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PLAYLIST AUG. 26 TH 2012
In honor of the 44th Anniversary of the Beatles very own
record company…
…it’s three hours of ONLY Apple Records!
HR. 1
The Apple Years
The Beatles - Hey Jude – Single/ Hey Jude /
Past Masters
Recorded: 29/30/31 July TRIDENT, 1 August 1968
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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.
Musicians:
Paul McCartney - double-tracked lead vocal, piano, bass guitar; John Lennon backing vocal, acoustic guitar; George Harrison - backing vocal, lead guitar; Ringo
Starr - drums, tambourine; Unknown players - forty-piece orchestra
Mary Hopkin - Those Were The Days – Aug.
`68
Mary sang the a-side in English, French, Spanish, Italian,
and I believe German. The US issue was, of course, the
English issue. A big hit to start Mary's career. Produced
By Paul McCartney. This is a mono record.
Jackie Lomax – Sour Milk Sea – Single
Aug.26th `68
Of Apple's first four, which were released together, This is
A mono record. The a-side was written by George Harrison.
Line up:
Jackie Lomax – RG/Vox
Paul McCartney – Bass
Ringo Starr – Drums
Eric Clapton – Lead Guitar
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Nicky Hopkins – Keyboards
BREAK/BED
Black Dyke Mills Band – Thing-umy-bob – Aug.
`68
The A-side is
A Lennon-McCartney composition. Copies can be found
Which credit the authorship to McCartney-Lennon. Apropos
Enough since Paul wrote the song and produced the record.
Copies pressed in Los Angeles for a time showed "Yellow
Submarine" as the A-side (unsliced side) of the record.
This is a mono record.
George Harrison – Wonderwall Music 1st Apple LP released in The UK Nov.
1st 1968 (US on Dec. 2nd `68)
The Beatles LP – The Beatles –
Nov. `68
The Beatles - Back In the U.S.S.R. - The
Beatles
Recorded Aug. 22nd 1968
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Based on Chuck Berry’s “Back in The USA”
Featuring Mr. Paul McCartney on drums as Ringo had quietly left the group
…briefly
Musicians:
Paul McCartney – double-tracked lead vocal, backing vocal, piano, lead guitar,
bass guitar, drums; John Lennon – backing vocal, six-string bass guitar; George
Harrison – backing vocal, bass guitar
The Beatles - Dear Prudence - The Beatles
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.
Musicians:
John Lennon – double-tracked lead vocal, backing vocal, lead guitar; Paul
McCartney – backing vocal, piano, flugelhorn, bass guitar, drums; George
Harrison – backing vocal, acoustic guitar; Mal Evans, Jackie Lomax and John
McCartney – backing vocals
The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently
Weeps (Harrison) - The Beatles
Recorded July 25th 1968
George said in I Me Mine that he picked a book at random and said to himself he
was going to write a song based on the first thing he saw when he opened the
book laying on the coffee table…he saw “Gently Weeps” and the rest is history.
Features Eric Clapton on lead guitar.
Musicians:
George Harrison – double-tracked lead vocal, backing vocal, acoustic guitar;
John Lennon – harmony vocal, acoustic guitar; Paul McCartney – harmony
vocal, piano, Hammond organ, six-string bass guitar; Ringo Starr – drums,
tambourine; Eric Clapton – lead guitar
The Beatles - Don't Pass Me By - The
Beatles
Recorded June1968
Orig, title “Some Kind of Friendly”.
First Ringo song on a Beatle LP.
Musicians:
Ringo Starr – lead vocal, piano, drums, sleigh bell; John Lennon – acoustic
guitar; Paul McCartney – bass guitar; Jack Fallon – violin
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JPG& R
BREAK
The Beatles - Revolution – Single/ Hey Jude /
Past Masters
Recorded: 9/10/11/12 July 1968
flip of Hey Jude
John really wanted this to be the first Apple single but it was tough to beat out
“Hey Jude”…but it still made for one of the best singles in pop music history.
The Iveys – And Her Daddy’s A Millionaire
– flip of Maybe Tomorrow `68
1969 The Apple Years
The Beatles – Hey Bulldog - Yellow
Submarine LP Jan. `69
James Taylor – James Taylor – Feb. `69
Mary Hopkin – Goodbye Apple 10 March `69
first official double-A-side, and the first Apple
Record to feature a full-fledged picture sleeve. "Goodbye"
Was written by Paul and is credited to Lennon-McCartney.
A demo exists of Paul singing this song for Mary.
The Beatles – Get Back/Don’t Let Me
Down – Single B – Side April `69
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The Beatles – Ballad of John &
Yoko/Old Brown Shoe – Single May
`69
Billy Preston – That’s The Way God Planned It – Single Apple 12 June/July
US `69
Billy's first Apple single, although he had recorded "Get
Back" with the Beatles earlier in the year. This is a mono
single, and some later copies indicate so on the label
HOUR 2
John Lennon – Give Peace A Chance –
Single – June/July US `69
John's first single without Paul, George, or Ringo
Billy Preston - That's The Way God Planned -
That's The Way God Planned It.
Digitally remastered reissue of the pop-soul legend's 1969 album.
Produced by George Harrison and featuring Eric Clapton, Keith
Richards and Ginger Baker. Includes 3 bonus tracks 'Through All
Times', 'As I get Older' & 'That's The Way God Planned It' (previously
unreleased alternate version). EMI. 1991.
The Beatles LP - Abbey Road
LP – Sept. `69
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The Beatles – You Never Give Me Your Money - Abbey Road
Recorded May 6th 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.
Musicians:
Paul McCartney – lead vocal, backing vocal, piano, bass guitar, wind-chimes;
John Lennon – backing vocal, lead guitar; George Harrison – rhythm guitar;
Ringo Starr – drums, tambourine
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.
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
This was recorded at the same session as She Came In Through The Bathroom
Window (they weren’t edited together – they were actually recorded all the way
through as a single piece). It was based on a girl called Pat Dawson (…some sources
say Pat Hodgett) who came to see them playing at The Cavern. Apparently she used
to eat a lot of plastic and had the nickname Polythene Pat. I used to tie it in knots
and eat it. Sometimes I even burnt it and ate it when it got cold, she said. Then I had
a friend who got a job in a polythene-bag factory, which was wonderful because it
meant I had a constant supply.
The bit about dressing up referred to a girl that John met in 1963, called Stephanie.
She was going out with the English beat-poet Royston Ellis, and they went back to
his flat and dressed up in a polythene suit. But they never had sex – they just went
straight to sleep… apparently. John said: She didn’t wear jackboots and kilts either,
I just sort of elaborated. Perverted sex in a polythene bag. Just looking for
something to write about.
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).
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Lead Vocal John
Lennon 1.00
John Lennon – Cold Turkey –
Single Oct. `69
This single is rare with the Capitol logo label. Some copies
of the single were defective, skipping at one point and sounding
like "Cold Tea."
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Badfinger - Come and Get It –
Single Apple 20 Dec. `69
1970 The Apple Years
John Lennon – Instant Karma –
Single Feb. `70
Paul McCartney – Maybe - McCartney – April
`70
Ringo Starr – Sentimental Journey – April `70
Night & Day
Arranged by Chico O'Farrill.
Originally from the 1932 musical, "The Gay Divorcee" and sung by Fred
Astaire and Claire Luce.
The Beatles – Let It Be LP– May `70
DIG A PONY
Doris Troy – Ain’t That Cute Nov. `70
LP –
First, there are many names on this album including George Harrison,
Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, Stephen Stills, Delany and Bonnie, Peter
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Frampton, Billy Preston, Klaus Voorman and more. George, Billy,
Stephen and Jackie Lomax wrote some of the tunes with Doris. Now
that that's out of the way, I must say...this is a great album. Doris
produced it herself except for "Ain't that Cute" which George produced
George Harrison – What Is Life? – ATMP
Nov. `70
NEWS HERE
George Harrison –– Wah Wah -ATMP
John Lennon – I FOUND OUT - Plastic Ono Band
– Dec. `70
1971 – The Apple Years
Ringo Starr – It Don’t Come Easy – Single
April `71
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Ronnie Spector – TANDORI CHICKEN Try Some
Buy Some – Single Apple 33 April `71
Paul & Lind McCartney – TOO MANY PEOPLE
- RAM – May `71
John Lennon – HOW DO YOU SLEEPImagine LP/Single US - Oct. `71
1972 – The Apple Years
John Lennon – NEW YORK CITY NYC – Jan, `72
Sometime In
Badfinger – Baby Blue – Single – March
`72
1973 The Apple Years
Ringo – I’m The Greatest
9th `73
RINGO – Nov.
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1974 The Apple Years
John Lennon – Walls & Bridges / Whatever
Gets You Through The Night – Sept. `74
1975/76 - The Apple Years
George Harrison – You – Sept. `75
Frank Sinatra – The Lady Is A Champ – Apple
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