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(151 cards)
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25th anniv -1992
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the making of srgnt peppers lonely hearts club band
2
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which beatle did ringo characterize as a workaholic
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paul
3
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what kind of music did paul mccartney listen to write when he first started writing songs
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cabaret, sinatra
4
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in the lennon mccartney songwriting partnership why was lennons name first
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John was bossy and said it sounded better
5
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which beatle was from penny lane
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john
6
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when emi brought the first 8 track recorder in england, what didnt they buy because they were “too cheap”
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(the plug to plug it in)
7
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who came up with the idea sgt peppers lonely hearts club band
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-paul
8
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what is the real story behind “lucy in the sky with diamonds”
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-julian drawing- he called it “lucy in the sky with diamonds”
9
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why wouldnt ringo sing the line “would you stand up and throw tomatoes at me” in the song “with a little help from my friends”
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he didnt like the line and he didnt want people to actually throw stuff at him
10
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how did george harrison feel about the music of ravi shankar
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-his music make immediate sense to him but it made deep sense to him
11
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what was the single biggest influence on the sgt pepper album
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-the album pet sounds -brian wilson
12
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what was the inspiration behind the song “good morning, good morning”?
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-kellogs corn flakes commercial
13
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how did the beatles pay respect to their heroes on sgt pepper
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-put them on the album cover
14
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what phrase did john use to count in to the song “a day in the life”
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-sugar plum fairy
15
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who opened the set with “sgt peppers lonely hearts club band” a few days after the album was released
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-jimmy hendrix
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in retrospect how did the beatles feel about the album sgt pepper
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- ringo felt like he didnt do much
- george felt like he didnt really enjoy it -enjoyed some parts-heart in india
- john said it wasnt that spectacular
17
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why were the songs “a day in the life” and “lucy in the sky with diamonds” banned from the radio
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-thought it promoted use of drugs
18
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what controversial topic did paul respond to in an interview
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-he admitted he had done lsd 4 times
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why was “all you need is love” a big first for the beatles and the world
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-first large satellite hookup thourghout the world-john was written to commission to write it for
20
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where does george go in the USA during the summer of love? what was his experience? what effect does it have on him
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-hate ashbury - sf - music festival
21
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after George quits taking LSD, what pursuit is he drawn to
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-meditation -mantra
22
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where do all the beatles go to study meditation for the first time, and with whom?
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-maharishi -lecture- at london hilton
23
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what bad news do they receive while in wales? how are they affected by the news?
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-brian epstein died. cut short their stay with maharishnu
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what does brian’s death force the beatles to do
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-forces them to start to managing their own business- keep on trucking
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within the beatles close circle, who steps forward to help organize and run things after brian’s death
-neil aspinal
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how does brian’s death affect john and pauls relationship
-realized they didnt know their finances at all, paul basically wants to be the manager of the band. growing tensions between paul and john
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whose idea was it to make the film magical mystery tour? what was it based on?
paul-based on english tours to…
A "Magical Mystery Tour" was a bus trip to an unknown destination. They were popular in England at the time.
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working title of "a day in the life"
"in the life of..."
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car crash of a day in the life
Tara Browne of the Guinness Family, Dec 18 1966
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for a day in the life, Paul wanted...
paul wanted 90 piece orchestra
| george martin- 40 piece orchestra recorded 4 times= 160 piece
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tracks on a day in the life
beatles 1
beatles 2
beatles 3
oscillator ----->
get oscillator for the first one use it on the second so they could get them playing at the same speed
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the famous piano chord of a day in the life
john, paul, ringo and mal evans -3 pianos- E chord- 9 takes
| overdubbed 3x 53.5 seconds
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spiral out of a day in the life
spiral out- dog whistle
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locked groove of a day in the life
locked groove- gibberish
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date of release of magical mystery tour
released June 1, 1967, Uk
| june 2, 1967 USA
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money and time to make magical mystery tour
took 4 months to record
| cost $100,000
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lsd monterey pop festival
monterey pop festival- 1967
owsley stanely - lighting director for grateful dead- snuck lsd in lenses through customs (couldnt be used during concert) got it back to england
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who suggested they buy a greek island
magic alex
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magical mystery tour in US
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#1 BBC hour special
#2 EP release in UK
#3 album in the USA
first american release to enjoy exports to GB
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first american release to enjoy exports to GB
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magical mystery tour
#1 BBC hour special
#2 EP release in UK
#3 album in the USA
first american release to enjoy exports to GB
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trumpets on magical mystery tour
4 trumpets- david mason- 1st trumpet
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money in a big brown bag is about who
brian epstein - may 11, 1967- baby your a rich man
first beatles song to be recorded and mixed away from abbey road-olympic sound studios 9pm to 3 am
john playing a claviolene “oboe”
“+ mick jagger”
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first beatles song to be recorded and mixed away from abbey road-olympic sound studios 9pm to 3 am
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may 11, 1967- baby your a rich man
money in a big brown bag- brian epstein
first beatles song to be recorded and mixed away from abbey road-olympic sound studios 9pm to 3 am
john playing a claviolene
“oboe”
“+ mick jagger”
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what song... raided the junk instruments closet, old car horn
record mix in one night, at abbey road, all together now, raided the junk instruments closet, old car horn, name of song repeated almsot 50 times in 2 minutes
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all together now
record mix in one night, at abbey road, all together now, raided the junk instruments closet, old car horn, name of song repeated almsot 50 times in 2 minutes
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“too much” working title for
George- “too much” working title for “its all too much”
de lane lea studios several sessions
jimi hendrix influence
“we are dead”
unlike within you without you all beatles participated
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de lane lea studios several sessions
George- “too much” working title for “its all too much”
de lane lea studios several sessions
jimi hendrix influence
“we are dead”
unlike within you without you all beatles participated
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all you need is love
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john asked to contribute a “simple song”
for “our world” television simple
5 continent tv hook up
potential 400 million viewers sunday june 25 1967
verses 7/4 rest 4/4
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pre taped rhythm track
live: paul bass, ringo drums, george guitar
live: ensemble
live: Johns vocal, paul and george backing vocal + friends
(mick jagger, keith richards, keith moon, eric clapton, jane asher, graham nash, marianne faithful→ mick’s gf
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le marsailles- french national album
greensleeves
she loves you
bach 2 part invention #8
in the mood- glenn miller
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“our world” television simple
5 continent tv hook up
potential 400 million viewers sunday june 25 1967
verses 7/4 rest 4/4
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pre taped rhythm track
live: paul bass, ringo drums, george guitar
live: ensemble
live: Johns vocal, paul and george backing vocal + friends
(mick jagger, keith richards, keith moon, eric clapton, jane asher, graham nash, marianne faithful→ mick’s gf
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le marsailles- french national album
greensleeves
she loves you
bach 2 part invention #8
in the mood- glenn miller
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pre taped vs live our world special
pre taped rhythm track
live: paul bass, ringo drums, george guitar
live: ensemble
live: Johns vocal, paul and george backing vocal + friends
(mick jagger, keith richards, keith moon, eric clapton, jane asher, graham nash, marianne faithful→ mick’s gf
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musical allusions in live all you need is love
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le marsailles- french national album
greensleeves
she loves you
bach 2 part invention #8
in the mood- glenn miller
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normal college
maharishu mahaesh yogi - transcendental meditation
john, cynthia paul, jane george, pattie Ringo not there Maureen just had a baby
normal college- in Bangor, east wales
gather in eastern station
Bangor, North Wales, to embark upon a 10-day conference on Transcendental Meditation.
cynthia misses train and arrives late
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cold turkey
cold turkey
- written by john about his withdrawal from heroin
- john and yoko became addicted to heroin in 1968
- john tried to get the beatles to record “cold turkey”
- the beatles refused to put “cold turkey” on the white album because of the drug content
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isnt it a pity
isnt it a pity
- written by george in 1966
- about the fighting with the beatles
- shows george’s karmic view of life
- john vetoed the song
- was finally released in 1970 on george’s solo album “all things must pass”
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all things must pass
all things must pass
- written by george
- about disenchantment with the beatles
- themes of nature and meditation
- the beatles never released it
- became the title track of George’s first solo album
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dark horse
dark horse
-written by george in 1974 (after the beatles broke up)
-term for an overshadowed person who emerges unexpectedly
-a term in liverpool for a man having multiple affairs
-about the beatles and his dissolving marriage with pattie boyd
named his solo label “dark horse records”
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blackbird
- written by paul in india, after being awoken by a blackbird
- uses folk music “finger-picking style”
- references black civil rights movement
- recorded by paul
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dont pass me by
dont pass me by
| -written and sung by Ringo
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long long long
long long long
- written by george about finding god
- accidentel rattle of wine bottle at end prompts group improvisation
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hey jude
- written by paul as if singing to john’s son julian
- originally called “hey jules”
- john immediately loved this song declaring it paul’s best
- the longest pop song at the time -7:08
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-john immediately loved this song declaring it paul’s best
hey jude
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the longest pop song at the time -7:08
hey jude
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two of us
- by paul
- released on let it be
- written about linda but tends towards descriptions of john
- reminded john and paul of their teenage duets
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the ballad of john and yoko
-recorded by john and paul
-describes john and yoko’s bed in honeymoon
banned in us because of crucifixion reference- says word christ
-shows john’s increasingly autobiographical songs
-recorded same time as white album as a single
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give peace a chance
- written by john and yoko during their bed in to promote world peace
- released as a single, credited to lennon mccartney
- lennon invited activist poets, musicians, and friends to record song
- became an anti vietnm war anthem
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Brian Epstein died on
Brian Epstein died on Sunday Aug 27, 1967 age 32
-coroner ruled that it was an accidental overdose of carbitol
peter brown phoned the beatles at normal college, spoke to paul
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who
phoned the beatles at normal college, spoke to paul about brians death peter brown
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walrus came from
Lewis Carrol poem the walrus and the carpenter
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instrumentation on i am the walrus
8 violins
4 cellos
1 contrabass clarinet
3 horns
16 voices: the mike sammes singers
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the mike sammes singers
16 voice group on I am the walrus
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magical mystery tour release
magical mystery tour
album release: USA nov 27 1967 16 page booklet, other songs strawberry fields, and penny lane
us version became british import
EP release: UK Dec 8, 1967
BBC film aired, dec 26, 1967 FLOP
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“The inner light”
George Harrison: untitled→ “The inner light” indian musicians + George Harrison
“wonderwall” (film)
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untitled
George Harrison: untitled→ “The inner light” indian musicians + George Harrison
“wonderwall” (film)
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lady madonna
lady madonna - rocky roots - paul
single release march 15 1968
side a: lady madonna
side b: the inner light
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single lady Madonna, b side is
single release march 15 1968
side a: lady madonna
side b: the inner light
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two girls to sing on across the universe
Lizzie Bravo 16, and Gayleen Pease 17
LP non beatle- no ones going to change my world for the World Wildlife Fund, later released on the let it be album after the breakup and after Phil Spector added lot of tracks to it
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across the universe
Lizzie Bravo 16, and Gayleen Pease 17
LP non beatle- no ones going to change my world for the World Wildlife Fund, later released on the let it be album after the breakup and after Phil Spector added lot of tracks to it
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hey bulldog
john-hey bulldog
-recorded and mixed in 10 hours - feb 11, 1968
ended up in some cuts of the film yellow submarine
and its on the soundtrack album
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recorded and mixed in 10 hours - feb 11, 1968
john-hey bulldog
-recorded and mixed in 10 hours - feb 11, 1968
ended up in some cuts of the film yellow submarine
and its on the soundtrack album
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beatles in india 1968
rishakesh, india
planned 3 months
abc (ringo 10 days, paul 1 month, george and john 6 weeks)
john, cynthia, george, pattie paul, jane asher ringo, maureen denoven, mike love (beach boys), mia farrow, prudence farrow
Ringo-spicy food and maureen- nats
paul- just couldnt get into it
magic alex - wine
25%-maharishi
Sexy Sadie
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magic alex - rishakesh india
brought wine, hated the maharishnu
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“revolution” working title for
“revolution” working title for “revolution 1”
take 18 “10’17”
shuffle exit in
but when you talk about destruction dont you know that you can count me out-----in
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revolution the single
distorted guitars by overdubbing the mixing console
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back in the ussr
paul on drums because ringo quit
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dear prudence
john - ringo still not playing - paul still on drums, inspired by prudence farrow - she preferred to stay in her room rather than join in with others in the ashron
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what promotional film do the beatles send to the beatles at this time during magical mystery tour
hello goodbye
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why does ringo say he left the group
says he felt not being appreciated, not part of the group, wasnt told he was great
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what has george martin say about the white album being a double album? george? paul?
george said it could have been compressed, same as george harrison- ego, paul- he loves it- says shut up
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what happened at the closing of the apple boutique?
closed down, didnt want it anymore- gave everything away
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what line from hey jude did john tell paul to keep
the movement you need is on your shoulder
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what was the idea behind the album get back/let it be
-it would all be filmed for a movie
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who is captured arguing on the film
-george and paul
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who did the beatles bring in to play keyboards
-billy prestin
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why did the beatles perform on the rooftop of apple
-for the end of the movie they had been planning
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glass onion
glass onion- john
references to strawberry fields forever, im the walrus, mady madonna, and fool on the hill
Ken Scott- erased two snare drums- overdubbed by accident, 2 of the 3
4 violins
2 violas
2 cellos string octet
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Ken Scott
erased two snare drums- overdubbed by accident, 2 of the 3
| on glass onion
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instrumentation on glass onion
4 violins
2 violas
2 cellos string octet
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piggies
George-clutching forks and knives to eat their bacon
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helter skelter
carnival slide- 3 takes for the rhythm tracks- 1st one 10:40, 12:35, 27:11
overdubs- john played bass and very bad saxaphone, mal evans- trumpet,
distortion and feedback
Charles Manson- revolution 9- revelation 9
Sharon Tate
La Biancas
Vincent Bigleoni- Helter Skeltor
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Happiness is a warm gun
Happiness is a warm gun in your hand- john- ad- happiness is a warm gun- 70 attempts to get the rhythm tracks right
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0 attempts to get the rhythm tracks right
Happiness is a warm gun in your hand- john- ad- happiness is a warm gun- 70 attempts to get the rhythm tracks right
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while my guitar gently weeps
while my guitar gently weeps -eric clapton-lead guitar- cream- Les Paul- theyll know its me- took his guitar track and ran it through a leslie, miked the leslie and recorded the result on another track
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Desmond Decker
The starting lyric: – "Desmond has a barrow in the market-place" was a reference to the first internationally-renowned Jamaican reggae performer Desmond Dekker who had just had a successful tour of the UK. The tag line "ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on, bra" was an expression used by Nigerian conga player Jimmy Scott-Emuakpor, an acquaintance of McCartney.
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jimmy scott
Emuakpor congo player in night club Pauls: whats happening Jimi: oh blah dee oh blah da life goes on bra
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oh la di oh la da
Desmond Decker- jamaican reggae performer
jimmy scott-Emuakpor congo player in night club Pauls: whats happening Jimi: oh blah dee oh blah da life goes on bra
Geoff Emrick quits
Piano- Nicki Hopkins- sideman for rolling stones
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Nicki Hopkins
piano on oh bla di oh bla da
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geoff emrick quits during what sond
oh bla di oh bla da
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piano on oh bla di oh bla da
Nicki Hopkins
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101 takes
Not Guilty-George
| 101 takes, 99 deemed best, 99 reduction mixed to take 102- wasnt put on album
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Not Guilty
Not Guilty-George
| 101 takes, 99 deemed best, 99 reduction mixed to take 102- wasnt put on album
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whats new mary jane
whats new mary jane- john
john-singing
george harrison-guitar
mal evans and yoko ono-contributing singer
players not identified: hand bell, xylophone, rustling paper
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mal evans and yoko ono-contributing singer
| players not identified: hand bell, xylophone, rustling paper
whats new mary jane- john
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rocky racoon
rocky racoon - paul
rythem track- accoustic guitar
ringo-drums
john-bass
overdubs
john-harmonica
george martin- honkey tonk piano
john, paul and george- background vocal
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julia
last song recorded for the white album
only time in the beatles where john did a song completely solo
vocal lines overlap
yoko ono-ocean child
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hey jude and what single
A-hey jude
B-Revolution
longest single of the time
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single ballad of john and yoko
A-the ballad of john and yoko
| B-Old brown shoe- may 30, 1969
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Russ Gibb
Dj- Detroit- WKNR FM- play revolution 9 backwards - turn me on dead man
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Abbey Road Album
side a
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come together
something
maxwell’s silver hammer
oh! darling
octopus’s garden
i want you (shes so heavy)
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side b
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here comes the sun
because
=you never give me your money
=sun king
=mean mr mustard
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polythene pam
she came in through the bathroom window
golden slumbers
carry that weight
-the end
her majesty-------
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all the orchestrations on the Abbey road album were
done on one day
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1st 8 track song
while my guitar gently weeps - 1st 8 track song, all of abby road album is 8 track
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come together
john - written for Timothy Leary who was running for governor of california - asked him to write him a campaign song- shoot me
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something
george- slide guitar- thought of ray charles the blind pianist when he wrote it, later ray charles recorded it. george martin wrote the orchestrations
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maxwells silver hammer
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George brings in the Moog synthesizer
french horn sound- end of first verse
lead sound-2nd verse
different sound last verse- used tanner control
--hammer on anvil- bang bang sound-ringo
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oh darling
oh darling- paul
in the tradition of twist and shout- (like john)
paul- long tall sally, kansas city
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octopus’s garden
ringo
solo-compressed voices
blew bubbles in a glass of water with a straw
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I want you (shes so heavy)
john-7:46- vocal masking- lucy-considered it superior to Eleanor Rigby or i am the walrus due to its simple economy of language
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here comes the sun
george- inspired by george going outside into the sunlight after a business meeting
-ascending Moog part in middle
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because
john-consciously lifted from beethvens moonlight sonata
| george martin wrote 9 part harmony (3 for each, john, paul and george)
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medley
you never give me your money-paul
-itself a medley unfinished pieces, obviously reflective of legal problems in the band
sun king-john-original title - los paranolas- john inspired by newspaper → leads into polythene pam also by John
polythene pam- john- polythene pat- pat danson
she came in through the bathroom window- paul
apple scruffs- fans- stole stuff- bathroom window
golden slumbers-paul
a book of songs by thomas dekker, a contemporary of shakespeare
carry that weight-paul- relates paul’s fears about the beatles in their twilight years
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sun king
john-original title - los paranolas- john inspired by newspaper → leads into polythene pam also by John
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polythene pam
john- polythene pat- pat danson
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she came in through the bathroom window
paul
| apple scruffs- fans- stole stuff- bathroom window
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golden slumbers
paul
| a book of songs by thomas dekker, a contemporary of shakespeare
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carry that weight
paul- relates paul’s fears about the beatles in their twilight years
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the end
ringo’s only drum solo- only time his drums were recorded in stereo
guitar solos- one take
1 - paul mcartney- casino
2 harrison-les paul
3- john - casino
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ryhymed couplet (shakespreare)
and in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make
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I me mine
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George
Let it Be
last song the beatles recorded together
george is fed up with paul's egoism
-edited by phil spector
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too many people
from paul's second solo album Ram
-1971
veiled references to John and Yoko
-John retaliates on his next solo album with How do you sleep
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How do you sleep?
From Lennon's second solo Album, Imagine.
Released in 1971
John's furious response to Paul's Too many people
-George plays slide guitar
-Klaus voorman on bass
-John later stated that the song was about himself not paul
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God
From John's first solo album, Plastic Ono Band
- Released 1970
- John announcing the Beatle's myth is over
- I was the walrus, and now I'm john
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what year did George Paul and Ringo do a record together again
1995
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what did magic Alex create for the beatles
16 small speakers that he set up in the studio
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Which Beatle other than George, was comfortable playing sitar?
paul
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What does George Martin say about “She’s Leaving Home?”
it almost made him cry
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What does Paul want Mal Evans to find in\ order to help him write the song “Magical Mystery Tour?
real mystery tour posters
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Who is the “Nowhere Man” in John’s song?
himseflf- john
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What sound inspired the rhythm and lyrics from “I am the Walrus”?
police sirens
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How does John’s songwriting process differ from Paul’s?!
john sings at the piano for hour in a trance- works on bits
paul tends to work on whole at once but sometimes leaves them unfinished
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How does George Martin describe the difference between Paul and John?
paul has the most all around musical talent, he thinks john has talent for words and thinks john is lazy. paul liked the pubic and john writes for his own amusement
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What does John mean when he says the Beatles and Beethoven are cons?
they are just doing work, they dont think they are important- they dont know what is going on- there is no higher calling- not a true genius
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Who arrives at the end of the “It’s Getting Better” recording session to observe the Beatles?
norman from pink floyd
