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PLAYLIST 11/25/12 44th Anniversary SPECIAL - The Beatles (White LP) HEAR! MONO & STEREO – MFSL – REEL TO REEL – MONO ROUGH MIXES – DEMOS – OUTTAKES – ROCK BAND MIXES - RADIO SPOTS AND MORE…

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The Beatles - –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) : I always heard it as a to me. When Paul say’s “go out and get her”…he meant go ahead leave me…. This was the FIRST record released on .

The Beatles - Revolution – Single/ Hey Jude / Past Masters Recorded: 9/10/11/12 July 1968 flip of Hey Jude 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.

9:13 BREAK

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The Beatles - Back In the U.S.S.R. - The Beatles MONO Recorded Aug. 22nd 1968 Based on Chuck Berry’s “Back in The USA” Featuring Mr. Paul McCartney on drums as Ringo had quietly the group …briefly McCartney 1.00

The Beatles - - The Beatles MONO Recorded Aug. 28th 1968 at Trident Written in about ’s sister who locked herself in her hut while on retreat in India. Paul on drums. Mal . and Paul‘s cousin John sang backing vocals. Lennon 1.00

The Beatles - - The Beatles TK 34 sessions Recorded Sept.11th 1968 Mentions of “Strawberry Fields“,“ “,“ ”,” On The Hill” and ““. A favorite of Beatle George. Lennon 1.00

The Beatles - Ob La Did, Ob La Da - The Beatles TK 5 sessions Recorded July, 1968 Paul wanted it as a single but was voted down by Beatles John & George. A minor hit for 2 UK groups in 1968, Marmalade and Bedrocks. Macca 1.00

The Beatles - Wild - The Beatles MONO Recorded Aug. 2oth 1968 All Paul. Bass, electric and acoustic guitars, drums, vocals. LP shortest track.

The Beatles - The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill - The Beatles MONO

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Recorded between midnight and dawn on Oct. 9th 1968. Recorded immediately after “I’m So Tired”. Backing vocals Maureen Starkey, Yoko, Chris Thomas on . Written about a guy in Maharishi’s mediation camp who took a short break to shoot some poor tigers and then came back to commune with God. Lennon 1.00

The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Harrison) - The Beatles/ /STEREO Recorded July 25th 1968 George said in 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 on , which started the Clapton-Harrison era…including Savory Truffle, Badge, …into

The Beatles - - The Beatles MONO Lennon once claimed this song was the “history of Rock’n’Roll”, as it covered doo- wop , acid rock etc…John taking the title from an article on the cover of the American Gun Magazine (which he never read)…which said Happiness Is A Warm Gun In Your Hand Lennon 1.00

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According to the Recording Industry Association of America, The White is The Beatles' best-selling album at 19- times platinum and the tenth-best-selling album of all time in the United States.

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The Beatles - - The Beatles MONO Recorded Oct. 4th1968 Trident Lennon bass. About Paul's sheepdog. Paul 1.00

The Beatles - I'm So Tired - The Beatles sessions Take 2 Recorded Oct. 8th 1968 Written in India when John couldn’t sleep, tired from all that meditating during the day. One of John’s personal favorites. Lennon 1.00

The Beatles – Blackbird - The Beatles sessions Take4 Recorded June 11th 1968 Paul’s civil rights song. All Paul and a line from John

The Beatles – (Harrison) - The Beatles MONO Recorded Sept. 19th 1968 A song George finished after he had rediscovered it in his parents home…He started it in 1966…and actually used his Mom Louise for a few lyric’s > in particular “what they need is a damn good wacking” Harrison .85 / Lennon .1 Louise Harrison .05

Last verse not recorded: Everywhere there’s lots of piggies Playing piggy pranks You can see them on their trotters At the piggy banks Paying piggy thanks To thee brother! - I Me Mine

The Beatles - - The Beatles sessions TK 8 MONO

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Recorded Aug. 15th 1968 Nilsson inspired John said in Playboy: “ Paul wrote it… could you guess? “

The Beatles - Don't Pass Me By - The Beatles MONO Recorded June1968 Orig, title "This Is Some Friendly" First Ringo song on a Beatle LP.

The Beatles - Why Don't We Do It In the Road? - The Beatles MONO Recorded Oct. 9th 1968 Paul & Ringo only. Upset John as he really liked it. Paul saw some monkeys living free in India and wrote the song based on those there monkeys. McCartney 1.00

The Beatles – The Way You Look Tonight/ - The Beatles STEREO Recorded Sept. 16th 1968 Paul, Ringo & John only. 67 takes. McCartney 1.00

The Beatles – Julia - The Beatles STEREO Recorded Oct. 13th 1968 Written both about John’s mother and Yoko (ocean child) The ONLY solo Lennon Beatle song.

VOICE BREAK THIS WEEK IN BEATLES NEWS W/ JACKIE DESHANNON

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NEXT UP…Recorded after watching the movie The Girl Can Help It at Paul’s house. The 1956 film starred Jayne Mansfield and featured performances by Fats domino, the Platters, Gene Vincent and .

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The Beatles – Birthday - The Beatles MONO Recorded Sept. 18th 1968

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Recorded after watching the movie The Girl Can Help It at Paul’s house. The 1956 film starred Jayne Mansfield and featured performances by Fats domino, the Platters, Gene Vincent and Little Richard. Lennon: “it was a piece a garbage”. Features backing vox by Pattie and Yoko. McCartney .7 Lennon .3

The Dirty Mac- Yer – Rock’n’Roll Circus - STEREO Lennon 1.00 * Eric Clapton - lead guitar (from Cream) * (as "Winston Leg-Thigh") - vocals, (from The Beatles) * - drums (from The Experience) * - bass (from )

The Beatles - Mother Nature's Son - The Beatles MONO Recorded Aug. 9th 1968 Paul said he wrote it at his Dad’s house in Liverpool. John said Paul wrote it in India. McCartney 1.00

The Beatles - Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me and My Monkey - The Beatles Early MONO MIX Recorded June 27th 1968 Written about me and Yoko sez John: “ everybody seemed paranoid at the time except us, who were in the glow of “. John also said “Fat’s Domino did a great version of that one”. Longest title of any Beatle song. Lennon 1.00

The Beatles - - The Beatles MONO/un-edited Recorded July 19th 1968 Written about the Maharishi Yogi when John was leaving India with quote “a bad taste in his mouth”. Lennon 1.00

The Beatles - - The Beatles Recorded Sept. 9th 1968

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Written after Paul read an interview w/ The Who’s Pete Townsend who was talking about a certain Who song that was supposed to be the loudest most raucous rock song ever recorded. “So we decided to do the loudest, nastiest, sweatiest rock number that we could. That was “Helter Skelter “ McCartney 1.00

The Beatles - Long, Long, Long (Harrison) - The Beatles MONO Recorded Oct. 7 1968 John nowhere to be found on “ Long Long Long “. The song ends with the famous rattling bottle of Blue Nun wine, which was placed on top of a Leslie speaker cabinet.

Frank Zappa – White LP radio spots LA 1968

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The Beatles - Revolution 1 - The Beatles SESSIONS The FIRST track recorded for the album. Recorded 30th May 1968

The Beatles - Honey Pie -

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The Beatles - (Harrison) - The Beatles MONO Recorded Oct. 3rd 1968 Written about Eric Clapton’s sweet tooth for all kinds of candies…and again on a George white LP song John Lennon is nowhere to be found.

The Beatles - - The Beatles MONO Recorded July 15th 1968 Another song John called ‘rubbish” in Playboy in 1980…I hate when he does that.. Lennon 1.00

Can You Take Me Back (Full)

The Beatles - - The Beatles MONO Recorded May 30th 1968 John said after recording Rev, #9 “ this is the music of the future!” Lennon .75 / Ono .25

The Beatles - Good Night - The Beatles MONO Recorded June 28th 1968 Written by John for son Julian Sung by Ringo – No Beatles Lennon 1.00

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WHITE ALBUM SCRAPS

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The Beatles – Not Guilty (Harrison) – The Beatles

The Beatles - What's The New Mary Jane - Lennon-McCartney 14th August 1968 - Take 4. Much bootlegged, this track has legendary status as an unreleased Beatles track.

Paul McCartney – Cosmically Conscious - Off The Ground: The Complete Works ‘93 Originally written in India in 1968 this fades in after C’Mon People as a bonus . A hidden song that didn’t make it to the “White Album”

George Harrison – Circles - ‘82 This track was written 1968 while in India with the Maharishi, and showed up on the set of demos prepared for the Beatles at George’s house in in May of that year. Although having shown up on many Beatles bootlegs from that era, it finally got its due for Gone Troppo (though it had been considered for the LP).

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