"The End (Beatles song) ""The End"" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1969 album ""Abbey Road"". It was composed by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney. It was the last song recorded collectively by all four Beatles, and is the final song of the medley that constitutes the majority of side two of the album. McCartney said, ""I wanted [the medley] to end with a little meaningful couplet, so I followed the Bard and wrote a couplet."" In his 1980 interview with ""Playboy"", John Lennon acknowledged McCartney's authorship by saying, ""That's Paul again ..."
"Crate"" series in September 2009 and saw a remastered LP release on 180-gram vinyl in 2012. Notes According to Mark Lewisohn, Ian MacDonald and Barry Miles. The Beatles Additional musicians Production Footnotes Citations Bibliography Abbey Road Abbey Road is the eleventh studio album by English rock band the Beatles, released on 26 September 1969 by Apple Records. The recording sessions for the album were the last in which all four Beatles participated. Although ""Let It Be"" was the final album that the Beatles completed before the band's dissolution in April 1970, most of the album had been recorded before the"
"Only Sleeping"", ""And Your Bird Can Sing"" and ""Doctor Robert"". All tracks written by Lennon–McCartney except those marked with (<nowiki>*</nowiki>), which are by George Harrison. According to Mark Lewisohn and Ian MacDonald: The Beatles Additional musicians and production Revolver (Beatles album) Revolver is the seventh studio album by the English rock band the Beatles. Released on 5 August 1966, it was the Beatles' final recording project before their retirement as live performers and marked the group's most overt use of studio technology up to that time, building on the advances of their late 1965 release ""Rubber Soul"". The album's diverse"
"their final studio album, ""Let It Be"", in 1970. Although the songs were recorded ahead of broadcast, allowing for retakes and occasional overdubbing, they are essentially ""live in studio"" performances. Most of the songs are cover versions of material from the late 1950s and early 1960s, reflecting the stage set they developed before Beatlemania. Before the album's release, comprehensive collections of the Beatles' BBC performances had become available on bootlegs. A remastered repackaging of the album was released on 11 November 2013 along with ""On Air – Live at the BBC Volume 2"", a second volume of BBC Radio broadcasts."
"before their album ""Abbey Road"" (1969); for this reason, some critics and fans, such as Mark Lewisohn, argue that ""Abbey Road"" should be considered the group's final album and ""Let It Be"" the penultimate. Rehearsals began at Twickenham Film Studios in January 1969 as part of a planned documentary showing the Beatles preparing to return to live performance. A project initiated by Paul McCartney, the filmed rehearsals were marked by ill-feeling, leading to George Harrison's temporary departure from the group. As a condition of his return, the Beatles reconvened at their own Apple Studio, where they completed the recordings with"
"""rooftop"" version of ""Get Back"", which was the last song of the Beatles' final live performance, was included in ""Anthology 3"". An edit of the two takes of ""Don't Let Me Down"" was included on ""Let It Be... Naked."" There was also a brief jam of ""I Want You (She's So Heavy)"" while the cameramen changed film. The Beatles' rooftop concert marked the end of an era for many fans. The group did record one more album, ""Abbey Road"", but by September 1969 the Beatles had unofficially disbanded. Several of the rooftop performances, particularly that of ""Dig a Pony"", showed"
"as a welcome-back gesture. Despite a temporary return to congeniality during the completion of the White Album, production of the Beatles' fourth feature film, ""Let It Be"", and its accompanying LP, further strained band relationships. On 20 August 1969, the Beatles gathered for the final time at Abbey Road Studios for a mixing session for ""I Want You"". At a business meeting on 20 September, Lennon told the others that he had quit the Beatles, although the band's break-up would not become public knowledge until McCartney's announcement on 10 April 1970 that he was also leaving. Shortly before McCartney announced"
"Let It Be Let It Be is the twelfth and final studio album by the English rock band the Beatles. It was released on 8 May 1970, almost a month after the group's break-up. Like most of the band's previous releases, it was a number one album in many countries, including both the US and the UK, and was released in tandem with the motion picture of the same name. The album was conceived as a return to the Beatles' earlier, less complicated approach to music. It was recorded and projected for release (under its original title of ""Get Back"")"
"Abbey Road Abbey Road is the eleventh studio album by English rock band the Beatles, released on 26 September 1969 by Apple Records. The recording sessions for the album were the last in which all four Beatles participated. Although ""Let It Be"" was the final album that the Beatles completed before the band's dissolution in April 1970, most of the album had been recorded before the ""Abbey Road"" sessions began. A two-sided hit single from the album, ""Something"" backed with ""Come Together"", released in October, topped the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart in the US. ""Abbey Road"" is a rock album"
"The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions is a book by Mark Lewisohn, first published in 1988 by Hamlyn (a division of the Octopus Publishing Group), and executive produced by Norman Bates for the record company EMI. It gives a complete history of The Beatles' recording sessions, from 4 September 1962, shortly after the Beatles had returned to England from Germany, to 2 April 1970, when their final album, ""Let It Be"", was mixed. It features facsimile reproductions of some the EMI recording documents on the sessions. The book includes an interview with Paul McCartney and remarks"
"The recording did not contain the humorous spoken passages from ""Let It Be"", nor the orchestral overdubs added by Spector to ""Across the Universe"" and ""The Long and Winding Road"". The album received mixed reviews, with some critics praising the simpler re-mixes and others expressing disappointment that the new album lacked the fun and humour of ""Let It Be"". The Beatles Additional musicians Production Sources Let It Be Let It Be is the twelfth and final studio album by the English rock band the Beatles. It was released on 8 May 1970, almost a month after the group's break-up. Like"
"last, though Harrison said ""it felt as if we were reaching the end of the line"". After the album was released, the ""Get Back""/""Let It Be"" project was re-examined, and work on it continued into 1970. Therefore, ""Let It Be"" became the last album to be finished by the Beatles, even though its recording had begun before ""Abbey Road"". By September 1969, after the recording of ""Abbey Road"", Lennon had formed a new group, the Plastic Ono Band, in part because the Beatles had rejected his song ""Cold Turkey"". While Harrison worked with such artists as Leon Russell, Doris Troy,"
"been recorded at Abbey Road Studios in February 1968, and ""I Me Mine"" was not recorded until January 1970, after Lennon's unannounced departure from the group. Lewisohn recognises ""I Me Mine"" as the final song to be recorded by the Beatles before their official dissolution. Overdubbing of vocals and instrumentation for other tracks continued into April 1970, just before the album's release. After increasing use of overdubs and multi-layered recordings on recent albums, there was at first a consensus to record the new album live. In keeping with the back-to-roots concept, the cover artwork was planned to be an update"
"Revolver (Beatles album) Revolver is the seventh studio album by the English rock band the Beatles. Released on 5 August 1966, it was the Beatles' final recording project before their retirement as live performers and marked the group's most overt use of studio technology up to that time, building on the advances of their late 1965 release ""Rubber Soul"". The album's diverse sounds include tape loops and backwards recordings on the psychedelic ""Tomorrow Never Knows"", a classical string octet on ""Eleanor Rigby"", and Indian-music backing on ""Love You To"". The album was reduced to eleven songs by Capitol Records in"
"Spector, was included on ""Let It Be"". A similar edit, without Spector's orchestral overdubs but retaining the repeated section, was made available on the ""Let It Be... Naked"" album in 2003. Although the sessions for ""I Want You (She's So Heavy)"" and ""The End"" in August 1969 were the last where all four Beatles were present in the recording studio, ""I Me Mine"" was the last new song recorded by the Beatles (albeit without Lennon) until sessions for the band's ""Anthology"" project in 1994. It was not their final recording session, however, since McCartney, Harrison and Starr continued to carry"
"out with the Maharishi engendered a long-lasting suspicion that ""they'd become faddists tipped into eccentric habits by unfathomable fame"". Having given up touring in 1966, the trip to India was the last time all four Beatles travelled together. Their self-exploration through meditation and before that, LSD, led to each of them adopting a more individual focus, at the expense of band unity, through to the group's break-up in 1970. The acrimony within the band was evident during the recording of their 1968 double album ""The Beatles"" (also known as the ""White Album""), when they recorded many of the songs written"
"The Beatles (album) The Beatles, also known as The White Album, is the ninth studio album by the English rock band the Beatles, released on 22 November 1968. A double album, its plain white sleeve has no graphics or text other than the band's name embossed, which was intended as a direct contrast to the vivid cover artwork of the band's previous LP ""Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"". Although no singles were issued from ""The Beatles"" in Britain and the United States, the songs ""Hey Jude"" and ""Revolution"" originated from the same recording sessions and were issued on a"
"together at number one on the Hot 100. His increased productivity meant that by the time of their break-up he had amassed a stockpile of unreleased compositions. While Harrison grew as a songwriter, his compositional presence on Beatles albums remained limited to two or three songs, increasing his frustration, and significantly contributing to the band's break-up. Harrison's last recording session with the Beatles was on 4 January 1970, when he, McCartney and Starr recorded his song ""I Me Mine"" for the ""Let It Be"" soundtrack album. Before the Beatles' break-up, Harrison had already recorded and released two solo albums: ""Wonderwall"
"Anthology 3 Anthology 3 is a compilation album by the Beatles, released on 29 October 1996 by Apple Records as part of ""The Beatles Anthology"" series. The album includes rarities and alternative tracks from the final three years of the band's career, ranging from the initial sessions for ""The Beatles"" (better known as ""the White Album"") to the last sessions for ""Let It Be"" and ""Abbey Road"" in 1969 and early 1970. It is the last in a trilogy of albums with ""Anthology 1"" and ""Anthology 2"", all of which tie in with the televised special ""The Beatles Anthology"". The"
"be jailed or killed. Epstein was forced to give back all the money that the group had earned while they were there before being allowed on the plane. The Beatles' last concert was at Candlestick Park, San Francisco, on 29 August 1966, but Evans continued to work for them in the studio, and to run errands. After recording ""Revolver"" in 1966, McCartney went by himself on holiday to France, but asked to meet Evans in Bordeaux, at the Grosse Horloge church (on the corner of cours Victor Hugo and rue St. James). At exactly the pre-arranged time of one o'clock,"
"With the Beatles With the Beatles is the second studio album by the English rock band the Beatles. It was released on 22 November 1963, on Parlophone, and was recorded four months after the band's debut ""Please Please Me"". The album features eight original compositions (seven by Lennon–McCartney and ""Don't Bother Me"", George Harrison's first recorded solo composition and his first released on a Beatles album) and six covers (mostly of Motown, rock and roll, and R&B hits). The cover photograph was taken by the fashion photographer Robert Freeman, and it has been mimicked by several music groups over the"
"The Beatles' rooftop concert The Beatles' rooftop concert was the final public performance of the English rock band the Beatles. On 30 January 1969, the band, with keyboardist Billy Preston, surprised a central London office and fashion district with an impromptu concert from the roof of the headquarters of the band's multimedia corporation Apple Corps at 3 Savile Row. In a 42-minute set, the Beatles played nine takes of five songs before the Metropolitan Police asked them to reduce the volume. Footage from the performance was used in the 1970 documentary film ""Let It Be"". Although the concert was unannounced,"
"band after that and a final single followed in 1966 with Mike Patto on vocals. The A-side was a soul-orientated cover of The Beatles song ""Drive My Car"", the only recording to feature Patto. The band toured one last time, but with a lack of commercial success they decided to disband in October 1966. Fleetwood was the only member to achieve any notable success after the band split, as a member of Fleetwood Mac. A compilation album devoted solely to the band's material ""Never Say Goodbye: The Complete Recordings 1964-1966"" was released on November 17, 2014, by Cherry Red Records."
"single, ""Let It Be"", but mistitled as ""You Know My Name (Look Up My Number)"" on the label of the record itself (the correct title appeared on the record sleeve, however). The original Plastic Ono Band single catalogue number is visible, though scratched out, in the runout groove of the original British pressings of the ""Let It Be"" single. ""What's the New Mary Jane"" was not officially issued by the Beatles until the release of ""Anthology 3"" in 1996, although the song previously appeared on several bootleg records. ""You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)"" was the last Beatles"
"20 Greatest Hits (Beatles album) 20 Greatest Hits is a compilation album featuring a selection of songs by The Beatles that were number one singles in the UK and US. It was released on 11 October 1982 in the United States and 18 October in the United Kingdom and marked the 20th anniversary of The Beatles' first record release, ""Love Me Do,"" in the UK in October 1962. ""20 Greatest Hits"" was the last Beatles album to be released with variations between the US and UK versions (some Beatles hits in the US were not released as singles in the"
"However, at least three prototype cover designs are known to exist, with the earliest of those showing the photos ""reversed"": the art department seemingly made the determination that the photo that now appears on the front cover was better suited for that purpose. The front and back cover pictures were taken at the last-ever Beatles photo session, on 22 August 1969, at John Lennon's home Tittenhurst Park. The compilation was released in many countries, including the United States, Canada, Australia, Spain, Germany, France, Greece, Japan, Mexico and most of South America. It was also available to other countries as an"
"last; it was released in the United States, but not in the UK. The ""Let It Be"" documentary film followed later that month, and would win the 1970 Academy Award for Best Original Song Score. ""Sunday Telegraph"" critic Penelope Gilliatt called it ""a very bad film and a touching one ... about the breaking apart of this reassuring, geometrically perfect, once apparently ageless family of siblings"". Several reviewers stated that some of the performances in the film sounded better than their analogous album tracks. Describing ""Let It Be"" as the ""only Beatles album to occasion negative, even hostile reviews"", Unterberger"
"of the house to their liking, commissioning a set of hand-woven Oriental rugs, and installing a man-made lake without planning permission which they could see from their bedroom window. The last Beatles photo session took place at Tittenhurst Park on 22 August 1969, and the photos were used for the front and back covers of their ""Hey Jude"" album (a collection of single sides) early in 1970. Also during that year, and in the wake of the Beatles' break-up, Lennon built his own recording studio, dubbed Ascot Sound Studios, in the estate grounds, where he and Ono recorded their next"
"You (She's So Heavy)"" on 20 August 1969 was the last occasion on which all four Beatles were together in the same studio. Lennon announced his departure to the rest of the group on 20 September, but agreed to withhold a public announcement to avoid undermining sales of the forthcoming album. Released six days after Lennon's declaration, ""Abbey Road"" sold 4 million copies within three months and topped the UK charts for a total of seventeen weeks. Its second track, the ballad ""Something"", was issued as a single – the only Harrison composition ever to appear as a Beatles A-side."
"Break-up of the Beatles The Beatles' break-up was a cumulative process during the final years of their career, marked by rumours of a split and by ambiguous comments by the members themselves regarding their future as a band. In September 1969, John Lennon privately informed his bandmates that he was leaving the band, but there was no public acknowledgement of the break-up until 10 April 1970, when Paul McCartney announced he was also leaving the group. There were numerous causes for the band's break-up, including their resignation from touring in 1966 and the death of their manager Brian Epstein in"
"to Spoil the Party,' the eager hand claps in 'Eight Days a Week' – it all makes 'Mr. Moonlight' easy to forgive."" According to Ian MacDonald The Beatles Additional musician Beatles for Sale Beatles for Sale is the fourth studio album by the English rock band the Beatles. It was released on 4 December 1964 in the United Kingdom on EMI's Parlophone label. Eight of the album's fourteen tracks appeared on Capitol Records' concurrent release, ""Beatles '65"", issued in North America only. The album marked a departure from the upbeat tone that had characterised the Beatles' previous work, partly due"
"break-up in 1970, gave no further commercial concerts, instead devoting their efforts to creating new material in the recording studio. Between 1964 and 1970, they maintained the number one single in the US for a total of 59 weeks and topped the LP charts for 116 weeks. In other words, they had the top-selling single one out of every six weeks, and the top-selling album one out of every three weeks. For the annual best-band poll conducted by ""NME"" between 1963 and 1969, 1966 was the only year that the Beatles did not win, coming second to the Beach Boys."
"the final line ""And in the end ..."" begin. Then the orchestration arrangement takes over with a humming chorus and Harrison playing a final guitar solo that ends the song. ""The End"" was initially intended to be the final track on ""Abbey Road"", but it ended up being followed by ""Her Majesty"". Although ""The End"" stands as the last known new recording involving all four members of the Beatles, one additional song, ""I Me Mine"", was recorded by three members of the group (Lennon being absent due to being on holiday in Denmark) in January 1970 for the album ""Let"