Help (stereo)
~ Recording by Deep Purple
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track Artist | Release Title | Release Artist | Release Group Type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Official | |||||||||
| 1.6 | Help | 6:00 | Deep Purple | Shades of Deep Purple | Deep Purple | Album |
| Parlophone | PCS 7055 |
| 1.6 | Help | 6:00 | Deep Purple | Shades of Deep Purple | Deep Purple | Album |
| Odeon | SMO 74 500 |
| 1.6 | Help | 6:00 | Deep Purple | Shades of Deep Purple | Deep Purple | Album |
| Polydor (worldwide imprint, see annotation) | SMP 1426 |
| 1.6 | Help | 6:00 | Deep Purple | Shades of Deep Purple | Deep Purple | Album |
| Odeon | 2C 062-04 175 |
| 1.10 | Help | ?:?? | Deep Purple | Shades of Deep Purple & The Book of Taliesyn | Deep Purple | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 0C 278 ○ 96494, TC2-EXE 1017 |
| 1.4 | Help | 5:58 | Deep Purple | The Best of Deep Purple | Deep Purple | Album + Compilation |
| Creative Sounds Ltd. (US) | 6020 |
| 1.4 | Help | 5:57 | Deep Purple | The Best of Deep Purple | Deep Purple | Album + Compilation |
| Creative Sounds Ltd. (US), PILZ (German budget label) | 449810-2 |
| 1.6 | Help | 6:01 | Deep Purple | Shades of Deep Purple | Deep Purple | Album |
| Passport Records | PBCD 3606 |
| 1.6 | Help | 5:59 | Deep Purple | Shades of Deep Purple | Deep Purple | Album |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 20P2-2601 |
| 1.6 | Help | 6:00 | Deep Purple | Shades of Deep Purple (“Mastered by Nimbus” version) | Deep Purple | Album |
| Parlophone | CDP 7 92407 2 |
| 1.6 | Help | 6:00 | Deep Purple | Shades of Deep Purple | Deep Purple | Album |
| Parlophone | CDP 7 92407 2 |
| 1.8 | Help | 5:58 | Deep Purple | Lennon & McCartney Songbook, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Connoisseur Collection | VSOP CD 162 |
| 1.6 | Help | 6:01 | Deep Purple | Shades of Deep Purple | Deep Purple | Album |
| Creative Sounds Ltd. (US) | CSL 6021 |
| 1.6 | Help | 6:00 | Deep Purple | Shades of Deep Purple | Deep Purple | Album |
| Creative Sounds Ltd. (US) | 449811-2 |
| 1.6 | Help! | 5:58 | Deep Purple | Hush | Deep Purple | Album + Compilation |
| Legend (belongs to german WZ Tonträger) | WZ 90016 |
| 1.6 | Help! | 5:58 | Deep Purple | Hush | Deep Purple | Album + Compilation |
| Ariola Express | 291 039 |
| 1.6 | Help | 6:00 | Deep Purple | The Originals | Deep Purple | Album + Compilation |
| Parlophone, Harvest (UK based sub‐label of EMI, re‐activated in 2013 under Capitol Music Group in Hollywood, CA) | 724383510820, 724383510824, 724383510829 |
| 1.6 | Help | 6:01 | Deep Purple | Shades of Deep Purple | Deep Purple | Album |
| Creative Sounds Ltd. (US), Power Sound 2001 | 6021-2, PSSR 6021-2 |
| 1.2 | Help | 6:03 | Deep Purple | Shades 1968–1998 | Deep Purple | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label), Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | R2 75566 |
| 1.6 | Help | 5:58 | Deep Purple | Shades of Deep Purple | Deep Purple | Album |
| TEICHIKU RECORDS CO.,LTD. (holding company - do not use as release label) | TECW-21864 |
| 5.6 | Help! | 6:01 | Deep Purple | Generations of Love | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | DB 995582 |
| 1.7 | Help | 6:02 | Deep Purple | Psychedelica | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.6 | Help | 6:01 | Deep Purple | Shades of Deep Purple | Deep Purple | Album |
| Eagle Records (80s UK label aka Eagle Records Ltd.) | ER202242 |
| 1.6 | Help | 6:01 | Deep Purple | Shades of Deep Purple | Deep Purple | Album |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | |
| 1.6 | Help | 6:01 | Deep Purple | Shades of Deep Purple | Deep Purple | Album |
| Eagle Records (division of Eagle Rock Entertainment Ltd.) | |
| 1.6 | Help | 6:01 | Deep Purple | Shades of Deep Purple | Deep Purple | Album |
| Spitfire Records | SPT-CD-15062 |
| 1.6 | Help | 6:01 | Deep Purple | Shades of Deep Purple | Deep Purple | Album |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 7243 4 98336 2 3 |
| 1.6 | Help | 6:01 | Deep Purple | Shades of Deep Purple | Deep Purple | Album |
| Spitfire Records | 6-70211-5062-2 |
| 1.6 | Help | 6:01 | Deep Purple | Shades of Deep Purple | Deep Purple | Album |
| Parlophone | 4983362 |
| 1.2 | Help | 6:01 | Deep Purple | The Woodstock Generation - Let the Sunshine In | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | DC 995182 |
| 3.18 | Help | 5:59 | Deep Purple | The Woodstock Generation: Songs of a Love Generation | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky (For unofficial releases bearing the Disky logo.) | |
| 1.12 | Help | 6:03 | Deep Purple | Listen, Learn, Read On | Deep Purple | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 7243 5 40973 2 4 |
| 1.12 | Help | 6:03 | Deep Purple | Listen, Learn, Read On | Deep Purple | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 540973 |
| 1.6 | Help | 6:01 | Deep Purple | Shades of Deep Purple | Deep Purple | Album |
| Victor (Japanese “His Master’s Voice” imprint) | VICP-64302 |
| 1.6 | Help | 6:00 | Deep Purple | Deepest Trilogy Box | Deep Purple | Album + Compilation |
| Victor (Japanese “His Master’s Voice” imprint) | VICP-64302, VICP-64303, VICP-64304 |
| 11.6 | Help | 6:01 | Deep Purple | Deep Purple | Deep Purple | Album + Compilation |
| La Repubblica | [none] |
| 1.6 | Help | 6:01 | Deep Purple | Shades of Deep Purple | Deep Purple | Album |
| Victor (Japanese “His Master’s Voice” imprint) | VICP-75126 |
| 1.6 | Help | 6:00 | Deep Purple | Shades of Deep Purple (record store day edition) | Deep Purple | Album |
| Parlophone | 2564633757, PMCR 7055 |
| 2.6 | Help | 6:00 | Deep Purple | Hard Road | Deep Purple | Album + Compilation |
| Parlophone | 2564633741 |
| 1.6 | Help | 6:00 | Deep Purple | Shades of Deep Purple (stereo mix) | Deep Purple | Album |
| Parlophone | |
| Bootleg | |||||||||
| 1.6 | Help | 6:00 | Deep Purple | Shades of Deep Purple | Deep Purple | Album |
| Parlophone (BOOTLEG LABEL pretending to be the real one) | CDP 7 92407 2 |
Relationships
| engineer: | Barry Ainsworth (engineer) |
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| producer and mixer: | Derek Lawrence (British producer) |
| drums (drum set): | Ian Paice (on 1968-05-11) |
| electric bass guitar: | Nick Simper (on 1968-05-11) |
| electric guitar: | Ritchie Blackmore (on 1968-05-11) |
| Hammond organ and background vocals: | Jon Lord (on 1968-05-11) |
| vocals: | Rod Evans (on 1968-05-11) |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | HEC Enterprises Ltd. (in 1968) |
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| recorded at: | Pye Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1968-05-11) |
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| recording of: | Help! (on 1968-05-11: cover) |
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Related works
Help!
| writer: | John Lennon (The Beatles) Paul McCartney (The Beatles) |
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| publisher: | Maclen Music, Inc. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney) Music Corporation of America, Inc. (BMI-affiliated music publisher of MCA Records, Inc.?) Northern Songs ltd SBK Blackwood Music Inc. (1987-12-30–1989-07-14) Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd. Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) Sony/ATV Tunes LLC Unart Music Corp. |
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| referred to in medleys: | Magical Medley (Beatles House Version) Magical Medley (Beatles Version Club) (order: 10) |
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| later parody versions: | ’elp Hell! Hell! |
| later translated parody versions: | Hep! |
| later translated versions: | Agid! (Help!) Help (Español) Help! (Finnish) Komm |
| is the basis for: | Beatles Concerto Grosso No. 2 (In the Style of Vivaldi): Help |
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