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PLAYLIST OCT. 26th 2014

Live from Kobe Steakhouse Seal Beach

9AM

The Beatles - Do You Want To Know A Secret – Please Please Me

(McCartney-Lennon) Lead vocal: George

Recorded February 11, 1963. Written primarily by John Lennon for George Harrison to sing. The song was given to another Brian Epstein-managed act, Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas, to cover. Their version topped the British charts in late spring 1963. Inspired by "I'm Wishing," a song from Walt Disney’s 1937 animated film “Snow White and the

Seven Dwarfs” that Lennon’s mother used to sing to him when he was a child. On U.S. albums:

Introducing… The Beatles - Vee-Jay LP The Early Beatles - Capitol LP

The Beatles - Baby’s In Black - Beatles For Sale (Lennon-McCartney)

Lead vocals: John and Paul The first song recorded for the “Beatles For Sale” album. Recorded in 14 takes on

August 11, 1964, although only five takes were complete run-through. The song was a full collaboration between John and Paul. McCartney: “John and I wanted to do

something bluesy, a bit darker, more grown-up, rather than just straight pop. It was more 'baby's in black' as in mourning.” “Baby’s In Black” was a concert favorite on the

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1965 and 1966 tours. The unique song has the distinction of being the first blues waltz ever recorded. On U.S. album:

Beatles ‘65 - Capitol LP

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The Beatles - You Can’t Do That - A Hard Day’s Night

(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: John

The song was originally intended to be the A-side of the Beatles' sixth UK single, until McCartney came up with “Can't Buy Me Love.” By 1964 Lennon and McCartney were

writing together less frequently, and the quality of “Can't Buy Me Love” spurred Lennon on to write the majority of the “A Hard Day's Night” album. The guitar solo was

performed by Lennon - the first such occurrence on a Beatles release. The song was finished in nine takes, only four of which were complete. It featured George Harrison's first prominent use of his new Rickenbacker 12-string guitar, given to him while in New York for “The Ed Sullivan Show.” “You Can't Do That” was filmed as part of the concert sequence in the “A Hard Day's Night” film, but it didn't make the final cut. The b-side of

“Can’t Buy Me Love” in the UK and U.S. On U.S. album:

The Beatles’ Second Album – Capitol LP

George Harrison – Mama You’ve Been On My Mind (demo) - Early Takes Vol.1 ‘12

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The Beatles - Sexy Sadie - The Beatles

(Lennon-McCartney)

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Lead vocal: John On February 19, 1968, the Beatles left the comforts of the UK for an oft-postponed extended trip to Rishikesh, India. Arriving the next day, they had come to learn the

powers of mediation under the direction of Indian guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at the Academy of Transcendental Meditation. The compound was located 150 feet above the Ganges surrounded on three sides by jungle-covered mountains. Students would live in

stone cottages. Each cottage had twin beds and modern bathroom facilities. George Harrison had been enlightened by the Indian culture and the Maharishi’s teachings and invited his band mates to immerse themselves in it as well. But instead of rejuvenating the other Beatles, the trip became tedious. Ringo and wife Maureen left Rishikesh after 10 days, complaining of missing their children and not liking the food. John and Paul turned it into a songwriting vacation, much to Harrison’s irritation. Paul and girlfriend

Jane Asher returned to England on March 26.

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

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Paul & Linda McCartney – Eat at Home – Ram ‘71

Although Lennon loathed the Ram Album, he was quite fond of this track. While music critics have said that this is Paul’s homage to Buddy Holly.

For those of you not joining us here at Kobe …eating in bed!

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The Beatles - In My Life - Rubber Soul (Lennon-McCartney)

Lead vocals: John with Paul Recorded October 18, 1965 and written primarily by John, who called it his “first real

major piece of work.” Of all the Lennon-McCartney collaborations only two songs have really been disputed by John and Paul themselves -- “Eleanor Rigby” and “In My Life.” Both agree that the lyrics are 100% Lennon, but John says Paul helped on the musical bridge, while Paul recalls writing the entire melody on John’s Mellotron. The gorgeous

piano solo is provided by George Martin. To give his solo a harpsichord sound the producer played the piano at half speed and an octave lower so that when played at

regular speed it would be in the correct key for the song. On U.S. album:

Rubber Soul - Capitol LP

The Beatles - Wait - Rubber Soul (Lennon-McCartney)

Lead vocals: John and Paul Recorded June 17, 1965 during the “Help!” sessions, the song was left unfinished when The Beatles had hit the deadline to submit the album. Five months later, as the deadline

to submit “Rubber Soul” was upon them, they grabbed the unfinished song, threw on some overdubs and decreed it finished. Specifically, they added a tone pedal guitar,

tambourine, maracas, and more vocals on November 11, 1965, the final day of recording for “Rubber Soul.”

On U.S. album: Rubber Soul - Capitol LP

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The Beatles - Ticket To Ride - Help!

(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocals: John and Paul

The Beatles’ ninth single release for EMI’s Parlophone label. Issued nearly four months prior to the “Help!” album’s release on July 19, 1965 in the

U.S. and four days later in the UK. Recorded on February 15, 1965 and featuring a blistering lead guitar performance by Paul McCartney. John and Paul composed the song

together based primarily on John’s idea. The song’s distinctive drum pattern was conceived by Paul. The complex song arrangement was highly innovative for the time,

and certainly unlike anything being played on top 40 radio. John Lennon in 1970: “ ‘Ticket To Ride was slightly a new sound at the time. It was pretty heavy for then, if you go and look in the charts for what other music people were making. It's a heavy record and the drums are heavy too. That's why I like it.” McCartney said, “It was quite radical

at the time.” Capitol Records printed “From the United Artists release ‘Eight Arms To Hold You’ ” on both sides of the single.

On U.S. album: Help! - Capitol LP

The Beatles - Paperback Writer - A Collection Of Beatles Oldies (Lennon-McCartney)

Lead vocal: Paul The Beatles’ twelfth single release for EMI’s Parlophone label.

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Recorded on April 13 and 14, 1966. The track is notable for Paul McCartney’s furious bass line. The bass is so prominent in the mix that sound engineers at EMI worried it

could cause the stylus of a record player tone arm (the needle thing on record players) to jump when fans played the 45 RPM single at home. Thankfully, no such calamity

occurred. For this heavy bass sound Paul’s chose to replace his usual Hofner bass with a Rickenbacker 4001S bass. Aside from the dominant bass part, McCartney also provides the lead guitar, with George Harrison working the tambourine. The second and third

verse backing vocal is the French nursery rhyme “Frere Jacques.” Released in America on May 23 and in the UK on June 10. “Paperback Writer” made the second largest ever jump to No. 1 on Billboard's chart. It debuted at number 28 on June 11, 1966, moved to

15 and then to number 1 on June 25. The only single to make a bigger jump was another Beatles song, “Can't Buy Me Love.”

On U.S. album: Hey Jude - Capitol LP (1970

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Not only do I have the new remastered WINGS Venus & Mars…& Speed of Sound…I have a copy of this new ART OF PAUL MCCARTNEY double

disc.

How about track 1 from each? Start with remastered Venus & Mars

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Wings – Letting Go – Venus and Mars ‘75 Considered by some to be the second best track of the album, it was also the second single released. This is one of the three tracks with Geoff Britton on

drums. /

Wings – Beware My Love – Wings at the Speed of Sound ’76

A superb McCartney tune that became another fantastic part of the Wings live performance. It was also listed as the B-Side of “Let ‘Em In,” which benefitted in

radio play by not having a cross-fade which made it easier to play.

Jeff Lynne – Junk – The Art Of PM

KOBE ONLY QUIZ HERE

Who was singing Paul McCartney’s JUNK?

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BREAK HERE Speaking of Jeff Lynne…here he is w/ the Beatles

The Beatles – Free As A Bird – Anthology I

John piano demo recorded New York circa 1977. Paul, George and Ringo took enhanced the song starting on February 11th 1994 to the end of the

month. These sessions take place at Paul's Mill studios in Sussex

The Beatles - Twist And Shout – Please Please Me (Medley-Russell) Lead vocal: John

The last song recorded during the marathon session on February 11, 1963. Two takes were completed before Lennon’s voice gave out. The released version is the first take.

Originally recorded by The Isley Brothers in May 1962, The Beatles performed it regularly in their live act between 1962 and 1965. Its inclusion in the 1986 film “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” sent the song up the Billboard singles chart 22 years after its initial

U.S. release. On U.S. albums:

Introducing… The Beatles - Vee-Jay LP The Early Beatles - Capitol LP

NEWS HERE/ 10.12 BREAK

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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

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.

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On U.S. albums: Introducing… The Beatles (Version 2) - Vee-Jay LP

The Early Beatles - Capitol LP

John Lennon – Meat City - Mind Games ‘73 Described as a “cacophony of sound,” Meat City is a fun, energetic track. It also contained a “backwards message” which John encouraged “an affinity for certain

farm animals.”

The Beatles - Don’t Bother Me – With The Beatles

(Harrison) Lead vocal: George

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George Harrison’s first recorded original song. While some may see it as a misfortune that Harrison was surrounded by two of the most gifted songwriters in history, this

proximity gave him great insight into the mechanics of writing a song from scratch. His first attempt was more than a throwaway composition. He called “Don’t Bother Me” an “exercise” to see if he could write a song, and it was written while George was sick in a

bed at the Palace Court Hotel in Bournemouth where The Beatles were playing six nights at Gaumont Cinema in mid-August of 1963. It was during this engagement (on August 22) that photographer Robert Freeman took the iconic “artsy” cover photograph of the band in half lighting that would grace the cover of both the British “With The Beatles”

album and the American “Meet The Beatles!” album.

On U.S. album: Meet The Beatles! - Capitol LP

The Beatles - One After 909 - 1963 (Lennon-McCartney)

Lead vocal: John and Paul The song was first recorded by the Beatles at the March 5, 1963, after completing both sides of the new single (“From Me To You” and “Thank You Girl”), John and Paul had

two additional songs they wanted the group to record.

Short tones attached QUIZ HERE

800-955-KLOS *1 phone winner /1 Kobe winner Who’s singing that Beatles song?

This next number goes out to the guy who called last Sunday and asked if we’ve ever heard of the song Norwegian Wood? Implying we don’t play it

enough?

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The Beatles - Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) - Rubber

Soul (Lennon-McCartney)

Lead vocal: John Originally recorded on October 12, 1965, The Beatles decided to scrap this version and re-record the song nine days later, on October 21. George Harrison provides the sitar, the first appearance of the instrument on a Beatles recording, though the sitar can be

heard in the instrumental introduction on the American version of “Help!” Written mainly by John with some lyrical assistance from Paul. John: “I was trying to write about an

affair without letting me wife know… so it was very gobbledegook. I was sort of writing from my experiences, girls’ flats.” Paul has said that the ending lyrics, “so I lit a fire,” refer to the house being burned down in an act of revenge by the spurned lover. Bob Dylan did a slight parody of the song on his 1966 album, Blonde on Blonde. Check out

the song “4th Time Around.” On U.S. album:

Rubber Soul - Capitol LP

The Beatles - Help! - Help! MONO (Lennon-McCartney)

Lead vocal: John The Beatles’ tenth single release for EMI’s Parlophone label.

Recorded during a three-hour session on April 13, 1965. Written mostly by John with some help from Paul. In 1965 George Harrison was interviewed about the upcoming single, saying “it’s probably the best single we’ve done.” Harrison said the group was really pleased with the song, and described it as being more “involved” than previous Beatles songs. “It has a counter melody going on as well as a main melody.” In 1980 John Lennon said, “The whole Beatle thing was just beyond comprehension. I was eating and drinking like a pig and I was fat as a pig, dissatisfied with myself, and

subconsciously I was crying for help. When ‘Help!’ came out, I was actually crying out for help. I didn't realize it at the time. I just wrote the song because I was

commissioned to write it for the movie. But later, I knew I really was crying out for help.

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So it was my fat Elvis period. You see the movie: he - I - is very fat, very insecure, and he's completely lost himself.” Lennon has pointed to 1967’s “Strawberry Fields Forever” and “Help!” as his only “honest” songs with the Beatles. The song was number one in

the U.S. for three weeks, and in the UK it spent four weeks at number one. On U.S. album:

Help! - Capitol LP

The Beatles - Got To Get You Into My Life - Revolver (Lennon-McCartney)

Lead vocal: Paul Another Paul McCartney solo composition, Paul called this stand out track “an ode to

pot, like someone else might write an ode to chocolate or a good claret (wine).” Work began on the song on April 7, 1966, and this early alternate version can be heard on the

“Anthology 2” album. It was the second song recorded for the “Revolver” album. The Beatles returned to the song the next day with an improved arrangement that included John and George on fuzz guitars. On May 18 they revisited the song again, devoting a

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full 12-hour session to rework and complete the song. To give the song its Motown feel, five outside musicians were brought in to add brass and saxophones. An additional dual guitar overdub was added on June 17. “Got To Get You Into My Life” was the opening

song performed on the final Wings tour in 1979. On U.S. album:

Revolver - Capitol LP

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The Beatles - Baby’s In Black - Beatles For Sale

(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocals: John and Paul

The first song recorded for the “Beatles For Sale” album. Recorded in 14 takes on August 11, 1964, although only five takes were complete run-through. The song was a

full collaboration between John and Paul. McCartney: “John and I wanted to do something bluesy, a bit darker, more grown-up, rather than just straight pop. It was

more 'baby's in black' as in mourning.” “Baby’s In Black” was a concert favorite on the 1965 and 1966 tours. The unique song has the distinction of being the first blues waltz

ever recorded. On U.S. album:

Beatles ‘65 - Capitol LP

The Beatles - Mr. Moonlight - Beatles For Sale (Johnson)

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Lead vocal: John The Beatles first attempted to record this obscure B-side from early 1962 by Dr.

Feelgood and the Interns, before leaving on their 1964 North American Tour, but didn’t make much progress. The initial takes featured a George Harrison guitar solo. When the

group returned from their tour they revisited the song on October 18, 1964, and laid down takes 5-8. At the October takes George’s guitar solo was replaced by Paul on Hammond organ. Percussion was provided by George Harrison thumping on an old

African drum and Ringo playing what Paul described as a “horned-shaped sort of conga drum.”

On U.S. album: Beatles ‘65 - Capitol LP

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

Ghost – Get iT?

Pt.1 of our Little Pre-Halloween set

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QUIZ HERE

Match the word to the RINGO song….the word is Halloween

Ringo – Snookeroo – Good Night Vienna

*Bonus –who wrote Snookeroo?

George Harrison – Devil’s Radio - Cloud Nine ‘87

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This track was inspired “by a saying on a placard at a little church” near where George’s son Dhani went to school. The placard stated “Gossip – the Devil’s radio – don’t be a broadcaster.” Musically, the track was inspired by the Eurythmics, a rare example of George bowing to a current musical trend. Elton John makes an

appearance, as does Eric Clapton.

The Beatles - Devil In Her Heart – With The Beatles

(Drapkin) Lead vocal: George

Brian Epstein had a policy at his NEMS record store of buying at least one copy of every record that was released. George Harrison: “Consequently he had records that weren’t hits in Britain, or even hits in America. Before we were going to a gig we’d meet in the record store, after it had shut, and we’d search the racks like ferrets to see what new ones were there … ‘Devil In Her Heart’ and Barrett Strong’s ‘Money’ were records that

we’d picked up and played in the shop and thought were interesting.” Recorded July 18, 1963. Originally recorded by Detroit-based girl group The Donays in 1962 as “Devil in

His Heart,” as the group was made up of females. On U.S. album:

The Beatles’ Second Album - Capitol LP

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Paul McCartney – Run Devil Run – Run Devil Run ‘99 Paul: “I saw this herbal medicine shop in Atlanta selling Run Devil Run products.

I thought it was a great Rock and Roll title, so I did it Chuck Berry Style!”

Halloween this Friday?

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Jimi – Sgt. Pepper - Live Ringo – A Little Help…

John & Elton – I Saw Her Standing There – MSG `74

George – Taxman – Japan `91 Paul – Hello Goodbye – Back In The US

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John – Imagine - Live Apollo `71

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Wanna hear something from the remastered George

Box set?

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George – YOU – Extra Texture

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Cream – Badge – Goodbye

Paul – Goodbye – Demo

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