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Playlist Sunday Aug. 21st 2016 *Special  in  studio  guest  Stray  Cat  Slim  Jim  Phantom  

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Paul McCartney – English Tea - Chaos and Creation in the Backyard ’05..

Paul: I was on holiday, and if you want a cup of tea, you don't do what you do in England, say `A cup of tea please', They always say `What kind of tea?' You know like in England nobody would ever say `What kind of tea?' Well they actually would these days, but in the old days it was never like `What kind

of tea?' It'd be like `What do you mean? Cuppa tea.' So now they say `What kind of tea?' and you have to say `English Breakfast tea `

and then they go `Oh OK' and you get it you know you get an ordinary cup of tea. So I just thought that's amazing that calling it English

tea', but I thought it's kind of original because we don't call it that.

 

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The  Beatles  -­‐  Savoy  Truffle  -­‐  The  Beatles  George took his inspiration for his fourth song on the “White Album” from a box of

chocolates, specifically a Mackintosh’s Good News double centre chocolate assortment box, said by George to be Eric Clapton’s favorite brand. Most of the candies mentioned

by George in the song came from the specific candies found in the box. Confections such as Creme Tangerine, Montelimart, Ginger Sling, Coffee Dessert and Savoy Truffle

were part of the assortment. Cool Cherry Cream and Coconut Fudge were Harrison creations. When George sings “But you’ll have to have them all pulled out after the Savoy Truffle,” it is a warning to his friend Eric Clapton that he will have to have his

decaying teeth pulled out. After some rehearsal, the backing track was recorded in one take on October 3, 1968, at Trident Studios. With George playing electric piano, Paul on Rickenbacker bass, and Ringo on drums. Harrison’s lead vocal was recorded at Trident

Studios on October 5. Chris Thomas’ score for saxophones (distorted at Harrison’s request) was recorded at Abbey Road on October 11. The final overdubs for “Savoy Truffle” on October 14 were also the last instruments recorded during the “White

Album” sessions: organ, tambourine, bongos, and George playing a lead guitar part on his Fender Telecaster. This is the third of four Harrison songs on the “White Album” that

John Lennon does not appear on.

 

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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.

 

RINGO  –  Six  O’clock  (Macca)  –  RINGO  1973  Personnel  :  

Ringo  -­‐  Lead  vocals,  drums  Paul  McCartney  -­‐  Piano,  synthesizer,  backing  vocals,                                                                string  and  flute  arrangements  

Linda  McCartney  -­‐  Backing  vocals  Klaus  Voorman  -­‐  Bass  

Vini  Poncia  -­‐  Acoustic  guitar,  percussion  

 

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One  song  from  each  Beatle  to  kick  off  today’s  show…  

 

 

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 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

 

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The Beatles - It’s Only Love- Help! (Lennon-McCartney)

Lead vocal: John Recorded in six takes on June 15, 1965. The first Beatles song to include a reference to getting “high” (“I get high when I see you go by”). The working title prior to lyrics being

written was “That’s a Nice Hat.” George Martin and his Orchestra recorded the instrumental version of “It’s Only Love” using the original title. In 1972 Lennon called

“It’s Only Love” “the one song I really hate of mine.” On U.S. album:

Rubber Soul - Capitol LP

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

The Beatles - If You've Got Trouble – HELP! Sessions

18th February 1965 - Take 1. Previously unreleased, this was intended to be Ringo's vocal outing on

Help! ... but was replaced with "Act Naturally". Often bootlegged.

 

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Musicians:

Ringo Starr – double-tracked lead vocal, drums; John Lennon – rhythm guitar, backing vocal; Paul McCartney – bass guitar, backing vocal;

George Harrison – lead guitar, backing vocal

This was recorded during the Help! sessions, but Ringo dumped it in favor of Act Naturally. (You can hear what he thought of it during the instrumental break – he

shouts out forlornly Rock on… anybody…) It has now been made available on Anthology 2.

 One  song  sung  by  each  Beatle  circa  1965…  

QUIZ  #1  

The  Ringo  sung  song  If  You’ve  Got  Trouble  was  replaced  with  which  song  on  the  HELP!  LP?  

9.27  BREAK  It’s  a  JPG&R  edition  of  BWTB  

Winner_______________>  The Beatles - Act Naturally - Help!

(Morrison-Russell) Lead vocal: Ringo

Lennon and McCartney had penned a song especially for Ringo to sing on the “Help!” album, but their creation, “If You’ve Got Trouble,” didn’t pan out in the studio. Ringo, a long-time country and western music fan, selected this chart-topping hit from 1963 by

Buck Owens to be his song on the “Help!” album. The backing track was perfected in 13 takes on June 17, 1965. Ringo provided his vocal later that day. With the exception of

the various oldies performed during the “Get Back” sessions (mostly jams during rehearsals) in January 1969, “Act Naturally” was the last song recorded by the Beatles that was not written by a member of the group. The B-side of “Yesterday” in the U.S.

On U.S. album: Yesterday and Today - Capitol LP

John Lennon – Crippled Inside – Imagine ‘71

 

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Based on the 1920’s Blind Blake song, “Black Dog Blues.” Lyrically, it’s a very nasty swipe at Paul McCartney. This is just one of the songs John pointed at Paul

after McCartney’s Ram was released.

Paul – Bluegrass Can’t Buy Me Love – 1993 Sound check

George Harrison – Any Road – Brainwashed ‘02 Composed in 1988 during the filming of a video for his album Cloud 9, Any Road would be George’s last single. It was nominated for Grammy Award in 2004 for

Best Male Pop Performance.

BREAK  One  song  sung  by  each  Beatle….  

The Beatles - All I’ve Got to Do – With The Beatles (Lennon-McCartney)

Lead vocal: John Written entirely by John Lennon and introduced to the other Beatles at the session at which it was recorded, The Beatles never played the song again. Lennon has said this

soulful ballad was his attempt at making a Smokey Robinson song. Recorded on September 11, 1963 in 14 takes with an overdub (presumably George’s introductory

 

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guitar chord) becoming “take 15” and the finished version. “All I’ve Got to Do” marked a rare instance in which John’s lead vocal was not double-tracked.

On U.S. album: Meet The Beatles

The Beatles - Things We Said Today - A Hard Day’s Night

(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: Paul

Written in May 1964 on board a yacht called Happy Days during Paul McCartney's holiday in the Virgin Islands with his girlfriend Jane Asher, plus Ringo Starr and his

future wife Maureen. Recorded in three takes on June 2, 1964. In his 1980 interview with Playboy magazine John Lennon remembered this being one of Paul’s better songs. McCartney double tracked his vocals. John Lennon's piano part was meant to be omitted

from the final mix, but lack of separation between instruments meant that its sound leaked into other microphones during recording. As a result it can be heard on the

released version. The b-side of the UK “A Hard Day’s Night” single. On U.S. album:

Something New - Capitol LP

The Beatles - Think For Yourself - Rubber Soul (Harrison)

Lead vocal: George

 

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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

Ringo – Snookeroo – (Taupin/John) Goodnight Vienna 1974

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 The Beatles - Mother Nature’s Son - The Beatles

(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.

 

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And now John Lennon….

John Lennon – Beautiful Boy - Double Fantasy ‘80

An ode to his son, Sean – this is one of John’s greatest songs and is a sad reminder of how much he could have accomplished, had he lived. This track

contains the famous line in a Robert Browning poem, “Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans…” This included slide guitar, by the

one and only, Hugh McCracken.

 

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George Harrison – Rocking Chair In Hawaii - Brainwashed ‘02

There isn’t a lot of information about this song. But you can guess from George’s love for Hawaii (how it motivated his music in so many wonderful ways) that this

track sings for itself.

 The Beatles - Octopus’s Garden - Abbey Road

(Starkey) Lead vocal: Ringo

 

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“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.

 

 QUIZ  #2  HERE  Who’s  singing  that  Beatles  song???  

NEWS  w/  JACKIE  HERE  

10.27  BREAK  The Beatles - You Can’t Do That - A Hard Day’s Night

(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: John

The song was originally intended to be the A-side of the Beatles' sixth UK single, until McCartney came up with “Can't Buy Me Love.” By 1964 Lennon and McCartney were

writing together less frequently, and the quality of “Can't Buy Me Love” spurred Lennon on to write the majority of the “A Hard Day's Night” album. The guitar solo was

performed by Lennon - the first such occurrence on a Beatles release. The song was finished in nine takes, only four of which were complete. It featured George Harrison's first prominent use of his new Rickenbacker 12-string guitar, given to him while in New York for “The Ed Sullivan Show.” “You Can't Do That” was filmed as part of the concert sequence in the “A Hard Day's Night” film, but it didn't make the final cut. The b-side of

“Can’t Buy Me Love” in the UK and U.S. On U.S. album:

The Beatles’ Second Album – Capitol LP

 

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Paul & Linda McCartney – Too Many People – Ram ‘71

A song pointed directly at John Lennon and Yoko Ono, with the famous line of Paul’s, “You took your lucky break and broke it in two.” The song is what

prompted John to write, “How do you Sleep?” Hugh McCracken 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.

 

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

 RINGO  –  Don’t  Go  Where  The  Road  Don’t  Go  –  Time  Takes  

Time  `92  

BREAK  The Beatles - She Said She Said - Revolver

(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: John

The rhythm track was finished in three takes on June 21, 1966, the final day of recording for “Revolver.” When the recording session started the song was untitled. The

key line came from a real-life incident. On August 24, 1965, during a break in Los Angeles from their North American Tour, The Beatles rented a house on Mulholland Drive. They played host to notables such as Roger McGuinn and David Crosby of the

Byrds, actors and actresses, and a bevy of beautiful women, “From Playboy, I believe,” Lennon remembered. John, high on acid, found himself in a strange conversation with actor Peter Fonda, who kept coming up to him and whispering, “I know what it’s like to

be dead.” As a child, Fonda had a near-death experience after accidentally shooting himself on the stomach. The song was a last-minute addition to the “Revolver,”

rehearsed and recorded on the final day of sessions when the band discovered they were one song short. McCartney recalls getting into an argument with John and leaving

 

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the studio. He believes this is one of the only Beatle records he didn’t play on. It is assumed George played the bass in McCartney’s absence. John sings the lead vocal and

plays the organ, and John and George double-tracked the backing vocals. On U.S. album:

Revolver - Capitol LP

The Beatles – I’ll Follow The Sun - Beatles For Sale

100% pure McCartney. Written pre- Beatles? Recorded Oct. 18th, 1964.

Musicians:  

Paul McCartney – lead vocal, acoustic guitar; John Lennon – harmony vocal, acoustic guitar; George Harrison – lead guitar; Ringo Starr – knees(?)

This  was  written  in  the  late-­‐fifties  when  Paul  was  sixteen  years  old  (not  bad  for  a  little  kid  –  I  didn’t  learn  to  ride  a  bike  ‘til  I  was  twenty!).  Pete  Best  remembered  that  he  used  to  busk  it  on  the  piano,  in-­‐between  sets  at  The  Kaiserkeller.  It  may  well  be  

the  earliest  song  that  they  ever  committed  to  tape.  

Nobody’s  sure  what  Ringo’s  playing,  but  he  might  be  pounding  out  the  beat  on  his  knees.  (Or  maybe  it’s  someone  else’s  knees!)  

McCartney 1.00

Lead vocal Paul  

US - Capitol LP Beatles '65

The Beatles – Sheik Of Araby - Anthology I (George)

 

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The Beatles at their Decca Audition of 1st January 1962. This session was held at the Broadhurst Gardens, West Hampstead studio's of Decca records in London,

less than two miles from Abbey Road

RINGO – Think It Over - 2012 "Think It Over" is a rock-and-roll song written by Buddy Holly,

Jerry Allison, and Norman Petty in 1958, originally recorded by the Crickets.

10.57  BREAK  John Lennon – Be-Bop-A-Lula – Rock ‘n’ Roll ‘75

Originally recorded in October of 1974, this was a favorite of John’s – and it was one of the songs Paul McCartney heard John sing when they met in July ’57.

The writing of the song is credited to Gene Vincent and his manager, Bill "Sheriff Tex" Davis

Welcome  Slim  Jim  Phantom….\  

 

 

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The Beatles - Don’t Bother Me (Harrison) – With The Beatles

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.

The Beatles - Do You Want To Know A Secret – Please Please Me (McCartney-Lennon)

 

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Lead vocal: George Recorded February 11, 1963. Written primarily by John Lennon for George Harrison to

sing. The song was given to another Brian Epstein-managed act, Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas, to cover. Their version topped the British charts in late spring 1963. Inspired by "I'm Wishing," a song from Walt Disney’s 1937 animated film “Snow White and the

Seven Dwarfs” that Lennon’s mother used to sing to him when he was a child. On U.S. albums:

Introducing… The Beatles - Vee-Jay LP The Early Beatles - Capitol LP

Paul – Matchbox/Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby The Beatles - Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby - Beatles For

Sale (Perkins)

Lead vocal: George The second Carl Perkins cover song used for “Beatles For Sale,” “Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby” had been a part of the Beatles’ early stage show. George Harrison provides

the lead vocal, his only lead vocal contribution on “Beatles For Sale.” Recorded in just one take on October 18, 1964. The song is notable for its heavy use of vocal echo.

Harrison performed this song live throughout the 1965 tours. On U.S. album:

Beatles ‘65 - Capitol LP

 

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The Beatles - Run For Your Life - Rubber Soul (Lennon-McCartney)

Lead vocal: John The first song completed when sessions for “Rubber Soul” began on October 12, 1965. John Lennon lifted the opening line (“I’d rather see you dead little girl than to be with

another man”) from “Baby Let’s Play House,” popularized by Elvis Presley. On U.S. album:

Rubber Soul - Capitol LP

 

George  –  Going  Down  To  Golders  Green  –  1970  

George  &  Carl  Perkins  w/  Slim  Jim  &  Ringo,  EC,  Edmunds  and  Co.-­‐  Blue  Suede  Shoes  –  LIVE!

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