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Hello, Goodbye

Single by The Beatles • 24 November 1967 • Parlophone R 5655

Magical Mystery Tour (late 1967) — Kaleidoscope coach trip and walrus dreams.

About this release

Hello, Goodbye is a UK single on Parlophone (catalogue R 5655), released 24 November 1967. Held off the simultaneously-released MMT EP from UK No.1.

The recording context is the band's Magical Mystery Tour (late 1967) period, produced by George Martin with Geoff Emerick engineering. The track(s) were committed at EMI Studios + Olympic Sound Studios (Barnes) for some MMT/All You Need Is Love work on Synced J37 four-tracks; first Beatles use of 8-track Studer A80 imminent via the REDD.51 + Helios at Olympic.

Contents Preface 4 The Paul McCartney Interview 6 1962 Recording sessions for: `Love Me Do', `Please Please Me' 19631967 16 Recording sessions for: `Penny Lane', 92 Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Yellow Submarine, `All You Need Is Love', Magical Mystery Tour, `Hello, Goodbye' Recording sessions for: Please…— Mark Lewisohn, The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions, p.3

What's distinctive

2 tracks; average length 4:03. Lennon dominates the lead vocals (1/2). Lead writing credit: McCartney (1 of 2).

Tracklist

Side A

Side B

Pattern analysis

Lead vocalists across Hello, Goodbye
2
Lennon 1
McCartney 1
Songwriters credited on Hello, Goodbye
McCartney1Lennon1
Track lengths (seconds)
I Am the Walrus275Hello, Goodbye211

Era technical context

MicrophonesU47/U48, AKG C12, ribbon mics (4038)
OutboardEMI RS124, EMT 140, Fairchild 660, ADT, tape phasing, Leslie cabinet
GuitarsEpiphone Casino, Fender Stratocaster (Harrison — psychedelic 'Rocky' Strat), Mellotron, clavioline
AmplifiersVox AC100, Vox UL730, Fender Showman, Fender Bassman

References & external databases

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