FATHERS DAY 2012 and Paul s 70 TH Birthday Show!!!!
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Paul McCartney I Lost My Little Girl (Lennon/McCartney) Unplugged 91 This was Paul s first composition, written at the age of 14. The Beatles - I ll Follow The Sun - Beatles For Sale (Lennon-McCartney) One of the earliest Beatle originals, I ll Follow The Sun was composed entirely in 1959 by Paul McCartney in the front room of his family home on Forthlin Road in Liverpool. Recorded in eight takes on October 18, 1964. Beatles 65 - Capitol LP The Beatles When I m Sixty-Four - Sgt. Pepper s Lonely Hearts Club Band Recorded Dec. 6 th 1966 1 st song recorded for Sgt. Pepper. Written by Paulie when he was just about 15 or 16 years old. Lennon - I would have never even dream of writing a song like that.though he did help write some of the lyrics! Lead vocal Paul McCartney.85 / Lennon.15 EARLY SONGWRITING 1.02 VOICE BREAK
The Beatles Birthday - The Beatles Recorded Sept. 18 th 1968 Recorded after watching the movie The Girl Can Help It at Paul s house. The 1956 film starred Jayne Mansfield and featured performances by Fats domino, the Platters, Gene Vincent and Little Richard. Lennon: it was a piece a garbage. Features backing vox by Pattie and Yoko. McCartney.7 Lennon.3 The Beatles - Mother Nature's Son - The Beatles Recorded Aug. 9th 1968 Paul said he wrote it at his Dad s house in Liverpool. John said Paul wrote it in India. The Beatles - Let It Be Single / Let It Be /Past Masters Recorded January 31 st at Apple Studios The twenty-second official UK release. Released: March 6, 1970 in UK Weeks on chart: 9: March 14 to May 15, 1970 Highest chart position: 2
The Beatles - Your Mother Should Know - Magical Mystery Tour Recorded 22nd August 1967 at Chappell Recording Studios London (1 st of two) Abbey Road was booked on this day so they went to another George Martin used studio owned by the Chappell Publishing Co. also in London. Lead vocal Paul McCartney 1.00 UK EP MOM MARY 1.02 VOICE BREAK The Beatles - I Saw Her Standing There Please Please Me (McCartney-Lennon)
Recorded February 11, 1963. A Paul McCartney original, the song was written in one day in September 1962 in the front parlor of 20 Forthlin Road, Allerton (the McCartney family from 1955 to 1964), with John Lennon helping with some of the lyrics. It was recorded under its working title, Seventeen, at the marathon recording session that produced the majority of songs for the Beatles debut album. A fan favorite, the Beatles recorded I Saw Her Standing There eleven times for BBC Radio between March 1963 and May 1964. McCartney has said that his bass line was lifted almost note for note from the obscure Chuck Berry song I m Talking About You, released by Berry in February 1961. The Beatles performed I m Talking About You at some of their club shows in 1962 and 1963. It is included on the Live! At The Star Club CD. Specially selected by Capitol Records staff members to be the b-side of the American I Want to Hold Your Hand single on Capitol in the U.S., replacing This Boy for the honor. The first song on the first Beatles LP. On U.S. albums: Introducing The Beatles (with 1, 2, 3 inexplicably missing from Paul s count-in) - Vee-Jay LP Meet the Beatles! - Capitol LP Long Tall Sally (Johnson-Penniman-Blackwell) Paul McCartney recorded this Little Richard screecher in just one take on March 1, 1964. Prior to being properly recorded, the Beatles performed the song for an American audience during the Beatles first concert appearance, in Washington D.C. on February 11, 1964. In a rare instance, two of the songs from the Long Tall Sally EP were issued first in America ( Long Tall Sally on The Beatles Second Album and I Call Your Name on Something New ). The initial pressings of the Long Tall Sally EP credited only Enotris Johnson as the writer of Long Tall Sally. Johnson was a little girl that had written some original lyrics for a song she hoped Little Richard would record. She gave a popular local radio disc jockey a note with the lyrics to give to Little Richard. The DJ gave the note to Little Richard s producer and a hit was born. The Penniman that is credited is Richard Penniman, aka Little Richard. Little Richard s recording was released in March 1956 and hit #1 on the Billboard R&B sales chart, becoming the bestselling 45 of the history of Specialty Records. Originally recorded by Little Richard with the working title The Thing. The Beatles Second Album - Capitol LP U.K.: Non-album track (EP song) The Beatles - I m Down - Single (Lennon-McCartney) Recorded in one take on June 14, 1965. Written entirely by Paul McCartney, who showed off his skills at the June 14 recording session by recording I ve Just Seen A Face in six takes, then the scorcher I m Down in one take, and
following a dinner break, nailing Yesterday in two takes. I m Down was patterned after Little Richard s Long Tall Sally, or as George Harrison described it at the time, It s pretty wild because it has Paul s wild voice. Paul: I could do Little Richard's voice, which is a wild, hoarse, screaming thing. It's like an out-of-body experience. You have to leave your current sensibilities and go about a foot above your head to sing it. A lot of people were fans of Little Richard so I used to sing his stuff but there came a point when I wanted one of my own, so I wrote I'm Down. I ended up doing it at Shea Stadium. It worked very well for those kind of places, it was a good stage song. And in as much as they are hard to write, I'm proud of it. Those kind of songs with hardly any melody, rock 'n' roll songs, are much harder to write than ballads, because there's nothing to them. John Lennon plays the Hammond organ. The B-side of the Help! single, issued July 23, 1965 in the UK and July 19, 1965 in the U.S. Non-album single (B-side) UK: Non-album single (B-side) Paul McCartney Run Devil Run Run Devil Run 99 The Beatles - Helter Skelter- The Beatles Recorded Sept. 9 th 1968 Written after Paul read an interview w/ The Who s Pete Townsend who was talking about a certain Who song that was supposed to be the loudest most raucous rock song ever recorded. So we decided to do the
loudest, nastiest, sweatiest rock number that we could. That was Helter Skelter McCartney 1.00 1.02 VOICE BREAK The Beatles - Paperback Writer - A Collection Of Beatles Oldies (Lennon-McCartney) The Beatles twelfth single release for EMI s Parlophone label. 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. Hey Jude - Capitol LP (1970)
The Beatles Lovely Rita - Sgt. Pepper s Lonely Hearts Club Band Recorded Feb. 23 1967 Paul heard that in America, parking meter woman where called meter aids and thus.the tune. Lead vocal Paul McCartney 1.00 The Beatles - All My Loving With The Beatles (Lennon-McCartney) Essentially a Paul McCartney solo composition. The first song performed on the live broadcast of The Ed Sullivan Show on February 9, 1964, and watched by a thenrecord 72 million viewers. McCartney has said it was the first song he ever wrote where
he had the words before the music. Recorded in 13 takes on July 30, 1963. All My Loving is the most commercial Lennon-McCartney song recorded by The Beatles in 1963 that was not released as a single in the UK or U.S. Meet The Beatles! - Capitol LP The Beatles - And I Love Her - A Hard Day s Night (Lennon-McCartney) Written mainly by Paul with the middle eight by John it was released as a single in the U.S. reaching #12. Recorded initially as a heavier, up-tempo number on February 25, 1964, The Beatles attempted two takes and moved on to something else. On February 26 they struggled with the simpler, now acoustic arrangement through 12 more takes and Ringo swapping his drums for congas, ultimately leaving it to be re-made the next day. Finally, on February 27, they had the arrangement to their liking and perfected the song in two completed takes (takes 20 and 21). A Hard Day s Night - United Artists LP Something New - Capitol LP SOME FINE BASS PLAYING FROM BEATLE PAUL 1.02 VOICE BREAK AND OF COURSE PAUL COULD WRITE A HIT SONG WHENEVER NEEDED
The Beatles - Hey Jude Single/ Hey Jude / Past Masters Recorded: 29/30/31 July, 1 August 1968 The Beatles most successful single in their entire career. It was #1 for NINE weeks straight in the USA (3 weeks in the UK) Lennon: I always heard it as a song to me. When Paul say s go out and get her he meant go ahead leave me. This was the FIRST record released on Apple Records.
The Beatles - Lady Madonna Single / Hey Jude-Beatles Again/ 67-70 / Past Masters II Beatles 1 Recorded: 3/6 February 1968 The exact opposite of what was expected from them after the incredible Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Based on an old number called Bad Penny Blues by Humphrey Lyttelton Beatles last Capitol 45 in US and last Parlophone 45 in UK The Beatles - Can t Buy Me Love - A Hard Day s Night (Lennon-McCartney) The Beatles sixth single release for EMI s Parlophone label. During their 19-day engagement at Paris s Olympia Theatre The Beatles took time out to record German-language versions for two of their biggest hits. I Want to Hold Your Hand and She Loves You were chosen to get new vocals to increase sales in the German market. This was at the insistence of EMI s German branch, Odeon, which felt they couldn t sell large quantities of records unless they were sung in German. With less than an hour left on their booked recording time, The Beatles recorded four takes of a new song by Paul, Can t Buy Me Love. Issued in the U.S. on March 16, 1964, it sold 940,225 copies in the U.S. the day it was released, earning a gold record award that day and shattering all previous sales records. Within two weeks sales had totaled 2 million copies. The single went on to sell over 3 million by the end of the year. The UK single was released four days later, on March 20, 1964. Recorded Jan. 29, 1964 at Pathe
Marconi Studio in Paris. It s inclusion in A Hard Day s Night was a decision by director Richard Lester, who opted for Paul s fast paced million seller over John s slower new song I ll Cry Instead. The decision to cut I ll Cry Instead from the film was so last minute that the American soundtrack LP, which had been rush-released on United Artists Records, included I ll Cry Instead in its song line-up. A Hard Day s Night - United Artists LP Hey Jude - Apple LP (1970) HOUR 2 The Beatles Yesterday - Help! (Lennon-McCartney) Written solely by Paul McCartney. After he woke up one morning with the tune in his head he went to his piano to sketch it out. Sure the tune was something he had heard before he took the song to several people and asked if they d heard it before. When everyone he asked said it was new to them he claimed the tune as his own. McCartney perfected the melody and added a middle eight section during breaks in the production of the Beatles second film. He wrote the lyrics while on vacation in Portugal in late May 1965. The band was reluctant to release the song because a lovely acoustic ballad with a string quartet did not fit their rock and roll image. It was buried on the Help! LP and the band had no intention of releasing it as a single in the UK. But in America, Capitol Records issued it as a single a few days after McCartney, in the solo spotlight, sang the song on The Ed Sullivan Show. Recorded in two takes on June 14, 1965 at the same session as I ve Just Seen A Face and I m Down. One of only five Beatles songs Paul chose to perform live on his Wings Over America tour in 1976. The working version lyrics included the line: Scrambled Eggs / Oh how I love your legs. Yesterday is one of the most covered songs in the history of recorded music.
Yesterday And Today - Capitol LP Another Day/Oh Woman, Oh Why (Single) (Paul & Linda McCartney) February 19, 1971 UK February 20, 1971 - US Reached #2 in the UK charts, and #5 in the US Paul & Linda McCartney - Another Day Also written around the Let it Be sessions, this was a similar narrative to Eleanor Rigby, again dealing with a lonely woman. This was specifically referenced in John s How Do You Sleep on the Imagine album. 2.02 VOICE BREAK WINGS SET Wings Hi Hi Hi
Written in Spain earlier in the summer, it was a great rocking tune that brought back some credibility to Paul s solo efforts. The BBC banned it on November 30 th, 1972 for suggestive language and drug references. Paul had used the word polygon but it was incorrectly listed as body gun in the lyrics. Wings Junior s Farm Inspired by Dylan s Maggie s Farm, it is one of Paul s best flat out rockers. It reached #16 in the UK charts, this was also the last apple release for Paul and Wings. Paul McCartney & Wings Let Me Roll It Band on the Run 73 A fine piece of McCartney song-writing, critics felt that song was incredibly Lennonesque, with similarities to John s Plastic Ono phase. This became a staple of Paul s live shows and is one of his best solo efforts. Wings Bip Bop Wild Life 71 Supposedly, Paul became very tired of this song when his children demanded he play it over and over again. Another version recorded in the garden of Paul's Scotland home circa June 1971 of the bluegrass-styled "Bip Bop" featured Paul and Linda's daughter Mary giggling in the background, and segued into a riff called "Hey Diddle". 2.12 VOICE BREAK
The Beatles - Hello Goodbye - Magical Mystery Tour Recorded Oct. 2 nd 1967 Released as a single Nov. `67 The sixteenth official EMI release. Banned by the BBC for lip-syncing, which was against the rules of the British musicians union. The film (not video) was shot at the Savillie Theater in London. Beatle John always disliked the song as it took the A side over his I Am The Walrus though John did like the end bit. Lead vocal Paul Hello Goodbye was No. 1 for seven weeks in the UK, tying From Me To You as the longest running Beatle chart-topper McCartney 1.00 The Beatles - Things We Said Today - A Hard Day s Night
(Lennon-McCartney) Written in May 1964 on board a yacht called Happy Days during Paul McCartney's holiday in the Virgin Islands with his girlfriend Jane Asher, plus Ringo Starr and his future wife Maureen. Recorded in three takes on June 2, 1964. In his 1980 interview with Playboy magazine John Lennon remembered this being one of Paul s better songs. McCartney double tracked his vocals. John Lennon's piano part was meant to be omitted from the final mix, but lack of separation between instruments meant that its sound leaked into other microphones during recording. As a result it can be heard on the released version. The b-side of the UK A Hard Day s Night single. Something New - Capitol LP The Beatles - I ve Just Seen A Face - Help! (Lennon-McCartney) Written by Paul at the Asher family home on Wimpole Street. Paul had the tune prior to coming up with the lyrics and originally named the song Auntie Gin s Theme because his aunt liked it. George Martin s instrumental Help! album includes an orchestrated version of I ve Just Seen A Face using the title Auntie Gin s Theme. Recorded in six takes at the same June 14, 1965 McCartney-dominated session that produced Yesterday and I m Down. One of only five Beatles songs Paul chose to perform live on his Wings Over America tour in 1976. Rubber Soul - Capitol LP The Beatles - Drive My Car - Rubber Soul (Lennon-McCartney)
Lead vocals: Paul and John The lead off track to Rubber Soul on the UK version was recorded on October 13, 1965. This session was the first in Beatles recording history to go past midnight. The music was written by Paul but he needed help with the lyrics. He and John worked through the song and came up with baby you can drive my car in place of temporary lyrics Paul was using ( you can give me golden rings ). Drive my car is an old blues expression for sex. The basic track was completed in four takes. Thanks to overdubbing, McCartney plays bass, piano and slide guitar (his Epiphone Casino). Paul provides the guitar solo in the song s introduction, middle and ending. Yesterday and Today - Capitol LP The Beatles - She s A Woman (Lennon-McCartney) Recorded in seven takes on October 8, 1964, take 6 is the released version. Written by Paul McCartney while waking around St. John s Wood the morning of the recording session and finished at home before heading off to Abbey Road studios. 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. The B-side of I Feel Fine. On U.S. albums: Beatles 65 - Capitol LP UK: Non-album single (B-side)
The Beatles - Got To Get You Into My Life - Revolver (Lennon-McCartney) 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 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. Revolver - Capitol LP 3.03 VOICE BREAK Wings Venus and Mars /Rock Show/ Jet Wings Over America 76
Recorded in Cincinnati, OH May 27 th, 1976. What would become a staple to most McCartney shows, the opening number would be the Venus and Mars/Rock Show Suite. HOUR III The Beatles - Penny Lane - Magical Mystery Tour Recorded Dec. 29 th 1966 Released as a single in the UK Feb.`67 and DID NOT REACH #1. It was held off by Engelbert Humperdick s Release Me. Penny Lane is a bus roundabout in Liverpool Contains at least TWO slightly slang obscenities (finger pie & keeps his fire engine clean) Lead vocal Paul McCartney.8 / Lennon.2
The Beatles - You Won t See Me - Rubber Soul (Lennon-McCartney) Written entirely by Paul. Recorded in two takes on November 11, 1965, at the final recording session for the Rubber Soul album. The song is notable for Paul s melodic bass line, something new to rock and roll. Paul: It was very Motown-flavored. It's got a James Jamerson feel. He was the Motown bass player, he was fabulous, the guy who did all those great melodic bass lines. It was him, me and Brian Wilson who were doing
melodic bass lines at that time. Beatles roadie Mal Evans is credited on the album s back cover with playing Hammond organ on this track, but it is inaudible in the final mix. Rubber Soul - Capitol LP The Beatles - What You re Doing - Beatles For Sale (Lennon-McCartney) Recorded in seven takes on October 26, 1964. The most problematic song in the sessions for Beatles For Sale. The Beatles tried different arrangements over three days and finally hit upon one they liked on the last day of recording for the album. Written primarily by Paul between August 31 and September 1, 1964 in Atlantic City during days off on the Beatles North American Tour. Paul provides the double-tracked lead vocal. Beatles VI - Capitol LP 2.03 VOICE BREAK The Beatles - We Can Work It Out Past Masters Recorded: 20/29 October 1965 RELEASED AS A CHRISTMAS SINGLE ON DEC. 3 RD 1965 AND IT KICKED OFF THE RUBBER SOUL SESSIONS IN OCT. 1965 Yesterday & Today in US / Collection of Oldies in UK Written by Paul as a pleading song to Jane Asher, who had just moved away from London to join the theatre. It was the first such instance in their relationship, and one that contributed to their eventual breakup
The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour - Magical Mystery Tour Recorded 25th April 1967 They recorded this just four days after the Pepper sessions ended. There are currently three different versions available to the paying public. The first one is in the movie (which you can t buy on record). The second one is the mono version on the EP. And the stereo version is on the LP Musicians: Paul McCartney lead vocal, piano, bass guitar; John Lennon backing vocal, acoustic guitar; George Harrison backing vocal, lead guitar; Ringo Starr drums, tambourine; Mal Evans and Neil Aspinall cowbell, maracas, tambourine; David Mason, Elgar Howarth, Roy Copestake and John Wilbraham trumpets. Lead vocal Paul
The Beatles - Good Day Sunshine - Revolver (Lennon-McCartney) One of the fastest recorded tracks during the sessions for the Revolver album. The song, written primarily by Paul with assistance from John, was originally known as A Good Day s Sunshine, and was recorded on June 8 and 9, 1966. McCartney said the song was very much a nod to the Lovin Spoonful s 1966 hit Daydream. Revolver - Capitol LP The Beatles Fixing A Hole - Sgt. Pepper s Lonely Hearts Club Band Recorded Feb. 9 th at Regent Studios with over dubbing a few weeks later back at Abbey Road. The night the Beatles recorded Fixing A Hole a guy turned up at Paul McCartney s who announced himself as Jesus Paul of course took him to the studio to introduce Jesus the band they never saw him again after that. The song was said to have written while fixing his roof on his Scottish farmhouse hence the title.but Paul said in the book Many Years From Now that this was not true at all. Long time Beatle assistant Mal Evans claims to have written the song but of course not credited but was paid for his HELP! McCartney.85 / Lennon.15
The Beatles She s Leaving Home - Sgt. Pepper s Lonely Hearts Club Recorded March 17 th 1967 Based on a news story that ran in Daily Mail newspaper that ran a story called A- Level Girl Dumps Car and Vanishes about a 17-year-old Melanie Coe who attended Skinner s Grammar School in London. No Beatles play on this track. Lead vocals Paul & John McCartney.65 / Lennon.35 The Beatles Get Back - Let It Be "Get Back" was the original title to the film and album, which became Let It Be. The whole idea of the album was for the band to 'get back' to their recording roots by playing live and without studio trickery, hence the title. Journalists repeatedly asked Paul if the song had racist meanings, but demo tapes show that the song was originally a satire of people who wanted to keep illegal immigrants out of Britain. Soon Paul had added a few characters and the satire was lost, but the single was enormously successful, selling 2 million copies. McCartney 1.00
Paul McCartney Maybe I m Amazed McCartney 70 Written in London, on piano. A promotional movie of the song was created featuring Linda s photography in a slide show. 3.23 VOICE BREAK The Beatles - Ob La Did, Ob La Da - The Beatles Recorded July, 1968 Paul wanted it as a single but was voted down by Beatles John & George. A minor hit for 2 UK groups in 1968, Marmalade and Bedrocks. Macca 1.00
The Beatles - Wild Honey Pie - The Beatles Recorded Aug. 2oth 1968 All Paul. Bass, electric and acoustic guitars, drums, vocals. LP shortest track. The Beatles Oh Darling - Abbey Road April 20 th 1969 Comments by the other Beatles in this year was always interesting case in point About Oh Darling George sez It s really just Paul singing by himself while we do a few things in the background which you can barley hear but it s mainly just him shouting and Mr. Lennon sez Oh Darling is a great one of Paul s that he didn t sing too well. I always thought that I could have done it better. Paul took a stab at singing the song once a day for a week straight, first thing in the morning to get the right sound. should of just asked John. McCartney 1.00
The Beatles - I m Looking Through You - Rubber Soul (Lennon-McCartney) 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. Rubber Soul - Capitol LP 2.33 VOICE BREAK The Beatles You Never Give Me Your Money - Abbey Road Recorded May 6 th 1969 at Olympic Studios w/ overdubbing 2 months later at Abbey Road. Paul weighing in on the sad but true aspects of the Apple business plan circa spring 1969.. McCartney 1.00 The Beatles She Came In Through The Bathroom Window - Abbey Road Recorded July 25 th 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
The Beatles Golden Slumbers - Abbey Road Recorded w/ Carry That Weight as one song on July 2 nd 1969 Based on a 400 year old poem by Thomas Decker whose original words were: Golden Slumbers kiss your eyes; Smiles awake you when you rise. Sleep pretty wantons do not cry, And I will sing a lullaby..paul wrote the rest of the lyrics. McCartney.7 / Decker.3 The Beatles Carry That Weight - Abbey Road Recorded July 2 nd 1969 Featuring all 4 fabs on Carry That Weight but Ringo bowed out on the I never give you my pillow line. The Beatles The End Abbey Road Recorded July 23 rd 1969 John, Paul and George take turns on the lead fills at the end.of The End. McCartney 1.00
The Beatles - Her Majesty Abbey Road Recorded July 2, 1969. Originally fit between Mean Mr. Mustard and Polythene Pam McCartney 1.00 2.04 VOICE BREAK Paul That s All For Now Live EMI 1.