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PLAYLIST JUNE 3rd 2012

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The Beatles - A Hard Day’s Night - A Hard Day’s Night (Lennon-McCartney)

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Lead vocal: John with Paul ’ seventh single release for EMI’s Parlophone label. The title is a Ringoism, coined by the drummer sometime in 1963 and used by John in his book “In His Own Write.” With the film nearly completed the last bit of business was to give the film a name. The project was being filmed with the working title “Beatlemania.” On April 13, 1964 The Beatles met with key personnel from the studio and bounced title ideas. It was felt they’d find no better suggestion than Ringo’s off- hand remark “it’s been a hard day’s night” and John volunteered to write the title song that evening. The next morning he brought the song in and taught it to Paul. Paul cleaned up the middle section and the two played it for producer Walter Shenson. Two days later The Beatles would formally record the song.

The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour - Magical Mystery Tour Recorded 25th April 1967 They recorded this just four days after the Pepper sessions ended. There are currently three different versions available to the paying public. The first one is in the movie (which you can’t buy on record). The second one is the mono version on the EP. And the stereo version is on the LP

The Beatles - Long, Long, Long (Harrison) - The Beatles 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.

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The Beatles - Yellow Submarine – STAY TUNED TELL YA HOW TO WIN (Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: Ringo The Beatles’ thirteenth single release for EMI’s Parlophone label. One of The Beatles’ most innovative creations to date, a children’s sing-along, was written mostly by Paul with assistance from John for Ringo’s vocal contribution to the “Revolver” album. The track would later be used as the title song of the group’s animated film project, which was released in 1968 in the UK. Pop singer Donovan helped Paul with the lyrics, coming up with the memorable line, “Sky of blue, sea of green.” On U.S. album: Revolver - Capitol LP Yellow Submarine - Capitol LP

Each Beatle singing just for YOU!

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* The Beatles - Besame Mucho – Anthology 1

• The Beatles - – Anthology 1 ------The Beatles - P.S. I Love You – Please Please Me

The Beatles – Ask Me Why - – Please Please Me

The first four songs recorded by the Beatles 50 years ago this week in 1962…

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Here’s the next 4 …..right here on BWTB

The Beatles – How Do You Do It? (Mitch Murray) – Sept. 4th 1962

The Beatles - Please Please Me – Please Please Me (McCartney-Lennon) Lead vocal: John and Paul The Beatles’ second single release for EMI’s Parlophone label. Written entirely by John Lennon in the bedroom of his Aunt Mimi’s home on Menlove Ave., Lennon has said it was his attempt at writing a Roy Orbison song. In fact, the original version was a slower, bluesy version which producer recalls as being “rather dreary.” Because Martin was insisting on releasing their previously recorded cover of “How Do You Do It?” as their next single, The Beatles rearranged “Please Please Me” as an up-tempo song with harmonies and harmonica and then stood their ground to get it selected as their second single. Martin agreed to issue this Beatles original as the next single, shelving “How Do You Do It?” for another month, when it again came up for consideration for a single release. This was the first record owned by Elvis Costello, who was in the Beatles Fan Club when he was eleven. The 45 rpm single was released January 11, 1963 and topped two of the UK music industry’s three sales charts, compelling EMI to order a full album of songs from the band. It was the first Beatles release to list the as “McCartney-Lennon.” Both sides featured the credit in that last name order. Released three different times in the U.S. on Vee-Jay. The

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coupling of “Please Please Me” and “Ask Me Why” caused many to take notice of The Beatles, and particularly Lennon and McCartney's burgeoning songwriting partnership. It led to Dick James approaching them to found Northern Songs, their music publishing company. On U.S. albums: Introducing… The Beatles (Version 2) - Vee-Jay LP The Early Beatles - Capitol LP

Beatnix – Tip Of My Tongue (McCartney/Lennon)

The Beatles - There’s A Place – Please Please Me (McCartney-Lennon) Lead vocal: John and Paul One of many songs that were written in the front room of Paul McCartney’s Forthlin Road home. John and Paul were so excited about this newly written song that as they entered the EMI studios on February 11, 1963, to record their first album it was their priority to record this song first. After ten takes they moved on to something else and revisited it later in the day. Often referred to by American Beatles fans as one of the few “lost Beatles songs,” “There’s A Place” was in print in the U.S. only on the Vee-Jay LP “Introducing… The Beatles,” which was released and withdrawn from the marketplace in 1964. When the U.S. distribution rights to the “Please Please Me” material reverted back to Capitol Records they issued 11 of them as “The Early Beatles” in 1965, leaving “Misery” and “There’s A Place” off. “Misery” and “There’s A Place” were not on any U.S. album again until 1980, when they turned up on the Capitol compilation “Rarities.” Fans that looked hard enough could find “There’s A Place” on the b-side of the American “Twist and Shout” single.

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On U.S. albums: Introducing… The Beatles - Vee-Jay LP Rarities - Capitol LP

So…Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band is turning 45 this week…feel old do ya? We’re gonna play the whole

thing in about a half hour …

(both sides)…

And to get ya ready for that …

We’re now gonna take ya on the 3 year musical evolution that went down between 1963

and 1966 that led to the recording of this Sgt. Pepper’s album…

From dance music… to head music right here…

The Beatles - It Won’t Be Long – With The Beatles

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(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: John The first original song recorded for their second album, “With The Beatles.” Composed primarily by John in July 1963 with the intention of writing a follow-up single to the as yet unreleased “She Loves You.” The lyrical similarity to the chorus of “She Loves You” (both songs contain the phrase “yeah, yeah, yeah”) was no accident. Beatles manager Brian Epstein had encouraged John and Paul to try to write songs that would appeal to the American market, specifically American teenagers. Soon American colloquial sayings and words started showing up in their songs. Ten takes were attempted on July 30, 1963 and the song was left unfinished. The group resumed work later that evening, in all logging 23 full or partial takes and edit pieces. It is the first original Beatles song with a call-and-response gimmick, with John and Paul alternating “yeah” throughout the song. The first song Neil Young performed live for an audience at his high school cafeteria in Canada. On U.S. album: Meet The Beatles! - Capitol LP

The Beatles - I Feel Fine- A Collection Of Oldies (Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: John The Beatles’ eighth single release for EMI’s Parlophone label. Recorded in nine takes on October 18, 1964. Written entirely by John Lennon. He based the guitar riff on Bobby Parker’s obscure R&B record “Watch Your Step.” The recording marked the first occasion in which guitar feedback had been deliberately incorporated into a pop song. The sound was achieved by Paul plucking a single bass string and John getting amplifier feedback from his guitar. Issued in the U.S. on November 23, 1964, and in U.K. four days later. Not included on the “Beatles For Sale” LP, which was released on December 4, 1964 in the UK. On U.S. albums: Beatles ‘65 - Capitol LP

UK:

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Non-album single (A-side)

On UK album: A Collection of Beatles Oldies - Parlophone LP (1966)

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 - Tomorrow Never Knows - Revolver (Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: John The first song recorded for what would become the “Revolver” album. John’s composition was unlike anything The Beatles or anyone else had ever recorded. Lennon’s vocal is buried under a wall of sound -- an assemblage of repeating tape loops and sound effects – placed on top of a dense one chord song with basic melody driven by Ringo's thunderous drum pattern. The lyrics were largely taken from “The Psychedelic Experience,” a 1964 book written by Harvard psychologists Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert, which contained an adaptation of the ancient “Tibetan Book of the Dead.” Each Beatle worked at home on creating strange sounds to add to the mix. Then they were added at different speeds sometime backwards. Paul got “arranging” credit. He had discovered that by removing the erase head on his Grundig reel-to-reel tape machine, he could saturate a recording with sound.

On U.S. album: Revolver - Capitol LP

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The Beatles - Penny Lane - Magical Mystery Tour Recorded Dec. 29th 1966 Released as a single in the UK Feb.`67 and DID NOT REACH #1. It was held off by Engelbert Humperdick’s “Release Me”. Penny Lane is a bus roundabout in Liverpool Contains at least TWO slightly slang obscenities (finger pie & keeps his fire engine clean) Lead vocal Paul McCartney .8 / Lennon .2

The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever – Magical Mystery Tour Recorded Nov/ Dec. 1966 Written in Spain while John was filming “How I Won The War” 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 John. One of the only two HONEST songs that John says he wrote for the Beatles…the other? (HELP!) Lead vocal John Lennon 1.00

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The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band Recorded Feb. 1st 1967 McCartney 1.00

The Beatles – With A Little Help From My Friends - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band Recorded March 29th 1967 Originally titled “Badfinger Boogie”. Big #1 hit for Joe Cocker in Great Britain in 1968…and theme on TV’s The Wonder Years. Lead vocal Ringo McCartney .75 / Lennon .25

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The Beatles – Lucy In The Sky w/ Diamonds - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band Recorded March 1st 1967 The title taken from a painting from young Julian Lennon of a school friend of his named Lucy and there were some stars painted in the sky and called it Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds. Paul wrote the line “newspaper taxis”. Lead vocal John Lennon .8 / McCartney .2

The Beatles – Getting Better - Sgt. Pepper’s 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

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The Beatles – Fixing A Hole - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band Recorded Feb. 9th at Regent Studios with over dubbing a few weeks later back at Abbey Road. The night the Beatles recorded “Fixing A Hole” a guy turned up at Paul McCartney’s who announced himself as Jesus…Paul of course took him to the studio to introduce Jesus the band…they never saw him again after that. The song was said to have written while fixing his roof on his Scottish farmhouse hence the title….but Paul said in the book Many Years From Now that this was not true at all. Long time Beatle assistant Mal Evans claims to have written the song but of course not credited…but was paid for his HELP! McCartney .85 / Lennon .15

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The Beatles – She’s Leaving Home - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Recorded March 17th 1967 Based on a news story that ran in Daily Mail newspaper that ran a story called A- Level Girl Dumps Car and Vanishes about a 17-year-old Melanie Coe who attended Skinner’s Grammar School in London. No Beatles play on this track. Lead vocals Paul & John McCartney .65 / Lennon .35

The Beatles – Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band Recorded Feb. 17th 1967 John swiping the lyrics from a Fairground poster from 1843… purchased during the filming of the “Penny Lane“ video… Featuring Paul on lead guitar and sez Paul a very co-written song. Lead vocals John Lennon .6 / McCartney .4

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Recorded between Dec. 6th and April 3rd 1967. Sgt. Pepper took more than 700 hours to record and cost about $75,000.00 record.

Peter Blake, a prominent contemporary British artist, was hired to design the album cover. He asked each of the Beatles to list people they would like to see on the cover. The lists were compiled and became the background.

At the Beatles' insistence, the gatefold LP marked the first occurrence of an identical track listing in a U.K. and U.S. Beatle album. However, only the U.K. version has a short section of noise, gibberish, and a 15 kilocycle pitch (not audible to humans) in the LP's run-out groove. The first LP to has lyrics printed on it.

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The Beatles – Within You Without You - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band Recorded March 17 1967 Written after a wonderful dinner at Klaus Voormann’s house in Hampstead London. Steven Stills dug the lyric’s so much he had them carved on a monument in his backyard. Only George and Neil Aspinall play on this track from the Beatles camp. Lead vocal George.

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The Beatles – When I’m Sixty-Four - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band Recorded Dec. 6th 1966 1st song recorded for Sgt. Pepper. Written by Paulie when he was just about 15 or 16 years old. Lennon - “I would have never even dream of writing a song like that”….though he did help write some of the lyrics! Lead vocal Paul McCartney .85 / Lennon .15

The Beatles – Lovely Rita - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band Recorded Feb. 23 1967 Paul heard that in America, parking – meter woman where called “meter aids” and thus….the tune. Lead vocal Paul McCartney 1.00

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The Beatles – Good Morning Good Morning - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band Recorded Feb. 8th 1967 Based on a Cornflakes TV commercial John heard while sitting at the piano and feeling a bit “stuck” trying to write something for Sgt. Pepper. Paul plays one of the guitar solos w/ his right-handed Fender Esquire. Lead vocal John Lennon 1.00

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The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band Recorded Feb.1st 1967 Mono mix includes the audience sounds beginning more sharply, the drum intro is 4 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 sings a verse at the end, but it can barely be heard on the stereo version. McCartney 1.00

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The Beatles – A Day In The Life - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band Recorded Jan & Feb 1967 Quite possibly the finest Lennon/McCartney collaboration of their song- writing career.

The Run Out Groove Recorded 21st April 1967, firstly, the endless nonsense for the run-out groove, Then 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. 2:41

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when they hear a song NOT featuring Ringo on the

drums….NOT featuring RiNGO on the drums…

Don’t call if you think RiNGO is playing the drums…only call if you think Ringo is

playing the drums….800.955.KLOS….and I just noticed that 2 of my favorite people ever

were born today…Ian Hunter (`39) of Mott The Hoople…and Leo Gorcey…Bowery

Boys…Dead End kids for you older folks…Leo Gorcey was the only person who wanted to

get paid to have his picture on the cover…so they took him off…happy birthday…Ian

..Leo…and even Suzi Quatro…and YOU if it’s yer birthday…

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T he Beatles – Birthday - The Beatles Recorded Sept. 18th 1968 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

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The Beatles – Here Comes The Sun (Harrison) - Abbey Road Recorded July 7th 1969. Written while George was playing hooky from an another boring accounting meeting at Apple…George visiting pal Eric Clapton’s house and while walking through the Clapton backyard garden w/ an acoustic guitar wrote “Here Comes The Sun“ after a particularly long English winter.

John Lennon – Hold On - Plastic Ono Band ‘70

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This is an ode to self-help for himself, Yoko and the world in general. It is one of the lighter tracks on the album.

The Beatles - The Ballad Of John And Yoko – Past Masters Recorded April 14, 1969 by John 7 Paul only. Released as a single in UK April 11, 1969 And in the USA May 5th 1969. Released less than a month after Get Back (John needed an A- Side) First STEREO single in the UK. Banned by the BBC and some US stations as well. It was actually recorded during the beginning of the Abbey Road sessions.

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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

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The Beatles – Mean Mr. Mustard - Abbey Road Recorded July 24th. Written in India as we heard on the White LP demos from Esher. When the band is playing it during the Let It Be sessions Pam was then a Shirley. Lennon 1.00

The Beatles – Polythene Pam - Abbey Road Recorded July 25th w/ “She Came in Through The Bathroom Window “. The only Beatles song inspired by a woman in New Jersey who dressed in polythene (but not jack boots or kilts). Written in India, demoed for the White LP. Lennon 1.00

The Beatles – She Came In Through The Bathroom Window - Abbey Road Recorded July 25th 1969. Written while in NYC to announce Apple. Based on a true story about some Scruffs breaking into Paul house at St. John’s Wood. Paul wrote w/ Joe Cocker in mind…who later coved it as he did with most Beatle songs. McCartney 1.00

RiNGO – It Don’t Come Easy –Single `71

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