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PLAYLIST JUNE 1ST 2014

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A little journey how got to the Sgt. Pepper LP

The Beatles - Love Me Do – (McCartney-Lennon) 2

Lead vocal: John and Paul The Beatles’ first single release for EMI’s Parlophone label. Released October 5, 1962, it reached #17 on the British charts. Principally written by Paul McCartney in 1958 and 1959. Recorded with three different drummers: Pete Best (June 6, 1962, EMI), (September 4, 1962), and Andy White (September 11, 1962 with Ringo playing tambourine). The 45 rpm single lists the as Lennon-McCartney. One of several Beatles Paul McCartney owns with Yoko Ono. Starting with the songs recorded for their debut album on February 11, 1963, Lennon and McCartney’s output was attached to their publishing company. Because their first single was released before John and Paul had contracted with a music publisher, EMI assigned it to their own, a company called Ardmore and Beechwood, which took the two songs “Love Me Do” and “P.S. I Love You.” Decades later McCartney and Ono were able to purchase the songs for their respective companies, MPL Communications and Lenono Music. Fun fact: shoplifted the harmonica he played on the from a shop in Holland. On U.S. albums: Introducing… The Beatles (Version 1) - Vee-Jay LP The Early Beatles - Capitol LP

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 to sing. The song was given to another -managed act, Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas, to cover. Their version topped the British charts in late spring 1963. Inspired 3

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 - Tell Me Why - A Hard Day’s Night (Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: John Completed in eight takes on February 27, 1964 in between “And I Love Her” and “If I Fell.” “Tell Me Why” was written primarily by John and was his attempt to mimic the New York girl group sound The Beatles were so fond of. On U.S. album: A Hard Day’s Night - United Artists LP Something New - Capitol LP Revolver - Capitol LP

The Beatles - Nowhere Man - (Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: John Under pressure to deliver new material while the “Rubber Soul” album was being recorded, John Lennon spent five hours one morning at home trying to come up with a new song. John: “I'd actually stopped trying to think of something. Nothing would come. I was cheesed off and went for a lie down, having given up. Then I thought of myself as Nowhere Man - sitting in his nowhere land.” Paul: “We were always forcing [the staff] into things they didn't want to do. ‘Nowhere Man’ was one. I remember we wanted very treble-y guitars, which they are, they're among the most treble-y guitars 4

I've ever heard on record.” “Nowhere Man” was performed throughout The Beatles’ 1966 world tour. Issued as a single (b/w “What Goes On”) by in America. Recorded on October 22, 1965. On U.S. album: Yesterday and Today - Capitol LP

The Beatles - - Revolver (Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: Paul The Beatles’ thirteenth single release for EMI’s Parlophone label. Essentially a Paul McCartney solo composition, he had some help with the song’s storyline from John, George, Ringo and John’s childhood friend Pete Shotton at Kenwood, John’s estate in Weybridge. This marks the first time a finished Beatles recording had no Beatle playing an instrument. The backing track, a haunting score, featured a double string quartet (four violins, two violas and two cellos) and was finished in 14 takes on April 28, 1966 with John and Paul sitting in the control room. The title character had initially been called Daisy Hawkins, but later evolved into Eleanor Rigby. Paul says the name was based on “Help!” actress Eleanor Bron and the name of a local business, Rigby & Evans Ltd., Wine & Spirit Shippers. In a strange coincidently, a tombstone at St. Peter’s Parish in Woolton, Liverpool, (the church where Lennon and McCartney met as teenagers) bears the name Eleanor Rigby. That particular Eleanor Rigby died on Oct. 10, 1939, at age 44. “Father McKenzie” had at one time been “Father McCartney,” but Paul changed it so people wouldn’t think the song referred to his father. Paul returned to the song on June 6, 1966, to add a counterpoint vocal at the end of the song. The song was issued as a double-A side single, paired with “Yellow Submarine.” On U.S. album: Revolver - Capitol LP

The Beatles progression from 1962 to 1966 leading up to the recording of their epic Sgt. Pepper’s LP out today in 1967 here in the USA and we will hear both sides in MONO when we return

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Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band turns 47

When the Beatles decided to take it to the next level, they were the most popular live act of all time now they would become the greatest studio band of all time.

Some of the bits including are taken from The Beatles on the Kenny Everett radio Show promoting their new LP of 1967…

Eng. Mark please press the BBC button

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The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: Paul Recording began on February 1, 1967 for what would become the title track of the new Beatles album. The song was written entirely by Paul McCartney. It was McCartney’s idea to give the Beatles alter egos -- they would become Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band -- for this album. Nine takes were attempted, two of which were complete run-throughs. For the first time ever an instrument (Paul’s bass guitar) was directly 6

injected into the recording console instead of through an amplifier. Vocals were added the following evening, and the track sat for a month while the band worked on other material. The group returned to the title track on March 3 with the addition of four French horns played by outside musicians. Paul also came up with the idea of simulating a concert performance by the alter-ego band. The sound of the band warming up was taken from the February 10 orchestra session for “.” Other effects (the crowd settling down, applause, and laughter) were taken from the vast Abbey Road tape archives. The screaming at the end of the song was taken from the Capitol- recorded Beatles concert at the Hollywood Bowl. On the “Sgt. Pepper” album the end of the title track segues into Ringo’s “With A Little help From My Friends.”

The Beatles - With A Little Help From My Friends - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: Ringo The first instance on a Beatles album where one song segues into another without the usual few seconds of silence between the tracks. This was to give the listener the feeling of a continuous concert performance. Written on the afternoon of March 29, 1967 by Paul with help from John at Paul’s house on Cavendish Avenue in St. John’s Wood specifically as a song for Ringo Starr to sing on the new album. It was recorded that evening. Although he liked the song, Ringo refused to sing the original lyrics to the opening verse. Ringo: “The original first verse to that was ‘What would you do if I sang out of tune? Would you throw a tomato at me?’ And I said, ‘I’m not singing that.’” John and Paul quickly changed the line to “Would you stand up and walk out on me?” The rhythm track was recorded in ten takes the same day Paul and John write the song, with Paul on piano, George on Hammond organ, John on guitar and Ringo on drums. Vocals were added as Take 11. Originally titled “Bad Finger Boogie.” The screaming at the beginning of the song was taken from the Capitol-recorded Beatles concert at the Hollywood Bowl. On the “Sgt. Pepper” album the end of the title track segues into “With 7

A Little help From My Friends.”

The Beatles - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: John Recorded March 1, 1967. John Lennon’s classic song of psychedelic imagery was inspired by a drawing brought home by son, Julian, who was four years old at the time. In February 1967, Julian returned home from his nursery school with a painting depicting one of his classmates, Lucy O’Donnell. Young Lucy was pictured with a background of stars in the sky. When asked by his father about his painting, Julian said it was “Lucy, in the sky, with diamonds.” John was so taken with the phrase he combined it with passages similar to two books by Lewis Carroll that he’d loved as a child, “Through The Looking Glass” and “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.” Paul added the line about “newspaper taxis” and Lennon’s beloved “Goon Show” got a shout out. 8

Their famed “plasticine ties” merged with “Through the Looking Glass” to become “plasticine porters with looking glass ties.” Work began on “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds” with an evening full of rehearsals. The rhythm track was recorded on March 1 with Paul playing the opening riff on a Lowery organ (with a bell stop), George on acoustic guitar, Ringo on drums and John on maracas and offering a guide vocal. John’s lead vocal and other instruments (George’s tamboura, Paul’s melodic bass) were added the next evening.

The Beatles - - 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 . 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.”

The Beatles - - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: Paul On February 9, 1967, the Beatles recorded “Fixing A Hole” at Regent Sound Studio on Tottenham Court Road in . 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, 9

Martin was free to travel wherever they were recording. But engineer and the usual crew of tape operators at Abbey Road were all EMI employees so they couldn’t go along.

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. Paul had met Leander at the October 11, 1965, Decca Studios session for Marianne Faithfull’s cover of “Yesterday.” The score called for four violins, two violas, two cellos, a double-bass and a harp. The harp is played by Sheila Bromberg, who became the first woman to play on a Beatles recording. As was the case with “Eleanor Rigby” eleven months earlier, no Beatles played an instrument on “She’s Leaving Home.” Martin made only slight adjustments to Leander’s arrangement when it was recorded on March 17. An interesting side note…Melanie was a dancer on the Ready Steady Go! TV show and met the Fabs Oct. 1963 when she won a mime contest and was awarded prizes by the Beatles!

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The Beatles - Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite! - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: John Recorded February 17, 1967. The lyric of “Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!” was derived almost entirely from a vintage poster purchased by John Lennon at an antique store in Sevenoaks, Kent, on January 31, 1967, while the Beatles were there filming the promotional clip for “Strawberry Fields Forever.” The poster advertised the February 14, 1843 performance of ’s Royal at Town-Meadows, , , and was hung proudly on the living room wall of Lennon’s Weybridge house. Paul: “We pretty much took it down word for word and then just made up some little bits and pieces to glue it together.” The backing track consisted of John on guide vocal, Paul on bass, Ringo on drums, George Harrison on tambourine, and George Martin on harmonium. Because the harmonium is powered by pumping feet, the producer was exhausted after the rehearsals and seven takes. Features Paul on lead guitar.

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Let’s take a break from Sgt. Pepper and give a listen to what OTHER songs the were working on and recording during the Sgt Pepper era… Pepper recording start - finish/Dec. `66 April `67 – But there was a single that proceeded the LP…

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The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever - Non-LP track

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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 “” 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.

“Picture covers” had been a routine practice in the states, but this single marks the first time a EMI/Parlophone Beatles 45 was housed in anything other than a standard company thin-paper bag. The initial 250,000 copies distributed by EMI came in a custom full-color picture sleeve. On U.S. album: - Capitol LP

The Beatles - - Non-LP track (Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: Paul The Beatles’ fourteenth single release for EMI’s Parlophone label. 13

Like John’s “Strawberry Fields Forever,” Paul’s “Penny Lane” was named after a real place; it was a bus stop (roundabout) in Liverpool. Written almost entirely by Paul (he says Lennon helped him with the third verse), work began on December 29, 1966, and the song took nearly three weeks to complete. Paul described the song as “childhood reminiscences.” Paul: “There was a barber shop called Bioletti’s with head shots of the haircuts you could have in the window and I just took it all and arted it up a little bit to make it sound like he was having a picture exhibition in his window. It was all based on real things.”

In the five months since the Beatles last newly-recorded material had been released, The Monkees had become a million-selling phenomenon in the U.S. Their first two singles and first two albums all reached the top of the U.S. sales charts, and thanks to the exposure from their weekly network television show, they had replaced the Beatles on the covers of most teen magazines. When their second single (“I’m A Believer”) stormed to the top of the charts in the UK, they had EMI’s attention. A panicked Brian Epstein went to George Martin and asked him to choose the two very best songs available for an immediate single release. Martin chose “Strawberry Fields Forever” and “Penny Lane.” Released February 17, 1967 in the UK, surprisingly, the single failed to reach number one in Britain, being held out of the top spot by Engelbert Humperdink’s “Release Me.” In America, with “Penny Lane” as the A-side, the single reached number one. On U.S. album: Magical Mystery Tour - Capitol LP

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The Beatles - - Yellow Submarine (Harrison) Lead vocal: George Originally recorded for the “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” album, producer George Martin felt the song was not good enough for inclusion and ask George Harrison to go back to the drawing board. Harrison came up with “Within You, Without You” and 14

the rejected track was saved as the first of four “new songs” the band was obligated to deliver for the “Yellow Submarine” animated film project. Northern Songs Ltd is the song publishing company that licenses and collects royalties for the increasingly lucrative Lennon-McCartney song catalog. At the time, the company also handled Harrison and Starkey’s songwriting output. In 1967, the company was 50% owned by music executive , and 50% owned by John, Paul and Brian Epstein’s NEMS Enterprises Ltd. So, in a case of art imitating life, George’s “Only A Northern Song” actually is a Northern song. The lyrics are directed at the company’s majority owner Dick James. Nine takes were recorded of the backing track on February 13, 1967, four being complete run- throughs. The line-up was Harrison on organ, Lennon on piano, McCartney on bass and Starr on drums. Two lead vocals were recorded the following night. The Beatles returned to the song on April 20, 1967, adding vocals, bass guitar, a trumpet and .

The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour - Magical Mystery Tour (EP) (Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocals: Paul and John When Paul McCartney was in the U.S. in early April 1967 he came up with the idea for a Beatles television film about a mystery tour on a bus. During the April 11 flight back home he began writing lyrics for the title song and sketching out some ideas for the film. Upon his arrival in London, Paul pitched his idea to Brian Epstein who happily approved. Paul then met with John to go over the details and the two began work on the film’s title track. The title track was written primarily by Paul but was not finished when McCartney brought the song in to be recorded on April 25, 1967. John helped with the missing pieces during the session. On U.S. album: Magical Mystery Tour - Capitol LP

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The Beatles - Baby, You’re A Rich Man - Non-LP track (Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: John The Beatles’ fifteenth single release for EMI’s Parlophone label. The Beatles were contractually obligated to deliver four new songs for inclusion in the “Yellow Submarine” animated film project. “Baby, You’re A Rich Man” was the first song recorded especially for that project. Earlier in the year, George Harrison’s initial offering for the “Sgt. Pepper” album, “Only A Northern Song,” had been rejected for that album and was now being earmarked for use in the “Yellow Submarine” animated film. But with the rush-release of “” as a single following the “Our World” world television transmission on June 25, 1967, a B-side was needed. George Martin chose “Baby, You’re A Rich Man,” effectively removing it from consideration for the “Yellow Submarine” feature film. “Baby, You’re A Rich Man” was, in fact, two separate songs (John’s “One Of The Beautiful People” and Paul’s “Baby, You’re A Rich Man”) that the composers combined to make into one song. Recording took place at Olympic Studios on May 11, 1967, and the song was completed in 12 takes. It is the first Beatles song to be recorded and mixed for record outside of Abbey Road. Surprisingly, the “All You Need is Love”/“Baby, You’re A Rich Man” single is the first instance of George Martin being given credit on the as producer on a Parlophone Beatles single. Mick Jagger attended the session and may have participated in the backing vocals at the end of the song. Issued July 7, 1967 in the UK and July 17, 1967 in the U.S. On U.S. album: Magical Mystery Tour - Capitol LP

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. 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. On U.S. album: 16

Magical Mystery Tour - Capitol LP

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Side 2: our version here clocking in a 20.08 We’ll let George take it from here….(start)

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The Beatles - - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Harrison) Lead vocal: George George Harrison’s initial offering for the “Sgt. Pepper” LP was “Only A Northern Song,” but George Martin decided the song was not good enough for inclusion on the new album. Instead, Martin earmarked Harrison’s song for the soundtrack of the upcoming animated feature “Yellow Submarine,” for which the band was contractually obligated to provide four new songs. Harrison went back to the drawing board and came up with “Within You, Without You,” and the Indian-flavored song became the final song recorded for the landmark “Sgt. Pepper” LP. Martin recalls Harrison auditioning his newest song for him on acoustic guitar. “The tune struck me as being a bit of a dirge; but I found what George wanted to do with the song fascinating.” The song was written early in 1967 at the Hampstead, London home of Klaus Voormann, a longtime friend of the Beatles. The song was recorded on March 15, 1967, with the finished basic rhythm track running 6:25. Instrumentation included tabla, dilruba, and tamboura. Harrision is the only Beatle to play an instrument on this track (he covers the tamboura part along with Neil Aspinall). The outside musicians were from the Eastern Music Circle of Finchley, North London. Stephen Stills dug the lyrics so much he had them carved on a monument in his backyard. John Lennon described “Within You, Without You” as “one of George’s best songs.”

The Beatles - When I’m Sixty-Four - Sgt. Pepper’s 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 “Sgt. Pepper” LP (following “Strawberry Fields Forever”), but when “Strawberry Fields Forever” was pulled for release as a single, Paul’s “When I’m Sixty-Four” 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 Paul’s childhood song, he was later quoted as saying, “I would never even 18

dream of writing a song like that.”

The Beatles - - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: Paul Paul heard that in America “traffic wardens” were called “meter maids,” which he thought was humorous and decided to see what he could rhyme with it. Written entirely by Paul McCartney and recorded on February 23, 1967. The basic rhythm track was completed in eight takes. Take 8 was deemed the best and it was mixed down to a single track and the Beatles added overdubs to create the finished recording. Specifically, Paul’s bass on Feb. 23, Paul’s lead vocal on Feb. 24, John, Paul and George’s backing vocals on March 7, and George Martin was elected to fill the song’s middle eight with a piano solo, recorded on March 21.

The Beatles - Good Morning Good Morning - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: John Based on a Kellogg’s Cornflakes television commercial John heard while sitting at the piano and feeling a bit “stuck” trying to write something for “Sgt. Pepper.” Paul plays a stinging guitar solo and flourishes with his right-handed Fender Esquire. The basic rhythm track was recorded on February 8, 1967 in eight takes, four of them complete. Overdubs followed with John’s lead vocal and Paul’s bass added on February 16. A horn section consisting of members of the Brian Epstein-managed band Sounds Inc. 19

(previously Sounds Incorporated) was brought in on March 13. Sounds Incorporated had been one of the opening acts on the Beatles’ 1964 and 1965 tours.

The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocals: John, Paul, George, Ringo

The Beatles had promised EMI that they have the master tape of the “Sgt. Pepper” album delivered no later than April 12, 1967. Paul McCartney had made arrangements to travel to America between April 3 and April 12, so this session on April 1 would be his last chance to add vocals or instruments to the project. Only George Harrison’s contribution to the album (“Within You, Without You”) remained to be recorded, and that was being performed without John, Paul or Ringo. George Martin credits Neil Aspinall with the idea of reprising the title track on the second side of the record. For the reprise of the title song the Beatles convened in Abbey Road’s studio one, a cavernous space usually reserved for orchestral recordings. George Martin felt this room enhanced the live feeling of the song, giving it an “electrifying, football stadium atmosphere.” According to author , all four Beatles chanted out the quick- paced vocals. Mono mix includes the audience sounds beginning more sharply, the drum intro is four beats longer, and there are some words spoken by John as well as some audience laughter, all of which are missing from the stereo mix. Paul ad-libs some lyrics at the end, but it can barely be heard on the stereo version.

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(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocals: John and Paul Work began on January 19, 1967, for what is quite possibly the finest Lennon- McCartney collaboration of their songwriting career. On this evening, following some rehearsal, Lennon rolled tentatively through four takes, drawing a road map for the other Beatles and George Martin to follow. Lennon on vocals and Jumbo acoustic guitar, McCartney on piano, Harrison on maracas and Starr on congas. Sections were incomplete and to hold their space Mal Evans stood by a microphone and counted from one to 24, marking the time. To cue the end of the middle eight overdub section an alarm clock was sounded. There was no Paul McCartney vocal yet, merely instruments at this point where his contribution would be placed. On January 20, Paul added his section, which he would re-recorded on February 3. Lennon told Beatles biographer Hunter Davies that the first verse was inspired by a story in the January 17, 1967, edition of the Daily Mail about the car accident that killed Guinness heir Tara Browne. John: “I didn’t copy the accident. Tara didn’t blow his mind out, but it was in my mind when I was writing that verse.” The second verse was inspired by Lennon’s work on Richard Lester’s film “How I Won The War.” According to Paul, the third verse came from a Daily Mail article published on January 7, 1967, about 4,000 potholes in the streets of Blackburn, Lancashire.

Paul’s tune (“Woke up, fell out of bed…”) was an entirely separate song fragment that he and John wanted to link to John’s verses. Coincidently, Paul’s bit was dropped in after the temporary alarm clock sound, so the alarm clock sound stayed in the final mix. George Martin said it was Paul’s idea “to create a spiraling ascent of sound” for the two 24-bar segments that followed the lyric “I’d love to turn you on.”

The Beatles - The Run-Out Groove (aka The Inner Groove) - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (uncredited) As the “Sgt. Pepper” album was in the final mixing stages, the Beatles decided to add a little uncredited surprise to listeners: the endless nonsense in the run-out groove of the vinyl album. In addition, between the final fade of "A Day In The Life" and the nonsense, a high-pitch whistle, audible only to dogs, was inserted. This was pitched at 15 kilocycles. These additions were recorded April 21, 1967 and titled “Edit For LP End (take 1).” Turntables (record players) in 1967 would handle the run-out groove one of two ways. Automatic players would play a portion of the gibberish before the pick-up arm was lifted from the record and returned to its base. Manual players would play the gibberish indefinitely until the arm was lifted off. The run-out groove gibberish and high-pitched tone was not included on the albums issued in the United States. Americans would have to import the UK pressing or wait until 1987 for the first compact disc release to hear it for themselves.

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Quiz Here….(Ringo tix) In 1987 on the 20th Anniversary of the release of Sgt. Pepper which Beatle wrote and recorded a song called Return To Pepperland which has still never been released ?

Which Beatles wrote a song called Return To Pepperland which has never been released to this day? 21

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Winner here______

Paul McCartney – Return To Pepperland – 1987 Phil Ramone sessions (not released)

George Harrison – When We Was Fab (Harrison-Lynne) - Cloud Nine ‘87 While attending the Australian Grand Prix with Jeff Lynne in November 1986 – this track started out as “Aussie Fab.” George and Jeff would pull out the song every so often, tinkering with the sound and the now-famous piano riff (Jeff’s concept). “Ausie” was soon replaced with “When We Were,” which was then refined by Derek Taylor to “When We Was.” To cement the “Fab” concept, Ringo added his first drumming contribution to a George record since “All Those Years Ago.” The song was released as the second single off the album, and did quite well, reaching the Top 25 in the Billboard charts.

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QUIZ #2 (Grammy passes) 2 songs written by Beatles about Beatles in 1987 – When We Was Fab & Return To Pepperland….which leads us to another Sgt. Pepper related quiz…Name the John Lennon solo song that mentions Sgt. Pepper in it’s lyrics?

I want the answer right now Eng. Mark…800-955-KLOS

John Lennon – How Do You Sleep? – Imagine SESSIONS ‘71 The most scathing outward song directed towards Paul McCartney. As John responded to a number of songs written on Paul’s Ram LP. This was song was all about Paul, but later John said it was really about himself. George offers a blistering guitar solo. It’s said that even Allen Klein contributed some lyrics towards Paul McCartney, because at the time, Paul was suing Klein and the other Beatles. 23

John - Vocal, guitar George - Slide guitar ½ the Beatles Klaus Voorman - Bass Alan White - Drums Nicky Hopkins - Piano

Ringo John George Billy Klaus – I’m The Greatest (Lennon) RINGO 1973

¾ Beatles right there rounding out this set of solo Beatles singing about being Beatles…right here on yer home the Beatles…BWTB 24

May 31st HBO R’n’R Hall Of Fame British Invasion Tour Fest For Beatles Fans/since yer making all these announcements. I’m gonna announce I’ll be the MC at the Fest. Team of Martin & Lewis is no longer associated… 25

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Brian Jones plays harmonica on this song, written and sung by the British pop duo Peter Asher (born 1944) and Gordon Waller (1945-2009). Recorded November 20, 1964, b-side to "I Go To Pieces".

Peter & Gordon – Love Me Baby – 1964

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The Beatles - I Wanna Be Your Man – With The Beatles (Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: Ringo When Ringo Starr rejected “Little Child,” the song John and Paul had written for him to sing on the band’s second album, they created a similar song, but one that would be easier for Ringo to sing and more in his vocal range. “I Wanna Be Your Man” would be 27

Ringo’s vocal contribution to the “With The Beatles” LP, and was often performed at Beatles concerts. The day before the song was to be recorded John and Paul were walking along Charing Cross Road in London when passing in a taxi were Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. Paul McCartney: “They shouted from the taxi and we yelled, ‘Hey, hey, give us a lift, give us a lift,’ and we bummed a lift off them. So there were the four of us sitting in a taxi and I think Mick said, ‘Hey we’re recording. Got any songs?’ And we said, ‘Aaaah, yes, sure, we got one. How about Ringo’s song? You could do it as a single.’” John and Paul were invited to the Rolling Stones’ rehearsal to audition their new, but still unfinished song. There Lennon told them, “If you guys really like the main part of the song, we’ll finish it for you right now,” and within minutes, they returned with the song finished on the spot. The Rolling Stones recorded the song and it became their first big British hit, peaking at number 12. The Beatles recorded their version of “I Wanna Be Your Man” the next day, September 11, 1963. The Hammond organ heard faintly in the mix is played by George Martin. On U.S. album: Meet The Beatles! - Capitol LP

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The Beatles - It’s All Too Much - Yellow Submarine

(Harrison) Lead vocal: George Recording began with the working title “Too Much” at De Lane Lea Music Recording Studios, the basement studio of an office building directly opposite the Holborn Underground station in London. On May 25, 1967, one week before the release of the “Sgt. Pepper” album, the band ran through numerous rehearsals and recorded four proper takes of the backing track. The instruments were George on Hammond organ, Paul on bass guitar, John on lead guitar (including the soaring feedback at the beginning of the song) and Ringo on drums. Overdubs were added the next day at De Lane Lea: George’s lead vocal, John and Paul’s backing vocal, handclaps and percussion, including cowbell, woodblock and tambourine. Brass and woodwinds were overdubbed on June 2. Originally running over eight minutes, it was edited down to 6:25 for the soundtrack album. The version used in the “Yellow Submarine” film runs just 2:30 and features a verse cut out of the album version of the song: “Nice to have the time to take this opportunity/Time for me to look at you and you to look at me.” The lyrics (repeated twice starting at 4:13), “With your long blonde hair and your eyes of blue,” are taken from The Mercys’ 1966 hit “Sorrow.”

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Lead vocal: Paul In May 1967, with the “Sgt. Pepper” 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 “Magical Mystery Tour” and also starting to record the new songs they had promised for the “Yellow Submarine” film. The first song specifically recorded for the “Yellow Submarine” film was “Baby, You’re A Rich Man” (on May 11, 1967), but that song was pulled several months later to fill the B-side of the “All You Need Is Love” single. George Harrison’s “Sgt. Pepper” reject “Only A Northern Song” was added to the stack of film songs. Paul’s sing-along “All Together Now” 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).

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