The Beatles 1967-1970
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| The Beatles 1967-1970 | ||
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| Compilation album by The Beatles | ||
| Released | April 19, 1973 | |
| Recorded | Abbey Road, Olympic Studios, Trident Studios 1966-70 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 1:39:34 | |
| Label | Apple | |
| Producer(s) | George Martin, except tracks 6 & 7 on side four: Phil Spector |
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| The Beatles chronology | ||
| 1962-1966 (1973) |
1967-1970 (1973) |
Rock 'n' Roll Music (1976) |
1967-1970 (or the Blue Album) is a compilation of The Beatles' greatest hits from 1967 to 1970. It was released with 1962-1966 (or the Red Album), a compilation of their greatest hits from 1962 to 1966.
The cover art shows the band once again looking down the stairwell of EMI's Manchester Square headquarters in London; the same pose, camera angle and setting as used for the cover on the Please Please Me and The Beatles 1962-1966 albums, which used different photos from the same photo session. The image was originally shot for the Get Back album, which later became Let It Be, but in the end the photograph was not used for that project.
The Beatles themselves participated in selecting the songs for inclusion, as well as the colours and pictures. The colour blue was chosen in tribute to one of their favorite football teams. Even though the group had had success with cover versions of songs, most notably with "Twist and Shout," which made #2 on the Billboard charts, only songs composed by The Beatles themselves were included. Songs performed by The Beatles as solo artists were also considered for inclusion, but like the cover songs, limited space on LP's resulted in this idea having to be abandoned.
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[edit] Track listing
- The CD version was released on two discs.
- The first side comprises of the best of the Sgt. Pepper recording sessions. While the first 3 tracks of Sgt. Pepper are in order, a unique 'Clean' edition of A Day in the Life is included, withouth the banding from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise).
- All tracks written by Lennon-McCartney, except where noted.
[edit] Side one
- "Strawberry Fields Forever" – 4:10
- "Penny Lane" – 3:03
- "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" – 2:02
- "With a Little Help from My Friends" – 2:44
- "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" – 3:28
- "A Day in the Life" – 5:33
- "All You Need Is Love" – 3:48
[edit] Side two
- "I Am the Walrus" – 4:37
- "Hello, Goodbye" – 3:31
- "The Fool on the Hill" – 3:00
- "Magical Mystery Tour" – 2:51
- "Lady Madonna" – 2:17
- "Hey Jude" – 7:08
- "Revolution" – 3:24
[edit] Side three
- "Back in the USSR" – 2:43
- "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (Harrison) – 4:45
- "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" – 3:05
- "Get Back" – 3:07
- "Don't Let Me Down" – 3:33
- "The Ballad of John and Yoko" – 3:05
- "Old Brown Shoe" (Harrison) – 3:18
[edit] Side four
- "Here Comes the Sun" (Harrison) – 3:05
- "Come Together" – 4:20
- "Something" (Harrison) – 3:03
- "Octopus's Garden" (Starkey) – 2:51
- "Let It Be" – 4:03
- "Across the Universe" – 3:48
- "The Long and Winding Road" – 3:38
