The Beatles - Hey Jude (1970)

“Hey Jude” (original title: The Beatles Again) is a 1970 collection of non-album singles and B-sides by the Beatles. It included "I Should Have Known Better" and "Can't Buy Me Love", two singles released by Capitol Records  Originally, the album was to be named “The Beatles Again”. Shortly before the record was released, however, the title was changed to “Hey Jude” in order to promote the inclusion of the top-selling song that led off side two.
Appearing in the U.S. just two months prior to the band's April 1970 breakup, “Hey Jude” is one of the odder Beatles records released during the group's lifespan. Essentially a clearinghouse for singles that never appeared on album, the record relies heavily on songs released between 1968 and 1969, but it also stretches back to get both sides of the 1966 single "Paperback Writer"/"Rain" and "Can't Buy Me Love" and "I Should Have Known Better," two 1964 songs that never appeared on a Capitol LP (but did show up on the soundtrack to “A Hard Day's Night”, which was released by United Artists in 1964). This scope inadvertently showcases the Beatles' versatility and growth, as they move from the exuberance of Beatlemania to the intense psychedelia of the mid-'60s and then settle into rich post-Pepper days, where John, Paul, and George (Ringo sings no songs here) were all pursuing their own obsessions. Paul has the title track and the Fats Domino homage "Lady Madonna," George counters with the boogie of "Old Brown Shoe," and John delivers the searing rock & roll of "Revolution," the heart-wrenching soul of "Don't Let Me Down," and the clever pseudo-autobiography "The Ballad of John & Yoko."


01.  Can't Buy Me Love  - 2:19
02.  I Should Have Known Better  - 2:39
03.  Paperback Writer  - 2:14
04.  Rain  - 2:58
05.  Lady Madonna  - 2:14
06.  Revolution  - 3:21
07.  Hey Jude  - 7:05
08.  Old Brown Shoe  (George Harrison)  - 3:16
09.  Don't Let Me Down  - 3:30
10.  The Ballad of John and Yoko  - 2:55

Credits
John Lennon – Lead vocals, backing vocals, harmonica, lead guitar, rhythm guitar, percussion
Paul McCartney – Lead vocals, backing vocals, lead guitar, Piano, hammond organ, bass, drums, percussion
George Harrison – Lead vocals, backing vocals, lead guitar, rhythm guitar, bass, hammond organ, percussion
Ringo Starr – Backing vocals, drums, percussion
Nicky Hopkins – Electric piano
Billy Preston – Electric piano
Ronnie Scott - Tenor saxophone
Bill Povey – Tenor saxophone
Harry Klein – Baritone saxophone
Bill Jackman – Baritone saxophone
Producer – George Martin

Notes
Recorded: 1964–1969, EMI and Trident Studios, London and Pathé, Marconi Studio, Paris
All tracks written by Lennon–McCartney, except where noted.
Genre: Rock
Length: 32:24
Mastered At – Capitol Mastering
Pressed By – Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Los Angeles
Back cover: Manufactured by Apple Records Inc., New York, N.Y. Printed in USA.
© 1970 Label Apple (Capitol)