Beatles Rarities
First released: March 24, 1980
Producer: George Martin
Compiled and Annotated by: Randall Davis
Researched by: Ron Furmanek and Walter Podrazik
Cover by: E. Marquez, Roy Kohara and Rick Wolin-Semple
Songs Misery, There’s a Place, Sie Liebt Dich here is in stereo version for the first time.
- Love Me Do – 2:22
Recorded: September 11, 1962 at Abbey Road, London, England
John Lennon – lead vocal, rhythm guitar, harmonica
Paul McCartney – lead vocal, bass guitar
George Harrison – acoustic guitar, harmony vocal
Ringo Starr – drums - Misery – 1:50
Recorded: February 11, 1963 at Abbey Road, London, England
John Lennon – lead vocal, rhythm guitar
Paul McCartney – lead vocal, bass guitar
George Harrison – lead guitar
Ringo Starr – drums
George Martin – piano - There’s a Place – 1:53
Recorded: February 11, 1963 at Abbey Road, London, England
John Lennon – lead vocal, rhythm guitar, harmonica
Paul McCartney – bass guitar, harmony vocal
George Harrison – lead guitar
Ringo Starr – drums - Sie Liebt Dich – 2:16
John Lennon – lead vocal, rhythm guitar
Paul McCartney – lead vocal, bass guitar
George Harrison – lead guitar
Ringo Starr – drums - And I Love Her – 2:31
Recorded: February 25-27, 1964 at Abbey Road, London, England
John Lennon – acoustic guitar
Paul McCartney – double-tracked lead vocal, acoustic guitar
George Harrison – acoustic guitar solo, claves
Ringo Starr – bongos - Help! – 2:30
Recorded: April 13, 1965 at Abbey Road, London, England
John Lennon – lead vocal, acoustic guitar
Paul McCartney – bass guitar, background vocal
George Harrison – lead guitar, background vocal
Ringo Starr – drums, tambourine - I’m Only Sleeping – 3:01
Recorded: April 27, 1966 at Abbey Road, London, England with lead vocal overdubbed April 29, 1966, backward guitar May 5, 1966 and background vocals May 6, 1966
John Lennon – lead vocal, acoustic guitar
Paul McCartney – bass guitar, background vocal
George Harrison – lead guitar, background vocal
Ringo Starr – drums - I Am the Walrus – 4:37
Recorded: September 5, 1967 at Abbey Road, London, England with overdubs added September 6, 1967 and September 27, 1967
John Lennon – lead vocal, mellotron (at the beginning)
Paul McCartney – bass guitar, background vocal
George Harrison – tambourine, background vocal
Ringo Starr – drums
Session musicians – eight violins, four cellos, three horns
Choir – six boys singing “Oompah, oompah, stick it up your jumper”, six girls singing “Everybody’s got one” - Penny Lane – 3:04
Recorded: December 29, 1966 at Abbey Road, London, England with overdubs added December 30, 1966 and January, 1967
John Lennon – piano, harmony vocal
Paul McCartney – lead vocal, bass guitar, Arco string bass, flute
George Harrison – conga drum, firebell
Ringo Starr – drums
George Martin – piano
David Mason – piccolo trumpet
Philip Jones – trumpet - Helter Skelter – 4:30
Recorded: September 9, 1968 at Abbey Road, London, England with an overdub added September 10, 1968
John Lennon – bass guitar, lead guitar, saxophone, background vocal
Paul McCartney – lead vocal, bass guitar, lead guitar
George Harrison – rhythm guitar, background vocal
Ringo Starr – drums
Mal Evans – trumpet - Don’t Pass Me by – 3:42
Recorded: June 5, 1968 at Abbey Road, London, England with overdubs added June 6, 1968 and July 12, 1968 and an edit piece (tinkling piano intro) recorded July 22, 1968
John Lennon – acoustic guitar, tambourine
Paul McCartney – bass guitar
George Harrison – violin(?)
Jack Fallon – violin
Ringo Starr – lead vocal, drums, piano - The Inner Light – 2:32
Recorded: February 6, 1968 at Abbey Road, London, England with overdubs and backing vocals added February 8, 1968
John Lennon – background vocal
Paul McCartney – background vocal
George Harrison – lead vocal
Indian session musicians – all instruments - Across the Universe – 3:44
John Lennon – lead vocal, acoustic guitar, lead guitar, organ
Paul McCartney – piano
George Harrison – sitar
Ringo Starr – maracas
George Martin – organ (with Lennon)
Lizzie Bravo and Gayleen Pease – falsetto background vocals (on “Nothing’s going to change my world”) - You Know My Name (Look up the Number) – 4:17
John Lennon – lead vocal, maracas, sound effects
Paul McCartney – lead vocal, piano, double bass, sound effects
George Harrison – xylophone, background vocal
Ringo Starr – lead vocal, drums, bongos
Brain Jones – saxophone
Mal Evans – background vocal - Sgt. Pepper Inner Groove – 0:02
Recorded: February 22, 1967 at Abbey Road, London, England.