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PLAYLIST 11/25/12 44th Anniversary SPECIAL
The Beatles - The Beatles (Off White LP) FHEAR!
MONO & STEREO – MFSL – REEL TO REEL – MONO ROUGH MIXES –
DEMOS – OUTTAKES – ROCK BAND MIXES - RADIO SPOTS
AND MORE…
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HOUR 1
Record 1 Side 1
The Beatles - Back In the U.S.S.R. - The Beatles MONO Recorded Aug. 22nd 1968
Based on Chuck Berry’s “Back in The USA” Featuring Mr. Paul McCartney on drums as Ringo had quietly the
group …briefly McCartney 1.00
The Beatles - Dear Prudence - The Beatles MONO
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
The Beatles - Glass Onion - The Beatles TK 34 sessions
Recorded Sept.11th 1968 Mentions of “Strawberry Fields“,“ I Am The Walrus“,“ Lady
Madonna”,” The Fool On The Hill” and “Fixing A Hole“. A favorite of Beatle George.
Lennon 1.00
The Beatles - Ob La Did, Ob La Da - The Beatles TK 5 sessions Recorded July, 1968
Paul wanted it as a single but was voted down by Beatles John & George. A minor hit for 2 UK groups in 1968, Marmalade and
Bedrocks. Macca 1.00
The Beatles - Wild Honey Pie - The Beatles MONO
Recorded Aug. 2oth 1968 All Paul. Bass, electric and acoustic guitars, drums, vocals. LP
shortest track.
The Beatles - The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill - The Beatles MONO
Recorded between midnight and dawn on Oct. 9th 1968. Recorded immediately after “I’m So Tired”. Backing vocals Maureen Starkey,
Yoko, Chris Thomas on Mellotron. Written about a guy in Maharishi’s mediation camp who took a short break to shoot some poor tigers
and then came back to commune with God. Lennon 1.00
The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Harrison) - The
Beatles/ /STEREO Recorded July 25th 1968
George said in I Me Mine that he picked a book at random and said to himself he was going to write a song based on the first thing he saw when he opened the book laying on the coffee table…he saw “Gently Weeps” and the rest is history.
Features Eric Clapton on lead guitar, which started the Clapton-Harrison era…including Savory Truffle, Badge, Here
Comes the Sun…into ALL Things Must Pass
The Beatles - Happiness Is a Warm Gun - The Beatles MONO Lennon once claimed this song was the “history of Rock’n’Roll”, as it
covered doo- wop , acid rock etc…John taking the title from an article on the cover of the American Gun Magazine (which he never read)…which said Happiness Is A Warm Gun In Your Hand
Lennon 1.00
VOICE BREAK
According to the Recording Industry Association of America, The White Album is The Beatles' best-selling album at 19-
times platinum and the tenth-best-selling album of all time in the United States.
Record 1 Side 2
The Beatles - Martha My Dear - The Beatles MONO Recorded Oct. 4th1968 Trident
Lennon bass. About Paul's sheepdog. Paul 1.00
The Beatles - I'm So Tired - The Beatles sessions Take 2
Recorded Oct. 8th 1968 Written in India when John couldn’t sleep, tired from all that meditating during the day. One of John’s personal favorites.
Lennon 1.00
The Beatles – Blackbird - The Beatles sessions Take4 Recorded June 11th 1968
Paul’s civil rights song. All Paul and a line from John
The Beatles – Piggies (Harrison) - The Beatles MONO Recorded Sept. 19th 1968
A song George finished after he had rediscovered it in his parents home…He started it in 1966…and actually used his Mom Louise for a few lyric’s > in particular “what they need is a damn good wacking”
Harrison .85 / Lennon .1 Louise Harrison .05
Last verse not recorded: Everywhere there’s lots of piggies
Playing piggy pranks You can see them on their trotters
At the piggy banks Paying piggy thanks To thee pig brother!
- I Me Mine
The Beatles - Rocky Raccoon - The Beatles sessions TK 8 MONO
Recorded Aug. 15th 1968
Nilsson inspired John said in Playboy: “ Paul wrote it… could you guess? “
The Beatles - Don't Pass Me By - The Beatles MONO
Recorded June1968 Orig, title “Some Kind of Friendly”. First Ringo song on a Beatle LP.
The Beatles - Why Don't We Do It In the Road? - The Beatles MONO
Recorded Oct. 9th 1968 Paul & Ringo only. Upset John as he really liked it. Paul saw some monkeys
living free in India and wrote the song based on those there monkeys. McCartney 1.00
The Beatles – The Way You Look Tonight/I Will - The Beatles
STEREO Recorded Sept. 16th 1968
Paul, Ringo & John only. 67 takes. McCartney 1.00
The Beatles – Julia - The Beatles STEREO
Recorded Oct. 13th 1968 Written both about John’s mother and Yoko (ocean child)
The ONLY solo Lennon Beatle song.
VOICE BREAK
NEXT UP…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.
Record 2 Side 3
The Beatles – Birthday - The Beatles MONO Recorded Sept. 18th 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 .3
The Dirty Mac- Yer Blues – Rock’n’Roll Circus - STEREO Lennon 1.00
* Eric Clapton - lead guitar (from Cream) * John Lennon (as "Winston Leg-Thigh") - vocals, rhythm
guitar (from The Beatles) * Mitch Mitchell - drums (from The Jimi Hendrix
Experience) * Keith Richards - bass (from The Rolling Stones)
The Beatles - Mother Nature's Son - The Beatles MONO
Recorded Aug. 9th 1968 Paul said he wrote it at his Dad’s house in Liverpool. John said Paul wrote it in
India. McCartney 1.00
The Beatles - Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me
and My Monkey - The Beatles Early MONO MIX Recorded June 27th 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
The Beatles - Sexy Sadie - The Beatles MONO/un-edited
Recorded July 19th 1968 Written about the Maharishi Yogi when John was leaving India with quote “a bad
taste in his mouth”. Lennon 1.00
The Beatles - Helter Skelter- The Beatles
Recorded Sept. 9th 1968 Written after Paul read an interview w/ The Who’s Pete Townsend who was talking about a certain Who song that was supposed to be the loudest most raucous rock song ever recorded. “So we decided to do the loudest, nastiest,
sweatiest rock number that we could. That was “Helter Skelter “ McCartney 1.00
The Beatles - Long, Long, Long (Harrison) - The Beatles MONO
Recorded Oct. 7 1968 John nowhere to be found on “ Long Long Long “. The song ends with the
famous rattling bottle of Blue Nun wine, which was placed on top of a Leslie speaker cabinet.
VOICE BREAK
Record 2 Side 4
The Beatles - Revolution 1 - The Beatles SESSIONS The FIRST track recorded for the album.
Recorded 30th May 1968
The Beatles - Honey Pie - Esher McCartney 1.00
The Beatles - Savoy Truffle (Harrison) - The Beatles MONO
Recorded Oct. 3rd 1968 Written about Eric Clapton’s sweet tooth for all kinds of candies…and
again on a George white LP song John Lennon is nowhere to be found.
The Beatles - Cry Baby Cry - The Beatles MONO Recorded July 15th 1968
Another song John called ‘rubbish” in Playboy in 1980…I hate when he does that..
Lennon 1.00
Can You Take Me Back (Full)
The Beatles - Revolution 9 - The Beatles MONO Recorded May 30th 1968
John said after recording Rev, #9 “ this is the music of the future!” Lennon .75 / Ono .25
The Beatles - Good Night - The Beatles MONO
Recorded June 28th 1968 Written by John for son Julian Sung by Ringo – No Beatles
Lennon 1.00
The Beatles – Not Guilty (Harrison) – The Beatles
THIS WEEK IN BEATLES NEWS W/ JACKIE DESHANNON
HR III An hour of George Harrisongs.
George Harrison – Here Comes The Sun - The Concert for
Bangla Desh ‘71
George Harrison – Wah-Wah - The Concert for Bangla
Desh ‘71
---- The Beatles - Don’t Bother Me – With The Beatles
(Harrison) Lead vocal: George
George Harrison’s first recorded original song. While some may see it as a misfortune that Harrison was surrounded by two of the most gifted songwriters in history, this
proximity gave him great insight into the mechanics of writing a song from scratch. His first attempt was more than a throwaway composition. He called “Don’t Bother Me” an “exercise” to see if he could write a song, and it was written while George was sick in a
bed at the Palace Court Hotel in Bournemouth where The Beatles were playing six nights at Gaumont Cinema in mid-August of 1963. It was during this engagement (on August 22) that photographer Robert Freeman took the iconic “artsy” cover photograph of the band in half lighting that would grace the cover of both the British “With The Beatles”
album and the American “Meet The Beatles!” album.
Using the basic Lennon-McCartney song structure George crafted a “Beatles song” that was on par with the material the band was currently working up for their second album.
Getting the other Beatles and producer George Martin to take his work seriously was another matter, and it would take years for Harrison to finally be given his due. Normally
he was relegated to one or two songs per album.
Aside from the financial windfall George received from having an original composition on albums selling in the multi-millions worldwide, George said, “It showed me that all I
needed to do was keep on writing and maybe eventually I would write something good. It did, however, provide me with an occupation.” Recorded on September 11 and 12,
1963. On U.S. album:
Meet The Beatles! - Capitol LP
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, with overdubs completed the next day. It is the second original George Harrison song to be recorded by the Beatles. Harrison wrote “I Need
You” for his future wife, Pattie Boyd. The track is notable for the first use on a Beatles
record of what is now known as a “wah-wah pedal.” George achieved this by playing his 12-string Rickenbacker through a foot-controlled volume pedal. Ringo provides cowbell
percussion. On U.S. album:
Help! - 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
The Beatles - If I Needed Someone - Rubber Soul
(Harrison) Lead vocal: George
The fourth original composition by George Harrison to be recorded by The Beatles was heavily inspired by the 12-string guitar sound of The Byrds. The introduction of George Harrison’s “If I Needed Someone” is strikingly similar to the introduction of The Byrds’ “The Bells Of Rhymney.” Harrison commented that the song was “like a million other songs written around the D chord.” The backing track was recorded in one take on October 16, 1965. George’s double-tracked lead vocal and John and Paul’s backing
vocals were added two days later. The song was performed live by The Beatles in late 1965 and was a staple of their 1966 world tour.
On U.S. album: Yesterday and Today - Capitol LP
The Beatles - I Want To Tell You - Revolver
(Harrison) Lead vocal: George
The backing track was recorded in five takes on June 2, 1966. George Harrison's third song on “Revolver,” was, he later said, "about the avalanche of thoughts that are so
hard to write down or say or transmit." Once again Harrison had no idea what to call his composition. The band briefly kicked around random ideas, and the song was recorded under the working title “Laxton's Superb,” a type of apple. It later became known as “I Don't Know,” which was George’s answer when producer George Martin asked whether Harrison had come up with a title. By the day of the final mix (June 6, 1966), Harrison
had settled on the title “I Want To Tell You.” Contains the first bass overdub on a Beatles record. Paul had his bass recorded on a different track really allowed for more
options when it came time to mix the song. On U.S. album:
Revolver - Capitol LP
George Harrison – What Is Life - All Things Must Pass ‘70 George wrote this song in 1969 while traveling to a Billy Preston session at
Olympic Studios. This would be the second single released off the album, though it was listed as the B-Side for “My Sweet Lord,” in the UK. Although it should
have been noted as a Double-A Single. Eric Clapton provides lead guitar.
The Beatles - Old Brown Shoe - Non-LP B-Side (Harrison)
Lead vocal: George On February 25, 1969, his 26th birthday, George Harrison went to Abbey Road Studios
and recorded elaborate eight-track demos of three of his latest compositions: “Old Brown Shoe,” “Something,” and “All Things Must Pass.” All three of the demos recorded this day can be found on the “Anthology 3” album. “Old Brown Shoe” had made a brief appearance near the end of the “Get Back” sessions with a few run-through/rehearsals
on January 28, 1969. The full band revisited the song for a proper recording on April 16, 1969. The rhythm track was finished in four takes, with George on lead guitar, Paul on jangle piano, John on rhythm guitar (which would be erased in favor of a Hammond
organ part played by George on April 18), and Ringo on drums. Overdubs included bass guitar, lead guitar, and backing vocals by John and Paul. In his book, “I Me Mine,”
George said, “I started the chord sequences on piano, which I don’t really play, and then began writing ideas for the words from various opposites… Again, it’s the duality of things - yes no, up down, left right, right wrong, etc.” Released as the flip side of “The Ballad Of John And Yoko” in the UK on May 30, 1969, while the “Get Back” single was
topping the charts. The single was issued by Capitol Records in the U.S. on June 4, 1969.
On U.S. album: Hey Jude - Capitol LP (1970)
The Beatles - I Me Mine - Let It Be (Harrison)
Lead vocal: George It should be noted that none of the Beatles’ rehearsals at Twickenham Studios in
January 1969 were recorded on multi-track. Those official recordings took place at Apple headquarters, either in the studio set up in the basement or on the rooftop during their
concert. In the “Let It Be” film George can be heard playing his song “I Me Mine” to Ringo while John and Yoko dance a waltz. He had composed the song the night before in five minutes flat. Unfortunately, George’s song was not one the group recorded when they went to Apple Studios to record the new album tracks. Because the song was being used in the film it needed to be recorded for the soundtrack album, prompting George, Paul and Ringo to return to Abbey Road Studios on January 3, 1970, to record the song. John was on vacation in Denmark. Had he been in London it is doubtful he would have attended the session because he had quit the band in September 1969. Sixteen basic
tracks were recorded with George playing acoustic guitar, Paul on bass guitar and Ringo on drums. Overdubs recorded that day were electric piano, electric guitar, new lead and backing vocals and a second acoustic guitar part. The original running time was 1:53. To
flesh out the song for the “Let It Be” album, producer Phil Spector cleverly edited the song to repeat a section and extend it by 51 seconds. At the 1:53 mark, just after the line “flowing more freely than wine,” the song jumps back to the :32 mark to the line “all through the day.” This leads back into the hard-rocking “I me me mine” segment
and continues past “flowing more freely than wine” until the song ends. He also added orchestration. The original shorter version of the song can be heard on the “Anthology
3” album.
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.
Is it over? I’m not sure…. fin
