Recording Personnel

Record­ing Per­son­nel: White Album Sessions

George Har­ri­son

Lead, har­mony and back­ground vocals; lead and rhythm (elec­tric and acoustic) gui­tars, four– and six-string bass gui­tar; Ham­mond organ; drums and assorted per­cus­sion (tam­bourine, hand-shake bell, hand­claps and vocal per­cus­sion) and sound effects.

John Lennon

Lead, har­mony and back­ground vocals; lead and rhythm (elec­tric and acoustic) gui­tars, 4 and 6-string bass gui­tar; pianos (elec­tric and acoustic), Ham­mond organ, har­mo­nium, mel­lotron; drums and assorted per­cus­sion (tam­bourine, marac­cas, thump­ing on the back of an acoustic gui­tar, hand­claps and vocal per­cus­sion); har­mon­ica, sax­o­phone and whistling; tapes, tape loops and sound effects (elec­tronic and home-made).

Paul McCart­ney

Lead, har­mony and back­ground vocals; lead and rhythm (elec­tric and acoustic) gui­tars, 4 and 6-string bass gui­tar; pianos (elec­tric and acoustic), Ham­mond organ, drums, tim­pani and assorted per­cus­sion (tam­bourine, hand­claps and vocal per­cus­sion; drums on “Back in the U.S.S.R.” and “Dear Pru­dence”); recorder, flugel­horn and sound effects.

Ringo Starr

Drums and assorted per­cus­sion (tam­bourine, bon­gos, cym­bals, mara­cas, vocal per­cus­sion); lead vocals, elec­tric piano and sleigh bell (on “Don’t Pass Me By”) , lead vocals (on “Don’t Pass Me By” and “Good Night”) and back­ing vocals (“The Con­tin­u­ing Story of Bun­ga­low Bill”).

Guest Musi­cians & Friends

Eric Clap­ton – lead gui­tar on “While my Gui­tar Gen­tly Weeps“
Mal Evans – back­ing vocals and hand­claps on “Dear Prudence”,“The Con­tin­u­ing Story of
Bun­ga­low Bill” and “Birth­day”, sax­o­phone and sound effects on “Hel­ter Skel­ter“
Jack Fal­lon – vio­lin on “Don’t Pass Me By“
Pat­tie Har­ri­son – back­ing vocals on “Birth­day“
Nicky Hop­kins — piano
Jackie Lomax – back­ing vocals and hand­claps on “Dear Pru­dence“
George Mar­tin — horn, piano, orches­tra­tion
Jimmy Scott – con­gas on “Ob-La-Di-Ob-La-Da“
Pete Shot­ton — tam­bourine
Mau­reen Starkey – back­ing vocals on “The Con­tin­u­ing Story of Bun­ga­low Bill“
The Mike Sammes Singers – back­ing vocals on “Good Night“
Yoko Ono – back­ing vocals and hand­claps on “The Con­tin­u­ing Story of Bun­ga­low Bill” and
tapes and sound effects on “Rev­o­lu­tion 9″, back­ing vocals on “Birthday”

Ses­sion Musicians

Fred­er­ick Alexan­der – cello (on “Martha My Dear”)
Ted Barker – tuba, trom­bone (on “Martha My Dear”)
Leo Birn­baum and Henry Myer­scough – viola (on “Martha My Dear”)
Eric Bowie — cello (on “Glass Onion”)
Leon Calvert – trum­pet and flugel­horn (on “Martha My Dear”)
Ronald Cham­ber­lain — sax­o­phone
Jim Chester — sax­o­phone
Freddy Clay­ton — trum­pet
Henry Datyner — cello (on “Glass Onion”)
Jack Fal­lon — vio­lin
Eldon Fox — trum­pet (on “Glass Onion”)
Ron Hughes — trum­pet (on “Glass Onion” and “Martha My Dear”)
Regi­nald Kil­bey — cello
Harry Klein – clar­inet (on “Honey Pie”), sax­o­phone (on “Savoy Truf­fle”)
Don Lan — trom­bone
Nor­man Led­er­man — cello (on “Glass Onion”)
Les Mad­dox — vio­lin (on “Martha My Dear”)
Den­nis McConnell — vio­lin
Bernard Miller — vio­lin (on “Martha My Dear”)
Andy Mor­ris — sax­o­phone, trom­bone
Henry Myer­scough — viola (on “Martha My Dear”)
Ray­mond New­man — clar­inet
Bill Povey — trom­bone
John Power — trom­bone
Billy Pre­ston — organ
Alf Reece – tuba (on “Martha My Dear”)
Stan­ley Reynolds and Ron­nie Hughes – trum­pet (on “Martha My Dear”)
David Smith — clar­inet
Lou Soufier — vio­lin (on “Martha My Dear”)
Ronald Thomas — cello (on “Glass Onion”)
Tony Tun­stall – french horn (on “Martha My Dear”)
John Under­wood, Keith Cum­mings — trum­pet (on “Glass Onion”),
Den­nis Wal­ton — sax­o­phone
Derek Watkins — trumpet

Pro­duc­tion Team

Geoff Emer­ick – engi­neer, vocal on “Rev­o­lu­tion #1″ (“Take 2″)
George Mar­tin – record pro­ducer and mixer; string, brass, clar­inet, orches­tral arrange­ments and
con­duct­ing; piano on “Rocky Rac­coon“
Ken Scott – prin­ci­pal engi­neer and mixer
Chris Thomas – pro­ducer; mel­lotron on “The Con­tin­u­ing Story of Bun­ga­low Bill”, harp­si­chord on “Pig­gies” and piano on “Long, Long, Long”