The Beatles were a quartet consisting of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They were and are among the most critically acclaimed bands of all time. In 2005, Bruce Spizer released the book "The Beatles Solo On Apple Records", which chronicled the singles and albums recorded and released by the individual members of The Beatles on their Apple record label from 1968 to 1975. At nearly 360 pages in length, it is the most thorough and complete account of these classic record releases. Several Beatles fans consider this book to be the best in the entire series.

John Lennon

Year	Title	Peak chart positions				Certification
		US	UK	NO	JP	US	UK
1970	John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band	6	8	13	5	Gold
1971	Imagine	1	1	1	1	2x Platinum
1972	Some Time in New York City (with Yoko Ono)	48	11	2	15
1973	Mind Games	9	13	7	6	Gold	Gold
1974	Walls and Bridges	1	6	3	14	Gold	Silver
1975	Rock 'n' Roll	6	6	9	15	Gold	Gold
1980	Double Fantasy (with Yoko Ono)	1	1	1	2	3x Platinum	Platinum
1984	Milk and Honey (with Yoko Ono)	11	3	7	3	Gold	Gold

Experimental albums

• Unfinished Music No.1: Two Virgins (with Yoko Ono) (1968) - US #124
• Unfinished Music No.2: Life with the Lions (with Yoko Ono) (1969) - US #174
• Wedding Album (with Yoko Ono) (1969) - US #178

Live albums

Year	Title	Peak chart positions					RIAA Certification
		US	UK	JP	NO	SE
1969	Live Peace in Toronto 1969	10	-	29	19
1986	Live in New York City	41	55	13		12	Gold

Compilation albums

Year	Title	Peak chart positions						Certification			Additional information
		US	UK	JP	NO	SE	AT	US	UK	JP
1975	Shaved Fish	12	8	22	9	28	5	Platinum	Gold
1982	The John Lennon Collection	33	1	8	1	4	-	3x Platinum	3x Platinum	Gold
1986	Menlove Ave.	147	-	32	-	-	-				Compilation comprises outtakes recorded in 1973-74
1988	Imagine: John Lennon	31	64	14	-	-	-	Gold	Gold	Gold	Soundtrack album for the same-titled motion picture
1990	Lennon	-	-	53	-	-	-				Box-set compilation
1997	Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon	65	3	46	-	28	5	Gold	2x Platinum	Platinum
1998	John Lennon Anthology	99	64	30	-	-	-	Gold			Box-set compilation comprises previously unreleased recordings
1998	Wonsaponatime	-	76	57	-	-	-				Compilation comprises the highlights from the Anthology album
2004	Acoustic	31	133	23	-	-	-				A compilation of acoustic material, mostly previously released
2005	Working Class Hero: The Definitive Lennon	135	11	39	13	17	22		Gold		Double album

Limited releases

• Peace, Love & Truth (2005)
• The U.S. vs. John Lennon (2006)
• Remember (a special compilation released exclusively by Starbucks) (2006)
• ''Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur (Various Artists Benefit Album)(No songs actually performed by John Lennon, however, some songs include excerpts from his originals) (2007)

Paul McCartney

Studio albums

Year	Album	Chart Positions											Certifications
		U.S.	AUS	N.Z.	U.K.	BEL	FRA	ITA	NOR	SWE	SWI	JPN
1970	McCartney	1			2				2			13	2x platinum (US)
1971	Ram (credit to "Paul and Linda McCartney")	2			1				1			8	Platinum (US)
1971	Wild Life (credit to "Wings")	10			11				4			15	Gold (US)
1973	Red Rose Speedway (credit to "Paul McCartney and Wings")	1			5				4			13	Platinum(US) Gold (UK)
1973	Band on the Run (credit to "Paul McCartney and Wings")	1			1				1			11	3x platinum (US) Platinum (UK)
1975	Venus and Mars (credit to "Wings")	1			1				1			9	Platinum (US, UK)
1976	Wings at the Speed of Sound (credit to "Wings")	1			1				2	7		4	Platinum (US) Gold (UK)
1978	London Town (credit to "Wings")	2			4				2	4		4	Platinum (US) Gold (UK)
1979	Back to the Egg (credit to "Wings")	8			6				5	5		7	Platinum (US) Gold (UK)
1980	McCartney II	3			1				5	5		8	Gold (US, UK)
1982	Tug Of War	1			1				1	1		1	Platinum (US) Gold (UK)
1983	Pipes of Peace	15			4				1	4	12	5	Platinum (US, UK)
1984	Give My Regards to Broad Street	21			1				4	9		6	Platinum (UK) Gold (US)
1986	Press to Play	30			8				8	17	28	11	Gold (UK)
1988	Снова в СССР	109			63							48
1989	Flowers in the Dirt	21	18		1				1	2	13	9	Platinum (UK) Gold (US)
1993	Off the Ground	17	8		5				2	10	5	5	Gold (US, JP) Silver (UK)
1997	Flaming Pie	2	9	23	2	19	23		3	11	10	14	Gold (US, UK)
1999	Run Devil Run	27			12	44	55		12	23	36	30	Gold (UK)
2001	Driving Rain	26			46				18			27	Gold (US) Silver (UK)
2005	Chaos and Creation in the Backyard	6	33		10	15	3	3	8	3	9	19	Gold (US, UK)
2007	Memory Almost Full	3	33		5	25	13	8	4	3	20	17	Platinum (US) Gold (UK, CA)

Classical albums

• Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio, Paul McCartney & Carl Davis classical album, 11 October 1991 , US #177 (6 wks)
• Paul McCartney's Standing Stone, Paul McCartney classical album, 29 September 1997, US #194 (1 wk)
• Paul McCartney's Working Classical, Paul McCartney classical album, 1 November 1999
• Ecce Cor Meum, Paul McCartney classical album, 25 September 2006, UK #141 (1 wk) ●

Live albums

Year	Album	Chart Positions							Certifications
		U.S.	U.K.	FRA	NOR	SWE	SWI	JPN
1976	Wings Over America (credit to "Wings)	1	8		7	33		4	Platinum (US) Gold (UK)
1990	Tripping the Live Fantastic	17	26					12	Platinum (US) Gold (UK)
1990	Tripping the Live Fantastic: Highlights!	141			18	27	27		Platinum (US)
1991	Unplugged (The Official Bootleg)	7	14		13	20	39	24
1993	Paul is Live	78	34			23		16
2002	Back in the U.S.	8						4	2x platinum (US) Gold (JP)
2003	Back in the World		5	23		12	68	196	Gold (UK)

Compilations

Year	Album	Chart Positions										Certifications
		U.S.	AUS	NZ	U.K.	BEL	ITA	NOR	SWE	SWI	JPN
1978	Wings Greatest (credit to "Wings")	29			5			20	32		24	Platinum (US, UK)
1987	All the Best!	62			2				7	11	11	3x Platinum (UK) 2x Platinum (US) Gold (JP)
2001	Wingspan: Hits and History	2	14	13	5	21	18	5	49		13	2x Platinum (US) Gold (AU)

Other Albums

• Thrillington, Percy "Thrills" Thrillington studio album, 29 April 1977
• Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest, The Fireman album, 15 November 1993
• Rushes, The Fireman album, 21 September 1998
• Band on the Run: 25th Anniversary Edition, Paul McCartney & Wings studio album reissue, 15 March 1999, UK #69 (1 wk)
• Liverpool Sound Collage, Paul McCartney remix album, 21 August 2000

Soundtrack albums

• The Family Way, Paul McCartney soundtrack album, 12 June 1967
• Twin Freaks, Twin Freaks is Paul McCartney and The Freelance Hellraiser (ie, Paul McCartney and Roy Kerr), UK vinyl LP only, June 13, 2005, Did not chart.

George Harrison

Studio albums

Year	Album	Peak chart positions						Certifications
		US	UK	NO	JP	AT	SE	US	UK
1968	Wonderwall Music	49	-	-	-	-	-
1969	Electronic Sound	191	-	-	-	-	-
1970	All Things Must Pass	1	1	1	4	-	-	6x Platinum
1973	Living in the Material World	1	2	4	9	-	-	Gold
1974	Dark Horse	4	-	7	18	-	-	Gold	Silver
1975	Extra Texture (Read All About It)	8	16	8	9	-	-	Gold	-
1976	Thirty Three & 1/3	11	35	17	23	-	-	Gold	Silver
1979	George Harrison	14	39	21	38	-	-	Gold	-
1981	Somewhere in England	11	13	2	31	15	13	-	-
1982	Gone Troppo	108	-	31	-	-	-	-	-
1987	Cloud Nine	8	10	8	28	26	5	Platinum	Gold
2002	Brainwashed	18	29	9	21	62	18	Gold	Gold

Live albums

Year	Album	Chart positions				RIAA Certification
		US	UK	NO	JP
1971	The Concert for Bangla Desh	2	1	1	2	Gold
1992	Live in Japan	126	-	-	15

Compilation albums

Year	Album	Chart positions				RIAA Certification
		US	UK	JP	AT
1976	The Best of George Harrison	31	100	51	25	Gold
1989	Best of Dark Horse 1976-1989	132	-	51	-

With the Traveling Wilburys

Year	Album	Chart position									RIAA Certification
		US	UK	NO	AU	AT	CH	SE	DE	JP
1988	Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1	3	16	2	1	3	6	2	10	46	3x Platinum
1990	Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3	11	14	3	14	22	18	5	23	79	Platinum

Ringo Starr

Studio albums

Year	Album	U.S.	UK	RIAA certification
1970	Sentimental Journey	22	7
1970	Beaucoups of Blues	65	-
1973	Ringo	2	7	Platinum
1974	Goodnight Vienna	8	30	Gold
1976	Ringo's Rotogravure	28	-
1977	Ringo the 4th	162	-
1978	Bad Boy	129	-
1981	Stop and Smell the Roses	98	-
1983	Old Wave	-	-
1992	Time Takes Time	-	-
1998	Vertical Man	61	85
2003	Ringo Rama	113	-
2005	Choose Love	-	-
2008	Liverpool 8	94	91

Compilation albums

• Blast From Your Past (12 December 1975) US #30
• Starr Struck: Best of Ringo Starr, Vol. 2 (24 February 1989)
• The Anthology... So Far (19 January 2001)
• Photograph: The Very Best of Ringo Starr (28 August 2007) UK #26; US 130
• Ringo 5.1: The Surround Sound Collection (24 March 2008)

Live albums

• Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band (8 October 1990)
• Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band Volume 2: Live From Montreux (13 September 1993)
• Ringo Starr and His third All-Starr Band-Volume 1 (12 August 1995)
• VH1 Storytellers (19 October 1998)
• King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Ringo & His New All-Starr Band (6 August 2002)
• Extended Versions (1 June 2003)
• Tour 2003 (23 March 2004)
• Ringo Starr and Friends (15 August 2006)
• Ringo Starr: Live at Soundstage (23 October 2007)

References