Skiffle: a musical style heavily influenced by blues and folk. In England, it had its heyday in the late 1950s with musicians such as Lonnie Donegan. The Quarrymen, the group formed by John Lennon, were initially a skiffle group.
Slap-back echo (echo or slapback): a short repeat or echo used by the pioneers of rock ’n’ roll, such as Elvis Presley, Gene Vincent, and Buddy Holly. John Lennon used this audio effect on many records during his solo career.
STEED (single tape echo / echo delay): a form of echo unique to EMI Studios. It was created by sending a sound signal into the studio’s echo chamber via the BTR2 tape recorder.
Superimposition: an EMI-specific term to describe a process by which new synchronized sounds are recorded alongside previous recordings. The more common term is “overdubbing.” (See also Rerecording and Overdub.)
Track list: the list of songs on an album.
Varispeed: the process of changing the tape playback speed using an oscillator.
Violoning: an effect obtained by moving the potentiometers of a guitar or a volume pedal after a note or chord has been played. For example, a note may be played with the volume at zero, and a volume pedal is used to gradually increase the volume.
Walking bass: a style of bass accompaniment (or left hand at the piano) that consists of playing a new note on every beat of the music. This was a typical style of boogie-woogie pianists in the honky-tonks in the Deep South in the early years of the twentieth century.
INDEX
OF ALBUMS AND SONGS
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | W | Y
A
Abbey Road, album 96, 155, 288, 463, 549-603, 610, 616, 624, 646
“Across The Universe” 107, 608, 618, 619
“Act Naturally” 214, 216, 240, 241, 304, 628
“A Day in the Life” 374, 381, 402, 404, 406, 407, 433, 513, 520, 532, 598, 630
“A Hard Day’s Night” 97, 104, 120, 121, 122, 128, 131, 132, 134, 136, 140, 146, 148, 152, 157, 163, 189, 206, 208, 209, 216, 306, 610, 628
A Hard Day’s Night, album 121-157
“Ain’t She Sweet” 8, 10
“All I’ve Got To Do” 80, 82, 90, 116
““All My Loving” 80, 82, 92, 94
“All Together Now” 133, 526, 528, 534, 535, 647
“All You Need Is Love” 67, 290, 409, 410, 411, 412, 413, 416, 420, 422, 426, 526, 528, 531
“And I Love Her” 120, 122, 138, 139, 140, 246, 339
“And Your Bird Can Sing” 291, 316, 340
“Anna (Go to Him)” 16, 21, 28
“Another Girl” 214, 218, 232
“Any Time at All” 120, 146, 148, 152
“Ask Me Why” 14, 16, 18, 28, 34, 35, 36, 37
“A Taste of Honey” 16, 50, 51
B
“Baby It’s You” 16, 21, 46, 54, 432
“Baby’s in Black” 158, 163, 170, 171
“Baby You’re a Rich Man” 409, 416, 417, 437, 531
“Back in the U.S.S.R.” 450, 456, 544
“Bad Boy” 210, 254, 258
Beatles for Sale, album 159-197
Beatles VI, album 258
“Because” 78, 134, 262, 285, 548, 550, 553, 578, 579, 638
“Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite” 374, 392
“Birthday” 448, 490, 491
“Blackbird” 448, 450, 464, 476, 477, 481, 488, 494
“Blue Jay Way” 418, 420, 422, 436, 437
“Boys” 16, 21, 32, 33, 46, 106, 110, 111, 140, 172, 230, 232, 236, 262, 288, 292, 296, 299, 308, 314, 326, 328, 333, 334, 336, 338, 340, 344, 350, 352, 361, 390, 398, 444, 446, 453, 456, 457, 482, 640
C
“Can’t Buy Me Love” 120, 122, 132, 142, 143, 145, 148, 154, 155, 202
“Carry That Weight” 548, 563, 576, 594, 595, 596, 597, 601, 602, 616
“Chains” 16, 21, 30, 32
“Come Together” 548, 550, 554, 556, 560
“Cry Baby Cry” 400, 448, 487, 510, 511
“Cry for a Shadow” 8, 10, 434
D
“Day Tripper” 307, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315
“Dear Prudence” 448, 458, 459, 488, 506, 544
“Devil in Her Heart” 114, 115
“Dig a Pony” 608, 616, 630
“Dig It” 608, 622, 626
“Dizzy Miss Lizzy” 210, 214, 254, 255, 258
“Doctor Robert” 316, 336, 344, 345
“Don’t Bother Me” 80, 82, 96, 97, 98, 122, 230
“Don’t Let Me Down” 206, 605, 606, 607, 640
“Don’t Pass Me By” 448, 450, 482, 483, 568
“Do You Want to Know a Secret” 48
“Drive My Car” 268, 276
E
“Eight Days a Week” 158, 182, 183, 200
“Eleanor Rigby” 316, 326, 327, 334
“Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey” 448, 496
“Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby” 131, 158, 160, 183, 196, 197, 212, 255
“Every Little Thing” 158, 163, 183, 190, 191
F
“Fixing a Hole” 350, 374, 388, 460
“Flying” 418, 420, 422, 434, 622
“For No One” 291, 316, 318, 330, 342, 343
“For You Blue” 608, 613, 634, 638, 639
“From Me to You” 59, 60, 61, 62, 66, 82, 296, 632
G
“Get Back” 178, 186, 190, 206, 388, 544, 550, 564, 566, 569, 570, 574, 594, 601, 605, 606, 608, 610, 613, 616, 620, 630, 634, 640
“Getting Better” 308, 374, 386
“Girl” 298
“Glass Onion” 430, 448, 460, 461, 479, 508
“Golden Slumbers” 548, 563, 576, 594, 595, 597, 601, 602
“Good Day Sunshine” 291, 316, 338, 339
“Good Golly Miss Molly” 180
“Good Morning Good Morning” 374, 400, 401, 402, 510
“Good Night” 47, 448, 514, 515
“Got to Get You into My Life” 316, 338, 350, 351
H
“Happiness Is a Warm Gun” 448, 450, 470, 471, 584
“Hello, Goodbye” 440, 441
“Help!” 163, 214, 215, 216, 218, 219, 220, 223, 226, 228, 232, 237, 239, 240, 244, 246, 250, 254, 265, 258, 262, 265, 270, 280, 304, 305, 326, 610
Help!, album 163, 214-255, 258, 262, 265, 270, 280, 304, 326, 610
“Helter Skelter” 369, 448, 450, 478, 486, 500, 501
“Here Comes the Sun” 306, 548, 550, 563, 574, 575, 576, 586, 595, 601
“Here, There and Everywhere” 316, 318, 332, 333
“Her Majesty” 548, 584, 588, 589, 595, 598, 602, 603
“Hey Bulldog” 526, 528, 536, 537
“Hey Jude” 363, 458, 504, 506, 517, 518, 520, 521, 524, 525, 614
“Hold Me Tight” 20, 21, 28, 80, 106
“Honey Don’t” 158, 160, 188, 189, 196, 212
“Honey Pie” 50, 100, 448, 464, 472, 506, 507
I
“I Am the Walrus” 418, 420, 422, 428, 429, 430, 431, 437, 439, 440, 460, 515
“I Call Your Name” 205, 208, 209
“I Don’t Want to Spoil the Party” 158, 192, 194
“I Feel Fine” 160, 177, 183, 199, 200, 202, 216, 312
“If I Fell” 120, 122, 132, 134, 135, 140, 171
“If You’ve Got Trouble” 219, 241
“If I Needed Someone” 268, 270, 284, 306, 307
“I’ll Be Back” 120, 122, 156, 157, 164
“I’ll Cry Instead” 120, 122, 148, 164
“I’ll Follow the Sun” 158, 160, 176, 177, 183
“I’ll Get You” 20, 65, 68, 70, 108
“I’m a Loser” 133, 158, 160, 168, 169, 192
“I’m Down” 216, 220, 248, 252, 265, 266, 267, 272
“I Me Mine” 230, 288, 306, 346, 437, 503, 509, 539, 547, 608, 620, 621, 639
“I’m Happy Just to Dance with You” 120, 136, 206
“I’m Looking Through You” 268, 300
“I’m Only Sleeping�
�� 52, 291, 316, 318, 328, 336, 474
“I’m So Tired” 328, 448, 466, 474, 475
“I Need You” 214, 216, 230, 244, 263, 304
“In My Life” 27, 78, 134, 229, 268, 270, 302, 303, 326, 327, 344, 370, 428, 481, 618
“I Saw Her Standing There” 21, 24, 25, 40, 74
“I Should Have Known Better” 120, 132, 140
“It’s All Too Much” 526, 528, 538, 539, 646
“It’s Only Love” 214, 242
“It Won’t Be Long” 80, 88, 146
“I’ve Got a Feeling” 608, 630
“I’ve Just Seen a Face”214, 216, 248, 252
“I Wanna Be Your Man” 80, 82, 98, 110, 111
“I Want to Hold Your Hand” 74, 75, 76, 77, 79, 82, 88, 109, 142, 164, 352, 520, 591
“I Want to Tell You” 316, 346, 347
“I Want You (She’s So Heavy)” 548, 570, 573, 603
“I Will” 448, 486, 487, 510
J
“Julia” 313, 333, 448, 450, 458, 488, 489
K
“Kansas City / Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey” 158, 180, 181, 183
L
“Lady Madonna” 443, 444, 445, 446, 460, 536
“Let It Be” 216, 241, 550, 553, 565, 568, 606, 608, 609, 610, 613, 613, 619, 620, 622, 624, 626, 627, 632, 634, 636, 639, 645, 647
Let It Be, album 609-641
“Little Child” 80, 98, 99
“Long, Long, Long” 448, 502, 503
“Long Tall Sally” 205, 206, 207, 208, 266, 290, 567
“Lovely Rita” 374, 398, 399
“Love Me Do” 14, 15, 16, 18, 22, 36, 37, 40, 41, 42, 70, 88, 229, 350, 460
“Love You To” 316, 318, 330, 331, 346
“Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds” 374, 383, 384
M
“Maggie Mae” 241, 608, 626, 628
“Magical Mystery Tour” 207, 418, 419, 420, 422, 424, 426, 450, 539, 622
Magical Mystery Tour, album 421-437
“Martha My Dear” 448, 472, 507
“Matchbox” 205, 212, 213
“Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” 50, 548, 550, 564
“Mean Mr. Mustard” 548, 588, 589
“Michelle” 268, 270, 291, 292, 293, 294, 298
“Misery” 16, 21, 26, 27, 131
“Money (That’s What I Want)” 118
“Mother Nature’s Son” 448, 477, 494, 495
“Mr. Moonlight” 158, 178, 179
“My Bonnie” 8, 10
N
“No Reply” 158, 160, 164, 165, 192
“Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)” 268, 270, 278, 280, 330
“Not A Second Time” 80, 116, 117
“Nowhere Man” 168, 268, 284, 285
O
“Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da” 448, 462, 463, 511
“Octopus’s Garden” 548, 550, 553, 568, 569
“Oh! Darling” 548, 566
“Old Brown Shoe” 541, 546, 547, 562
“One After 909” 608, 632, 633
“Only a Northern Song” 394, 526, 528, 532, 533
P
“Paperback Writer” 359, 360, 361, 362, 363, 542
“Penny Lane” 365, 368, 370, 372, 373, 397, 422, 539, 583
“Piggies” 448, 478, 479, 500, 502, 560, 626
“Please Mister Postman” 102, 103
“Please Please Me” 16, 18, 20, 21, 24, 34, 35, 36, 37, 46, 55, 82, 106
Please Please Me, album 17-57
“Polythene Pam” 548, 588, 589, 590, 591, 593, 602, 603
“P.S. I Love You” 16, 18, 40, 41, 42, 44, 229, 360
R
“Rain” 337, 359, 362
“Revolution” 448, 450, 468, 482, 484, 500, 504, 505, 512, 513, 514, 517, 520, 524, 525
“Revolution 1” 448, 482, 504, 505, 513, 524
“Revolution 9” 448, 484, 500, 504, 512, 513
Revolver, album 278, 283, 285, 317-357, 362, 376, 379, 416, 531
“Rock and Roll Music” 158, 172, 183
“Rocky Raccoon” 133, 448, 480, 481, 584
“Roll Over Beethoven” 104, 172
Rubber Soul, album 18, 82, 107, 215, 216, 218, 248, 266, 269-309, 318, 589
“Run for Your Life” 268, 280, 308, 309
S
“Savoy Truffle” 448, 502, 508, 509
“Sexy Sadie” 448, 458, 498, 499
“Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” 366, 374, 375, 376, 378, 380, 401, 573
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, album 375-407
“Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (reprise)” 402
“She Came In Through the Bathroom Window” 548, 553, 591, 592, 593, 602
“She Loves You” 20, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 74, 78, 82, 86, 88, 108, 142, 440
“She Said She Said” 316, 318, 336, 337, 400
“She’s a Woman” 177, 199, 202
“She’s Leaving Home” 374, 390, 391
“Sie Liebt Dich” 142
“Slow Down” 205, 210, 211, 254
“Something” 121, 448, 478, 496, 514, 546, 548, 550, 554, 560, 562, 563, 576, 595, 601
“Strawberry Fields Forever” 52, 242, 328, 366, 368, 369, 370, 376, 392, 422, 460, 572
“Sun King” 548, 584, 585, 586, 587, 588, 589, 591, 602
T
“Taxman” 316, 324, 325, 330, 338, 347 656
“Tell Me What You See” 214, 246
“Tell Me Why” 120, 140, 148
“Thank You Girl” 49, 59, 60, 62, 632, 633
“The Ballad of John and Yoko” 142
The Beatles, album (see White Album) 151, 244, 328, 346, 400, 449-515, 520, 528, 550, 553, 556, 560, 563, 564, 568, 588, 595, 610, 613, 626, 634, 646
“The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill” 448, 466, 467
“The End” 155, 548, 553, 563, 576, 595, 598, 600, 601, 602
“The Fool on the Hill” 418, 420, 422, 432, 433, 460
“The Inner Light” 443, 446
“The Long and Winding Road” 608, 613, 621, 634, 636, 638
“The Night Before” 214, 226, 227, 244
“There’s a Place” 16, 21, 25, 52
“The Word” 268, 290, 291
“Things We Said Today” 120, 122, 128, 150, 156
“Think for Yourself” 268, 270, 288, 289, 589
“This Boy” 30, 73, 77, 78, 79, 134, 262, 285
“Ticket to Ride” 214, 218, 232, 236, 237, 239, 261, 262
“Till There Was You” 80, 82, 86, 100, 101, 102, 506
“Tomorrow Never Knows” 316, 318, 325, 336, 352, 353, 354, 355, 363, 513, 585
“Twist and Shout” 21, 54, 55, 56, 66, 118
“Two of Us” 608, 614, 615, 628
W
“Wait” 107, 268, 304, 305
“We Can Work It Out” 300, 311, 312, 314
“What Goes On” 268, 270, 296
“What You’re Doing” 158, 194, 195
“When I Get Home” 120, 146, 152, 154
“When I’m Sixty-Four” 100, 374, 396, 426, 506
“While My Guitar Gently Weeps” 448, 450, 467, 468, 469, 502
White Album (see The Beatles)” 151, 244, 328, 346, 400, 449-515, 520, 528, 550, 553, 556, 560, 563, 564, 568, 588, 595, 610, 613, 626, 634, 646
“Why” 10
“Why Don’t We Do It in the Road?” 484
“Wild Honey Pie” 448, 464
“With a Little Help From My Friends” 374, 380, 381, 382, 383, 432, 460
With the Beatles, album 20, 81-119, 160, 172, 196, 230
“Within You Without You” 374, 394, 395, 446, 532
“Words of Love” 158, 186
Y
“Yellow Submarine” 334
Yellow Submarine, album 284, 288, 291, 316, 318, 326, 335, 390, 393, 394, 416, 450, 527-539, 569, 646, 647
“Yer Blues” 448, 464, 492
“Yes It Is” 78, 236, 261, 262, 263, 285, 304, 578
“Yesterday” 214, 215, 216, 218, 240, 242, 248, 250, 251, 252, 254, 266, 269, 272, 293, 317, 327, 32
9, 341, 345, 562
“You Can’t Do That” 120, 142, 154, 155
“You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)” 70, 624, 645, 646
“You Like Me Too Much” 214, 244
“You Never Give Me Your Money” 548, 574, 582, 584, 585, 587, 594, 596, 602
“You’re Going to Lose That Girl” 214, 234
“Your Mother Should Know” 345, 418, 422, 426
“You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away” 214, 216, 228, 229
“You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me” 108
“You Won’t See Me” 268, 282, 283, 298, 300
THE BEATLES LP RELEASE DATES
1. Please Please Me U.K. March 22, 1963
2. With the Beatles U.K. November 22, 1963
3. Introducing The Beatles U.S. January 10, 1964
4. Meet The Beatles! U.S. January 20, 1964
5. The Beatles Second Album U.S. April 10, 1964
6. A Hard Day’s Night U.K. July 10, 1964/ U.S. June 26, 1964
7. Something New U.S. July 20, 1964
8. The Beatles’ Story U.S. November 23, 1964
9. Beatles for Sale U.K. December 4, 1964
10. Beatles ‘65 U.S. December 15, 1964
11. The Early Beatle U.S. March 22, 1965
12. Beatles VI U.S. June 14, 1965
13. Help! U.K. August 6, 1965/ U.S. August 13, 1965
14. Rubber Soul U.K. December 3, 1965/ U.S. December 6, 1965
15. Yesterday… and Today U.S. June 20, 1966
16. Revolver U.K August 5, 1966/ U.S. August 8, 1966
17. A Collection of Beatles Oldies U.K. December 9, 1966
18. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band U.K. June 1, 1967/ U.S. June 2, 1967
19. Magical Mystery Tour U.S. November 27, 1967/ U.K. November 19, 1976
20. The Beatles (The White Album) U.K. November 22, 1968/ U.S. November 25, 1968
21. Yellow Submarine U.K. January 17, 1969/ U.S. January 13, 1969
22. Abbey Road U.K. September 26, 1969/ U.S. October 1, 1969
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