1 PLAYLIST April 27th 2016 9AM 2 The Beatles - Revolution 1 - The Beatles (Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: John The first song recorded during the sessions for the “White Album.” At the time of its recording, this slower version was the only version of John Lennon’s “Revolution,” and it carried that titled without a “1” or a “9” in the title. Recording began on May 30, 1968, and 18 takes were recorded. On the final take, the first with a lead vocal, the song continued past the 4 1/2 minute mark and went onto an extended jam. It would end at 10:17 with John shouting to the others and to the control room “OK, I’ve had enough!” The final six minutes were pure chaos with discordant instrumental jamming, plenty of feedback, percussive clicks (which are heard in the song’s introduction as well), and John repeatedly screaming “alright” and moaning along with his girlfriend, Yoko Ono. Ono also spoke random streams of consciousness on the track such as “if you become naked.” This bizarre six-minute section was clipped off the version of what would become “Revolution 1” to form the basis of “Revolution 9.” Yoko’s “naked” line appears in the released version of “Revolution 9” at 7:53. The Beatles - Blackbird - The Beatles (Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: Paul Another Paul McCartney solo performance for the “White Album.” Paul wrote “Blackbird” at his Scottish farm house and the song was started and finished in 32 takes, 11 being complete run-throughs of the song, on June 10, 1968. Paul has said the music was inspired by Bach’s “Bourree in E Minor,” which he learned to play at a young age. The tapping sound on the recording is not a metronome. The percussion-like sound keeping the beat is actually Paul tapping his foot on the studio floor, which was separately miked onto one of the tracks. Paul has since revealed that the song was a message of solidarity to black people living in the U.S. 3 “Blackbird” is one of only five Beatles songs Paul chose to perform live during his “Wings Over America” concert tour in 1976. George Harrison – Circles - Gone Troppo ‘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 Kinfauns 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 George Harrison LP). (Check out lyrics…) 4 BREAK read back…Ringo…Queen turned 90! Ringo – Elizabeth Reigns – Ringo Rama Paul McCartney – Queenie Eye – Single Quiz here… Play name that duo! This weekend in the year 1960…John Lennon & Paul McCartney played their only performances as a duo at a bar named The Fox and Hounds in Caversham England…what did John & Paul call themselves while performing @ The Fox & Hounds this weekend in 1960. Name that duo. Good luck! 800-955-KLOS The Cavern Club in Liverpool, the Star Club in Hamburg and Shea Stadium in New York are all landmarks in the history of The Beatles. But now a new shrine is to be added to the list: the Fox and Hounds in Caversham. Strumming acoustic guitars and singing without microphones, the teenage duo perched on bar stools in the tiny tap room to perform a set that included an old Les Paul and Mary Ford hit, The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise, as well as Be Bop A Lula and other rock’n’roll and country standards. They reprised the concert the following lunchtime, to the same resounding apathy from the locals. 9.26 BREAK 5 The Beatles – I’ll Follow The Sun – LIVE @ The BBC 100% pure McCartney. Written pre- Beatles? Recorded Oct. 18th, 1964. Musicians: Paul McCartney – lead vocal, acoustic guitar; John Lennon – harmony vocal, acoustic guitar; George Harrison – lead guitar; Ringo Starr – knees(?) This was written in the late-fifties when Paul was sixteen years old (not bad for a little kid – I didn’t learn to ride a bike ‘til I was twenty!). Pete Best remembered that 6 he used to busk it on the piano, in-between sets at The Kaiserkeller. It may well be the earliest song that they ever committed to tape. Nobody’s sure what Ringo’s playing, but he might be pounding out the beat on his knees. (Or maybe it’s someone else’s knees!) McCartney 1.00 Lead vocal Paul US - Capitol LP Beatles '65 The Beatles - I’m A Loser - Beatles For Sale (Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: John Recorded in eight takes on August 14, 1964. Written mostly by John Lennon. The song style, more autobiographical and introspective than the “yeah, yeah, yeah” pop the group had previously recorded, was heavily influenced by the work of Bob Dylan. Paul McCartney called it “a folk song gone pop.” The Beatles debuted “I’m A Loser” on ABC’s “Shindig” program, an appearance taped in London and airing on October 7. The song was performed during the Beatles’ European Tour commencing June 20, 1965, but was not on the set list for the U.S. shows two months later. John’s harmonica solo was a last minute addition to the song, appearing first in Take 6. George Martin and the group considered “I’m A Loser” a potential single and had initially chosen it to be the LP’s opening song. On U.S. album: Beatles ‘65 - Capitol LP 7 Paul McCartney – Put It There - Flowers in the Dirt ‘89 Written over two days during a skiing holiday in Zermatt, Switzerland. This was a McCartney family saying – passed down by Paul’s father – which he was now passing down to his son, James. George Martin provides a lovely string arrangement. John Lennon – Beautiful Boy - Double Fantasy ‘80 An ode to his son, Sean – this is one of John’s greatest songs and is a sad reminder of how much he could have accomplished, had he lived. This track contains the famous line in a Robert Browning poem, “Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans…” This included slide guitar, by the one and only, Hugh McCracken. John & Paul McCartney playin their acoustic guitars as the did as the Newk Twins this weekend in 1960….those songs showing their growth as songwriters and as people …from the early days to the when they were both Dad’s! BREAK 8 Keep the acoustic thing going…can’t forget George….and Ringo The Beatles - For You Blue - Let It Be (Harrison) Lead vocal: George Recorded on January 25, 1969, and completed in six takes. John Lennon provides the lead guitar part playing a lap steel guitar and using a shotgun shell as a slide. Paul McCartney plays piano. Nearly a year later, on January 8, 1970, George Harrison re- recorded his lead vocal to the already completed backing track. During the instrumental break he ad-libbed “go Johnny go” and “Elmore James’ got nothin’ on this baby” to give the impression he was singing live with the band. Immediately prior to the start of the song, John can be heard saying "Queen says no to pot-smoking FBI members." It is one of the few inclusions of film dialogue heard on the soundtrack LP. Written by George Harrison for his wife, Pattie, “For You Blue” was a straight-forward blues song. George: “It's a simple 12-bar song following all the normal 12-bar principles, except that it's happy-go-lucky!” “For You Blue” was the flip-side of the American “The Long And Winding Road” single, released on May 11, 1970. A new mix of take six was made in 2003 for “Let It Be... Naked” and an alternative take from the January 25, 1969, session is included on the “Anthology 3” album. Ringo – English Garden – Ringo Rama 9 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 - 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 10 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. Started off acoustic ended up semi electric… 9.56 BREAK We lost Pete Ham of Badfinger today in 1975 From now till noon if and when you hear a Badfinger song be the first to call us at 800-955-KLOS get yerself a pair of tickets to Molly Malone’s this evening to see “Breaking Baby Blue: An Evening of Tributes to Badfinger’s Pete Ham.