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Curated playlist

Albums arranged by George Martin

  • The Capitol Albums, Volume 1Some Beatles songs heard in stereo in America were mono recordings spread across two channels.
  • The Capitol Albums, Volume 2Some early copies of the Beatles box set The Capitol Albums, Volume 2 had the wrong mono mixes.
  • Rock 'n' Roll Music (album)A Beatles compilation reached number 2 in 1976, six years after the band broke up.
  • Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandThe Beatles played Sgt. Pepper from a Chelsea window at six in the morning. Neighbors listened without complaint.
  • Revolver (Beatles album)The Beatles vetoed a 1966 film and used the free months to make Revolver. They recorded for over 220 hours.
  • Live at the BBC (Beatles album)Live at the BBC, the Beatles album released in 1994, gathers 56 songs and 13 tracks of spoken dialogue, all taken from radio shows of the early 1960s. For fans it ended a long drought. The last official Beatles release of unissued…
  • The Beatles (The Original Studio Recordings)Abbey Road Studios once wiped Beatles master tapes to reuse them. That is why "Love Me Do" has no true stereo mix.
  • The Beatles in MonoThe Beatles in Mono box set sold out almost everywhere before its September 9, 2009 release.
  • Abbey RoadAbbey Road came out after John Lennon had already told the Beatles he wanted a divorce.
  • The Beatles (album)Ringo Starr walked out of a Beatles recording session on the 22nd of August 1968. He felt sidelined.
  • 1967–1970The Beatles' Blue Album was a reply to a bootleg sold on television. Apple and EMI made it in 1973.
  • Help!The Beatles tried to spell HELP in semaphore on an album cover, but the letters looked wrong.
  • Love (Beatles album)George Harrison never heard the Beatles album Love, though the idea came from him. He died in 2001.
  • The Beatles at the Hollywood BowlThe Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl reached number two on the American Billboard chart in 1977, even though its recordings were 12 and 13 years old. It was the first live album the band ever issued with official approval. That is strange for…
  • 1962–1966The 1973 Beatles Red Album left out "Twist and Shout" and every George Harrison song.
  • Let It Be (album)The Beatles' album Let It Be came out nearly a month after the world learned the band was finished.
  • Yellow Submarine (album)Side 2 of the Yellow Submarine album has no Beatles songs at all. A 41-piece orchestra plays George Martin's film score.
  • 1 (Beatles album)A Beatles hits album sold over 31 million copies, 30 years after the band split. It was called 1.
  • Please Please MeJohn Lennon sang "Twist and Shout" in one take with a bad cold. He said it nearly killed him.
  • With the BeatlesEMI objected to the cover of With the Beatles because the band did not smile. George Martin pushed it through anyway.

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