Grateful Dead Family Discography: Blue Jay Way

Blue Jay Way

Composer: George Harrison

Vince Welnick played Blue Jay Way with Missing Man Formation in 1999.

George Harrison started writing the song in August 1967 whilst he was staying in a house on Blue Jay Way in the Hollywood Hills West area of Los Angeles. It was recorded by the Beatles in September 1967 in London and released on the Magical Mystery Tour LP in the US in November 1967 and on the Magical Mystery Tour double EP in the UK in December 1967. The song was included in the television film Magical Mystery Tour which was first broadcast in the UK in December 1967.

Beatles

no info Magical Mystery Tour (LP), The Beatles, 1967 (US)
no info Magical Mystery Tour (double EP), The Beatles, 1967 (UK)
no info E.P. Collection, The Beatles, 1981
no info HMV Complete Compact Disc Collection, The Beatles, 1987
no info Beatles Box Set, The Beatles, 1988
Love, The Beatles, 2006
no info The Beatles (Stereo Box Set), The Beatles, 2009

Other recordings

no info Lord Sitar, Lord Sitar, 1968
no info Magical Mystery, Bud Shank, 1968
no info Portrait Of George Harrison, The Mike Batt Orchestra, 1972
no info Not To, Colin Newman, 1982
no info Provisionally Entitled The Singing Fish / Not To, Colin Newman, 1989
no info Buncha Hair That Long, Borbetomagus, 1992
Downtown Does the Beatles: Live at the Knitting Factory, Various Artists (Buddha Pest), 1992
no info The Big Off, Samm Bennett, 1993
no info Live In Vegas, Brian Melvin Quartet, 1995
no info Single (Blow Yer' Self / Blue Jay Way / Billy Bad Ass), Das Klown, 1995
no info Beatlejuice! A Big Apple Tribute To The Beatles, Various Artists (The Poets), 1995
no info Holy Crap, Das Klown, 1996
no info On The Rocks Part Two, Various Artists (Lord Sitar), 1997
no info Smartie Mine, Dan Bern, 1998
no info Another Bite of the Apple, Beatlejazz, 2001
no info The Lennon And McCartney Jazz Collection, Various Artists (Bud Shank), 2001
no info The Seven Year Itch, Siouxsie and the Banshees, 2003
It Was 40 Years Ago Today: Tribute to the Beatles, Various Artists (Dee Long), 2004
Why Don't We Do It In The Road, Various Artists (Lord Sitar), 2005
no info Reefy Seadragon, Dog Age, 2006
no info In The City/In The Woods, Tracy Bonham, 2007
no info Across The Universe: Music From The Motion Picture (2 CD ed), Across The Universe Cast, 2007
no info The Beatles Uke, Greg Hawkes, 2008
no info A Lovin' Mixture, Cavern, 2010
no info Universe B, Wil Swindler's Elevenet, 2010
no info Across Their Universe: Lowbudget Records Does The Songs Of The Beatles, Various Artists (Clara Kebabian), 2010
no info Clara Kebabian: Symbiotica, Various Artists (Clara Kebabian), 2010
no info Single (Blue Jay Way), Still Above Ground, 2011
no info Music For Neighbors, The Trypes, 2012
no info Magical Mystery Tour, Various Artists (Still Above Ground), 2012
no info Minnesota Beatle Project Vol. 5, Various Artists (Dosh), 2013
no info On The Bed, Medicine, 2024