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BWTB Annual Mothers Day Show

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The Beatles - Your Mother Should Know - Magical Mystery Tour Recorded 22nd August 1967 at Chappell Recording Studios London (1st of two)

Abbey Road was booked on this day so they went to another George Martin used studio owned by the Chappell Publishing Co. also in London.

Lead vocal Paul

The Beatles - Mother Nature’s Son - The Beatles

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(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: Paul

Another Paul McCartney solo performance for the “White Album.” Paul remembers writing the song at his father’s home in Liverpool and that it was inspired by Nat “King” Cole’s recording of “Nature Boy.” After the other Beatles went home on the evening of

August 9, 1968, Paul went through 25 live performances of the song, each featuring his vocal and his Martin D-28 acoustic guitar. Take 24 was deemed the best. Overdubbing took place on August 20 with Paul playing drums and timpani, double-tracking his lead vocal at the end of the song, and adding a second acoustic guitar part. George Martin’s

brass arrangement was also added to the mix.

John Lennon – Mother – Plastic Ono Band ‘70

Originally started in England, the song’s composition was completed in California (during the famous “Primal Scream” therapy with Dr. Janov). This particular track explored John’s therapy head-on, and it set the musical and lyrical tone for the

rest of the album. George Harrison had a great affection for this tune, as he sang the brief a cappella version during an interview on Good Morning Australia in

1982.

George Harrison – Deep Blue – flip Bangla Desh Single

Written during the All Things Must Pass sessions for his Mom who passed away on July 7, 1970.

Paul McCartney – Momma’s Little Girl – flip Put It

There (Paul)

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The Beatles – Julia – The Beatles Only part about John’s mother Julia but also mentions his then girlfriend Yoko Ono with

the references to “Ocean Child” which in Japanese means….YOKO

Ringo Starr – Stardust – Sentimental Journey

Arranged by Paul McCartney. Hoagy Carmichael wrote the tune in 1927, with the words added in 1929. Ringo

was familiar with the 1957 hit version by Billy Ward and the Dominoes…you thought Eric Clapton was the first to have dominos

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Another thing we do every Mothers Day is play set of songs featuring Girls or for today’s purposes MOM’s

names….so lets

The Beatles – Anna (Go To Him) (Arthur Alexander) Please

Please Me

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Alexander’s original recording was released as a single in Sept. of 1962 on Dot Records. Did not crack the Top 40. Beatles

played it live in `62 and `63. Lead vocal John

US – Vee-Jay LP Introducing the Beatles US – The Early Beatles

The Beatles – Lovely Rita - Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts

Club Band Recorded Feb. 23 1967

Paul heard that in America, parking – meter woman where called “meter aids” and thus….the tune.

Lead vocal Paul McCartney 1.00

The Beatles - Martha My Dear - The Beatles

Recorded Oct. 4th,1968 Trident Lennon bass. About Paul's sheepdog.

Paul 1.00

The Beatles - Sexy Sadie - The Beatles Recorded July 19th 1968

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Written about the Maharishi Yogi when John was leaving India with quote “a bad taste in his mouth”.

Lennon 1.00

Paul McCartney – Yvonne – 1987 (McCartney / Stewart)

(Unreleased “Press To Play” sessions) This collaboration with Eric Stewart was recorded in Spring 1985 for the Press To Play project, but it was finally rejected from the line-up of the album. The song was later re-recorded

and released on a 10cc album.

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The Beatles - She's A Woman –Duo phonic!

Beatles `65 /Past Masters /No UK album Recorded: 8 October 1964 flip of I Feel Fine

Capitol 5327 (US) November 23, 1964

Parlophone R 5200 (UK) November 27, 1964

QUIZ HERE

Let’s play it was 50 years ago today…May 10th 1965…what were the Beatles doing 50

years ago today?

800-955-KLOS

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Winner here___________

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It also happened to be Larry Williams’s birthday on May 10th…holy synchronicity Batman!

(hit it)

The Beatles – Dizzy Miss Lizzy (Larry Williams) - HELP! Recorded May 10th 1965

First appearing on the US LP Beatles VI in June of 1965 two months BEFORE HELP! was released. Lead vocal John

US - Capitol LP Beatles VI

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Wings – Girls’ School The lyrics came during a layover in Hawaii, where Paul was flipping through a US newspaper and stumbled across ads for pornographic films and constructed the

words around the titles.

The Beatles - Dear Prudence - The Beatles sessions TK 3

Recorded Aug. 28th 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 1.00

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John Lennon – Woman - Double Fantasy ‘80

John considered this to be his “Beatle Track” on the album, and seemed a bit ashamed by it. But he had nothing to fear, as this is another truly great Lennon tune. With a superb vocal, gorgeous melody and a non-cloying, truly affective

sentiment to the song.

The Beatles - Michelle – Rubber Soul Recorded Nov. 3rd, 1965

Written mainly by Paul with a bit of HELP form John in the middle eight section. Musicians:

Paul McCartney – lead vocal, lead guitar, bass guitar, acoustic guitar (?), drums(?); John Lennon – backing vocal(?), acoustic guitar(?); George Harrison

– backing vocal(?), acoustic guitar(?); Ringo Starr – drums(?) It was briefly considered as a single, but John vetoed it. But it still managed to win the Ivor Novello award for being the ‘Most Performed Work Of The Year’, beating

Yesterday into second place. But they couldn’t be bothered to go to the awards ceremony, so Ross MacManus ended up singing it instead (Elvis Costello’s dad!).

Lead vocal Paul

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McCartney .7 / Lennon .3

News with my MOM our senior news correspondent

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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.

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The Beatles – Lucy In The Sky w/ Diamonds - Sgt.

Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band Recorded March 1st 1967

The title taken from a painting from young Julian Lennon of a school friend of his named Lucy and there were some stars painted in the sky and called it Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds. Paul wrote the line “newspaper taxis”.

Musicians: John Lennon – double-tracked lead vocal, lead guitar; Paul McCartney – harmony vocal, Lowry organ, bass guitar; George Harrison – harmony

vocal, lead guitar, acoustic guitar, tambura; Ringo Starr – drums, maracas

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The Beatles – Eleanor Rigby – Revolver Recorded April 1966

Written by Paul though John Lennon claimed in two different interviews (Hit Parader in`71 and again in Playboy in 1980) that he wrote 70 percent of the lyrics! Paul sez: “I saw somewhere that John said he helped on “Eleanor Rigby “. Yeah about half a line”.

Well…! Musicians:

Paul McCartney – lead vocal; John Lennon – harmony vocal; George Harrison – harmony vocal; Tony Gilbert, Sidney Sax, John Sharpe

and Jurgen Hess – violins; Stephen Shingles and John Underwood – violas; Derek Simpson and Norman Jones – cellos

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Paul McCartney – Jenny Wren - Chaos and Creation in the Backyard ‘05

Paul: I was in Los Angeles and I was in one of those moods. `I want to go and play my guitar in the great outdoors' so I

went into a spot in one of the canyons there (off Coldwater Canyon), lovely nature spot, getting away from all the traffic and everything, and just found a

little spot and just sat down and started playing guitar. I think, but to me it was just something to do with Blackbird, a wren: a wren is one of my favorite birds,

little English bird, it's the smallest English bird and I always feel very privileged to see a wren because they're very shy

John Lennon – Peggy Sue - Rock ‘n’ Roll ‘75

Another hero of John’s, Buddy Holly had recorded this in 1957 – this was a tune that Lennon dubbed, “Honky Rock.”

The Beatles - Lady Madonna – b/w The Inner Light

Recorded at Abbey Road Studios during sessions on 3 February and 6 February 1968 before the Beatles left for India. This single was the last release by the band on Parlophone in the UK, where it reached #1, and

Capitol Records in the U.S., where it reached #4. All subsequent releases, starting with "Hey Jude" in August of 1968, were released on their own label Apple Records, under EMI distribution, until the late 1970s, when

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Capitol and Parlophone re-released old material.

Paul – The Lovely Linda – McCartney

George – Mother Divine – ATMP Pre-production sessions w/ Phil

QUIZ #2 HERE…

Paul wrote his very first song about his Mother…It was called I Lost My Little Girl….at what age was Paul when

he wrote it?

800-955-KLOS He was 14 in 1956

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Winner here_______________

Paul McCartney – I Lost My Little Girl (Lennon/McCartney) –

Unplugged ‘91 This was Paul’s first composition, written at the age of 14.

Wanna hear John Lennon sing it ?

John Lennon – I Lost My Little Girl – Get Back Sessions

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The Beatles - Let It Be - album version - Let It Be

(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: Paul

“Let It Be” was the last song properly recorded on multi-track at Apple Studios during the “Get Back” sessions in January 1969. It was completed in eight takes (numbered Take 20 through 27 to match the film crew clapboard numbers) on January 31, 1969,

the day after the rooftop concert. Take 27 had two complete performances of the song and the first of these Take 27 performances was deemed the best. Though the intent of

the January 1969 “Get Back” sessions was to capture the Beatles “live” in the studio without benefit of studio trickery like overdubbing, an exception was made on “Let It

Be” so that George Harrison could re-record his lead guitar solo. George’s overdub was recorded on April 30, 1969. Author Mark Lewisohn: “It is widely believed that there are two different takes of ‘Let It Be’ publicly available - the single released (in the UK) on

March 6, 1970 and the “Let It Be” LP version released (in the UK) May 8, 1970. Certainly the lead guitar solos in the middle eight differ considerably, and the LP version has a longer duration. But, in truth, these are one and the same version. That is, they are

derived from the same tape.”

George Harrison – Mama You’ve Been On My Mind

(demo) - Early Takes Vol.1 ‘12

The Rutles – Goose Step Mama – The Rutles

The Beatles – That’s Alright Mama – Pop! Go The Beatles 1963

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Paul McCartney – Only Mama Knows - Memory Almost Full ‘07

Ringo Starr – Have I Told You Lately That I Love You

– Sentimental Journey Originally recorded in 1946 by Foy Willing and the Riders of the Purple Sage.

Ringo singing for his Mom….!

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We haven’t had A set for the Beatles wives who were all Mother’s themselves. Our 1st selection for Dhani

Harrison’s Mom

Olivia / George Harrison – Dark Sweet Lady – GH `79

Married 23 years

Yoko / The Beatles - Don't Let Me Down – Single/Past Masters Recorded Jan. 28th 1969 Apple Studio’s

Recorded Jan. 27th (LP) and single Jan. 28th 1969 Released as a single in UK April 11, 1969

And in the USA May 5th 1969. The Beatles 1st STEREO single in the USA

flip of “Get Back”…John’s 3rd B-side in a row

Written for Yoko Ono. Married 11 years

Linda / Paul McCartney – Long Haired Lady – RAM

Paul’s wife of 29 years

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Barbra / Ringo Starr – English Garden – Ringo Rama

Married 27 years….

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The Beatles - Two Of Us - Let It Be (Lennon-McCartney)

Lead vocals: Paul and John A Paul McCartney solo composition originally entitled “On Our Way Home.” Thought by many to be a song about John and Paul, "Two of Us" is actually a song written by Paul

about himself and his soon-to-be wife, Linda Eastman. The lyrics are derived from various experiences where the two would get in the car with Paul's dog, Martha, and just drive in the countryside until they were lost. One particular day, Linda parked the car and went for a walk with her camera and Paul sat in the car and wrote the basic tune for the song. Paul introduced the song to the other Beatles during the January

1969 sessions in which the group was working up seven or eight new songs to include in a one-hour concert television special. At this time, “On Our Way Home” was not the Everly Brothers-styled acoustic version heard on the released album. Both John and producer Glyn Johns suggested to Paul that an acoustic arrangement might suit the

song better, but McCartney was thinking in terms of how it might play in the concert TV special, so he wanted a fast song. On January 24, after numerous run-throughs that

seemed to go nowhere, John again suggested they try it with acoustic guitars, and Paul agreed. The line-up was Paul on his Martin D-28 acoustic guitar, John on acoustic guitar, George on his Fender Telecaster (playing a bass part on the top strings) and Ringo on

drums. The first performance with acoustic guitar featured a solo John vocal on the first

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verse. For the mixes submitted to Apple, Glyn Johns selected a January 24 take of the song (one without Lennon’s whistling at the end of the song). One of these non-

whistling takes can be heard on the “Anthology 3” album. The version found on the “Let It Be” was the second performance of three (numbered Takes 10, 11, 12) on January

31. This is the performance shown in the “Let It Be” film. John’s opening dialog (“‘I Dig A Pygmy’ by Charles Hawtrey and the Deaf-aids. Phase one in which Doris gets her

oats”) followed Ringo hitting his snare drum was recorded before the group played “I Dig A Pony” on January 21. Charles Hawtrey was a British actor and deaf-aids is British slang for hearing aids. American Beatles fans got their first glimpse of a bearded Paul McCartney and the Beatles performing “Two Of Us” when a clip of the song as seen in

the “Let It Be” film was shown on “The Ed Sullivan Show” on March 1, 1970.

The Beatles - Your Mother Should Know - Magical Mystery Tour Recorded 22nd August 1967 at Chappell Recording Studios London (1st of two)

Abbey Road was booked on this day so they went to another George Martin used studio owned by the Chappell Publishing Co. also in London.

Lead vocal Paul