The Beatles
Gould:"as Lennon and McCartney became progressively more ambitious in their songwriting, Martin began to function as an informal music teacher to them" ("Saat Lennon dan McCartney semakin ambisius secara progresif dalam menulis lirik lagu. Martin mulai berfungsi sebagai guru musik yang informal bagi mereka.") Hal ini juga bertepatan dengan kesediaannya untuk bereksperimen menurut keinginan mereka- seperti menambahkan nuansa barok terhadap suatu lagu, dengan kata lain memfasilitasi perkembangan kreatif mereka. Selain mengaransemen orkestra, Martin juga sering berkontribusi memainkan piano, organ dan brass.
Berkomentar mengenai perekaman Sgt. Pepper, Martin berkata, "'Sergeant Pepper' itself didn't appear until halfway through making the album. It was Paul's song, just an ordinary rock number and not particularly brilliant as songs go... Paul said, 'Why don't we make the album as though the Pepper band really existed, as though Sergeant Pepper was making the record? We'll dub in effects and things.' I loved the idea, and from that moment on it was as though Pepper had a life of its own." (Sergeant Pepper itu sendiri belum muncul sampai setengah jalan pembuatan album. Itu adalah lagu Paul, lagu rock biasa
dan tidak cukup menarik seperti lagu lain... Paul berkata, ' kenapa tidak kita buat albumnya seakan-akan band Pepper benar-benar ada, seolah-olah Sergeant Pepper yang membuat rekamannya? Kita akan tambahkan efek dub dan hal-hal lainnya.' Saya suka idenya dan dari sejak itu seolah-olah Pepper mempunyai nyawanya sendiri.") Mengingat betapa kuatnya
lagu itu dibanding komposisi Lennon, Martin berkata: "Compared with Paul's songs, all of which seemed to keep in some sort of touch with reality, John's had a psychedelic, almost mystical quality... John's imagery is one of the best things about his work-"tangerine trees", "marmalade skies", "cellophane flowers"... I always saw him as an aural Salvador Dal, rather than some drug-ridden record artist. On the other hand, I would be stupid to pretend that drugs didn't figure quite heavily in The Beatles' lives at that time. At the same time they knew that I, in my schoolmasterly role, didn't approve... Not only was I not into it myself, I couldn't see
the need for it; and there's no doubt that, if I too had been on dope, Pepper would never have been the album it was" ("Dibandingkan dengan lagu-lagunya Paul, yang semuanya karyanya tampak menjalin sentuhan dengan kenyataan, lagu John berkarakter psikedelik, kualitasnya hampir mistis... Perumpamaan John adalah salah satu yang terbaik dalam-dalam karyanya-"tangerine trees", "marmalade skies", "cellophane flowers"...Saya
selalu melihatnya sebagai Salvador Dali aural, daripada seorang artis rekaman yang kecanduan narkotika. Di sisi lain, saya pasti bodoh jika pura-pura tidak tahu bahwa narkotika tidak turut berpengaruh besar dalam kehidupan The Beatles pada saat itu. Pada saat yang sama mereka mengetahui bahwa, dalam peran sebagai kepala sekolah, saya tidak
setuju...Bukan hanya saya tidak menggunakannya, saya tak melihat perlunya hal itu; sudah nyata, jika saya juga kecanduan, Pepper tidak akan pernah menjadi album yang besar.")
The Beatles memanfaatkan teknologi secara inovatif dan memperlakukan studio itu sendiri sebagai instrumen. Mereka meminta Martin dan teknisi rekaman bereksperimen atau mencoba hal baru yang "mungkin bisa menghasilkan suara bagus". Pada saat yang sama mereka juga memanfaatkan kejadian-kejadian tertentu secara kreatif seperti feedback gitar yang tak disengaja, resonansi botol gelas atau suara kaset yang diputar
terbalik. Hal-hal seperti ini didukung oleh tangan dingin Martin dan teknisi EMI seperti Norman Smith, Ken Townsend dan Geoff Emerick yang semuanya berkontribusi besar mulai album Rubber Soul, khususnya Revolver dan seterusnya. Dengan banyak akal dalam studio didapatkan metode efek suara, penempatan mikrofon yang tidak biasa, rekaman tape, double tracking, dan vari speed. Mereka juga memadukan alat musik gesek, brass,
dan alat musik India seperti sitar (bisa didengar di lagu Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) dan swarmandal (di lagu Strawberry Fields Forever). Mereka juga menggunakan alat musik elektronik seperti mellotron (di intro Strawberry Fields Forever) dan clavioline (di lagu Baby, You're a Rich Man).
Please Please Me (#1 UK) PlatinumLabel:Parlophone PMC 1202 (Mono)/PCS 3042 (Stereo) Terbit:1963-03-22 (mono) dan 1963-04-26 (stereo) Side oneSide two"I Saw Her Standing There" "Misery" "Anna (Go to Him)" "Chains" "Boys" "Ask Me Why" "Please Please Me""Love Me Do" "P.S. I Love You" "Baby It's You" "Do You Want to Know a Secret" "A Taste of Honey" "There's a Place" "Twist and Shout" With the Beatles (#1 UK) GoldLabel:Parlophone PMC 1206
(Mono)/PCS 3045 (Stereo) Terbit:1963-11-22 Side oneSide two"It Won't Be Long" "All I've Got to Do" "All My Loving" "Don't Bother Me" "Little Child" "Till There Was You" "Please Mr. Postman""Roll Over Beethoven" "Hold Me Tight" "You Really Got a Hold on Me" "I Wanna Be Your Man" "Devil in Her Heart" "Not a Second Time" "Money (That's What I Want)" A Hard Day's Night (#1 UK) 4X PlatinumLabel:Parlophone PMC 1230 (Mono)/PCS 3058 (Stereo)
Terbit:1964-07-10 Side oneSide two"A Hard Day's Night" "I Should Have Known Better" "If I Fell" "I'm Happy Just to Dance With You" "And I Love Her" "Tell Me Why" "Can't Buy Me Love""Any Time at All" "I'll Cry Instead" "Things We Said Today" "When I Get Home" "You Can't Do That" "I'll Be Back" Beatles for Sale (#1 UK) PlatinumLabel:Parlophone PMC 1240 (Mono)/PCS 3062 (Stereo) Terbit:1964-12-04 Side oneSide two"No Reply" "I'm a Loser" "Baby's in Black" "Rock
and Roll Music" "I'll Follow the Sun" "Mr. Moonlight" "Kansas City/Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey""Eight Days a Week" "Words of Love" "Honey Don't" "Every Little Thing" "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party" "What You're Doing" "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby" Help! (#1 UK) 3X PlatinumLabel:Parlophone PMC 1255 (Mono)/PCS 3071 (Stereo) Terbit:1965-08-06 Side oneSide two"Help!" "The Night Before" "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" "I Need You" "Another Girl" "You're
Going to Lose That Girl" "Ticket to Ride""Act Naturally" "It's Only Love" "You Like Me Too Much" "Tell Me What You See" "I've Just Seen a Face" "Yesterday" "Dizzy Miss Lizzy" Rubber Soul (#1 UK) 6X PlatinumLabel:Parlophone PMC 1267 (Mono)/PCS 3075 (Stereo) Terbit:1965-12-03 Side oneSide two"Drive My Car" "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" "You Won't See Me" "Nowhere Man" "Think for Yourself" "The Word" "Michelle""What Goes On" "Girl" "I'm Looking Through
You" "In My Life" "Wait" "If I Needed Someone" "Run for Your Life" Revolver (#1 UK) 5X PlatinumLabel:Parlophone PMC 7009 (Mono)/PCS 7009 (Stereo) Terbit:1966-08-05 Side oneSide two"Taxman" "Eleanor Rigby" "I'm Only Sleeping" "Love You To" "Here, There and Everywhere" "Yellow Submarine" "She Said She Said""Good Day Sunshine" "And Your Bird Can Sing" "For No One" "Dr. Robert" "I Want to Tell You" "Got to Get You Into My Life" "Tomorrow Never Knows"
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (#1 UK) 11X Platinum (Diamond) Label:Parlophone PMC 7027 (Mono)/PCS 7027 (Stereo) Terbit:1967-06-01 Side oneSide two"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" "With a Little Help From My Friends" "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" "Getting Better" "Fixing a Hole" "She's Leaving Home" "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!""Within You Without You" "When I'm Sixty-Four" "Lovely Rita" "Good Morning Good Morning" "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
(Reprise)" "A Day in the Life" The Beatles ("The White Album") (#1 UK) 19X Platinum (Diamond) Label:Apple/Parlophone PMC 7067-7068 (Mono)/PCS 7067-7068 (Stereo) Terbit:1968-11-22 Side oneSide twoSide threeSide four"Back in the USSR" "Dear Prudence" "Glass Onion" "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" "Wild Honey Pie" "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill" "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" "Happiness Is a Warm Gun""Martha My Dear" "I'm So Tired" "Blackbird"