1967–1970

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1967–1970
1967–1970 cover
Compilation album by The Beatles
Released 19 April 1973
Recorded Abbey Road, Olympic Studios, Trident Studios 1966–1970
Genre Rock
Length 99:34
Label Apple
Producer George Martin,
except tracks 6 & 7 on side four: Phil Spector
Professional reviews
The Beatles chronology
1962–1966
(1973)		 1967–1970
(1973)		 Rock 'n' Roll Music
(1976)

1967–1970 (widely known as The Blue Album) is a compilation of many of The Beatles' most popular tracks from 1967 to 1970. It was released with 1962–1966 (The Red Album), which covered their earlier period. 1967–1970 made #1 on the U.S. Billboard chart and #2 on the U.K. Album Chart.

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 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.

Contents

[edit] Release variations

  • Original 1973 release: Apple SKBO-3404 (Whole and sliced apples in blue background)
  • Second pressing: Capitol SKBO-3404 (Capitol target label on back of album cover, blue label with "Capitol" in light blue letters at bottom)
  • First blue vinyl release: Capitol SEBX-11843 (Capitol dome label on back of album cover, large dome logo at top of light blue labels)

[edit] Track listing

  • The CD version was released on two discs.
  • The first side comprises popular selections from the Sgt. Pepper recording sessions along with "All You Need Is Love" which was released within the same summer as Sgt. Pepper. While the first 3 tracks of Sgt. Pepper are in order, for CD release a unique 'clean' edition of "A Day in the Life" is included, without the cross-fade from "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)". On vinyl editions the track starts with a fade-in before the cross-fade.
  • The single versions of "Get Back" and "Let It Be" make their U.S. album debut with this compilation (The latter erroneously shows the LP running time of 4:01)
  • The US version has "Hello Goodbye" in mono and "I Am The Walrus" with the four-beat intro. This was corrected for the CD release.
  • All tracks written by Lennon-McCartney, except where noted.

[edit] Side one

  1. "Strawberry Fields Forever" – 4:10
  2. "Penny Lane" – 3:03
  3. "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" – 2:02
  4. "With a Little Help from My Friends" – 2:44
  5. "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" – 3:28
  6. "A Day in the Life" – 5:06
  7. "All You Need Is Love" – 3:48

[edit] Side two

  1. "I Am the Walrus" – 4:37
  2. "Hello, Goodbye" – 3:31
  3. "The Fool on the Hill" – 3:00
  4. "Magical Mystery Tour" – 2:51
  5. "Lady Madonna" – 2:17
  6. "Hey Jude" – 7:08
  7. "Revolution" – 3:24

[edit] Side three

  1. "Back in the U.S.S.R." – 2:43
  2. "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (Harrison) – 4:45
  3. "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" – 3:05
  4. "Get Back" – 3:14
  5. "Don't Let Me Down" – 3:33
  6. "The Ballad of John and Yoko" – 3:05
  7. "Old Brown Shoe" (Harrison) – 3:18

[edit] Side four

  1. "Here Comes the Sun" (Harrison) – 3:05
  2. "Come Together" – 4:20
  3. "Something" (Harrison) – 3:03
  4. "Octopus's Garden" (Starkey) – 2:51
  5. "Let It Be" – 3:52
  6. "Across the Universe" – 3:48
  7. "The Long and Winding Road" – 3:38

[edit] Chart positions

Year Chart Position
1973 Billboard Pop Albums 1

[edit] External links

Preceded by
Houses of the Holy by Led Zeppelin		 Billboard 200 number-one album
May 26 - June 1, 1973		 Succeeded by
Red Rose Speedway by Paul McCartney & Wings
v • d • e
The Beatles' compilations
Bert Kaempfert recordings
(Polydor/Bear Family)
My Bonnie (Tony Sheridan and the Beat Brothers, Germany, 1962) • The Beatles' First (Germany, 1964 / UK, 1967) • In the Beginning (Circa 1960) (1970) • The Early Tapes of The Beatles (1984) • Beatles Bop - Hamburg Days (2001)
1962–1970 (Parlophone/
Apple/Capitol)
Hits: A Collection of Beatles Oldies (1966) • 1962–1966 (1973) • 1967–1970 (1973) • 20 Greatest Hits (1982) • 1 (2000)

Themes: Rock 'n' Roll Music (1976) • Love Songs (1977) • The Beatles' Ballads (1980) • Reel Music (1982)
Non-album tracks: Hey Jude (US, 1970 / UK, 1979) • Rarities (UK, 1978) • Rarities (US, 1980) • Past Masters, Volume One (1988) • Past Masters, Volume Two (1988)
Alternate versions: Yellow Submarine Songtrack (1999) • Let It Be… Naked (2003)
Other: The Beatles' Christmas Album (US) / From Then to You (UK) (1970) • Love (2006)

Unreleased: Sessions (due date 1985)
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Capitol/Lingasong)
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Apple/Capitol)
Anthology 1 (1995) • Anthology 2 (1996) • Anthology 3 (1996)
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Apple/Capitol)
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