We've had to find something for everyone

Anthony Couchi, EMI

Web designers from around the world have been recruited to come up with the hi-tech site which - like most of the group's releases - has been co-ordinated at London's Abbey Road Studios.

The three remaining members of the Fab Four - Sir Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and George Harrison - are all said to have had an input into the site along with John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono.

The site is based around the 27 tracks on the album - each of which has been a chart-topper in either the UK or US.

Yesterday and tomorrow

Anthony Couchi of record company EMI, project manager for the site, said: "We've had to find something for everyone.

"There are the younger fans who expect games and interactivity and the older ones who may be interested in the stories behind the songs and looking at the single covers."

The way they were: The Fab Four

In the game area, Help, players can become members of the band and interact with other fans from around the world.

In the Yellow Submarine area, fans can play a Space Invaders-style game firing at the Blue Meanies which featured in the Beatles cartoon movie.

For the I Feel Fine section, a Paris-based company has come up with a new video for the song animation using monochrome images taken from stills.

The I Wanna Hold Your Hand section allows web surfers to see the famous Studio 2 of Abbey Road as The Beatles themselves would have seen it.

By clicking on Ringo, for example, they can see the view he had from his drum stool.

Fans can also test their Beatles trivia knowledge in the Eleanor Rigby section and check out archive material in the Paperback Writer section.

Beatles' touch

Mr Couchi said the band themselves had a hands-on involvement in the project.

He said: "Paul McCartney suggested we needed more audio in the background for the I Wanna Hold Your Hand section which we took from his Liverpool sound collage.

Sir Paul McCartney was involved with the project

"Ringo was interested in the Yellow Submarine section and George Harrison was involved with Day Tripper."

The team have been working on the site for about eight months.

Clever graphics are found all over the site - such as kaleidoscopic views of the band and 3D animations mixed with stills and live footage.