PLAYLIST FEB. 17 TH 2013

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2 PLAYLIST FEB. 17 TH 2013 HOUR I The Beatles - The Ballad Of John And Yoko Past Masters Recorded April 14, 1969 by John 7 Paul only. Released as a single in UK April 11, 1969 And in the USA May 5 th Released less than a month after Get Back (John needed an A- Side) First STEREO single in the UK. Banned by the BBC and some US stations as well. It was actually recorded during the beginning of the Abbey Road sessions.

3 The Beatles Birthday - The Beatles Recorded Sept. 18 th 1968 Recorded after watching the movie The Girl Can Help It at Paul s house. The 1956 film starred Jayne Mansfield and featured performances by Fats domino, the Platters, Gene Vincent and Little Richard. Lennon: it was a piece a garbage. Features backing vox by Pattie and Yoko. McCartney.7 Lennon BREAK The Beatles - You Really Got A Hold On Me With The Beatles (Robinson) Lead vocal: John Recorded June 18, 1963, Paul McCartney s 21st birthday. Originally recorded by the Miracles and released as a single by Motown Records in November The single was a crossover smash, topping the Billboard R&B chart and reaching #8 on the Billboard pop chart. Miracles lead singer William Smokey Robinson is the credited songwriter. It is one of three Motown songs covered by The Beatles on their second LP. The Beatles Second Album - Capitol LP The Beatles - Please Mister Postman With The Beatles (Dobbins-Garrett-Brianbert) Lead vocal: John Beatlemania was not only a boon for record shops and merchants selling any number of licensed Beatles products (Beatle wigs, Beatles boots, paperback books, magazines, board games, buttons and other novelties), it also gave a significant financial boost to songwriters and music publishers of the non-original songs the group covered on its early albums. No label benefited more from their talent roster s hit records being covered by The Beatles than Detroit-based Motown Records. Three of Motown s hits were included on The Beatles second album: Please Mr. Postman, You ve Really Got A Hold On Me, and Money (That s

4 What I Want). Please Mr. Postman was the debut single by The Marvelettes, and the first single issued by a Motown label (in this case, Tamla) to hit number one on the Billboard pop charts. The songwriting credits for the song have changed throughout the years. The liner notes and record label for With The Beatles credits only Holland (Brian Holland) as the songwriter. The original Tamla and Fontana (UK) 45s list the writers as Dobbins-Garrett-Brianbert. Decades later the credit has expanded to include an additional writer brought in to finish the song (Freddie Gorman, another songwriting partner of Brian Holland), and separated the writing partnership of Brian Holland and Robert Bateman (previously combined as Brianbert). The credit should now read: Dobbins-Garrett-Holland-Bateman-Gorman. Parlophone also spells out Mister where the title appears, but the Marvelettes version has it abbreviated as Mr. Recorded July 30, The Beatles Second Album - Capitol LP The Beatles - Rock and Roll Music - Beatles For Sale (Berry) Lead vocal: John Incredibly, this stunning cover version of Chuck Berry s classic hit from 1957 featuring John Lennon on lead vocal was captured in just one take on October 18, Like Twist and Shout and Money (That s What I Want) before it, Rock and Roll Music is a prime example of Lennon making a previously known hit his own. The overdubbed piano part features John, Paul and George Martin pounding the SAME piano! The song was featured on the Beatles 1965 European Tour and was the opening song during their 1966 concert tours. Beatles 65 - Capitol LP Paul Matchbox - Live 1993 The Beatles - Everybody s Trying To Be My Baby - Beatles For Sale (Perkins) Lead vocal: George The second Carl Perkins cover song used for Beatles For Sale, Everybody s Trying To Be My Baby had been a part of the Beatles early stage show. George Harrison provides the lead vocal, his only lead vocal contribution on Beatles For Sale. Recorded in just one take on October 18, The song is notable for its heavy use of vocal echo. Harrison performed this song live throughout the 1965 tours.

5 Beatles 65 - Capitol LP 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, The Beatles Second Album - Capitol LP 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. 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. Beatles VI - Capitol LP The Beatles - Twist And Shout Please Please Me (Medley-Russell) Lead vocal: John The last song recorded during the marathon session on February 11, 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

6 performed it regularly in their live act between 1962 and 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 BREAK The Beatles - A Hard Day s Night - A Hard Day s Night Lead vocal: John with Paul The Beatles seventh single release for EMI s Parlophone label. The title is a Ringoism, coined by the drummer sometime in 1963 and used by John in his book In His Own Write. With the film nearly completed the last bit of business was to give the film a name. The project was being filmed with the working title Beatlemania. On April 13, 1964 The Beatles met with key personnel from the studio and bounced title ideas. It was felt they d find no better suggestion than Ringo s off-hand remark it s been a hard day s night and John volunteered to write the title song that evening. The next morning he brought the song in and taught it to Paul. Paul cleaned up the middle section and the two played it for producer Walter Shenson. Two days later The Beatles would formally record the song. It was a rarity for an outsider to be allowed in the studio or control booth while The Beatles rehearsed and recorded. An exception was made for the director of the A Hard Day s Night film, Richard Lester. Lester was in the control booth and offered many suggestions during the morning while this key song was worked out, much to the dismay of producer George Martin. It was Lester s suggestion that the song open dramatically (as it would open the film), and fade out at the end in a cinematic way. He got his wish. George s striking a G suspended 4th chord on his 12-string Rickenbacker make this record instantly recognizable in its opening two seconds. Released as a single in the UK on July 10, 1964, it went straight to #1. A Hard Day s Night - United Artists LP The Beatles - Got To Get You Into My Life - Revolver

7 Lead vocal: Paul Another Paul McCartney solo composition, Paul called this stand out track an ode to pot, like someone else might write an ode to chocolate or a good claret (wine). Work began on the song on April 7, 1966, and this early alternate version can be heard on the Anthology 2 album. It was the second song recorded for the Revolver album. The Beatles returned to the song the next day with an improved arrangement that included John and George on fuzz guitars. On May 18 they revisited the song again, devoting a full 12-hour session to rework and complete the song. To give the song its Motown feel, five outside musicians were brought in to add brass and saxophones. An additional dual guitar overdub was added on June 17. Got To Get You Into My Life was the opening song performed on the final Wings tour in Revolver - Capitol LP The Beatles - The Word - Rubber Soul 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. Rubber Soul - Capitol LP The Beatles - Girl - Rubber Soul Lead vocal: John Written primarily by John, the song was completed in two takes on November 11, The song is notable for the naughty backing vocal (Paul and George repeating the word tit ) and John s heavy breathing during his vocal. John called this one of his best. Rubber Soul - Capitol LP

8 John Hold On Plastic Ono Band Paul McCartney That Would Be Something McCartney 70 Written in Scotland, Paul sings and plays acoustic guitar, bass, tom toms and cymbal on this song. Shortly after the McCartney album's release, George Harrison described the album versions of this song and "Maybe I'm Amazed" as "great" BREAK Ringo Slow Down Ringo 2012 The Beatles - Slow Down (Williams) Past Masters Recorded June 1964 Long Tall Sally EP/ Capitol LP Something New Capitol Single 5255 released August 24, 1964 Cover of Larry Williams s 1958 original. The 3 rd Larry Williams tune covered by The Fabs Dizzy Miss Lizzy / Bad Boy The Beatles - I'm Down flip of HELP! /Past Masters Recorded: 14 June 1965 No US album no UK album Capitol 5476 (US) July 19, 1965 Parlophone R 5305 (UK) July 23, 1965

9 HOUR II The Beatles - Bad Boy - A Collection Of Oldies (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. Bad Boy would go unreleased in the UK for another year and a half until it turned up on the hits compilation A Collection of Beatles Oldies in December Recorded on May 10, Beatles VI - Capitol LP On UK album: A Collection of Beatles Oldies - Parlophone LP (1966) 0.54 BREAK Paul - Not Such A Bad Boy Give My Regards To Broad St. Paul : Bass and vocals Linda : Keyboards and vocals Ringo : Drums Dave Edmunds : Guitar Chris Spedding : Guitar

10 Jody Linscott : Percussion YOKO SET The Beatles I Want You (She s So Heavy) - Abbey Road Recorded February 22 at Trident as the first song recorded for Abbey Road and the last to be mixed on Aug. 20 th 1969, which was the last time the Beatles were together in a recording studio. The longest Beatle song Rev. # 9 is longer. Lennon 1.00 The Beatles - Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me and My Monkey - The Beatles Recorded June 27 th 1968 Written about me and Yoko sez John: everybody seemed paranoid at the time except us, who were in the glow of love. John also said Fat s Domino did a great version of that one. Longest title of any Beatle song. Lennon 1.00 John Well Well Well Plastic Ono Band ` BREAK The Beatles - Penny Lane - Non-LP track Lead vocal: Paul

11 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. In the five months since the Beatles last newly-recorded material had been released, The Monkees had become a million-selling phenomenon in the U.S. Their first two singles and first two albums all reached the top of the U.S. sales charts, and thanks to the exposure from their weekly network television show, they had replaced the Beatles on the covers of most teen magazines. When their second single ( I m A Believer ) stormed to the top of the charts in the UK, they had EMI s attention. A panicked Brian Epstein went to George Martin and asked him to choose the two very best songs available for an immediate single release. Martin chose Strawberry Fields Forever and Penny Lane. Released February 17, 1967 in the UK, surprisingly, the single failed to reach number one in Britain, being held out of the top spot by Engelbert Humperdink s Release Me. In America, with Penny Lane as the A-side, the single reached number one. Contains at least TWO slightly slang obscenities ( finger pie and keeps his fire engine clean ). Magical Mystery Tour - Capitol LP

12 The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever Magical Mystery Tour Recorded Nov/ Dec Written in Spain while John was filming How I Won The War 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 John. One of the only two HONEST songs that John says he wrote for the Beatles the other? (HELP!) Lead vocal John Lennon 1.00 The Beatles Fixing A Hole - Sgt. Pepper s Lonely Hearts Club Band Recorded Feb. 9 th at Regent Studios with over dubbing a few weeks later back at Abbey Road. The night the Beatles recorded Fixing A Hole a guy turned up at Paul McCartney s who announced himself as Jesus Paul of course took him to the studio to introduce Jesus the band they never saw him again after that. The song was said to have written while fixing his roof on his Scottish farmhouse hence the title.but Paul said in the book Many Years From Now that this was not true at all. Long time Beatle assistant Mal Evans claims to have written the song but of course not credited but was paid for his HELP! McCartney.85 / Lennon.15 The Beatles - I Am The Walrus - Magical Mystery Tour (EP) Lead vocal: John 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

13 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, 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. Magical Mystery Tour - Capitol LP The Beatles Good Morning Good Morning - Sgt. Pepper s Lonely Hearts Club Band Recorded Feb. 8 th 1967 Based on a Cornflakes TV commercial John heard while sitting at the piano and feeling a bit stuck trying to write something for Sgt. Pepper. Paul plays one of the guitar solos w/ his right-handed Fender Esquire. Lead vocal John Lennon 1.00

14 The Beatles Sgt. Pepper s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) - Sgt. Pepper s Lonely Hearts Club Band Recorded Feb.1st 1967 Mono mix includes the audience sounds beginning more sharply, the drum intro is 4 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 sings a verse at the end, but it can barely be heard on the stereo version. McCartney 1.00 The Beatles A Day In The Life - Sgt. Pepper s Lonely Hearts Club Band Recorded Jan & Feb 1967 Quite possibly the finest Lennon/McCartney collaboration of their songwriting career. HOUR III Jimi Hendrix Sgt. Pepper s Lonely Hearts Club Band Live 1.44 BREAK

15 The Beatles - Hey Bulldog - Yellow Submarine Recorded 11th February 1968 John said, it s a good sounding record that means nothing. Newly remixed for the Yellow Submarine Soundtrack expanded version. Lead vocal Lennon Lennon The Beatles Mean Mr. Mustard - Abbey Road Recorded July 24 th. Written in India as we heard on the White LP demos from Esher. When the band is playing it during the Let It Be sessions Pam was then a Shirley. Lennon 1.00 The Beatles - Her Majesty Abbey Road Recorded July 2, Originally fit between Mean Mr. Mustard and Polythene Pam McCartney 1.00 The Beatles Polythene Pam - Abbey Road Recorded July 25 th w/ She Came in Through The Bathroom Window.

16 The only Beatles song inspired by a woman in New Jersey who dressed in polythene (but not jack boots or kilts). Written in India, demoed for the White LP. Lennon 1.00 The Beatles She Came In Through The Bathroom Window - Abbey Road Recorded July 25 th Written while in NYC to announce Apple. Based on a true story about some Scruffs breaking into Paul house at St. John s Wood. Paul wrote w/ Joe Cocker in mind who later coved it as he did with most Beatle songs. McCartney 1.00 Paul & Linda McCartney Smile Away Ram 71 A fun, little rocking tune it s considered one of the more inconsequential tracks on the album BREAK The Beatles - Back In the U.S.S.R. - The Beatles Recorded Aug. 22 nd 1968 Based on Chuck Berry s Back in The USA Featuring Mr. Paul McCartney on drums as Ringo had quite the group briefly

17 McCartney 1.00 The Beatles - Dear Prudence - The Beatles Recorded Aug. 28 th 1968 at Trident Written in India about Mia Farrow s sister who locked herself in her hut while on retreat in India. Paul on drums. Mal tambourine. Jackie Lomax and Paul s cousin John sang backing vocals. Lennon The Beatles - Revolution Single/ Hey Jude / Past Masters Recorded: 9/10/11/12 July 1968 flip of Hey Jude John really wanted this to be the first Apple single but it was tough to beat out Hey Jude but it still made for one of the best singles in pop music history. 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. Rubber Soul - Capitol LP

18 George Harrison Art Of Dying - All Things Must Pass 70 Originally written after the Beatles last concert in 1966 George had constantly been searching for a life and meaning outside of the Beatles. The original lyrics of the track include a reference to Brian Epstein being able to keep George with you (meaning the Beatles), instead of the eventual Sister Mary BREAK The Beatles - Paperback Writer - A Collection Of Beatles Oldies Lead vocal: Paul The Beatles twelfth single release for EMI s Parlophone label. Recorded on April 13 and 14, The track is notable for Paul McCartney s furious bass line. The bass is so prominent in the mix that sound engineers at EMI worried it could cause the stylus of a record player tone arm (the needle thing on record players) to jump when fans played the 45 RPM single at home. Thankfully, no such calamity occurred. For this heavy bass sound Paul s chose to replace his usual Hofner bass with a Rickenbacker 4001S bass. Aside from the dominant bass part, McCartney also provides the lead guitar, with George Harrison working the tambourine. The second and third verse backing vocal is the French nursery rhyme Frere Jacques. Released in America on May 23 and in the UK on June 10. Paperback Writer made the second largest ever jump to No. 1 on Billboard's chart. It debuted at number 28 on June 11, 1966, moved to 15 and then to number 1 on June 25. The only single to make a bigger jump was another Beatles song, Can't Buy Me Love. Hey Jude - Capitol LP (1970)

19 The Beatles - I Want to Hold Your Hand - A Collection Of Beatles Oldies Lead vocal: John with Paul The Beatles fifth single release for EMI s Parlophone label. I Want to Hold Your Hand was the Beatles first single issued by Capitol Records. It is the song that launched Beatlemania in the United States. It was written equally by John and Paul in the basement music room in Richard and Margaret Asher s house at 57 Wimpole Street in the west end of London in September Paul had been dating the couple s daughter, actress Jane Asher, and was spending a lot of time at the Asher home whenever he was in London. Paul would eventually accept an invitation to move in, taking up residence in their attic. Recorded in 17 takes on October 17, The song is the first Beatles song recorded on a four-track tape recorder, proof that the Beatles had become a high priority for EMI and Parlophone. Prior to this, the Beatles music had been recorded on a two-track recorder. The Beatles - Any Time At All - A Hard Day s Night Lead vocal: John Recorded June 2, 1964, the last day of recording for the A Hard Day s Night album. John Lennon: An effort at writing It Won't Be Long - same ilk. C to A minor, C to A minor with me shouting. The song was in an unfinished state when Lennon brought it to the band to record on June 2. The group worked out the arrangement throughout the day and night. Up against the wall on a deadline to submit the album, the piano section in the middle eight was left without lyrics. They had run out of time. On April 8, 1988, Lennon's handwritten lyrics for Any Time At All were sold for 6,000 at an auction held at Sotheby's in London. Something New - Capitol LP The Beatles - Drive My Car - Rubber Soul Lead vocals: Paul and John

20 The lead off track to Rubber Soul on the UK version was recorded on October 13, This session was the first in Beatles recording history to go past midnight. The music was written by Paul but he needed help with the lyrics. He and John worked through the song and came up with baby you can drive my car in place of temporary lyrics Paul was using ( you can give me golden rings ). Drive my car is an old blues expression for sex. The basic track was completed in four takes. Thanks to overdubbing, McCartney plays bass, piano and slide guitar (his Epiphone Casino). Paul provides the guitar solo in the song s introduction, middle and ending. Yesterday and Today - Capitol LP Paul McCartney & Wings Helen Wheels Helen Wheels was the name of Paul s land rover a play on Hell On Wheels. Recorded in Lagos with Paul on lead guitar, bass and drums. Linda is on keyboards with Denny on guitar. This song is a true single, in that it did not appear on the Band on the Run album in the UK, but was included in the US version Break

21 The Beatles - Why Don t We Do It In The Road? - The Beatles 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, 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. Harry Subterranean Homesick Blues Pussy Cats ` Break John Wesley Harding When The Beatles Hit America John Wesley Harding s New Deal