Help! (George Martin album)

Help! is a 1965 album by the George Martin Orchestra, the second in a series of albums by Martin featuring instrumental arrangements of Beatles songs. United Artists released the LP in the United States on 19 September 1965, and EMI's Columbia Graphophone label released it in the United Kingdom on 19 November.[2] The album consists of Martin's interpretations of songs from the Beatles' own Help! album, which was issued in August 1965.

Help!
Studio album by
Released
  • 6 September 1965 (1965-09-06) (US)
  • 19 November 1965 (1965-11-19) (UK)
Recorded1965
StudioEMI, London
GenreEasy listening
LabelColumbia, United Artists
ProducerGeorge Martin
The George Martin Orchestra chronology
George Martin Scores Instrumental Versions of the Hits
(1965)
Help!
(1965)
George Martin Instrumentally Salutes "The Beatle Girls"
(1966)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Track listing edit

The following list is for the Columbia version. The United Artists release lists "I've Just Seen a Face", "It's Only Love" and "Yesterday" under their working titles (*) and omits the track "Bahama Sound".[note 1]

All song written by Lennon–McCartney, except where noted.

Side one

  1. "Help!" – 2:37
  2. "Another Girl" – 2:08
  3. "You're Going to Lose That Girl" – 2:16
  4. "I Need You" (George Harrison) – 2:50
  5. "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" – 1:58
  6. "The Night Before" – 2:29

Side two

  1. "Ticket to Ride" – 3:00
  2. "Bahama Sound" (George Martin) – 2:40
  3. "I've Just Seen a Face (Auntie Gin's Theme*)" – 2:10
  4. "It's Only Love (That's a Nice Hat*)" – 2:37
  5. "Tell Me What You See" – 2:41
  6. "Yesterday (Scrambled Egg*)" – 2:19

Notes edit

  1. ^ This instrumental was released in 1967 in the US as the B-side of the single "Love in the Open Air".

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Sources edit

  • Castleman, Harry; Podrazik, Walter J. (1975). All Together Now: The First Complete Beatles Discography, 1961–1975. New York: Ballantine Books. ISBN 0-345-25680-8.