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1967–1970
Compilation album by The Beatles
Released 19 April 1973
Recorded 1966–1970, EMI, Olympic, Apple and Trident Studios, London
Genre Rock, psychedelic rock
Length 99:34
Language English
Label Apple
Producer George Martin and Phil Spector
Compiler George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and Ringo Starr
Professional reviews
* Allmusic 4.5/5 stars link
* Blender 4/5 stars link
* Rolling Stone 4.5/5 stars 2004
1967–1970 (widely known as "The Blue Album") is a compilation of songs by the British rock band The Beatles, spanning the years indicated in the title. It was released in 1973 with 1962–1966 ("The Red Album"), which covered their earlier period. 1967–1970 made #1 on the American Billboard chart and #2 on the British Album Chart. This album was re-released in September 1993 charting at #4 in the United Kingdom.
The album was compiled by Beatles manager Allen Klein, with his selections approved by the Beatles themselves.[1] Songs performed by the Beatles as solo artists were also considered for inclusion, but like the cover songs on 1962–1966, limited space resulted in this idea having to be abandoned.
As with 1962–1966, this compilation was produced by Apple/EMI at least partially in response to a bootleg collection titled Alpha Omega, which had been sold on television the previous year.
Contents
Album covers
For the group's 1963 debut LP Please Please Me, photographer Angus McBean was asked to take the distinctive colour photograph of the group looking down over the stairwell inside EMI House (EMI's London headquarters in Manchester Square, now demolished).
In 1969, The Beatles asked McBean to recreate this shot. Although a photograph from the 1969 photo shoot was originally intended for the then-planned Get Back album, it was not used when that project saw eventual release in 1970 as Let It Be. Instead, another photograph from the 1969 shoot, along with an unused photograph from the 1963 photo shoot, was used for both this LP and 1962–1966.
The inner gatefold photo for both LPs is from the "Mad Day Out" photo session, London, 28 July 1968.
Album cover is designed by Tom Wilkes. His name is shown at the left bottom corner of the paper sleeve (side 4) for housing the vinyl record. ONLY printed on the US version of this album.
Release variations
* Original 1973 release: Apple SKBO-3404 (Whole and sliced apples in blue background)
* Second pressing: Capitol SKBO-3404 (Capitol target label on back of album cover, blue label with "Capitol" in light blue letters at bottom)
* First blue vinyl release: Capitol SEBX-11843 (Capitol dome label on back of album cover, large dome logo at top of light blue labels)
* 1993 CD release. Apple 0777 7 97039 2 0 (Whole and sliced apples in blue background)
* 2010 remastered CD release. Apple 5099990674723 (Whole and sliced apples in blue background)
* 1980 East German release. Amiga 8 55 742. One disc only with 14 tracks mostly from disc one of the original version.
Track listing
All tracks written by Lennon/McCartney, except where noted.
Disc 1
Side 1
1. "Strawberry Fields Forever" – 4:10
2. "Penny Lane" – 3:03
3. "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" – 2:02
4. "With a Little Help from My Friends" – 2:44
5. "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" – 3:28
6. "A Day in the Life" – 5:06
7. "All You Need Is Love" – 3:48
Side 2
8. "I Am the Walrus" – 4:37
9. "Hello, Goodbye" – 3:31
10. "The Fool on the Hill" – 3:00
11. "Magical Mystery Tour" – 2:51
12. "Lady Madonna" – 2:17
13. "Hey Jude" – 7:08
14. "Revolution" – 3:21
Disc 2
Side 1
1. "Back in the U.S.S.R." – 2:45
2. "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (Harrison) – 4:45
3. "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" – 3:05
4. "Get Back" – 3:14
5. "Don't Let Me Down" – 3:33
6. "The Ballad of John and Yoko" – 2:59
7. "Old Brown Shoe" (Harrison) – 3:18
Side 2
8. "Here Comes the Sun" (Harrison) – 3:05
9. "Come Together" – 4:20
10. "Something" (Harrison) – 3:03
11. "Octopus's Garden" (Starkey) – 2:51
12. "Let It Be" – 3:52
13. "Across the Universe" – 3:48
14. "The Long and Winding Road" – 3:38
Notes
* On the original LP, "A Day in the Life" faded up out of its original cross-fade with "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)". The original vinyl version faded out seven seconds earlier. The 1993 and 2010 CD version uses the same clean intro version from the 1988 Imagine: John Lennon soundtrack album.
* The single versions of "Get Back" and "Let It Be" made their album debut with the original LP release. In the US, "Get Back" was erroneously listed as the album version on an insert sheet.
* The US version has "Penny Lane" and "Hello, Goodbye" in mono and "I Am The Walrus" with the four-beat intro. The 1993 and 2010 CD release finds all three tracks in stereo, with "I Am The Walrus" having the same six-beat intro as the Magical Mystery Tour CD.
* "Hey Jude" fades out about 9 seconds earlier on the vinyl version.
Chart positions
Year Chart Position
1973 Billboard Pop Albums 1
UK Albums Chart 2
Year Chart Position
2010 UK Albums Chart [2] 4
European Albums Chart [3] 16
Certification
Country Sales Certification
Canada 1,000,000+ Diamond[4]
Germany 1,500,000+ 3x Platinum[5]
UK 100,000+ Gold[6]
USA 8,500,000+ 17x Platinum[7]
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