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PLAYLIST Dec. 7th 2014 Three hours of John Lennon w/ our featured LP of the morning The

Plastic Ono Band out this week 1970.

9AM

The Beatles - I’m Only Sleeping - Revolver

(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: John

Written by John and Paul at Kenwood, John’s estate in Weybridge, in one writing session. Recording of the backing rhythm track began at 11:30 p.m. on April 27, 1966.

John recorded his lead vocal on April 29. Both the vocal and backing track were recorded at variable speed. It was during the recording of “I’m Only Sleeping” that The

Beatles discovered the “backwards guitar.” On May 5, 1966, as the band continued working on the song, George painstakingly transcribed the notes in his guitar solo and

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flourishes and then wrote them out backwards. He then played them in that reverse order. The tapes were then superimposed BACKWARDS in the mix, playing the solo notes and embellishments in the correct order, but maintaining the eerie backwards

sound. “I’m Only Sleeping” was one of three songs issued in America six weeks prior to their official release in the UK. American and Canadian Beatles fans heard “I’m Only Sleeping,” “And Your Bird Can Sing,” and “Doctor Robert” first on Capitol Records’

“Yesterday And Today” album, issued June 20, 1966. The rest of the world had to wait until the first week of August for them to appear on the “Revolver” LP.

On U.S. album: Yesterday And Today - 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. Then they were added at different speeds sometime backwards. Paul got “arranging” credit. He had discovered that by removing the erase head on his Grundig reel-to-reel tape

machine, he could saturate a recording with sound.

There were five loops used on “Tomorrow Never Knows.” In order of appearance they are: a laughing male (presumably McCartney) that sounds like seagulls; a B flat major

chord played by an orchestra; a sitar phrase reversed; a phrase performed on mandolin or acoustic guitar; and a scalar sitar line reversed. All loops except the b flat major

chord were played double-speed. The lyrics are about as far away from “She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah” (written just three years earlier) as you can get. “Turn off your mind,

relax and float down stream/It is not dying, it is not dying/Lay down all thought, surrender to the void/It is shining, it is shining.” John: “I gave it a throwaway title

because I was a bit self-conscious about the lyrics. So I took one of Ringo’s malapropisms, which are like ‘Hard Day’s Night,’ to take the edge off the heavy

philosophical lyrics. Production began on “Tomorrow Never Knows” under the working title “Mark I” on April 6, 1966. Take one of this complex recording can be found on the

“Anthology 2” album. On U.S. album:

Revolver - 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

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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:

Non-album single (A-side)

On UK album: A Collection of Beatles Oldies - Parlophone LP (1966)

9.12 BREAK

The Beatles - Across The Universe - Let It Be

(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: John

Prior to leaving for an extended trip to India to study Transcendental Meditation in early 1968, the Beatles recorded several new songs to fill the sides of their upcoming single,

which would be released while they were away. John had originally wanted his new composition, “Across The Universe,” for the A-side of the single but was still not happy with the mix of the song. When the Beatles sat down to decide which two of their new

recordings should be used, John preferred “Across the Universe” remain on the shelf for the time being, giving Paul’s more commercial “Lady Madonna” the A-side. “Across The

Universe” was written entirely by John and was recorded February 4, 1968, in eight

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takes. Overdubs were recorded on February 8. Comedian and author Spike Milligan had been at Abbey Road when the group was working on the song and some months later

inquired about it. He was surprised to learn that “Across the Universe” was sitting unreleased in EMI’s vault, so Milligan asked Lennon to donate the song to a charity album he was organizing for the World Wildlife Fund. Milligan was a British comedy

legend who, along with Peter Sellers, starred in “The Goon Show,” one of John’s all-time favorite programs. Lennon not only gladly contributed the song to be used on the

charity album, but arranged to have the songwriting royalties from the recording given to the World Wildlife Fund. This charity album version, known by fans as the “Wildlife” version, was released in December 1969. Although it is popularly believed that the two

versions of “Across The Universe” are different recordings, they are not. Both the “Wildlife” version and the Phil Spector re-produced version are derived from the same

February 8, 1968, master tape. For the charity album, the sound of birds was added and the tape was sped up to give it a higher pitch. On April 1, 1970, Spector stripped some

elements from the original February 8, 1968, master tape, slowed it down and added an orchestra and choir. The instrumental line-up is John on acoustic guitar, Paul on piano, George on tamboura and wah-wah guitar (second and third refrains only) and Ringo on

drums.

John Lennon – Out The Blue - Mind Games ‘73 A truly beautiful love song – that would have been a perfect second single for

the “Mind Games” album. Although when released, it was overlooked, “Out The Blue” is one of John’s finest solo tunes.

The Beatles - The Ballad Of John And Yoko - Non-LP track

(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: John

The Beatles’ twentieth single release for EMI, and third on the Apple Records label.

The first Beatles single issued in stereo in the UK, it is also the very first stereo single issued by EMI. The “Get Back” single had been released in stereo in America by Capitol. Recorded on April 14, 1969, by just John and Paul, the song was completed that day.

George was on vacation and Ringo was still filming the Peter Sellers’ comedy “The Magic Christian.” Producer George Martin and engineer Geoff Emerick, who had distanced themselves from the group because of the constant bickering amongst the group

members, were back on board behind the recording console. The single was a complete surprise to Beatles fans. They had waited a long seven months for the group to follow-up “Hey Jude” with “Get Back” and now just over a month came another new Beatles record. The rhythm track was perfected in 11 takes (four complete) with Paul playing

drums while John played acoustic guitar and sang the lead vocal. The duo was in good spirits during the day-long session. Prior to take four John said to drummer Paul “Go a

bit faster, Ringo!” and Paul replied “OK, George!” Overdubs featured Paul on bass guitar, piano, backing vocal and maracas, and John on two lead guitar parts and

percussive thumping on the back of an acoustic guitar. The song recounts the chaos surrounding John and Yoko’s getting married. Lennon had encountered visa problems because of his November 1968 drug conviction which made his movement from one

country to another very difficult. As an example, he was not allowed to enter the United

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States at this time so the couple’s second “Bed-In” was staged in Montreal, about an hour north of the U.S. border in Canada.

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

John Lennon – Instant Karma! (We All Shine On) Inspired by a conversation with Yoko’s ex-husband, Tony Cox in Denmark two

days earlier – John woke up and started banging out a new tune on the piano – which he completed in an hour. Within hours, John wrangled musicians and

producer, Phil Spector to record the song. It was put to tape later that evening and the track was released ten days later.

The Beatles - Nowhere Man - Rubber Soul

(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: John

Under pressure to deliver new material while the “Rubber Soul” album was being recorded, John Lennon spent five hours one morning at home trying to come up with a

new song. John: “I'd actually stopped trying to think of something. Nothing would come. I was cheesed off and went for a lie down, having given up. Then I thought of myself as Nowhere Man - sitting in his nowhere land.” Paul: “We were always forcing [the Abbey Road staff] into things they didn't want to do. ‘Nowhere Man’ was one. I remember we wanted very treble-y guitars, which they are, they're among the most treble-y guitars I've ever heard on record.” “Nowhere Man” was performed throughout The Beatles’

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1966 world tour. Issued as a single (b/w “What Goes On”) by Capitol Records in America. Recorded on October 22, 1965.

On U.S. album: Yesterday and Today - Capitol LP

The Beatles - Cry Baby Cry - The Beatles

(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: John

Work began in the studio on John’s “Cry Baby Cry” on July 15, 1968, with the Beatles filling four 30-minute tapes with unnumbered rehearsal takes of the song. It is

estimated that the band played the song approximately 30 times. Proper recording took place on July 16. Ten takes of the basic track, consisting of John’s vocal plus bass,

organ, drums, and acoustic guitar, were recorded. George Martin playing the harmonium and John playing piano would be overdubbed onto the best take. During the July 16

session tensions amongst the band members flared and sound engineer Geoff Emerick quit. He would be coaxed back the next year to work at their new Apple studios and at

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Abbey Road Studios for the “Abbey Road” album. Emerick says he lost interest in the “White Album” because the group was arguing amongst themselves and swearing at

each other. Emerick said, “the expletives were really flying.”

QUIZ#1 Match the word to the Beatles song

Today’s word is RUG

800- 955-KLOS

9.42 BREAK

I sat on the rug, biding my time, drinking her wine We talked until two and then she said, "It's time for bed"

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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 - You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away - Help! (Lennon-McCartney)

Lead vocal: John Recorded in less than two hours on February 18, 1965. Written entirely by John Lennon, who freely admitted the obvious Bob Dylan influence. Lennon wrote this at Kenwood, his home on the St. George’s Hill estate in Weybridge, Surrey (where the Beatles would be

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photographed for the cover of their “Rubber Soul” album). 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, “Let’s leave it … all those pseudes will really love it.” The first of their songs since “Love Me Do” in 1962 to

feature an outside musician. Johnnie Scott provides the flute solo at the end of the song, though he is not credited on the album jacket.

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

John Lennon – Hold On - Plastic Ono Band ‘70

This is an ode to self-help for himself, Yoko and the world in general. It is one of the lighter tracks on the album.

The Beatles - If I Fell - A Hard Day’s Night

(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: John and Paul

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John Lennon’s stunning ballad “If I Fell” was by far the most complex song he had written to date. It could be considered a progression from “This Boy” with its similar

chord structure and intricate harmonies by John and Paul, recorded – at their request – together on one microphone. Performed live on their world tour throughout the summer of 1964. Completed in 15 takes on February 27, 1964. Flip side of “And I Love Her” in

the U.S. On U.S. album:

A Hard Day’s Night - United Artists LP Something New - Capitol LP

The Beatles - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds - Sgt. Pepper’s

Lonely Hearts Club Band (Lennon-McCartney)

Lead vocal: John Recorded March 1, 1967. John Lennon’s classic song of psychedelic imagery was

inspired by a drawing brought home by son, Julian, who was four years old at the time. In February 1967, Julian returned home from his nursery school with a painting depicting one of his classmates, Lucy O’Donnell. Young Lucy was pictured with a

background of stars in the sky. When asked by his father about his painting, Julian said it was “Lucy, in the sky, with diamonds.” John was so taken with the phrase he

combined it with passages similar to two books by Lewis Carroll that he’d loved as a child, “Through The Looking Glass” and “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.” Paul added the line about “newspaper taxis” and Lennon’s beloved “Goon Show” got a shout out.

Their famed “plasticine ties” merged with “Through the Looking Glass” to become “plasticine porters with looking glass ties.” Work began on “Lucy In The Sky With

Diamonds” with an evening full of rehearsals. The rhythm track was recorded on March 1 with Paul playing the opening riff on a Lowery organ (with a bell stop), George on

acoustic guitar, Ringo on drums and John on maracas and offering a guide vocal. John’s lead vocal and other instruments (George’s tamboura, Paul’s melodic bass) were added

the next evening.

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John Lennon – Steel and Glass - Walls And Bridges ‘74 Much like “How Do You Sleep” three years earlier, this is another blistering

Lennon track that sets its sights on Allen Klein (who had contributed lyrics to “How Do You Sleep” those few years before).

BREAK HERE

NEWS HERE

w/ Wolfman Jack Yoko spot after Jackie

10.12 BREAK

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The Beatles – And Your Bird Can Sing – Revolver

Recorded April 20th 1966 One your favorites here on Breakfast w/ the Beatles…but apparently not one of John Lennon’s...He said about “And Your Bird Can Sing“: One of

my throwaways…another horror….that was actually 2 quotes put together.

Lead vocal John Lennon 1.00

US - Capitol LP Yesterday and Today

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The Beatles - Hey Bulldog - Yellow Submarine

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

John – Slippin` & Slipin` – Rock’n’Roll Recorded 21st-25th October 1974

NOT PRODUCED by PHIL SPECTOR The Little Richard B-side to "Long Tall Sally in 1956. Little Richard and Eddie Bo, Al Collins, James Smith

Written by

The Beatles - Rain – Hey Jude/Beatles Again / Past Masters

Recorded: 14/16 April 1966 flip of Paperback Writer

Ringo’s favorite Beatle track… On the evening of April 14th 1966, John Lennon very soaked with tea put on his reel to reel tape of that days work backwards and of course listened for about 2 minutes before realizing it

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was indeed backwards…this is the how he got the idea for the finished product we know and love.

John Lennon - #9 Dream - Walls And Bridges ‘74 This track had started out with the title of “Walls and Bridges.” It was later

renamed as it is much more fitting, and continues John’s fascination with the number nine. May Pang provide backing vocals (“John’s”) – while a message to

George Harrison can be heard (as the two men had been arguing).

The Beatles - Dear Prudence - The Beatles

Recorded Aug. 28th 1968 at Trident

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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

QUIZ #2 After this break we gonna come back a play a set of some of John

Lennon’s favorite Beatles songs written by John Lennon….One ‘s from Rubber Soul and another is from Beatles For Sale…name `em - guess em -

and get the prize!

800- 955-KLOS

10.42 BREAK

The Beatles - Girl - Rubber Soul

(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: John

Written primarily by John, the song was completed in two takes on November 11, 1965. The song is notable for the naughty backing vocal (Paul and George

repeating the word “tit”) and John’s heavy breathing during his vocal. John called this one of his best.

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

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The Beatles - I Don’t Want To Spoil The Party - Beatles For Sale

(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: John and Paul

Written primarily by John, who called it one of his favorites. Recorded in 19 takes (only five of which were complete run-throughs) on September 29, 1964. The B-

side of the “Eight Days A Week” single in the U.S., issued February 15, 1965. On U.S. album:

Beatles VI - Capitol LP

The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever – Take 1 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

John – Imagine (take 1) – Imagine sessions `70

BREAK…this next one written during back in 1968…recorded 2 years later… are ya ready

John? (HIT IT)

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John Lennon – Look At Me - Plastic Ono Band ‘70

A song written around the time of “Julia” during the White Album sessions, it was never offered for that particular record.

The Beatles - It’s Only Love- Help!

(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: John

Recorded in six takes on June 15, 1965. The first Beatles song to include a reference to getting “high” (“I get high when I see you go by”). The working title prior to lyrics being

written was “That’s a Nice Hat.” George Martin and his Orchestra recorded the instrumental version of “It’s Only Love” using the original title. In 1972 Lennon called

“It’s Only Love” “the one song I really hate of mine.” On U.S. album:

Rubber Soul - Capitol LP

The Beatles - Glass Onion - The Beatles Recorded Sept.11th 1968

Mentions of “Strawberry Fields“,“ I Am The Walrus“,“ Lady Madonna”,” The Fool On The Hill and “Fixing A Hole“. A favorite of Beatle George.

Lennon 1.00

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John Lennon – Well Well Well - Plastic Ono Band ‘70

This is the lengthiest track on the Plastic Ono Band album and contains one of the most tortured-larynx songs of John’s career.

11.12 BREAK

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The Beatles - Help! - Help!

(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. 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

John Lennon – Beautiful Boy - Double Fantasy ‘80 An ode to his son, Sean – this is one of John’s greatest songs and is a sad

reminder of how much he could have accomplished, had he lived. This track contains the famous line in a Robert Browning poem, “Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans…” This included slide guitar, by the

one and only, Hugh McCracken.

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The Beatles - I’m So Tired - The Beatles

(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: John

John Lennon’s “I’m So Tired” was started and finished in 14 takes on October 8, 1968. No overdubs were added. The session was a marathon 16-hour session which started at 4 p.m. on the 8th and finished at 8 a.m. on October 9 (John’s 28th birthday), and saw the completion of two Lennon compositions (“I’m So Tired” and “The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill”) and work on George Harrison’s “Long Long Long.” Written in India while the Beatles were studying Transcendental Meditation under Maharishi Mahesh

Yogi, the all-day regime in Rishikesh, India, prevented John from sleeping at night, so he decided to write a song about it. At the end of the song John can be heard muttering

a phrase that when played backwards offered “Paul is dead” conspiracy theorists another major clue: “Paul is a dead man, miss him, miss him.”

The Beatles - I Am The Walrus - Magical Mystery Tour (EP)

(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: John

The Beatles’ sixteenth single release for EMI’s Parlophone label. John Lennon pushed to have his “I Am The Walrus” as the A-side of the coupling with

Paul’s “Hello, Goodbye,” but his song was deemed too unconventional and less commercial than Paul’s catchy tune. The title is inspired by the Walrus and the

Carpenter from Lewis Carroll’s “Through The Looking Glass.” Lennon described his lyrics as purposely being Dylan-esque. In his 1980 Playboy interview he explained, “In those

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days I was writing obscurely, a la Dylan, never saying what you mean, but giving the impression of something.” The “I Am The Walrus” session is notable because it was the

first Beatles recording session following the untimely death of their manager, Brian Epstein. Ironically, Epstein had stopped by the last time the Beatles were recording (for “Your Mother Should Know” at Chappell Recording Studios on August 23, 1967). He was found dead on August 27, aged just 32. All four Beatles met at Paul’s St. John’s Wood

house on September 1 to discuss how they should proceed. Among other business matters, it was decided that they would press on with the “Magical Mystery Tour” project, temporarily postponing a planned visit to India to study Transcendental

Meditation. The basic rhythm track was recorded in a six-hour session beginning at 7:00 p.m. on September 5, 1967. Sixteen takes were attempted, only five of them were complete run-throughs. Starting the next day overdubs were added to create John

Lennon’s textured masterpiece. Specifically, additional bass from Paul, more drums from Ringo and John’s memorable lead vocal on Sept. 6, and a 16-piece orchestra under the direction of George Martin, and 16 members of the Mike Sammes Singers, a large group of vocalists who did much session and television work, that brought the “Ho-ho-ho, hee-hee-hee, ha-ha-ha” section to life, in separate sessions on Sept. 27. Issued November

24, 1967 in the UK and November 27, 1967 in the U.S. On U.S. album:

Magical Mystery Tour - Capitol LP

The Beatles - Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite! - Sgt. Pepper’s

Lonely Hearts Club Band (Lennon-McCartney)

Lead vocal: John Recorded February 17, 1967. The lyric of “Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!” was

derived almost entirely from a vintage poster purchased by John Lennon at an antique store in Sevenoaks, Kent, on January 31, 1967, while the Beatles were there filming the promotional clip for “Strawberry Fields Forever.” The poster advertised the February 14,

1843 performance of Pablo Fanque’s Circus Royal at Town-Meadows, Rochdale, Lancashire, and was hung proudly on the living room wall of Lennon’s Weybridge house.

Paul: “We pretty much took it down word for word and then just made up some little bits and pieces to glue it together.” The backing track consisted of John on guide vocal,

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Paul on bass, Ringo on drums, George Harrison on tambourine, and George Martin on harmonium. Because the harmonium is powered by pumping feet, the producer was

exhausted after the rehearsals and seven takes. Features Paul on lead guitar.

The Beatles - Julia - The Beatles

(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: John

Recorded in three takes on October 13, 1968, “Julia” is the only John Lennon solo performance in the Beatles catalog. Written primarily in Rishikesh, India, John learned

the finger-picking guitar style from Donovan while in India, and used this style on “Dear Prudence,” as well as some of his post-Beatles recordings such as “Look At Me,” and Yoko Ono’s Plastic Ono Band B-side “Remember Love.” The “Julia” in question is his

free-spirited mother, who was killed when John was 17. In his 1980 Playboy interview, John described the song as “a combination of Yoko and my mother blended into one.” The lyric “ocean child” is a reference to Yoko Ono, whose name means “child of the ocean.” “Julia” was the last new song recorded for the “White Album.” According to

author Bruce Spizer some of the song’s lyrics were adopted from “Sand and Foam,” a collection of writings and drawings by Kahili Gibran, a Lebanese poet and philosopher.

Gibran’s words are: “Half of what I say is meaningless; but I say it so the other half may reach you” and “When life does not find a singer to sing her heart she produces a

philosopher to speak her mind.” Lennon was also influenced by Yoko, who sent letters to John while he was in India. John: “She would write things like ‘I am a cloud. Watch

for me in the sky.”

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John & Yoko/The Plastic Ono Band – Happy Xmas (War Is Over)

This is one of the most popular Christmas Holiday tunes of all time. John used the basic melody from Peter, Paul & Mary’s “Stewball,” with a terrific backing

vocal from the Harlem Children’s Community Choir.

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