Playlist Sept. 6th 2015 9AM The Beatles - Because - Abbey Road (Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: John, Paul and George The group recorded 23 takes on August 1, 1969, with George Martin on a Baldwin spinet electric harpsichord matching note with John on his Epiphone Casino electric guitar and Paul on his Rickenbacker bass guitar. For the backing track Ringo kept the beat gently tapping out a beat on the hi-hat. This was for the musician’s headphones and was not recorded on the tape. Take 16 was deemed the best backing track and John, Paul, and George added their lush harmonies to it. On August 4, the three recorded their vocals two more times, adding to the already thick layers of harmony. Lennon was inspired the write the song when he hear Yoko playing Beethoven’s piano sonata in C Sharp minor, opus 27 number two (aka “The Moonlight Sonata”). He asked her to play the chords backwards and wrote “Because” around that reversed chord sequence. The gorgeous three-part harmonies of “Because” are showcased on an a cappella mix of the song on the “Anthology 3” album. John Lennon – Oh My Love (Lennon/Ono) – Imagine ‘71 Also known as “Oh My Lover,” this is the only (Lennon/Ono) composition on the album. This track included George Harrison FEATURED ALBUM OF THE DAY/OUT THIS WK 1971 /APPLE The Beatles – Sun King - Abbey Road Recorded w/ Mean Mr. Mustard as one song on July 24th 1969. Lennon in Playboy interview of 1980…”That’s a piece of garbage I had around”. Many parts of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon sound very much inspired by that piece of garbage. Lennon 1.00 The Beatles - If I Fell - A Hard Day’s Night (Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: John and Paul John Lennon’s stunning ballad “If I Fell” was by far the most complex song he had written to date. It could be considered a progression from “This Boy” with its similar chord structure and intricate harmonies by John and Paul, recorded – at their request – together on one microphone. Performed live on their world tour throughout the summer of 1964. Completed in 15 takes on February 27, 1964. Flip side of “And I Love Her” in the U.S. On U.S. album: A Hard Day’s Night - United Artists LP Something New - Capitol LP BREAK HERE Some mellow, easy listening John Lennon to ease us into our Labor Day weekend….how about we follow that with something completely different…how about some Rockin Paul McCartney to wake ya up…here’s Paul….. and his Beatles…. “Long Tall Sally” (Johnson-Penniman-Blackwell) Lead vocal: Paul Paul McCartney recorded this Little Richard screecher in just one take on March 1, 1964. Prior to being properly recorded, the Beatles performed the song for an American audience during the Beatles’ first concert appearance, in Washington D.C. on February 11, 1964. In a rare instance, two of the songs from the “Long Tall Sally” EP were issued first in America (“Long Tall Sally” on “The Beatles’ Second Album” and “I Call Your Name” on “Something New”). The initial pressings of the “Long Tall Sally” EP credited only Enotris Johnson as the writer of “Long Tall Sally.” Johnson was a little girl that had written some original lyrics for a song she hoped Little Richard would record. She gave a popular local radio disc jockey a note with the lyrics to give to Little Richard. The DJ gave the note to Little Richard’s producer and a hit was born. The “Penniman” that is credited is Richard Penniman, aka Little Richard. Little Richard’s recording was released in March 1956 and hit #1 on the Billboard R&B sales chart, becoming the best-selling 45 of the history of Specialty Records. Originally recorded by Little Richard with the working title “The Thing.” On U.S. album: The Beatles’ Second Album - Capitol LP The Beatles - I’m Down - Single (Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: Paul Recorded in one take on June 14, 1965. Written entirely by Paul McCartney, who showed off his skills at the June 14 recording session by recording “I’ve Just Seen A Face” in six takes, then the scorcher “I’m Down” in one take, and following a dinner break, nailing “Yesterday” in two takes. “I’m Down” was patterned after Little Richard’s “Long Tall Sally,” or as George Harrison described it at the time, “It’s pretty wild… because it has Paul’s wild voice.” Paul: “I could do Little Richard's voice, which is a wild, hoarse, screaming thing. It's like an out-of-body experience. You have to leave your current sensibilities and go about a foot above your head to sing it. A lot of people were fans of Little Richard so I used to sing his stuff but there came a point when I wanted one of my own, so I wrote ‘I'm Down.’ I ended up doing it at Shea Stadium. It worked very well for those kind of places, it was a good stage song. And in as much as they are hard to write, I'm proud of it. Those kind of songs with hardly any melody, rock 'n' roll songs, are much harder to write than ballads, because there's nothing to them.” John Lennon plays the Hammond organ. The B-side of the “Help!” single, issued July 23, 1965 in the UK and July 19, 1965 in the U.S. On U.S. album: Non-album single (B-side) UK: Non-album single (B-side) Paul McCartney – Run Devil Run – Run Devil Run ‘99 Paul: “I saw this herbal medicine shop in Atlanta selling Run Devil Run products. I thought it was a great Rock and Roll title, so I did it Chuck Berry Style!” The Beatles - Oh! Darling - Abbey Road (Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: Paul Paul’s “Oh! Darling” had been run-through a few times during the “Get Back” sessions, but the first proper recording was at Abbey Road Studios on April 20, 1969. The backing track was recorded in 26 takes with Paul on Rickenbacker bass, John on piano, George on Telecaster through a Leslie speaker and Ringo on drums. Paul’s lead vocal was recorded on April 26, but he was not happy with it. The band moved on to other songs. Paul would return to “Oh! Darling” in mid-July. He wanted to record his lead vocal in one single take when his voice was most gravelly. Engineer Alan Parsons: “Perhaps my main memory of the “Abbey Road” sessions is of Paul coming into Studio Three at two o’clock or 2:30 each afternoon, on his own, to do the vocal on ‘Oh! Darling.’ That was a feature of the “Abbey Road” sessions. You rarely saw all four Beatles together. It was either John or Paul or George working on their various things, perhaps only getting together to her something back. But Paul came in several days running to do the lead vocal on ‘Oh! Darling.’ He’d come in, sing it and say, ‘No, that’s not it, I’ll try it again tomorrow.’ He only tried it once per day, I suppose he wanted to capture a certain rawness which could only be done once before his voice changed. I remember him saying ‘five years ago I could have done this in a flash,’ referring, I suppose, to the days of ‘Long Tall Sally’ and ‘Kansas City.’” McCartney made lead vocal attempts on July 17, 18, 22, and 23, and his July 23 lead vocal appears on the finished master. On August 8, Paul overdubbed lead guitar and tambourine. Paul, John and George added backing vocals on August 11. Rockin out with Paul McCartney with and without the Beatles…(read ALL em) follow with adding long quiz tones QUIZ #1 Where was Paul McCartney and what was he doing 50 years ago TODAY…Sept. 6th 1965… 800-955-KLOS Where was Paul? Who was he with? What was he doing? 50 years ago TODAY SEPT. 6th 2015 9.27 BREAK A/ Duke of York's Theatre, London. Paul 7 Jane Asher sees the play `The Killing Of Sister George'. The Beatles - I’m Looking Through You - Rubber Soul (Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: Paul Written by Paul after an argument with then-girlfriend, actress Jane Asher. Initially recorded on October 24, 1965, the song was re-recorded from scratch on November 6, but McCartney was still not satisfied. Four days later, on November 10, the group took another stab at it. Paul’s lead vocal was superimposed the next day. The version issued by Capitol Records has two false starts. On U.S. album: Rubber Soul - Capitol LP The Beatles - Old Brown Shoe - Non-LP B-Side (Harrison) Lead vocal: George On February 25, 1969, his 26th birthday, George Harrison went to Abbey Road Studios and recorded elaborate eight-track demos of three of his latest compositions: “Old Brown Shoe,” “Something,” and “All Things Must Pass.” All three of the demos recorded this day can be found on the “Anthology 3” album. “Old Brown Shoe” had made a brief appearance near the end of the “Get Back” sessions with a few run-through/rehearsals on January 28, 1969. The full band revisited the song for a proper recording on April 16, 1969. The rhythm track was finished in four takes, with George on lead guitar, Paul on jangle piano, John on rhythm guitar (which would be erased in favor of a Hammond organ part played by George on April 18), and Ringo on drums.