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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

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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

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BUMPER/ 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

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The Beatles released a album today in 1970 in Great Britain …For the prize …Name the only

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song on that album with a woman’s name in the title…or for today’s purposes a MOM’s name in

the title?

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The Beatles - Maggie Mae - Let It Be (Trad. arr. Lennon-McCartney-Harrison-Starkey)

Lead vocal: John During the casual “Get Back” sessions in January 1969, the Beatles would veer unexpectedly into different songs while trying to find their groove. Usually the

impromptu jamming took them through old rock ‘n roll songs (“Shake Rattle and Roll,” “Blue Suede Shoes,” “Bye Bye Love,” and the like). In between takes of Paul’s “Two Of Us,” on January 24, 1969, the group performed a traditional Liverpool folk song about a

prostitute who robbed a sailor. The song is believed to date back to the early 19th century. At just 38-seconds, it is the second shortest song in the group's official

catalogue; the briefest is “Her

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Out today in 1970 in UK…from my personal Let It Be

vault…some unreleased track from Apple studio’s London

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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 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

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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 - For You Blue - Let It Be sessions

(Harrison) Lead vocal: George

Recorded on January 25, 1969, and completed in six takes. John Lennon provides the lead guitar part playing a lap steel guitar and using a shotgun shell as a slide. Paul

McCartney plays piano. Nearly a year later, on January 8, 1970, George Harrison re-recorded his lead vocal to the already completed backing track. During the instrumental break he ad-libbed “go Johnny go” and “Elmore James’ got nothin’ on this baby” to give the impression he was singing live with the band. Immediately prior to the start of the

song, John can be heard saying "Queen says no to pot-smoking FBI members." It is one of the few inclusions of film dialogue heard on the soundtrack LP. Written by George

Harrison for his wife, Pattie, “For You Blue” was a straight-forward blues song. George: “It's a simple 12-bar song following all the normal 12-bar principles, except that it's happy-go-lucky!” “For You Blue” was the flip-side of the American “The Long And

Winding Road” single, released on May 11, 1970. A new mix of take six was made in 2003 for “Let It Be... Naked” and an alternative take from the January 25, 1969, session

is included on the “Anthology 3” album.

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The Beatles - I’ve Got A Feeling - Let It Be sessions

(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: Paul and John

In compiling the soundtrack to the “Let It Be” film, producer Phil Spector had no time to sift through the hours of music the Beatles had recorded at the end of January 1969.

Instead, he relied on two versions mixed by Glyn Johns. He also screened a print of the movie. Spector had four different Glyn Johns mixes of “I’ve Got A Feeling” to consider: an incomplete January 22 run-through, a more polished take recorded on January 27, and two performances of the song from the rooftop concert on January 30, 1969. On

March 23, 1970, Spector remixed the January 27 take and the first of the rooftop performances, but when banding the final album, he chose the first rooftop performance

for inclusion.

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The Beatles - Dig A Pony - Let It Be sessions

(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: John

Recorded live on the rooftop of the Apple headquarters building, 3 Savile Row, on January 30, 1969. In re-producing the tapes for the “Let It Be” album, Phil Spector edited out the opening and closing line of the song (“All I want is …”) which can be heard on the “Anthology 3” album and in the film “Let It Be.” The idea to go on the rooftop and play live in front of a few people was conceived by Paul on January 26. From a technical standpoint, this simple request to perform on the rooftop was a

gigantic headache for the film crew and the Apple/EMI sound engineers. In addition to accommodating the space required for five film cameras, and various sound equipment which needed electricity to run, there was also the issue of the cold temperature – the temperature would be in the mid-40s and windy when the beatles performed. In a few cases, sound engineers wrapped ladies’ stockings around microphones to camouflage the sound of the wind blowing against them. John and George wore heavy coats and Ringo wore his wife’s raincoat in a futile attempt to stay warm. Throughout the 42-

minute rooftop set John can be seen rubbing his hands together in between songs to keep warm. At the conclusion of the released version of “Dig A Pony,” John says, “Thank you brothers, me hand’s gettin’ too cold to play the chords.” The song was so new that

John had an assistant hold up a clipboard with the lyrics in case he forgot them.

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Engineer Alan Parsons: “No one ever questioned the Beatles. They want to do it on the roof? Fine, it will be done. That was one of the greatest and most exciting days of my life. To see the Beatles playing together and getting instant feedback from the people

around them, it was just unbelievable. A magic, magic day.”

The Beatles – The River Rhine/The Long And Winding Road -

Let It Be (Lennon-McCartney)

Lead vocal: Paul Paul’s lush ballad is most famous for the Phil Spector augmentations thrust upon it.

McCartney was said to be angry about the heavy-handed inclusion of strings, brass and a choir to his otherwise sparse arrangement. Spector, famous for his “wall of sound”

production style, added 18 violins, four violas, four cellos, a harp, three trumpets, three trombones, two guitars, a choir of 14 female singers, and Ringo Starr re-recording a drum part. Paul’s classic ballad was recorded on January 26, 1969 with Paul on piano

and lead vocal, John on bass, George on guitar and Ringo on drums. 26 January 1969, Apple Studio

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The Beatles - If I Fell - A Hard Day’s Night

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(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: John and Paul

John Lennon’s stunning ballad “If I Fell” was by far the most complex song he had written to date. It could be considered a progression from “This Boy” with its similar

chord structure and intricate harmonies by John and Paul, recorded – at their request – together on one microphone. Performed live on their world tour throughout the summer of 1964. Completed in 15 takes on February 27, 1964. Flip side of “And I Love Her” in

the U.S. On U.S. album:

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

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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

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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