1 PLAYLIST AUG. 26TH 2012 In honor of the 44th Anniversary of the Beatles very own record company… …it’s three hours of ONLY Apple Records! HR. 1 The Apple Years The Beatles - Hey Jude – Single/ Hey Jude / Past Masters Recorded: 29/30/31 July TRIDENT, 1 August 1968 2 The Beatles most successful single in their entire career. It was #1 for NINE weeks straight in the USA…(3 weeks in the UK) Lennon: I always heard it as a song to me. When Paul say’s “go out and get her”…he meant go ahead leave me…. This was the FIRST record released on Apple Records. Musicians: Paul McCartney - double-tracked lead vocal, piano, bass guitar; John Lennon - backing vocal, acoustic guitar; George Harrison - backing vocal, lead guitar; Ringo Starr - drums, tambourine; Unknown players - forty-piece orchestra Mary Hopkin - Those Were The Days – Aug. `68 Mary sang the a-side in English, French, Spanish, Italian, and I believe German. The US issue was, of course, the English issue. A big hit to start Mary's career. Produced By Paul McCartney. This is a mono record. Jackie Lomax – Sour Milk Sea – Single Aug.26th `68 Of Apple's first four, which were released together, This is A mono record. The a-side was written by George Harrison. Line up: Jackie Lomax – RG/Vox Paul McCartney – Bass Ringo Starr – Drums Eric Clapton – Lead Guitar 3 Nicky Hopkins – Keyboards BREAK/BED Black Dyke Mills Band – Thing-umy-bob – Aug. `68 The A-side is A Lennon-McCartney composition. Copies can be found Which credit the authorship to McCartney-Lennon. Apropos Enough since Paul wrote the song and produced the record. Copies pressed in Los Angeles for a time showed "Yellow Submarine" as the A-side (unsliced side) of the record. This is a mono record. George Harrison – Wonderwall Music 1st Apple LP released in The UK Nov. 1st 1968 (US on Dec. 2nd `68) The Beatles LP – The Beatles – Nov. `68 The Beatles - Back In the U.S.S.R. - The Beatles Recorded Aug. 22nd 1968 4 Based on Chuck Berry’s “Back in The USA” Featuring Mr. Paul McCartney on drums as Ringo had quietly left the group …briefly Musicians: Paul McCartney – double-tracked lead vocal, backing vocal, piano, lead guitar, bass guitar, drums; John Lennon – backing vocal, six-string bass guitar; George Harrison – backing vocal, bass guitar The Beatles - Dear Prudence - The Beatles 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. Musicians: John Lennon – double-tracked lead vocal, backing vocal, lead guitar; Paul McCartney – backing vocal, piano, flugelhorn, bass guitar, drums; George Harrison – backing vocal, acoustic guitar; Mal Evans, Jackie Lomax and John McCartney – backing vocals The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Harrison) - The Beatles Recorded July 25th 1968 George said in I Me Mine that he picked a book at random and said to himself he was going to write a song based on the first thing he saw when he opened the book laying on the coffee table…he saw “Gently Weeps” and the rest is history. Features Eric Clapton on lead guitar. Musicians: George Harrison – double-tracked lead vocal, backing vocal, acoustic guitar; John Lennon – harmony vocal, acoustic guitar; Paul McCartney – harmony vocal, piano, Hammond organ, six-string bass guitar; Ringo Starr – drums, tambourine; Eric Clapton – lead guitar The Beatles - Don't Pass Me By - The Beatles Recorded June1968 Orig, title “Some Kind of Friendly”. First Ringo song on a Beatle LP. Musicians: Ringo Starr – lead vocal, piano, drums, sleigh bell; John Lennon – acoustic guitar; Paul McCartney – bass guitar; Jack Fallon – violin 5 JPG& R BREAK The Beatles - Revolution – Single/ Hey Jude / Past Masters Recorded: 9/10/11/12 July 1968 flip of Hey Jude John really wanted this to be the first Apple single but it was tough to beat out “Hey Jude”…but it still made for one of the best singles in pop music history. The Iveys – And Her Daddy’s A Millionaire – flip of Maybe Tomorrow `68 1969 The Apple Years The Beatles – Hey Bulldog - Yellow Submarine LP Jan. `69 James Taylor – James Taylor – Feb. `69 Mary Hopkin – Goodbye Apple 10 March `69 first official double-A-side, and the first Apple Record to feature a full-fledged picture sleeve. "Goodbye" Was written by Paul and is credited to Lennon-McCartney. A demo exists of Paul singing this song for Mary. The Beatles – Get Back/Don’t Let Me Down – Single B – Side April `69 6 The Beatles – Ballad of John & Yoko/Old Brown Shoe – Single May `69 Billy Preston – That’s The Way God Planned It – Single Apple 12 June/July US `69 Billy's first Apple single, although he had recorded "Get Back" with the Beatles earlier in the year. This is a mono single, and some later copies indicate so on the label HOUR 2 John Lennon – Give Peace A Chance – Single – June/July US `69 John's first single without Paul, George, or Ringo Billy Preston - That's The Way God Planned - That's The Way God Planned It. Digitally remastered reissue of the pop-soul legend's 1969 album. Produced by George Harrison and featuring Eric Clapton, Keith Richards and Ginger Baker. Includes 3 bonus tracks 'Through All Times', 'As I get Older' & 'That's The Way God Planned It' (previously unreleased alternate version). EMI. 1991. The Beatles LP - Abbey Road LP – Sept. `69 7 The Beatles – You Never Give Me Your Money - Abbey Road Recorded May 6th 1969 at Olympic Studios w/ overdubbing 2 months later at Abbey Road. Paul weighing in on the sad but true aspects of the Apple business plan circa spring 1969. Musicians: Paul McCartney – lead vocal, backing vocal, piano, bass guitar, wind-chimes; John Lennon – backing vocal, lead guitar; George Harrison – rhythm guitar; Ringo Starr – drums, tambourine 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. Musicians: John Lennon – lead vocal, lead guitar, acoustic guitar; Paul McCartney – harmony vocal, piano, lead guitar, bass guitar, lead guitar; George Harrison – backing vocal, rhythm guitar; Ringo Starr – drums, tambourine, maracas This was recorded at the same session as She Came In Through The Bathroom Window (they weren’t edited together – they were actually recorded all the way through as a single piece). It was based on a girl called Pat Dawson (…some sources say Pat Hodgett) who came to see them playing at The Cavern. Apparently she used to eat a lot of plastic and had the nickname Polythene Pat. I used to tie it in knots and eat it. Sometimes I even burnt it and ate it when it got cold, she said. Then I had a friend who got a job in a polythene-bag factory, which was wonderful because it meant I had a constant supply. The bit about dressing up referred to a girl that John met in 1963, called Stephanie. She was going out with the English beat-poet Royston Ellis, and they went back to his flat and dressed up in a polythene suit. But they never had sex – they just went straight to sleep… apparently. John said: She didn’t wear jackboots and kilts either, I just sort of elaborated. Perverted sex in a polythene bag. Just looking for something to write about. The Yeah-Yeah-Yeah line at the end of the verses are straight lifts from She Loves You (the second time they quoted from the song in recent records – the other one being All You Need Is Love). 8 Lead Vocal John Lennon 1.00 John Lennon – Cold Turkey – Single Oct. `69 This single is rare with the Capitol logo label. Some copies of the single were defective, skipping at one point and sounding like "Cold Tea." 9 Badfinger - Come and Get It – Single Apple 20 Dec. `69 1970 The Apple Years John Lennon – Instant Karma – Single Feb. `70 Paul McCartney – Maybe - McCartney – April `70 Ringo Starr – Sentimental Journey – April `70 Night & Day Arranged by Chico O'Farrill. Originally from the 1932 musical, "The Gay Divorcee" and sung by Fred Astaire and Claire Luce. The Beatles – Let It Be LP– May `70 DIG A PONY Doris Troy – Ain’t That Cute - LP – Nov. `70 First, there are many names on this album including George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, Stephen Stills, Delany and Bonnie, Peter 10 Frampton, Billy Preston, Klaus Voorman and more. George, Billy, Stephen and Jackie Lomax wrote some of the tunes with Doris. Now that that's out of the way, I must say...this is a great album. Doris produced it herself except for "Ain't that Cute" which George produced George Harrison – What Is Life? – ATMP Nov. `70 NEWS HERE George Harrison –– Wah Wah -ATMP John Lennon – I FOUND OUT - Plastic Ono Band – Dec. `70 1971 – The Apple Years Ringo Starr – It Don’t Come Easy – Single April `71 11 Ronnie Spector – TANDORI CHICKEN Try Some Buy Some – Single Apple 33 April `71 Paul & Lind McCartney – TOO MANY PEOPLE - RAM – May `71 John Lennon – HOW DO YOU SLEEP- Imagine LP/Single US - Oct. `71 1972 – The Apple Years John Lennon – NEW YORK CITY - Sometime In NYC – Jan, `72 Badfinger – Baby Blue – Single – March `72 1973 The Apple Years Ringo – I’m The Greatest RINGO – Nov.