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PLAYLIST MOTHERS DAY 2014

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9AM

Plastic Ono Band - Mother – Plastic Ono Band sessions

`70 Started in England and finished in LA during his infamous Primal Scream

Therapy from Dr. Arthur Janov in the summer of 1970

John Lennon’s Mother - Julia

The Beatles – Let It Be – Let It Be…Naked

Written after a dream about his Mother speaking to Paul for the first time in quite a while…she passed away when he was 14.

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Mary McCartney

George – Mama You’ve Been On My Mind – Demo

The Beatles - Your Mother Should Know - Magical Mystery Tour Recorded 22nd August 1967 at Chappell Recording Studios London

(1st of two)

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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

Paul McCartney – Momma’s Little Girl – flip Put It

There (Paul)

The Beatles - That’s All Right Mama – BBC

The Rutles – Goose Step Mama – The Rutles

The Beatles – Mother Natures Son – The Beatles

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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 - HER MAJESTY – LET IT BE SSSIONS

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The Beatles – Lucy In The Sky w/ Diamonds - Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band

Recorded March 1st 1967

The title taken from a painting from young Julian Lennon of a school friend of his named Lucy and there were some stars

painted in the sky and called it Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds. Paul wrote the line “newspaper taxis”.

Musicians: John Lennon – double-tracked lead vocal, lead guitar; Paul McCartney –

harmony vocal, Lowry organ, bass guitar; George Harrison – harmony vocal, lead guitar, acoustic guitar, tambura; Ringo Starr – drums, maracas

The Beatles – Eleanor Rigby – Revolver

Recorded April 1966 Written by Paul though John Lennon claimed in two different interviews

(Hit Parader in`71 and again in Playboy in 1980) that he wrote 70 percent of the lyrics! Paul sez: “I saw somewhere that John said he helped on

“Eleanor Rigby “. Yeah about half a line”. Well…! Musicians:

Paul McCartney – lead vocal; John Lennon – harmony vocal; George Harrison – harmony vocal; Tony Gilbert, Sidney Sax, John Sharpe and Jurgen Hess – violins;

Stephen Shingles and John Underwood – violas; Derek Simpson and Norman Jones – cellos

Paul – Jenny Wren – Single version

John – Peggy Sue – Rock’n’Roll

The Beatles - Lady Madonna – b/w The Inner Light

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Recorded at Abbey Road Studios during sessions on 3 February and 6 February 1968 before the Beatles left for India. This single was the last release by the band on Parlophone in the UK, where it reached #1, and

Capitol Records in the U.S., where it reached #4. All subsequent releases, starting with "Hey Jude" in August of 1968, were released on their own label Apple Records, under EMI distribution, until the late 1970s, when

Capitol and Parlophone re-released old material.

Paul – The Lovely Linda – McCartney

George – Mother Divine – ATMP Pre-production sessions w/ Phil

NEWS w/ Jackie HERE

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The Beatles - Penny Lane - Magical Mystery Tour

Recorded Dec. 29th 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) Musicians:

Paul McCartney – lead vocal, pianos, bass guitar, harmonium, tambourine; John Lennon – backing vocal, pianos, guitar, congas; George Harrison – backing vocal,

guitar; Ringo Starr – drums, hand bell; George Martin – piano; Ray Swinfield, P. Goody, Manny Winters and Dennis Walton – flutes, piccolos; David Mason, Leon Calvert, Freddy Clayton, Bert Courtley and Duncan Campbell – trumpets, flugelhorn; Dick

Morgan and Mike Winfield – oboes, cor anglais; Frank Clarke – double-bass

WINNER HERE

The Beatles - Maggie Mae - Let It Be

Recorded 4th January 1969 Location: Apple Studios Engineer: Glyn Johns

Musicians: John Lennon – lead vocal, acoustic guitar; Paul McCartney – harmony

vocal, acoustic guitar; George Harrison – bass guitar; Ringo Starr – drums

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The Beatles - Long Tall Sally (Johnson-Penniman-Blackwell) Long Tall Sally EP/ Beatles Second Album / Past Masters

Recorded: 1 March 1964

The Beatles – Dizzy Miss Lizzy (Larry Williams) - HELP! Recorded May 10th 1965

First appearing on the US LP Beatles VI in June of 1965 two months BEFORE HELP! was released. Lead vocal John

US - Capitol LP Beatles VI

The Beatles – Polythene Pam - Abbey Road

Recorded July 25th w/ “She Came in Through The Bathroom Window “. The only Beatles song inspired by a woman in New Jersey who dressed in

polythene (but not jack boots or kilts) Written in India, demoed for the White LP.

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Musicians: John Lennon – lead vocal, lead guitar, acoustic guitar; Paul McCartney –

harmony vocal, piano, lead guitar, bass guitar, lead guitar; George Harrison – backing vocal, rhythm guitar; Ringo Starr – drums,

tambourine, maracas The Yeah-Yeah-Yeah line at the end of the verses are straight lifts from

She Loves You (the second time they quoted from the song in recent records – the other one being All You Need Is Love).

Lead Vocal John Lennon 1.00

WINGS – Helen Wheels – Band On The Run US Only against Paul's wishes !

Helen Wheels was the name Paul gave to his Land Rover, and the song tells the story of a trip from Paul's Scottish farm down to London.

The Beatles - Dear Prudence - The Beatles sessions TK 3

Recorded Aug. 28th 1968 at Trident Written in India about Mia Farrow’s sister who locked herself in her hut while on retreat in India. Paul on drums. Mal tambourine. Jackie Lomax

and Paul‘s cousin John sang backing vocals. Lennon 1.00

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The Beatles - Michelle – Rubber Soul

Recorded Nov. 3rd, 1965 Written mainly by Paul with a bit of HELP form John in the middle eight

section. Musicians:

Paul McCartney – lead vocal, lead guitar, bass guitar, acoustic guitar (?), drums(?); John Lennon – backing vocal(?), acoustic guitar(?);

George Harrison – backing vocal(?), acoustic guitar(?); Ringo Starr – drums(?)

It was briefly considered as a single, but John vetoed it. But it still managed to win the Ivor Novello award for being the ‘Most Performed

Work Of The Year’, beating Yesterday into second place. But they couldn’t be bothered to go to the awards ceremony, so Ross MacManus ended up

singing it instead (Elvis Costello’s dad!). Lead vocal Paul

McCartney .7 / Lennon .3

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The Beatles – Anna (Go To Him) (Arthur Alexander) Please Please Me

Alexander’s original recording was released as a single in Sept. of 1962 on Dot Records. Did not crack the Top 40. Beatles

played it live in `62 and `63. Lead vocal John

US – Vee-Jay LP Introducing the Beatles US – The Early Beatles

The Beatles – Lovely Rita - Sgt. Peppers 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 - Martha My Dear - The Beatles

Recorded Oct. 4th,1968 Trident Lennon bass. About Paul's sheepdog.

Paul 1.00

The Beatles - Sexy Sadie - The Beatles

Recorded July 19th 1968 Written about the Maharishi Yogi when John was leaving India

with quote “a bad taste in his mouth”. Lennon 1.00

Paul McCartney – Yvonne – 1987 (McCartney /

Stewart) (Unreleased “Press To Play” sessions)

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This collaboration with Eric Stewart was recorded in Spring 1985 for the Press To Play project, but it was finally rejected from the line-up of the album. The song was later re-recorded

and released on a 10cc album.

The Beatles - She's A Woman –Duo phonic! Beatles `65 /Past Masters /No UK album

Recorded: 8 October 1964 flip of I Fell Fine

Capitol 5327 (US) November 23, 1964

Parlophone R 5200 (UK) November 27, 1964

A song linked to a Beatle Mom/…

Beatle Mom’s: Louise Harrison Mary McCartney

Julia Lennon Elsie Starkey

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The Beatles – Julia – The Beatles Only part about John’s mother Julia but also mentions his then girlfriend

Yoko Ono with the references to “Ocean Child” which in Japanese means….YOKO

George Harrison – Deep Blue – flip Bangla Desh Single Written during the All Things Must Pass sessions for his Mom who passed

away on July 7, 1970.

The Beatles – I Lost My Little Girl – Unplugged Paul wrote this just after his Mother Mary had died, and he later

explained that it was a subconscious reference her.

Ringo Starr – Stardust – Sentimental Journey

Arranged by Paul McCartney. Hoagy Carmichael wrote the tune in 1927, with the words added in 1929.

Ringo was familiar with the 1957 hit version by Billy Ward and the Dominoes…you thought Eric Clapton was the first to have dominos

Up next a few songs written about Beatle Wives who

are Mom’s… on this Mother’s Day morning…

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Olivia /George Harrison – Dark Sweet Lady – GH

(George)

Yoko /John Lennon – Woman – Double Fantasy (John)

Barbara who is a MOM no kids w/ Ringo but still a Mom/Ringo Starr – English Garden – Ringo Rama

(Ringo)

Linda’s 1st song/The Beatles – I Will – The Beatles…

Songs written for Beatle wives who also just happen to be Mom’s on this Mothers Day morning 2014

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The Beatles - The Long And Winding Road - Let It Be (Lennon-McCartney)

Lead vocal: Paul Paul’s lush ballad is most famous for the Phil Spector augmentations thrust upon it.

McCartney was said to be angry about the heavy-handed inclusion of strings, brass and a choir to his otherwise sparse arrangement. Spector, famous for his “wall of sound”

production style, added 18 violins, four violas, four cellos, a harp, three trumpets, three trombones, two guitars, a choir of 14 female singers, and Ringo Starr re-recording a drum part. Paul’s classic ballad was recorded on January 26, 1969 with Paul on piano

and lead vocal, John on bass, George on guitar and Ringo on drums.

According to McCartney, he received an acetate of the finished “Let It Be” album in early April 1970, along with a letter from Phil Spector, which said that Paul should contact him if he wanted any alterations. After he was unable to contact Spector by phone, Paul sent a letter to Beatles’ business manager Allen Klein asking that some of Spector’s over-the-top additions to “The Long And Winding Road” be toned down. By the time he made the request it was too late to make changes and the album was released as Phil Spector had “re-produced” it. The unadorned song can be heard on the “Anthology 3” album. It was issued as a single by Capitol Records in the U.S. on May 11, 1970, where it topped the

Billboard singles charts for two weeks. It is the final Beatles single issued in the U.S. The song was not released on 45 by EMI in the UK. One of only five Beatles songs Paul

chose to perform live on his Wings Over America tour in 1976.

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