Thursday, January 18, 2024 7:30pm ET: Feature LP: The Beatles – Hey Jude (1970)

Hey Jude (original title: The Beatles Again) released February 26, 1970 collection of non-album singles and B-sides by the Beatles. Originally released in the United States and various other markets, but not in the United Kingdom, it included “I Should Have Known Better” and “Can’t Buy Me Love”, two singles released by Capitol Records whose only previous American album appearance had been on the A Hard Day’s Night soundtrack album, which had been released by United Artists Records. The Hey Jude LP has been out of print since the late 1980s, although it remained available on cassette during the 1990s. The album was issued on CD for the first time in 2014, as an individual release and in a box set titled The U.S. Albums.

  1. “Can’t Buy Me Love” 2:19
  2. “I Should Have Known Better” 2:39
  3. “Paperback Writer” 2:14
  4. “Rain” 2:58
  5. “Lady Madonna” 2:14
  6. “Revolution” 3:21
  7. “Hey Jude” 7:06
  8. “Old Brown Shoe” 3:16
  9. “Don’t Let Me Down” 3:30
  10. “The Ballad of John and Yoko” 2:55

John Lennon – lead vocals, backing vocals, rhythm guitar, harmonica, lead guitar, percussion
Paul McCartney – lead vocals, backing vocals, bass guitar, piano, lead guitar, Hammond organ, drums, percussion
George Harrison – lead vocals, backing vocals, lead guitar, rhythm guitar, bass guitar, Hammond organ, percussion

Ringo Starr – backing vocals, drums, percussion
Nicky Hopkins – electric piano (6)
Billy Preston – electric piano (9)
Ronnie Scott – tenor saxophone (5)
Bill Povey – tenor saxophone (5)
Harry Klein – baritone saxophone (5)
Bill Jackman – baritone saxophone (5)