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Playlist May 3rd, 2015 Special guest Bobby Hart!

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The Beatles - Blackbird - The Beatles sessions (Lennon-McCartney)

Lead vocal: Paul Another Paul McCartney solo performance for the “White Album.” Paul wrote “Blackbird” at his Scottish farm house and the song was started and finished in 32 takes, 11 being

complete run-throughs of the song, on June 10, 1968. Paul has said the music was inspired by Bach’s “Bourree in E Minor,” which he learned to play at a young age. The

tapping sound on the recording is not a metronome. The percussion-like sound keeping the beat is actually Paul tapping his foot on the studio floor, which was separately miked

onto one of the tracks. Paul has since revealed that the song was a message of solidarity to black people living in the U.S.

“Blackbird” is one of only five Beatles songs Paul chose to perform live during his “Wings

Over America” concert tour in 1976.

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.

John Lennon – Power To The People/demo/single This song was written following an interview with Tariq Ali, editor of the

propagandist UK Magazine Red Mole. The track urged the downtrodden to rise up against their oppressors. This is considered one of the “best produced” songs

of John’s career – as it leapt off the radio was successful with sales.

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John Lennon – Imagine – Imagine ’71 /

John’s most famous anthem, and one of the most memorable songs of all time, this was to be considered John’s “Yesterday.” It was inspired by Yoko’s poem

“Cloud Piece” from 1963. It continues to have massive radio play to this very day and was infamously censored (and retracted) by Clear Channel following the

9/11 attacks. This was John’s dream – no religion, no wars, no possessions – his utopian ideal.

George Harrison – Save The World - Somewhere In England ‘81

George the Preacher returns, with a tune that would not be quite as appealing as it would be a few years later.

The Beatles - The Word - Rubber Soul

(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: John

Recorded in three takes at a late night session starting on November 10, 1965 that ran until 4 a.m. the next morning. Overdubs include Paul on piano, George Martin on

harmonium, and Ringo playing the maracas. The song is a full collaboration between Lennon and McCartney, and began as an attempt to write a song based around a single

note. On U.S. album:

Rubber Soul - Capitol LP

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The Beatles - All You Need Is Love - Non-LP track

(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: John

The Beatles’ fifteenth single release for EMI’s Parlophone label. Written by John Lennon especially for the first-ever worldwide television transmission. The epic event, a 6-hour program entitled “Our World,” featured segments linking 24 countries in five continents via satellite, with a potential of 400 million viewers. The

Beatles were honored to be invited to represent Great Britain in the program. For the event, they would premiere a brand new song written just for the occasion. John

Lennon’s “All You Need Is Love” became the anthem of 1967, the summer of love. To decrease the chances of an on-air foul-up, George Martin had the Beatles play to their

own pre-recorded rhythm track. Only the vocals, bass guitar, lead guitar solo in the middle eight, drums and orchestra would be live. Recording began on June 14, 1967 at

Olympic Studios. In all, 33 takes of the basic rhythm track and a few vocals were completed this evening. Overdubbing the lead and backing vocals took place on June

19. The orchestra was recorded for the first time on June 23. On June 24, the day before the event, it was decided that “All You Need Is Love” would be issued as the new

Beatles single as soon as possible after the program aired the evening of June 25. Guests in the studio during the performance included the Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, the Who’s Keith Moon, Eric Clapton, Marianne Faithfull, Donovan

wore colorful mod clothing.

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Jordan….I haven’t seen you in what 3 weeks? All these live appearance. Just want to say yer doing a really FAB job…I used to save just these words for Eng. Mark …and my wife…I’ll let Beatle George

speak for me. (HIT IT!)

The Beatles - Do You Want To Know A Secret – Please Please Me

(McCartney-Lennon) 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

The Beatles - I’m Only Sleeping - Revolver

(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: John

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Written by John and Paul at Kenwood, John’s estate in Weybridge, in one writing session. Recording of the backing rhythm track began at 11:30 p.m. on April 27, 1966.

John recorded his lead vocal on April 29. Both the vocal and backing track were recorded at variable speed. It was during the recording of “I’m Only Sleeping” that The

Beatles discovered the “backwards guitar.” On May 5, 1966, as the band continued working on the song, George painstakingly transcribed the notes in his guitar solo and flourishes and then wrote them out backwards. He then played them in that reverse order. The tapes were then superimposed BACKWARDS in the mix, playing the solo notes and embellishments in the correct order, but maintaining the eerie backwards

sound. “I’m Only Sleeping” was one of three songs issued in America six weeks prior to their official release in the UK. American and Canadian Beatles fans heard “I’m Only Sleeping,” “And Your Bird Can Sing,” and “Doctor Robert” first on Capitol Records’

“Yesterday And Today” album, issued June 20, 1966. The rest of the world had to wait until the first week of August for them to appear on the “Revolver” LP.

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

The Grip Weeds – The Inner Light – How I Won The War

We just heard a cover of George’s from a band called The Grip Weeds….from what Beatle related film did they get their

name from?

While yer thinking that answer…

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The Beatles - Wait - Rubber Soul (Lennon-McCartney)

Lead vocals: John and Paul Recorded June 17, 1965 during the “Help!” sessions, the song was left unfinished when The Beatles had hit the deadline to submit the album. Five months later, as the deadline

to submit “Rubber Soul” was upon them, they grabbed the unfinished song, threw on some overdubs and decreed it finished. Specifically, they added a tone pedal guitar,

tambourine, maracas, and more vocals on November 11, 1965, the final day of recording for “Rubber Soul.”

On U.S. album: Rubber Soul - Capitol LP

The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever - Non-LP track

(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: John

The Beatles’ fourteenth single release for EMI’s Parlophone label. Recording began on November 24, 1966. Written in Spain by John several months

earlier while he was filming the Richard Lester-directed film “How I Won The War.” The beautiful “Take 1” of this Lennon classic can be heard on the “Anthology 2” album. It is entirely different than the finished version. Strawberry Fields was actually a Salvation Army home in the neighborhood where Lennon grew up. John used to go to parties

there and it always brought back happy memories to him. One of the only two “honest” songs that John says he wrote for the Beatles. The other? “Help!”

In September 1966, Brian Epstein informed EMI and Capitol that there would be no new album and maybe not even a 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 Beatles - Glass Onion - The Beatles

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(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: John

In 1980 John described “Glass Onion” as one of his “throwaways,” but the word play in the song is fascinating. Aside from many references to other Beatles songs, listeners were probably left guessing what Lennon meant by phrases such as “bent

backed tulips,” “cast iron shore,” and “dovetail joint.” Specifically the phrase “looking through the bent backed tulips to see how the other half lives” referred to a floral

arrangement on display at the posh London restaurant Parkes. The Cast Iron Shore is a name for Liverpool’s beach, and a dovetail joint is not a drug reference, but a type of construction wood joint. The title “Glass Onion” is British slang for monocle (or eye

piece), and was one of the names suggested by John for the Iveys, an Apple band that changed its name to Badfinger.

Paul & Linda McCartney – Oh Woman Oh Why ‘71

This is a tense, bluesy rocker with a rip-roaring vocal from Paul. Combined with drummer Seiwell's thunderous drumming, "Oh Woman, Oh Why" establishes a solid foundation upon which tight guitar lines interweave. McCartney's gritty

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vocal is one of his best and provides some convincing authenticity to this blues-based rocker.

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Last week we did a horns set…Featuring some Beatles brass How about Tambourine set!!!

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 - 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

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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 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

The Beatles - Day Tripper – Past Masters

Recorded: 16 October 1965 Rubber Soul sessions Oct. `65 – Yesterday & Today LP here in the US… The

eleventh official EMI release. The first official double "A" side release of “We Can Work It Out”

Inspired in part by John and George's first experience with acid, "Day Tripper" was written under pressure for use as a single for the Christmas

season. John wrote most of the song, with Paul contributing to each of the verses

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The Beatles - We Can Work It Out – Past Masters

Recorded: 20/29 October 1965

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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 - You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away - Help!

(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: John

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Recorded in less than two hours on February 18, 1965. Written entirely by John Lennon, who freely admitted the obvious Bob Dylan influence. Lennon wrote this at Kenwood, his home on the St. George’s Hill estate in Weybridge, Surrey (where the Beatles would be photographed for the cover of their “Rubber Soul” album). John’s original lyric was “I

can’t go on feeling two foot tall,” but when singing it for Paul the first time he accidentally said, two foot “small.” Lennon then laughed and said, “Let’s leave it … all

those pseudes will really love it.” The first of their songs since “Love Me Do” in 1962 to feature an outside musician. Johnnie Scott provides the flute solo at the end of the

song, though he is not credited on the album jacket. On U.S. album:

Help! - Capitol LP

The Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows - Revolver (Lennon-McCartney)

Lead vocal: John The first song recorded for what would become the “Revolver” album. John’s

composition was unlike anything The Beatles or anyone else had ever recorded. Lennon’s vocal is buried under a wall of sound -- an assemblage of repeating tape loops and sound effects – placed on top of a dense one chord song with basic melody driven

by Ringo's thunderous drum pattern. The lyrics were largely taken from “The Psychedelic Experience,” a 1964 book written by Harvard psychologists Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert, which contained an adaptation of the ancient “Tibetan Book of the

Dead.” Each Beatle worked at home on creating strange sounds to add to the mix. Then they were added at different speeds sometime backwards. Paul got “arranging” credit. He had discovered that by removing the erase head on his Grundig reel-to-reel tape

machine, he could saturate a recording with sound.

Tambourine set!!!

Jackie DeShannon…Bobby Hart…2 of our greatest songwriters EVER!

NEWS HERE

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He’s both a son of a gun and a love bandit You know him as half of the great songwriting

team Boyce & Hart

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Welcome Bobby Hart!

Monkees – Lets Dance On - Monkees

The Beatles - All My Loving – With The Beatles (Lennon-McCartney)

Lead vocal: Paul Essentially a Paul McCartney solo composition. The first song performed on the live broadcast of “The Ed Sullivan Show” on February 9, 1964, and watched by a then-

record 72 million viewers. McCartney has said it was the first song he ever wrote where he had the words before the music. Recorded in 13 takes on July 30, 1963. “All My Loving” is the most commercial Lennon-McCartney song recorded by The Beatles in

1963 that was not released as a single in the UK or U.S. On U.S. album:

Meet The Beatles! - Capitol LP

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Monkees – I’m Not (Yer Stepping Stone) flip I’m A Believer right? #20 US

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The Beatles - She’s Leaving Home - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts

Club Band (Lennon-McCartney)

Lead vocals: Paul and John Recorded March 17, 1967 in six takes. Written primarily by Paul with lyrical assistance from John, the song is based on a story appearing in the February 27, 1967, edition of the Daily Mail about seventeen-year-old runaway Melanie Coe. Paul begins the story about the girl leaving a note for her parents before slipping out of the house, John

provides the parents’ anguished point of view. When Paul called George Martin to ask if he’d create a string arrangement for the song he was told that Martin had already

committed to a Cilla Black session and Paul would have to wait. Paul then contacted Mike Leander to score the song.

Boyce & Hart - Goodbye Baby (I Don't Want To See

You Cry) – 4th Single/ 2nd form LP I Wonder What She’s Doing Tonight 1968

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The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles (Harrison)

Lead vocal: George In his book, “I Me Mine,” George explains that while visiting his parents he decided to

create a song from the first thing he saw upon opening a book. George randomly opened a book and saw the phrase “gently weeps.” He put the book down and started

writing lyrics.

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Beatle/Monks - Paperback Believer (N. Diamond)

Monkees – Valerie – Orig. 1967

Paul - Goodbye

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