Sleeve Notes1967

Strawberry Fields Forever

The Beatles · 1967

Recording

Recorded at EMI Studios in London across eight sessions from November to December 1966. George Martin produced and arranged the recording, Geoff Emerick engineered it, and two contrasting performances were joined through tape-speed manipulation and editing. Released in February 1967 as a double A-side with Penny Lane, the single reached number two on the UK Singles Chart. Its Mellotron introduction, layered instrumentation and radical studio construction marked a major advance in psychedelic pop production. The recording is widely regarded as one of the Beatles' greatest achievements and a landmark in studio-based popular music. Its tape editing, altered speeds and dreamlike arrangement influenced generations of psychedelic, experimental and electronic artists.

ArtistThe Beatles

Year1967

StudioEMI Studios

LabelParlophone

ProducersGeorge Martin · Geoff Emerick

How curators tag this

Psychedelic Rock100%

Sound check

Same ArtistFig. A

Eight Days A Week (Remastered 2009)

The Beatles · 1964

While My Guitar Gently Weeps

The Beatles · 1964

Norwegian Wood

The Beatles · 1965

The Word

The Beatles · 1965

Eleanor Rigby

The Beatles · 1966

SamplesFig. B

Flute

Mellotron · 1964 · sampled

Suplexes Inside of Complexes and Duplexes

Mac Miller · 2013 · sampled-by

Strawberry Fields Forever

Tomorrow · 1968 · sampled-by

Strawberry Fields Forever

Peter Gabriel · 1976 · sampled-by

Strawberry Fields Forever

Candy Flip · 1990 · sampled-by

Year · 1967Fig. C

It Must Be Him

Dawn Penn · 1967

Baby I Love You

Aretha Franklin · 1967

Lonely for You Baby

Sam Dees · 1967

Higher and Higher

Jackie Wilson · 1967

007 (Shanty Town)

Desmond Dekker & the Aces · 1967

Same GenreFig. D

The Last Time

Andrew Oldham Orchestra · 1966

One of These Days

Pink Floyd · 1971

Rainbow Chaser

Nirvana · 1968

White Rabbit

Jefferson Airplane · 1967

Levitation

The 13th Floor Elevators · 1966

Artist · The BeatlesIn the Sleeve Notes

1960s

1964Eight Days A Week (Remastered 2009)

1964While My Guitar Gently Weeps

1965Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)

1965The Word

1966Eleanor Rigby

1966I Want to Tell You

1967A Day In The Life

1967I Am The Walrus

1967Strawberry Fields ForeverYou are here

1968Dear Prudence

1968Revolution 1 (Remastered 2009)

1968Sexy Sadie (Remastered 2009)

1968Something

1969Come Together

1969Real Love

1969The Ballad Of John And Yoko

Undated

—Don't Let Me Down

—Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band