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Beatlemania (1962–1964)

A Hard Day's Night
16 Apr 1964 • John Lennon & Paul McCartney • 22 takes
A Taste of Honey
11 Feb 1963 • Paul McCartney • 16 takes
All I've Got to Do
11 Sep 1963 • John Lennon • 26 takes
All My Loving
30 Jul 1963 • Paul McCartney • 23 takes
And I Love Her
27 Feb 1964 • Paul McCartney • 50 takes
Anna (Go to Him)
11 Feb 1963 • John Lennon • 29 takes
Any Time at All
2 Jun 1964 • John Lennon • 16 takes
Ask Me Why
26 Nov 1962 • John Lennon • 18 takes
Baby It's You
11 Feb 1963 • John Lennon • 16 takes
Baby's in Black
11 Aug 1964 • John Lennon & Paul McCartney • 19 takes
Boys
11 Feb 1963 • Ringo Starr • 16 takes
Can't Buy Me Love
29 Jan 1964 • Paul McCartney • 22 takes
Chains
11 Feb 1963 • George Harrison • 16 takes
Devil in Her Heart
18 Jul 1963 • George Harrison • 26 takes
Do You Want to Know a Secret
11 Feb 1963 • George Harrison • 16 takes
Don't Bother Me
11 Sep 1963 • George Harrison • 29 takes
Eight Days a Week
6 Oct 1964 • John Lennon & Paul McCartney • 15 takes
Every Little Thing
29 Sep 1964 • John Lennon • 19 takes
Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby
18 Oct 1964 • George Harrison • 19 takes
From Me to You
5 Mar 1963 • John Lennon & Paul McCartney • 25 takes
Hold Me Tight
12 Sep 1963 • Paul McCartney • 29 takes
Honey Don't
26 Oct 1964 • Ringo Starr • 19 takes
I Call Your Name
1 Mar 1964 • John Lennon • 22 takes
I Don't Want to Spoil the Party
29 Sep 1964 • John Lennon • 19 takes
I Feel Fine
18 Oct 1964 • John Lennon • 19 takes
I Saw Her Standing There
11 Feb 1963 • Paul McCartney • 16 takes
I Should Have Known Better
25 Feb 1964 • John Lennon • 22 takes
I Wanna Be Your Man
12 Sep 1963 • Ringo Starr • 29 takes
I Want to Hold Your Hand
17 Oct 1963 • John Lennon & Paul McCartney • 21 takes
I'll Be Back
1 Jun 1964 • John Lennon • 22 takes
I'll Cry Instead
1 Jun 1964 • John Lennon • 11 takes
I'll Follow the Sun
18 Oct 1964 • Paul McCartney • 19 takes
I'll Get You
1 Jul 1963 • John Lennon & Paul McCartney • 4 takes
I'm Happy Just to Dance with You
1 Mar 1964 • George Harrison • 22 takes
I'm a Loser
14 Aug 1964 • John Lennon • 19 takes
If I Fell
27 Feb 1964 • John Lennon & Paul McCartney • 22 takes
It Won't Be Long
30 Jul 1963 • John Lennon • 26 takes
Kansas City / Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!
18 Oct 1964 • Paul McCartney • 4 takes
Little Child
11 Sep 1963 • John Lennon & Paul McCartney • 29 takes
Long Tall Sally
1 Mar 1964 • Paul McCartney • 16 takes
Love Me Do
4 Sep & 11 Sep 1962 • Paul McCartney & John Lennon • 18 takes
Matchbox
1 Jun 1964 • Ringo Starr • 16 takes
Misery
20 Feb 1963 • John Lennon & Paul McCartney • 16 takes
Money (That's What I Want)
18 Jul 1963 • John Lennon • 42 takes
Mr. Moonlight
14 Aug 1964 • John Lennon • 19 takes
No Reply
30 Sep 1964 • John Lennon • 19 takes
Not a Second Time
11 Sep 1963 • John Lennon • 26 takes
P.S. I Love You
11 Sep 1962 • Paul McCartney • 18 takes
Please Mister Postman
30 Jul 1963 • John Lennon • 23 takes
Please Please Me
26 Nov 1962 • John Lennon & Paul McCartney • 18 takes
Rock and Roll Music
18 Oct 1964 • John Lennon • 19 takes
Roll Over Beethoven
30 Jul 1963 • George Harrison • 23 takes
She Loves You
1 Jul 1963 • John Lennon & Paul McCartney • 25 takes
She's a Woman
8 Oct 1964 • Paul McCartney • 13 takes
Slow Down
1 Jun 1964 • John Lennon • 16 takes
Tell Me Why
27 Feb 1964 • John Lennon • 50 takes
Thank You Girl
5 Mar 1963 • John Lennon & Paul McCartney • 28 takes
There's a Place
11 Feb 1963 • John Lennon & Paul McCartney • 16 takes
Things We Said Today
2 Jun 1964 • Paul McCartney • 16 takes
This Boy
17 Oct 1963 • John Lennon, Paul McCartney & George Harrison • 21 takes
Till There Was You
18 Jul 1963 • Paul McCartney • 23 takes
Twist and Shout
11 Feb 1963 • John Lennon • 16 takes
What You're Doing
29 Sep 1964 • Paul McCartney • 19 takes
When I Get Home
2 Jun 1964 • John Lennon • 22 takes
Words of Love
18 Oct 1964 • John Lennon & Paul McCartney • 19 takes
You Can't Do That
25 Feb 1964 • John Lennon • 22 takes
You Really Got a Hold on Me
18 Jul 1963 • John Lennon • 21 takes

Folk-Rock & Maturity (1965)

Act Naturally
17 Jun 1965 • Ringo Starr • 13 takes
Another Girl
15 Feb 1965 • Paul McCartney • 14 takes
Dizzy Miss Lizzy
10 May 1965 • John Lennon • 11 takes
Help!
13 Apr 1965 • John Lennon • 25 takes
I Need You
15 Feb 1965 • George Harrison • 14 takes
I've Just Seen a Face
14 Jun 1965 • Paul McCartney • 7 takes
It's Only Love
15 Jun 1965 • John Lennon • 6 takes
Tell Me What You See
18 Feb 1965 • Paul McCartney & John Lennon • 14 takes
The Night Before
17 Feb 1965 • Paul McCartney • 44 takes
Ticket to Ride
15 Feb 1965 • John Lennon • 24 takes
Yesterday
14 Jun 1965 • Paul McCartney • 25 takes
You Like Me Too Much
17 Feb 1965 • George Harrison • 14 takes
You're Going to Lose That Girl
19 Feb 1965 • John Lennon • 24 takes
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
18 Feb 1965 • John Lennon • 9 takes

Rubber Soul (late 1965)

Day Tripper
16 Oct 1965 • John Lennon & Paul McCartney • 15 takes
Drive My Car
13 Oct 1965 • Paul McCartney • 4 takes
Girl
11 Nov 1965 • John Lennon • 28 takes
I'm Looking Through You
11 Nov 1965 • Paul McCartney • 4 takes
If I Needed Someone
16 Oct 1965 • George Harrison • 4 takes
In My Life
18 Oct 1965 • John Lennon • 5 takes
Michelle
3 Nov 1965 • Paul McCartney • 25 takes
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
21 Oct 1965 • John Lennon • 5 takes
Nowhere Man
22 Oct 1965 • John Lennon • 5 takes
Run for Your Life
12 Oct 1965 • John Lennon • 5 takes
The Word
10 Nov 1965 • John Lennon & Paul McCartney • 26 takes
Think for Yourself
8 Nov 1965 • George Harrison • 5 takes
Wait
17 Jun 1965 • John Lennon & Paul McCartney • 13 takes
We Can Work It Out
20 Oct 1965 • Paul McCartney & John Lennon • 25 takes
What Goes On
4 Nov 1965 • Ringo Starr • 5 takes
You Won't See Me
11 Nov 1965 • Paul McCartney • 8 takes

Revolver (1966)

And Your Bird Can Sing
20 Apr 1966 • John Lennon • 13 takes
Doctor Robert
17 Apr 1966 • John Lennon • 14 takes
Eleanor Rigby
28 Apr 1966 • Paul McCartney • 15 takes
For No One
9 May 1966 • Paul McCartney • 14 takes
Good Day Sunshine
8 Jun 1966 • Paul McCartney • 15 takes
Got to Get You into My Life
7 Apr 1966 • Paul McCartney • 15 takes
Here, There and Everywhere
14 Jun 1966 • Paul McCartney • 14 takes
I Want to Tell You
2 Jun 1966 • George Harrison • 14 takes
I'm Only Sleeping
27 Apr 1966 • John Lennon • 15 takes
Love You To
11 Apr 1966 • George Harrison • 14 takes
Paperback Writer
13 Apr 1966 • Paul McCartney • 17 takes
Rain
14 Apr 1966 • John Lennon • 32 takes
She Said She Said
21 Jun 1966 • John Lennon • 15 takes
Taxman
21 Apr 1966 • George Harrison • 14 takes
Tomorrow Never Knows
6 Apr 1966 • John Lennon • 15 takes
Yellow Submarine
26 May 1966 • Ringo Starr • 22 takes

Sgt Pepper's (1967)

A Day in the Life
19 Jan 1967 • John Lennon & Paul McCartney • 24 takes
Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!
17 Feb 1967 • John Lennon • 11 takes
Fixing a Hole
9 Feb 1967 • Paul McCartney • 11 takes
Getting Better
9 Mar 1967 • Paul McCartney • 15 takes
Good Morning Good Morning
8 Feb 1967 • John Lennon • 12 takes
Lovely Rita
23 Feb 1967 • Paul McCartney • 15 takes
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
28 Feb 1967 • John Lennon • 58 takes
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1 Feb 1967 • Paul McCartney • 11 takes
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
1 Apr 1967 • Paul McCartney • 18 takes
She's Leaving Home
17 Mar 1967 • Paul McCartney • 15 takes
When I'm Sixty-Four
6 Dec 1966 • Paul McCartney • 26 takes
With a Little Help from My Friends
29 Mar 1967 • Ringo Starr • 11 takes
Within You Without You
15 Mar 1967 • George Harrison • 14 takes

Magical Mystery Tour (late 1967)

All You Need Is Love
26 Jun 1967 • John Lennon • 58 takes
Baby, You're a Rich Man
11 May 1967 • John Lennon • 12 takes
Blue Jay Way
6 Sep 1967 • George Harrison • 30 takes
Flying
8 Sep 1967 • instrumental • 25 takes
Hello, Goodbye
2 Oct 1967 • Paul McCartney • 58 takes
I Am the Walrus
5 Sep 1967 • John Lennon • 52 takes
Magical Mystery Tour
25 Apr 1967 • Paul McCartney • 52 takes
Penny Lane
29 Dec 1966 • Paul McCartney • 26 takes
Strawberry Fields Forever
24 Nov 1966 • John Lennon • 26 takes
The Fool on the Hill
25 Sep 1967 • Paul McCartney • 25 takes
Your Mother Should Know
22 Aug 1967 • Paul McCartney • 52 takes

The White Album (1968)

Back in the U.S.S.R.
22 Aug 1968 • Paul McCartney • 6 takes
Birthday
18 Sep 1968 • Paul McCartney & John Lennon • 68 takes
Blackbird
11 Jun 1968 • Paul McCartney • 32 takes
Cry Baby Cry
15 Jul 1968 • John Lennon • 68 takes
Dear Prudence
28 Aug 1968 • John Lennon • 16 takes
Don't Pass Me By
5 Jun 1968 • Ringo Starr • 34 takes
Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
26 Jun 1968 • John Lennon • 34 takes
Glass Onion
11 Sep 1968 • John Lennon • 68 takes
Good Night
28 Jun 1968 • Ringo Starr • 34 takes
Happiness Is a Warm Gun
23 Sep 1968 • John Lennon • 83 takes
Helter Skelter
9 Sep 1968 • Paul McCartney • 67 takes
Hey Jude
31 Jul 1968 • Paul McCartney • 47 takes
Honey Pie
1 Oct 1968 • Paul McCartney • 25 takes
I Will
16 Sep 1968 • Paul McCartney • 68 takes
I'm So Tired
8 Oct 1968 • John Lennon • 67 takes
Julia
13 Oct 1968 • John Lennon • 32 takes
Lady Madonna
3 Feb 1968 • Paul McCartney • 32 takes
Long, Long, Long
7 Oct 1968 • George Harrison • 68 takes
Martha My Dear
4 Oct 1968 • Paul McCartney • 25 takes
Mother Nature's Son
9 Aug 1968 • Paul McCartney • 99 takes
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
8 Jul 1968 • Paul McCartney • 67 takes
Piggies
10 Oct 1968 • George Harrison • 67 takes
Revolution
10 Jul 1968 • John Lennon • 99 takes
Revolution 1
30 May 1968 • John Lennon • 22 takes
Revolution 9
30 May 1968 • spoken/montage • 35 takes
Rocky Raccoon
15 Aug 1968 • Paul McCartney • 67 takes
Savoy Truffle
3 Oct 1968 • George Harrison • 68 takes
Sexy Sadie
19 Jul 1968 • John Lennon • 67 takes
The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
8 Oct 1968 • John Lennon • 67 takes
The Inner Light
12 Jan 1968 • George Harrison • 8 takes
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
5 Sep 1968 • George Harrison • 68 takes
Why Don't We Do It in the Road?
10 Oct 1968 • Paul McCartney • 67 takes
Wild Honey Pie
20 Aug 1968 • Paul McCartney • 6 takes
Yer Blues
13 Aug 1968 • John Lennon • 67 takes

Yellow Submarine (1969)

All Together Now
12 May 1967 • Paul McCartney • 58 takes
Hey Bulldog
11 Feb 1968 • John Lennon • 58 takes
It's All Too Much
25 May 1967 • George Harrison • 22 takes
March of the Meanies
Oct 1968 • instrumental • 9 takes
Only a Northern Song
13 Feb 1967 • George Harrison • 58 takes
Pepperland
Oct 1968 • instrumental • 9 takes
Pepperland Laid Waste
Oct 1968 • instrumental • 9 takes
Sea of Holes
Oct 1968 • instrumental • 9 takes
Sea of Monsters
Oct 1968 • instrumental • 9 takes
Sea of Time
Oct 1968 • instrumental • 9 takes
Yellow Submarine in Pepperland
Oct 1968 • instrumental • 9 takes

Abbey Road (1969)

Because
1 Aug 1969 • John Lennon, Paul McCartney & George Harrison • 83 takes
Carry That Weight
2 Jul 1969 • Paul McCartney • 42 takes
Come Together
21 Jul 1969 • John Lennon • 39 takes
Golden Slumbers
2 Jul 1969 • Paul McCartney • 42 takes
Her Majesty
2 Jul 1969 • Paul McCartney • 42 takes
Here Comes the Sun
7 Jul 1969 • George Harrison • 39 takes
I Want You (She's So Heavy)
22 Feb 1969 • John Lennon • 35 takes
Maxwell's Silver Hammer
9 Jul 1969 • Paul McCartney • 40 takes
Mean Mr. Mustard
24 Jul 1969 • John Lennon • 40 takes
Octopus's Garden
26 Apr 1969 • Ringo Starr • 32 takes
Oh! Darling
20 Apr 1969 • Paul McCartney • 32 takes
Polythene Pam
25 Jul 1969 • John Lennon • 42 takes
She Came in Through the Bathroom Window
25 Jul 1969 • Paul McCartney • 42 takes
Something
2 May 1969 • George Harrison • 67 takes
Sun King
24 Jul 1969 • John Lennon • 40 takes
The End
23 Jul 1969 • Paul McCartney • 99 takes
You Never Give Me Your Money
6 May 1969 • Paul McCartney • 42 takes

Let It Be (1969–70)

Across the Universe
4 Feb 1968 • John Lennon • 19 takes
For You Blue
25 Jan 1969 • George Harrison • 12 takes
I Me Mine
3 Jan 1970 • George Harrison • 27 takes
Dig It
26 Jan 1969 • John Lennon • 12 takes
Let It Be
31 Jan 1969 • Paul McCartney • 30 takes
Maggie Mae
24 Jan 1969 • John Lennon & Paul McCartney • 30 takes
The Long and Winding Road
31 Jan 1969 • Paul McCartney • 30 takes
Two of Us
31 Jan 1969 • Paul McCartney & John Lennon • 32 takes

Get Back / Rooftop (Jan 1969)

Dig a Pony
30 Jan 1969 • John Lennon • 16 takes
Don't Let Me Down
28 Jan 1969 • John Lennon • 9 takes
Get Back
30 Jan 1969 • Paul McCartney • 35 takes
I've Got a Feeling
30 Jan 1969 • Paul McCartney & John Lennon • 16 takes
Old Brown Shoe
16 Apr 1969 • George Harrison • 13 takes
One After 909
30 Jan 1969 • John Lennon & Paul McCartney • 16 takes
The Ballad of John and Yoko
14 Apr 1969 • John Lennon • 11 takes