Rank 'em how you like, Rubber Soul is an undeniable pivot point in the Fab Four's varied discography no matter where, or how, you first heard it. The album was softened up in its original 12-song American edition to jibe with the Dylan/Byrds folk-rock sound, as well as squeeze money from the Parlophone catalog. The 14-song U.K. edition--the version now available on compact disc--is a different, more dynamic, and ultimately more accomplished achievement. So many classics: "Drive My Car" and "Nowhere Man" (both omitted from the U.S. edition) merge the early combustible Beatifics to a burgeoning studio consciousness; "The Word" can be read as a pre-psych warning shot; the sitar-laden "Norwegian Wood" and the evocative "Girl" (the latter written on the last night of the sessions) stand as turning points in John Lennon's oeuvre. George finally emerges too, with the McGuinn-ish "If I Needed Someone." EMI. 2005.

披头士的第一部电影《A Hard Day´s Night》诞生于1964年。随即推出的这张同名专辑收录了电影中出现的歌曲以及与电影无关的几首作品。制作这部电影的最初目的是进一步宣传披头士，而数十年后，这部黑白色调的小制作却成为公认的经典。
在音乐上，这张专辑获得巨大成功，留下数首名作，如《A Hard Day´s Night》，《And I Love Her》，《Can´t Buy Me Love》等。

First CD reissue of the album.


Revolver is the seventh studio album by the English rock band the Beatles. It was first released on 5 August 1966, accompanied by the double A-side single "Eleanor Rigby" and "Yellow Submarine". The album was the Beatles' final recording project before their retirement as live performers and marked the group's most overt use of studio technology to date, building on the advances of their late 1965 release Rubber Soul. It has since become regarded as one of the greatest and most innovative albums in the history of popular music, with recognition centred on its range of musical styles, diverse sounds and lyrical content.


Credits:
Made By – PDO, Germany – 2896 974
Published By – Northern Songs Ltd.
Printed By – EMI Services Benelux B.V.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – EMI Records Ltd.
Copyright © – EMI Records Ltd.

Design [Cover Designed By], Cover – Klaus Voormann
Engineer – Geoff Emerick
Lead Vocals [Lead Singer] – George Harrison (tracks: 1, 4, 12), John Lennon (tracks: 3, 7, 9. 11, 14), Paul McCartney (tracks: 2, ,5, 8, 10, 13), Ringo Starr (tracks: 6)
Photography By – Robert Whitaker
Producer – George Martin
Written-By – Harrison* (tracks: 1, 4, 12), Lennon/McCartney* (tracks: 2, 3, 5 to 11, 13, 14)

Made in W. Germany
℗ 1966 Original Sound Recordings made by EMI Records Ltd.
© 1966 EMI Records Ltd.
Printed in Holland by EMI Services Benelux B.V. Uden

First CD reissue of the album.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (often referred to simply as Sgt. Pepper) is the eighth studio album by the English rock band the Beatles. Released on 26 May 1967, Sgt. Pepper is regarded by musicologists as an early concept album that advanced the roles of sound composition, extended form, psychedelic imagery, record sleeves, and the producer in popular music. The album had an immediate cross-generational impact and was associated with numerous touchstones of the era's youth culture, such as fashion, drugs, mysticism, and a sense of optimism and empowerment. Critics lauded the album for its innovations in songwriting, production and graphic design, for bridging a cultural divide between popular music and high art, and for reflecting the interests of contemporary youth and the counterculture.

«Before Sgt. Pepper, no one seriously thought of rock music as actual art. That all changed in 1967, though, when John, Paul, George and Ringo (with "A Little Help" from their friend, producer George Martin) created an undeniable work of art which remains, after 30-plus years, one of the most influential albums of all time. From Lennon's evocative word/sound pictures (the trippy "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds," the carnival-like "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite") and McCartney's music hall-styled "When I'm 64," to Harrison's Eastern-leaning "Within You Without You," and the avant-garde mini-suite, "A Day in the Life," Sgt. Pepper was a milestone for both '60s music and popular culture. --Billy Altman»

Credits:

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – EMI Records Ltd.
Copyright © – EMI Records Ltd.
Artwork [Cover Staged By] – Jann Haworth, Peter Blake (4)
Artwork [Cover] – M C Productions, The Apple
Artwork [Wax Figures] – Madame Tussauds
Design – Paul Wilkinson (3)
Design Concept [Cd Packaging Design Idea] – Kathryn Varley
Engineer [Recording] – Geoff Emerick
Engineer [Second] – Richard Lush (tracks: 1 to 8, 10 to 13)
Liner Notes – Peter Blake (4)
Liner Notes [Quote] – George Martin
Liner Notes [Words] – Mark Lewisohn
Photography By [Cover] – Michael Cooper (8)
Producer – George Martin
Written-By – Lennon/McCartney* (tracks: 1 to 7, 9 to 13)
℗ 1967 Original Sound Recordings made by EMI Records Ltd.
© 1967 EMI Records Ltd.
© 1987 EMI Records Ltd.

Made in the U.K. (on back cover). Made in Italy (on CD).

Comes in a jewel case enclosed in a cardboard box with a 28 page booklet including Sgt. Pepper's cut-outs.

Track 1 recording started in studio 2 at Abbey Road on February 1, 1967. Album version mixed from take 10.
Track 2 recording started in studio 2 at Abbey Road on March 29, 1967. Album version mixed from take 11.
Track 3 recording started in studio 2 at Abbey Road on March 1, 1967. Album version mixed from take 8.
Track 4 recording started in studio 2 at abbey Road on March 9, 1967. Album version mixed from take 15.
Track 5 recording started at Regent Sound Studio, Tottemham Court Road, London on February 21, 1967 and later completed at Abbey Road. Album version mixed from take 3.
Track 6 recording started in studio 2 at Abbey Road on March 17, 1967. Album version mixed from take 9.
Track 7 recording started in studio 2 at Abbey Road on February 17, 1967. Album version mixed from take 9.
Track 8 recording started in studio 2 at Abbey Road on March 22, 1967. Album version mixed from take 2.
Track 9 recording started in studio 2 at Abbey Road on December 6, 1966. Album version mixed from take 4.
Track 10 recording started in studio 2 at Abbey road on February 23, 1967. Album version mixed from take 11.
Track 11 recording started in studio 2 at Abbey Road on February 8, 1967. Album version mixed from take 11.
Track 12 recording started in studio 1 at Abbey Road on April 1, 1967. Album version mixed from take 9.
Track 13 recording started in studio 2 at Abbey Road on January 19, 1967. Album version mixed from takes 6 & 7.

Black and white photograph courtesy of the Michael Cooper Collection.

The rear of the booklet states all tracks except 8 are by Lennon/McCartney, but the liner notes are more specific.