Neil Aspinall

Road manager from 1961 and later head of Apple Corps until 2007; long-time Beatles insider.

songs

Neil Aspinall turns up on six Beatles recordings from 1966 to 1967, five of them in 1967. The first was 'Yellow Submarine' and the last 'Magical Mystery Tour'. Two of them are 'Strawberry Fields Forever' and 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'. Aspinall also plays güiro on 'Strawberry Fields Forever' and sings backing vocals on 'Yellow Submarine'. On 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band': suggested that Sgt. Pepper introduce the show, and that the song come back as a reprise. Among them, 'Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!' carries organ solo as well, which only two of their recordings do.

The most-recorded outside players on Beatles records: George Martin (44), Mal Evans (13), Billy Preston (10), Chris Thomas (6), Neil Aspinall (6).

Analysis

Song count per year

% of each member's catalogue with this tag (by writing credit)

Early0 · 0%

Mid-period6 · 86%

Late1 · 14%

Software

iZotope RX / Ozone / Neutron

iZotope

Book

The Musician's Guide to Theory

Clendinning

Software

Waves Abbey Road REDD Console

Waves Audio

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Year

Album

Writer

Lead vocal(s)

#	Title	Year	Album	Lead Vocal(s)	Instrument(s)	Notes
1	Yellow Submarine	1966	Revolver	Ringo	Backing vocals	-
2	Strawberry Fields Forever	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	Güiro	Güiro
3	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John	Harmonica	Harmonica
4	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	-	Suggested that Sgt. Pepper introduce the show, and that the song come back as a reprise
5	Within You Without You	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	George	Tamboura	-
6	Magical Mystery Tour	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	Percussion	-