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Playlist May 31st, 2015

Start today’s show with a QUIZ….Brian Wilson tix GREEK

Sgt . Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band turns 48 years old this week!

When the Beatles decided to take it to the next level, they were the most popular live act of all time now they would become the greatest studio band of all time.

Some of the bits including are taken from The Beatles on the Kenny Everett radio Show

promoting their new LP of 1967…

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Side 1:

The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: Paul

Recording began on February 1, 1967 for what would become the title track of the new Beatles album. The song was written entirely by Paul McCartney. It was McCartney’s idea to give the Beatles alter egos -- they would become Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band -- for this album. Nine takes were attempted, two of which were complete run-throughs. For the first time ever an instrument (Paul’s bass guitar) was directly

injected into the recording console instead of through an amplifier. Vocals were added the following evening, and the track sat for a month while the band worked on other material. The group returned to the title track on March 3 with the addition of four

French horns played by outside musicians. Paul also came up with the idea of simulating a concert performance by the alter-ego band. The sound of the band warming up was

taken from the February 10 orchestra session for “A Day In The Life.” Other effects (the crowd settling down, applause, and laughter) were taken from the vast Abbey Road

tape archives. The screaming at the end of the song was taken from the Capitol-recorded Beatles concert at the Hollywood Bowl. On the “Sgt. Pepper” album the end of

the title track segues into Ringo’s “With A Little help From My Friends.”

The Beatles - With A Little Help From My Friends - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

(Lennon-McCartney)

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Lead vocal: Ringo The first instance on a Beatles album where one song segues into another without the

usual few seconds of silence between the tracks. This was to give the listener the feeling of a continuous concert performance. Written on the afternoon of March 29, 1967 by

Paul with help from John at Paul’s house on Cavendish Avenue in St. John’s Wood specifically as a song for Ringo Starr to sing on the new album. It was recorded that evening. Although he liked the song, Ringo refused to sing the original lyrics to the opening verse. Ringo: “The original first verse to that was ‘What would

you do if I sang out of tune? Would you throw a tomato at me?’ And I said, ‘I’m not singing that.’” John and Paul quickly changed the line to “Would

you stand up and walk out on me?” The rhythm track was recorded in ten takes the same day Paul and John write the song, with Paul on piano, George on Hammond

organ, John on guitar and Ringo on drums. Vocals were added as Take 11. Originally titled “Bad Finger Boogie.” The screaming at the beginning of the song was taken from

the Capitol-recorded Beatles concert at the Hollywood Bowl. On the “Sgt. Pepper” album the end of the title track segues into “With A Little help From My Friends.”

The Beatles - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds - Sgt. Pepper’s

Lonely Hearts Club Band (Lennon-McCartney)

Lead vocal: John

Recorded March 1, 1967. John Lennon’s classic song of psychedelic imagery was inspired by a drawing brought home by son, Julian, who was four years old at the time. In February 1967, Julian returned home from his

nursery school with a painting depicting one of his classmates, Lucy O’Donnell. Young Lucy was pictured with a background of stars in the sky. When asked by his father about his painting, Julian said it was “Lucy, in the sky, with diamonds.” John was so taken with the phrase he combined it with passages similar to two books by Lewis

Carroll that he’d loved as a child, “Through The Looking Glass” and “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.” Paul added the line about “newspaper taxis” and Lennon’s beloved

“Goon Show” got a shout out. Their famed “plasticine ties” merged with “Through the Looking Glass” to become “plasticine porters with looking glass ties.” Work began on

“Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds” with an evening full of rehearsals. The rhythm track was recorded on March 1 with Paul playing the opening riff on a Lowery organ (with a

bell stop), George on acoustic guitar, Ringo on drums and John on maracas and offering a guide vocal. John’s lead vocal and other instruments (George’s tamboura, Paul’s

melodic bass) were added the next evening.

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The Beatles - Getting Better - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club

Band (Lennon-McCartney)

Lead vocal: Paul

The title “Getting Better” was inspired by a phrase often used by substitute Beatles drummer Jimmy Nicol. Nicol stepped in for the

ailing Ringo Starr during his bout with tonsillitis in June 1964. On the eve of the band embarking on their first world tour Ringo collapsed at a photo shoot and the final night of recording for the “A Hard Day’s Night” LP were scrapped, leaving the final version with 13 songs instead of the expected 14. Nicol was called in on no notice to rehearse the concert set list. The next day he was thrown into the crush of full scale

Beatlemania as the Fab Four landed in the Netherlands for the first of the sold out concerts. Once on the mend, Ringo caught up with the tour in Australia. After each show, John and Paul would ask their new drummer how he was doing. His standard reply was “It’s getting better.” McCartney was reminded of this phrase while walking with Beatles biographer Hunter Davies during the making of the “Sgt. Pepper” album, and he decided to build a song around it. Recording began on the song on March 9,

1967 and the basic rhythm track was completed in seven takes. Paul described the tune as “an optimistic song,” but noted John’s biting wit gave the lyrics the perfect

counterpoint. Paul: “I was sitting there doing ‘Getting better all the time’ and John just said in his laconic way, ‘It couldn’t get no worse,’ and I thought, Oh, brilliant! This is

exactly why I love writing with John.”

The Beatles - Fixing A Hole - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

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(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 - She’s Leaving Home - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts

Club Band (Lennon-McCartney)

Lead vocals: Paul and John

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Recorded March 17, 1967 in six takes. Written primarily by Paul with lyrical assistance from John, the song is based on a story appearing in the February 27, 1967, edition of

the Daily Mail about seventeen-year-old runaway Melanie Coe. Paul begins the story about the girl leaving a note for her parents before slipping out of the house, John provides the parents’ anguished point of view. When Paul called George

Martin to ask if he’d create a string arrangement for the song he was told that Martin had already committed to a Cilla Black session and Paul would have to wait. Paul then contacted Mike Leander to score the song. Paul had met Leander at the October 11, 1965, Decca Studios session for Marianne Faithfull’s cover of “Yesterday.” The score called for four violins, two violas, two cellos, a double-bass and a harp. The harp is

played by Sheila Bromberg, who became the first woman to play on a Beatles recording. As was the case with “Eleanor Rigby” eleven months earlier, no Beatles played an

instrument on “She’s Leaving Home.” Martin made only slight adjustments to Leander’s

arrangement when it was recorded on March 17. An interesting side note…Melanie was a dancer on the Ready Steady Go! TV show and met the

Fabs Oct. 1963 when she won a mime contest and was awarded prizes by the Beatles!

The Beatles - Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite! - Sgt. Pepper’s

Lonely Hearts Club Band (Lennon-McCartney)

Lead vocal: John

Recorded February 17, 1967. The lyric of “Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!” was derived almost entirely from a vintage poster

purchased by John Lennon at an antique store in Sevenoaks, Kent, on January 31, 1967, while the Beatles were there filming the promotional clip for

“Strawberry Fields Forever.” The poster advertised the February 14, 1843 performance of Pablo Fanque’s Circus Royal at Town-Meadows, Rochdale, Lancashire, and was hung proudly on the living room wall of Lennon’s Weybridge house. Paul: “We pretty much

took it down word for word and then just made up some little bits and pieces to glue it together.” The backing track consisted of John on guide vocal, Paul on bass, Ringo on

drums, George Harrison on tambourine, and George Martin on harmonium. Because the harmonium is powered by pumping feet, the producer was exhausted after the

rehearsals and seven takes. Features Paul on lead guitar.

Out 48 years ago tomorrow …Side one SPLHCB in mono! With clip from JPG&R courtesy of the Kenny Everett Show

May 1967

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Take a break for Sgt. Pepper we’ll close out the show w Side 2…and after all that Psychedelia

Let’s go back to the Beatles R&B roots…when things were less colorful…

The Beatles - Money (That’s What I Want) – With The Beatles

(Bradford-Gordy) Lead vocal: John

Originally recorded by Barrett Strong and released as a single on Motown’s Tamla and Anna labels in 1959 and 1960 respectively, peaking at #23 in 1960. It was a part of The

Beatles’ live repertoire from 1960 to 1964. On July 18, 1963, the group, with George Martin on piano, performed the song live in the studio -- vocals and all -- for six full

takes, the final take being deemed the best. Although The Beatles involvement with the recorded track lasted this one day, George Martin continued to add overdubs and tinker with his piano part until the song was completed to his satisfaction on September 30,

1963. On U.S. album:

The Beatles’ Second Album - Capitol LP

The Beatles – Chains – Please Please Me (Goffin-King)

Lead vocal: George Recorded in four takes on February 11, 1963. Legendary Brill Building tunesmiths Gerry

Goffin and Carole King were very inspirational to the budding songwriters from

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Liverpool. This was a Top 20 hit for The Cookies in 1962. “Chains” was the first of two songs featuring a lead vocal by George Harrison on the first Beatles album.

On U.S. albums: Introducing… The Beatles - Vee-Jay LP

The Early Beatles - Capitol LP

The Hippy Hippy Shake Romero "Pop Go The Beatles" - 30th July 1963

“Matchbox” (Perkins)

Lead vocal: Ringo Carl Perkins is one of the few “outsiders” to be in the studio or control booth when the Beatles rehearsed or recorded. He was in England on a promotional tour and was there

at the invitation of George Harrison, who was a huge fan. Perkins got to witness the most famous band in the world recording one of his original compositions on June 1, 1964. Ringo Starr was given the honor of singing the lead vocal. Harrison and Perkins remained lifelong friends. The Beatles would return to the Carl Perkins catalog once more a few months later when George sang “Everybody’s Trying to be My Baby” for

their fourth album. Five years later John Lennon performed Perkins’ biggest hit, “Blue Suede Shoes,” during his Plastic Ono Band appearance in Toronto in September 1969, the live recording of which was released as “Live Peace in Toronto.” The subject matter of the song “Matchbox” was lost on some younger American Beatles fans, many thinking

the reference was to the popular brand of miniature toy cars wildly popular with American children at the time. In fact, it is about a box of matches used to light

cigarettes. On U.S. album:

Something New - Capitol LP

U.K.:

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Non-album track (EP song)

The Beatles - Roll Over Beethoven – With The Beatles (Berry)

Lead vocal: George Chuck Berry’s rock and roll standard was released as a single in May 1956 on Chess Records. It peaking at #29. A staple of The Beatles’ live show from the earliest days,

Beatles fans will be surprised to learn that John Lennon was the lead singer of the song in those very early club days. In 1961 George Harrison took over lead vocals. “Roll Over Beethoven” was the opening song at The Beatles’ first concert in America, February 11, 1964 in Washington D.C., and opens Capitol’s “The Beatles’ Second Album,” released on

April 10, 1964. On U.S. album:

The Beatles’ Second Album - Capitol LP

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John Lennon – I’m Losing You - Double Fantasy ‘80 This was another track where Cheap Trick had provided a very “Cold Turky-ish”

backing track – that due to money issues between Cheap Trick management and

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Yoko – left them off the album for good. This version is a middle-of-the-road of sorts with the usual cast of Double Fantasy session musicians.

The Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows - Revolver (Lennon-McCartney)

Lead vocal: John The first song recorded for what would become the “Revolver” album. John’s

composition was unlike anything The Beatles or anyone else had ever recorded. Lennon’s vocal is buried under a wall of sound -- an assemblage of repeating tape loops and sound effects – placed on top of a dense one chord song with basic melody driven

by Ringo's thunderous drum pattern. The lyrics were largely taken from “The Psychedelic Experience,” a 1964 book written by Harvard psychologists Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert, which contained an adaptation of the ancient “Tibetan Book of the

Dead.” Each Beatle worked at home on creating strange sounds to add to the mix. Then they were added at different speeds sometime backwards. Paul got “arranging” credit. He had discovered that by removing the erase head on his Grundig reel-to-reel tape

machine, he could saturate a recording with sound.

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You know what song we don’t play enough….

The Beatles - Something - Abbey Road

(Harrison) Lead vocal: George

The Beatles’ twenty-first single release for EMI, and fourth on the Apple Records label.

Although initially crediting Lennon and McCartney as the songwriters, legendary crooner Frank Sinatra called George Harrison’s “Something” “the greatest love song ever

written.” Commonly referred to as George’s first Beatles A-side, some sales chart makers at the time considered the single a “double-A,” as both sides of the record received

significant radio airplay, and charted both “Something” and its flip side (John’s “Come Together”) as one combined chart listing. The song is the first of two CLASSIC songs

George delivered for the “Abbey Road” album, the other being “Here Comes The Sun.” It was a phenomenal one-two punch that had to have Lennon and McCartney wondering

what else Harrison had up his sleeve.

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Paul – Let’s Love – Demo

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 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

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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.

Ringo – Love Me Do – Vertical Man

BREAK FOR NEWS HERE w/ The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby - Revolver

(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: Paul

The Beatles’ thirteenth single release for EMI’s Parlophone label. Essentially a Paul McCartney solo composition, he had some help with the song’s storyline from John, George, Ringo and John’s childhood friend Pete Shotton at

Kenwood, John’s estate in Weybridge. This marks the first time a finished Beatles recording had no Beatle playing an instrument. The backing track, a haunting George Martin score, featured a double string quartet (four violins, two violas and two cellos) and was finished in 14 takes on April 28, 1966 with John and

Paul sitting in the control room.

Paul McCartney – Temporary Secretary - McCartney II ‘80 Inspired by the Alfred Marks Bureau (a job placement firm), Paul surprised the public with this “new wave sound.” The public reaction was less than kind. The

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Alfred Marks Bureau requested this song for their advertisements and was subsequently turned down.

QUIZ Today MAY 31ST 1973…Led Zep were here in LA…playing the

Forum…after the show band went back to their hotel to celebrate drummer John Bonham’s 25th birthday…A Beatle threw a cake in Bonzo’s face…and then Bonham threw that Beatle and that Beatles wife in the pool at the Hyatt.

Fully clothed…name that Beatle and that Beatles wife…800-955-KLOS

10.27 BREAK

George & Pattie Ask winner (after you tell him/her) what GH LP was out when he was

thrown in the pool?

George Harrison – Don’t Let Me Wait Too Long - Living

In The Material World ‘73

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This track was the single that should have been, almost was, but never appeared. This is a prime piece of pop songwriting, and was scheduled as the

second single from the LP for release on September 24th, 1973. It was assigned an Apple catalog number (Apple 1866), but was mysteriously cancelled at the

last minute.

The Beatles - I’m Looking Through You - Rubber Soul (Lennon-McCartney)

Lead vocal: Paul Written by Paul after an argument with then-girlfriend, actress Jane Asher. Initially

recorded on October 24, 1965, the song was re-recorded from scratch on November 6, but McCartney was still not satisfied. Four days later, on November 10, the group took another stab at it. Paul’s lead vocal was superimposed the next day. The version issued

by Capitol Records has two false starts. On U.S. album:

Rubber Soul - Capitol LP

John Lennon – I Found Out - Plastic Ono Band ‘70

This track was a frank estimation of all the fads and figureheads John had latched onto over the previous thirty years, only to be let down each and every

time by them.

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The Beatles – I’ll Follow The Sun - Beatles For Sale 100% pure McCartney. Written pre- Beatles?

Recorded Oct. 18th, 1964. Musicians:

Paul McCartney – lead vocal, acoustic guitar; John Lennon – harmony vocal, acoustic guitar; George Harrison – lead guitar; Ringo Starr – knees(?)

This was written in the late-fifties when Paul was sixteen years old (not bad for a little kid – I didn’t learn to ride a bike ‘til I was twenty!). Pete Best remembered that he used to busk it on the piano, in-between sets at The Kaiserkeller. It may well be the earliest song

that they ever committed to tape. Nobody’s sure what Ringo’s playing, but he might be pounding out the beat on his knees.

(Or maybe it’s someone else’s knees!) McCartney 1.00 Lead vocal Paul

US - Capitol LP Beatles '65

The Beatles - Cry Baby Cry - The Beatles (Lennon-McCartney)

Lead vocal: John Work began in the studio on John’s “Cry Baby Cry” on July 15, 1968, with the Beatles

filling four 30-minute tapes with unnumbered rehearsal takes of the song. It is estimated that the band played the song approximately 30 times. Proper recording took

place on July 16. Ten takes of the basic track, consisting of John’s vocal plus bass, organ, drums, and acoustic guitar, were recorded. George Martin playing the harmonium

and John playing piano would be overdubbed onto the best take. During the July 16 session tensions amongst the band members flared and sound engineer Geoff Emerick quit. He would be coaxed back the next year to work at their new Apple studios and at Abbey Road Studios for the “Abbey Road” album. Emerick says he lost interest in the “White Album” because the group was arguing amongst themselves and swearing at

each other. Emerick said, “the expletives were really flying.”

The Beatles - I’ll Be Back - A Hard Day’s Night (Lennon-McCartney)

Lead vocal: John Recorded in 16 takes on June 1, 1964. “I'll Be Back” was written mostly by John Lennon, and was a reworking of the chords to Del Shannon's 1961 hit “Runaway.” Beatles fans in

America would have to wait five months to hear this exquisite Beatles song, one of Lennon finest compositions, because Capitol Records held it off their “Something New”

album and released it on “Beatles ‘65” in December 1964. On U.S. album:

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Beatles ‘65 - Capitol LP

Ringo – Instant Amnesia –Ringo Rama

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Side 2: our version here clocking in a 20.08 We’ll let George take it from here….(start)

The Beatles - Within You Without You - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely

Hearts Club Band (Harrison)

Lead vocal: George George Harrison’s initial offering for the “Sgt. Pepper” LP was “Only A Northern Song,”

but George Martin decided the song was not good enough for inclusion on the new album. Instead, Martin earmarked Harrison’s song for the soundtrack of the upcoming

animated feature “Yellow Submarine,” for which the band was contractually obligated to provide four new songs. Harrison went back to the drawing board and came up with

“Within You, Without You,” and the Indian-flavored song became the final song recorded for the landmark “Sgt. Pepper” LP. Martin recalls Harrison auditioning his

newest song for him on acoustic guitar. “The tune struck me as being a bit of a dirge;

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but I found what George wanted to do with the song fascinating.” The song was written early in 1967 at the Hampstead, London home of Klaus Voormann, a longtime friend of the Beatles. The song was recorded on March 15, 1967, with the finished basic rhythm track running 6:25. Instrumentation included tabla, dilruba, and tamboura. Harrision is the only Beatle to play an instrument on this track (he covers the tamboura part along

with Neil Aspinall). The outside musicians were from the Eastern Music Circle of Finchley, North London. Stephen Stills dug the lyrics so much he had them carved on a

monument in his backyard. John Lennon described “Within You, Without You” as “one of George’s best songs.”

The Beatles - When I’m Sixty-Four - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts

Club Band (Lennon-McCartney)

Lead vocal: Paul One of the oldest songs in the Beatles catalog, it was written by Paul McCartney when

he was 15 or 16 and the Beatles had performed a variation of it in their pre-fame Cavern Club days whenever the amplifiers broke down. It was the second song recorded for the “Sgt. Pepper” LP (following “Strawberry Fields Forever”), but when “Strawberry Fields Forever” was pulled for release as a single, Paul’s “When I’m Sixty-Four” became the

first song recorded for the album that ended up on the album. The initial rhythm track was finished in two takes on December 6, 1966, and consisted of Paul on guide vocal,

bass and piano, John on guitar, and Ringo on drums with brushes. On December 8, Paul recorded his lead vocal, on December 20, John, Paul and George recorded backing vocals and Ringo played bells. Although John helped with a few lyrics for the official

recording of Paul’s childhood song, he was later quoted as saying, “I would never even dream of writing a song like that.”

The Beatles - Lovely Rita - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

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(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: Paul

Paul heard that in America “traffic wardens” were called “meter maids,” which he thought was humorous and decided to see what he could rhyme with it. Written entirely

by Paul McCartney and recorded on February 23, 1967. The basic rhythm track was completed in eight takes. Take 8 was deemed the best and it was mixed down to a

single track and the Beatles added overdubs to create the finished recording. Specifically, Paul’s bass on Feb. 23, Paul’s lead vocal on Feb. 24, John, Paul and

George’s backing vocals on March 7, and George Martin was elected to fill the song’s middle eight with a piano solo, recorded on March 21.

The Beatles - Good Morning Good Morning - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely

Hearts Club Band (Lennon-McCartney)

Lead vocal: John Based on a Kellogg’s Cornflakes television commercial John heard while sitting at the

piano and feeling a bit “stuck” trying to write something for “Sgt. Pepper.” Paul plays a stinging guitar solo and flourishes with his right-handed Fender Esquire. The basic

rhythm track was recorded on February 8, 1967 in eight takes, four of them complete. Overdubs followed with John’s lead vocal and Paul’s bass added on February 16. A horn

section consisting of members of the Brian Epstein-managed band Sounds Inc. (previously Sounds Incorporated) was brought in on March 13. Sounds Incorporated had

been one of the opening acts on the Beatles’ 1964 and 1965 tours.

The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)

- Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Lennon-McCartney)

Lead vocals: John, Paul, George, Ringo

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The Beatles had promised EMI that they have the master tape of the “Sgt. Pepper”

album delivered no later than April 12, 1967. Paul McCartney had made arrangements to travel to America between April 3 and April 12, so this session on April 1 would be his

last chance to add vocals or instruments to the project. Only George Harrison’s contribution to the album (“Within You, Without You”) remained to be recorded, and

that was being performed without John, Paul or Ringo. George Martin credits Neil Aspinall with the idea of reprising the title track on the second side of the record. For

the reprise of the title song the Beatles convened in Abbey Road’s studio one, a cavernous space usually reserved for orchestral recordings. George Martin felt this room

enhanced the live feeling of the song, giving it an “electrifying, football stadium atmosphere.” According to author Mark Lewisohn, all four Beatles chanted out the quick-paced vocals. Mono mix includes the audience sounds beginning more sharply, the drum

intro is four beats longer, and there are some words spoken by John as well as some audience laughter, all of which are missing from the stereo mix. Paul ad-libs some lyrics

at the end, but it can barely be heard on the stereo version.

The Beatles - A Day In The Life - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocals: John and Paul

Work began on January 19, 1967, for what is quite possibly the finest Lennon-McCartney collaboration of their songwriting career. On this evening, following some rehearsal, Lennon rolled tentatively through four takes, drawing a road map for the

other Beatles and George Martin to follow. Lennon on vocals and Jumbo acoustic guitar, McCartney on piano, Harrison on maracas and Starr on congas. Sections were

incomplete and to hold their space Mal Evans stood by a microphone and counted from one to 24, marking the time. To cue the end of the middle eight overdub section an

alarm clock was sounded. There was no Paul McCartney vocal yet, merely instruments at this point where his contribution would be placed. On January 20, Paul added his section, which he would re-recorded on February 3. Lennon told Beatles biographer Hunter Davies that the first verse was inspired by a story in the January 17, 1967,

edition of the Daily Mail about the car accident that killed Guinness heir Tara Browne. John: “I didn’t copy the accident. Tara didn’t blow his mind out, but it was in my mind when I was writing that verse.” The second verse was inspired by Lennon’s work on Richard Lester’s film “How I Won The War.” According to Paul, the third verse came from a Daily Mail article published on January 7, 1967, about 4,000 potholes in the

streets of Blackburn, Lancashire.

The Beatles - The Run-Out Groove (aka The Inner Groove) - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (uncredited)

As the “Sgt. Pepper” album was in the final mixing stages, the Beatles decided to add a little uncredited surprise to listeners: the endless nonsense in the run-out groove of the vinyl album. In addition, between the final fade of "A Day In The Life" and the nonsense, a high-pitch whistle, audible only to dogs, was inserted. This was pitched at 15 kilocycles. These additions were recorded April 21, 1967 and titled “Edit For LP End (take 1).” Turntables (record players) in 1967 would handle the run-out groove one of two ways. Automatic players would play a portion of the gibberish before the

pick-up arm was lifted from the record and returned to its base. Manual players would play the gibberish indefinitely until the arm was lifted off. The run-out groove gibberish and high-pitched tone was not included on the albums issued in the United States. Americans would have to import the UK pressing or wait until 1987 for the first compact disc release to

hear it for themselves.

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The Beatles - Why Don’t We Do It In The Road? - The Beatles (Lennon-McCartney)

Lead vocal: Paul Excepting a drum track played by Ringo Starr and added as an overdub a day later,

“Why Don’t We Do It In The Road?” is a Paul McCartney solo performance, recorded in five takes on October 9, 1968. Playing an acoustic guitar, Paul started off each track tapping out the beat on the sounding board of his guitar. By the fifth and final take,

Paul’s ditty had turned into a raunchy rocker, showcasing McCartney’s gritty, top-flight voice. The “Anthology 3” album features a more restrained performance of the song. On

October 10, while John and George were involved in Studio Two with George Martin’s string overdubs for “Piggies” and “Glass Onion,” Paul invited Ringo to join him in Studio Three and lay down a drum track. Other overdubs included handclaps, additional vocals, and Paul playing his Rickenbacker bass guitar and an electric guitar part on his Epiphone

Casino.

Paul McCartney – Flaming Pie – Flaming Pie ‘97 The title track, it evolved out of jam between Paul and Jeff Lynne (during recording of the track, “Souvenir”). It was recorded in a single session on

February 27th, 1996.

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The Beatles - Octopus’s Garden - Abbey Road

(Starkey) Lead vocal: Ringo

“Octopus’s Garden” is Ringo Starr’s second solo composition in the Beatles catalog, credited to his real name, Richard Starkey. He got the idea for the song after he

abruptly “quit” the group for one week during the making of the “White Album, in August 1968. He traveled to Sardinia on the Mediterranean and spent time on actor Peter Seller’s yacht. On board, Ringo was told that octopus go around the ocean bed

and pick up stones and shiny objects and build gardens in front of their caves. The still unfinished song was played for George on January 26, 1969. This segment was shown

in the “Let It Be” film. A proper rerecording of the song took place on April 26. The group went through 32 takes with Ringo on drums and guide vocal, George on his

Stratocaster through a Leslie speaker, John on Epiphone casino electric guitar and Paul on Rickenbacker bass guitar. Overdubs were recorded on July 17 and 18 with Ringo’s

lead vocal with ADT (artificial double tracking), Paul adding piano and more drums, and backing vocals from Paul, George and Ringo. During the instrumental break Ringo can

be heard blowing through a straw into a glass of water for bubbling sounds.

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Time for one more pair of Brian Wilson tickets….

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First person who can name all 5 gets the tickets…. We just heard 1 OG…so you only need 4 more…(kind)

The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever - Non-LP track (Lennon-McCartney)

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Lead vocal: John The Beatles’ fourteenth single release for EMI’s Parlophone label.

Recording began on November 24, 1966. Written in Spain by John several months earlier while he was filming the Richard Lester-directed film “How I Won The War.” The beautiful “Take 1” of this Lennon classic can be heard on the “Anthology 2” album. It is entirely different than the finished version. Strawberry Fields was actually a Salvation Army home in the neighborhood where Lennon grew up. John used to go to parties

there and it always brought back happy memories to him. One of the only two “honest” songs that John says he wrote for the Beatles. The other? “Help!”

WINNER name the songs….!

1. Help form Friends

2. Matchbox 3. INSTANT AB 4. Love Me Do 5. O. Garden

Let’s make it an ever 6 Ringo songs….a Starkey Six

Pack… (right Ringo!) He listens…I know…

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Here’s Ringo w/ Joe Walsh - Mark Hudson - Along w/

Paul McCartney - Steven Tyler Barbara, Nils Lofgren, Van Dyke Parks, Timothy B. Schmit, and Lee Starkey

and 43 others….