The End (Beatles song) The End (Beatles song) "The End" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1969 album "Abbey Road". It was composed by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney. It was the last song recorded collectively by all four Beatles, and is the final song of the medley that constitutes the majority of side two of the album. McCartney said, "I wanted [the medley] to end with a little meaningful couplet, so I followed the Bard and wrote a couplet." In his 1980 interview with "Playboy", John Lennon acknowledged McCartney's authorship by saying, "That's Paul again ...
The Beatles (album) The second release, licensed by Ampex from EMI in early 1970 after the latter ceased manufacture of commercial reel-to-reel tapes, was issued as two separate volumes, and sequenced the songs in the same manner as on the cassette version. The Ampex reel tape version of "The Beatles" has become desirable to collectors, as it contains edits on eight tracks not available elsewhere. A painting of the band by John Byrne was at an earlier point under consideration to be used as the album's cover. The piece was later used for the sleeve of the compilation album "The Beatles' Ballads", released