text: The Beatles John Lennon – vocals, rhythm guitar, piano on "Real Love", organ on "I'm Down", lead guitar on "I Feel Fine" and "12-Bar Original", electric piano on "I am the Walrus", sound effects
  Paul McCartney – vocals, bass guitar, piano, Mellotron, lead guitar on "Taxman", acoustic guitar on "Yesterday"; double bass, harpsichord on "Real Love", harmonium on "Real Love" and "Your Mother Should Know", Lowrey organ on "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", recorder on "The Fool on the Hill"
  George Harrison – lead guitar, tambura, swarmandal, sitar, slide guitar on "Real Love", organ on "Only a Northern Song", vibraphone on "You Know My Name (Look Up the Number), vocals on "Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby", "Taxman", and "Only a Northern Song"
  Ringo Starr – drums, bongos on "You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)", vocals on "If You've Got Trouble"
  Additional musicians (where credited)
  George Martin – string, brass, and orchestral arrangements, harmonium on "12-Bar Original", organ on "Got to Get You into My Life" and "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite"
  Mal Evans – alarm clock and counting on "A Day in the Life"
  Brian Jones – alto saxophone on "You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)"