PLAYLIST JAN. 20 TH 2013

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2 PLAYLIST JAN. 20 TH 2013 9AM The Beatles - I m So Tired - The Beatles Lead vocal: John John Lennon s I m So Tired was started and finished in 14 takes on October 8, 1968. No overdubs were added. The session was a marathon 16-hour session which started at 4 p.m. on the 8th and finished at 8 a.m. on October 9 (John s 28th birthday), and saw the completion of two Lennon compositions ( I m So Tired and The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill ) and work on George Harrison s Long Long Long. Written in India while the Beatles were studying Transcendental Meditation under Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the all-day regime in Rishikesh, India, prevented John from sleeping at night, so he decided to write a song about it. At the end of the song John can be heard muttering a phrase that when played backwards offered Paul is dead conspiracy theorists another major clue: Paul is a dead man, miss him, miss him. John Lennon Look At Me - Plastic Ono Band 70 A song written around the time of Julia during the White Album sessions, it was never offered for that particular record. 2

3 QUIZ #1/ BACKBEAT 1/27 LIVE BWTB Broadcast & 1PM matinee show @ Ahmanson Theater A certain Beatles album was released today in 1964 on the Capitol Records label called MEET THE BEATLES yer quiz question is how many minutes of music was contained on the MEET THE BEATLES album who ever gets closest to the number our experts have totaled up WINS! 9.10 BREAK Side 1 - (13.34) The Beatles -I Want To Hold Your Hand Past Masters Recorded 17th October 1963 Parlophone and Capitol single Capitol LP Meet the Beatles! Parlophone EP The Beatles Million Sellers Parlophone LP A Collection Of Beatles Oldies The Beatles - I Saw Her Standing There - Please Please Me 3

4 11th February 1963 along with 12 of the 14 tunes recorded that day. Lead vocal Paul 1 st Song on the first LP and the 1 st credited to (McCartney/Lennon) McCartney.8 Lennon.2 US - Meet The Beatles The Beatles - This Boy Meet The Beatles US EP Four By The Beatles /Meet The Beatles/Past Masters I flip of I Want To Hold You Hand in UK The Beatles It Won t Be Long - With The Beatles Recorded July 30 th 1963 The first song Neil Young performed live for an audience at his high school cafeteria in Canada. Lead vocal John Lennon 1.00 US - Capitol LP Meet the Beatles! The Beatles All I ve Got To Do - With The Beatles Copyrighted in 1961 in the UK The song was later re-copyrighted when Lennon and McCartney had their own music publishing company in 1964 recorded September 11 th 1963 lead vocal John Lennon 1.00 US - Capitol LP Meet the Beatles! The Beatles All My Loving - With The Beatles McCartney It was the first song I ever wrote where I had the words before the music recorded July 30 th 1963. Lead vocal Paul McCartney 1.00 US - Capitol LP Meet the Beatles! VOICE BREAK 4

5 Side 2 - (12.24) The Beatles Don t Bother Me - With The Beatles Harrison s first recorded song recorded September 11 th and 12 th 1963 Lead vocal George US - Capitol LP Meet the Beatles! The Beatles Little Child - With The Beatles Written equally between John and Paul. Recorded September 1963 Lead vocal John and Paul US - Capitol LP Meet The Beatles! The Beatles Till There Was You (Meredith Wilson) - With The Beatles The song was written for the 1957 Broadway musical The Music Man. Recorded July 1963, it was also one of the four songs performed during the Beatles first appearance on the Ed Sullivan show February 9 th 1964. Lead vocal Paul US - Capitol LP Meet the Beatles! The Beatles Hold Me Tight - With The Beatles Recorded Sept. 12 1963 Recorded during the Please Please Me sessions. Said McCartney certain song were work songs you haven t got much memory of them and that s one of them. Lead vocal Paul 5

6 McCartney.8 / Lennon.2 US - Capitol LP Meet the Beatles! The Beatles I Wanna Be Your Man - With The Beatles Written in the time it takes to have lunch for the Rolling Stones. This mainly McCartney composition was recorded by The Rolling Stones in Oct. of 1963. Recorded by the Beatles in Sept & Oct that same year. Lead vocal Ringo. McCartney.7 / Lennon.3 US - Capitol LP Meet the Beatles! The Beatles Not A Second Time - With The Beatles A fine John Lennon number recorded in an after dinner session 7-ish at Abbey Road on September 11 th 1963. Lead vocal John Lennon 1.00 US - Capitol LP Meet the Beatles! There it is released 49 years ago TODAY right here in the USA in 1964 9.45 (long) BREAK Coming up at the end of this long set Jackie DeShannon w/ this week in Beatles News. 6

7 The Beatles - Hello Goodbye - Non-LP track Lead vocal: Paul The Beatles sixteenth single release for EMI s Parlophone label. Originally titled Hello Hello, Paul s Hello, Goodbye was recorded during the sessions for the Magical Mystery Tour TV movie, but was intended for release as a stand-alone single to be issued two weeks before the Magical Mystery Tour EP, and would not be included in the film. Work began on October 2, 1967 with 14 takes of the rhythm track. Over the next month, the Beatles added overdubs to create the finished recording. Specifically, Paul s lead vocal and John and George s backing vocals on Oct. 19, outside musicians playing two violas on Oct. 20, Paul s bass guitar on Oct. 25, and a second bass guitar line from Paul on Nov. 2. From the very first take the song included its unique reprise ending, which the group nicknamed, somewhat strangely, the Maori finale. Issued November 24, 1967 in the UK and November 27, 1967 in the U.S. On U.S. album: Magical Mystery Tour - Capitol LP 7

8 The Beatles - Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite! - Sgt. Pepper s Lonely Hearts Club Band 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. 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 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 8

9 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). On U.S. album: Magical Mystery Tour - Capitol LP The Beatles - Across The Universe - Let It Be Lead vocal: John 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 9

10 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. Milligan was a British comedy legend who, along with Peter Sellers, starred in The Goon Show, one of John s all-time favorite programs. Lennon not only gladly contributed the song to be used on the charity album, but arranged to have the songwriting royalties from the recording given to the World Wildlife Fund. This charity album version, known by fans as the Wildlife version, was released in December 1969. Although it is popularly believed that the two versions of Across The Universe are different recordings, they are not. Both the Wildlife version and the Phil Spector re-produced version are derived from the same February 8, 1968, master tape. For the charity album, the sound of birds was added and the tape was sped up to give it a higher pitch. On April 1, 1970, Spector stripped some elements from the original February 8, 1968, master tape, slowed it down and added an orchestra and choir. The instrumental line-up is John on acoustic guitar, Paul on piano, George on tamboura and wah-wah guitar (second and third refrains only) and Ringo on drums. NEWS w/ Jackie HERE 10.12 BREAK 10

11 The Beatles - Lady Madonna - Non-LP Track Lead vocal: Paul The Beatles seventeenth single release for EMI s Parlophone label. The last original issue Beatles 45 to appear on the Capitol swirl label in the U.S. or on the Parlophone label in the UK. Starting in the summer of 1968, Beatles recordings would be issued on their own record label, Apple Records. The Beatles did not leave EMI or Capitol, they simply had their own custom label, to which they could sign artists. The manufacturing and distribution would remain the same as before. In fact, in America, their releases continued to use Capitol album and single catalog numbering. The Beatles - Oh! Darling - Abbey Road Lead vocal: Paul Paul s Oh! Darling had been run-through a few times during the Get Back sessions, but the first proper recording was at Abbey Road Studios on April 20, 1969. The backing 11

12 track was recorded in 26 takes with Paul on Rickenbacker bass, John on piano, George on Telecaster through a Leslie speaker and Ringo on drums. Paul s lead vocal was recorded on April 26, but he was not happy with it. The band moved on to other songs. Paul would return to Oh! Darling in mid-july. He wanted to record his lead vocal in one single take when his voice was most gravelly. Engineer Alan Parsons: Perhaps my main memory of the Abbey Road sessions is of Paul coming into Studio Three at two o clock or 2:30 each afternoon, on his own, to do the vocal on Oh! Darling. That was a feature of the Abbey Road sessions. You rarely saw all four Beatles together. It was either John or Paul or George working on their various things, perhaps only getting together to her something back. But Paul came in several days running to do the lead vocal on Oh! Darling. He d come in, sing it and say, No, that s not it, I ll try it again tomorrow. He only tried it once per day, I suppose he wanted to capture a certain rawness which could only be done once before his voice changed. I remember him saying five years ago I could have done this in a flash, referring, I suppose, to the days of Long Tall Sally and Kansas City. McCartney made lead vocal attempts on July 17, 18, 22, and 23, and his July 23 lead vocal appears on the finished master. On August 8, Paul overdubbed lead guitar and tambourine. Paul, John and George added backing vocals on August 11. John Lennon Old Dirt Road (written with Harry Nilsson) - Walls And Bridges 74 A composition from the two men and drinking buddies Harry also provides backing vocals. Rev. Thumbs Ghurkin - Vocals and piano Harry Nilsson - Backing vocals Jim Keltner - Drums Jesse Ed Davis - Guitar Nicky Hopkins - Piano Klaus Voorman - Bass 12

13 QUIZ #2 BACKBEAT 1/27 LIVE BWTB Broadcast & 1PM matinee show @ Ahmanson Theater & See the Wild Honey Orch. Perform 2 Beatles LPS in their entirety: Rubber Soul & Sgt. Pepper sung by some very cool people including: Vicky & Debbie Bangles Mathew Sweet Tommy Keene Carla Olsen Nick & Darian from Wondermints..and even Cosmo Topper to name just a few Truetone Music are the sponsors and proceeds go to the The Autism Think Tank thank you Paul Rock (QUIZ TONES HERE) OK Aside from Harry Nilsson and Yoko Ono. 13

14 Name 1 other person John Lennon co-wrote a song with after the break up of the Beatles. (I can think of 2 off the top of my head McCartney don t count) While yer trying to figure that out here s another Beatles song featuring a piano this time played by Paul McCartney of Liverpool. The Beatles - For No One - Revolver Lead vocal: Paul Written entirely by Paul in March 1966 while on vacation with then-girlfriend Jane Asher at the Swiss ski resort of Klosters. The backing track was recorded in 10 takes on May 9, 1966 with only Paul (piano) and Ringo (drums) present. John and George do not perform on this song. Overdubs included Paul on clavichord, and Ringo on cymbals and maracas. Paul s lead vocal was recorded on May 16. The baroque-style French horn solo was credited to Alan Civil and recorded on May 19. Ringo s original drum part was removed from the track in the reduction mixdown. The song was originally called Why Did It Die? Paul: I was in Switzerland on my first skiing holiday. I'd done a bit of skiing 14

15 in Help! and quite liked it, so I went back and ended up in a little bathroom in a Swiss chalet writing For No One. I remember the descending bass line trick that it's based on, and I remember the character in the song - the girl putting on her make-up. Winner here AND IT HAS A PIANO!!! Phil Spector/ Frank Zappa would have also counted John Lennon Here We Go Again (Lennon/Spector) Menlove Avenue 86 A leftover track from the Rock n Roll sessions with Phil Spector. More from the Beatles and various pianos in this case 2 piano s played by 3 British gentlemen The Beatles - You Like Me Too Much - Help! (Harrison) Lead vocal: George Recorded in eight takes on February 15, 1965. The introduction features Paul and George Martin on a Steinway piano and John playing an electric piano. On U.S. album: Beatles VI - Capitol LP Pick MORE piano songs.. 10.42 BREAK 15

16 The Beatles - Maxwell s Silver Hammer - Abbey Road Lead vocal: Paul 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. Wings Junior s Farm Inspired by Dylan s Maggie s Farm, it is one of Paul s best flat out rockers. It reached #16 in the UK charts, this was also the last apple release for Paul and Wings. 16

17 The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby - Revolver 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. The title character had initially been called Daisy Hawkins, but later evolved into Eleanor Rigby. Paul says the name was based on Help! actress Eleanor Bron and the name of a local business, Rigby & Evans Ltd., Wine & Spirit Shippers. On U.S. album: Revolver - Capitol LP 17

18 The many moods of James Paul McCartney right here on BWTB From Max Jr. Eleanor and to be fair we have some songs featuring John Lennon next we have this 1 st one in Mono, Stereo or Duo-phonic sound I ll let Eng. Mark pick the mix The Beatles - I Feel Fine- A Collection Of Oldies 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 - Nowhere Man - Rubber Soul Lead vocal: John Under pressure to deliver new material while the Rubber Soul album was being recorded, John Lennon spent five hours one morning at home trying to come up with a new song. John: I'd actually stopped trying to think of something. Nothing would come. I was cheesed off and went for a lie down, having given up. Then I thought of myself as Nowhere Man - sitting in his nowhere land. Paul: We were always forcing [the Abbey Road staff] into things they didn't want to do. Nowhere Man was one. I remember we wanted very treble-y guitars, which they are, they're among the most treble-y guitars I've ever heard on record. Nowhere Man was performed throughout The Beatles 1966 world tour. Issued as a single (b/w What Goes On ) by Capitol Records in America. Recorded on October 22, 1965. On U.S. album: Yesterday and Today - Capitol LP 18

19 John Lennon Isolation - Plastic Ono Band 70 A fabulous closer to side one of the Plastic Ono Band album, it shuts down cold one of the most emotionally draining sides ever created on an album. The track is nearly in mono, but the bass drum is in the left channel. The voice does go to a wide stereo picture in the middle-eight due to the panning of John s doubletracked vocal. This particular track is considered to be Julian Lennon s favorite of all his father s songs. 3 in row from John w/ and without the Beatles BUT ALL featuring Ringo on the drums! NON QUIZ right now If you want to go to the Adamson Theater next Sunday and watch us do the show.call NOW.Grove to see FAB Four Play a George & Ringo Song HERE 11.12 BREAK 19

20 The Beatles - Penny Lane - Non-LP track 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 20

21 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. The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever - Non-LP track 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! George Harrison Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll) - All Things Must Pass 70 This was a tribute to the former owner of George s Henley-On-Thames estate. If you listen closely, you can hear George intoning, Oh, Sir Frankie Crisp, underneath the instrumental breaks between the verses. 21

22 Ringo Elizabeth Reigns Ringo Rama 11.42 BREAK The Beatles - You Know My Name (Look Up The Number) flip of Let It Be Recorded: 17 May, 7/8 June 1967, 30 April 1969 Paul has named "You Know My Name" his favorite Beatles track due to its irregularity. The song was recorded over a two-year span, being worked on and shelved several times between 1967 and 1969. John came up with the lyric and title after seeing a postal advertisement reading, "You have their name? Look up their number." The karaoke segment was developed during the second sessions for the song, and a reference to 'A Hard Day's Night' associate producer Dennis O'Dell was added, prompting numerous calls to his home by crazed fans who chanted mindlessly "We have your 22

23 name and now we've got your number", as well as drugged fans coming en masse to his doorstep wanting to live with him. Recording dates May 17, 1967 (instrumentals) June 7, 1967 (instrumentals) June 8, 1967 (instrumentals, inc. Brian Jones sax solo) June 9, 1967 (mixed into one master take) April 30, 1969 (vocals and sound effects) 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. John Lennon Bless You - Walls And Bridges 74 This track was an ode to Yoko during the Lost Weekend phase. It is considered one of John s most tender solo compositions. Paul McCartney Here Today - Tug of War 82 23

24 This was Paul s elegy for John it was a highlight of the album, and as was the entire album, produced by George Martin. This continues to be part of Paul s repertoire for his live shows. 24