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PLAYLIST AUG. 3RD 2014

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9AM

The Beatles - Blue Jay Way - Magical Mystery Tour (EP)

(Harrison) Lead vocal: George

Written by George Harrison on August 1, 1967 while vacationing in a rented house in the Hollywood Hills above Los Angeles. The story is essentially the same as the lyrics imply. On a foggy night in L.A., George sat at his rented house waiting for friends to

arrive, but the maze of thin and winding streets and the thick fog rolling in got the best of them and they became lost. George: “I’d rented a house in Los Angeles on – Blue Jay

Way, and I’d arrived there from England. I was waiting around for Derek and Joan Taylor who were then living in L.A. I was very tired after the flight and the time change and I stared writing, playing a little electric organ that was in the house. It had gotten

foggy and they couldn’t find the house for some time.

On U.S. album: Magical Mystery Tour - Capitol LP

The Beatles - Fixing A Hole - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

(Lennon-McCartney)

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Lead vocal: Paul On February 9, 1967, the Beatles recorded “Fixing A Hole” at Regent Sound Studio on

Tottenham Court Road in London. The session was booked at Regent by George Martin because Abbey Road was unavailable. It marks the first time the Beatles recorded a British EMI session at a studio other than Abbey Road. No longer on the EMI staff,

Martin was free to travel with the Beatles wherever they were recording. But engineer Geoff Emerick and the usual crew of tape operators at Abbey Road were all EMI

employees so they couldn’t go along.

The Beatles - Rain - Non-LP B-side (Lennon-McCartney)

Lead vocal: John Recorded on April 14 and 16, 1966. The track is notable for the backwards vocal from John Lennon at the end of the song. The section is John singing part of the first verse but the tape is superimposed backwards in the mix. The song contains slowed down

instruments, guitar distortion, and vocals recorded and played back at variable speed. Aside from Paul McCartney’s dominant bass part, the song features a striking drum

performance from Ringo, who has called “Rain” his favorite Beatles song. The B-side of “Paperback Writer.” Issued in America on May 23, 1966 and the UK on June 10, 1966,

several months in advance of the “Revolver” album. On U.S. album:

Hey Jude - Capitol LP (1970)

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The Beatles - Baby It’s You – Please Please Me

(David-Williams-Bacharach) Lead vocal: John

Recorded in three takes on February 11, 1963. Originally recorded by The Shirelles in December 1961 on Scepter Records. Performed by The Beatles in their live act

throughout 1962 and 1963. Burt Bacharach (music), and Luther Dixon (credited as Barney Williams) and Mack David

(lyrics)…not Hal David….his younger brother…Mack was older and also wrote The Blob…Steve McQueen

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The Beatles - When I Get Home - A Hard Day’s Night (Lennon-McCartney)

Lead vocal: John Recorded in 11 takes on June 2, 1964. It was the next to last song completed for the “A

Hard Day’s Night” album. In his 1980 interview with Playboy magazine John Lennon said: “That’s me trying to get that Wilson Pickett type sound, a four-in-the bar cowbell

song.” On U.S. album:

Something New - Capitol LP

The Beatles - Why Don’t We Do It In The Road? - The Beatles (Lennon-McCartney)

Lead vocal: Paul Excepting a drum track played by Ringo Starr and added as an overdub a day later,

“Why Don’t We Do It In The Road?” is a Paul McCartney solo performance, recorded in

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five takes on October 9, 1968. Playing an acoustic guitar, Paul started off each track tapping out the beat on the sounding board of his guitar. By the fifth and final take,

Paul’s ditty had turned into a raunchy rocker, showcasing McCartney’s gritty, top-flight voice. The “Anthology 3” album features a more restrained performance of the song. On

October 10, while John and George were involved in Studio Two with George Martin’s string overdubs for “Piggies” and “Glass Onion,” Paul invited Ringo to join him in Studio Three and lay down a drum track. Other overdubs included handclaps, additional vocals, and Paul playing his Rickenbacker bass guitar and an electric guitar part on his Epiphone

Casino.

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

The Beatles - Matchbox (Perkins) – Long Tall Sally EP / Something New/ Past Masters * flip of Slow Down in US Capitol 5255 (US)

August 24, 1964 Recorded: 1st June 1964

"Matchbox" is sung by Ringo, and was recorded on 1st June. It's writer Carl Perkins was present at the sessions, although he did not participate. Carl had originally released "Matchbox" on the legendary Sun label on

11th February 1957, but failed to chart anywhere

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RINGO SEZ > Well, if you don’t want Ringo’s peaches, honey Please don’t mess around my tree

The Beatles - Please Please Me – Please Please Me

(McCartney-Lennon) Lead vocal: John and Paul

The Beatles’ second single release for EMI’s Parlophone label. Written entirely by John Lennon in the bedroom of his Aunt Mimi’s home on Menlove Ave., Lennon has said it was his attempt at writing a Roy Orbison song. In fact, the

original version was a slower, bluesy version which producer George Martin recalls as being “rather dreary.” Because Martin was insisting on releasing their previously

recorded cover of “How Do You Do It?” as their next single, The Beatles rearranged “Please Please Me” as an up-tempo song with harmonies and harmonica and then stood their ground to get it selected as their second single. Martin agreed to issue this Beatles

original as the next single, shelving “How Do You Do It?” for another month, when it again came up for consideration for a single release. This was the first record owned by Elvis Costello, who was in the Beatles Fan Club when he was eleven. The 45 rpm single was released January 11, 1963 and topped two of the UK music industry’s three sales charts, compelling EMI to order a full album of songs from the band. It was the first

Beatles release to list the songwriters as “McCartney-Lennon.” Both sides featured the credit in that last name order. Released three different times in the U.S. on Vee-Jay. The

coupling of “Please Please Me” and “Ask Me Why” caused many to take notice of The Beatles, and particularly Lennon and McCartney's burgeoning songwriting partnership. It

led to Dick James approaching them to found Northern Songs, their music publishing

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company. On U.S. albums:

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

- Last night I said these words to my girl I know you never even try, girl

C'mon (C'mon), c'mon (C'mon), c'mon (C'mon), c'mon (C'mon)

Please please me, whoa yeah, like I please you

John Lennon – Surprise, Surprise (Sweet Bird of

Paradox) - Walls And Bridges ‘74 Where “Bless You” was an ode to Yoko, “Surprise, Surprise” was an ode to May Pang. The track included Elton John on vocal – and also has an ode to “Drive My

Car” at the end of the song.

John describing various parts of May Pang

The Beatles - All Together Now - Yellow Submarine

(Lennon-McCartney)

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Lead vocal: Paul In May 1967, with the “Sgt. Pepper” album in the can and awaiting release, the Beatles went to work on two projects at the same time. They began recording the title track for “Magical Mystery Tour” and also starting to record the new songs they had promised for

the “Yellow Submarine” film. The first song specifically recorded for the “Yellow Submarine” film was “Baby, You’re A Rich Man” (on May 11, 1967), but that song was

pulled several months later to fill the B-side of the “All You Need Is Love” single. George Harrison’s “Sgt. Pepper” reject “Only A Northern Song” was added to the stack of film songs. Paul’s sing-along “All Together Now” was started and finished on May 12, 1967. Nine takes were recorded. Instruments included two acoustic guitars (probably Paul and

George), bass guitar (Paul), bass drum (Ringo), harmonica and banjo (John).

More BEDS mentioned by PAUL…he must have tired a lot

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 30th, 1972 for suggestive language and drug references. Paul had used the word

“polygon” but it was incorrectly listed as “body gun” in the lyrics.

Mentions want to lie on the bed / Sweet banana

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The Beatles - It’s Only Love- Help!

(Lennon-McCartney)

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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 - 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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The Beatles - Your Mother Should Know - Magical Mystery Tour

(EP) (Lennon-McCartney)

Lead vocal: Paul Paul wrote “Your Mother Should Know” on harmonium at his Cavendish Avenue home in London. Recorded on August 22 and 23, 1967 at Chappell Recording Studios in London,

those dates would be the only time the Beatles recorded at that facility. Eight takes were recorded the first evening. The second night of recording was significant in that it marked the last time the Beatles saw Brian Epstein, who died four days later, aged just 32. Written entirely by Paul, in similar vein to “When I’m Sixty-Four.” Although the song was later re-made at Abbey Road at McCartney’s request, it was the Chappell version, with overdubs recorded in September at Abbey Road, that made it onto the “Magical

Mystery Tour” EP.

On U.S. album:

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Magical Mystery Tour - Capitol LP

Dhani Harrison – For You Blue – Single

The Beatles - Let It Be - album version - Let It Be

(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: Paul

“Let It Be” was the last song properly recorded on multi-track at Apple Studios during the “Get Back” sessions in January 1969. It was completed in eight takes (numbered Take 20 through 27 to match the film crew clapboard numbers) on January 31, 1969,

the day after the rooftop concert. Take 27 had two complete performances of the song and the first of these Take 27 performances was deemed the best. Though the intent of

the January 1969 “Get Back” sessions was to capture the Beatles “live” in the studio without benefit of studio trickery like overdubbing, an exception was made on “Let It

Be” so that George Harrison could re-record his lead guitar solo. George’s overdub was recorded on April 30, 1969. Author Mark Lewisohn: “It is widely believed that there are two different takes of ‘Let It Be’ publicly available - the single released (in the UK) on

March 6, 1970 and the “Let It Be” LP version released (in the UK) May 8, 1970. Certainly the lead guitar solos in the middle eight differ considerably, and the LP version has a longer duration. But, in truth, these are one and the same version. That is, they are

derived from the same tape.”

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

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John Lennon – Dear John - Anthology ‘98

One of his last tunes

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NEWS W/ JACKIE

10.12 BREAK OK…there will be a quiz that follows these next 5 songs…count the references to Beatles song titles in these lyrics……Start calling when you hear the 5th song How Do You Sleep….Don’t call if you have less than 10 or more titles…800-955-KLOS GO! The Beatles', "Glass Onion" The Song Lyrics:

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I told you about strawberry fields You know the place where nothing is real The Beatles', "Glass Onion" The Song Lyrics: I told you about the fool on the hill I tell you, man, he's living there still The Beatles', "Glass Onion" The Song Lyrics: I told you about the walrus and me man You know we're as close as can be, man The Beatles', "Glass Onion" The Song Lyrics: Lady Madonna trying to make ends meet, yeah The Beatles', "Glass Onion" The Song Lyrics:

Fixing a hole in the ocean The Beatles', "I Am The Walrus" The Song Lyrics: See how they fly like Lucy In The Sky The Beatles', "Savoy Truffle" The Song Lyrics: We all know Ob-la-di-bla-da

Ringo – Choose Love The Long and Winding Road, is more than a song Tomorrow Never Knows, What Goes On

"How Do You Sleep?" So sgt. pepper took you by surprise The only thing you done was yesterday and since you've gone it's just another day

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QUIZ #1…(Give away a few) We just heard 5 songs that all incorporated Beatles songs titles somewhere in the

lyrics….

There is a total of 12 actual song titles referred to. The first caller @ 800-‐955-‐KLOS and can name at least 10 of the Beatles song titles mentioned in those last 5 songs WINS! Pair of tix to Hollywood Bowl Beatles extravaganza

featuring Dave Stewart

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BUMPER/The Beatles - I’m Looking Through You - Rubber Soul

sessions (Lennon-McCartney)

Lead vocal: Paul Written by Paul after an argument with then-girlfriend, actress Jane Asher. Initially

recorded on October 24, 1965, the song was re-recorded from scratch on November 6, but McCartney was still not satisfied. Four days later, on November 10, the group took another stab at it. Paul’s lead vocal was superimposed the next day. The version issued

by Capitol Records has two false starts.

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

The Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows – Revolver sessions


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

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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.

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A far cry from the Cavern Club… TAKE 1 of Tomorrow Never Knows and speaking of The Cavern Club…it’s time for

QUIZ #2…(Give away a few) Today in 1963…51 years ago…The Beatles LAST

Performance at the Cavern, The show lasted from 6-‐11.30pm.

During The Beatles’ set a power cut and the place went dark. Lennon and McCartney performed an acoustic version of what song….AUG. 3RD `63 HINT…It’s a song from Sgt. Pepper ‘s Lonely Hearts Club

Band `67 800—955-‐KLOS

Also on the bill were The Escorts, The Merseybeats, The Road Runners, Johnny Ringo and the Colts, and Faron’s Flamingos.

Let’s hear a few numbers you might have heard The Beatles lay down at the Cavern Club…. Note George solo 1.45 in…the Beatles really JELL as a band

The Beatles – Nuthin Shakin` The Beatles – Kansas City

The Beatles – Roll Over Beethoven

WINNER HERE

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The Beatles - When I’m Sixty-Four - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band


One of the oldest songs in the Beatles catalog, it was written by Paul McCartney when he was 15 or 16 and the Beatles had performed a variation of it in their pre-fame Cavern Club days whenever the amplifiers broke down. It was the second song recorded for the “Sgt. Pepper” LP (following “Strawberry Fields Forever”), but when “Strawberry Fields Forever” was pulled for release as a single, Paul’s “When I’m Sixty-Four” became the

first song recorded for the album that ended up on the album. The initial rhythm track was finished in two takes on December 6, 1966, and consisted of Paul on guide vocal,

bass and piano, John on guitar, and Ringo on drums with brushes. On December 8, Paul recorded his lead vocal, on December 20, John, Paul and George recorded backing vocals and Ringo played bells. Although John helped with a few lyrics for the official

recording of Paul’s childhood song, he was later quoted as saying, “I would never even dream of writing a song like that.”

Paul McCartney – That Was Me - Memory Almost Full ‘07 A little boogie rocker that waxes incredulous at a charmed life: “That was me / Sweatin’ cobwebs / Under contract / In the cellar / On TV / That was me / The same me that stands here now / If fate decreed that all of this would make a

lifetime, who am I to disagree?”

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The Beatles - Hello Goodbye - Non-LP track (Lennon-McCartney)

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

Originally titled “Hello Hello,” Paul’s “Hello, Goodbye” was recorded during the sessions for the “Magical Mystery Tour” TV movie, but was intended for release as a stand-alone single to be issued two weeks before the “Magical Mystery Tour” EP, and would not be included in the film. Work began on October 2, 1967 with 14 takes of the rhythm track.

Over the next month, the Beatles added overdubs to create the finished recording. Specifically, Paul’s lead vocal and John and George’s backing vocals on Oct. 19, outside

musicians playing two violas on Oct. 20, Paul’s bass guitar on Oct. 25, and a second bass guitar line from Paul on Nov. 2. From the very first take the song included its

unique reprise ending, which the group nicknamed, somewhat strangely, the “Maori finale.” Issued November 24, 1967 in the UK and November 27, 1967 in the U.S.

On U.S. album: Magical Mystery Tour - Capitol LP

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The Beatles - Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da - The Beatles


Written by Paul while in Rishikesh, India. In Barry Miles’ “Many Years From Now” Paul recalls walking through the Indian jungle near the Maharishi’s compound with his guitar singing “Ob-La,Di, Ob-La, Da, life goes on, bra,” taking the phrase from Jimmy Scott, a Nigerian conga player who had been a part of the London music scene since the 50s. In Scott’s native language, “Ob la di ob la da” is an expression meaning “life goes on.” Paul

created characters for his story - Desmond and Molly and their barrow in a Caribbean marketplace. A barrow is a cart or small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or

pushed by hand.

Recording started on July 3, 1968, but would be worked on and re-worked virtually every day until mid-July. In one take Paul accidently reversed the roles of Desmond and Molly in the third verse and the error was purposely kept in the released version. The

song went through multiple changes and a more reggae-flavored version can be heard on the “Anthology 3” album.

In Japan, EMI Toshiba issued the single “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da” b/w “While My Guitar

Gently Weeps” on March 10, 1969. Paul had wanted the same combination released as an official Beatles single in England and America but the idea was voted down by John

and George.

John Lennon – What You Got - Walls And Bridges ‘74

The Beatles - Hey Bulldog - Yellow Submarine


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In early February 1968, the Beatles were on a tight schedule. They had two weeks to audition and record possible songs for their next single, which would be released while

they were away on an extended trip to India where the group would meditate with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. In addition to picking the single sides they would need to spend

a day with a film crew making a short promotional film for the song. The Paul McCartney-penned “Lady Madonna” was chosen as the A-side and would be the subject

of the promo film. On the last weekend of recording, the Beatles were informed they were one song short of the four new songs needed for “Yellow Submarine,” and a new

song had to be recorded before they left for India. The song shortage was due to “Baby, You’re A Rich Man,” which had been earmarked for the film soundtrack, being used as

the B-side of the “All You Need Is Love” single.

George Harrison – Art Of Dying - All Things Must Pass ‘70 Originally written after the Beatles last concert in 1966 – George had constantly been searching for a life and meaning outside of the Beatles. The original lyrics of the track include a reference to Brian Epstein being able to keep George with

“you” (meaning the Beatles), instead of the eventual “Sister Mary.”

The Beatles - Long Long Long - The Beatles

(Harrison) Lead vocal: George

George, Paul and Ringo ran through 67 takes of George’s “Long Long Long,” then titled “It’s Been A Long Long Long Time,” on October 7, 1968. John Lennon was not at any of the sessions for the song. Harrison provided the lead vocal, accompanying himself on his

Gibson J-200 acoustic guitar, Paul played Hammond organ, and Ringo played drums. George has said the “you” he is referring to in the song is God, and admits that the

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chords were taken from Bob Dylan’s “Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands,” which is on Dylan’s 1966 album “Blonde On Blonde.” Chris Thomas: “There’s a sound near the end

of the song which is a bottle of Blue Nun wine rattling away on the top of a Leslie speaker cabinet. It just happened. Paul hit a certain note and the bottle started

vibrating. We thought it was so good that we set the mikes up and did it again. The Beatles always took advantage of accidents.” The rattling sound is best heard in the

right channel of the stereo version.

The Beatles - Revolution - Non-LP Track (Lennon-McCartney)

Lead vocal: John The Beatles’ eighteenth single release for EMI, their first on the Apple

Records label. John Lennon lobbied hard to get his magnificent rocker on the A-side of the band’s

summer 1968 single, but by any standard, Paul’s “Hey Jude” was an unbeatable choice for the A-side. There are three versions of John’s “Revolution.” The first one recorded was the slower version which opens the fourth side of “The Beatles” and was released under the title “Revolution 1.” That track was the first song to be recorded for what

would be known as the “White Album.” Ultimately, the song ran over 10 minutes. Much of it was cut out and used to create the sound collage entitled “Revolution 9,” which

would also appear on side four of the new album. Shortly before his death in 1980, John explained the reason for the song’s remake into a fast rocker: Paul and George refused to allow the original slower recording to be released as the next Beatles single, fearing it was not upbeat enough. So Lennon decided they would record the song fast and loud. Recording began on the fast and loud single version of “Revolution” on July 10, 1968.

Additional overdubs were added on July 11 and 12, and the final mix was completed on July 15. The single was issued on August 30, 1968, in the UK, and on August 26 in the U.S. The “Hey Jude”/“Revolution” single would go on to sell nearly five million copies in

the U.S. and eight million copies worldwide. On U.S. album:

Hey Jude - Capitol LP

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BUMPER/Paul McCartney - Ebony and Ivory/Rainclouds

(single)

Paul McCartney – That Would Be Something – McCartney ‘70

Written in Scotland, Paul sings and plays acoustic guitar, bass, tom toms and cymbal on this song. Shortly after the McCartney album's release, George

Harrison described the album versions of this song and "Maybe I'm Amazed" as "great".

Paul McCartney & Wings – Mamunia – Band on the Run ‘73 Inspired by a hotel of the same name in Marrakesh (in Arabic, the word means

“save haven”). Originally intended to be the B-Side of the “Jet” single. An animated music video was created for the song and debuted on “The Dave Cash

Radio Show” television show in 1975.

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Goodbye

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