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Recording engineer

The balance engineer who operated the recording desk during sessions

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22 people engineered 216 Beatles recordings. Norman Smith engineered 102 of them, ahead of Geoff Emerick on 74 and Ken Scott on 41. Eight of them are credited on one record only, such as Richard Lush (on 'You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)'), Dave Harries (on 'Strawberry Fields Forever') and S. N. Gupta (on 'The Inner Light'). The Magical Mystery Tour album shows more of them than any other album for its length, eight of the 22 across its eleven tracks. Four engineers carried the run in turn, Norman Smith from 1962 to 1965, Geoff Emerick from 1966 to 1967, Ken Scott in 1968 and Phil McDonald in 1969.

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#	Name	Songs	% of total
1	Norman Smith British engineer turned producer who later produced Pink Floyd's early records and scored a hit of his own as 'Hurricane Smith'.	102	34.5%
2	Geoff Emerick British recording engineer celebrated for the inventive microphone and tape techniques he pioneered at EMI's Abbey Road studios.	74	25.0%
3	Ken Scott British recording engineer and producer who went on to work with David Bowie, Elton John, and Supertramp.	41	13.9%
4	Phil McDonald British balance engineer active at EMI's Abbey Road and other London studios through the 1960s and 1970s.	22	7.4%
5	Glyn Johns Influential British engineer and producer whose credits span the Rolling Stones, the Who, Led Zeppelin, and the Eagles.	15	5.1%
6	Jeff Jarratt EMI recording engineer at Abbey Road.	9	3.0%
7	Peter Bown EMI balance engineer at Abbey Road.	7	2.4%
8	Barry Sheffield Recording engineer and co-founder of Trident Studios.	6	2.0%
9	Stuart Eltham EMI balance engineer at Abbey Road.	3	1.0%
10	Ken Townsend EMI engineer who invented ADT (artificial double tracking).	2	0.7%

11	Eddie Kramer South-African-born recording engineer best known for his work with Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin.	2	0.7%
12	Malcolm Addey EMI recording engineer at Abbey Road in the early 1960s.	2	0.7%
13	Martin Benge Recording engineer credited on a Beatles recording.	2	0.7%
14	Richard Lush EMI balance and tape engineer from 1966, on Sgt. Pepper and the 1967 to 1969 sessions.	1	0.3%
15	Keith Grant Recording engineer and co-founder of Olympic Sound Studios.	1	0.3%
16	Dave Siddle Recording engineer credited on a Beatles recording.	1	0.3%
17	Uncredited Unnamed session musicians played the recording engineer on this recording.	1	0.3%
18	Adrian Ibbetson Recording engineer credited on a Beatles recording.	1	0.3%
19	Dave Harries EMI recording engineer and technical engineer at Abbey Road.	1	0.3%
20	John Timperley Recording engineer at Olympic Sound Studios.	1	0.3%
21	J. P. Sen Session musician credited on a Beatles recording.	1	0.3%
22	S. N. Gupta Session musician credited on a Beatles recording.	1	0.3%

Songs(192 of 217)

Year

Album

Writer

Lead vocal(s)

#	Title	Year	Album	Lead Vocal(s)	Engineer(s)
1	P.S. I Love You	1962	Please Please Me	Paul	Norman Smith
2	Love Me Do	1962	Please Please Me	Paul, John	Norman Smith
3	Please Please Me	1963	Please Please Me	John, Paul	Norman Smith
4	Ask Me Why	1963	Please Please Me	John	Norman Smith
5	Do You Want to Know a Secret	1963	Please Please Me	George	Norman Smith
6	There's a Place	1963	Please Please Me	John, Paul	Norman Smith
7	I Saw Her Standing There	1963	Please Please Me	Paul	Norman Smith

8	Misery	1963	Please Please Me	John, Paul	Stuart Eltham,Norman Smith
9	Thank You Girl	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	Norman Smith
10	From Me to You	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	Norman Smith
11	I'll Get You	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	Norman Smith
12	She Loves You	1963	Past Masters	Paul, John	Norman Smith
13	All I've Got to Do	1963	With The Beatles	John	Norman Smith
14	It Won't Be Long	1963	With The Beatles	John	Norman Smith
15	Not a Second Time	1963	With The Beatles	John	Norman Smith
16	I Wanna Be Your Man	1963	With The Beatles	Ringo	Norman Smith
17	Little Child	1963	With The Beatles	John, Paul	Norman Smith
18	Hold Me Tight	1963	With The Beatles	Paul	Norman Smith
19	Don't Bother Me	1963	With The Beatles	George	Norman Smith
20	All My Loving	1963	With The Beatles	Paul	Norman Smith
21	I Want to Hold Your Hand	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	Norman Smith
22	This Boy	1963	Past Masters	John	Norman Smith
23	Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand	1964	Past Masters	John, Paul	Norman Smith
24	Sie Liebt Dich	1964	Past Masters	John, Paul	Norman Smith
25	Can't Buy Me Love	1964	A Hard Day's Night	Paul	Norman Smith
26	I Call Your Name	1964	Past Masters	John	Norman Smith
27	You Can't Do That	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	Norman Smith
28	I'll Cry Instead	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	Norman Smith

29	I'm Happy Just to Dance with You	1964	A Hard Day's Night	George	Norman Smith
30	Any Time at All	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	Norman Smith
31	Things We Said Today	1964	A Hard Day's Night	Paul	Norman Smith
32	A Hard Day's Night	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John, Paul	Norman Smith
33	And I Love Her	1964	A Hard Day's Night	Paul	Norman Smith
34	If I Fell	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John, Paul	Norman Smith
35	Tell Me Why	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	Norman Smith
36	When I Get Home	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	Norman Smith
37	I Should Have Known Better	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	Norman Smith
38	I'll Be Back	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	Norman Smith
39	She's a Woman	1964	Past Masters	Paul	Norman Smith
40	I Feel Fine	1964	Past Masters	John	Norman Smith
41	I'm a Loser	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	Norman Smith
42	I'll Follow the Sun	1964	Beatles For Sale	Paul	Norman Smith
43	No Reply	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	Norman Smith
44	Every Little Thing	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	Norman Smith
45	What You're Doing	1964	Beatles For Sale	Paul	Norman Smith
46	Eight Days a Week	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	Norman Smith
47	Baby's in Black	1964	Beatles For Sale	John, Paul	Norman Smith
48	I Don't Want to Spoil the Party	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	Norman Smith
49	Ticket to Ride	1965	Help!	John	Norman Smith
50	Yes It Is	1965	Past Masters	John	Norman Smith
51	I'm Down	1965	Past Masters	Paul	Norman Smith
52	Help!	1965	Help!	John	Norman Smith
53	You've Got to Hide Your Love Away	1965	Help!	John	Norman Smith
54	It's Only Love	1965	Help!	John	Norman Smith
55	Another Girl	1965	Help!	Paul	Norman Smith
56	Tell Me What You See	1965	Help!	John, Paul	Norman Smith
57	You Like Me Too Much	1965	Help!	George	Norman Smith
58	I've Just Seen a Face	1965	Help!	Paul	Norman Smith
59	Yesterday	1965	Help!	Paul	Norman Smith
60	The Night Before	1965	Help!	Paul	Norman Smith
61	I Need You	1965	Help!	George	Norman Smith
62	You're Going to Lose That Girl	1965	Help!	John	Norman Smith
63	If I Needed Someone	1965	Rubber Soul	George	Norman Smith
64	Drive My Car	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul, John	Norman Smith
65	Think for Yourself	1965	Rubber Soul	George	Norman Smith
66	Nowhere Man	1965	Rubber Soul	John	Norman Smith
67	Day Tripper	1965	Past Masters	John, Paul	Norman Smith
68	We Can Work It Out	1965	Past Masters	Paul, John	Norman Smith
69	In My Life	1965	Rubber Soul	John	Stuart Eltham,Norman Smith
70	The Word	1965	Rubber Soul	John, Paul	Norman Smith
71	Girl	1965	Rubber Soul	John	Norman Smith
72	I'm Looking Through You	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul	Norman Smith
73	You Won't See Me	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul	Norman Smith
74	What Goes On	1965	Rubber Soul	Ringo	Norman Smith
75	Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)	1965	Rubber Soul	John	Norman Smith
76	Michelle	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul	Norman Smith
77	Run for Your Life	1965	Rubber Soul	John	Norman Smith
78	Wait	1965	Rubber Soul	John, Paul	Norman Smith
79	Rain	1966	Past Masters	John	Geoff Emerick
80	Paperback Writer	1966	Past Masters	Paul	Geoff Emerick
81	Got to Get You into My Life	1966	Revolver	Paul	Geoff Emerick
82	Tomorrow Never Knows	1966	Revolver	John	Geoff Emerick
83	Taxman	1966	Revolver	George	Geoff Emerick
84	For No One	1966	Revolver	Paul	Geoff Emerick
85	Doctor Robert	1966	Revolver	John	Geoff Emerick
86	Yellow Submarine	1966	Revolver	Ringo	Geoff Emerick
87	Here, There and Everywhere	1966	Revolver	Paul	Geoff Emerick
88	I'm Only Sleeping	1966	Revolver	John	Geoff Emerick
89	Love You To	1966	Revolver	George	Geoff Emerick
90	Good Day Sunshine	1966	Revolver	Paul	Geoff Emerick
91	I Want to Tell You	1966	Revolver	George	Geoff Emerick
92	Eleanor Rigby	1966	Revolver	Paul	Geoff Emerick
93	And Your Bird Can Sing	1966	Revolver	John	Geoff Emerick
94	She Said She Said	1966	Revolver	John	Geoff Emerick
95	Strawberry Fields Forever	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	Geoff Emerick,Dave Harries
96	Penny Lane	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	Geoff Emerick
97	She's Leaving Home	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul, John	Geoff Emerick,Ken Scott
98	Fixing a Hole	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	Geoff Emerick,Adrian Ibbetson
99	With a Little Help from My Friends	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Ringo	Geoff Emerick
100	Getting Better	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	Geoff Emerick,Ken Townsend,Malcolm Addey,Ken Scott
101	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul, John, George	Geoff Emerick
102	Lovely Rita	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	Geoff Emerick
103	When I'm Sixty-Four	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	Geoff Emerick
104	Good Morning Good Morning	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John	Geoff Emerick
105	A Day in the Life	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John, Paul	Geoff Emerick
106	Within You Without You	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	George	Geoff Emerick
107	Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John	Geoff Emerick
108	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John	Geoff Emerick
109	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	Geoff Emerick
110	All You Need Is Love	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	Geoff Emerick,Eddie Kramer,Martin Benge
111	Baby, You're a Rich Man	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	Geoff Emerick,Eddie Kramer,Keith Grant
112	I Am the Walrus	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	Geoff Emerick,Ken Scott
113	Hello, Goodbye	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	Geoff Emerick,Ken Scott
114	Blue Jay Way	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	George	Geoff Emerick,Ken Scott
115	Magical Mystery Tour	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	Geoff Emerick,Ken Scott,Malcolm Addey
116	Your Mother Should Know	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	Geoff Emerick,John Timperley,Ken Scott
117	Flying	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	-	Geoff Emerick,Ken Scott
118	The Fool on the Hill	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	Ken Scott
119	The Inner Light	1968	Past Masters	George	Ken Scott,J. P. Sen,S. N. Gupta,Geoff Emerick
120	Lady Madonna	1968	Past Masters	Paul	Geoff Emerick,Ken Scott
121	Hey Jude	1968	Past Masters	Paul	Barry Sheffield,Ken Scott
122	Revolution	1968	Past Masters	John	Geoff Emerick
123	Why Don't We Do It in the Road?	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	Ken Townsend,Ken Scott
124	Martha My Dear	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	Barry Sheffield,Ken Scott
125	Honey Pie	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	Barry Sheffield
126	Savoy Truffle	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	George	Barry Sheffield,Ken Scott
127	Dear Prudence	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Barry Sheffield,Ken Scott
128	Good Night	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Ringo	Peter Bown,Geoff Emerick,Ken Scott
129	Revolution 1	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Peter Bown,Geoff Emerick
130	Revolution 9	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	-	Peter Bown,Geoff Emerick,Ken Scott
131	Blackbird	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	Geoff Emerick
132	Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Geoff Emerick,Ken Scott
133	Cry Baby Cry	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Geoff Emerick,Ken Scott
134	Don't Pass Me By	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Ringo	Geoff Emerick,Ken Scott
135	Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	Geoff Emerick,Ken Scott
136	Piggies	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	George	Ken Scott
137	Wild Honey Pie	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	Ken Scott
138	Back in the U.S.S.R.	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	Ken Scott
139	While My Guitar Gently Weeps	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	George	Ken Scott
140	Helter Skelter	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	Ken Scott
141	Happiness Is a Warm Gun	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Ken Scott
142	Rocky Raccoon	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	Ken Scott
143	Long, Long, Long	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	George	Ken Scott
144	Sexy Sadie	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Ken Scott
145	I Will	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	Ken Scott
146	Yer Blues	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Ken Scott
147	Mother Nature's Son	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	Ken Scott
148	Julia	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Ken Scott
149	Glass Onion	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Ken Scott
150	Birthday	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul, John	Ken Scott
151	I'm So Tired	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Ken Scott
152	The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Ken Scott
153	It's All Too Much	1969	Yellow Submarine	George	Dave Siddle
154	Hey Bulldog	1969	Yellow Submarine	John	Geoff Emerick,Phil McDonald
155	All Together Now	1969	Yellow Submarine	Paul, John	Geoff Emerick
156	Only a Northern Song	1969	Yellow Submarine	George	Geoff Emerick
157	Get Back	1969	Let It Be	Paul	Jeff Jarratt,Glyn Johns
158	Don't Let Me Down	1969	Past Masters	John, Paul	Glyn Johns
159	The Ballad of John and Yoko	1969	Past Masters	John	Geoff Emerick
160	Old Brown Shoe	1969	Past Masters	George	Phil McDonald,Jeff Jarratt
161	Something	1969	Abbey Road	George	Geoff Emerick,Phil McDonald,Glyn Johns,Jeff Jarratt
162	Here Comes the Sun	1969	Abbey Road	George	Geoff Emerick,Phil McDonald
163	Her Majesty	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	Phil McDonald
164	I Want You (She's So Heavy)	1969	Abbey Road	John	Jeff Jarratt,Barry Sheffield,Glyn Johns,Phil McDonald,Geoff Emerick
165	Golden Slumbers	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	Geoff Emerick,Phil McDonald
166	Carry That Weight	1969	Abbey Road	Paul, John, George, Ringo	Geoff Emerick,Phil McDonald
167	The End	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	Geoff Emerick,Phil McDonald
168	Because	1969	Abbey Road	John, Paul, George	Phil McDonald,Geoff Emerick
169	She Came in Through the Bathroom Window	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	Phil McDonald,Geoff Emerick
170	Polythene Pam	1969	Abbey Road	John	Phil McDonald,Geoff Emerick
171	Sun King	1969	Abbey Road	John	Phil McDonald,Geoff Emerick
172	Mean Mr. Mustard	1969	Abbey Road	John	Phil McDonald,Geoff Emerick
173	Oh! Darling	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	Phil McDonald,Geoff Emerick,Jeff Jarratt
174	You Never Give Me Your Money	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	Phil McDonald,Glyn Johns,Geoff Emerick
175	Maxwell's Silver Hammer	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	Geoff Emerick,Phil McDonald
176	Octopus's Garden	1969	Abbey Road	Ringo	Geoff Emerick,Phil McDonald,Jeff Jarratt
177	Come Together	1969	Abbey Road	John	Geoff Emerick,Phil McDonald
178	Across the Universe (Wildlife version)	1969	Past Masters	John	Ken Scott,Martin Benge,Peter Bown,Jeff Jarratt
179	Let It Be	1970	Let It Be	Paul	Glyn Johns,Jeff Jarratt,Phil McDonald
180	You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)	1970	Past Masters	John, Paul	Geoff Emerick,Jeff Jarratt,Richard Lush
181	I Me Mine	1970	Let It Be	George	Glyn Johns,Phil McDonald,Peter Bown
182	Two of Us	1970	Let It Be	Paul, John	Glyn Johns
183	The Long and Winding Road	1970	Let It Be	Paul	Glyn Johns,Peter Bown
184	Across the Universe	1970	Let It Be	John	Ken Scott,Geoff Emerick
185	For You Blue	1970	Let It Be	George	Phil McDonald,Glyn Johns
186	Dig a Pony	1970	Let It Be	John	Peter Bown,Glyn Johns
187	One After 909	1970	Let It Be	John, Paul	Glyn Johns
188	Dig It	1970	Let It Be	John	Glyn Johns
189	I've Got a Feeling	1970	Let It Be	Paul, John	Glyn Johns
190	Free as a Bird	1995	Reunion singles	John, Paul, George	Geoff Emerick
191	Real Love	1996	Reunion singles	John	Geoff Emerick
192	Now and Then	2023	Reunion singles	John	Uncredited