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Hello Goodbye / I Am the Walrus
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Hello Goodbye / I Am the Walrus

First released: 1967, November 24

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Tracks
  1. Hello Goodbye (3:32)
    Recorded: October 2, 1967 at Abbey Road, London, England with overdubs added October 19, 20, 25 and November 2, 1967
    John Lennon - lead guitar, organ, background vocal
    Paul McCartney - lead vocal, bass guitar, piano, bongos, conga drum,
    background vocal
    George Harrison - lead guitar, tambourine, background vocal
    Ringo Starr - drums, maracas
    Session musicians - two violas
  2. I Am the Walrus (4:37)
    Recorded: September 5, 1967 at Abbey Road, London, England with overdubs added September 6, 1967 and September 27, 1967
    John Lennon - lead vocal, mellotron (at the beginning)
    Paul McCartney - bass guitar, background vocal
    George Harrison - tambourine, background vocal
    Ringo Starr - drums
    Session musicians - eight violins, four cellos, three horns
    Choir - six boys singing "Oompah, oompah, stick it up your jumper", six girls singing "Everybody's got one"
Releases
1967, November 24 Parlophone R5655 (UK)
1967, November 27 Capitol 2056 (US)
Reviews & comments
Geert Snijders (2010, December 28)
Ik hoorde net Hello Goodbye op de radio bij de top 2000. Ik vond het nummer plotseling nog beter dan ik het al vond. Vooral het lekker rommelige einde van het nummer, dan gebeurt er van alles. Duidelijk Paul McCartney op zijn best.

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