The Beatles’ 1962–1966 (better known as the “Red Album”) is a career-spanning compilation released as a double LP in 1973, covering the band’s official output from their 1962 debut through mid-1966. It launched alongside its sister set, the “Blue Album”…
“Fixing A Hole” is a Paul McCartney-written Beatles song (credited to Lennon-McCartney) released on the 1967 album Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band Album. It appears on side one as track five, following “Getting Better“. On the surface it is…
“Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby” is a rockabilly-leaning cover sung by George Harrison, released as the closing track on Beatles For Sale Album (4 December 1964). It is one of the album’s most direct nods to the American rock…
“Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey” is a John Lennon song released on 22 November 1968 on The Beatles (the “White Album”). It is one of the record’s hardest-edged performances: fast, loud, and deliberately messy, driven…
“Every Little Thing” is a Lennon-McCartney song released on 4 December 1964 on The Beatles’ album Beatles For Sale. It is one of the album’s brighter moments: a straightforward devotion lyric, built around a tight guitar figure, a piano part,…
“Etcetera” is an unreleased Paul McCartney song from the White Album era. The only known recording is a one-take demo cut at EMI Studios (Abbey Road) on 20 August 1968, and no verified audio has ever surfaced publicly. Plenty of…
“Eleanor Rigby” is a Beatles song credited to Lennon-McCartney and released on 5 August 1966, both on the album Revolver and as a UK double A-side single with “Yellow Submarine”. Built around a stark string-octet arrangement with no Beatles instruments,…
“Eight Days A Week” is a Lennon-McCartney song released on 4 December 1964 on The Beatles’ album Beatles For Sale, where it opens side two. Although it was not a UK single, it became a major hit when Capitol issued…
“Drive My Car” is a Paul McCartney song credited to Lennon-McCartney and released as the opening track on the UK version of Rubber Soul (3 December 1965). Built around a tough, R&B-leaning riff and a sharp comic lyric, it helped…
“Don’t Pass Me By” is a Beatles song written and sung by Ringo Starr. It was released on 22 November 1968 on The Beatles (the “White Album”), making it the first solo Starr composition to appear on a Beatles album….
