playlist sept. 14th 2104 - breakfast with the beatles · tonsillitis in june 1964. on the eve of...

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Playlist Sept. 14th 2104

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The Beatles - From Us to You (BBC)

The Beatles -‐ Gotta Find My Baby" /June 1, 1963 for "Pop Goes The

Beatles." was composed by blues singer Peter Clayton "I Got To Find My Baby", including Little Walter and Chuck Berry, who is often credited with the

song as his own.

The Beatles -‐ Hippy Hippy Shake" / Recorded July 10, 1963, again for "Pop Goes The Beatles", this song was written and recorded by Chan

Romero in 1959. That same year, it reached #3 in Australia. Romero was just 17 when he

wrote the song.

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The Beatles - Twist And Shout – Please Please Me (Medley-Russell) Lead vocal: John

The last song recorded during the marathon session on February 11, 1963. Two takes were completed before Lennon’s voice gave out. The released version is the first take.

Originally recorded by The Isley Brothers in May 1962, The Beatles performed it regularly in their live act between 1962 and 1965. Its inclusion in the 1986 film “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” sent the song up the Billboard singles chart 22 years after its initial

U.S. release. On U.S. albums:

Introducing… The Beatles - Vee-Jay LP The Early Beatles - Capitol LP

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Some MONO mixes we didn’t get to last week on our ALL MONO show….

The mono mix has a different lead vocal from the one on the two stereo mixes. John's voice is rougher all through the mono vocal. The stereo mixes also have a tambourine during the chorus that is

not heard in mono and during the first verse John sings “and now these days have

gone” instead of “but now these days have gone” as heard on the stereo mix.

AND the last word of the first verse is “door” in the mono mix

while it’s “doors” in the stereo mix…

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The Beatles - Help! - Help!

(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: John

The Beatles’ tenth single release for EMI’s Parlophone label.

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The Beatles - "I Should Have Known Better" - MONO

The stereo version John pauses and actually plays a wrong note. That is corrected on the mono.

The Beatles - Sexy Sadie - The Beatles Mono mix Sellers Tapes

(long) (Lennon-McCartney)

Lead vocal: John

The Beatles - I Need You - Help! (Harrison)

Lead vocal: George Recorded in five takes on February 15, 1965, the first day of recording for what was to

become the “Help!” album

Absolutely no difference between Mono & stereo mixes…but I need a song to follow Eric Idle saying George Harrison sings!

The Beatles - I’m Looking Through You - Rubber Soul

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(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: Paul

Written by Paul after an argument with then-girlfriend, actress Jane Asher. The stereo version issued by Capitol Records has two false starts.

On U.S. album: Rubber Soul - Capitol LP

Mono in 3 whole seconds LONGER than that stereo version…even with the false starts!

The Beatles - Got To Get You Into My Life - Revolver


Mono has a noticeably longer fade (8 seconds, and louder bass and percussion. The brass sound on mono was augmented on June 20 1966 by lifting brass sound from the master and overdubbing onto the mix done 3 days prior on June 17 of that same year

The Beatles - Bad Boy - A Collection Of Oldies

(Williams) Lead vocal: John

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Recorded Mazy 10th 1965 along w/ another Larry Williams song Dizzy Miss Lizzy…and May 10th also happened to be Larry’s

birthday…

MONO has bass and drums mixed louder.

(Curious fact: this song was available in the US for about a year and a half before the rest of the world including the UK

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The Beatles - You Never Give Me Your Money - Abbey Road


The famous “Abbey Road” medley begins with Paul’s “You Never Give Me Your Money,” a song which itself consists of three segments. In Barry Miles’ “Many Years From Now,”

McCartney states that the first part of the song was him “directly lambasting Allen Klein’s attitude to us: no money, just funny paper, all promises and it never works out. It’s basically a song about no faith in the person.” The reference to “funny paper” was the numerous bank statements and other official looking documents that claimed they had stocks and bonds or money in various bank accounts, but to the band members it

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always seemed imaginary; they were rich on paper. The second part is a nostalgic bit about being out of college with money spent, leading to the third section, about an

optimistic escape (“Soon we’ll be away from here. Step on the gas and wipe that tear away”) inspired by Paul and Linda hitting the road to get away from it all. Recording

began on May 6, 1969, at Trident Studios, with Paul on piano and offering a guide vocal marching the group through 36 takes. John playing a distorted guitar part on his

Epiphone Casino, George playing his Telecaster and Ringo on drums. At Abbey Road Studios, Paul recorded his lead vocal on July 1 and added bass guitar on July 11. On

July 15, Paul, John and George recorded backing vocals. It was during this session that the nursery rhyme ending (“One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, all good children go

to heaven”) was recorded. The finishing touch, added August 5, was the crossfade (tubular bells, birds, chirping crickets and bubbles) which takes the song into “Sun

King”.

The Beatles - Paperback Writer – Single

Recorded: 13/14 April 1966 The twelfth official EMI release

Capitol 5651 (mono) Released: May 27, 1966 Highest chart position: 1

Jimi - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Ringo - With A Little Help From My Friends

NEWS/ Paul – Hope For Freedom – NEW!

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B/ The Beatles - The Word - Rubber Soul


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

John Lennon – Give Me Some Truth – Imagine ‘71

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This was also composed in the Spring of ’68 in India. It was also “rehearsed” during the Get Back sessions. The song had contemporary lyrical additions, in

reference to “Tricky Dicky” (Richard Nixon) and a desire for such people to give John the truth.

QUIZ TIME…

Imagine was #1 one week Oct 30th 1971 it knocked what LP off the #1 spot?

Paul & Linda McCartney – 3 Legs – Ram ’71 MONO

Although not intended, George and Ringo thought the song was directed at the three other Beatles, which proved a dog can run on 3 legs, but not very well.

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WINNER HERE

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


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

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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.

The Beatles - When I Get Home - A Hard Day’s Night (Lennon-McCartney)

Lead vocal: John Recorded in 11 takes on June 2, 1964. It was the next to last song completed for the “A

Hard Day’s Night” album. In his 1980 interview with Playboy magazine John Lennon said: “That’s me trying to get that Wilson Pickett type sound, a four-in-the bar cowbell

song.” On U.S. album:

Something New - Capitol LP

The Beatles - Think For Yourself - Rubber Soul (Harrison)

Lead vocal: George The fifth original composition by George Harrison to be recorded by The Beatles was completed on November 8, 1965 in one take with overdubs under the working title

“Won’t Be There With You.” The song features Paul playing his bass through a fuzz box to give it a distorted sound.

On U.S. album: Rubber Soul - Capitol LP

John Lennon – Give Peace A Chance (Lennon/McCartney) - Live Peace in Toronto 1969

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John makes up some amusing alternate words for the “the bits in between,” and the choruses are spirited.

Recorded this week September 13th 1969, at Varsity Stadium, Toronto, Canada

10.42 BREAK Up next set of songs produced so well that they make any audio system sound at least a

hundred dollars better

The Beatles - And I Love Her - A Hard Day’s Night


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Written mainly by Paul with the middle eight by John it was released as a single in the U.S. reaching #12. Recorded initially as a heavier, up-tempo number on February 25, 1964, The Beatles attempted two takes and moved on to something else. On February 26 they struggled with the simpler, now acoustic arrangement through 12 more takes and Ringo swapping his drums for congas, ultimately leaving it to be re-made the next day. Finally, on February 27, they had the arrangement to their liking and perfected the

song in two completed takes (takes 20 and 21). On U.S. album:

A Hard Day’s Night - United Artists LP Something New - Capitol LP

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.

The Beatles - I Am The Walrus - Magical Mystery Tour (EP)

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The Beatles’ sixteenth single release for EMI’s Parlophone label. John Lennon pushed to have his “I Am The Walrus” as the A-side of the coupling with

Paul’s “Hello, Goodbye,” but his song was deemed too unconventional and less commercial than Paul’s catchy tune. The title is inspired by the Walrus and the

Carpenter from Lewis Carroll’s “Through The Looking Glass.” Lennon described his lyrics as purposely being Dylan-esque. In his 1980 Playboy interview he explained, “In those days I was writing obscurely, a la Dylan, never saying what you mean, but giving the

impression of something.” The “I Am The Walrus” session is notable because it was the first Beatles recording session following the untimely death of their manager, Brian

Epstein. Ironically, Epstein had stopped by the last time the Beatles were recording (for “Your Mother Should Know” at Chappell Recording Studios on August 23, 1967). He was found dead on August 27, aged just 32. All four Beatles met at Paul’s St. John’s Wood

house on September 1 to discuss how they should proceed. Among other business matters, it was decided that they would press on with the “Magical Mystery Tour” project, temporarily postponing a planned visit to India to study Transcendental

Meditation. The basic rhythm track was recorded in a six-hour session beginning at 7:00 p.m. on September 5, 1967. Sixteen takes were attempted, only five of them were complete run-throughs. Starting the next day overdubs were added to create John

Lennon’s textured masterpiece. Specifically, additional bass from Paul, more drums from Ringo and John’s memorable lead vocal on Sept. 6, and a 16-piece orchestra under the direction of George Martin, and 16 members of the Mike Sammes Singers, a large group of vocalists who did much session and television work, that brought the “Ho-ho-ho, hee-hee-hee, ha-ha-ha” section to life, in separate sessions on Sept. 27. Issued November

24, 1967 in the UK and November 27, 1967 in the U.S.

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

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!”

In September 1966, Brian Epstein informed EMI and Capitol that there would be no new album and maybe not even a single ready in time for the 1966 Christmas season. EMI quickly assembled a 16-track greatest hits album (“A Collection Of Beatles Oldies”). In the U.S., Capitol did not release a hits compilation and instead waited impatiently for a

new single.

On U.S. album: Magical Mystery Tour - Capitol LP

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The Beatles - Penny Lane - Non-LP track (Lennon-McCartney)

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

Following the disastrous 1966 world tour the individual Beatles took control of their hectic schedule. They were no longer in a rush to do anything. In September 1966,

Brian Epstein informed EMI and Capitol that there would be no new Beatles album, and quite possibly no single, ready in time for the 1966 Christmas season. EMI quickly

assembled a 16-track greatest hits album (“A Collection Of Beatles Oldies”). In the U.S., Capitol did not release a hits compilation and instead waited impatiently for a new

single. The band reconvened in late November to begin work on their next LP. With no deadlines, they simply brought in new songs as they dreamt them up.

Like John’s “Strawberry Fields Forever,” Paul’s “Penny Lane” was named after a real

place; it was a bus stop (roundabout) in Liverpool. Written almost entirely by Paul (he says Lennon helped him with the third verse), work began on December 29, 1966, and the song took nearly three weeks to complete. Paul described the song as “childhood reminiscences.” Paul: “There was a barber shop called Bioletti’s with head shots of the haircuts you could have in the window and I just took it all and arted it up a little bit to make it sound like he was having a picture exhibition in his window. It was all based on

real things.”

The Beatles - Hey Bulldog - Yellow Submarine


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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

Set of songs produced so well that they made that audio system of yours sound much better didn’t

it?

QUIZ Time to Play: MATCH THE WORD TO THE SONG…we give you a word and you tell us which Beatles song you

can hear that word sung

The word is “pataphysical”

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Joan was quizzical, studied pataphysical Science in the home

The Beatles - Maxwell’s Silver Hammer - Abbey Road


Paul began work on “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” in October 1968, which was too late for the song to be considered for the “White Album.” He introduced the still unfinished song to the band during the “Get Back” sessions, on January 3, 1969, and the band is seen

running through it in the film “Let It Be.” The first proper recording took place at Abbey Road Studios on July 9, 1969. The backing track features Paul on piano, George on Fender Bass VI (a six-string bass guitar) and Ringo on drums. Sixteen takes were

recorded. Overdubs included John on his Gibson J-160E acoustic guitar and George on Telecaster. On July 10, Paul added his lead vocal, George Martin played Hammond

organ and Paul, George and Ringo provided backing vocals. A proper blacksmith’s anvil, rented from a theatrical agency, was brought in for Ringo to hit with a hammer. More guitar and a new vocal were added on July 11, and the song was left until August 6,

when Paul overdubbed a Moog synthesizer part.

The Beatles - It’s Only Love- Help!


Recorded in six takes on June 15, 1965. The first Beatles song to include a reference to getting “high” (“I get high when I see you go by”). The working title prior to lyrics being

written was “That’s a Nice Hat.” George Martin and his Orchestra recorded the instrumental version of “It’s Only Love” using the original title. In 1972 Lennon called

“It’s Only Love” “the one song I really hate of mine.” On U.S. album:

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Rubber Soul - Capitol LP

George Harrison – Not Guilty - George Harrison ‘79 The “forgotten” Beatles song – which the band had slogged over 102 takes

during the “White Album” sessions, but ultimately left off the album. Here it is again, although much mellower than it was in the late 1960’s.

Wings – We’re Open Tonight – Back to the Egg ‘79

For a time this track’s title was considered to be the name of the album. Paul’s acoustic guitar was taped in a stairwell of Lympne Castle.

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The Beatles - Across The Universe - Let It Be


Prior to leaving for an extended trip to India to study Transcendental Meditation in early 1968, the Beatles recorded several new songs to fill the sides of their upcoming single,

which would be released while they were away. John had originally wanted his new composition, “Across The Universe,” for the A-side of the single but was still not happy with the mix of the song. When the Beatles sat down to decide which two of their new

recordings should be used, John preferred “Across the Universe” remain on the shelf for the time being, giving Paul’s more commercial “Lady Madonna” the A-side. “Across The

Universe” was written entirely by John and was recorded February 4, 1968, in eight takes. Overdubs were recorded on February 8. Comedian and author Spike Milligan had been at Abbey Road when the group was working on the song and some months later

inquired about it. He was surprised to learn that “Across the Universe” was sitting unreleased in EMI’s vault, so Milligan asked Lennon to donate the song to a charity

album he was organizing for the World Wildlife Fund.

The Beatles - Here Comes The Sun - Abbey Road (Harrison)

Lead vocal: George The second of two CLASSIC songs George Harrison delivered for the “Abbey Road”

album. “Here Comes The Sun” and “Something” was a phenomenal one-two punch that had to have Lennon and McCartney wondering what else Harrison had up his sleeve. George wrote the song while walking around the sunny back garden of Eric Clapton’s

home, strumming o0ne of Eric’s acoustic guitars. Harrison had skipped out of one of the

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many Apple business meetings that day. Recording in 13 takes on July 7, 1969, Ringo’s 29th birthday, with George on his Gibson J-200 acoustic guitar, Paul on his Rickenbacker bass guitar and Ringo on drums. John was sidelined for the week due to be hospitalized

following a car accident in Scotland. The next day George overdubbed his lead vocal, and Paul and George recorded their backing vocals twice, rather than simply double-

tracking. Additions continued on July 16 (handclaps and harmonium), and August 6 and 11 (George’s acoustic guitar). George Martin’s orchestral score was recorded on August

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John Lennon – Imagine - Acoustic ‘04

Live at the Apollo Theater, December 17th, 1971. From Anthology.

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