So I was trying to find recording just before or during the early Beatles days and hits that were as vivid, effective and memorable. The results are only three releases, mostly hits sets and all in the ultra high resolution SuperAudio CD format: The ...
George Harrison: electric guitar Ringo Starr: drums ‘If I Fell’ was a ballad primarily written by John Lennon, which first appeared on the A Hard Day’s Night film and soundtrack. The song was a collaboration between Lennon and Paul McCartney, with Lennon taking the lead. That’s my ...
" he said. "So I would often have 20 minutes, half an hour while someone told him I was here, and he would get up. I remember sitting out by his swimming pool in his house in Weybridge, which is a golf suburb of London. I had my guitar because I was ready for the writing sess...
and I don’t think his cover added anything to the original. I don’t particularly like the lead guitar riffs or the fact that he adds a bar of 2/4 before the original dissonant piano phrase that begins on the E chord. While the original piano part is unexpected and swings in an ini...
which is a golf suburb of London. I had my guitar because I was ready for the writing session. So we sat out and started something...it just went quite nice and smoothly. So by the time I came to write with John, by the time he deemed to get up and have his coffee, I would ...
George Harrison: backing vocals, lead guitar Ringo Starr: drums, tambourine The title track to The Beatles’ fifth album and second film, ‘Help!’ was written mainly by John Lennon at his home in Weybridge. When ‘Help!’ came out, I was actually crying out for help. Most people think...
In the lobby was a replica Beatles stage set up, with Ludwig drums, an Epiphone guitar and a (gulp! Right handed) Hofner bass which fans are encouraged to use for photo ops. On that note, while the tickets state “no photography”, no such restriction was even remotely enforced on the...
Technically, you could play the whole song like this and be perfectly fine. But I’d like to use the choruses ofEleanor Rigbyas an introduction (or reintroduction to some of you) of “slash chords.” When you play a chord on the guitar, you usually use the lowest root note of the gi...
‘A Day In The Life’ – that was something. I dug it. It was a good piece of work between Paul and me. I had the ‘I read the news today’ bit, and it turned Paul on. Now and then we really turn each other on with a bit of song, and he just said ‘yeah’ – bang, ...
George Harrison: lead guitar Ringo Starr: drums, tambourine George Martin: harmonium Written byJohn Lennonwhile in India, ‘Cry Baby Cry’ recalled the nursery rhymes of his childhood. According to Hunter Davies’ authorised 1968 book on The Beatles, the song was, like‘Good Morning Good Morning...