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*Special in studio guest Laurence Juber
(and his wife Hope) **Plus… Ronnie Spector won a quiz!
***Jackie DeShannon kicks off year # 5!
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The Beatles - Her Majesty – Abbey Road
Recorded July 2, 1969.
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Originally fit between” Mean Mr. Mustard” and “Polythene Pam” McCartney 1.00
The Beatles - Long Long Long - The Beatles
(Harrison) Lead vocal: George
George, Paul and Ringo ran through 67 takes of George’s “Long Long Long,” then titled “It’s Been A Long Long Long Time,” on October 7, 1968. John Lennon was not at any of the sessions for the song. Harrison provided the lead vocal, accompanying himself on his
Gibson J-200 acoustic guitar, Paul played Hammond organ, and Ringo played drums. George has said the “you” he is referring to in the song is God, and admits that the chords were taken from Bob Dylan’s “Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands,” which is on
Dylan’s 1966 album “Blonde On Blonde.” Chris Thomas: “There’s a sound near the end of the song which is a bottle of Blue Nun wine rattling away on the top of a Leslie speaker cabinet. It just happened. Paul hit a certain note and the bottle started
vibrating. We thought it was so good that we set the mikes up and did it again. The Beatles always took advantage of accidents.” The rattling sound is best heard in the
right channel of the stereo version.
John Lennon – Instant Karma! (We All Shine On) Inspired by a conversation with Yoko’s ex-husband, Tony Cox in Denmark two
days earlier – John woke up and started banging out a new tune on the piano – which he completed in an hour. Within hours, John wrangled musicians and
producer, Phil Spector to record the song. It was put to tape later that evening and the track was released ten days later.
Ringo – Early 1970 – flip It Don’t Come Easy
Each Beatle resented as a singer in that lead off set for yer 20th
day of Oct…2013
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The Beatles - Hey Bulldog - Yellow Submarine
(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: John
In early February 1968, the Beatles were on a tight schedule. They had two weeks to audition and record possible songs for their next single, which would be released while
they were away on an extended trip to India where the group would meditate with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. In addition to picking the single sides they would need to spend
a day with a film crew making a short promotional film for the song. The Paul McCartney-penned “Lady Madonna” was chosen as the A-side and would be the subject
of the promo film. On the last weekend of recording, the Beatles were informed they were one song short of the four new songs needed for “Yellow Submarine,” and a new
song had to be recorded before they left for India. The song shortage was due to “Baby, You’re A Rich Man,” which had been earmarked for the film soundtrack, being used as
the B-side of the “All You Need Is Love” single.
The Beatles - Dizzy Miss Lizzy - Help!
(Williams) Lead vocal: John
Recorded specifically for the American market at the urgent request of Capitol Records executives, who needed two songs to fill out their upcoming “Beatles VI” album. Of course, Capitol had four songs in its possession it could have included (“From Me To
You,” “Misery,” “There’s A Place” and the German-language version of “She Loves You,” had all yet to appear on an LP in America), but they went to the Beatles and asked for
something new ASAP. With no new material ready to go the band pulled two Larry Williams’ songs from their pre-fame club repertoire, “Bad Boy” and “Dizzy Miss Lizzy,” that could be recorded in one day and then the tapes would be air-freighted to Capitol
Records in Los Angeles.
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“Dizzy Miss Lizzy” was added as the album closer on the UK “Help!” LP when several
songs earmarked for the project fell through (“That Means A Lot” and “Wait”) and they decided against including the two most recent B-sides.
On U.S. album: Beatles VI - Capitol LP
The Beatles - Run For Your Life - Rubber Soul (Lennon-McCartney)
Lead vocal: John The first song completed when sessions for “Rubber Soul” began on October 12, 1965. John Lennon lifted the opening line (“I’d rather see you dead little girl than to be with
another man”) from “Baby Let’s Play House,” popularized by Elvis Presley. On U.S. album:
Rubber Soul - Capitol LP
Paul – Turned Out – NEW!
Paul – Queenie Eye –NEW!
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The Beatles - Let It Be - album version - Let It Be
(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: Paul
“Let It Be” was the last song properly recorded on multi-track at Apple Studios during the “Get Back” sessions in January 1969. It was completed in eight takes (numbered Take 20 through 27 to match the film crew clapboard numbers) on January 31, 1969,
the day after the rooftop concert. Take 27 had two complete performances of the song and the first of these Take 27 performances was deemed the best. Though the intent of
the January 1969 “Get Back” sessions was to capture the Beatles “live” in the studio without benefit of studio trickery like overdubbing, an exception was made on “Let It
Be” so that George Harrison could re-record his lead guitar solo. George’s overdub was recorded on April 30, 1969. Author Mark Lewisohn: “It is widely believed that there are two different takes of ‘Let It Be’ publicly available - the single released (in the UK) on
March 6, 1970 and the “Let It Be” LP version released (in the UK) May 8, 1970. Certainly the lead guitar solos in the middle eight differ considerably, and the LP version has a
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longer duration. But, in truth, these are one and the same version. That is, they are derived from the same tape.”
QUIZ #1: John Lennon released a single today here in the USA on
Apple records…Name the single and the musicians who play on it 800- 955- KLOS
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Plastic Ono Band – Cold Turkey
Considered one of John’s “most disturbing songs,” it had to do with his battle with heroin addiction.
John – Guitar /vox The track includes Eric Clapton (lead guitar),
Klaus Voorman (lead bass), Ringo Starr (lead drums) and Yoko (lead wind).
The Beatles - The Ballad Of John And Yoko - Non-LP track
(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: John
The Beatles’ twentieth single release for EMI, and third on the Apple Records label.
The first Beatles single issued in stereo in the UK, it is also the very first stereo single issued by EMI. The “Get Back” single had been released in stereo in America by Capitol. Recorded on April 14, 1969, by just John and Paul, the song was completed that day.
George was on vacation and Ringo was still filming the Peter Sellers’ comedy “The Magic Christian.” Producer George Martin and engineer Geoff Emerick, who had distanced themselves from the group because of the constant bickering amongst the group
members, were back on board behind the recording console. The single was a complete surprise to Beatles fans. They had waited a long seven months for the group to follow-up “Hey Jude” with “Get Back” and now just over a month came another new Beatles
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record. The rhythm track was perfected in 11 takes (four complete) with Paul playing drums while John played acoustic guitar and sang the lead vocal. The duo was in good spirits during the day-long session. Prior to take four John said to drummer Paul “Go a
bit faster, Ringo!” and Paul replied “OK, George!” Overdubs featured Paul on bass guitar, piano, backing vocal and maracas, and John on two lead guitar parts and
percussive thumping on the back of an acoustic guitar. The song recounts the chaos surrounding John and Yoko’s getting married. Lennon had encountered visa problems because of his November 1968 drug conviction which made his movement from one
country to another very difficult. As an example, he was not allowed to enter the United States at this time so the couple’s second “Bed-In” was staged in Montreal, about an
hour north of the U.S. border in Canada.
John knew the song’s controversial chorus was going to cause problems, particularly coming from the man who three years earlier had claimed the Beatles were “more
popular than Jesus.”
Christ! You know it ain’t easy You know how hard it can be
The way things are going They’re gonna crucify me
The Beatles - Don’t Bother Me – With The Beatles
(Harrison) Lead vocal: George
George Harrison’s first recorded original song. While some may see it as a misfortune that Harrison was surrounded by two of the most gifted songwriters in history, this
proximity gave him great insight into the mechanics of writing a song from scratch. His first attempt was more than a throwaway composition. He called “Don’t Bother Me” an “exercise” to see if he could write a song, and it was written while George was sick in a
bed at the Palace Court Hotel in Bournemouth where The Beatles were playing six nights at Gaumont Cinema in mid-August of 1963. It was during this engagement (on August 22) that photographer Robert Freeman took the iconic “artsy” cover photograph of the band in half lighting that would grace the cover of both the British “With The Beatles”
album and the American “Meet The Beatles!” album.
Using the basic Lennon-McCartney song structure George crafted a “Beatles song” that was on par with the material the band was currently working up for their second album.
Getting the other Beatles and producer George Martin to take his work seriously was another matter, and it would take years for Harrison to finally be given his due. Normally
he was relegated to one or two songs per album.
Aside from the financial windfall George received from having an original composition on albums selling in the multi-millions worldwide, George said, “It showed me that all I
needed to do was keep on writing and maybe eventually I would write something good. It did, however, provide me with an occupation.” Recorded on September 11 and 12,
1963. On U.S. album:
Meet The Beatles! - Capitol LP
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The Beatles - Fixing A Hole - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Lennon-McCartney)
Lead vocal: Paul On February 9, 1967, the Beatles recorded “Fixing A Hole” at Regent Sound Studio on
Tottenham Court Road in London. The session was booked at Regent by George Martin because Abbey Road was unavailable. It marks the first time the Beatles recorded a British EMI session at a studio other than Abbey Road. No longer on the EMI staff,
Martin was free to travel with the Beatles wherever they were recording. But engineer Geoff Emerick and the usual crew of tape operators at Abbey Road were all EMI
employees so they couldn’t go along.
The Beatles –Mark 1– Revolver sessions (Lennon-McCartney)
Lead vocal: John
Production began on “Tomorrow Never Knows” under the working title “Mark I” on April 6, 1966. Take one of this complex recording can be found on the
“Anthology 2” album. On U.S. album:
Revolver - Capitol LP
Jackie DeShannon kicks off year #5 as our Beatles News Beat Gal!!!
NEWS HERE
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The Beatles - I Feel Fine- A Collection Of Oldies
(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: John
The Beatles’ eighth single release for EMI’s Parlophone label. Recorded in nine takes on October 18, 1964. Written entirely by John Lennon. He based the guitar riff on Bobby Parker’s obscure R&B record “Watch Your Step.” The recording marked the first occasion in which guitar feedback had been deliberately incorporated
into a pop song. The sound was achieved by Paul plucking a single bass string and John getting amplifier feedback from his guitar. Issued in the U.S. on November 23, 1964,
and in U.K. four days later. Not included on the “Beatles For Sale” LP, which was released on December 4, 1964 in the UK.
On U.S. albums: Beatles ‘65 - Capitol LP
UK:
Non-album single (A-side)
On UK album: A Collection of Beatles Oldies - Parlophone LP (1966)
The Beatles - I Should Have Known Better - A Hard Day’s Night
(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: John
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Following their triumphant visit to America The Beatles were thrust back to work. On February 25, 1964 they dove into new songs slated for their film. On this day they
recorded “You Can’t Do That” and began work on Paul’s “And I Love Her” and John’s “I Should Have Known Better.” In the film “I Should Have Known Better” was performed in
the train compartment scene, which in reality was the interior of a van with crew members rocking the van to fake the train in motion. Used as the flip side of the U.S. “A Hard Day’s Night” single. Paul’s “Things We Said Today” was the UK b-side. Recorded
Feb. 25-26, 1964. On U.S. album:
A Hard Day’s Night - United Artists LP Hey Jude - Apple LP (1970)
Introduce On Air – The Beatles Live @ The BBC Vol. 2
We got it first right here on BWTB
BBC VOL. 2 CD/George – Do You Want To Know A Secret
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Back to our CD/ Paul – I Saw Here Standing There John – Please Mister Postman
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BBC VOL.2 CD/John – Words Of Love (Holly)
Go back to our CD for… Paul – Early Days -‐ NEW
Paul McCartney – Somedays – Flaming Pie ‘97
Composed on March 18, 1994 while Linda was on a photo shoot in Kent (for one of her cookbooks). Paul gave himself a “self-imposed mission” to complete a
song in one-session. George Martin later provided the orchestral arrangement for this emotional stunner.
The Beatles – Yesterday – HELP!
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The Beatles - The Word - Rubber Soul
(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: John
Recorded in three takes at a late night session starting on November 10, 1965 that ran until 4 a.m. the next morning. Overdubs include Paul on piano, George Martin on
harmonium, and Ringo playing the maracas. The song is a full collaboration between Lennon and McCartney, and began as an attempt to write a song based around a single
note. On U.S. album:
Rubber Soul - Capitol LP
Wings – Getting Closer This song had been lying around since 1974 in an unfinished form. This was the first time in five years that a leadoff single from the album was a “rocker.” This may have had to do with why the single didn’t perform as well, as the audience
who had expected some lighter material
Welcome LJ An evening w/ LJ …which is always fun…playing at
McCabe’s Address: 3101 Pico Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90405
Saturday Oct. 26th next Saturday night.
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Acoustic set…
ADD/The Beatles - I’ve Just Seen A Face - Help!
(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: Paul
Written by Paul at the Asher family home on Wimpole Street. Paul had the tune prior to coming up with the lyrics and originally named the song “Auntie Gin’s Theme” because his aunt liked it. George Martin’s instrumental “Help!” album includes an orchestrated version of “I’ve Just Seen A Face” using the title “Auntie Gin’s Theme.” Recorded in six
takes at the same June 14, 1965 McCartney-dominated session that produced “Yesterday” and “I’m Down.” One of only five Beatles songs Paul chose to perform live
on his Wings Over America tour in 1976. On U.S. album:
Rubber Soul - Capitol LP
LIVE LJ HERE (Drive My Car)
Paul & Linda-‐ Heart Of The Country -‐ RAM
Beatles – Blackbird – The Beatles
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The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles
(Harrison) Lead vocal: George
In his book, “I Me Mine,” George explains that while visiting his parents he decided to create a song from the first thing he saw upon opening a book. George randomly
opened a book and saw the phrase “gently weeps.” He put the book down and started writing lyrics.
The first proper recording of “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” took place on July 25,
1968. Nearly two months into recording the Beatles’ new album, this was George’s first chance to record some of his new material. George: “I always had to do about ten of
Paul and John’s songs before they’d give me the break.” On this first day George recorded several rehearsals and one proper take. At this stage, “While My Guitar Gently
Weeps” was an acoustic song, with George’s solo vocal and some organ overdubbed near the end that ran 3:13 and had a final verse not found in the final version. This
exquisite “take 1,” which was a demo for the other Beatles, is one of the highlights of the “Anthology 3” album. George would continue working on the song at home, and
eventually re-imagined the song as a rocker. On August 16, the full band revisited the song, making 14 takes of a rhythm track.
Dhani Harrison – For You Blue – Single
LIVE LJ HERE (Walrus)
QUIZ #2 Speaking of George & Phil Spector name the only
song recorded that was credited to the writing team of George Harrison / Phil Spector/?
Ronnie Spector – Tandoori Chicken – B - side
See if he will play along to WINGS - Were Open Tonight?
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Can’t remember what we played at the end!
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