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KLOS June 3Rd 2012 1 1 2 PLAYLIST JUNE 3rd 2012 9AM The Beatles - A Hard Day’s Night - A Hard Day’s Night (Lennon-McCartney) 2 3 Lead vocal: John with Paul The Beatles’ 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. 3 4 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! 4 5 * The Beatles - Besame Mucho – Anthology 1 • The Beatles - Love Me Do– 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… 5 6 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 George Martin 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 songwriters 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 6 7 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. 7 8 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 8 9 (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: 9 10 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.
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