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REMEMBERING JOHN LENNON 2012

W/GUEST MICKY DOLENZ

9AM

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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

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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 - Across The Universe - Let It Be

(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: John

Recorded February 8, 1968 for The World Wildlife Fund charity LP…Spike Milligan from the Goon Show.

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 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 – Grow Old With Me - Milk and Honey ‘84

Taken from another Robert Browning poem, “grow old with me, the best is yet to be,” is another heartbreaking reminder that we lost an incredible song writer, too soon, with music that should go on for another hundred pages – but this solo

Beatles Bible is much, much shorter than it should. What a shame!

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As we grow old with John….who we lost 32 years ago this weekend…

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The Beatles – Ain’t She Sweet – Anthology 1

Recorded Germany Summer 1961

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

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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. On U.S. albums:

Introducing… The Beatles (Version 2) - Vee-Jay LP The Early Beatles - Capitol LP

The Beatles - Money (That’s What I Want) – Live Stockholm Sweden`63 (Bradford-Gordy) Lead vocal: John

Originally recorded by Barrett Strong and released as a single on Motown’s Tamla and Anna labels in 1959 and 1960 respectively, peaking at #23 in 1960. It was a part of The

Beatles’ live repertoire from 1960 to 1964. On July 18, 1963, the group, with George Martin on piano, performed the song live in the studio -- vocals and all -- for six full

takes, the final take being deemed the best. Although The Beatles involvement with the recorded track lasted this one day, George Martin continued to add overdubs and tinker with his piano part until the song was completed to his satisfaction on September 30,

1963. On U.S. album:

The Beatles’ Second Album - Capitol LP

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

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The Beatles - A Hard Day’s Night - A Hard Day’s Night

(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: John with Paul

The Beatles’ seventh single release for EMI’s Parlophone label. The title is a Ringoism, coined by the drummer sometime in 1963 and used by John in

his book “In His Own Write.” With the film nearly completed the last bit of business was to give the film a name. The project was being filmed with the working title

“Beatlemania.” On April 13, 1964 The Beatles met with key personnel from the studio and bounced title ideas. It was felt they’d find no better suggestion than Ringo’s off-

hand remark “it’s been a hard day’s night” and John volunteered to write the title song that evening. The next morning he brought the song in and taught it to Paul. Paul

cleaned up the middle section and the two played it for producer Walter Shenson. Two days later The Beatles would formally record the song. It was a rarity for an outsider to be allowed in the studio or control booth while The Beatles rehearsed and recorded. An exception was made for the director of the “A Hard Day’s Night” film, Richard Lester.

Lester was in the control booth and offered many suggestions during the morning while this key song was worked out, much to the dismay of producer George Martin. It was

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Lester’s suggestion that the song open dramatically (as it would open the film), and fade out at the end in a cinematic way. He got his wish. George’s striking a G suspended 4th

chord on his 12-string Rickenbacker make this record instantly recognizable in its opening two seconds. Released as a single in the UK on July 10, 1964, it went straight

to #1. On U.S. album:

A Hard Day’s Night - United Artists LP

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

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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

Some Beatles featuring the then John Winston Lennon…who would become John Winston ONO Lennon in the years to come…..

QUIZ #1 (after read back)

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* What was the working title of the first song recorded for the Revolver album… we’ve gone

over this many time before class…you should known this by now!

800-955-KLOS

(not The Void)

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A/Mark 1

The Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows – Revolver sessions

(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

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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. On U.S. album:

Revolver - Capitol LP

The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever - Non-LP track (Lennon-McCartney)

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

Recording began on November 24, 1966. Written in Spain by John several months earlier while he was filming the Richard Lester-directed film “How I Won The War.” The beautiful “Take 1” of this Lennon classic can be heard on the “Anthology 2” album. It is entirely different than the finished version. 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 him. One of the only two “honest” songs that John says he wrote for the Beatles. The other? “Help!”

The Beatles - A Day In The Life - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocals: John and Paul

Work began on January 19, 1967, for what is quite possibly the finest Lennon-McCartney collaboration of their songwriting career. On this evening, following some rehearsal, Lennon rolled tentatively through four takes, drawing a road map for the

other Beatles and George Martin to follow. Lennon on vocals and Jumbo acoustic guitar, McCartney on piano, Harrison on maracas and Starr on congas. Sections were

incomplete and to hold their space Mal Evans stood by a microphone and counted from one to 24, marking the time. To cue the end of the middle eight overdub section an

alarm clock was sounded. There was no Paul McCartney vocal yet, merely instruments at this point where his contribution would be placed. On January 20, Paul added his section, which he would re-recorded on February 3. Lennon told Beatles biographer Hunter Davies that the first verse was inspired by a story in the January 17, 1967,

edition of the Daily Mail about the car accident that killed Guinness heir Tara Browne. John: “I didn’t copy the accident. Tara didn’t blow his mind out, but it was in my mind when I was writing that verse.” The second verse was inspired by Lennon’s work on Richard Lester’s film “How I Won The War.” According to Paul, the third verse came from a Daily Mail article published on January 7, 1967, about 4,000 potholes in the

streets of Blackburn, Lancashire.

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The Beatles - Sexy Sadie - The Beatles

(Lennon-McCartney) 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. In April, things came to a head when a rumor circulated that the Maharishi had made sexual advances toward at least one of

the women at the compound.

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The Beatles - Come Together - Abbey Road (Lennon-McCartney)

Lead vocal: John The Beatles’ twenty-first single release for EMI, and fourth on the Apple

Records label. When John and Yoko were in Montreal staging their second and last Bed-In For Peace they were visited by Timothy Leary, an outspoken proponent of LSD. During their visit,

Leary and his wife participated in John and Yoko’s hotel room recording of “Give Peace A Chance,” singing on the chorus. Timothy is even name-checked in the lyrics. He asked

John to write a song titled “Come Together – Join The Party” for his bid to become governor of California. Lennon obliged and responded with lyrics such as: “Come

together right now/Don’t come tomorrow, don’t come alone/Come together right now over me.” Lennon recorded a demo for Leary, who started using it as his campaign

song. After being imprisoned for possession of marijuana in late 1969, Leary dropped out of the gubernatorial race, which was won by Ronald Reagan. Lennon reworked and

expanded the song for the Beatles.

NEWS w/ Jackie HERE

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Instant Karma!/Who Has Seen The Wind? (single)

(John Lennon and Yoko Ono) February 21st, 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.

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One of the stars of our KLOS XMAS Show…& fresh off the road with

the Monkees…. Micky Dolenz!!!

A message from Yoko Ono to our BWTB

listeners read by Micky Dolenz:

Dear Friends

It 's Time for Action, Action is Peace. Think Peace, Act Peace, Spread Peace,

IMAGINE PEACE! Together we have the power to change the

world. I LOVE YOU!!

Yoko Ono Lennon

December 8th 2012

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John Lennon – Imagine – Imagine ‘71

John’s most famous anthem, and one of the most memorable songs of all time, this was to be considered John’s “Yesterday.” It was inspired by Yoko’s poem

“Cloud Piece” from 1963. It continues to have massive radio play to this very day and was infamously censored (and retracted) by Clear Channel following the

9/11 attacks. This was John’s dream – no religion, no wars, no possessions – his utopian ideal.

Happy Xmas (War Is Over)/Listen, The Snow Is Falling (single)

(John & Yoko/The Plastic Ono Band) November 24th, 1972

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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Micky Dolenz – Good Morning Good Morning – Remember

Hollywood Vampires - Wikkipedia The Hollywood Vampires

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Hollywood Vampires was a group of famous male rock stars in

the 1970s. The hazing to get into the club was to outdrink all the members.[citation needed]

In one interview, Alice Cooper lists members including Bernie Taupin, Harry Nilsson, Micky Dolenz, John Lennon, Ringo

Starr and Keith Moon.[1]

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One photograph from an Alice Cooper: Prime Cuts documentary includes: Micky Dolenz,Keith Moon, Harry Nilsson, Alice Cooper,

and Jack Cruz.[who?] Alice Cooper from Alice Cooper: Prime Cuts:

...The Speakeasy and Tramps were the place to be in London. There was a little loft at the Rainbow Bar and Grill in LA (W.

Hollywood), they only had that for the club: the club was myself, Keith Moon, Ringo, Micky Dolenz, Harry Nilsson, it was

that crowd, every night those same people. Every once in a while John Lennon would come into town orKeith Emerson and they would be honorable members of the night. They still have a plaque there at the Rainbow, where it says 'The Lair of the

Hollywood Vampires.'

Harry & Ringo w/ producer John Lennon doin` Dylan….(heavy) – HIT IT!

Harry – Subterranean Homesick Blues – Pussy

Cats `74

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The Beatles - Run For Your Life - Rubber Soul

(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: John

The first song completed when sessions for “Rubber Soul” began on October 12, 1965. John Lennon lifted the opening line (“I’d rather see you dead little girl than to be with

another man”) from “Baby Let’s Play House,” popularized by Elvis Presley. On U.S. album:

Rubber Soul - Capitol LP

The Monkees – Let Dance On – The Monkees

• Written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart • Lead vocal by Micky Dolenz

• Backing Vocals by Micky Dolenz, Peter Tork, Tommy Boyce and Ron Hicklin • Guitar: Wayne Erwin, Gerry McGee and Louie Shelton

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• Organ: Bobby Hart • Drums: Billy Lewis

• Recorded at RCA Victor Studios, Hollywood, July 6, 1966 (2– 7:30 pm) • Produced by Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart and Jack Keller

Recorded right here in Hollywood…. And before that a song not recorded in

Hollywood….

QUIZ #2

Hohner guy on the phone HERE Scott Emmerman

Director Marketing and Sales | HOHNER, Inc.

Here’s the question he was supposed to ask…

Q/ How did John Lennon acquire the harmonica he plays on "Love Me Do"? A/John stole the harmonica from a music shop in Arnhem, a Dutch town near to the German border.

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The Beatles - Love Me Do – Please Please Me (McCartney-Lennon)

Lead vocal: John and Paul The Beatles’ first single release for EMI’s Parlophone label.

Released October 5, 1962, it reached #17 on the British charts. Principally written by Paul McCartney in 1958 and 1959. Recorded with three different drummers: Pete Best

(June 6, 1962, EMI), Ringo Starr (September 4, 1962), and Andy White (September 11, 1962 with Ringo playing tambourine). The 45 rpm single lists the songwriters as

Lennon-McCartney. One of several Beatles songs Paul McCartney owns with Yoko Ono. Starting with the songs recorded for their debut album on February 11, 1963, Lennon and McCartney’s output was attached to their Northern Songs publishing company.

Because their first single was released before John and Paul had contracted with a music publisher, EMI assigned it to their own, a company called Ardmore and Beechwood,

which took the two songs “Love Me Do” and “P.S. I Love You.” Decades later McCartney and Ono were able to purchase the songs for their respective companies, MPL

Communications and Lenono Music. Fun fact: John Lennon shoplifted the harmonica he played on the song from a shop in Holland.

On U.S. albums: Introducing… The Beatles (Version 1) - Vee-Jay LP

The Early Beatles - Capitol LP

The Beatles - Girl - Rubber Soul

(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: John

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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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#9 Bumper Madness

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 - 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 flourishes and then wrote them out backwards. He then played them in that reverse

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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

Micky Dolenz & John Lennon – Beautiful Boy – Puts You To Sleep / 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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Tune in next Sunday for a our big BEATLES RELATED WORLD PREMIRE OF

SOMETHING I CAN’T TELL YOU ABOUT…

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ALSO NEXT SUNDAY we’ll have the author of a cool new book called The Essential Songs of the Beatles Solo Careers and his name is : Andrew Grant Jackson…we’ll have some fun

putting together Beatles LP’s that never were…but could have been.

John Lennon – Long Lost John - Anthology ‘98

1970 - From the 8-track Plastic Ono Band sessions Previously unavailable version, although John had done this before during the

"Let It Be" sessions.

John – HELP! – 1970

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