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Geoff Emerick

Recording Engineer

British recording engineer celebrated for the inventive microphone and tape techniques he pioneered at EMI's Abbey Road studios.

118

songs

Analysis

Every song on this page, across all of them: assistant engineer, engineer and performer.

By Year

Song count per year

By Songwriter

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

By Era

Early30 · 29%

Mid-period40 · 38%

Late34 · 33%

By Album

Abbey Road16

Revolver14

Past Masters14

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band13

A Hard Day's Night12

Magical Mystery Tour10

With The Beatles8

The Beatles (The White Album)8

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Songs(105 of 118)

Year

Album

Writer

Lead vocal(s)

#	Title	Year	Album	Lead Vocal(s)	Instrument(s)	Role	Notes
1	Misery	1963	Please Please Me	John, Paul	-	Assistant engineer	-
2	Thank You Girl	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	-	Assistant engineer	-
3	I'll Get You	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	-	Assistant engineer	-
4	She Loves You	1963	Past Masters	Paul, John	-	Assistant engineer	-
5	All I've Got to Do	1963	With The Beatles	John	-	Assistant engineer	-
6	All My Loving	1963	With The Beatles	Paul	-	Assistant engineer	-
7	Don't Bother Me	1963	With The Beatles	George	-	Assistant engineer	-

8	Hold Me Tight	1963	With The Beatles	Paul	-	Assistant engineer	-
9	I Wanna Be Your Man	1963	With The Beatles	Ringo	-	Assistant engineer	-
10	It Won't Be Long	1963	With The Beatles	John	-	Assistant engineer	-
11	Little Child	1963	With The Beatles	John, Paul	-	Assistant engineer	-
12	Not a Second Time	1963	With The Beatles	John	-	Assistant engineer	-
13	I Want to Hold Your Hand	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	-	Assistant engineer	-
14	This Boy	1963	Past Masters	John	-	Assistant engineer	-
15	Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand	1964	Past Masters	John, Paul	-	Assistant engineer	-
16	Can't Buy Me Love	1964	A Hard Day's Night	Paul	-	Assistant engineer	Took the engineer's chair for the first time here, to record Norman Smith's hi-hat overdub
17	A Hard Day's Night	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John, Paul	-	Assistant engineer	-
18	And I Love Her	1964	A Hard Day's Night	Paul	-	Assistant engineer	Second engineer at mixing
19	Any Time at All	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	-	Assistant engineer	-
20	I Should Have Known Better	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	-	Assistant engineer	-
21	I'll Be Back	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	-	Assistant engineer	-
22	I'll Cry Instead	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	-	Assistant engineer	-
23	I'm Happy Just to Dance with You	1964	A Hard Day's Night	George	-	Assistant engineer	Second engineer, March 1 session
24	If I Fell	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John, Paul	-	Assistant engineer	-
25	Tell Me Why	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	-	Assistant engineer	-
26	Things We Said Today	1964	A Hard Day's Night	Paul	-	Assistant engineer	-
27	When I Get Home	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	-	Assistant engineer	-
28	I Feel Fine	1964	Past Masters	John	-	Assistant engineer	Additional engineering

29	Eight Days a Week	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	-	Assistant engineer	Additional engineering
30	I'll Follow the Sun	1964	Beatles For Sale	Paul	-	Assistant engineer	Additional engineering
31	Yesterday	1965	Help!	Paul	-	Assistant engineer	-
32	Rain	1966	Past Masters	John	-	Engineer	-
33	Paperback Writer	1966	Past Masters	Paul	-	Engineer	-
34	And Your Bird Can Sing	1966	Revolver	John	-	Engineer	-
35	Doctor Robert	1966	Revolver	John	-	Engineer	-
36	Eleanor Rigby	1966	Revolver	Paul	-	Engineer	-
37	For No One	1966	Revolver	Paul	-	Engineer	-
38	Good Day Sunshine	1966	Revolver	Paul	-	Engineer	-
39	Got to Get You into My Life	1966	Revolver	Paul	-	Engineer	-
40	Here, There and Everywhere	1966	Revolver	Paul	-	Engineer	-
41	I Want to Tell You	1966	Revolver	George	-	Engineer	-
42	I'm Only Sleeping	1966	Revolver	John	-	Engineer	Lead engineer on Revolver
43	Love You To	1966	Revolver	George	-	Engineer	-
44	She Said She Said	1966	Revolver	John	-	Engineer	-
45	Taxman	1966	Revolver	George	-	Engineer	-
46	Tomorrow Never Knows	1966	Revolver	John	-	Engineer	First session as lead Beatles engineer; devised the Leslie vocal
47	Yellow Submarine	1966	Revolver	Ringo	Backing vocals, Tape loops	PerformerEngineer	-
48	Penny Lane	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	-	Engineer	-
49	Strawberry Fields Forever	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	-	Engineer	-
50	A Day in the Life	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John, Paul	-	Engineer	-
51	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John	Tape loops	PerformerEngineer	-
52	Fixing a Hole	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	-	Engineer	-
53	Getting Better	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	-	Engineer	-
54	Good Morning Good Morning	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John	-	Engineer	-
55	Lovely Rita	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	-	Engineer	-
56	Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John	-	Engineer	-
57	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	-	Engineer	-
58	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul, John, George	-	Engineer	-
59	She's Leaving Home	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul, John	-	Engineer	-
60	When I'm Sixty-Four	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	-	Engineer	-
61	With a Little Help from My Friends	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Ringo	-	Engineer	-
62	Within You Without You	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	George	-	Engineer	-
63	All You Need Is Love	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	-	Engineer	Abbey Road sessions
64	Baby, You're a Rich Man	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	-	Engineer	-
65	Hello, Goodbye	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	-	Engineer	-
66	I Am the Walrus	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	-	Engineer	-
67	Blue Jay Way	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	George	-	Engineer	-
68	Flying	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	-	-	Engineer	-
69	Magical Mystery Tour	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	-	Engineer	-
70	Your Mother Should Know	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	-	Engineer	August 22-23 Chappell sessions
71	Lady Madonna	1968	Past Masters	Paul	-	Engineer	-
72	The Inner Light	1968	Past Masters	George	-	Engineer	London sessions
73	Revolution	1968	Past Masters	John	-	Engineer	-
74	Blackbird	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	-	Engineer	-
75	Cry Baby Cry	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	-	Engineer	-
76	Don't Pass Me By	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Ringo	-	Engineer	-
77	Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	-	Engineer	-
78	Good Night	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Ringo	-	Engineer	-
79	Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	-	Engineer	Tracking on first attempts before quitting the project
80	Revolution 1	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	-	Engineer	-
81	Revolution 9	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	-	-	Engineer	-
82	All Together Now	1969	Yellow Submarine	Paul, John	-	Engineer	Supervised session in Martin's absence
83	Hey Bulldog	1969	Yellow Submarine	John	-	Engineer	-
84	Only a Northern Song	1969	Yellow Submarine	George	-	Engineer	-
85	The Ballad of John and Yoko	1969	Past Masters	John	-	Engineer	Return to Beatles sessions
86	Because	1969	Abbey Road	John, Paul, George	-	Engineer	-
87	Carry That Weight	1969	Abbey Road	Paul, John, George, Ringo	-	Engineer	-
88	Golden Slumbers	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	-	Engineer	-
89	Here Comes the Sun	1969	Abbey Road	George	-	Engineer	-
90	I Want You (She's So Heavy)	1969	Abbey Road	John	-	Engineer	-
91	Maxwell's Silver Hammer	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	-	Engineer	-
92	Mean Mr. Mustard	1969	Abbey Road	John	-	Engineer	-
93	Octopus's Garden	1969	Abbey Road	Ringo	-	Engineer	Treated the backing vocals through the Moog IIIp
94	Oh! Darling	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	-	Engineer	-
95	Polythene Pam	1969	Abbey Road	John	-	Engineer	-
96	She Came in Through the Bathroom Window	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	-	Engineer	-
97	Something	1969	Abbey Road	George	-	Engineer	-
98	Sun King	1969	Abbey Road	John	-	Engineer	-
99	The End	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	-	Engineer	-
100	You Never Give Me Your Money	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	-	Engineer	EMI overdubs, tape loops
101	Come Together	1969	Abbey Road	John	-	Engineer	-
102	You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)	1970	Past Masters	John, Paul	-	Engineer	Ran the first session, 17 May 1967, in George Martin's absence
103	Across the Universe	1970	Let It Be	John	-	Engineer	1968 basic track
104	Free as a Bird	1995	Reunion singles	John, Paul, George	-	Engineer	-
105	Real Love	1996	Reunion singles	John	-	Engineer	-