BWTB KLOS Aug. 3rd 2014
Transcript of BWTB KLOS Aug. 3rd 2014
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9AM
The Beatles - Blue Jay Way - Magical Mystery Tour (EP)
(Harrison) Lead vocal: George
Written by George Harrison on August 1, 1967 while vacationing in a rented house in the Hollywood Hills above Los Angeles. The story is essentially the same as the lyrics imply. On a foggy night in L.A., George sat at his rented house waiting for friends to
arrive, but the maze of thin and winding streets and the thick fog rolling in got the best of them and they became lost. George: âIâd rented a house in Los Angeles on â Blue Jay
Way, and Iâd arrived there from England. I was waiting around for Derek and Joan Taylor who were then living in L.A. I was very tired after the flight and the time change and I stared writing, playing a little electric organ that was in the house. It had gotten
foggy and they couldnât find the house for some time.
On U.S. album: Magical Mystery Tour - Capitol LP
The Beatles - Fixing A Hole - Sgt. Pepperâs Lonely Hearts Club Band
(Lennon-McCartney)
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Lead vocal: Paul On February 9, 1967, the Beatles recorded âFixing A Holeâ at Regent Sound Studio on
Tottenham Court Road in London. The session was booked at Regent by George Martin because Abbey Road was unavailable. It marks the first time the Beatles recorded a British EMI session at a studio other than Abbey Road. No longer on the EMI staff,
Martin was free to travel with the Beatles wherever they were recording. But engineer Geoff Emerick and the usual crew of tape operators at Abbey Road were all EMI
employees so they couldnât go along.
The Beatles - Rain - Non-LP B-side (Lennon-McCartney)
Lead vocal: John Recorded on April 14 and 16, 1966. The track is notable for the backwards vocal from John Lennon at the end of the song. The section is John singing part of the first verse but the tape is superimposed backwards in the mix. The song contains slowed down
instruments, guitar distortion, and vocals recorded and played back at variable speed. Aside from Paul McCartneyâs dominant bass part, the song features a striking drum
performance from Ringo, who has called âRainâ his favorite Beatles song. The B-side of âPaperback Writer.â Issued in America on May 23, 1966 and the UK on June 10, 1966,
several months in advance of the âRevolverâ album. On U.S. album:
Hey Jude - Capitol LP (1970)
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The Beatles - Baby Itâs You â Please Please Me
(David-Williams-Bacharach) Lead vocal: John
Recorded in three takes on February 11, 1963. Originally recorded by The Shirelles in December 1961 on Scepter Records. Performed by The Beatles in their live act
throughout 1962 and 1963. Burt Bacharach (music), and Luther Dixon (credited as Barney Williams) and Mack David
(lyrics)âŠnot Hal DavidâŠ.his younger brotherâŠMack was older and also wrote The BlobâŠSteve McQueen
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The Beatles - When I Get Home - A Hard Dayâs Night (Lennon-McCartney)
Lead vocal: John Recorded in 11 takes on June 2, 1964. It was the next to last song completed for the âA
Hard Dayâs Nightâ album. In his 1980 interview with Playboy magazine John Lennon said: âThatâs me trying to get that Wilson Pickett type sound, a four-in-the bar cowbell
song.â On U.S. album:
Something New - Capitol LP
The Beatles - Why Donât We Do It In The Road? - The Beatles (Lennon-McCartney)
Lead vocal: Paul Excepting a drum track played by Ringo Starr and added as an overdub a day later,
âWhy Donât We Do It In The Road?â is a Paul McCartney solo performance, recorded in
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five takes on October 9, 1968. Playing an acoustic guitar, Paul started off each track tapping out the beat on the sounding board of his guitar. By the fifth and final take,
Paulâs ditty had turned into a raunchy rocker, showcasing McCartneyâs gritty, top-flight voice. The âAnthology 3â album features a more restrained performance of the song. On
October 10, while John and George were involved in Studio Two with George Martinâs string overdubs for âPiggiesâ and âGlass Onion,â Paul invited Ringo to join him in Studio Three and lay down a drum track. Other overdubs included handclaps, additional vocals, and Paul playing his Rickenbacker bass guitar and an electric guitar part on his Epiphone
Casino.
The Beatles - Girl - Rubber Soul
(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: John
Written primarily by John, the song was completed in two takes on November 11, 1965. The song is notable for the naughty backing vocal (Paul and George repeating the word
âtitâ) and Johnâs heavy breathing during his vocal. John called this one of his best.
On U.S. album:
Rubber Soul - Capitol LP
The Beatles - Matchbox (Perkins) â Long Tall Sally EP / Something New/ Past Masters * flip of Slow Down in US Capitol 5255 (US)
August 24, 1964 Recorded: 1st June 1964
"Matchbox" is sung by Ringo, and was recorded on 1st June. It's writer Carl Perkins was present at the sessions, although he did not participate. Carl had originally released "Matchbox" on the legendary Sun label on
11th February 1957, but failed to chart anywhere
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RINGO SEZ > Well, if you donât want Ringoâs peaches, honey Please donât mess around my tree
The Beatles - Please Please Me â Please Please Me
(McCartney-Lennon) Lead vocal: John and Paul
The Beatlesâ second single release for EMIâs Parlophone label. Written entirely by John Lennon in the bedroom of his Aunt Mimiâs home on Menlove Ave., Lennon has said it was his attempt at writing a Roy Orbison song. In fact, the
original version was a slower, bluesy version which producer George Martin recalls as being ârather dreary.â Because Martin was insisting on releasing their previously
recorded cover of âHow Do You Do It?â as their next single, The Beatles rearranged âPlease Please Meâ as an up-tempo song with harmonies and harmonica and then stood their ground to get it selected as their second single. Martin agreed to issue this Beatles
original as the next single, shelving âHow Do You Do It?â for another month, when it again came up for consideration for a single release. This was the first record owned by Elvis Costello, who was in the Beatles Fan Club when he was eleven. The 45 rpm single was released January 11, 1963 and topped two of the UK music industryâs three sales charts, compelling EMI to order a full album of songs from the band. It was the first
Beatles release to list the songwriters as âMcCartney-Lennon.â Both sides featured the credit in that last name order. Released three different times in the U.S. on Vee-Jay. The
coupling of âPlease Please Meâ and âAsk Me Whyâ caused many to take notice of The Beatles, and particularly Lennon and McCartney's burgeoning songwriting partnership. It
led to Dick James approaching them to found Northern Songs, their music publishing
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company. On U.S. albums:
Introducing⊠The Beatles (Version 2) - Vee-Jay LP The Early Beatles - Capitol LP
- Last night I said these words to my girl I know you never even try, girl
C'mon (C'mon), c'mon (C'mon), c'mon (C'mon), c'mon (C'mon)
Please please me, whoa yeah, like I please you
John Lennon â Surprise, Surprise (Sweet Bird of
Paradox) - Walls And Bridges â74 Where âBless Youâ was an ode to Yoko, âSurprise, Surpriseâ was an ode to May Pang. The track included Elton John on vocal â and also has an ode to âDrive My
Carâ at the end of the song.
John describing various parts of May Pang
The Beatles - All Together Now - Yellow Submarine
(Lennon-McCartney)
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Lead vocal: Paul In May 1967, with the âSgt. Pepperâ album in the can and awaiting release, the Beatles went to work on two projects at the same time. They began recording the title track for âMagical Mystery Tourâ and also starting to record the new songs they had promised for
the âYellow Submarineâ film. The first song specifically recorded for the âYellow Submarineâ film was âBaby, Youâre A Rich Manâ (on May 11, 1967), but that song was
pulled several months later to fill the B-side of the âAll You Need Is Loveâ single. George Harrisonâs âSgt. Pepperâ reject âOnly A Northern Songâ was added to the stack of film songs. Paulâs sing-along âAll Together Nowâ was started and finished on May 12, 1967. Nine takes were recorded. Instruments included two acoustic guitars (probably Paul and
George), bass guitar (Paul), bass drum (Ringo), harmonica and banjo (John).
More BEDS mentioned by PAULâŠhe must have tired a lot
Wings â Hi Hi Hi Written in Spain earlier in the summer, it was a great rocking tune that brought
back some credibility to Paulâs solo efforts. The BBC banned it on November 30th, 1972 for suggestive language and drug references. Paul had used the word
âpolygonâ but it was incorrectly listed as âbody gunâ in the lyrics.
Mentions want to lie on the bed / Sweet banana
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The Beatles - Itâs Only Love- Help!
(Lennon-McCartney)
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Lead vocal: John Recorded in six takes on June 15, 1965. The first Beatles song to include a reference to getting âhighâ (âI get high when I see you go byâ). The working title prior to lyrics being
written was âThatâs a Nice Hat.â George Martin and his Orchestra recorded the instrumental version of âItâs Only Loveâ using the original title. In 1972 Lennon called
âItâs Only Loveâ âthe one song I really hate of mine.â
On U.S. album: Rubber Soul - Capitol LP
The Beatles - Julia - The Beatles (Lennon-McCartney)
Lead vocal: John Recorded in three takes on October 13, 1968, âJuliaâ is the only John Lennon solo
performance in the Beatles catalog. Written primarily in Rishikesh, India, John learned the finger-picking guitar style from Donovan while in India, and used this style on âDear
Prudence,â as well as some of his post-Beatles recordings such as âLook At Me,â and Yoko Onoâs Plastic Ono Band B-side âRemember Love.â The âJuliaâ in question is his
free-spirited mother, who was killed when John was 17. In his 1980 Playboy interview, John described the song as âa combination of Yoko and my mother blended into one.â The lyric âocean childâ is a reference to Yoko Ono, whose name means âchild of the ocean.â âJuliaâ was the last new song recorded for the âWhite Album.â According to
author Bruce Spizer some of the songâs lyrics were adopted from âSand and Foam,â a collection of writings and drawings by Kahili Gibran, a Lebanese poet and philosopher.
Gibranâs words are: âHalf of what I say is meaningless; but I say it so the other half may reach youâ and âWhen life does not find a singer to sing her heart she produces a
philosopher to speak her mind.â Lennon was also influenced by Yoko, who sent letters to John while he was in India. John: âShe would write things like âI am a cloud. Watch
for me in the sky.â
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The Beatles - Your Mother Should Know - Magical Mystery Tour
(EP) (Lennon-McCartney)
Lead vocal: Paul Paul wrote âYour Mother Should Knowâ on harmonium at his Cavendish Avenue home in London. Recorded on August 22 and 23, 1967 at Chappell Recording Studios in London,
those dates would be the only time the Beatles recorded at that facility. Eight takes were recorded the first evening. The second night of recording was significant in that it marked the last time the Beatles saw Brian Epstein, who died four days later, aged just 32. Written entirely by Paul, in similar vein to âWhen Iâm Sixty-Four.â Although the song was later re-made at Abbey Road at McCartneyâs request, it was the Chappell version, with overdubs recorded in September at Abbey Road, that made it onto the âMagical
Mystery Tourâ EP.
On U.S. album:
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Magical Mystery Tour - Capitol LP
Dhani Harrison â For You Blue â Single
The Beatles - Let It Be - album version - Let It Be
(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: Paul
âLet It Beâ was the last song properly recorded on multi-track at Apple Studios during the âGet Backâ 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 âGet Backâ sessions was to capture the Beatles âliveâ in the studio without benefit of studio trickery like overdubbing, an exception was made on âLet It
Beâ so that George Harrison could re-record his lead guitar solo. Georgeâs overdub was recorded on April 30, 1969. Author Mark Lewisohn: âIt is widely believed that there are two different takes of âLet It Beâ publicly available - the single released (in the UK) on
March 6, 1970 and the âLet It Beâ 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.â
George Harrison â Mama Youâve Been On My Mind (demo) - Early Takes Vol.1 â12
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John Lennon â Dear John - Anthology â98
One of his last tunes
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NEWS W/ JACKIE
10.12 BREAK OKâŠthere will be a quiz that follows these next 5 songsâŠcount the references to Beatles song titles in these lyricsâŠâŠStart calling when you hear the 5th song How Do You SleepâŠ.Donât call if you have less than 10 or more titlesâŠ800-955-KLOS GO! The Beatles', "Glass Onion" The Song Lyrics:
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I told you about strawberry fields You know the place where nothing is real The Beatles', "Glass Onion" The Song Lyrics: I told you about the fool on the hill I tell you, man, he's living there still The Beatles', "Glass Onion" The Song Lyrics: I told you about the walrus and me man You know we're as close as can be, man The Beatles', "Glass Onion" The Song Lyrics: Lady Madonna trying to make ends meet, yeah The Beatles', "Glass Onion" The Song Lyrics:
Fixing a hole in the ocean The Beatles', "I Am The Walrus" The Song Lyrics: See how they fly like Lucy In The Sky The Beatles', "Savoy Truffle" The Song Lyrics: We all know Ob-la-di-bla-da
Ringo â Choose Love The Long and Winding Road, is more than a song Tomorrow Never Knows, What Goes On
"How Do You Sleep?" So sgt. pepper took you by surprise The only thing you done was yesterday and since you've gone it's just another day
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QUIZ #1âŠ(Give away a few) We just heard 5 songs that all incorporated Beatles songs titles somewhere in the
lyricsâŠ.
There is a total of 12 actual song titles referred to. The first caller @ 800-Ââ955-ÂâKLOS and can name at least 10 of the Beatles song titles mentioned in those last 5 songs WINS! Pair of tix to Hollywood Bowl Beatles extravaganza
featuring Dave Stewart
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BUMPER/The Beatles - Iâm Looking Through You - Rubber Soul
sessions (Lennon-McCartney)
Lead vocal: Paul Written by Paul after an argument with then-girlfriend, actress Jane Asher. Initially
recorded on October 24, 1965, the song was re-recorded from scratch on November 6, but McCartney was still not satisfied. Four days later, on November 10, the group took another stab at it. Paulâs lead vocal was superimposed the next day. The version issued
by Capitol Records has two false starts.
On U.S. album: Rubber Soul - Capitol LP
The Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows â Revolver sessions
(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: John
The first song recorded for what would become the âRevolverâ album. Johnâs composition was unlike anything The Beatles or anyone else had ever recorded.
Lennonâs vocal is buried under a wall of sound -- an assemblage of repeating tape loops and sound effects â placed on top of a dense one chord song with basic melody driven
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by Ringo's thunderous drum pattern. The lyrics were largely taken from âThe Psychedelic Experience,â a 1964 book written by Harvard psychologists Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert, which contained an adaptation of the ancient âTibetan Book of the
Dead.â 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 âarrangingâ 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.
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A far cry from the Cavern Club⊠TAKE 1 of Tomorrow Never Knows and speaking of The Cavern ClubâŠitâs time for
QUIZ #2âŠ(Give away a few) Today in 1963âŠ51 years agoâŠThe Beatles LAST
Performance at the Cavern, The show lasted from 6-Ââ11.30pm.
During The Beatlesâ set a power cut and the place went dark. Lennon and McCartney performed an acoustic version of what songâŠ.AUG. 3RD `63 HINTâŠItâs a song from Sgt. Pepper âs Lonely Hearts Club
Band `67 800â955-ÂâKLOS
Also on the bill were The Escorts, The Merseybeats, The Road Runners, Johnny Ringo and the Colts, and Faronâs Flamingos.
Letâs hear a few numbers you might have heard The Beatles lay down at the Cavern ClubâŠ. Note George solo 1.45 inâŠthe Beatles really JELL as a band
The Beatles â Nuthin Shakin` The Beatles â Kansas City
The Beatles â Roll Over Beethoven
WINNER HERE
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The Beatles - When Iâm Sixty-Four - Sgt. Pepperâs Lonely Hearts Club Band
(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: Paul
One of the oldest songs in the Beatles catalog, it was written by Paul McCartney when he was 15 or 16 and the Beatles had performed a variation of it in their pre-fame Cavern Club days whenever the amplifiers broke down. It was the second song recorded for the âSgt. Pepperâ LP (following âStrawberry Fields Foreverâ), but when âStrawberry Fields Foreverâ was pulled for release as a single, Paulâs âWhen Iâm Sixty-Fourâ became the
first song recorded for the album that ended up on the album. The initial rhythm track was finished in two takes on December 6, 1966, and consisted of Paul on guide vocal,
bass and piano, John on guitar, and Ringo on drums with brushes. On December 8, Paul recorded his lead vocal, on December 20, John, Paul and George recorded backing vocals and Ringo played bells. Although John helped with a few lyrics for the official
recording of Paulâs childhood song, he was later quoted as saying, âI would never even dream of writing a song like that.â
Paul McCartney â That Was Me - Memory Almost Full â07 A little boogie rocker that waxes incredulous at a charmed life: âThat was me / Sweatinâ cobwebs / Under contract / In the cellar / On TV / That was me / The same me that stands here now / If fate decreed that all of this would make a
lifetime, who am I to disagree?â
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The Beatles - Hello Goodbye - Non-LP track (Lennon-McCartney)
Lead vocal: Paul The Beatlesâ sixteenth single release for EMIâs Parlophone label.
Originally titled âHello Hello,â Paulâs âHello, Goodbyeâ was recorded during the sessions for the âMagical Mystery Tourâ TV movie, but was intended for release as a stand-alone single to be issued two weeks before the âMagical Mystery Tourâ 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, Paulâs lead vocal and John and Georgeâs backing vocals on Oct. 19, outside
musicians playing two violas on Oct. 20, Paulâs 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 âMaori finale.â Issued November 24, 1967 in the UK and November 27, 1967 in the U.S.
On U.S. album: Magical Mystery Tour - Capitol LP
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The Beatles - Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da - The Beatles
(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: Paul
Written by Paul while in Rishikesh, India. In Barry Milesâ âMany Years From Nowâ Paul recalls walking through the Indian jungle near the Maharishiâs compound with his guitar singing âOb-La,Di, Ob-La, Da, life goes on, bra,â taking the phrase from Jimmy Scott, a Nigerian conga player who had been a part of the London music scene since the 50s. In Scottâs native language, âOb la di ob la daâ is an expression meaning âlife goes on.â Paul
created characters for his story - Desmond and Molly and their barrow in a Caribbean marketplace. A barrow is a cart or small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or
pushed by hand.
Recording started on July 3, 1968, but would be worked on and re-worked virtually every day until mid-July. In one take Paul accidently reversed the roles of Desmond and Molly in the third verse and the error was purposely kept in the released version. The
song went through multiple changes and a more reggae-flavored version can be heard on the âAnthology 3â album.
In Japan, EMI Toshiba issued the single âOb-La-Di, Ob-La-Daâ b/w âWhile My Guitar
Gently Weepsâ on March 10, 1969. Paul had wanted the same combination released as an official Beatles single in England and America but the idea was voted down by John
and George.
John Lennon â What You Got - Walls And Bridges â74
The Beatles - Hey Bulldog - Yellow Submarine
(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: John
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In early February 1968, the Beatles were on a tight schedule. They had two weeks to audition and record possible songs for their next single, which would be released while
they were away on an extended trip to India where the group would meditate with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. In addition to picking the single sides they would need to spend
a day with a film crew making a short promotional film for the song. The Paul McCartney-penned âLady Madonnaâ was chosen as the A-side and would be the subject
of the promo film. On the last weekend of recording, the Beatles were informed they were one song short of the four new songs needed for âYellow Submarine,â and a new
song had to be recorded before they left for India. The song shortage was due to âBaby, Youâre A Rich Man,â which had been earmarked for the film soundtrack, being used as
the B-side of the âAll You Need Is Loveâ single.
George Harrison â Art Of Dying - All Things Must Pass â70 Originally written after the Beatles last concert in 1966 â George had constantly been searching for a life and meaning outside of the Beatles. The original lyrics of the track include a reference to Brian Epstein being able to keep George with
âyouâ (meaning the Beatles), instead of the eventual âSister Mary.â
The Beatles - Long Long Long - The Beatles
(Harrison) Lead vocal: George
George, Paul and Ringo ran through 67 takes of Georgeâs âLong Long Long,â then titled âItâs Been A Long Long Long Time,â on October 7, 1968. John Lennon was not at any of the sessions for the song. Harrison provided the lead vocal, accompanying himself on his
Gibson J-200 acoustic guitar, Paul played Hammond organ, and Ringo played drums. George has said the âyouâ he is referring to in the song is God, and admits that the
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chords were taken from Bob Dylanâs âSad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands,â which is on Dylanâs 1966 album âBlonde On Blonde.â Chris Thomas: âThereâs a sound near the end
of the song which is a bottle of Blue Nun wine rattling away on the top of a Leslie speaker cabinet. It just happened. Paul hit a certain note and the bottle started
vibrating. We thought it was so good that we set the mikes up and did it again. The Beatles always took advantage of accidents.â The rattling sound is best heard in the
right channel of the stereo version.
The Beatles - Revolution - Non-LP Track (Lennon-McCartney)
Lead vocal: John The Beatlesâ eighteenth single release for EMI, their first on the Apple
Records label. John Lennon lobbied hard to get his magnificent rocker on the A-side of the bandâs
summer 1968 single, but by any standard, Paulâs âHey Judeâ was an unbeatable choice for the A-side. There are three versions of Johnâs âRevolution.â The first one recorded was the slower version which opens the fourth side of âThe Beatlesâ and was released under the title âRevolution 1.â That track was the first song to be recorded for what
would be known as the âWhite Album.â Ultimately, the song ran over 10 minutes. Much of it was cut out and used to create the sound collage entitled âRevolution 9,â which
would also appear on side four of the new album. Shortly before his death in 1980, John explained the reason for the songâs remake into a fast rocker: Paul and George refused to allow the original slower recording to be released as the next Beatles single, fearing it was not upbeat enough. So Lennon decided they would record the song fast and loud. Recording began on the fast and loud single version of âRevolutionâ on July 10, 1968.
Additional overdubs were added on July 11 and 12, and the final mix was completed on July 15. The single was issued on August 30, 1968, in the UK, and on August 26 in the U.S. The âHey Judeâ/âRevolutionâ single would go on to sell nearly five million copies in
the U.S. and eight million copies worldwide. On U.S. album:
Hey Jude - Capitol LP
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BUMPER/Paul McCartney - Ebony and Ivory/Rainclouds
(single)
Paul McCartney â That Would Be Something â McCartney â70
Written in Scotland, Paul sings and plays acoustic guitar, bass, tom toms and cymbal on this song. Shortly after the McCartney album's release, George
Harrison described the album versions of this song and "Maybe I'm Amazed" as "great".
Paul McCartney & Wings â Mamunia â Band on the Run â73 Inspired by a hotel of the same name in Marrakesh (in Arabic, the word means
âsave havenâ). Originally intended to be the B-Side of the âJetâ single. An animated music video was created for the song and debuted on âThe Dave Cash
Radio Showâ television show in 1975.