Assistant engineer

Assistant / second / tape-operator engineer who supported the balance engineer during sessions

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Most-prolific assistant engineers (second engineers and tape operators) on Beatles sessions: Richard Lush (46), Richard Langham (44), Ken Scott (44).

Richard Lush Richard Langham Ken Scott

Assistant engineers Over Time

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All(31)

#	Name	Songs	% of total
1	Richard Lush EMI engineer who assisted on Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.	46	11.8%
2	Richard Langham EMI engineer on the Beatles' early Abbey Road sessions.	44	11.3%
3	Ken Scott British recording engineer and producer who went on to work with David Bowie, Elton John, and Supertramp.	44	11.3%
4	Geoff Emerick British recording engineer celebrated for the inventive microphone and tape techniques he pioneered at EMI's Abbey Road studios.	41	10.5%
5	Phil McDonald British balance engineer active at EMI's Abbey Road and other London studios through the 1960s and 1970s.	39	10.0%
6	A. B. Lincoln Recording engineer credited on a Beatles recording.	26	6.7%
7	Alan Parsons British engineer and producer who went on to lead the Alan Parsons Project.	18	4.6%
8	John Kurlander EMI second engineer on the Abbey Road sessions, later a film score engineer.	17	4.4%
9	John Smith Recording engineer credited on a Beatles recording.	16	4.1%
10	Mike Stone Recording engineer credited on a Beatles recording.	15	3.9%
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11	Jerry Boys EMI recording engineer at Abbey Road.	12	3.1%
12	B.T. Recording engineer credited on a Beatles recording.	12	3.1%
13	Ron Pender EMI recording engineer at Abbey Road.	8	2.1%
14	Mike Sheady EMI Studios staff engineer of the 1960s.	8	2.1%
15	Malcolm Davies Recording engineer credited on a Beatles recording.	6	1.5%
16	Graham Kirkby EMI Studios staff engineer of the 1960s.	5	1.3%
17	Nick Webb Assistant engineer credited on a Beatles recording.	4	1.0%
18	Chris Blair EMI engineer, later a mastering engineer at Abbey Road.	4	1.0%
19	Mike Vickers British musician (b. 1940), founding member of Manfred Mann who later became a leading film and TV composer.	4	1.0%
20	Neil Richmond EMI Studios staff engineer of the 1960s.	3	0.8%
21	Jacques Esmenjaud Recording engineer credited on a Beatles recording.	3	0.8%
22	Tony Clark EMI Studios staff engineer of the 1960s.	2	0.5%
23	Peter Vince EMI staff engineer and producer of the 1960s.	2	0.5%
24	Steve Vaughan EMI Studios staff engineer of the 1960s.	2	0.5%
25	Jon Jacobs Recording engineer credited on a Beatles recording.	2	0.5%
26	George Chkiantz Recording engineer at Olympic Sound Studios.	1	0.3%
27	David Lloyd Recording engineer credited on a Beatles recording.	1	0.3%
28	Jeff Jarratt EMI Studios staff engineer of the 1960s.	1	0.3%
29	Mike Weighell EMI Studios staff engineer of the 1960s.	1	0.3%
30	John Iles EMI Studios staff engineer of the 1960s.	1	0.3%
31	Graham Platt EMI Studios staff engineer of the 1960s.	1	0.3%

Songs(182 of 206)

Year

Album

Writer

Lead vocal(s)

#	Title	Year	Album	Lead Vocal(s)	Assistant engineer(s)
1	Ask Me Why	1963	Please Please Me	John	A. B. Lincoln
2	Please Please Me	1963	Please Please Me	John, Paul	A. B. Lincoln
3	Misery	1963	Please Please Me	John, Paul	Richard Langham,A. B. Lincoln,Geoff Emerick
4	Do You Want to Know a Secret	1963	Please Please Me	George	Richard Langham,A. B. Lincoln
5	I Saw Her Standing There	1963	Please Please Me	Paul	Richard Langham,A. B. Lincoln
6	There's a Place	1963	Please Please Me	John, Paul	A. B. Lincoln,Richard Langham
7	Thank You Girl	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	Richard Langham,Geoff Emerick
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8	From Me to You	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	Richard Langham
9	I'll Get You	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	Geoff Emerick
10	She Loves You	1963	Past Masters	Paul, John	Geoff Emerick
11	Not a Second Time	1963	With The Beatles	John	Richard Langham,B.T.,Geoff Emerick
12	I Wanna Be Your Man	1963	With The Beatles	Ringo	Richard Langham,Geoff Emerick,B.T.
13	Little Child	1963	With The Beatles	John, Paul	Richard Langham,B.T.,Geoff Emerick
14	Hold Me Tight	1963	With The Beatles	Paul	Richard Langham,Geoff Emerick,B.T.
15	Don't Bother Me	1963	With The Beatles	George	Richard Langham,B.T.,Geoff Emerick
16	All My Loving	1963	With The Beatles	Paul	Richard Langham,Geoff Emerick,B.T.
17	It Won't Be Long	1963	With The Beatles	John	Richard Langham,Geoff Emerick,B.T.
18	All I've Got to Do	1963	With The Beatles	John	Richard Langham,B.T.,Geoff Emerick
19	I Want to Hold Your Hand	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	Geoff Emerick,Richard Langham
20	This Boy	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul, George	Geoff Emerick
21	Sie Liebt Dich	1964	Past Masters	John, Paul	Jacques Esmenjaud
22	Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand	1964	Past Masters	John, Paul	Jacques Esmenjaud
23	I Call Your Name	1964	Past Masters	John	Richard Langham
24	Can't Buy Me Love	1964	A Hard Day's Night	Paul	Richard Langham,Jacques Esmenjaud,Geoff Emerick
25	You Can't Do That	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	Richard Langham
26	I'll Be Back	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	Geoff Emerick,Richard Langham,Ken Scott
27	If I Fell	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John, Paul	Geoff Emerick,A. B. Lincoln,Richard Langham
28	I'm Happy Just to Dance with You	1964	A Hard Day's Night	George	Geoff Emerick,A. B. Lincoln,Richard Langham
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29	And I Love Her	1964	A Hard Day's Night	Paul	Geoff Emerick,Richard Langham
30	A Hard Day's Night	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John, Paul	Geoff Emerick,David Lloyd
31	Things We Said Today	1964	A Hard Day's Night	Paul	Ken Scott,Geoff Emerick
32	I Should Have Known Better	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	A. B. Lincoln,Richard Langham,Geoff Emerick
33	Tell Me Why	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	A. B. Lincoln,Richard Langham,Geoff Emerick
34	I'll Cry Instead	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	A. B. Lincoln,Ken Scott,Geoff Emerick
35	When I Get Home	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	Richard Langham,Ken Scott,Geoff Emerick
36	Any Time at All	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	Ken Scott,Geoff Emerick
37	I Feel Fine	1964	Past Masters	John	Geoff Emerick,Ron Pender
38	She's a Woman	1964	Past Masters	Paul	Ken Scott,Mike Stone,Ron Pender
39	Eight Days a Week	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	Geoff Emerick,Ken Scott,Mike Stone
40	Every Little Thing	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	Ken Scott,Mike Stone
41	I'm a Loser	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	Ken Scott,Mike Stone,A. B. Lincoln,Ron Pender
42	I Don't Want to Spoil the Party	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	Ken Scott,Mike Stone,A. B. Lincoln
43	No Reply	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	Mike Stone,A. B. Lincoln,Ken Scott
44	What You're Doing	1964	Beatles For Sale	Paul	Mike Stone,A. B. Lincoln,Ken Scott
45	Baby's in Black	1964	Beatles For Sale	John, Paul	Mike Stone,A. B. Lincoln,Ron Pender
46	I'll Follow the Sun	1964	Beatles For Sale	Paul	Mike Stone,Ron Pender,Geoff Emerick
47	Ticket to Ride	1965	Help!	John	Ken Scott,Jerry Boys
48	Yes It Is	1965	Past Masters	John, Paul, George	Jerry Boys,Ken Scott
49	I'm Down	1965	Past Masters	Paul	Phil McDonald
50	Help!	1965	Help!	John	Ken Scott,Phil McDonald
51	The Night Before	1965	Help!	Paul	Ken Scott,Malcolm Davies
52	You've Got to Hide Your Love Away	1965	Help!	John	Ken Scott,Malcolm Davies
53	I Need You	1965	Help!	George	Ken Scott,Jerry Boys,Malcolm Davies
54	Another Girl	1965	Help!	Paul	Ken Scott,Jerry Boys,Malcolm Davies
55	Tell Me What You See	1965	Help!	John, Paul	Ken Scott,Malcolm Davies
56	You Like Me Too Much	1965	Help!	George	Ken Scott,Malcolm Davies
57	I've Just Seen a Face	1965	Help!	Paul	Phil McDonald
58	Yesterday	1965	Help!	Paul	Phil McDonald
59	It's Only Love	1965	Help!	John	Phil McDonald
60	You're Going to Lose That Girl	1965	Help!	John	Ken Scott
61	Nowhere Man	1965	Rubber Soul	John	Ken Scott,Phil McDonald
62	Michelle	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul	Richard Lush,Ken Scott,Jerry Boys
63	Drive My Car	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul, John	Ken Scott,Ron Pender
64	You Won't See Me	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul	Ken Scott,Richard Lush
65	We Can Work It Out	1965	Past Masters	Paul, John	Ken Scott,Jerry Boys
66	Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)	1965	Rubber Soul	John	Ken Scott
67	The Word	1965	Rubber Soul	John, Paul	Ken Scott,Mike Stone
68	Girl	1965	Rubber Soul	John	Richard Lush,Ken Scott
69	Wait	1965	Rubber Soul	John, Paul	Phil McDonald,Richard Lush,Ken Scott
70	Run for Your Life	1965	Rubber Soul	John	Phil McDonald,Jerry Boys,Ken Scott
71	I'm Looking Through You	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul	Richard Lush,Ken Scott
72	Think for Yourself	1965	Rubber Soul	George	Ken Scott,Jerry Boys
73	What Goes On	1965	Rubber Soul	Ringo	Jerry Boys,Graham Platt,Ken Scott
74	In My Life	1965	Rubber Soul	John	Mike Stone,Ken Scott
75	If I Needed Someone	1965	Rubber Soul	George	Ken Scott
76	Day Tripper	1965	Past Masters	John, Paul	Ken Scott
77	Rain	1966	Past Masters	John	Phil McDonald
78	Paperback Writer	1966	Past Masters	Paul	Richard Lush,Phil McDonald
79	Love You To	1966	Revolver	George	Phil McDonald,Richard Lush
80	Good Day Sunshine	1966	Revolver	Paul	Richard Lush,Phil McDonald
81	Tomorrow Never Knows	1966	Revolver	John	Phil McDonald
82	Taxman	1966	Revolver	George	Phil McDonald
83	Here, There and Everywhere	1966	Revolver	Paul	Phil McDonald
84	Yellow Submarine	1966	Revolver	Ringo	Phil McDonald
85	I'm Only Sleeping	1966	Revolver	John	Phil McDonald
86	I Want to Tell You	1966	Revolver	George	Phil McDonald
87	She Said She Said	1966	Revolver	John	Phil McDonald
88	Eleanor Rigby	1966	Revolver	Paul	Phil McDonald
89	And Your Bird Can Sing	1966	Revolver	John	Phil McDonald
90	For No One	1966	Revolver	Paul	Phil McDonald
91	Doctor Robert	1966	Revolver	John	Phil McDonald
92	Got to Get You into My Life	1966	Revolver	Paul	Phil McDonald
93	Penny Lane	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	Phil McDonald
94	Strawberry Fields Forever	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	Phil McDonald
95	Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John	Richard Lush
96	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul, John, George	Richard Lush
97	When I'm Sixty-Four	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	Richard Lush,Phil McDonald
98	Good Morning Good Morning	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John	Richard Lush
99	A Day in the Life	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John, Paul	Richard Lush,Phil McDonald
100	Getting Better	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	Richard Lush,Peter Vince,Graham Kirkby
101	Fixing a Hole	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	Richard Lush
102	Lovely Rita	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	Richard Lush
103	Within You Without You	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	George	Richard Lush
104	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	Richard Lush
105	She's Leaving Home	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul, John	Richard Lush
106	With a Little Help from My Friends	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Ringo	Richard Lush
107	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John	Richard Lush
108	All You Need Is Love	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	George Chkiantz,Richard Lush
109	Hello, Goodbye	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	Jeff Jarratt,Phil McDonald,Richard Lush,Graham Kirkby
110	I Am the Walrus	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	Richard Lush,Graham Kirkby
111	The Fool on the Hill	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	Phil McDonald,Richard Lush
112	Magical Mystery Tour	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	Richard Lush,Graham Kirkby
113	Flying	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	–	Richard Lush
114	Blue Jay Way	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	George	Richard Lush,Peter Vince
115	Your Mother Should Know	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	John Iles,Graham Kirkby
116	The Inner Light	1968	Past Masters	George	Jerry Boys,Richard Lush
117	Lady Madonna	1968	Past Masters	Paul	Jerry Boys,Richard Lush
118	Revolution	1968	Past Masters	John	Phil McDonald,Richard Lush
119	Sexy Sadie	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	John Smith,Richard Lush
120	Revolution 9	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	–	John Smith,Phil McDonald,Richard Lush
121	Savoy Truffle	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	George	John Smith
122	Long, Long, Long	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	George	John Smith,Mike Sheady
123	Helter Skelter	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	John Smith
124	Mother Nature's Son	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	John Smith
125	Rocky Raccoon	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	John Smith
126	Piggies	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	George	John Smith,Mike Sheady
127	Wild Honey Pie	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	John Smith
128	Back in the U.S.S.R.	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	John Smith
129	While My Guitar Gently Weeps	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	George	John Smith
130	The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	John Smith,Mike Sheady
131	Glass Onion	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	John Smith,Mike Sheady
132	Julia	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	John Smith
133	Yer Blues	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	John Smith
134	Cry Baby Cry	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	John Smith,Richard Lush
135	Revolution 1	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Phil McDonald,Richard Lush,Nick Webb
136	Don't Pass Me By	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Ringo	Phil McDonald,Richard Lush
137	Blackbird	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	Phil McDonald
138	Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	Phil McDonald,Richard Lush
139	Good Night	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Ringo	Richard Lush
140	Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Richard Lush
141	Happiness Is a Warm Gun	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Mike Sheady
142	I'm So Tired	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Mike Sheady
143	I Will	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	Mike Sheady
144	Birthday	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul, John	Mike Sheady
145	It's All Too Much	1969	Yellow Submarine	George	Mike Weighell
146	All Together Now	1969	Yellow Submarine	Paul, John	Richard Lush
147	Only a Northern Song	1969	Yellow Submarine	George	Richard Lush
148	Don't Let Me Down	1969	Past Masters	John, Paul	Jerry Boys
149	Get Back	1969	Let It Be	Paul	Alan Parsons
150	Old Brown Shoe	1969	Past Masters	George	Richard Lush,John Kurlander
151	The Ballad of John and Yoko	1969	Past Masters	John	John Kurlander
152	Golden Slumbers	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	Alan Parsons,Chris Blair,John Kurlander
153	I Want You (She's So Heavy)	1969	Abbey Road	John	Alan Parsons,Mike Vickers,John Kurlander
154	Something	1969	Abbey Road	George	Steve Vaughan,Alan Parsons,Nick Webb,John Kurlander
155	You Never Give Me Your Money	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	Steve Vaughan,Alan Parsons,Chris Blair,John Kurlander
156	Maxwell's Silver Hammer	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	Tony Clark,Mike Vickers,John Kurlander
157	Oh! Darling	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	Tony Clark,Alan Parsons,John Kurlander
158	Sun King	1969	Abbey Road	John	Alan Parsons,John Kurlander
159	Here Comes the Sun	1969	Abbey Road	George	Alan Parsons,Mike Vickers,John Kurlander
160	Octopus's Garden	1969	Abbey Road	Ringo	Alan Parsons,Richard Langham
161	The End	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	Alan Parsons,John Kurlander
162	Carry That Weight	1969	Abbey Road	Paul, John, George, Ringo	Chris Blair,Alan Parsons,John Kurlander
163	Her Majesty	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	Chris Blair
164	Because	1969	Abbey Road	John, Paul, George	Mike Vickers,John Kurlander
165	Mean Mr. Mustard	1969	Abbey Road	John	John Kurlander
166	Polythene Pam	1969	Abbey Road	John	John Kurlander
167	She Came in Through the Bathroom Window	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	John Kurlander
168	Come Together	1969	Abbey Road	John	John Kurlander
169	Across the Universe (Wildlife version)	1969	Past Masters	John	Richard Lush,Alan Parsons,Phil McDonald
170	Let It Be	1970	Let It Be	Paul	Alan Parsons,Richard Langham,Nick Webb
171	You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)	1970	Past Masters	John, Paul	Nick Webb,Richard Lush
172	I Me Mine	1970	Let It Be	George	Richard Langham,Richard Lush
173	Across the Universe	1970	Let It Be	John	Phil McDonald
174	The Long and Winding Road	1970	Let It Be	Paul	Neil Richmond,Richard Lush
175	One After 909	1970	Let It Be	John, Paul	Alan Parsons
176	I've Got a Feeling	1970	Let It Be	Paul, John	Alan Parsons
177	For You Blue	1970	Let It Be	George	Alan Parsons,Richard Langham
178	Dig a Pony	1970	Let It Be	John	Alan Parsons
179	Two of Us	1970	Let It Be	Paul, John	Alan Parsons
180	Dig It	1970	Let It Be	John	Neil Richmond
181	Free as a Bird	1995	Reunion singles	John, Paul, George	Jon Jacobs
182	Real Love	1996	Reunion singles	John	Jon Jacobs