The stories behind the entire Beatles solo catalog on Apple Records including Imagine, Band On The Run, All Things Must Pass, and Ringo
Compiled by Bruce Spizer
Foreword by Allan Steckler
"If people need the Beatles so much, all they have to do is buy each [solo] album...and put it on tape, track by track. One of me, one of Paul, one of George and one of Ringo." --John Lennon
Even before the Beatles officially broke up in early 1970, band members were working on solo projects. In America, Apple released George Harrison's Wonderwall Music in late 1968. John & Yoko's Unfinished Music No. 1. Two Virgins followed in early 1969. During the year, Apple released three more albums and two singles by John & Yoko, plus George's Electronic Sound. Paul coupled the release of his McCartney album in April, 1970, with his announcement that he was quitting the Beatles. A few days later, Apple released Ringo's album of big band standards, Sentimental Journey. Later that year, Ringo struck again with Beaucoups Of Blues. At year's end, Beatles fans were treated to George's classic triple set All Things Must Pass and John's harrowing Plastic Ono Band LP. It was quite a mixed bag.
This book covers all of those records, plus all of the solo albums and singles released by former members of the Beatles on Apple during the first half of the seventies. While not every song matched the high standards set by the Beatles, there were some great moments and surprises.
The Beatles Solo on Apple Records is the fifth installment of Bruce Spizer's critically acclaimed series on the Beatles American records and the companion piece to The Beatles on Apple Records.
"Bruce Spizer if the ultimate presenter of the historical phenomenon known as the Beatles."
Ken Mansfield, Apple's first U.S. manager
Tuesday, September 02, 2008
Monday, September 01, 2008
Encyclo(beatle)pedia!
by Hunter Davies
Can you answer these 13 questions?
1. Which Beatle was born during a heavy air-raid at seven in the morning at Oxford Street Maternity Hospital, Liverpool?
2. Which Beatle earned 50s. a week as a British Railways messenger boy and then worked as a barman on the Liverpool-North Wales boats?
3. What did the Beatles record as a follow-up to "Love Me Do"?
4. What was the actual date Paul and Jane became engaged?
5. What song did George write on a harmonium at Manfred Klaus Voormann's house?
6. Which Beatle edited, wrote and illustrated a series of home-made books called "Sport, Speed and Illustrated" when he was seven?
7. Who wrote "I Lost My Little Girl" in 1956?
8. Who was the drummer when the Beatles backed Johnny Gentle for a fortnight's tour of Scotland in 1960?
9. Who earned £7 a week winding electric coils in 1961?
10. When did Paul, George and John call themselves Paul Ramon, Carl Harrison and Johnny Silver?
11. Where did the Beatles appear in concert on a bill topped by Frank Ifield?
12. Which Beatle won a book called "Seven Queens of England" in 1953 as a school Coronation Year Essay Prize?
13. Where can you find "The best photographs of the Beatles . . . much better than any which appear in newspapers"?
The correct answers are below
1. John, on October 9, 1940.
2. Ringo--and each job lasted just six weeks.
3. "How Do You Do It"--but the recording was never released. They made "Please Please Me" instead and Gerry and the Pacemakers used the other song.
4. Christmas Day, 1967.
5. "Within You Without You".
6. John--his Aunt Mimi still keeps the original copies.
7. Paul--one of his very first compositions.
8. Thomas Moore.
9. Paul.
10. When they were billed as The Silver Beatles nearly eight years ago.
11. For promoter Arthur Howes at Peterborough's Embassy Theatre in 1962.
12. Paul--who still has the prize book in his library.
13. Right here in "THE BEATLES MONTHLY BOOK"--according to author Hunter Davies who writes in his biography of the Beatles: "It has been going since August 1963 and is the longest-running fan magazine in the country. Instead of taking a lot of profits out of it, NEMS insists upon its quality being maintained by having, for example, many full colour pictures. It is an excellent publication."
I have picked out just a handful of the fascinating facts to be found in Hunter Davies' forthcoming biography of the Beatles, the first officially authorised life-story, to be published in Britain at the end of September. At least a further 1,000 equally interesting answers come out in the course of Hunter's book.
After an introduction which condenses a history of Liverpool into several pages of print, Hunter opens his first chapter by looking back more than 50 years to the time when John's father, Fred Lennon, was born in Liverpool, the son of a Dubliner who had been an original member of the Kentucky Minstrels! He recalls how a five-year-old John almost emigrated to New Zealand and how John made his earliest school friendships--with Ivan Vaughan and Pete Shotton.
Next comes a couple of chapters devoted to Paul's childhood, his early days at Stockton Wood Road Primary and the memories of younger brother Michael, better known as Scaffold member Mike McGear. Paul's father wanted him to join Liverpool Cathedral Choir. "I made him go, but he deliberately cracked his voice in the audition. He did join St. Chad's Choir, near Penny Lane, for a while."
Paul was given an old trumpet by an uncle and taught himself to pick out tunes on it. Later still Paul was introduced to John by their mutual mate Ivan Vaughan, and John remembers being very impressed by Paul playing "Twenty Flight Rock" on the guitar, an informal audition which won him a place in the Quarrymen for a date at a local Conservative Club dance the following week.
George, the fourth child and third son of Harold and Louise Harrison, was "always very independent and never wanted any assistance of any kind", admits his mother. In 1954 George started at Liverpool Institute. Paul was already there, in the year ahead. He once went to school with a canary yellow waistcoat under his school blazer. It belonged to his brother Harry, but George thought he looked terrific in it. His first guitar, bought by his mother for £3, was used for endless practice. He kept at it until his fingers were bleeding.
"I first saw the Quarrymen when they were playing at Wilson Hall in Garston. Paul was playing with them and said I should come", recalls George.
"A lot of people in little boxes all trying to get out", is how Ringo remembers his hometown neighbourhood of Dingle, not far from Liverpool's dock area.
When he was six, after less than a year at St. Silas' Junior School, Ringo developed an appendicitis which burst and became peritonitis. His spell at Myrtle Street Children's Hospital--just over 12 months--was the first of several prolonged periods of indisposition which kept him away from school. Today he can't remember the names of any school masters, but he does remember the names of nurses who cared for him.
His first set of drums cost £100. He went to his Grandad for the £50 deposit.
Hunter's story moves on to chronicle John's days at Art College, his meeting with Cynthia, the time when the Quarrymen became the Moondogs, and then the Silver Beatles, and the group's first highly colourful trip to Hamburg in 1960.
Later chapters deal in much depth with Brian Epstein, the substituting of Ringo for drummer Pete Best, touring, Beatlemania in America, the so-called Beatle Business Empire, the period when the Beatles turned from drugs to meditation and, finally, the group as it is today.
One entire section deals with the death of Brian Epstein, another with the Beatles' closest relatives and friends, another with an impressive study of the Beatles' songwriting techniques.
When Hunter Davies had finished his writing, proof-copies of the book were circulated to each Beatle. All four read it in detail. So did their families and close friends. So everything in the finished book has been checked and re-checked for factual accuracy. For the first time Beatle People will have a true and very comprehensive book of reference.
Can you answer these 13 questions?
1. Which Beatle was born during a heavy air-raid at seven in the morning at Oxford Street Maternity Hospital, Liverpool?
2. Which Beatle earned 50s. a week as a British Railways messenger boy and then worked as a barman on the Liverpool-North Wales boats?
3. What did the Beatles record as a follow-up to "Love Me Do"?
4. What was the actual date Paul and Jane became engaged?
5. What song did George write on a harmonium at Manfred Klaus Voormann's house?
6. Which Beatle edited, wrote and illustrated a series of home-made books called "Sport, Speed and Illustrated" when he was seven?
7. Who wrote "I Lost My Little Girl" in 1956?
8. Who was the drummer when the Beatles backed Johnny Gentle for a fortnight's tour of Scotland in 1960?
9. Who earned £7 a week winding electric coils in 1961?
10. When did Paul, George and John call themselves Paul Ramon, Carl Harrison and Johnny Silver?
11. Where did the Beatles appear in concert on a bill topped by Frank Ifield?
12. Which Beatle won a book called "Seven Queens of England" in 1953 as a school Coronation Year Essay Prize?
13. Where can you find "The best photographs of the Beatles . . . much better than any which appear in newspapers"?
The correct answers are below
1. John, on October 9, 1940.
2. Ringo--and each job lasted just six weeks.
3. "How Do You Do It"--but the recording was never released. They made "Please Please Me" instead and Gerry and the Pacemakers used the other song.
4. Christmas Day, 1967.
5. "Within You Without You".
6. John--his Aunt Mimi still keeps the original copies.
7. Paul--one of his very first compositions.
8. Thomas Moore.
9. Paul.
10. When they were billed as The Silver Beatles nearly eight years ago.
11. For promoter Arthur Howes at Peterborough's Embassy Theatre in 1962.
12. Paul--who still has the prize book in his library.
13. Right here in "THE BEATLES MONTHLY BOOK"--according to author Hunter Davies who writes in his biography of the Beatles: "It has been going since August 1963 and is the longest-running fan magazine in the country. Instead of taking a lot of profits out of it, NEMS insists upon its quality being maintained by having, for example, many full colour pictures. It is an excellent publication."
I have picked out just a handful of the fascinating facts to be found in Hunter Davies' forthcoming biography of the Beatles, the first officially authorised life-story, to be published in Britain at the end of September. At least a further 1,000 equally interesting answers come out in the course of Hunter's book.
After an introduction which condenses a history of Liverpool into several pages of print, Hunter opens his first chapter by looking back more than 50 years to the time when John's father, Fred Lennon, was born in Liverpool, the son of a Dubliner who had been an original member of the Kentucky Minstrels! He recalls how a five-year-old John almost emigrated to New Zealand and how John made his earliest school friendships--with Ivan Vaughan and Pete Shotton.
Taught Himself
The second chapter, headed "John And The Quarrymen", moves forward to John's teenage years in the first half of the 'fifties and shows how his upbringing was divided between his mother and his Aunt Mimi, and how he taught himself to play the mouth-organ with a little help from a bus conductor.Next comes a couple of chapters devoted to Paul's childhood, his early days at Stockton Wood Road Primary and the memories of younger brother Michael, better known as Scaffold member Mike McGear. Paul's father wanted him to join Liverpool Cathedral Choir. "I made him go, but he deliberately cracked his voice in the audition. He did join St. Chad's Choir, near Penny Lane, for a while."
Paul was given an old trumpet by an uncle and taught himself to pick out tunes on it. Later still Paul was introduced to John by their mutual mate Ivan Vaughan, and John remembers being very impressed by Paul playing "Twenty Flight Rock" on the guitar, an informal audition which won him a place in the Quarrymen for a date at a local Conservative Club dance the following week.
George, the fourth child and third son of Harold and Louise Harrison, was "always very independent and never wanted any assistance of any kind", admits his mother. In 1954 George started at Liverpool Institute. Paul was already there, in the year ahead. He once went to school with a canary yellow waistcoat under his school blazer. It belonged to his brother Harry, but George thought he looked terrific in it. His first guitar, bought by his mother for £3, was used for endless practice. He kept at it until his fingers were bleeding.
"I first saw the Quarrymen when they were playing at Wilson Hall in Garston. Paul was playing with them and said I should come", recalls George.
Chords
"George wanted to join us because he knew more chords, a lot more than we knew. So we got a lot from him. Every time we learned a new chord, we'd write a song round it", adds John."A lot of people in little boxes all trying to get out", is how Ringo remembers his hometown neighbourhood of Dingle, not far from Liverpool's dock area.
When he was six, after less than a year at St. Silas' Junior School, Ringo developed an appendicitis which burst and became peritonitis. His spell at Myrtle Street Children's Hospital--just over 12 months--was the first of several prolonged periods of indisposition which kept him away from school. Today he can't remember the names of any school masters, but he does remember the names of nurses who cared for him.
His first set of drums cost £100. He went to his Grandad for the £50 deposit.
Hunter's story moves on to chronicle John's days at Art College, his meeting with Cynthia, the time when the Quarrymen became the Moondogs, and then the Silver Beatles, and the group's first highly colourful trip to Hamburg in 1960.
Later chapters deal in much depth with Brian Epstein, the substituting of Ringo for drummer Pete Best, touring, Beatlemania in America, the so-called Beatle Business Empire, the period when the Beatles turned from drugs to meditation and, finally, the group as it is today.
One entire section deals with the death of Brian Epstein, another with the Beatles' closest relatives and friends, another with an impressive study of the Beatles' songwriting techniques.
Family
And there are another four chapters headed John, Paul, George and Ringo, with family conversations set in each Beatle home and involving the first really detailed interview material with Cynthia, Pattie, Maureen and Jane. Despite the fascination of the early part of the biography with all its childhood stories, this final segment of Hunter's book may be of greatest interest to Beatle People. Here are extended discussion pieces in which each one talks about the past, the present and the future with greater frankness and in greater depth than is possible via any newspaper or magazine feature.When Hunter Davies had finished his writing, proof-copies of the book were circulated to each Beatle. All four read it in detail. So did their families and close friends. So everything in the finished book has been checked and re-checked for factual accuracy. For the first time Beatle People will have a true and very comprehensive book of reference.
The Beatles - White Sessions
Label: Silent Sea Productions, SS011-14Disc 1
1. Revolution 1 (take 20, monitor mix)
2. Revolution 1 (take 20, monitor mix)
3. Revolution 1 (take 20, monitor mix)
4. Revolution 1 (take 20, monitor mix)
5. Revolution 1 (take 20, monitor mix)
6. Don't Pass Me By (take 3, fragment)
7. Don't Pass Me By (Anthology version)
8. Blackbird / Congratulations
9. Blackbird
10. Helter Skelter / Gone Tomorrow Here Today
11. Blackbird
12. Blackbird
13. Blackbird
14. Blackbird
15. Mother Nature's Son
16. Blackbird
17. Blackbird
18. Blackbird
19. Blackbird
20. Blackbird
21. Blackbird
22. Blackbird (take 4)
23. Blackbird (take 32)
Disc 2
1. Revolution 9 (take 1)
2. Good Night (rehearsal, from Anthology)
3. Good Night (fragment)
4. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (fragment)
5. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (take 5)
6. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (take 5, remixed)
7. Revolution (take 15)
8. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (take 23)
9. Cry Baby Cry (take 1)
10. Helter Skelter (take 2)
11. Sexy Sadie (unknown take, monitor mix)
12. Brian Epstein Blues
13. Sexy Sadie (unknown take, monitor mix)
14. Sexy Sadie (unknown take, monitor mix)
15. Sexy Sadie (take 6)
16. Don't Pass Me By (take 7)
17. Good Night (take 34)
18. Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey (take 12)
19. Sexy Sadie (take 28, fragment)
20. While My Guitar Gently Weeps (take 1, 1983 mix)
21. While My Guitar Gently Weeps (take 1, 1995 mix)
22. While My Guitar Gently Weeps (take 1, fragment remix of end)
23. Hey Jude (take 2)
Disc 3
1. Hey Jude (take 7)
2. St. Louis Blues
3. Hey Jude (take 8? Incomplete)
4. Hey Jude (take 9)
5. Hey Jude (take 10)
6. Hey Jude (incomplete, unknown take)
7. St. Louis Blues
8. Hey Jude (unknown take)
9. Las Vegas Jude
10. Mother Nature's Son (take 2)
11. Mother Nature's Son (unknown take, fragment)
12. Not Guilty (complete)
13. Not Guilty (Peter Sellers tape version)
14. Not Guilty (Anthology/Sessions edit)
15. What's The New Mary Jane (take 2, inc.)
16. What's The New Mary Jane (take 4)
17. What's The New Mary Jane (take 4, remix)
18. Rocky Raccoon (take 8)
19. Rocky Raccoon (take 10, fragment)
20. Rocky Raccoon (take 10)
21. Yer Blues (RM3)
22. Mother Nature's Son (take 26)
23. Wild Honey Pie (take 1)
24. Sexy Sadie (take 117)
Disc 4
1. Back In The U.S.S.R. (take 6)
2. Dear Prudence (backing vocals, fragment)
3. Dear Prudence (SI onto take 1)
4. Dear Prudence (take 1 alternate mix)
5. By George! It's The David Frost Theme / It's Now Or Never
6. By George! It's The David Frost Theme
7. Hey Jude (U.K. promo film)
8. Hey Jude (U.S. promo film)
9. Hey Jude ("Anthology" promo film)
10. Revolution (U.S./U.K. promo film)
11. Revolution ("Anthology" promo film)
12. Revolution (promo film session fragment)
13. Helter Skelter (take 21)
14. I Will (take 1)
15. Step Inside Love / Los Paranoias
16. I Will (unknown take, fragment)
17. Birthday (take 22)
18. Piggies (unknown take, fragment)
19. Happiness Is A Warm Gun (overdubs)
20. Glass Onion (take 33, "Anthology" mix)
21. I'm So Tired ("Anthology" edit)
22. I'm So Tired (isolated tracks)
23. I'm So Tired (take 14)
24. I'm So Tired (take 14, "Anthology" remix, fragment)
25. Why Don't We Do It In The Road (take 4)
26. Why Don't We Do It In The Road (unknown take, fragment)
27. Julia (take 2)
28. Julia (unknown take, fragment)
Sunday, August 31, 2008
The Beatles - Attack of the FILLER BEEBS, episode three
Label: Silent Sea Productions, SS003"Saturday Club" 11-29-65
1. Saturday Jump, interview version - 0:12
2. Saturday Jump theme music - 0:09
3. Beatles promo spot session - 1:12
4. John, Paul, Ringo and Brian Matthew chat - 1:44
5. Beatles and Brian chat - 1:25
6. Beatles chat - 0:42
The Beatles tape their contributions to the "Saturday Club" Christmas broadcast. The promo spot is complicated by Ringo's intransigence; the first chat bit starts with an impromptu "Maria," then covers their Christmas plans; the second chat segment is a "Beatle Box Jury" following the playing of Brian Matthew's new single; and finally each Beatle sends his holiday wishes.
"Pop Profile" 11-30-65
7. theme song and intro - 0:31
8. John and Brian Matthew chat - 4:18
9. George and Brian chat - 3:51
Brian interviews two Beatles at the NEMS Enterprises office in London. John discusses what he cares most about, his political leanings, Julian's future education and parenthood. George muses on his image as the "silent Beatle," what he cares most about, songwriting, his home life, and what he wants.
"Pop Profile" 5-2-66
10. Paul and Brian Matthew chat - 4:19
11. Ringo and Brian chat and outro - 4:13
Brian interviews two more Beatles at the Playhouse Theatre in London. Paul complains about press reactions to his concert and play attendance and discusses post-Beatles possibilities and various other musics. Ringo talks about music he likes, life as a lad, life as a whole and how he got into music.
"The Lennon and McCartney Songbook" 8-6-66
12. John, Paul and Keith Fordyce chat - 9:26
At Paul's St. John's Wood home in London, Keith Fordyce gets the Nerk Twins' reactions to some of the many covers of their compositions, including the Irish Guards' "She Loves You," Peggy Lee's "A Hard Day's Night," Matt Munro's "All My Loving," Lena Horne's "And I Love Him" and Frankie Vaughn's "Wait," with interruptions by Mr. or Mrs. Higgins and Martha (My Dear) the sheepdog puppy.
"Top Of The Pops" 3-20-67
13. John, Paul and Brian Matthew chat - 5:12
The Fab Two discuss "Penny Lane" not making Number One, songwriting, doing another film, not touring and not writing a stage musical.
"Scene And Heard" 9-13-67
14. George and Miranda Ward chat - 4:24
Interviewed at the Atlantic Hotel in Newgate during "Magical Mystery Tour" filming, George explains why they still haven't done their required third feature film, what they're doing with "Mystery Tour," and his interest in Indian philosophy and spiritual fulfillment.
"Where It's At" 11-67
15. John, Chris Denning and Kenny Everett chat - 2:47
16. All Together On The Wireless Machine - 2:00
John talks about the possibility of a Beatles radio show, building a studio, and other future plans. The second track is a home tape Paul recorded for the program.
unknown program 3-26-68
17. Paul and Jane Asher chat - 2:01
On their return from India, Paul responds to questions about meditation and poverty in India and Jane discusses meditation's effect on her.
unknown program 6-68
18. Beatles rehearsal - 0:49
Tony Allerstone (?) narrates as John bangs a drum, Paul plays lead guitar, George plays piano and vocalizes, and Ringo walks around thinking.
"The Kenny Everett Show" 6-6-68
19. John intro - 0:28
20. John and Kenny chat - 4:34
21. Beatles and Kenny chat - 12:52
John provides a very spaced-out welcome to the end, followed by part of the broadcast as edited by Kenny. Finally, the complete session tape includes John strumming on a fretless guitar while expounding on what to expect from them in the next few months, "Somebody Stole My Gal," "Goodbye Jingle," Harry Nilsson, "Cottonfields" with Kenny, Rishikesh, what they've recorded so far, "It's The Kenny Everett Show," "You Know, Listeners," Apple, if he were stranded on an island and how high "Sgt. Pepper" was. Paul joins John for "Goodbye To Kenny Everett," John proposes "Tiny Tim For President," George says hello, Paul does Tiny, Ringo sings "Goodbye Kenny" and John and Paul do a jazzy "Strawberry Fields Forever."
The Beatles - Attack of the FILLER BEEBS, episode two
Label: Silent Sea Productions, SS002unknown program 2-5-64?
1. Beatles and someone chat - 2:12
The Beatles discuss their recent Paris trip and upcoming American one.
"Saturday Club" 2-7-64
2. coverage of Plaza Hotel arrival - 1:05
3. Beatles and Brian Matthew phone chat - 4:58
Brian, in London, talks to the Beatles in their New York hotel room, getting their first impressions of America.
"Saturday Club" 2-22-64
4. Beatles and Brian Matthew phone chat - 4:06
Brian, in the "Saturday Club" studio, talks to the Beatles at Heathrow Airport, as they arrive back in Britain.
"From Us To You" #2, 2-28-64
5. John, Paul and Alan Freeman chat - 0:38
This bit was incomplete on the "Complete" box set.
"The Public Ear" 3-18-64
6. Ringo responds to Barbara Garnet's plea - 0:22
7. John, George and Ringo chat - 2:06
8. George and Ringo read the credits - 0:42
George interviews Ringo about John's book, and the author reads "Alec Speaking."
"Saturday Club" 3-31-64
9. Beatles and Brian Matthew chat - 2:01
10. Paul, George and Brian chat - 2:00
These interviews were incomplete on the box set.
"Top Gear" 7-64
11. Paul, George and Ringo promo session - 2:15
12. George and Ringo promo spot - 0:26
A home recording, at Tony Hall's apartment, with more posh voicings from Paul.
"Top Gear" 7-14-64
13. Things We Said Today - 2:20
14. John, Paul, Ringo and Brian Matthew chat - 1:16
15. A Hard Day's Night - 2:34
The first two are more complete than the versions on the box set, while the third features alternate outro chat.
"From Us To You" #3, 7-17-64
16. I'm Happy Just To Dance With You - 2:01
17. Things We Said Today - 2:35
18. I Should Have Known Better - 2:40
19. A Hard Day's Night - 2:31
From the session tape, but not included in the box set.
unknown program 7-28-64
20. Beatles and Klas Burling chat - 0:14
21. Ringo and Klas chat - 0:42
22. Paul and Klas chat - 1:07
23. Paul and Klas chat - 0:40
24. John, Paul and Klas chat - 0:44
25. George and Klas chat - 0:14
A bonus non-BBC session. Recorded in Stockholm by Radio Sweden.
"Top Gear" 11-17-64
26. I Feel Fine, false start - 0:50
27. I Feel Fine, partial, before overdub - 1:08
28. Beatles and Brian Matthew chat - 3:00
29. Honey Don't - 3:05
The "Complete" box set omitted the pre-overdub "I Feel Fine," and it only included the edited versions of the last two tracks.
"Pop Inn" 4-13-65
30. Beatles and Brian Matthew chat - 1:54
At Twickenham during filming, they discuss John's new book, writing a musical, painting the Palace, another US tour, and folk music.
unknown program 6-65?
31. Paul chat - 0:32
Paul answers a Brian Matthew query about "Michelle" as an a-side.
"The World Of Books" 6-16-65
32. John and Wilfred De'Ath chat - 4:15
Automatic piers, influences, awareness and "The Fat Budgie."
"Today" 6-16-65
33. Beatles read "The National Health Cow" - 0:41
The boys plug John's new book.
"The Beatles" 7-30-65
34. John, Paul, George and Dibbs Mather chat - 1:12
35. John, Paul, George and Dibbs chat - 0:50
36. John, Paul, George and Dibbs chat - 1:27
They discuss future plans and their image, the new film and acting, and life if not Beatles and how they've stopped improving on stage.
"The Beatles Abroad" 8-65
37. George and Brian Matthew chat - 1:11
38. John and Brian chat - 2:15
39. Paul and Brian chat - 2:49
40. George and Brian chat - 1:35
41. Ringo and Brian chat - 1:15
42. John and Brian chat - 0:53
George on Shea; John on Shea; Paul on the future, the musical and standards; George on the rigors of touring and getting out at night in London; Ringo on Beatles wives and John off American food.
The Beatles - Attack of the FILLER BEEBS, episode one
Label: Silent Sea Productions, SS001"Teenager's Turn" 3-7-62
1. Dream Baby - 1:57
2. Memphis - 2:21
3. Please Mr. Postman - 2:18
Sourced from a cleaner tape than the one used for the "Complete BBC Sessions" box set.
"Here We Go" 6-11-62
4. Ask Me Why - 2:24
5. Besame Mucho - 2:34
6. A Picture Of You - 2:32
Again, from a better source tape.
"Saturday Club" 1-22-63
7. Some Other Guy - 1:56
8. Beautiful Dreamer - 1:47
Sourced from a markedly better tape than the one that has been previously available.
"Here We Go" 3-6-63
9. Misery - 2:14
10. Do You Want To Know A Secret - 2:09
11. Please Please Me - 2:12
This excellent performance surfaced shortly after the "Complete" box set was released.
"Saturday Club" 3-16-63
12. I Saw Her Standing There - 2:35
13. John and Brian Matthew chat - 0:45
14. Misery - 1:45
15. Too Much Monkey Business - 1:51
16. Talking About You - 1:50
17. John, Paul and Brian Matthew chat - 0:51
18. Please Please Me - 1:52
19. Hippy Hippy Shake - 1:40
Again, sourced from a significantly improved tape, except for track 15, included from the box set.
"Side By Side" 4-1-63
20. Ringo and John Dunn chat - 0:12
This "Boys" intro was left off the "Complete" box set.
"Non Stop Pop" 7-30-63
21. Beatles and Phil Tate chat - 2:22
Ringo discusses not moving to London and requests a song, John talks about songwriting and hobbies, George answers a fan's question about their hair, and Paul muses on fame.
"The Public Ear" 10-3-63
22. Beatles self-introductions - 0:13
23. Beatles chat - 2:15
Paul wonders about the future, George talks about money, and all four talk about practicing and making music.
"Radio Newsreel" 10-16-63
24. Beatles and Peter Woods chat - 2:10
The Fabs talk about the upcoming Royal Variety Performance and their success without posh voices.
"Easy Beat" 10-16-63
25. From Me To You - 1:49
An upgrade of the flawed "Complete" box set track.
"Dateline London" 12-10-63
26. Beatles and Dibbs Mather chat - 9:16
Ringo outlines his early career; George discusses life's change, family, life, money and the future; Paul talks about the name, being role models and the future; and John goes on about Goon-type humor and success and reads "The Neville Club."
"The Public Ear" 1-5-64
27. George and Ringo promo spot, tk 1 - 0:48
28. George and Ringo promo spot, tk 2 - 0:42
George reads his and Ringo's letter and ruins Ringo's gag, then gets it right on the second try.
"Weekend World" 1-24-64
29. Beatles and Bob chat - 7:07
30. Beatles and Bob chat more - 6:39
A bonus non-BBC session, recorded in Paris by an unknown American interviewer for Armed Forces Network. First Paul discusses their origins, success and haircuts; George talks about the Liverpool Sound; Ringo briefly synopsizes his career; and John talks about imitators. Then Paul discusses the Olympia shows, writing "I Want To Hold Your Hand," themes in their songs and their upcoming U.S. trip and first feature film; George talks about the lack of French girls and landing the Sullivan show; John discusses "yeah yeah yeah" and they all rate the French girls.
Beatlesongs
by William J. Dowlding
Firsthand quotes, little-known facts and details about the production of each song/album, including:
Drawing together information from sources that include interviews, insider accounts, magazines, and news wire services, this is a complete profile of every Beatles song ever written--from recording details such as who played which instruments and sang what harmonies to how each song fared on the charts and how other musicians and critics felt about it. Chronologically arranged by U.K. release date, Beatlesongs nails down dates, places, participants, and other intriguing facts in a truly remarkable portrait of the Liverpudlian legends.
Behind each is a story--like Paul's criticism of George's guitar playing during the Rubber Soul sessions, John's acid trip during the Sgt. Pepper's session, and the selection process for the Revolver album cover. And carefully examined along the way are the Beatles' evolving musical talents, their stormy private lives, and their successful--and unsuccessful--collaborations.
Beatlesongs is truly an inside look at the Fab Four and a treasures for all their fans.
Firsthand quotes, little-known facts and details about the production of each song/album, including:
- where song ideas came from
- who contributed how much to each song
- changes to titles, lyrics, music
- instrumentation used
- the Beatles' thoughts on song development
- the history of Beatle covers, and much more
Drawing together information from sources that include interviews, insider accounts, magazines, and news wire services, this is a complete profile of every Beatles song ever written--from recording details such as who played which instruments and sang what harmonies to how each song fared on the charts and how other musicians and critics felt about it. Chronologically arranged by U.K. release date, Beatlesongs nails down dates, places, participants, and other intriguing facts in a truly remarkable portrait of the Liverpudlian legends.
Behind each is a story--like Paul's criticism of George's guitar playing during the Rubber Soul sessions, John's acid trip during the Sgt. Pepper's session, and the selection process for the Revolver album cover. And carefully examined along the way are the Beatles' evolving musical talents, their stormy private lives, and their successful--and unsuccessful--collaborations.
Beatlesongs is truly an inside look at the Fab Four and a treasures for all their fans.
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