B. Lincoln
additional [6], assistant [6]
Andy White
bongos [2], percussion [2]
Geoff Emerick
additional [9, 12], assistant [8, 10, 13-15, 18], engineer [14]
George Harrison
12 string guitar [18], acoustic guitar [2, 10], background vocals [2, 6, 8-9], electric guitar [6-9, 12-14, 14-15], handclaps [12-13], lead vocals [12]
George Martin
piano [18], producer [6, 6-7, 7-8, 8-9, 9-10, 10, 12, 12-13, 13-14, 14, 14-15, 15, 18], upright piano [15]
Jacques Esmenjaud
assistant [14]
John Lennon
acoustic guitar [2, 8, 10, 14, 18], background vocals [2, 9], electric guitar [6-7, 9, 12-13, 15, 18], handclaps [12-13], harmonica [7], lead vocals [6-8, 13, 18]
Norman Smith
bongos [18], engineer [2, 6, 6-9, 9-10, 10, 12, 12-13, 13-14, 14, 14-15, 15, 18], hi-hat [14]
Paul McCartney
background vocals [6, 9, 12-13, 18], electric bass guitar [2, 6-10, 12-15, 18], handclaps [12-13], lead vocals [2, 7-10, 13-14, 14-15, 18]
Richard Langham
additional [6, 9, 12], assistant [6-7, 10, 14-15]
Ringo Starr
bongos [10], cowbell [18], cymbal [14], drums (drum set) [6-9, 12-15, 18], handclaps [12-13], maracas [2]
Ron Richards
producer [2]