George Martin And His Orchestra

In celebration of Sir George Martin’s 100th birthday

George Martin And His Orchestra

Off The Beatle Track | Help! | ...And I Love Her

Recut from the original tapes by Giles Martin and available for the first time on CD and streaming

Back on vinyl for first time in decades 

Released 6 November 2026

Pre-order - Off The Beatle Track | Help! | ...And I Love Her

To celebrate what would have been the 100th birthday of arguably the most important producer in music history, Sir George Martin, Warner Music is pleased to announce the 6 November reissue of three albums of Sir George’s orchestral covers, two of which - Off The Beatle Track and Help! - are covers of The Beatles, with the third album - ...And I Love Her - a mixture of various love song covers of songs from the 60s including The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and more.

Overseen by Sir George Martin’s son Giles, all three have been faithfully remastered from the original master tapes, replicating their original release. They are available on vinyl for the first time in decades, on CD in the U.K. for the first time ever and globally available on streaming platforms for the first time. Pre-ordered now from - Off The Beatle Track, Help! and ...And I Love Her.

Off The Beatle Track was the first of a series of orchestral releases by Martin and his first ever release under his own name. Originally released in 1964 at the height of Beatlemania, it was supported by the band and with liner notes written by John Lennon. Original copies of this vinyl are now in high demand due to its relatively limited release originally.

Help! was released the following year in 1965 and was the second release in the series. Again featuring instrumental arrangements of Beatles songs this reissue is true to the original UK release. The original US release tracklisting omitting “Bahama Sound” and used some of the tracks working titles "Auntie Gin's Theme” (I've Just Seen a Face), “That's a Nice Hat” (It's Only Love) and “Scrambled Egg” (Yesterday).

...And I Love Her is widely regarded as one of Martin’s best instrumental projects. Featuring his signature "Studio 2 Stereo" sound, which brought a lush, easy-listening sophistication to several popular hits of the mid-60s. Unlike the other two reissues this album is Martin’s orchestral interpretations not of only The Beatles but artists including Petula Clark “Downtown”, The Righteous Brothers "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" as well as self written tracks such as "All Quiet On The Mersey Front," a track Martin wrote for the Ferry Cross the Mersey soundtrack. 

These records came at a time when orchestral music had begun to embrace the sound of beat music - something it had initially dismissed as a ‘noisy’ genre, dismissing its integrity entirely. As Beatlemania grabbed hold of the world in the early 60s, and with respected ‘high-brow’ newspapers such as The Times of London giving serious analysis of Lennon and McCartney's song writing, attitudes began to shift. 

Soon, orchestral bands started performing and releasing their versions of The Beatles’ music, bridging a gap between the music past and present. Parlophone Records, with Sir George Martin as its head and of course The Beatles being one of their artists, began work on Off The Beatle Track. As the decade progressed, music genres like rock, folk, psych and prog began to truly dominate the world music scene, and in the short-lived period where classical first met pop/beat, Sir George Martin’s orchestral releases of The Beatles and other contemporary music of the time shone brightest.

Tracklistings:

Off The Beatle Track:
Side A:
1. All My Loving
2. Don't Bother Me
3. Can't Buy Me Love
4. All I've Got To Do
5. I Saw Her Standing There
6. She Loves You

Side B:
1. From Me To You
2. There's A Place
3. This Boy
4. Please Please Me
5. Little Child
6. I Want To Hold Your Hand

Help!
Side A:
1. Help!
2. Another Girl
3. You're Going To Lose That Girl
4. I Need You
5. You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
6. The Night Before

Side B:
1. Ticket To Ride
2. Bahama Sound
3. I've Just Seen A Face
4. It's Only Love
5. Tell Me What You See
6. Yesterday

...And I Love Her
Side A:
1. Time Is On My Side
2. If I Fell
3. You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling
4. All Quiet On The Mersey Front
5. Downtown
6. And I Love Her

Side B:
1. Goin' Out Of My Head
2. No Reply
3. A Hard Day's Night
4. I'm Happy Just To Dance With You
5. Cast Your Fate To The Wind
6. I'll Cry Instead