Reel Music

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{{Infobox album
| name = Reel Music
| type = compilation
| artist = [[the Beatles]]
| cover = ReelMusicalbumcoverfront.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{start date|1982|3|22|df=yes}}
| recorded = 1964–1970
| venue =
| studio = [[Abbey Road Studios|EMI]] and [[Apple Corps#Apple Studio|Apple]] studios, [[London]]; Pathé Marconi Studio, [[Paris]]
| genre = [[Rock music|Rock]]
| length = {{duration|m=42|s=03}}
| label = [[Capitol Records|Capitol]]
| producer = [[George Martin]] and [[Phil Spector]]
| chronology = [[The Beatles]] British
| prev_title = [[The Beatles EP Collection]]
| prev_year = 1981
| next_title = [[The Beatles: The Collection]]
| next_year = 1982
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = [[The Beatles]] American
| type = compilation
| prev_title = [[Rarities (The Beatles compilations)#1980|Rarities]]
| prev_year = 1980
| title = Reel Music
| year = 1982
| next_title = [[The Beatles: The Collection]]
| next_year = 1982
}}
}}{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|first=Bruce|last=Eder|class=album|id=mw0000319111|title=The Beatles – ''Reel Music'': Review|accessdate=23 March 2015}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev2Score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|year=2007|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|edition=4th|isbn=978-0195313734|title-link=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
|rev3score = {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite book |title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=1992 |publisher=Random House |page=43}}</ref>
}}
'''''Reel Music''''' is a [[compilation album]] featuring a selection of songs by [[the Beatles]] that were featured in their films, as the title suggests. The album was released on 22 March 1982 in the United States and the following day in the United Kingdom – almost simultaneously with the theatrical re-release of the film, ''[[A Hard Day's Night (film)|A Hard Day's Night]]'', which had been "cleaned" and re-edited with stereo [[Dolby]] sound. In the US, ''Reel Music'' peaked at number 19 on ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''{{'}}s albums chart.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/reel-music-mw0000319111/awards |title=Reel Music: Awards |publisher=AllMusic |date=2015 |accessdate=January 6, 2015}}</ref>

The album was released by [[Capitol Records]] in the United States (catalogue number SV 12199) and [[Parlophone]] in the United Kingdom (PCS 7218). In the US and Canada, the album was issued simultaneously in limited edition gold vinyl pressings. In New Zealand, the LP was released on the Parlophone label (PCS 7218), and the inner sleeve and booklet were imported from the US. Aside from box-set collections, it was the first Beatles album released after [[John Lennon]]'s death. ''Reel Music'' was certified gold by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]].<ref>{{Cite certification|region=United States|artist=Beatles|title=Reel Music}}</ref>

The album cover illustrations are a painting by David McMacken.

==Unique mixes==
The album features [[stereo]] mixes that were rare to the US or previously unavailable at the time:
*The first US release of the British stereo mix of "[[I Am the Walrus]]". Previous American releases of the song had the intro edited like the mono mix, although an edit of the British version appeared on ''[[Rarities (1980 The Beatles album)|Rarities]]'' two years before;
*The official American debut of the songs "[[A Hard Day's Night (song)|A Hard Day's Night]]" and "[[Ticket to Ride (song)|Ticket to Ride]]" in true stereo;
*A unique stereo edit of "[[I Should Have Known Better]]", with the harmonica error in the intro fixed. This version was issued only on the Capitol pressing and has never appeared on any other record.

==Single==
*The album was accompanied by the single "[[The Beatles' Movie Medley]]" b/w "[[I'm Happy Just to Dance with You]]", which came with a picture sleeve featuring the same artwork as the album cover. The A-side of the single featured an artificial medley, in which excerpts from seven songs from ''Reel Music'' ("[[Magical Mystery Tour (song)|Magical Mystery Tour]]", "[[All You Need Is Love]]", "[[You've Got to Hide Your Love Away]]", "[[I Should Have Known Better]]", "[[A Hard Day's Night (song)|A Hard Day's Night]]", "[[Ticket to Ride (song)|Ticket to Ride]]" and "[[Get Back]]") were edited together to make a single track.
* Originally, the single's B-side was to be an interview with the group dubbed "Fab Four on Film", which was recorded during the filming of ''[[A Hard Day's Night (film)|A Hard Day's Night]]'' in 1964. Capitol/EMI Records, however, could not obtain the necessary permission to utilise the interview on the single, and the mono mix of "[[I'm Happy Just to Dance with You]]" (which appeared in the ''A Hard Day's Night'' film but which was not included on the ''Reel Music'' album) was substituted as the B-side shortly before the single was released, although promotional copies of the single featured the interview.

== Track listing ==
All songs written by [[Lennon–McCartney|John Lennon and Paul McCartney]].
{| width=60%
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{{track listing
|headline = Side one
|extra_column=Film in which song appeared
|title1 = [[A Hard Day's Night (song)|A Hard Day's Night]]
|extra1 = ''[[A Hard Day's Night (film)|A Hard Day's Night]]''
|length1 = 2:32
|title2 = [[I Should Have Known Better]]
|extra2 = ''[[A Hard Day's Night (film)|A Hard Day's Night]]''
|length2 = 2:45
|title3 = [[Can't Buy Me Love]]
|extra3 = ''[[A Hard Day's Night (film)|A Hard Day's Night]]''
|length3 = 2:15
|title4 = [[And I Love Her]]
|extra4 = ''[[A Hard Day's Night (film)|A Hard Day's Night]]''
|length4 = 2:31
|title5 = [[Help! (song)|Help!]]
|extra5 = ''[[Help! (film)|Help!]]''
|length5 = 2:21
|title6 = [[You've Got to Hide Your Love Away]]
|extra6 = ''[[Help! (film)|Help!]]''
|length6 = 2:11
|title7 = [[Ticket to Ride (song)|Ticket To Ride]]
|extra7 = ''[[Help! (film)|Help!]]''
|length7 = 3:13
|title8 = [[Magical Mystery Tour (song)|Magical Mystery Tour]]
|extra8 = ''[[Magical Mystery Tour (film)|Magical Mystery Tour]]''
|length8 = 2:52
}}
|-
|
{{track listing
|headline = Side two
|extra_column=Film in which song appeared
|title1 = [[I Am the Walrus]]
|extra1 = ''[[Magical Mystery Tour (film)|Magical Mystery Tour]]''
|length1 = 4:37
|title2 = [[Yellow Submarine (song)|Yellow Submarine]]
|extra2 = ''[[Yellow Submarine (film)|Yellow Submarine]]''
|length2 = 2:43
|title3 = [[All You Need Is Love]]
|extra3 = ''[[Yellow Submarine (film)|Yellow Submarine]]''
|length3 = 3:53
|title4 = [[Let It Be (song)|Let It Be]]
|extra4 = ''[[Let It Be (1970 film)|Let It Be]]''
|length4 = 4:03
|title5 = [[Get Back]]
|extra5 = ''[[Let It Be (1970 film)|Let It Be]]''
|length5 = 3:07
|title6 = [[The Long and Winding Road]]
|extra6 = ''[[Let It Be (1970 film)|Let It Be]]''
|length6 = 3:38
}}
|}

==Charts and certifications==
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===Charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (1982)
!Peak<br />position
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|Australian ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>{{cite book | title=Australian Chart Book (1940–1969) | author=Kent, David | publisher=Australian Chart Book | location=Turramurra | year=2005 | isbn=0-646-44439-5}}</ref>
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|{{album chart|Canada|19|chartid=4305|accessdate=17 May 2016}}
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|{{album chart|UK|56|artist=The Beatles|accessdate=17 May 2016}}
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|{{album chart|Billboard200|19|artist=The Beatles|accessdate=17 May 2016}}
|}

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===Certifications===

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=album|title=Reel Music|artist=The Beatles|award=Gold|relyear=1982|certyear=1982|accessdate=17 May 2016}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|title=Reel Music|artist=The Beatles|award=Gold|relyear=1982|certyear=1982|accessdate=17 May 2016}}
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{The Beatles compilations}}
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[[Category:Albums produced by George Martin]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Phil Spector]]
[[Category:The Beatles compilation albums]]
[[Category:Compilation albums published posthumously]]
[[Category:1982 compilation albums]]
[[Category:Soundtrack compilation albums]]
[[Category:Capitol Records compilation albums]]
[[Category:Parlophone compilation albums]]
[[Category:Albums arranged by George Martin]]

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