Baby, You're a Rich Man
“How does it feel to be one of the beautiful people?”
Lennon-McCartney hybrid built from two unfinished pieces – Lennon's 'One of the Beautiful People' verses fused with McCartney's chorus hook. Recorded in a single six-hour session at Olympic Sound Studios on May 11, 1967, the first Beatles track produced entirely outside EMI. It later appeared in the 1968 film Yellow Submarine and over the closing scene of The Social Network (2010).
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Mick Jagger plays on 3 Beatles recordings: Baby, You're a Rich Man, Yellow Submarine, and All You Need Is Love.
RecordedMay 11, 1967
ReleasedJuly 7, 1967 (Single)November 27, 1967 (Magical Mystery Tour)
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Eddie Kramer
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Tags on this page are original analysis, transcribed and cross-checked against the fine work of others: Alan W. Pollack's “Notes on…” series, the Beatles Complete Scores (Hal Leonard), Mark Lewisohn's session histories, Ian MacDonald's Revolution in the Head, Dave Rybaczewski's Beatles Music History and Andy Babiuk's Beatles Gear for the instruments and studio equipment, and others besides – then verified by ear against the recordings. Full bibliography: Sources & thanks.
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