PLAYLIST OCT. 7th 2012 John Lennon Album By Album BONUS STARTER! The Beatles – Ain’t She Sweet – June 1961 22 June 1961 - Recording session with Tony Sheridan, but this time John on lead vocal. George on lead guitar, Paul on bass and backing vocals, John rhythm guitar, Pete Best on drums. The Beatles – Please Please Me – Please Please Me Recorded Nov. 26 1962 John said it was his attempt Written at his Aunt’s home on Menlove Ave. at writing a Roy Orbison song. And the first record owned by Elvis Costello who was in the Beatles Fan Club when he was eleven. The second official EMI release Single released Jan. 11 1963 Released 3 different times in the US on Vee Jay Lennon 1.00 US - Vee-Jay LP Introducing the Beatles (Version 2) US – The Early Beatles The Beatles – It Won’t Be Long - With The Beatles Recorded July 30th 1963 The first song Neil Young performed live for an audience at his high school cafeteria in Canada. Lead vocal John Lennon 1.00 US - Capitol LP Meet the Beatles! The Beatles – I Should Have Known Better - AHDN Recorded Feb. 25th & 26th 1964. This song was performed in the film AHDN in the train compartment scene…, which was actually filmed in a van with the crewmembers rocking the van to fake the train in motion. Flip of AHDN in US…. and the 12-string guitar making an appearance on Beatle record for the 1st time courtesy of Mr. George Harold Harrison. Lead vocal John Lennon 1.00 US - United Artists LP A Hard Day’s Night Apple LP Hey Jude The Beatles – I Don’t Want To Spoil The Party - Beatles For Sale September 29th, 1964 A personal favorite of John’s Featuring George Harrison on his Gretsch Tennessean guitar. Lennon 1.00 US - Capitol LP Beatles VI The Beatles – You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away – HELP/ Anthology Recorded Feb. 18th `65 in a quick afternoon session. Interesting note: John’s original lyric was “I can’t go on feeling two foot tall “, but when singing it for Paul the first time he accidentally said, two foot “small”…Lennon then laughed and said “lets leave it…all those psudes will really love it.” Lead vocal John Lennon 1.00 US - Capitol LP HELP! The Beatles – In My Life - Rubber Soul Recorded Oct.18th 1965 Of all the Lennon/McCartney collaborations only 2 songs have really been disputed by John & Paul themselves one being “Eleanor Rigby” and the other is “In My Life”. John saying that Paul only wrote the middle eight melody and Mr. McCartney saying that he created the entire melody and intro of the song. He adds that John had all the lyrics already down but needed a melody and that he (Paul) has vivid memories of composing it on John’s mellotron while Lennon had a cup of tea in another room. Lennon? / McCartney? The Beatles – I’m Only Sleeping – Revolver Basic tracks recorded April 27, 1966 A song John wrote about Paul constantly waking him up to get to work on the Revolver LP….Lead vocal John Lennon 1.00 US - Capitol LP Yesterday and Today 3.12 Break John Lennon - Album By Album In the order they were released A swig from each LP… Picking things up in 1967 2 The Beatles – Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite - Sgt. Peppers 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 The Beatles - Dear Prudence - The Beatles sessions Recorded Aug. 28th 1968 at Trident Written in India about Mia Farrow’s sister who locked herself in her hut while on retreat in India. Paul on drums. Mal tambourine. Jackie Lomax and Paul‘s cousin John sang backing vocals. Lennon 1.00 Two Virgins (Side 2) - Unfinished Music – Two Virgins / Nov. 1968 The Beatles - Hey Bulldog - Yellow Submarine January 1969 Recorded 11th February 1968 John said, ”It’s a good sounding record that means nothing”. Newly remixed for the Yellow Submarine Soundtrack expanded version. Lead vocal Lennon Lennon. .95 .05 No Bed For Beatle John - Unfinished Music No.2 Life w/ The Lions / May 1969 Zapple The Beatles – Come Together - Abbey Road Sept. 29th 1969 Recorded July 21st 1969 Borrowing more that a line from Chuck Berry’s “You Can’t Catch Me”. Agreed to record 3 songs from the publishing Co. BIG SEVEN MUSIC on his R’n’R LP. SHOOT ME….One of John’s favorite Beatle tracks. Lennon 1.00 /The Wedding Album – Nov. 1969 John Lennon - Give Peace A Chance – Live Peace In Toronto / Dec. 1969 The Beatles – Dig A Pony - Let It Be May 1970 January 30, 1969 (rehearsal & 1 take; rooftop performance) John Lennon on a tear in 1969…releasing 3 solo LP’s 2.12 Break John Lennon – Hold On - Plastic Ono Band / Dec. 1970 John Lennon – Gimme Some Truth – Imagine sessions Sept. 1971 John on NYC John Lennon – New York City – Some Time In NYC /Summer of 1972… Mind Games radio spot-`73 HR 2 John Lennon – Surprise Surprise (Sweet Bird Of Paradox)– Walls & Bridges / Sept.1974 John Lennon – Bony Moronie - Feb. 1975 /John Lennon – Instant Karma - Shaved Fish / Oct. 1975 John Lennon – Starting Over - Double Fantasy / Nov. 1980 2.34 Break The Beatles – Ask Me Why – Please Please Me Recorded Nov. 26th 1962. First heard by the public on Teenagers Turn on June 11, 1962 / B Side of Please Please Me on VJ & Parlophone. Lead vocal John Lennon .7/ McCartney .3 US - Vee- Jay LP Introducing the Beatles (Version 2) US – The Early Beatles The Beatles – All I’ve Got To Do - With The Beatles Copyrighted in 1961 in the UK The song was later re-copyrighted when Lennon and McCartney had their own music publishing company in 1964 recorded September 11th 1963 lead vocal John Lennon 1.00 US - Capitol LP Meet the Beatles! The Beatles – If I Fell –AHDN A song John called the precursor to “In My Life”…it has the same chord progression said John D and B minor and E minor… Flip of And I Love Her in the US Lead vocal John & Paul Lennon 1.00 US - Capitol LP Something New/ United Artists LP A Hard Day’s Night The Beatles – No Reply - Beatles For Sale Recorded Sept. 30th 1964 Including some nice piano work from producer George Martin. Lennon 1.00 John Lennon – HELP! – 1970 Home/ The Beatles – HELP! – HELP! Recorded April 1965. John’s autobiographical tune from what he called his “fat Elvis” period. #1 in the States for 3 weeks in 1965… and 4 weeks in the UK at #1. Lead vocal John Lennon .9 / McCartney .1 US - Capitol LP HELP! The Beatles – Girl - Rubber Soul Recorded Nov. 11th 1965 Written about a dream girl that didn’t really exist and containing a somewhat suggestive background vocal by Paul & George. John says, “it’s one of my best” Lead vocal John. 100.Lennon . John Lennon – He Said – Home `66/ The Beatles – She Said She Said – Revolver Recorded June 21st 1966 Written after a record 32 cups of extremely strong tea while in LA during a break in their 1965 tour…John was hanging out w/ The Byrds and a whole bunch of girls at a party and actor Peter Fonda kept whispering in John’s ear “I know what it’s like to be dead“…. thus the lyric The Beatles – A Day In The Life - Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band Recorded Jan & Feb 1967 Quite possibly the finest Lennon/McCartney collaboration of their song-writing career. 3.10 Break 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 The Beatles - Happiness Is a Warm Gun - The Beatles Recorded Sept. 23rd 1968 LP Nov. 22 1968 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 (Excerpt)Two Virgins (Side 2) - Unfinished Music – Two Virgins / Nov. 29th 1968 -NO SUB SONG HERE- Baby’s Heartbeat - Unfinished Music No.2 Life w/ The Lions / May 1969 Zapple John & Yoko- /The Wedding Album – Nov. 1969 John & Yoko This Is Radio Peace The Beatles - I Want You (She’s So Heavy) - Abbey Road (Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: John The Beatles, with Billy Preston on keyboards, and with Glyn Johns as producer, recorded 35 takes at Trident Studios on February 22, 1969. From that session, take 9 was the best for the early part of the song, take 20 had the best middle eight, and take 32 was the best for the rest. The three “best” sections were edited into one all-encompassing master take. On April 18, at Abbey Road Studios, without Preston, and with Chris Thomas producing, John and George overdubbed layers of guitar parts onto the Trident “best” take, and a reduction mixdown was made, called “take 1.” Overdubs were added onto that. More overdubs followed on April 20.