Lsug Super Singles 2013

20. THE BALLAD OF JOHN AND YOKO /OLD BROWN SHOE..May 30, 1969 21. SOMETHING / COME TOGETHER...... October 31, 1969 22 LET IT BE / YOU KNOW MY NAME...... February, 1970

HOUR ONE

The Beatles - Love Me Do (McCartney-Lennon) – Single/ Past Masters Recorded in 15 Takes on 4th September 1962 - Ringo on Drums 18 Takes on 11th September - A remake with Andy White on Drums UK / Parlophone 45-R 4949 (mono) Released: October 5, 1962

Parlophone, Tollie, Oldies 45, and Capitol Starline single Parlophone LP Please Please Me Parlophone EP The Beatles’ Hits Vee-Jay LP Introducing the Beatles Greatest Records LP The Original Greatest Hits Capitol LP The Early Beatles

Weeks on chart: 18: Oct 11, 1962 - Feb 6, 1963 Highest chart position: 17: December 27, 1962

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The Beatles – P.S. I Love You – Please Please Me B- Side of “Love Me Do“ in UK Oct. 5th 1962. Lead vocal John & Paul Recorded Sept. 11th 1962 w/ Andy White on Drums Written in Hamburg May 1962 McCartney .8 Lennon .2 US - Vee-Jay LP Introducing the Beatles US- Capitol LP The Early Beatles

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The Beatles – Please Please Me – Please Please Me Recorded Nov. 26 1962 John said it was his attempt Written at his Aunt’s home on Menlove Ave. at writing a Roy Orbison song. And the first record owned by Elvis Costello who was in the Beatles Fan Club when he was eleven. The second official EMI release Single released Jan. 11 1963 The Beatles 1st US single – Feb.1963 Released 3 different times in the US on Vee Jay Lennon 1.00 US - Vee-Jay LP Introducing the Beatles (Version 2) US – The Early Beatles 2nd UK single

The Beatles – Ask Me Why – Please Please Me Recorded Nov. 26th 1962. First heard by the public on Teenagers Turn on June 11, 1962 / B Side of Please Please Me on VJ & Parlophone. Lead vocal John Lennon .7/ McCartney .3 US - Vee- Jay LP Introducing the Beatles (Version 2) US – The Early Beatles

The Beatles - From Me To You (McCartney-Lennon) – Past Masters Recorded 5-Mar-63

UK Parlophone R 5015 (mono) b/w Thank You Girl Released: April 11, 1963 Weeks on chart: 21: April 18 - September 12, 1963 Highest chart position: 1: May 5 - June 22, 1963

USA - Vee-Jay VJ-522 (mono) b/w Thank You Girl Released: May 6, 1963 Highest chart position: 116

By the time Vee-Jay issued this record, Del Shannon had already released an A- side cover version in the U.S. and it, not the Beatles version, was getting the airplay. Another poor seller.

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

The Beatles- She Loves You (Lennon / McCartney) – single July 1st 1963 / Beatles Second Album The fourth official EMI release. By the 3rd September this had sold half a million copies, and by 27th November it became the first Beatles record to sell One Million copies in Britain alone. It also achieved the rare feat of two separate spells at number 1.

The most significant change is the printing of the composer names ... this release establishes "Lennon-McCartney" as the format of their composer credit for the rest of their Beatle career.

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The Beatles – I’ll Get You - Beatles 2nd LP/Past Masters I Recorded 1st July 1963/flip “She Loves You”

The Beatles -I Want To Hold Your Hand – Past Masters

Recorded 17th October 1963 Parlophone and Capitol single Capitol LP Meet the Beatles! Parlophone EP The Beatles’ Million Sellers Parlophone LP A Collection Of Beatles Oldies

The fifth official EMI release. "I Want To Hold Your Hand" was the first to sell one million copies on British advance orders alone ! Not surprisingly therefore it entered the chart with a bullet, whilst "She Loves You" was enjoying it's second spell at number 1. The following week moving to number 1, with "She Loves You" now at number 2. At this time The Four Moptops were also at number 1 and 2 in the LP charts !

The Beatles - This Boy – Meet The Beatles US EP Four By The Beatles /Meet The Beatles/Past Masters I flip of I Want To Hold You Hand in UK

The Beatles – Can’t Buy Me Love – AHDN A #1 in both the UK and US Recorded Jan. 29th 1964 at Pathe’ Marconi Studio Paris. Lead vocal Paul McCartney .9 / Lennon .1 US - United Artists LP A Hard Day’s Night Apple LP Hey Jude

The sixth official EMI release. Another label change for EMI ... In January 1964 on all their labels they now included the words, "Sold in U.K. Subject to resale price conditions. See Price Lists" in the push-out centre. This, of course, means ALL original pressings of this single have it. What this also means is, any earlier releases which carry this declaration MUST also have been pressed AFTER January 1964.

The Beatles – You Can’t Do That – AHDN Flip of “Can’t Buy Me Love” in the UK & US. John playing his Rickenbacker model No. 1996 slimline… Lead vocal John Lennon .100 US - Capitol LP The Beatles' Second Album

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The Beatles – A Hard Days Night – AHDN Released as a single in the UK July 10 `64 going straight to #1.The title is a Ringoisum sez John Lennon who first used the phrase in his book In His Own Write. Written arranged, rehearsed and recorded in a 24 hour period on April 16th, 1964. Lead vocal John Lennon 1.00 US - United Artists LP A Hard Day’s Night The Beatles – Things We Said Today – AHDN Flip of AHDN in the UK. Written by Paul McCartney while vacationing in the Bahamas w/ girlfriend Jane Asher, Ringo & Maureen Starkey. Recorded June 2nd 1964…Lennon said in Playboy interviews; “good song”. McCartney 1.00 US - Capitol LP Something New

The Beatles - I Feel Fine – EP Million Sellers / Beatles 65 / Collection of Oldies `66 /Past Masters/1 Recorded: 18 October 1964 Single: Capitol 5327 (US) November 23, 1964 Parlophone R 5200 (UK) November 27, 1964

The Beatles - She's A Woman – EP Million Sellers/ Beatles `65 /Past Masters /No UK album Recorded: 8 October 1964 flip of I Feel Fine Capitol 5327 (US) November 23, 1964 Parlophone R 5200 (UK) November 27, 1964 The eighth official EMI release.

The Beatles – Ticket To Ride - HELP! Feb. 15th 1965 Released as a single in the UK April 9th 1965 and in the US April 14th 1965. John sez in Playboy – quote: “This is the earliest heavy metal record“... Paul’s contribution was the way Ringo played the drums”. And he played lead guitar with George. Lennon 1.00 US - Capitol LP HELP!

The Beatles - Yes It Is – Beatles VI / Past Masters flip of Ticket To Ride UK & US Recorded: 16 February 1965 Parlophone R 5265 (UK) April 9, 1965 Capitol 5407 (US) April 19, 1965

The Beatles – HELP! – HELP! Recorded April 1965. John’s autobiographical tune from what he called his “fat Elvis” period. #1 in the States for 3 weeks in 1965… and 4 weeks in the UK at #1. Lead vocal John Lennon .9 / McCartney .1 US - Capitol LP HELP! The tenth official EMI release. No significant label changes, or versions of this disc at all, most originals should look as above. Although, there is a change to the labelling EMI used as from this disc. On 1st July 1965, EMI merged all its roster labels into one parent company, the "Gramophone Company Ltd.". Therefore from this single onwards, the small "rights of the manufacturer" statement around the outside edge of the label, began with the new company name instead of "The Parlophone Co. Ltd.". Yet again though, this changeover wasn't immediate, so look out for some copies with either statement printed ! ... and would you believe it, this situation applied right up to 1969 releases !

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The Beatles - I'm Down– flip of HELP! /Past Masters Recorded: 14 June 1965 No US album…no UK album Capitol 5476 (US) July 19, 1965 Parlophone R 5305 (UK) July 23, 1965

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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 - 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

HOUR 2

The Beatles – Yellow Submarine – Revolver Recorded May 26th 1966 Written by Mr. McCartney while lying in bed one night sez Paul…You know as a kids story…And then we thought it would be good for Ringo to do. Can also be found on the Yellow Submarine SDTK and Revolver. McCartney 1.00

The Beatles – Eleanor Rigby – Revolver Recorded April 1966 Written by Paul though John Lennon claimed in two different interviews (Hit Parader in`71 and again in Playboy in 1980) that he wrote 70 percent of the lyrics! Paul sez: “I saw somewhere that John said he helped on “Eleanor Rigby “. Yeah about half a line”. Well…! Lead vocal Paul McCartney .9.9 / Lennon .001

The thirteenth official EMI release. No significant label changes, or versions of this disc at all, all originals should look as above. But, the sleeve although the same as previous releases on the front, had a change on the back, therefore I have shown the back of the sleeve above. Each sleeve carried an advert for Morphy-Richards hairdryers, featuring "Fran the Fan" in her latest episode. McCartney 1.00

The Beatles - Paperback Writer – Single Recorded: 13/14 April 1966 The twelfth official EMI release Capitol 5651 (mono) Released: May 27, 1966 Highest chart position: 1 RIAA Gold Single award: July 14, 1966 Paperback Writer made the second largest ever jump to No. 1 on Billboard's chart. It debuted at number 28 on June 11th, 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.

UK Parlophone LP A Collection of Beatles Oldies US Apple LP Hey Jude / Past Masters

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The Beatles – Rain – Hey Jude/Beatles Again / Past Masters Recorded: 14/16 April 1966 flip of Paperback Writer Ringo’s favorite Beatle track… On the evening of April 14th 1966, John Lennon very soaked with tea put on his reel to reel tape of that days work backwards and of course listened for about 2 minutes before realizing it was indeed backwards…this is the how he got the idea for the finished product we know and love.

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The Beatles - Penny Lane - Magical Mystery Tour Recorded Dec. 29th 1966 Released as a single in the UK Feb.`67 and DID NOT REACH #1. It was held off by Engelbert Humperdick’s “Release Me”. Penny Lane is a bus roundabout in Liverpool Contains at least TWO slightly slang obscenities (finger pie & keeps his fire engine clean) Lead vocal Paul McCartney .8 / Lennon .2

The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever – Magical Mystery Tour Recorded Nov/ Dec. 1966 Written in Spain while John was filming “How I Won The War” 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 John. One of the only two HONEST songs that John says he wrote for the Beatles…the other? (HELP!) Lead vocal John Lennon 1.00

The Beatles - All You Need Is Love - Magical Mystery Tour Recorded 14th June 1967 - 33 takes Released as a single in the UK July 7th 1967. Hit # 1 for four weeks. Released as a single July 17th 1967. Hit #1 for one week. Overdubs 19th June onto take 10 Orchestral overdubs 23rd June 1967 takes 34-43 onto take 10 More orchestral overdubs 24th June 1967 takes 44-47 onto take 10 Rehearsal takes 25th June 48-57, the live take being take 58 Final mix - take 58.

George Martin had a big hand in the end of “All You Need Is Love” and almost got into a bit a trouble for it. He used a bit too much of the classic song “In The Mood”…Featured on the Our World TV programmed on June 25, it was the first live worldwide TV program. It lasted 6 hours long, and seen in twenty Four countries by an estimated 400 million people.

The Beatles - Baby You're A Rich Man - Magical Mystery Tour Recorded 11th May 1967 Two songs put together… John’s “All Of The Beautiful People” and Paul’s “Baby You’re A Rich Man”…Recorded at Olympic Studios with more than a few Rolling Stones present. Mark Lewiston say’s in his Recording Session book that one tape box was marked w/ M. Jagger… Lead vocals John & Paul Lennon .5 / McCartney .5

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The Beatles - Hello Goodbye - Magical Mystery Tour Recorded Oct. 2nd 1967 Released as a single Nov. `67 The sixteenth official EMI release. Banned by the BBC for lip-syncing, which was against the rules of the British musicians union. The film (not video) was shot at the Savillie Theater in London. Beatle John always disliked the song as it took the A side over his “I Am The Walrus”…though John did like the end bit. Lead vocal Paul “Hello Goodbye“ was No. 1 for seven weeks in the UK, tying “From Me To You “as the longest running Beatle chart-topper McCartney 1.00

The Beatles - I Am The Walrus - Magical Mystery Tour Recorded 5th September 1967 flip of “Hello Goodbye“ John said the first line came from an acid trip one weekend; the second line came from an acid trip the following weekend. Lead vocal John Lennon 1.00 UK EP

The Beatles - Lady Madonna – Single / – Hey Jude-Beatles Again/ 67-70 / Past Masters II – Beatles 1 Recorded: 3/6 February 1968 Release Date 15th March 1968 The exact opposite of what was expected from them after the incredible Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Based on an old number called “Bad Penny Blues” by Humphrey Lyttelton Beatles last Capitol 45 in US and last Parlophone 45 in UK

The Beatles - The Inner Light (Harrison) – Past Masters Recorded: 12 January, 6/8 February 1968 flip of “Lady Madonna” George’s first appearance as a songwriter on a Beatles single. No Beatles play on this track. The seventeenth official EMI release.

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The Beatles - Hey Jude –Single/ Hey Jude / Past Masters Recorded: 29/30/31 July TRIDENT, 1 August 1968 The Beatles most successful single in their entire career. It was #1 for NINE weeks straight in the USA…(3 weeks in the UK) Lennon: I always heard it as a song to me. When Paul say’s “go out and get her”…he meant go ahead leave me…. This was the FIRST record released on Apple Records.

The Beatles - Revolution – Single/ Hey Jude / Past Masters Recorded: 9/10/11/12 July 1968 flip of Hey Jude John really wanted this to be the first Apple single but it was tough to beat out “Hey Jude”…but it still made for one of the best singles in pop music history.

The Beatles - Get Back – Single/ Let It Be /Past Masters- Recorded Jan. 27th (LP) and single Jan. 28th 1969 Released as a single in UK April 11, 1969 And in the USA May 5th 1969. The Beatles 1st STEREO single in the USA Paul 4th A-side in a row. Only Beatles record to include an outside player Billy Preston on the label. Get Back" was the original title to the film and album, which became "Let It Be". 19th UK single

The Beatles - Don't Let Me Down – Single/Past Masters Recorded Jan. 28th 1969 Apple Studio’s Recorded Jan. 27th (LP) and single Jan. 28th 1969 Released as a single in UK April 11, 1969 And in the USA May 5th 1969. The Beatles 1st STEREO single in the USA

flip of “Get Back”…John’s 3rd B-side in a row Written for Yoko Ono.

HOUR 3

The Beatles - The Ballad Of John And Yoko – Past Masters Recorded April 14, 1969 by John 7 Paul only. June 4, 1969 US

Released less than a month after Get Back (John needed an A- Side) First STEREO single in the UK. Banned by the BBC and some US stations as well. It was actually recorded during the beginning of the Abbey Road sessions.

The Beatles - Old Brown Shoe (Harrison) – Past Masters Recorded April 16th 1969 Abbey Road right before the Abbey Road sessions began, though some Abbey Road material was already laid down. flip of Ballad of John & Yoko June 4, 1969 US The Beatles 1st STEREO single in the UK

Featuring Billy Preston on organ.

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The Beatles – Come Together - Abbey Road Recorded July 21st 1969 Borrowing more that a line from Chuck Berry’s “You Can’t Catch Me”. Agreed to record 3 songs from the publishing Co. BIG SEVEN MUSIC on his R’n’R LP. SHOOT ME….One of John’s favorite Beatle tracks. Lennon 1.00

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The Beatles – Something (Harrison) - Abbey Road - Recorded – April 16th 1969 - Released as a single in US on Oct. 6th 1969…George’s FIRST A Side on a Beatles single. - Inspired by Pattie Harrison and written during the very end of the White LP sessions. - George gave it to Joe Cocker a year before he recorded it with the Beatles. - The first line was “borrowed” by a James Taylor song of the same name…“Something In The Way She Moves” which was a part of the Apple family of artists circa 1969… - The second most covered Beatles tune EVER…(Yesterday) - Frank Sinatra – The greatest love song of the past fifty years.

The Beatles - Let It Be – Single / Let It Be /Past Masters Recorded January 31st at Apple Studios

The twenty-second official UK release.

Released: March 6, 1970 in UK Weeks on chart: 9: March 14 to May 15, 1970 Highest chart position: 2

Let It Be, the last Beatles single released in the U.K., was the second of only two originally issued with a picture sleeve. Let it Be is in stereo while You Know My Name (Look Up the Number) is in mono.

Released: March 11, 1970 in USA Highest chart position: 1 RIAA Gold Single award: March 17, 1970

The record label incorrectly listed the b-side title as You Know My Name (Look Up 'My' Number). As in the U.K. release, Let it Be is in stereo while You Know My Name (Look Up the Number) is in mono.

Featuring John Lennon on bass. Single version has different solo than the LP version. Single version is on Past Masters

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The Beatles - You Know My Name (Look Up The Number) – Past Masters

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Recorded: 17 May, 7/8 June 1967, 30 April 1969

Paul has named "You Know My Name" his favorite Beatles track due to its irregularity. The song was recorded over a two-year span, being worked on and shelved several times between 1967 and 1969. John came up with the lyric and title after seeing a postal advertisement reading, "You have their name? Look up their number." The karaoke segment was developed during the second sessions for the song, and a reference to 'A Hard Day's Night' associate producer Dennis O'Dell was added, prompting numerous calls to his home by crazed fans who chanted mindlessly "We have your name and now we've got your number", as well as drugged fans coming en masse to his doorstep wanting to live with him.

Recording dates May 17, 1967 (instrumentals) June 7, 1967 (instrumentals) June 8, 1967 (instrumentals, inc. Brian Jones sax solo) June 9, 1967 (mixed into one master take) April 30, 1969 (vocals and sound effects)

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US SINGLES SELECTIONS

I’ll Cry Instead b/w I’m Happy Just To Dance With You

(front cover) (back cover) US single: Capitol 5234 MONO Release date:20th July 1964 Highest chart position (A-side): Billboard) #25; Cashbox) #22; Record World) #28 Weeks in chart (A-side): 7 (from 1st August 1964) Highest chart position (B-side): Billboard) #95; Cashbox) didn’t enter; Record World) #103 Weeks in chart (B-side): 1 (from 1st August 1964)

Eight Days A Week b/w I Don’t Want To Spoil The Party

Yesterday was the most-played song on American radio for eight years running.

Matchbox b/w Slow Down

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The Long And Winding Road b/w For You Blue

Nowhere Man b/w What Goes On

(front cover) (back cover) US single: Capitol 5587 MONO Release date: 15th February 1966 Highest chart position (A-side): Billboard) #3; Cashbox) #2; Record World #1 Weeks in chart (A-side): 9 (from 5th March 1966) Highest chart position (B-side): Billboard) #81; Cashbox) didn’t enter; Record World) #99 Weeks in chart (B-side): 2 (from 12th March 1966) Sales figures: after 8 days – ¾ million; after 5 weeks – over 1 million; Certified Gold on the 1st April 1966

This was kept off the top spot by Sgt. Barry Sandler’s The Ballad Of The Green Berets and the Rolling Stones’ classic 19th Nervous Breakdown.

The photo was nicked from the back of Beatles For Sale, and was re-used on Capitol’s The Early Beatles LP. The early pressings credit What Goes On to ‘John Lennon – Paul McCartney’, but should have read ‘Lennon-McCartney-Starr’. (Ringo waited four years to get a composer credit, and then got scrubbed off the label!) Later pressings corrected the mistake, but because there are relatively few of the correct ones around, they are actually worth more than the originals!

Yesterday b/w Act Naturally

(front cover) (back cover) US single: Capitol 5498 MONO Release date: 13th September 1965 Highest chart position (A-side): Billboard) #1; Cashbox) #1; Record World) #1 It stayed top for 4 weeks (from 9th October 1965) Weeks in chart (A-side): 11 (from 25th September 1965) Highest chart position (B-side): Billboard) #47; Cashbox) #28; Record World) #21 Weeks in chart (B-side): 7 (from 25th September 1965) Sales figures: after 5 weeks – over 1 million; Certified Gold on the 20th October 1965

This was released one day after performing it on The Ed Sullivan Show. Capitol had held it back from the Help! soundtrack, because, unlike the British LP, they replaced the non- soundtrack songs with instrumentals. It was eventually knocked off the top by the Stones’ classic Get Off Of My Cloud.

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