Getting Better (original stereo studio mix)
~ Recording by The Beatles
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track Artist | Release Title | Release Artist | Release Group Type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Official | |||||||||
| 1.4 | Getting Better | 2:50 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (stereo) | The Beatles | Album |
| Parlophone | PCS 7027 |
| 1.4 | Getting Better | 2:50 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | Album |
| Hör Zu, Odeon | SHZE 401 |
| 1.4 | Getting Better | 2:50 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | Album |
| Parlophone | TC-PCS 7027 |
| 1.4 | Getting Better | 2:50 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | Album |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | SMAS 2653 |
| 1.4 | Getting Better | 2:50 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | Album |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | SMAS-2653 |
| 1.4 | Getting Better | 2:47 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (stereo) | The Beatles | Album |
| Apple Records | AP-8163 |
| 1.4 | Getting Better | 2:42 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | Album |
| Parlophone | PCS 7027 |
| 8.4 | Getting Better | ?:?? | The Beatles | The Beatles Collection | The Beatles | Album + Compilation |
| Parlophone | 0C 162-53163/53176, BC 13 |
| 1.4 | Getting Better | 2:50 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (limited edition picture disc) | The Beatles | Album |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | C1 0777 7 46442 1 1, SEAX-11840 |
| 1.4 | Getting Better | 2:50 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | Album |
| Apple Records | 1C 072-04 177 |
| 8.4 | Getting Better | ?:?? | The Beatles | The Beatles Collection | The Beatles | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Electrola GmbH (not for release label use! DE subsidiary of EMI Records from 1972–2002) | 1C 198-53 163, 1C 198-53 164, 1C 198-53 165, 1C 198-53 166, 1C 198-53 167, 1C 198-53 168, 1C 198-53 169, 1C 198-53 170, 1C 198-53 171, 1C 198-53 172, 1C 198-53 173, 1C 198-53 174, 1C 198-53 175, 1C 198-53 176 |
| 1.4 | Getting Better | 2:50 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Limited Edition) | The Beatles | Album |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972), Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | MFQR 1-100 |
| 8.4 | Getting Better | ?:?? | The Beatles | The Collection (limited edition) | The Beatles | Album + Compilation |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.), EMI (EMI Records, since 1972), Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | BC-1 |
| 1.4 | Getting Better | 2:48 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | Album |
| Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | MFSL 1-100 |
| 8.4 | Getting Better | ?:?? | The Beatles | The Beatles Collection (repress) | The Beatles | Album + Compilation |
| Parlophone | 0C 162-53163/53176, BC 13 |
| 1.4 | Getting Better | 2:42 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | Album |
| Odeon | EAS-70137 |
| 1.4 | Getting Better | 2:50 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | Album |
| Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | MFSL C-100 |
| 1.4 | Getting Better | 2:48 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (made in Holland) | The Beatles | Album |
| Parlophone | CDP 7 46442 2 |
| 1.4 | Getting Better | 2:50 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reissue) | The Beatles | Album |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972), Odeon | CDP 7 46442 2, CP32-5328 |
| 1.4 | Getting Better | 2:50 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (made in UK) | The Beatles | Album |
| Parlophone | CDP 7 46442 2 |
| 1.4 | Getting Better | 2:48 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | Album |
| Parlophone | CDP 7 46442 2 |
| 1.6 | Getting Better | 2:51 | The Beatles | Perfect Collection, Volume 8: 1967 | The Beatles | Album + Compilation |
| TF (Japanese label) | T-1963 |
| 1.4 | Getting Better | 2:50 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | Album |
| Apple Records, Parlophone, Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | C2 0777 7 46442 2 8, C2 46442 |
| 1.4 | Getting Better | 2:48 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (made in West Germany) | The Beatles | Album | Parlophone | CDP 7 46442 2, DIDX 1709 | |
| 1.4 | Getting Better | 2:48 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (slipcover) | The Beatles | Album |
| Parlophone | CDP 7 46442 2 |
| 8.4 | Getting Better | 2:48 | The Beatles | The Beatles (box set) | The Beatles | Album + Compilation |
| Parlophone | BBX2-91302 |
| 1.4 | Getting Better | 2:48 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (slipcase, made in UK) | The Beatles | Album |
| Apple Records, Parlophone | CDP 7 46442 2 |
| 1.4 | Getting Better | 2:47 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Repress, Apple logo) | The Beatles | Album |
| Parlophone | PCS 7027 |
| 1.5 | Fixing a Hole | 2:38 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Repress, Apple logo) | The Beatles | Album |
| Parlophone | PCS 7027 |
| 1.4 | Getting Better | 2:48 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | Album |
| Parlophone, Apple Records | CDP 7 46442 2 |
| 1.4 | Getting Better | 2:50 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | Album |
| Parlophone, Apple Records, EMI (Japanese double‐boxed logo) | CDP 7 46442 2, TOCP-51118, TOCP-8508 |
| 8.4 | Getting Better | 2:48 | The Beatles | The Beatles | The Beatles | Album |
| TOSHIBA EMI (a rare imprint used mostly for promos and video releases - does not stand for “東芝EMI株式会社”), Apple Records, Parlophone | TOCP-50501, TOCP-50502, TOCP-50503, TOCP-50504, TOCP-50505, TOCP-50506, TOCP-50507, TOCP-50508, TOCP-50509/10, TOCP-50511, TOCP-50512, TOCP-50513, TOCP-50514, TOCP-50515, TOCP-50516 |
| 1.4 | Getting Better | 2:50 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | Album |
| 東芝EMI 株式会社 (record company, do not use as release label - check obi, back or disc for imprint! Ended 2007-06-29) | TOJP-60138 |
| 1.4 | Getting Better | 2:48 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (2009 stereo remaster) | The Beatles | Album |
| Apple Records, Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.), Parlophone | 0946 3 82419 2 8 |
| 1.4 | Getting Better | 2:50 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (2009 stereo remaster) | The Beatles | Album |
| Apple Records, Parlophone | 0946 3 82419 2 8 |
| 8.4 | Getting Better | 2:48 | The Beatles | The Beatles (2009 stereo remasters) | The Beatles | Album + Compilation |
| Apple Records | 5099969944901 |
| 8.4 | Getting Better | 2:48 | The Beatles | The Beatles | The Beatles | Album + Compilation |
| Apple Records | TOCP-71021~36 |
| 8.4 | Getting Better | 2:48 | The Beatles | The Beatles (2009 stereo remasters) | The Beatles | Album + Compilation |
| Apple Records | 5099969944901 |
| 8.4 | Getting Better | 2:48 | The Beatles | The Beatles | The Beatles | Album + Compilation | Apple Records | 509996996804520 | |
| 8.4 | Getting Better | 2:48 | The Beatles | The Beatles Stereo USB (Limited edition USB flash drive) | The Beatles | Album + Compilation |
| Apple Records, EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 5099969944963 |
| 3.4 | Getting Better | 2:47 | The Beatles | With Love From Me To You (Christmas Pack) | The Beatles | Album + Compilation |
| Apple Records | 5099960723307 |
| 1.4 | Getting Better | 2:48 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (iTunes 2009 remaster) | The Beatles | Album |
| Apple Records, EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | |
| 1.4 | Getting Better | 2:47 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | Album |
| Parlophone | 5099969942617 |
| 8.4 | Getting Better | ?:?? | The Beatles | The Beatles (2009 stereo remasters) | The Beatles | Album + Compilation |
| Apple Records | 5099963380910 |
| 8.4 | Getting Better | ?:?? | The Beatles | The Beatles (2009 stereo remaster) | The Beatles | Album + Compilation |
| Apple Records | 5099963380910 |
| 8.4 | Getting Better | 2:48 | The Beatles | The Beatles (boxset) | The Beatles | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Catalogue (aka UMC) | |
| 1.4 | Getting Better | 2:47 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | Album | Apple Records, Parlophone | 5099963380514, PMC 7027 | |
| 1.4 | Getting Better | 2:42 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (2009 stereo remaster, Le Monde - Télérama) | The Beatles | Album |
| Apple Records, PolyGram Collections | 00600753519646 |
| 1.4 | Getting Better - Remastered 2009 | 2:48 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Stereo Remastered) | The Beatles | Album |
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| 1.4 | Getting Better | 2:48 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (2009 remaster) | The Beatles | Album |
| EMI Catalogue | |
| 1.4 | Getting Better | 2:50 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (anniversary edition) | The Beatles | Album |
| Apple Records | B0026523-02 |
| 1.4 | Getting Better | 2:50 | The Beatles | Sgt. Peppers Lonely Heart Club Band (1 CD anniversary edition) | The Beatles | Album + Remix |
| Apple Records, Parlophone | 0602557455304, PCS 7027 |
| 1.4 | Getting Better | 2:47 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1 CD anniversary edition) | The Beatles | Album |
| Apple Records, Parlophone | 0602557455304, PCS 7027 |
| 1.4 | Getting Better | 2:48 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (50th Anniversary edition) | The Beatles | Album |
| Apple Records | UICY-15602 |
| 1.4 | Getting Better (Dolby Atmos mix) | 2:47 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Dolby Atmos, Giles Martin Remix) | The Beatles | Album |
| Apple Records | |
| 1.4 | Getting Better | 2:47 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | Album |
| Selles Records (Polish label started in 1991) | SELL 1028 |
| 1.4 | Getting Better | 2:50 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | Album |
| EMI Music Canada, Apple Records, Parlophone | C2 0777 7 46442 2 8 |
| 1.4 | Getting Better | 2:50 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | Album | Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | ||
| 8.4 | Getting Better | ?:?? | The Beatles | The Beatles Collection | The Beatles | Album + Compilation |
| Parlophone | 0C 162-53163/53176, BC 13 |
| Promotion | |||||||||
| 1.4 | Getting Better | 2:42 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | Album |
| Parlophone | AUDIO-5 |
| Bootleg | |||||||||
| 1.4 | Getting Better | 2:47 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band / A Collection of Beatles Oldies | The Beatles | Album + Compilation |
| CD-MAXIMUM (Russian label) | CDM 0500-430 |
| 1.4 | Getting Better | 2:47 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (US stereo DESS bootleg) | The Beatles | Album |
| Dr. Ebbetts Sound Systems | PCS 7027 |
| 1.18 | Getting Better | 2:48 | The Beatles | Revolver / Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.4 | Getting Better | 2:48 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (AudioPhil edition) | The Beatles | Album |
| [no label] (Special purpose label – white labels, self-published releases and other “no label” releases) | [none] |
| 1.4 | Getting Better | 2:50 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | Album | [no label] (Special purpose label – white labels, self-published releases and other “no label” releases) | AREA51 | |
| 1.4 | Getting Better | 2:50 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | Album | [no label] (Special purpose label – white labels, self-published releases and other “no label” releases) | AREA51 | |
| (unknown) | |||||||||
| 1.4 | Getting Better | 2:48 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | Album |
| Parlophone, Apple Records | CDP 7 46442 2, DIDX 1709 |
| 1.4 | Getting Better | 2:48 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Europe stereo; slipcase; 1992 reissue) | The Beatles | Album |
| Parlophone | CDP 7 46442 2 |
Relationships
| engineer: | Malcolm Addey Geoff Emerick (British recording engineer) Ken Townsend |
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| producer: | George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician) |
| bass drum and snare drum: | Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1967-03-10) |
| bass guitar: | Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1967-03-10) |
| congas: | Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1967-03-23) |
| drums (drum set): | Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1967-03-09) |
| guitar: | Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1967-03-09) George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1967-03-23) |
| handclaps: | John Lennon (The Beatles) |
| minipiano: | George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician) (on 1967-03-09) |
| piano: | George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician) (on 1967-03-23) Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1967-03-23) |
| tambura: | George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1967-03-10) |
| background vocals: | George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1967-03-23) John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1967-03-23) |
| lead vocals: | Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1967-03-23) |
| recorded at: | Abbey Road Studios: Studio 2 in St John's Wood (on 1967-03-09, on 1967-03-10, on 1967-03-23) |
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| mixed at: | Abbey Road Studios: Studio 2 in St John's Wood (on 1967-04-17) |
| has remixes: | Getting Better (2017 stereo remix) |
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| mash-ups: | Sunshine a Go Go by ccc |
| recording of: | Getting Better (from 1967-03-09 until 1967-03-23) |
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Related works
Getting Better
| writer: | John Lennon (The Beatles) Paul McCartney (The Beatles) |
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| publisher: | Maclen Music, Inc. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon-McCartney) Northern Songs Ltd. (, in 1967) Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995-2020) |
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