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Today’s March 19th 2017 Playlist Guests Jim Berkenstadt & Alex Orbison/ talk the legend of Jimmy Nicol!

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The Beatles – Johnny B. Goode – as we remember the

true KING of Rock’n’Roll

Carol also recorded by Rollin Stones

Memphis, Tennessee Berry "Saturday Club" - 5th October 1963

I'm Talking About You POP GO The Beatles!

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The Beatles - Roll Over Beethoven – With The Beatles (Berry)

Lead vocal: George Chuck Berry’s rock and roll standard was released as a single in May 1956 on Chess Records. It peaking at #29. A staple of The Beatles’ live show from the earliest days,

Beatles fans will be surprised to learn that John Lennon was the lead singer of the song in those very early club days. In 1961 George Harrison took over lead vocals. “Roll Over Beethoven” was the opening song at The Beatles’ first concert in America, February 11, 1964 in Washington D.C., and opens Capitol’s “The Beatles’ Second Album,” released on

April 10, 1964. On U.S. album:

The Beatles’ Second Album - Capitol LP Live at the Hollywood Bowl

Live on the BBC, Vol. 1 (live)

Too Much Monkey Business Berry "Pop Go The

Beatles" - 10th September 1963

I Got To Find My Baby / Pop Go The Beatles" - 11th June 1963

The Beatles - Rock and Roll Music - Beatles For Sale

(Berry) Lead vocal: John

Incredibly, this stunning cover version of Chuck Berry’s classic hit from 1957 featuring John Lennon on lead vocal was captured in just one take on October 18, 1964. Like

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“Twist and Shout” and “Money (That’s What I Want)” before it, “Rock and Roll Music” is a prime example of Lennon making a previously known hit his own. The overdubbed

piano part features John, Paul and George Martin pounding the SAME piano! The song was featured on the Beatles 1965 European Tour and was the opening song during their

1966 concert tours. On U.S. album:

Beatles ‘65 - Capitol LP Live at the Hollywood Bowl

Anthology 2 Live on the BBC, Vol. 1 (live)

Chuck Berry – Back In The USA – Chess 1959

QUIZ HERE –

Who’s singing that Chuck Berry song?

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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 - Tell Me What You See - Help! (Lennon-McCartney)

Lead vocal: John and Paul Recorded in four takes on February 18, 1965. The song was presented to “Help!”

director Richard Lester for possible inclusion in the film, but he declined. Lennon said the group wanted a “Mexican effect” on the track so George played a guiro (an open-ended hallow gourd played by rubbing a stick over parallel notches on the side of the instrument to create a ratchet-like sound), and Ringo played claves (two short thick

pieces of wood). On U.S. album:

Beatles VI - Capitol LP

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Paul McCartney & Wings – Big Barn Bed – Red Rose Speedway ‘73

The first two lines of this track and the album were first used on the "Ram" album at the end of “Ram On (reprise).”

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 of the past

50 years".[7 .” 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.

The Beatles - Thank You Girl - (McCartney-Lennon) – Past Masters /

Beatles Second Album / flip of From Me To You / Recorded 5 and 13-Mar-63

Parlophone, Vee-Jay, Oldies 45, and Capitol Star Line single Parlophone EP The Beatles’ Hits

Vee-Jay LP The Beatles & Frank Ifield on Stage Capitol LP The Beatles’ Second Album

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The Beatles – Leave My Kitten Alone – Beatles For Sale sessions

QUIZ HERE –

Who’s singing that Chuck Berry song?

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Something from Revolver… in mono….w/ horns!

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 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

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Anthology 2

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 Anthology 2

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.

Using the basic Lennon-McCartney song structure George crafted a “Beatles song” that was on par with the material the band was currently working up for their second album.

Getting the other Beatles and producer George Martin to take his work seriously was another matter, and it would take years for Harrison to finally be given his due. Normally

he was relegated to one or two songs per album.

On U.S. album: Meet The Beatles! - Capitol LP

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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 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 1+ (remixed) Live at the Hollywood Bowl

Live on the BBC, Vol. 1 (live) Anthology 2 / Live for the ITV show "Blackpool Night Out".

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

Rock Band Mix Yellow Submarine Songtrack Mix

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NEWS HERE/ w/ Song (McCartney Distractions) at end.

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The Beatles - Revolution - Non-LP Track (Lennon-McCartney)

Lead vocal: John The Beatles’ 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 band’s

summer 1968 single, but by any standard, Paul’s “Hey Jude” was an unbeatable choice for the A-side. There are three versions of John’s “Revolution.” The first one recorded was the slower version which opens the fourth side of “The Beatles” and was released under the title “Revolution 1.” That track was the first song to be recorded for what

would be known as the “White Album.” Ultimately, the song ran over 10 minutes. Much of it was cut out and used to create the sound collage entitled “Revolution 9,” which

would also appear on side four of the new album. Shortly before his death in 1980, John explained the reason for the song’s 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 “Revolution” on July 10, 1968.

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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 “Hey Jude”/“Revolution” 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

John Lennon – Bring on the Lucie (Freda Peeple) - Mind Games ‘73

A strong John Lennon track that proved John could make strong statements without being overly preachy – the song is more along the lines of his previous

(and less well-received) album, “Some Time In New York City.”

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The Beatles - Octopus’s Garden - Abbey Road

(Starkey) Lead vocal: Ringo

“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.

Ringo’s only previous writing credits had been collaborations (John, Paul and Ringo shared a writing credit for “What Goes On” and all four Beatles are credited for “Flying”). Prior to 1968 most original Beatles songs were published by John and Paul’s publisher, Northern Songs Ltd. With the exception of “Don’t Bother Me” in 1963, all of George’s

songs to date had been assigned to Northern Songs. This changed in early 1968 when George refused to re-sign with Northern, feeling he could get a better deal by creating his own music publishing company. Apple Publishing was used as a stop-gap by George and Ringo as they sought to shift control of their songs away from Northern. Their 1968

output was assigned to Apple Publishing, and in 1969, they each formed their own music publishing companies. Ringo’s Startling Music handled “Octopus’s Garden,”

George’s Sing Song (later in the year renamed Harrisongs) published his “Abbey Road” and “Let It Be” compositions.

ALSO ON Anthology 3

Love Rock Band Mix

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Paul & Linda McCartney – Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey – Ram ‘71

Released as a single in the United States, it reached #1 in the US in September 1971, making it the first McCartney solo #1 single. Paul also won a Grammy for

Best Arrangement for this song.

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Dear CC I’d like to hear The Beatles RAIN in MONO follow by Paperback Writer in STEREO and in between I’d like to hear the Beatles film clip from Ed Sullivan show from 1966 in-

between the 2 songs…Signed Beatle Barry Canoga Park CA….

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 McCartney’s dominant bass part, the song features a striking drum

performance from Ringo, who has called “Rain” his favorite Beatles song. The B-side of “Paperback Writer.” Issued in America on May 23, 1966 and the UK on June 10, 1966,

several months in advance of the “Revolver” album. On U.S. album:

Hey Jude - Capitol LP (1970)

Ed Sullivan Show June 1966

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The Beatles - Paperback Writer - A Collection Of Beatles Oldies

(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: Paul

The Beatles’ twelfth single release for EMI’s Parlophone label. Recorded on April 13 and 14, 1966. The track is notable for Paul McCartney’s furious bass line. The bass is so prominent in the mix that sound engineers at EMI worried it

could cause the stylus of a record player tone arm (the needle thing on record players) to jump when fans played the 45 RPM single at home. Thankfully, no such calamity

occurred. For this heavy bass sound Paul’s chose to replace his usual Hofner bass with a Rickenbacker 4001S bass. Aside from the dominant bass part, McCartney also provides the lead guitar, with George Harrison working the tambourine. The second and third

verse backing vocal is the French nursery rhyme “Frere Jacques.” Released in America on May 23 and in the UK on June 10. “Paperback Writer” made the second largest ever jump to No. 1 on Billboard's chart. It debuted at number 28 on June 11, 1966, moved to

15 and then to number 1 on June 25. The only single to make a bigger jump was another Beatles song, “Can't Buy Me Love.”

On U.S. album: Hey Jude - Capitol LP (1970) The Beatles 1+ (remixed)

Past Masters

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HUSKY – Jimmy Nicol PYE 1964

Welcome Jim Berkenstadt & Alex Orbison – talk the legend of Jimmy Nicol

Jimmy & The Beatles

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I Saw Her Standing There – LIVE 1964

The Beatles - Getting Better - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: Paul

The title “Getting Better” was inspired by a phrase often used by substitute Beatles drummer Jimmy Nicol. Nicol stepped in for the ailing Ringo Starr during his bout with

tonsillitis in June 1964. On the eve of the band embarking on their first world tour Ringo collapsed at a photo shoot and the final night of recording for the “A Hard Day’s Night” LP were scrapped, leaving the final version with 13 songs instead of the expected 14. Nicol was called in on no notice to rehearse the concert set list. The next day he was

thrown into the crush of full scale Beatlemania as the Fab Four landed in the Netherlands for the first of the sold out concerts. Once on the mend, Ringo caught up

with the tour in Australia. After each show, John and Paul would ask their new drummer how he was doing. His standard reply was “It’s getting better.” McCartney was reminded of this phrase while walking with Beatles biographer Hunter Davies during the making of the “Sgt. Pepper” album, and he decided to build a song around it. Recording began on the song on March 9, 1967 and the basic rhythm track was completed in seven takes. Paul described the tune as “an optimistic song,” but noted John’s biting wit gave the lyrics the perfect counterpoint. Paul: “I was sitting there doing ‘Getting better all the

time’ and John just said in his laconic way, ‘It couldn’t get no worse,’ and I thought, Oh, brilliant! This is exactly why I love writing with John.” Recording continued on the track

on March 21. The March 21 session is notable in Beatles history. John informed producer George Martin that he was feeling ill. It was a rarity for John Lennon to complain of illness or to miss a recording session due to illness. Martin thought he could do with

some fresh air and took him to the rook of the Abbey Road studios and left him there to convalesce. Paul and George knew John had taken a tab of acid. Realizing that John was alone on a roof with no rails and in the middle of an LSD trip, the pair ran up the roof to bring him back inside. On March 23, Paul’s lead vocal, John and George’s backing vocals

and handclaps were double-tracked and added to the mix. ALSO ON

Yellow Submarine Songtrack Mix Rock Band Mix

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Question 7: "What song that you play bass are you most proud of?"

Now he played on so many I’ll give you a few hints.. It was solo Beatles song…from 1971..(4.13)…not a Paul song…not a Ringo song….nothing from Bangladesh…

Good Luck.

A/Klaus Voormann: "Jealous Guy."

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Play clip of Klaus HERE

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John Lennon – Jealous Guy – Imagine ‘71

Originally written as “Child of Nature,” which was taken from a lecture from Marahashi Mahesh Yogi, which also inspired the Paul McCartney tune, “Mother

Nature’s Son.” The musicians included are Klaus Voorman (bass), Nicky Hopkins (who played on “Revolution”) John Barham and Moody Blues keyboardist Mike

Pinder (to play Mellotron).

Of all the Beatles John loved Chuck Berry the MOST…

John Lennon – You Can’t Catch Me - Rock ‘n’ Roll ‘75 This was the lynchpin of a messy scenario for John. He was embroiled in a

lawsuit due to lifting a line from Chuck Berry’s “You Can’t Catch Me” for his own composition, “Come Together”. Another version of this tune wound up on the

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bootlegged version of “Roots, “ which John later sued over and subsequently won by ruling.

Paul McCartney – Brown Eyed Handsome Man (Chuck Berry)

– Run Devil Run ‘99 This Chuck Berry original is more familiar from Buddy Holly's posthumous 1963

single. Paul: "We wanted to put an accordion on our version, make it slightly Cajun, just to get it away from Buddy's a bit.”

John Lennon – Sweet Little Sixteen - Rock ‘n’ Roll ‘75

John had originally sung this with the Beatles in 1963 (“Live at the BBC”), Chuck Berry remained as of one John’s favorite artists, whom he got to play with on the

Mike Douglas Show.

RIP Chuck

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JIMMY NICOL

The little-known Nicol, who was 24 at the time, had been recently used by Beatles producer George Martin for a

recording session by teen idol Tommy Quickly, a Liverpool pal of The Beatles handled by their manager, Brian Epstein.

Martin recommended him to Epstein as a temporary replacement for Ringo after The Beatles’ drummer was

hospitalized with a serious case of tonsillitis on the eve of the Fab Four’s tour of Europe and then of Australia and

Asia.

His first Beatles gig was in Copenhagen, only 27 hours after the decision was made to hire him and proceed with

the tour. Reportedly, in Amsterdam, Nicol and John Lennon spent an entire night in a brothel.

In his 13 days of immortality, Nicol played eight concerts with John, Paul and George. He also appeared with them

for a TV appearance before Ringo rejoined his mates.

For his efforts, Epstein paid him £500, which is the equivalent of $3,906 today. Epstein also gave him a watch that was inscribed, “From The Beatles and Brian Epstein to Jimmy – with appreciation and gratitude” along with a ride to the airport and a ticket from Australia back to his home,

London.

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Since he left in the middle of the night, he never had the chance to say goodbye to the other three, who were asleep. Colin Hicks & His Cabin Boys with Jimmie Nicol on Drums

Jimmy Nicol and The Shubdubs - Night train Sergio Walrus

The Spotnicks (ft. Jimmie Nicol) - Drum Diddley (live

Japan 1966)

The Sound of Jimmy Nicol - Roaring Blue

Play a bit of Jimmy w/ the Beatles….

QUIZ #2 We just heard Paperback Writer from The Revolver sessions of

1966…here’s a question regarding the artist who drew the cover of Revolver….Klaus Voormann.

Question 7: "What song that you play bass are you most proud of?"

Now he played on so many I’ll give you a hint..It was solo Beatles song…from 1971..4.13…not a Paul song…not a

Ringo song….nothing from Bangladesh…Good Luck.

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A/Klaus Voormann: "Jealous Guy."