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    Fab Four In Studio

    9AM

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    The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge their new baby boy named after a Beatle!

    George Alexander Louis.

    "The baby will be known as His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge,"….SO here is Beatle George singing a song for you…blue…followed by a couple more that might fit

    nicely

    The Beatles - For You Blue - Let It Be

    (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.

    The Beatles - Cry Baby Cry - The Beatles (Lennon-McCartney)

    Lead vocal: John Work began in the studio on John’s “Cry Baby Cry” on July 15, 1968, with the Beatles

    filling four 30-minute tapes with unnumbered rehearsal takes of the song. It is estimated that the band played the song approximately 30 times. Proper recording took

    place on July 16. Ten takes of the basic track, consisting of John’s vocal plus bass, organ, drums, and acoustic guitar, were recorded. George Martin playing the harmonium

    and John playing piano would be overdubbed onto the best take. During the July 16 session tensions amongst the band members flared and sound engineer Geoff Emerick quit. He would be coaxed back the next year to work at their new Apple studios and at Abbey Road Studios for the “Abbey Road” album. Emerick says he lost interest in the “White Album” because the group was arguing amongst themselves and swearing at

    each other. Emerick said, “the expletives were really flying.”

    The Beatles - Birthday - The Beatles (Lennon-McCartney)

    Lead vocal: Paul with John

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    “Birthday” is a song written entirely by Paul McCartney in the studio on September 18, 1968, while he waited for the other Beatles to arrive. The session that afternoon was purposely scheduled to start two hours earlier than usual so the Beatles could take a

    break and walk to Paul’s home and watch “The Girl Can’t Help It,” the 1956 rock and roll film starring Jayne Mansfield and featuring the likes of Little Richard, Fats Domino, the Platters, Gene Vincent, and Eddie Cochran. The movie was having its British television premiere on the BBC that evening, and Paul lived around the corner from Abbey Road

    Studios, on Cavendish Avenue. The instrumental backing track included Paul on Epiphone Casino electric guitar, George Harrison on Fender Bass VI (a six-string bass guitar), John on Epiphone Casino electric guitar and Ringo on drums. By the 20th take

    the backing track was complete and the Beatles headed out to Paul’s house to watch the movie. When they returned to the studio they worked on overdubs. In addition to Paul’s

    scorching lead vocal, overdubs included piano, drums, lead guitar, bass guitar, tambourine (played by George with gloves on so he wouldn’t get blisters), handclaps,

    and backing vocals. While Paul is predominantly the lead vocalist, he is joined on occasion by John. The female voices heard on the “birthday” refrain in the middle eight

    belong to Pattie Harrison and Yoko Ono.

    9.12 BREAK We’ve got tickets to see THE FAB Four at Pacific Amphitheater doing their tribute to the

    Beatles at the MOVIES and if you want to hear what they sound like live… keep listening they will be here in person later this morning…and speaking of the Beatles at

    the MOVIES! Good morning!

    The Beatles - A Hard Day’s Night - A Hard Day’s Night

    (Lennon-McCartney) 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

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    opening two seconds. Released as a single in the UK on July 10, 1964, it went straight to #1.

    On U.S. album: A Hard Day’s Night - United Artists LP

    The Beatles - Help! - Help! (Lennon-McCartney)

    Lead vocal: John The Beatles’ tenth single release for EMI’s Parlophone label.

    Recorded during a three-hour session on April 13, 1965. Written mostly by John with some help from Paul. In 1965 George Harrison was interviewed about the upcoming single, saying “it’s probably the best single we’ve done.” Harrison said the group was really pleased with the song, and described it as being more “involved” than previous Beatles songs. “It has a counter melody going on as well as a main melody.” In 1980 John Lennon said, “The whole Beatle thing was just beyond comprehension. I was eating and drinking like a pig and I was fat as a pig, dissatisfied with myself, and

    subconsciously I was crying for help. When ‘Help!’ came out, I was actually crying out for help. I didn't realize it at the time. I just wrote the song because I was

    commissioned to write it for the movie. But later, I knew I really was crying out for help. So it was my fat Elvis period. You see the movie: he - I - is very fat, very insecure, and he's completely lost himself.” Lennon has pointed to 1967’s “Strawberry Fields Forever” and “Help!” as his only “honest” songs with the Beatles. The song was number one in

    the U.S. for three weeks, and in the UK it spent four weeks at number one. On U.S. album:

    Help! - Capitol LP

    The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour - Magical Mystery Tour (EP) (Lennon-McCartney)

    Lead vocals: Paul and John When Paul McCartney was in the U.S. in early April 1967 he came up with the idea for a

    Beatles television film about a mystery tour on a bus. During the April 11 flight back home he began writing lyrics for the title song and sketching out some ideas for the film. Upon his arrival in London, Paul pitched his idea to Brian Epstein who happily

    approved. Paul then met with John to go over the details and the two began work on the film’s title track. The title track was written primarily by Paul but was not finished

    when McCartney brought the song in to be recorded on April 25, 1967. John helped with the missing pieces during the session.

    On U.S. album: Magical Mystery Tour - Capitol LP

    The Beatles - Yellow Submarine - Revolver (Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: Ringo

    The Beatles’ thirteenth single release for EMI’s Parlophone label. One of The Beatles’ most innovative creations to date, a children’s sing-along, was

    written mostly by Paul with assistance from John for Ringo’s vocal contribution to the “Revolver” album. The track would later be used as the title song of the group’s

    animated film project, which was released in 1968 in the UK. Pop singer Donovan

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    helped Paul with the lyrics, coming up with the memorable line, “Sky of blue, sea of green.” Although at the time of its release it was rumored to be about drugs, McCartney denied this, saying, “I knew ‘Yellow Submarine’ would get connotations, but it really was a children’s song in the key of Ringo.” The basic rhythm track was recorded in four takes on May 26, 1966. The session is notable in Beatles recording history because producer George Martin had taken ill with food poisoning and his future wife, Judy, manned the console to capture all of the action in his absence. Lead and background vocals where

    then added. Six days later, on June 1, with Martin back at the helm, recording resumed. On this date Lennon added his shout out (“Full speed ahead Mr. Boatswain, full speed

    ahead”), additional backing vocals, and sound effects, including bells, whistles, crashing waves, clinking glasses, etc., were superimposed. Participating in the backing vocals

    along with George Martin and the four Beatles were guests including Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones, Pattie Harrison, and band assistants Neil Aspinall and Mal Evans. The song was issued as a double-A side single, paired with “Eleanor Rigby.” This strayed

    purposely from The Beatles’ usual release pattern. Generally they would not issue songs from an LP as single sides. But John and Paul had tired of other artists recording their album tracks and having chart hits with them, so this time out The Beatles opted to

    have the hit single version of two of their album tracks. The “Yellow Submarine”/”Eleanor Rigby” single, issued simultaneously with the “Revolver” album, marked the first time the band issued LP songs on a single in Britain. In the U.S., the

    single sold a remarkable 1.2 million copies in the first month of release, and became the group’s 21st gold record. This is the first time a Ringo Starr lead vocal had appeared on

    the A-side of a Beatles single. On U.S. album:

    Revolver - Capitol LP Yellow Submarine - Capitol LP

    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.”

    QUIZ #1 HERE – ADD long quiz tones.

    We just heard the title tracks from the 4 Beatles films released between 1964 & 1970…

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    Here’s yer quiz…Each of the 4 Beatles were involved in NON-Beatles films while in the Beatles…OK…so follow this…Name one non-Beatles film involving each Beatle while they

    were Beatles….I need 4 films one involving each Beatle 63-70

    While yer thinking here’s some more Beatles movie music

    Paul – A Family Way `66 John – How I Won The War `67/Yoko films

    George - Wonderwall `68 Ringo – Candy `68/ Magic Christian `69

    The Beatles - I Should Have Known Better - A Hard Day’s Night

    (Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: John

    Following their triumphant visit to America The Beatles were thrust back to work. On February 25, 1964 they dove into new songs slated for their film. On this day they

    recorded “You Can’t Do That” and began work on Paul’s “And I Love Her” and John’s “I Should Have Known Better.” In the film “I Should Have Known Better” was performed in

    the train compartment scene, which in reality was the interior of a van with crew members rocking the van to fake the train in motion. Used as the flip side of the U.S. “A Hard Day’s Night” single. Paul’s “Things We Said Today” was the UK b-side. Recorded

    Feb. 25-26, 1964. On U.S. album:

    A Hard Day’s Night - United Artists LP Hey Jude - Apple LP (1970)

    The Beatles - Tell Me Why - A Hard Day’s Night

    (Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: John

    Completed in eight takes on February 27, 1964 in between “And I Love Her” and “If I Fell.” “Tell Me Why” was written primarily by John and was his attempt to mimic the

    New York girl group sound The Beatles were so fond of. On U.S. album:

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

    The Beatles - Ticket To Ride - Help! (Lennon-McCartney)

    Lead vocals: John and Paul The Beatles’ ninth single release for EMI’s Parlophone label.

    Issued nearly four months prior to the “Help!” album’s release on July 19, 1965 in the U.S. and four days later in the UK. Recorded on February 15, 1965 and featuring a

    blistering lead guitar performance by Paul McCartney. John and Paul composed the song together based primarily on John’s idea. The song’s distinctive drum pattern was

    conceived by Paul. The complex song arrangement was highly innovative for the time, and certainly unlike anything being played on top 40 radio. John Lennon in 1970: “

    ‘Ticket To Ride was slightly a new sound at the time. It was pretty heavy for then, if you

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    go and look in the charts for what other music people were making. It's a heavy record and the drums are heavy too. That's why I like it.” McCartney said, “It was quite radical

    at the time.” Capitol Records printed “From the United Artists release ‘Eight Arms To Hold You’ ” on both sides of the single.

    On U.S. album: Help! - Capitol LP

    WINNER HERE

    9.42 BREAK

    Coming up in this next hour we’ve got Jackie DeShannon w/ Beatles news and maybe another chance to get ticket and Larry Kane’s new book…sound

    good to you engineer Mark…yes…no?

    The Beatles - Hello Goodbye - Non-LP track (Lennon-McCartney)

    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

    The Beatles - Got To Get You Into My Life - Revolver (Lennon-McCartney)

    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

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    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 1979.

    On U.S. album: Revolver - Capitol LP

    John Lennon – New York City – Some Time In New York City ‘72

    This is the best “rocker” of the LP and a testament to the love John felt for the place he would now call home.

    David Bowie – Fame (Bowie, Alomar, Lennon) – Young Americans `75

    The Beatles - Good Morning Good Morning - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

    (Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: John

    Based on a Kellogg’s Cornflakes television commercial John heard while sitting at the piano and feeling a bit “stuck” trying to write something for “Sgt. Pepper.” Paul plays a

    stinging guitar solo and flourishes with his right-handed Fender Esquire. The basic rhythm track was recorded on February 8, 1967 in eight takes, four of them complete.

    Overdubs followed with John’s lead vocal and Paul’s bass added on February 16. A horn section consisting of members of the Brian Epstein-managed band Sounds Inc.

    (previously Sounds Incorporated) was brought in on March 13. Sounds Incorporated had been one of the opening acts on the Beatles’ 1964 and 1965 tours.

    NEWS w/ Jackie

    10.12 BREAK

    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 - Oh! Darling - Abbey Road

    (Lennon-McCartney)

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    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 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.

    The Beatles - Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite! – LOVE/ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

    (Lennon-McCartney) 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.

    QUIZ#2 HERE

    Name the 3 guys singing GET BACK LIVE IN THE 70’s Or the 2 guys and the band.

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    The Beatles - Get Back - single version (Non-LP track)

    (Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: Paul

    The Beatles’ nineteenth single release for EMI, and second on the Apple Records label.

    The “Get Back” sessions, as the January 1969 recording sessions were now known, produced about 475 hours of film and 141 hours of audio tape that had to be sifted

    through. But proper multi-track recordings weren’t made until the band was recording in the basement of the Beatles’ Apple headquarters between January 21-31, 1969.

    Producer/Engineer Glyn Johns attempted to construct an album entitled “Get Back” from the tapes but his versions were rejected. The tapes were left dormant in the vault for a year, with the exception of a single (“Get Back”/“Don’t Let Me Down”). “Get Back” had been rehearsed and reworked throughout the January sessions, including over 30 takes of the song on January 27, 1969. Among those over 30 takes was the master take of

    the song, but it did not include the familiar coda at the end. That would be recorded the following day and edited on to the January 27 master. Like John Lennon’s “Don’t Let Me Down,” “Get Back” features Billy Preston on keyboards. The song is also notable as one of John’s best guitar solos. Rush-released as a single with the hope of being in stores in the UK on April 11, 1969, the single showed up a week later. Although the single did not list a producer credit, it did, for the first time on a Beatles single, list an artist in addition

    to the Beatles: “THE BEATLES with Billy Preston” graced both sides of the single.

    The Beatles - Don’t Let Me Down - Non-LP B-Side

    (Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: John with Paul

    The Beatles’ nineteenth single release for EMI, and second on the Apple Records label.

    The “Get Back” sessions, as the January 1969 recording sessions were now known, produced about 475 hours of film and 141 hours of audio tape that had to be sifted

    through. But proper multi-track recordings weren’t made until the band was recording in the basement of the Beatles’ Apple headquarters between January 21-31, 1969.

    Producer/Engineer Glyn Johns attempted to construct an album entitled “Get Back” from the tapes but his versions were rejected. The tapes would be left dormant in the vault

    for a year, with the exception of a single (“Get Back”/“Don’t Let Me Down”). John Lennon’s “Don’t Let Me Down” was a love song for Yoko Ono and was the first song

    given a full run-through by the group when sessions for the new album began at Twickenham Studios on January 2, 1969. But proper multi-track recording takes were not done until the band changed location to the basement recording studio at their Apple headquarters. The master take was recorded on January 28, 1969. Like Paul

    McCartney’s “Get Back,” the song features Billy Preston on keyboards. Rush-released as a single with the hope of being in stores in the UK on April 11, 1969, the single showed

    up a week later. Although the single did not list a producer credit, it did, for the first time on a Beatles single, list an artist in addition to the Beatles: “THE BEATLES with Billy

    Preston” graced both sides of the single. “A great honor,” said Preston. The single debuted at number one on the Record Retailer singles chart. In America, the single was

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    issued on May 5, 1969, and it topped the Billboard sales chart for five weeks. It is the first Beatles single released in stereo, but the stereo mixes were for the American

    market, not the UK. The UK would have to wait until the next single release (“The Ballad Of John And Yoko”) to get its first stereo Beatles 45. Prior to this all previous Beatles

    singles had been issued in mono. Although the song appears in the “Let It Be” film, it is not included on the soundtrack album.

    On U.S. album: Hey Jude - Capitol LP (1970)

    ?

    10.42 BREAK

    The Beatles - Revolution 1 - The Beatles sessions

    (Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: John

    The first song recorded during the sessions for the “White Album.” At the time of its recording, this slower version was the only version of John Lennon’s “Revolution,” and it carried that titled without a “1” or a “9” in the title. Recording began on May 30, 1968,

    and 18 takes were recorded. On the final take, the first with a lead vocal, the song continued past the 4 1/2 minute mark and went onto an extended jam. It would end at 10:17 with John shouting to the others and to the control room “OK, I’ve had enough!” The final six minutes were pure chaos with discordant instrumental jamming, plenty of feedback, percussive clicks (which are heard in the song’s introduction as well), and

    John repeatedly screaming “alright” and moaning along with his girlfriend, Yoko Ono. Ono also spoke random streams of consciousness on the track such as “if you become

    naked.” This bizarre six-minute section was clipped off the version of what would become “Revolution 1” to form the basis of “Revolution 9.” Yoko’s “naked” line appears

    in the released version of “Revolution 9” at 7:53.

    The Beatles - We Can Work It Out – Past Masters Recorded: 20/29 October 1965

    RELEASED AS A CHRISTMAS SINGLE ON DEC. 3RD 1965 AND IT KICKED OFF THE RUBBER SOUL SESSIONS IN OCT. 1965

    Yesterday & Today in US / Collection of Oldies in UK Written by Paul as a pleading song to Jane Asher, who had just moved

    away from London to join the theatre. It was the first such instance in their relationship, and one that contributed to their eventual breakup

    Paul & Linda McCartney – Heart of the Country – Ram ‘71

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    The song has simple acoustic tune with a heavy bass chorus, and an unusually mellow sound to the acoustic guitar that was achieved by tuning all of the strings

    a full step lower than standard pitch. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic described the song as "an effortless folk-pop tune that ranks among

    [McCartney's] very best songs.

    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

    Welcome Fab Four and do quiz

    -QUIZ # 3

    Frank Sinatra Beatles question…we’re looking for 3 song titles here

    Ok …John Lennon said he heard Frank Sinatra singing one of his solo songs___________, name it –

    George Harrison dedicated one of his solo songs to Mr. Sinatra_________ and Paul McCartney wrote a song he

    wanted `Ol Blue eyes to sing…name those 3 songs.

    How about some Sinatra singing the Beatles… the better looking one.

    Nancy Sinatra – Run For Your Life - `66

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    WINNER HERE

    Have him pick one of the 3?

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