PRODUCED BY GEORGE MARTIN
SIDE A : SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND (2'02") (By John Lennon and Paul McCartney) Recorded : 1st, 2nd January, 3rd, 6th March, 1967 at Abbey Road Instrumentation : John Lennon: Rhythm guitar, backing vocal Paul McCartney: Bass guitar, guitar, harmony vocal, lead vocal George Harrison: Lead guitar, backing vocal Ringo Starr: Drums James W. Buck, Neil Sanders, John Burden and Tony Randall: French horns WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS (2'44") (By John Lennon and Paul McCartney) Recorded : 29th, 30th March, 1967 at Abbey Road Instrumentation : John Lennon: Cowbells, Backing vocal Paul McCartney: Bass guitar, piano, backing vocal George Harrison: Lead guitar, tambourine Ringo Starr: Drums, lead vocal George Martin: Hammond organ LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS (3'28") (By John Lennon and Paul McCartney) Recorded : 1st, 2nd March, 1967 at Abbey Road Instrumentation : John Lennon: Acoustic guitar, lead vocal Paul McCartney: Bass guitar, hammond organ, backing vocal George Harrison: Lead guitar, tamboura, backing vocal Ringo Starr: Drums GETTING BETTER (2'47") (By John Lennon and Paul McCartney) Recorded : 9th, 10th, 21st, 23rd March, 1967 at Abbey Road Instrumentation : John Lennon: Rhythm guitar, backing vocal Paul McCartney: Bass guitar, lead vocal George Harrison: Lead guitar, tamboura, backing vocal Ringo Starr: Drums, bongos George Martin: Piano FIXING A HOLE (2'36") (By John Lennon and Paul McCartney) Recorded : 9th February, 1967 at Regent Sound Studios, 21st February, 1967 at Abbey Road Instrumentation : John Lennon: Maracas, backing vocal Paul McCartney: Bass guitar, lead vocal George Harrison: Lead guitar, backing vocal Ringo Starr: Drums George Martin: Harpischord SHE'S LEAVING HOME (3'35") (By John Lennon and Paul McCartney) Recorded : 17th, 20th March, 1967 at Abbey Road Instrumentation : John Lennon: Backing vocal, lead vocal Paul McCartney: Backing vocal, lead vocal George Harrison: Not present Ringo Starr: Not present Erich Gruenberg: First violin Derek Jacobs, Trevor Williams and Jose Luis Garcia: Violins John Underwood and Stephen Shingles: Violas Gordon Pearce: Double-bass Dennis Vigay and Alan Dalziel: Cellos Sheila Bromberg: Harp Mike Leander: Music arrangement BEING FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR KITE! (2'37") (By John Lennon and Paul McCartney) Recorded : 17th, 20th February, 28th, 29th, 31st March, 1967 at Abbey Road Instrumentation : John Lennon: Organ, lead vocal Paul McCartney: Bass guitar, electric and acoustic guitar solo George Harrison: Harmonica Ringo Starr: Drums, harmonica, glockenspiel George Martin: Harmonium Mal Evans and Neil Asoinal: Harmonica SIDE B : WITHIN YOU, WITHOUT YOU (5'05") (By George Harrison) Recorded : 15th, 22th March, 3rd April, 1967 at Abbey Road Instrumentation : John Lennon: Not present Paul McCartney: Not present George Harrison: Tamboura, lead vocal Ringo Starr: Not present Neil Aspinal: Tamboura Erich Gruenberg: Lead violin Alan Loveday, Julien Gaillard, Paul Scherman, Ralph Elman, David Wolfsthal, Jack Rothstein and Jack Green: Violins Reginald Kilbey, Allen Ford and Peter Beavan: Cellos Other instruments used: Swordmandel, tabla, dilruba Session musicians from the Asian Music Circle, London WHEN I'M SIXTY-FOUR (2'37") (By John Lennon and Paul McCartney) Recorded : 6th 8th, 20th, 21st December, 1966 at Abbey Road Instrumentation : John Lennon: Lead guitar, backing vocal Paul McCartney: Bass guitar, piano, backing vocal, lead vocal George Harrison: Backing vocal Ringo Starr: Drums, bells Henry MacKenzie, Robert Burns and Frank Reidy: Clarinets LOVELY RITA (2'42") (By John Lennon and Paul McCartney) Recorded : 23rd, 24th February, 7th, 21st March, 1967 at Abbey Road Instrumentation : John Lennon: Acoustic guitar, comb and paper, backing vocal Paul McCartney: Bass guitar, piano, comb and paper, lead vocal George Harrison: Acoustic guitar, comb and paper, backing vocal Ringo Starr: Drums George Martin: Piano GOOD MORNING, GOOD MORNING (2'41") (By John Lennon and Paul McCartney) Recorded : 8th, 16th February, 13th, 28th, 29th March 1967 at Abbey Road Instrumentation : John Lennon: Lead vocal Paul McCartney: Bass guitar, lead guitar, backing vocal George Harrison: Electric guitar, backing vocal Ringo Starr: Drums Sounds Inc. (Barrie Cameron,David Glyde, Alan Holmes, John Lee, Tom and A.N. Other): Brass instruments SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND (REPRISE) (1'18") (By John Lennon and Paul McCartney) Recorded : 1st April, 1967 at Abbey Road Instrumentation : John Lennon: Rhythm guitar, maracas, lead vocal Paul McCartney: Bass guitar, lead vocal George Harrison: Lead guitar, lead vocal Ringo Starr: Drums, lead vocal Other instruments used: Organ, percussion A DAY IN THE LIFE (5'05") (By John Lennon and Paul McCartney) Recorded : 19th, 20th January, 3rd, 10th, 22nd February, 1967 at Abbey Road Instrumentation : John Lennon: Acoustic guitar, piano, lead vocal Paul McCartney: Bass guitar, piano, harmony vocal, lead vocal (middle section only) George Harrison: Acoustic guitar, backing vocal Ringo Starr: Drums, bongos, piano Mal Evans: Counting, alarm clock, piano Marijke (of designers the Fool): Tambourine Erich Gruenberg: First violin Granville Jones, Bill Monro, Jurgen Hess, Hans Geiger, F. Bradley, Lionel Bentley, David McCallum, Donald Weekes, Henry Datyner, Sidney Sax and Ernest Scott: Violins John Underwood, Gwynne Edwards, Bernard Davis and John Meek: Violas Francisco Gabarro, Dennis Vigay, Alan Dalziel and Alex Nifosi: Cellos Cyril MacArther and Gordon Pearce: Double-bass John Marson: Harp Roger Lord: Oboe Clifford Seville and David Sandeman: Flutes David Mason, Monty Montgomery and Harold Jackson: Trumpets Raymond Brown, Raymond Premry and T. Moore: Trombones Michael Barnes: Tuba Basil Tschaikov and Jack Brymer: Clarinets N. Fawcett and Alfred Waters: Bassoons Alan Civil and Neil Sanders: Horns Tristan Fry: Percussion (including timpani)