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PLAYLIST JAN. 20TH 2013

HOUR ONE!

SIDE ONE

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

The Beatles - - 11th February 1963 along with 12 of the 14 tunes recorded that day. Lead vocal Paul 1st on the first LP…and the 1st credited to (McCartney/Lennon) McCartney .8 Lennon .2 US - Meet The Beatles

The Beatles - – 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 – It Won’t Be Long - Recorded July 30th 1963 The first song Neil Young performed live for an audience at his high school cafeteria in Canada. Lead vocal 1.00 US - Capitol LP Meet the Beatles!

The Beatles – All I’ve Got To Do - With The Beatles Copyrighted in 1961 in the UK The song was later re-copyrighted when Lennon and McCartney had their own music publishing company in 1964 recorded September 11th 1963 lead vocal John Lennon 1.00 US - Capitol LP Meet the Beatles!

The Beatles – - With The Beatles McCartney “ It was the first song I ever wrote where I had the words before the music” recorded July 30th 1963. Lead vocal Paul McCartney 1.00 US - Capitol LP Meet the Beatles!

2.32 VOICE BREAK

Side TWO

The Beatles – Don’t Bother Me - With The Beatles Harrison’s first recorded song recorded September 11th and 12th 1963 Lead vocal George US - Capitol LP Meet the Beatles!

The Beatles – - With The Beatles Written equally between John and Paul. Recorded September 1963 Lead vocal John and Paul US - Capitol LP Meet The Beatles!

The Beatles – (Meredith Wilson) - With The Beatles The song was written for the 1957 Broadway musical The Music Man. Recorded July 1963, it was also one of the four performed during the Beatles first appearance on the Ed Sullivan show February 9th 1964. Lead vocal Paul US - Capitol LP Meet the Beatles!

The Beatles – Hold Me Tight - With The Beatles Recorded Sept. 12 1963 Recorded during the Please Please Me sessions. Said McCartney “certain song were “work” songs…you haven’t got much memory of them…and that’s one of them”. Lead vocal Paul McCartney .8 / Lennon .2 US - Capitol LP Meet the Beatles!

The Beatles – - With The Beatles Written in the time it takes to have lunch for the Rolling Stones. This mainly McCartney composition was recorded by The Rolling Stones in Oct. of 1963. Recorded by the Beatles in Sept & Oct that same year. Lead vocal Ringo. McCartney .7 / Lennon .3 US - Capitol LP Meet the Beatles!

The Beatles – Not A Second Time - With The Beatles A fine John Lennon number recorded in an after dinner session 7-ish at on September 11th 1963. Lead vocal John Lennon 1.00 US - Capitol LP Meet the Beatles!

2.54 VOICE BREAK

The Beatles – Getting Better - Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band Recorded March 9th 1967 in a somewhat classic evening of recording. John Lennon while doing back up vocals began to feel very ill, but more nervous than actually ill. They took him to the roof to get some air, (as they couldn’t go out the front doors of the studio as a ton of Apple Scuffs were their) and when he got to the roof John realized he must have taken some acid (forgot John?)…He watched the rest of the session and afterwards Paul took John home and took acid for the first time to comfort his pal. Lead vocal Paul McCartney .65 / Lennon .35

John Lennon – Instant Karma – Single `70 John's third solo single. On January 27th 1970 John wrote, recorded, and mixed "Instant Karma" with producing. The single was released just 10 days later, therefore being one of the fastest singles of modern times to be completed.

"Instant Karma" was this time credited to LENNON/ONO with the Plastic Ono Band, which on this occasion comprised, John, , Klaus Voorman, Alan White, Billy Preston, Yoko and Mal Evans. Billy Preston also rounded up some late-night revellers from London's Hatchetts Club for the chorus. We got a rare treat in this country on February 12th, when John appeared on "Top of the Pops" to promote the record, the first Beatle to do so since 1966. While John hammered the , with an armband on his denim jacket saying "People for peace", Yoko was perched behind him, blindfolded holding up cards with simple inscriptions.

"Instant Karma" was the first Beatle solo single to sell a million copies in America.

The Beatles - Hey Bulldog - Yellow Submarine Recorded 11th February 1968 John said, ”it’s a good sounding record that means nothing”. Newly remixed for the Yellow Submarine Soundtrack expanded version. Lead vocal Lennon Lennon. .95 .05

The Beatles – I’m Only Sleeping – Revolver Basic tracks recorded April 27, 1966 A song John wrote about Paul constantly waking him up to get to work on the Revolver LP….Lead vocal John Lennon 1.00 US - Capitol LP

The Beatles – She Said She Said – Revolver Recorded June 21st 1966 Written after a record 32 cups of extremely strong tea while in LA during a break in their 1965 tour…John was hanging out w/ The Byrds and a whole bunch of girls at a party and actor Peter Fonda kept whispering in John’s ear “I know what it’s like to be dead“…. thus the lyric

Larry Williams - Bad Boy B-side She Said Yeah Released 1959 Label Specialty Records 658 (USA) London HLU 8844 (UK)

1.45 VOICE BREAK

Paul & Nirvana - – Sound city SDTK

The Fireman – Highway –

HOUR 2

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

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

Record companies would often create a simulated stereo mix. This was achieved by transferring the mono master to two separate channels and then boosting the low bass frequencies in one channel and emphasizing the high treble frequencies in the other. In addition to boosting the bass and tweaking the treble, Capitol often ran the separate tracks slightly out of sync and added reverb. These simulated stereo mixes were described by Capitol as "duophonic recordings."

While most of Capitol's duophonic mixes sound great, these two mixes are muddy- sounding echo-drenched disasters.

The Beatles – When I Get Home – AHDN Recorded June 2nd 1964. John sez “that’s me trying to get that Wilson Pickett type sound a four in-the bar cowbell song” Lead vocal John Lennon 1.00 US - Capitol LP Something New

The Jam - And Your Bird Can Sing – EXTRAS!

The Beatles – Taxman (Harrison) - Revolver Recorded April 1966 Written by George when he started realizing the majority of his money was going to the Treasury. Featuring a nice lead guitar by Paul, which was very nice of George to allow maybe, he didn’t have a choice! Lead vocal George

Cheap Trick – Taxman – Cheap Trick - `76 Like the Beatles, even Dylan Now the taxman is out to get you

John Lennon w/ ½ Cheap Trick – I’m Losing You – Double Fantasy sessions

Plastic Ono Band – Cold Turkey Considered one of John’s “most disturbing songs,” it had to do with his battle with heroin addiction. The track includes Eric Clapton (guitar), Klaus Voorman (bass), (drums) and Yoko (wind).

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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 – - Recorded Oct. 6th, 1964 Released as a single here in the US on Feb. 15th 1965. Written when John & Paul were trying to write a title song for the film that became HELP!…The title was taken from a line the Beatles new limo driver said to Paul as he drove him to John’s house…”I’ve been working eight days a week”….Paul said about the song “we rather liked that one John & me” …John sez “Eight Days A Week was never a good song” Lead vocal John w/ Paul McCartney .7 / Lennon .3 US - Capitol LP Beatles VI

Julian Lennon – I Don’t Wanna Know – Smile

The Beatles - I Don’t Want To Spoil The Party - Beatles For Sale (Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: John and Paul Written primarily by John, who called it one of his favorites. Recorded in 19 takes (only five of which were complete run-throughs) on September 29, 1964. The B-side of the “Eight Days A Week” single in the U.S., issued February 15, 1965. On U.S. album: Beatles VI - Capitol LP

The Beatles - I’ve Just Seen A Face - Help! (Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: Paul Written by Paul at the Asher family home on Wimpole Street. Paul had the tune prior to coming up with the lyrics and originally named the song “Auntie Gin’s Theme” because his aunt liked it. ’s instrumental “Help!” album includes an orchestrated version of “I’ve Just Seen A Face” using the title “Auntie Gin’s Theme.” Recorded in six takes at the same June 14, 1965 McCartney-dominated session that produced “Yesterday” and “I’m Down.” One of only five Beatles songs Paul chose to perform live on his tour in 1976. On U.S. album: - Capitol LP

The Beatles - I Want You (She’s So Heavy) - Abbey Road (Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: John The Beatles, with Billy Preston on keyboards, and with Glyn Johns as producer, recorded 35 takes at Trident Studios on February 22, 1969. From that session, take 9 was the best for the early part of the song, take 20 had the best middle eight, and take 32 was the best for the rest. The three “best” sections were edited into one all-encompassing master take. On April 18, at , without Preston, and with Chris Thomas producing, John and George overdubbed layers of guitar parts onto the Trident “best” take, and a reduction mixdown was made, called “take 1.” Overdubs were added onto that. More overdubs followed on April 20. Fast forward to August 8. Now with George Martin producing, John overdubs sounds from the white noise generator of Harrison’s Moog which produced the swirling, gale-force wind effect for the last three minutes of the song, and Ringo adds more drums (mostly crash cymbals). To complicate things, the group has been adding overdubs to two different master tapes of the song, so the best of each master is edited together to create the final album version of the song. The final album master has “take 1” for the first 4:37 and the original Trident tape for the remaining 3:07. The final album master of John’s sprawling song ran 8:04, but John opted for a surprise ending. Engineer Alan Parsons: “We were putting the final touches to that side of the LP and we were listening to the mix. John said, ‘There! Cut the tape.’ Geoff [Emerick] cut the tape and that was it. End of side one.” At 7:44 it is second only to the sound collage/clip compilation “Revolution 9” as the longest Beatles track. It was the last song to be mixed for inclusion on the “Abbey Road” album. This final mixing date, August 20, 1969, is significant in Beatles history - it is the last time all four Beatles were together in a .

3.32 JACKIE”S NEWS VOICE BREAK

HOUR 3

The Beatles - Drive My Car - Rubber Soul (Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocals: Paul and John The lead off track to Rubber Soul on the UK version was recorded on October 13, 1965. This session was the first in Beatles recording history to go past midnight. The music was written by Paul but he needed help with the lyrics. He and John worked through the song and came up with “baby you can drive my car” in place of temporary lyrics Paul was using (“you can give me golden rings”). “Drive my car” is an old blues expression for sex. The basic track was completed in four takes. Thanks to overdubbing, McCartney plays bass, piano and slide guitar (his Epiphone Casino). Paul provides the guitar solo in the song’s introduction, middle and ending. On U.S. album: Yesterday and Today - Capitol LP

1.32 VOICE BREAK

The Beatles - Slow Down (Williams) – Past Masters Recorded June 1964 Long Tall Sally EP/ Capitol LP Something New – Capitol Single 5255 released August 24, 1964 – Cover of ’s 1958 original. The 3rd Larry Williams tune covered by The Fabs – “Dizzy Miss Lizzy” / “Bad Boy”

Ringo - Slow Down - Ringo 2012

Larry Williams - Slow Down - Single

The Beatles – Dizzy Miss Lizzy (Larry Williams) - HELP! Recorded May 10th 1965 First appearing on the US LP Beatles VI in June of 1965 two months BEFORE HELP! was released. Lead vocal John US - Capitol LP Beatles VI

Larry Williams – Bad Boy – Specialty Records in the Sates hit in 1959 – Beatles recorded it during their HELP! Sessions.

Ringo - Bad Boy – Bad Boy

Nancy Sinatra - Run For Your Life - 1966

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

3.01 VOICE BREAK

George Harrison – Any Road – Brainwashed

The Beatles – Think For Yourself (Harrison) Rubber Soul Recorded Nov. 8th 1965 One of George’s most underrated rockers featuring Paul on fuzz bass…

The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Harrison) - The Beatles Recorded July 25th 1968 George said in I Me Mine that he picked a book at random and said to himself he was going to write a song based on the first thing he saw when he opened the book laying on the coffee table…he saw “Gently Weeps” and the rest is history. Features Eric Clapton on lead guitar.

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

Traviling Wilburys- She’s My Baby = Vol. III June 4, 1969 US

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