57-455: Red Album or The Red Album may refer to: 1962–1966 , a 1973 compilation album by The Beatles also known as " The Red Album " Days of the New (2001 album) , an album by Days of the New often referred to as " The Red Album " Grand Funk (album) , a 1969 release by Grand Funk Railroad sometimes called " The Red Album " The R.E.D. Album ,
114-709: A Shadow ", an instrumental recorded during the Beatles' sessions with Tony Sheridan in June 1961 (one of the only full instrumentals the group recorded), was written by Harrison and Lennon. By 1962, the joint credit agreement was in effect. From the time of the Beatles' A&R Decca audition in January that year, until Lennon's announcement in September 1969 that he was leaving the band, virtually all songs by McCartney or Lennon were published with joint credit, although, on
171-685: A better lyric. Lennon advised McCartney to leave that line alone, saying it was one of the strongest in the song. Though Lennon and McCartney's collaborative efforts decreased in later years, they continued to influence one another. As Lennon stated in 1969, "We write how we write now because of each other. Paul was there for five or ten years, and I wouldn't write like I write now if it weren't for Paul, and he wouldn't write like he does if it weren't for me." When McCartney and Lennon met as teenagers and began writing songs together, they agreed that all songs written by them (whether individually or jointly) should be credited to both of them. The precise date of
228-696: A bit of Lennon in him", characterized the pairing as "a new thing". The Lennon–McCartney songwriting partnership makes up the majority of the Beatles' catalogue. The first two UK studio albums included 12 cover tunes and 15 Lennon–McCartney songs, with one track (" Don't Bother Me ") credited to George Harrison . Their third UK album, A Hard Day's Night (1964), is the only Beatles album made up entirely of Lennon–McCartney compositions. The next album released, Beatles for Sale (1964), included six covers and eight Lennon–McCartney originals. The subsequent release, Help! (1965), had two covers and two Harrison compositions along with ten Lennon–McCartney tracks; it
285-468: A few of their first releases, the order was reversed (see below). The only other exceptions were a handful of the McCartney songs released by other musicians (viz. " Woman " by Peter and Gordon in 1966 (McCartney using Bernard Webb as a pseudonym), "Cat Call" by Chris Barber in 1967, and "Penina" by Carlos Mendes in 1969). Lennon kept the joint credit for " Give Peace a Chance ", his first single with
342-667: A more immersive experience. It's not quite the same vibe as the original records, yet these 50th-anniversary reissues do hearken back to the origins of the Red and Blue Albums." They also added that "they repurpose the Beatles to suit the habits of streaming listeners — just like how the originals were designed with an LP audience in mind." On 3 November 2023, the 2023 mix of "Love Me Do" was released alongside "Now and Then". All tracks are written by Lennon–McCartney . All tracks are written by Lennon-McCartney , except where noted. Original release 1993 reissue 2010 reissue In
399-491: A separate lyricist and composer, such as George and Ira Gershwin , Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II , or Elton John and Bernie Taupin , both Lennon and McCartney wrote lyrics and music. Sometimes, especially early on, they would collaborate extensively when writing songs, working "eyeball to eyeball" as Lennon phrased it. During the latter half of their partnership, it became more common for either of them to write most of
456-550: A shared purpose. Author David Rowley points out that at least half of all Lennon–McCartney lyrics have the words "you" and/or "your" in the first line. In Lennon's 1980 Playboy interview , he said of the partnership: [Paul] provided a lightness, an optimism, while I would always go for the sadness, the discords, the bluesy notes. There was a period when I thought I didn't write melodies, that Paul wrote those and I just wrote straight, shouting rock 'n' roll. But, of course, when I think of some of my own songs—" In My Life ", or some of
513-479: A single disc; EMI stated that this was done to match the release of 1967–1970 . The CD version used new digital masters. The first four tracks on the CD release are in mono; the rest of the tracks are in stereo. The tracks " All My Loving ", " Can't Buy Me Love ", " A Hard Day's Night ", " And I Love Her " and " Eight Days a Week " made their CD stereo debut with this release. The 1993 versions were also issued on vinyl in
570-512: A song on their own with minimal input from the other, and sometimes none at all. By an agreement made before the Beatles became famous, Lennon and McCartney were credited equally with songs that either one of them wrote while their partnership lasted. Lennon–McCartney compositions have been the subject of numerous cover versions . According to Guinness World Records , " Yesterday " has been recorded by more musicians than any other song. Although McCartney had previously seen and noticed Lennon in
627-588: A suit in United States district court against Sony/ATV Music Publishing seeking to reclaim ownership of his share of the Lennon–McCartney song catalogue beginning in 2018. Under US copyright law, for works published before 1978 the author can reclaim copyrights assigned to a publisher after 56 years. McCartney and Sony agreed to a confidential settlement in June 2017. Several songs credited to Lennon–McCartney were originally released by bands other than
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#1732797155704684-484: Is " You'll Be Mine ", recorded at home in 1960 and included on Anthology 1 35 years later. Some other songs from the band's early years are not credited to the partnership. " In Spite of All the Danger ", a 1958 song that the band (then The Quarrymen ) paid to record to disc, is attributed to McCartney and George Harrison . " Cayenne ", recorded at the same time as "You'll Be Mine", is a solo McCartney song. " Cry for
741-640: Is a compilation album of songs by the English rock band the Beatles , spanning the years indicated in the title. Released with its counterpart 1967–1970 (the "Blue Album") in 1973, the double LP peaked at number 3 in the United Kingdom. In the United States, it topped the Cash Box albums chart and peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart while 1967–1970 reached
798-504: The Liverpool Institute . They often invited friends—including George Harrison , Nigel Walley , Barbara Baker, and Lennon's art school colleagues—to listen to performances of their new songs. The first song that Lennon and McCartney wrote together, according to Mark Lewisohn , was Too Bad About Sorrows. Lennon said the main intention of the Beatles' music was to communicate, and that, to this effect, he and McCartney had
855-542: The Plastic Ono Band . After the partnership had ended, Lennon and McCartney each gave various accounts of their individual contribution to each jointly credited song, and sometimes claimed full authorship. Often their memories of collaboration differed, and often their own early and late interviews are in conflict. In 1972, Lennon offered Hit Parader a list of Beatles songs with comments regarding his and McCartney's contributions to each song. In his response to
912-467: The Beatles . It is widely considered one of the greatest, best known and most successful musical collaborations ever by records sold, with the Beatles selling over 600 million records worldwide as of 2004 . Between 5 October 1962 and 8 May 1970, the partnership published approximately 180 jointly credited songs, of which the vast majority were recorded by the Beatles, forming the bulk of their catalogue. Unlike many songwriting partnerships that comprise
969-533: The Beatles songs. A number of songs written primarily by the duo and recorded by the Beatles were credited as follows: The German-language versions of " I Want to Hold Your Hand " and " She Loves You " were also credited to additional songwriters for assisting with the translation. " Komm, gib mir deine Hand " was credited to Lennon–McCartney– Nicolas –Hellmer, and " Sie liebt dich " was credited to Lennon–McCartney–Nicolas–Montague. Lennon–McCartney, as well as other British Invasion songwriters, inspired changes to
1026-513: The Beatles, especially those managed by Brian Epstein . Recording a Lennon–McCartney song helped launch new performing-artists' careers. Many of the recordings below were included on the 1979 compilation album The Songs Lennon and McCartney Gave Away . Beatles versions of some of these were recorded; some were not released until after their split, on compilations such as Live at the BBC (1994) and The Beatles Anthology (1995–96). In April 2024,
1083-569: The CD and digital editions, the additional tracks are inserted into the track list in chronological order of each track's original issue, while on the vinyl edition, the first two LPs retain the track list of the 1973 release, with the additional tracks placed on a third LP. A press conference for the release, along with " Now and Then ", was held at the Dolby Screening Room in New York City on 27 September, 2023. Tracks from
1140-634: The Quarrymen; McCartney accepted. The duo's first musical idols were the Everly Brothers , Little Richard , Chuck Berry , Elvis Presley , Buddy Holly , and Smokey Robinson and the Miracles , and they learned many of their songs and imitated their sound. Their first compositions were written at McCartney's home ( 20 Forthlin Road ), at Lennon's aunt Mimi 's house ( 251 Menlove Avenue ), or at
1197-649: The UK. EMI announced on 10 August 2010, that the album had been remastered for a second time and, once again, would be released as a two-CD package. The album was released worldwide on 18 October 2010, and 19 October 2010 in North America. The album was reissued on 180g vinyl in 2014, prepared from the original UK 1973 compilation master. The fake stereo mixes of the Andy White version of " Love Me Do " (with Starr on tambourine) and " She Loves You " were replaced by
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#17327971557041254-492: The US, the album sold 1,215,338 LPs by 31 December 1973 and 5,475,942 LPs by the end of the decade. Sales figures based on certification alone. Shipments figures based on certification alone. Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. Lennon%E2%80%93McCartney Lennon–McCartney was the songwriting partnership between the English musicians John Lennon (1940–1980) and Paul McCartney (born 1942) of
1311-401: The agreement is unknown; however, Lennon spoke in 1980 of an informal agreement between him and McCartney made "when we were fifteen or sixteen". Two songs written (primarily by Lennon) in 1957, " Hello Little Girl " and " One After 909 ", were credited to the partnership when published in the following decade. The earliest Beatles recording credited to Lennon–McCartney to be officially released
1368-486: The article at the time, McCartney disputed only one of Lennon's entries. In October 1962, the Beatles released their first single in the UK, " Love Me Do ", credited to "Lennon–McCartney". However, on their next three releases the following year (the single " Please Please Me ", the Please Please Me LP, and the single " From Me to You "), the credit was given as "McCartney–Lennon". According to McCartney,
1425-471: The band's sixth studio album, also known as " The Red Album " Weezer (2008 album) , Weezer's third self-titled album, also known as " The Red Album " See also [ edit ] Red (disambiguation) , section "Albums" The White Album (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Red Album . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
1482-468: The case of " I've Got a Feeling " and " A Day in the Life ". " Every Little Thing " is a rare example of a Lennon–McCartney song in which one member of the partnership was primary composer (McCartney) but the other sang lead vocal (Lennon). McCartney sings in unison with Lennon on the verses, but Lennon's vocal is more prominent. McCartney sings the high harmony on the chorus. In January 2017, McCartney filed
1539-401: The catalogue came from Lennon and McCartney. Lennon and McCartney gave songs to Starr to sing, and to Harrison before he started writing his own material. As for the songs they kept for themselves, each partner mostly sang his own composition, often with the other providing harmonies, or they shared lead vocal. If each contributed a fragment to make a whole song, he might sing his portion, as in
1596-498: The cynicism some people have about reissues". Salon.com said the tracks "came roaring to life with previously unrealised dimensions", and praised the separation of the tracks. For example, they said the mix of bonus track "I Saw Her Standing There" allows the Beatles to be heard "in splendid isolation, all working in the stead of a time-eclipsing song". Tidal Magazine added, "the 2023 revisions are sequenced not like LPs but like playlists, allowing for slight digressions and offering
1653-659: The decision to consistently order the credit with Lennon first was made at an April 1963 band meeting. With the " She Loves You " single, released in August 1963, the credit reverted to "Lennon–McCartney", and all subsequent official Beatles singles and albums list "Lennon–McCartney" (UK) or "John Lennon-Paul McCartney" (US) as the author of songs written by the two. In 1976, McCartney's band Wings released their live album Wings over America with songwriting credits for five Beatles songs reversed to place McCartney's name first. Neither Lennon nor his wife Yoko Ono publicly objected to
1710-475: The distinctive colour photograph of the group looking down over the stairwell inside EMI House ( EMI 's London headquarters in Manchester Square , now demolished). The cover for the 1963 EP The Beatles (No. 1) used a picture from the same shoot. In 1969, the Beatles asked McBean to recreate this shot. Although one of the 1969 photographs was originally intended for the planned Get Back album, it
1767-497: The early stuff, " This Boy "—I was writing melody with the best of them. Historian Todd Compton has noted that there is some truth to Lennon's statement regarding McCartney's optimism. However, it does not tell the whole story, as some of McCartney's most characteristic songs are tragic, or express themes of isolation, such as "Yesterday", "She's Leaving Home", "Eleanor Rigby" or "For No One". Although Lennon and McCartney often wrote independently—and many Beatles songs are primarily
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1824-420: The era, such as " Taxman ", as the content is entirely Lennon–McCartney originals. As with 1967–1970 , the compilation was created by Apple and EMI / Capitol Records in response to a bootleg collection titled Alpha Omega , which had been sold on television the previous year. Print advertising for the two records made a point of declaring them "the only authorized collection of the Beatles". The success of
1881-460: The flipped credits at the time. Many years after Lennon's death however, in the late 1990s, McCartney and Ono became involved in a dispute over the credit order. McCartney's 2002 live album, Back in the U.S. , also used the credit "Paul McCartney and John Lennon" for all of the Beatles songs. When Ono objected to McCartney's request for the reversed credit to be used for the 1965 song " Yesterday ", McCartney said that he and Lennon had agreed in
1938-563: The founding duo of electronic band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark , were emerging as "the Lennon and McCartney of the electronic world"; music journalists subsequently began to describe the pair as "the Lennon–McCartney of synth-pop ". When McCartney teamed up with Elvis Costello in 1989, Costello's acerbic style earned him comparisons to Lennon in his role as McCartney's collaborator. McCartney, despite conceding that Costello has "got
1995-447: The fourth studio album by rapper Game in 2011 Red Album (Baroness album) , a 2007 album by Baroness Красный альбом (Red Album), a 1987 album by Grazhdanskaya Oborona The Red Album , a 2008 album by Cantonese singer Stephy Tang Aaliyah (album) , a 2001 album by Aaliyah often referred to as " The Red Album " Sammy Hagar (album) , a 1977 album often referred to as " The Red Album " Stone Temple Pilots (album) ,
2052-495: The greatest composers since Ludwig van Beethoven . The Lennon–McCartney brand would prove to be a model for several other songwriting teams in the rock genre, including, according to Lennon, the Rolling Stones ' Jagger–Richards partnership. Subsequent Beatlesque songwriting teams attracted comparisons in the media to Lennon–McCartney. The new wave band Squeeze's partnership of Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook
2109-469: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Red_Album&oldid=970541827 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages 1962%E2%80%931966 1962–1966 , also known as the Red Album ,
2166-426: The local area without knowing who he was, the pair first met on 6 July 1957, at a local church fête , where 16-year-old Lennon was playing with his skiffle group the Quarrymen . The 15-year-old McCartney, brought along by a mutual friend, Ivan Vaughan , impressed Lennon with his ability on the guitar and his version of Eddie Cochran 's " Twenty Flight Rock ". Soon afterwards, Lennon asked McCartney if he would join
2223-406: The middle of Lennon's composition ("I read the news today, oh boy ..."). " Hey Jude " is another example of a later McCartney song that had input from Lennon: while auditioning the song for Lennon, when McCartney came to the lyric "the movement you need is on your shoulder", McCartney assured Lennon that he would change the line—which McCartney felt was nonsensical—as soon as he could come up with
2280-510: The mono mix from Beatles '65 , which is drenched in additional reverb . In the liner notes associating the songs with their original albums, the U.S. editions referenced the Capitol albums while the UK editions used the British albums. The first compact disc version was released on 20 September 1993. It was released on two discs for the price of two albums, though it could have fit onto
2337-571: The music industry because they were bands that wrote and performed their own music. This trend threatened the professional songwriters that dominated the American music industry. Ellie Greenwich , a Brill Building songwriter, said, "When the Beatles and the entire British Invasion came in, we were all ready to say, 'Look, it's been nice, there's no more room for us… It's now the self-contained group- makes, certain type of material. What do we do?" In 1963, The Sunday Times called Lennon and McCartney
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2394-422: The new versions, said of the new mixes, "I never thought it would happen", as Martin has been credited for stating the early recordings were impossible to work with this kind of mix. He said in an interview, "Technically, on the early tracks, it's completely mind-blowing to me how we made them sound. I didn't think it was possible for us to do that to the early tracks. As I've told you, I didn't think that we could do
2451-430: The other's verse and chorus. George Martin attributed the high quality of their songwriting to the friendly rivalry between the two. This approach of the Lennon–McCartney songwriting team, with elements of competitiveness and mutual inspiration as well as straightforward collaboration and creative merging of musical ideas, is often cited as a key reason for the Beatles' innovation and popular success. As time went on,
2508-769: The past that the credits could be reversed, if either of them wanted to, on any future releases. In 2003, he relented, saying, "I'm happy with the way it is and always has been. Lennon and McCartney is still the rock 'n' roll trademark I'm proud to be a part of – in the order it has always been." An in-depth analysis of the legal issues was the subject of a 66-page article in the Pepperdine Law Review in 2006. Subsequent Paul McCartney live albums Good Evening New York City (2009) and Amoeba Gig (2019) featured original credit to Lennon-McCartney songs. The new Paul McCartney and Wings live-in-the-studio album One Hand Clapping (2024) featured reverted credits to
2565-442: The release were played in the theatre in their newly mixed form. Rolling Stone called the original red and blue albums "eight of the most-perfect album sides ever devised" and said that the bonus discs "fix the holes in the originals", noting the addition of songs written by Harrison, cover songs and more tracks from Revolver . They said tracks in the compilation "have never thundered like this before". Giles Martin , who mixed
2622-418: The songs increasingly became the work of one writer or the other, often with the partner offering up only a few words or an alternative chord. " A Day in the Life " is a well-known example of a later Beatles song that includes substantial contributions by both Lennon and McCartney, where a separate song fragment by McCartney ("Woke up, fell out of bed, dragged a comb across my head ...") was used to flesh out
2679-558: The surviving Beatles sons James McCartney and Sean Ono Lennon worked together on the song "Primrose Hill" for McCartney's upcoming album. Four songs and a soundtrack album were released during this period but credited solely to Paul McCartney: The following compositions are believed to have been written by Lennon and McCartney, but never officially released by the Beatles or any other artist except as noted below. Many have appeared on Beatles bootlegs , an exception being " Carnival of Light ". The list of unreleased songs includes some of
2736-441: The top spot. The album was re-released in September 1993 on compact disc , charting at number 3 in the UK. The album was instigated by Apple Records manager Allen Klein shortly before he was dismissed from his position. Even though the group had success with cover versions of songs, particularly " Twist and Shout ", 1962–1966 contains only songs composed by the Beatles. The album omits any George Harrison compositions from
2793-670: The true mono versions, but while the Side 1 label indicated “ Please Please Me ” and “ From Me To You ” being mono, they were, in fact, the stereo versions. The compilation, along with its counterpart, with an expanded track listing was rereleased on 10 November 2023. The 12 additional tracks are: " I Saw Her Standing There ", " Twist and Shout ", " Roll Over Beethoven ", " You Really Got a Hold on Me ", " This Boy ", " You Can't Do That ", " If I Needed Someone ", " Taxman ", " I'm Only Sleeping ", " Here, There and Everywhere ", " Got to Get You into My Life ", and " Tomorrow Never Knows ". Additionally,
2850-500: The two official double LP compilations inspired Capitol's repackaging of the Beach Boys ' 1960s hits, starting with the 1974 album Endless Summer . A deluxe expanded version of the album was released on November 10, 2023, containing new remixes of a majority of the tracks and additional tracks not previously included in the original release. For the group's 1963 debut LP Please Please Me , photographer Angus McBean took
2907-508: The version of " Love Me Do " with Ringo Starr on drums, originally issued only on first pressings of the 1962 UK single, replaced the version with Andy White on drums and Starr on tambourine formerly used for this compilation. Thirty out of the 38 songs on the album received a new stereo mix, while the remaining eight used mixes from the 2022 Revolver: Special Edition set. The album is also available in Dolby Atmos surround sound. On
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#17327971557042964-425: The work of one or the other—it was rare that a song would be completed without some input from both writers. In many instances, one writer would sketch an idea or a song fragment and take it to the other to finish or improve; in some cases, two incomplete songs or song ideas that each had worked on individually would be combined into a complete song. Often one of the pair would add a middle eight or bridge section to
3021-518: The work we've done on things like 'I Saw Her Standing There' or 'All My Loving' or 'Twist and Shout.' The power of Ringo's drumming, for example, on those early tracks, it's been unearthed. But the playing is just really good. That's joy." The Sunday Times Magazine called the new mixes "extraordinary", and that, on the Red Album particularly, they "sound so fresh it could be by some up-and-coming garage rock band". They also quoted Martin "rejecting
3078-533: Was designed by Tom Wilkes . The British and American versions of the vinyl album contain notable differences; for example, " Help! " on the American edition includes the same pseudo- James Bond intro as found on the American Help! soundtrack LP , while the same song on the British edition does not. Also, the British LP uses the stereo "whispering intro" mix of " I Feel Fine ", while the U.S. LP uses
3135-604: Was dubbed the "new Lennon–McCartney" by music writers. Difford and Tilbrook expressed ambivalence about the comparison: Tilbrook felt that they "got a bit pompous" as a result, while Difford noted that, although the tag was "very useful" to Squeeze for getting the attention of radio programmers, the label "might have been a burden" on Tilbrook "because he had to live up to the challenge of [the Beatles'] kind of songwriting, which he didn't need to do because he's such an incredible songwriter in his own right." Record Mirror pondered in 1980 whether Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys ,
3192-482: Was not used when that project saw eventual release in 1970 as Let It Be . Instead, another 1969 photograph, along with an unused one from the 1963 photo shoot, were used for both this LP and the cover of 1967–1970 . The inner gatefold photo for both LPs has been attributed to both Stephen Goldblatt and Don McCullin , and is from the "Mad Day Out" photo session in London on Sunday 28 July 1968. The album cover
3249-481: Was the last Beatles album to feature a non-original composition until Let It Be , which included an arrangement of the traditional Liverpool folk song " Maggie Mae ". Among the songs in this post- Help! output, Harrison contributed between one and four songs per album, and Starr wrote two songs in total and received a joint credit with Lennon and McCartney for a third (" What Goes On "). In addition, " Flying " and " Dig It " were credited to all four Beatles. The rest of
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