Jeff’s Playlist: Yesterday and Today

The Beatles — Yesterday and Today

A real gem from the Beatles. This seems to be a col­lec­tion of favorites at the time. Give it a lis­ten; I know you’ll love it.

Album infor­ma­tion

All songs writ­ten by Lennon–McCartney, except noted.

Side one

No.      Title    Lead vocals   Length
1.         “Drive My Car”                      McCartney and Lennon      2:25
2.         “I’m Only Sleeping”              Lennon                                   2:58
3.         “Nowhere Man”                    Lennon                                   2:40
4.         “Doctor Robert”                    Lennon                                   2:14
5.         “Yesterday”                           McCartney                             2:04
6.         “Act Naturally”                       (Russell, Morrison)   Starr   2:27

Total length:  14:48

Side two

No.      Title    Lead vocals   Length
1.         “And Your Bird Can Sing”               Lennon                       2:02
2.         “If I Needed Someone”                   Harrison                     2:19
3.         “We Can Work It Out”                      McCartney                 2:10
4.         “What Goes On”                   Lennon McCartney Starr    2:44
5.         “Day Tripper”                        Lennon McCartney              2:47

Total length:  12:02

Personnel

The Beatles

John Lennon – lead, har­mo­ny and back­ing vocals; rhythm, acoustic and lead gui­tars; har­mo­ni­um; hand­claps
Paul McCartney – lead, har­mo­ny and back­ing vocals; bass, acoustic and lead gui­tars; piano; hand­claps
George Harrison – har­mo­ny and back­ing vocals; lead and acoustic gui­tars; tambourine,[121] mara­cas, hand­claps; lead vocals on “If I Needed Someone“
Ringo Starr – drums, per­cus­sion, hand­claps; lead vocals on “Act Naturally” and “What Goes On”

Additional musi­cians

George Martin – pro­duc­er, har­mo­ni­um on “If I Needed Someone”, string quar­tet arrange­ment on “Yesterday” (in asso­ci­a­tion with McCartney)

Released                   June 15, 1966
Recorded                   June 14–17, 1965 October 13 – November 4, 1965 April 17 – May 6, 1966
Studio                         EMI, London
Length                        27:33
Label                          Capitol
Producer                    George Martin