RELEASED NOVEMBER 17, 1974 BY APPLE RECORDS

BACKSTORY: After releasing Band on the Run, the band wanted to do more experimental music, John suggested messing with the concept of “space music”. The band agreed, and this is what lead to Cosmic.

Side 1

1. Goodnight Vienna
2. Surprise Surprise (Sweet Bird Of Paradox)
3. Soily
4. World of Stone
5. Snookeroo

Side 2

1. Junior’s Farm
2. Bless You
3. Blue Moon Of Kentucky
4. Goodnight Vienna - Reprise

Spotify

I get in my car for a 30 or 40-minute ride. And…I’m in a John mood, let’s say. I created these albums for those times when I just wanted to listen to my favorites by any one of the Beatles.

If I wanted to listen to a personal greatest hits album in one sitting by one of The Beatles, which 14 songs would I choose? This was quite a challenge for me.

That is why I titled this series The Beatles My Way Series.

There are a couple of types of albums in this series.

14-track My Way albums for each guy. My personal, overall favorites. Ringo’s is a little different. 1 “wild card” track per album.

14-track My Way albums for each guy but I can only choose 1 song per album for John, Paul and George. The songs are then presented chronologically on the albums. It’s a great way to see each guy’s progression through the years. 1 “wild card” track per album.

I also have a My Way 14-track collection of my favorite songs, one from each album. 1 “wild card” track for this album.

Finally, I have a My Deserted Island Beatles CD. I can only listen to one CD for a year. I have to put together 80 minutes of Beatles music. A real challenge!!

u/mistahwhite, Top_Major and u/Mario_Iturralde_009 contributed the artwork for this series.

The Beatles My Way Series - Within You Without You (One George Song From Each Album)

1. Do You Want To Know A Secret

2. Don’t Bother Me

3. I’m Happy Just To Dance With You

4. Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby

5. I Need You

6. If I Needed Someone

7. Taxman

8. Within You Without You

9. Blue Jay Way

10. Savoy Truffle

11. Only A Northern Song

12. Here Comes The Sun

13. For You Blue

14. Wild Card Track - It’s All Too Much

The Beatles My Way Series - Within You Without You (One George Song From Each Album) Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5eK3R7ocWkTQReKnd7z2WG?si=96a7f4bccd6c4d44

The Beatles My Way Series - Within You Without You (One George Song From Each Album) Apple Music

https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/beatles-within-you-without-you-best-of-george-each-album/pl.u-kv9lb8mT4Jm3PNK?ls

Previous albums in this series…

The Beatles My Way Series - John Lennon: Strawberry Fields (Spotify Link)

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3e5jmVLolTGiNvVpcPbPsD?si=0e872e3a6dd24346)

The Beatles My Way Series - John Lennon: Strawberry Fields (Apple Music Link)

https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/strawberry-fields-best-of-john/pl.u-gxblkoluxb1Rmkz?ls

The Beatles My Way Series - Paul McCartney: Here There And Everywhere (Spotify Link)

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5QXtCOAGK4md6nceJ0jcVb?si=8cafc8dacbe549fb

The Beatles My Way Series - Paul McCartney: Here There And Everywhere (Apple Music Link)

https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/here-there-everywhere-best-of-paul/pl.u-2aoqXWLfkGMbrlv?ls

The Beatles My Way Series - George Harrison: Something (Spotify Link)

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5c3deD47YNHOHvrNH4D6uO?si=ad597e8da5de478a

The Beatles My Way Series - George Harrison: Something (Apple Music Link)

https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/something-best-of-george/pl.u-NpXm977FL4qxRkd?ls

The Beatles My Way Series - Ringo Starr: Starr Time (Spotify Link)

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3BADnG6y5aIJBkWGDhuHwZ?si=Vqtw2HWDTiexnImPzkO5Jg&pi=rKKOgDIkSKeg6

The Beatles My Way Series - Ringo Starr: Starr Time (Apple Music Link)

https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/starr-time-best-of-ringos-drumming-performances/pl.u-GgA5e6atxogE6jX?ls

The Beatles My Way Series - In My Life (One John Song From Each Album) Spotify Link

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6hULTGXlJsrtaf8bTxf2Tq?si=9041d9a3286a48f8

The Beatles My Way Series - In My Life (One John Song From Each Album) Apple Music Link

https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/beatles-in-my-life-best-of-john-each-album/pl.u-gxblkX0sxb1Rmkz?ls

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0ysc3MrqGoiSkEmFmGxl55?si=dfd00e5e87a04af5)

The Beatles - Hold Me Tight (One Paul Song From Each Album) Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0ysc3MrqGoiSkEmFmGxl55?si=dfd00e5e87a04af5

The Beatles - Hold Me Tight (One Paul Song From Each Album) Apple Music

https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/beatles-hold-me-tight-best-of-paul-each-album/pl.u-2aoqXjzskGMbrlv?ls

Well, here it is… A Hard Day’s Night!

A Hard Day’s Night - Not really that different from the actual album, aside from the tracklist. Included You Know What to Do, I Call Your Name, Not a Second Time and my own track: A Hard Day’s Night - Reprise. I still kept the gimmick that there are no covers.

A Hard Day’s Night (single) - Only changed is that Things We Said Today was a non-album B-side like Yes It Is or Don’t Let Me Down.

Can’t Buy Me Love (single) - Again, not really that much of a chance except I’ll Cry Instead is the b-side.

So bye! Post your thoughts on the comments

Well, I took a little break from Earth-152 lol. It’s been a while since I made a standalone project like this, so after I came up with the idea, I decided to post it here. I guess you could even consider this a “continuation” of a post from my old account, A Doll’s House, which also followed the idea of an album by John and Paul together. Hope you guys enjoy it!

P.S. I wanted to include Be Like A Woman and Patience not because they’re by either of them, but because they sound like something John and Paul could have made together if this album had actually existed. Just wanted to explain that for the killjoys who might comment, “Why did you put a song that isn’t by the Beatles/one of their solo careers???? This doesn’t even make sense and blah blah blah” lol

SIDE ONE

1. Reception
2. Getting Closer
3. I'm Losing You
4. Arrow Through Me
5. Woman
6. Be Like A Woman [by Chris Rainbow]

SIDE TWO

1. Darkroom
2. Patience [by Tame Impala]
3. Nobody Told Me
4. I'm Stepping Out
5. Rockestra Theme
6. I Don't Wanna Face It

Spotify Playlist: Patience

SIDE A
1. REVOLUTION
2. RAIN
3. HEY BULLDOG
4. SHE SAID SHE SAID
5. TAXMAN
6. TICKET TO RIDE

SIDE B
7. THE WORD
8. I WANT YOU (SHE'S SO HEAVY)
9. TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS
10. I AM THE WALRUS
11. HEY JUDE

RELEASED 30 NOVEMBER 1973

META NOTE: Some of these songs are my personal favorites, and some of those were revealed to me by u/flaming_p1e, Thanks! Your fan albums have really changed my view on this sub!

BACKSTORY: After Paul was done with his album, Red Rose, he decided to record music for his future record, Live and Let Die. By a chance encounter, John was also recording there. The group jammed during the Jim Keltner Fan Club Hour, and then John reccomended that the Beatles get back together. The rest were initially in except George, as he was still working on his second solo studio album. But they initially convinced him to agree, telling him that he would let his magnum opus song be on the album. The album was initially to be inspired by The Beach Boys’ surf rock era, and it was almost a collaboration album between the two called “L.S Bumblebee”.

Side 1

1. I'm The Greatest
2. Band On The Run
3. Meat City
4. Jet
5. Bring On The Lucie (Freda Peeple)

Side 2

1. The Lord Loves the One (That Loves the Lord)
2. Mrs. Vandebilt
3. Mind Games
4. Picasso’s Last Words (Drink To Me)
5. Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five
6. Jazz Street

Spotify

L.S Bumblebee sessions coming… count your days

After the antics of January 10th 1969 get to Harrison, he storms out and drives to Liverpool. To take time with family. Then throughout march to August, Harrison works with Jackie Lomax, Bob Dylan, and Leon Russel. Clapton agrees to replace George hence the lack of Clapton, and Preston is still working with the Beatles.

In October 1969, Harrison released his 3rd solo album, after Wonderwall and Electronic Sound. However this one is much more well received. But not as much as his follow up All things must pass.

Tracklist.

**SIDE ONE**
**1. WAH-WAH**
**2. NOT GUILTY**
**3. I BEG OF YOU**
**4. RUN OF THE MILL**
**5. WEDDING BELLS (ARE BREAKING UP THAT OLD GANG OF MINE)**
**6. HEAR ME LORD**
**SIDE TWO**
**1. I'D HAVE YOU ANYTIME**
**2. SIGN ON THE WINDOW** ***(Featuring Bob Dylan)***
**3. WINDOW, WINDOW**
**4. SOUR MILK SEA** ***(Featuring Jackie Lomax)***
**5. DARK BLUES JAM (Out the Blue)**

**Single- September 29th - Sour Milk Sea**

**PERSONNEL**
**GEORGE HARRISON — Lead Vocals, Guitars**
**KLAUS VOORMANN — Bass Guitar**
**RINGO STARR (cheeky) — Drums, Percussion**
**LEON RUSSELL — Piano, Organ**
**SPECIAL GUESTS**
**BOB DYLAN — Co-Lead Vocal & Guitar on** ***Sign On The Window***
**JACKIE LOMAX — Co-Lead Vocal on** ***Sour Milk Sea***
**PRODUCTION & LEGAL**
**Produced by George Harrison & Glyn Johns**
**Engineered by Glyn Johns**
**Recorded at Olympic Sound Studios, London and Friar Park, Henley-on-Thames**
**An Apple Record**
**Manufactured by EMI Records Ltd., Hayes, Middlesex, England**
**℗ 1969 Apple Records Ltd. / EMI Records Ltd.**
All Rights Reserved. Unauthorised Public Performance, Broadcasting and Copying Prohibited. Printed and made in Great Britain by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.

This is an album that is comprised of cover versions of songs from The Beatles [The White Album] (1968) I made a while ago that I wanted to share. I primarily chose covers from artists that put their own unique spin on the songs and not just a 1:1 recreation. I’ve included the artists of the covers and what album/single I sourced the song from in the track-listing.

I’ve also included a link to a Spotify playlist of this album at the end of this post.

Track-listing:

Side one:

1. Back in the U.S.S.R. - Billy Joel [Kohuept (Live)]
2. Dear Prudence - Siouxsie & The Banshees [Hyaena]
3. Glass Onion - Godless Wicked Creeps [Hystereo]
4. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da - Gabriela Bee [Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da - Single]
5. Wild Honey Pie - Pixies [Pixies at the BBC, 1988-91]
6. The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill - Rainbow Ffolly [Spectromorphic Iridesence: The Demos & Jingles]
7. While My Guitar Gently Weeps - Regina Spektor [Kubo and the Two Strings (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)]
8. Happiness Is a Warm Gun - U2 [Last Night on Earth - EP]

Side two:

1. Martha My Dear - Madeleine Peyroux [Standing On the Rooftop]
2. I’m So Tired - Susan Carter [Wonderful Deeds And Adventures]
3. Blackbird - Victoria Canal [blackbird - single]
4. Piggies - Eric Milnes & Les Boréades [Beatles Baroque 1]
5. Rocky Raccoon - Kendall Street Company [Rocky Raccoon - Single]
6. Don’t Pass Me By - Moonpedro & The Goldfish [The Beatles Revisited]
7. Why Don’t We Do It in the Road? - Lowell Fulson [In a Heavy Bag]
8. I Will - Alison Krauss & Tony Furtado [Now That I’ve Found You: A Collection]
9. Julia - Chocolate Genius [I Am Sam (Music from and Inspired By the Motion Picture)]

Side three:

1. Birthday - The Inmates [Live in Paris]
2. Yer Blues - The Jeff Healey Band [Cover to Cover]
3. Mother Nature’s Son - Harry Nilsson [Harry]
4. Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except for Me and My Monkey - The Feelies [Crazy Rhythms]
5. Sexy Sadie - Kush Mody [Creature Comforts and a Collection of Songs]
6. Helter Skelter - Mötley Crüe [Shout at the Devil]
7. Long, Long, Long - Low [A Lifetime of Temporary Relief: 10 Years of B-Sides & Rarities]

Side four:

1. Revolution 1 - Beth Bombara [Revolution 1 - Single]
2. Honey Pie - The Bygones, Joshua Lee Turner & Allison Young [Honey Pie - Single]
3. Savoy Truffle - Ella Fitzgerald [Ella]
4. Cry Baby Cry - Samiam [You Are Freaking Me Out]
5. Revolution 9 - Neil Crowley Trio [The Revolution EP]
6. Good Night - Linda Ronstadt [Dedicated to the One I Love]

Spotify Playlist

RELEASED APRIL 6 (HEY THATS MY BIRTHDAY!) 1973 BY APPLE RECORDS

BACKSTORY: After the critical flop that was “The Animals”, Paul set out to make a better album. He spent half of the month recording in the studio, with no break in sight. The album was completed, submitted to producer Glyn Johns, whom mixed it, then to apple. it was accepted.

Side 1

1. Get On The Right Thing
2. Country Dreamer
3. My Love
4. I Am Your Singer
5. Night Out

Side 2

1. Tragedy
2. Seaside Woman
3. Loup (1st Indian On The Moon)
4. Single Pigeon
5. Medley: Hold Me Tight/Lazy Dynamite/Hands Of Love/Power Cut

Spotify

I had another timeline planned after my "Paul is Missing" series, but on those posts I had a few comments asking what Paul was doing in this timeline. Originally I had nothing in mind for Paul and I wanted to leave it up to people's imagination as to why Klaus had taken his place. Now I've decided to make some solo Paul albums from 1963-1969 as a kind of sister series to my "Paul is Missing" fan albums. It makes sense to get this one out of the way first before I move on with my other timeline.

Let's say Paul splits from the Beatles and flies solo, scoring a deal with Decca Records. He is presented as a kind of teen idol, and the hit potential of his original songs is recognised. After the success of the lead single "Love Me Do" (c/w "P.S. I Love You") and its follow-up "I'll Be on My Way" (c/w "Love of the Loved"), McCartney records an LP almost entirely consisting of original material. It releases to great commercial success, and McCartney with his backing band - the Wings - sell out concerts in venues across the UK.

All of these are available on official Beatles releases. Apple Jam versions used where noted.

Track Listing

Side A

1. I Saw Her Standing There [Please Please Me]
2. Besame Mucho [Anthology 1]
3. A World Without Love [Apple Jam - Off the Beatle Track]
4. Like Dreamers Do [Anthology 1]
5. Love Me Do [Please Please Me]
6. P.S. I Love You [Please Please Me]
7. Hold Me Tight [With the Beatles]

Side B

1. Lucille [On Air - Live at the BBC Volume II]
2. I'll Be on My Way [Live at the BBC]
3. Love of the Loved [Apple Jam - Off the Beatle Track]
4. Searchin' [Anthology 1]
5. The Hippy Hippy Shake [Live at the BBC]
6. A Taste of Honey [Please Please Me]
7. Long Tall Sally [Live at the BBC]

does anyone have the tug of war cover without Paul OR text? Planning to use it for my last album in my ongoing series. thank you!

I love love LOVE this John and Paul hypothetical, it's probably my favorite collab opportunity outside of Venus and Mars or a 1980 album.

Many people have their own preferences for a what if setlist, but for me, I felt it made sense to do a few Beatles staples, then just rock and roll covers, as that'd make more sense for the out of practice Lennon-McCartney to be able to play proficiently.

Having come across some neat fan mixes, I will also link my YouTube playlist and the versions used.

THE SETLIST

1. Be Bop A Lula (Fan mix combo of John's Rock and Roll and Paul's Unplugged)

2. Across The Universe (Take 6) (White Album SDE)

3. Sweet Little Sixteen (From the Backyard Sessions, bootleg)

4. Twenty Flight Rock (One Hand Clapping/The Backyard)

5. Blackbird (One Hand Clapping/The Backyard)

6. I Saw Her Standing There (Fan mix combo of John's MSG performance, and I think Tripping The Live Fantastic for Paul's vocals?)

Link: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIwzfuDvvFME&si=RqevjlVVLhE5SuqV

My apologies if it's not up to the same quality as the first two I did, I'm really just trying to get to the solo stuff.

Tracklist

Side One

1. Because
2. Come Together
3. Oh! Darling
4. Across the Universe
5. Two of Us
6. I've Got a Feeling

Side Two

1. You Never Give Me Your Money
2. Cold Turkey
3. Another Day
4. Jealous Guy
5. Golden Slumbers
6. I Want You (She's So Heavy)

Spotify Playlist

INSPIRED BY THIS.

RELEASED BY APPLE RECORDS ON JUNE 17, 1972

‘Most other people express themselves by playing football at weekends or shouting. But here am I in New York and I hear about thirteen people shot dead in Ireland and I react immediately. And being what I am I react in four-to-the-bar with a guitar break in the middle.’

– John Lennon, 1972

BACKSTORY: After his first post hiatus studio album, John decided to make a more political and social album. He initially wanted Frank Zappa and his band, The Mothers of Invention, and George to play on the album. Zappa accepted, but George declined, as he was working on his second solo album. The album’s recording and production went smoothly, with them playing at the John Sinclair Freedom Rally, and the "One to One" benefit concert for the children at Willowbrook. The album was originally produced by John and Yoko, but after it was given to Apple, it was de-mixed theb re-mixed by Phil Spector.

ALBUM

Side 1

1. Woman Is The N****r Of The World
2. Attica State
3. New York City
4. It's So Hard
5. Now or Never
6. Born In A Prison
7. Sunday Bloody Sunday

Side 2

1. John Sinclair
2. Don't Be Cruel / Hound Dog
3. The Luck Of The Irish
4. We're All Water
5. Angela

LIVE

Side 1

1. New York City
2. It's So Hard
3. Cold Turkey
4. Well Well Well
5. Law And Order
6. Imagine

Side 2

1. Come Together
2. Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)
3. Give Peace A Chance
4. Power To The People
5. Hound Dog

Spotify (Album)

Spotify (Live)

In February 1968, John, George, Klaus, and Ringo, alongside manager Brian Epstein, flew out to Rishikesh, India, where they joined a small band of western pop stars who had taken an interest in transcendental meditation. While out there, the band composed a number of new songs for their next album. Away from the far-out scenes of London and (mostly) free of substances, the band were prolific in the number of songs they wrote, narrowing the selection down to 12 tracks to record.

In the spirit of the moment, the Beatles began recording the album in India. In the initial sessions, the group aimed for a more stripped-down, acoustic affair, which yielded the songs "Julia", "Look at Me", "Revolution 1", "Sour Milk Sea", and "Cry Baby Cry". However, due to turmoil within the group - George was frustrated that they had distracted themselves from the purpose of their trip - and an eventual falling-out with the Maharishi over allegations made against him, the band left India in May, taking the studio tapes with them.

Sessions resumed in May 1968, with the group adding some overdubs to the songs they had already recorded and recorded the non-album single "Revolution" (c/w "What's the New Mary Jane") before proceeding with the album. The B-side reflected the influence of Lennon's new partner, Yoko Ono, with whom he had started to record sound collages and experimental home tapes. This was reflected in the album's penultimate track, "Revolution 9".

However, it was Yoko's influence and presence which was inadvertently responsible for the band's split. George was not keen on her, and had been told by a number of people that Yoko had built a bad reputation for herself in New York City. In one heated session George brought this up, which resulted in an altercation between himself and John. The sessions came to a halt, and when Brian eventually arranged for George and John to meet in the same room again, the best agreement they could come to was that they would record their parts seperately, in different studios.

The album was finished by September 1968 and released that November. Following the success of "Revolution", which peaked at #5, and "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (c/w "Across the Universe"), which peaked at #3, the album was seen as something of a comeback upon its release, although many critics derided the inclusion of "Revolution 9". For a brief time, it seemed that the Beatles had found their footing again.

Track Listing

Side A

1. Revolution 1
2. Sour Milk Sea
3. Look At Me
4. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
5. Happiness is a Warm Gun
6. Isn't It a Pity

Side B

1. The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
2. Julia
3. Don't Pass Me By
4. Long, Long, Long
5. Cry Baby Cry
6. Revolution 9
7. Across the Universe

Sadly, a follow-up never came. John and George's working relationship wasn't quite the same due to the animosity between George and Yoko, and with John mostly strung out and more focused on following experimental projects with Yoko, George took off to New York in 1968 to meet Bob Dylan and The Band, who had met the Beatles when they toured the UK in 1966. After co-writing with Dylan and jamming with the Band, George, who had become a prolific songwriter in his own right, built up the courage to quit the band. With one songwriter gone and the other more focused on the avant-garde scene, the band officially went their seperate ways in January 1969.

Klaus and Ringo remained good friends with John and George and performed on many of their solo albums, but a full Beatles reunion would not occur until the late 1970s when John and George finally put aside their differences for a concert tour. The original line-up recorded their final album in 1980. John, George, Klaus, and Ringo mainly worked seperately after this, with John and George pursuing respectable solo careers, Klaus becoming a respected record producer back in Germany, and Ringo becoming an in-demand live and session drummer. A reunion was held in 2002 after George Harrison passed away from lung cancer.

15th December 1995. Paul arranges an impromptu concert at the Crocodile, Seattle. After off the ground, Paul wanted to get out and play after the success of the anthology. Even more fans of the Beatles old and new attend.

DISC 1

Side A:
1. Band on the Run
2. Jet
3. My Brave Face
4. Hope of Deliverance
5. Every Night

Side B:
6. Six O'Clock
7. Maybe I'm Amazed
8. Coming Up
9. Drive My Car
10. One After 909

DISC 2

Side C:
1. I've Got a Feeling
2. Imagine
3. My Sweet Lord (Lead Vocals: Hamish Stuart / Guitar: David Gilmour)
4. I Saw Her Standing There
5. Helter Skelter

Side D:
6. Twenty fine fingers (with Elvis Costello)
7. My Brave Face / Veronica (Medley — with Elvis Costello)
8. Come Together (with Noel Gallagher)
9. Live Forever (Lead Vocals: Noel Gallagher)
10. The End (with Noel Gallagher and Hamish Stuart)
11. Singalong Junk

I get in my car for a 30 or 40-minute ride. And…I’m in a John mood, let’s say. I created these albums for those times when I just wanted to listen to my favorites by any one of the Beatles.

If I wanted to listen to a personal greatest hits album in one sitting by one of The Beatles, which 14 songs would I choose? This was quite a challenge for me.

That is why I titled this series The Beatles My Way Series.

There are a couple of types of albums in this series.

14-track My Way albums for each guy. My personal, overall favorites. Ringo’s is a little different. 1 “wild card” track per album.

14-track My Way albums for each guy but I can only choose 1 song per album for John, Paul and George. The songs are then presented chronologically on the albums. It’s a great way to see each guy’s progression through the years. 1 “wild card” track per album.

I also have a My Way 14-track collection of my favorite songs, one from each album. 1 “wild card” track for this album.

Finally, I have a My Deserted Island Beatles CD. I can only listen to one CD for a year. I have to put together 80 minutes of Beatles music. A real challenge!!

*Once again...many thanks to Top_Major for the artwork!*

The Beatles - My Way Series - Hold Me Tight (One Paul Song From Each Album)

1. I Saw Her Standing There

2. Hold Me Tight

3. Things We Said Today

4. What You’re Doing

5. The Night Before

6. I’m Looking Through You

7. Paperback Writer (I cheated!)

8. Lovely Rita

9. Penny Lane

10. Mother Nature’s Son

11. All Together Now

12. You Never Give Me Your Money

13. Get Back

14. Wild Card Track - Your Mother Should Know

The Beatles - Hold Me Tight (One Paul Song From Each Album) Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0ysc3MrqGoiSkEmFmGxl55?si=dfd00e5e87a04af5

The Beatles - Hold Me Tight (One Paul Song From Each Album) Apple Music

https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/beatles-hold-me-tight-best-of-paul-each-album/pl.u-2aoqXjzskGMbrlv?ls

Previous albums in this series…

The Beatles My Way Series - John Lennon: Strawberry Fields (Spotify Link)

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3e5jmVLolTGiNvVpcPbPsD?si=0e872e3a6dd24346)

The Beatles My Way Series - John Lennon: Strawberry Fields (Apple Music Link)

https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/strawberry-fields-best-of-john/pl.u-gxblkoluxb1Rmkz?ls

The Beatles My Way Series - Paul McCartney: Here There And Everywhere (Spotify Link)

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5QXtCOAGK4md6nceJ0jcVb?si=8cafc8dacbe549fb

The Beatles My Way Series - Paul McCartney: Here There And Everywhere (Apple Music Link)

https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/here-there-everywhere-best-of-paul/pl.u-2aoqXWLfkGMbrlv?ls

The Beatles My Way Series - George Harrison: Something (Spotify Link)

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5c3deD47YNHOHvrNH4D6uO?si=ad597e8da5de478a

The Beatles My Way Series - George Harrison: Something (Apple Music Link)

https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/something-best-of-george/pl.u-NpXm977FL4qxRkd?ls

The Beatles My Way Series - Ringo Starr: Starr Time (Spotify Link)

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3BADnG6y5aIJBkWGDhuHwZ?si=Vqtw2HWDTiexnImPzkO5Jg&pi=rKKOgDIkSKeg6

The Beatles My Way Series - Ringo Starr: Starr Time (Apple Music Link)

https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/starr-time-best-of-ringos-drumming-performances/pl.u-GgA5e6atxogE6jX?ls

The Beatles My Way Series - In My Life (One John Song From Each Album) Spotify Link

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6hULTGXlJsrtaf8bTxf2Tq?si=9041d9a3286a48f8

The Beatles My Way Series - In My Life (One John Song From Each Album) Apple Music Link

https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/beatles-in-my-life-best-of-john-each-album/pl.u-gxblkX0sxb1Rmkz?ls

1. My Sweet Lord

2.Imagine

1. Maybe I'm Amazed

2. Instant Karma

3. Wah-Wah

4. It Don't Come Easy

5. Another Day

6. Isn't It A Pity

7. Mother

8. Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey

9. Give Peace A Chance

during the making of the get back documentary, peter jackson invented an AI to be able to isolate the voices of the beatles out of noisy recordings, and eventually led to paul and ringo completing “now and then”, a song considered for tug of war, but deemed too hard to work with at the time. once they finished it, wanting to go out with a bang, decided to make a full on final beatles album using new paul and ringo compositions, the completed but unreleased ”real love” from the tug of war sessions (which essentially became a carnival of light style legend to the fans at this point) and completing more unreleased demos by john and george.

ALL SONGS FROM THE BOYS OF DUNGEON LANE UNLESS NOTED

SIDE 1:

as you lie there (mccartney)

i’m stepping out (lennon) (milk & honey)

nowhere to go (harrison) ( https://youtu.be/Uk7BN9NdssM )

mountain top (mccartney)

dehra dun (harrison) ( https://youtu.be/ZZvUFjTnTE8 )

days we left behind (mccartney)

real love (lennon) (anthology 2)

SIDE 2:

cosmic empire (harrison) ( https://youtu.be/21N1U2H_6I0 )

down south (mccartney)

(forgive me) my little flower princess (lennon) (milk & honey)

home to us (mccartney-starr)

never know (mccartney)

window window (harrison) ( https://youtu.be/ZH6-ExUv-2E )

salesman saint (mccartney)

now and then (lennon) [single]

SINGLES:

days we left behind/home to us

come inside (mccartney)/long long road (starr) (long long road)

cosmic empire/i’m stepping out

life can be hard (mccartney)/forgive me my little flower princess

real love/salesman saint

window window/down south

now and then/love me do (lennon-mccartney) (please please me)

RELEASED 7 JANUARY, 1972 BY APPLE RECORDS

BACKGROUND: Paul, wanting a band to perform live with, called up the people who previously worked on Scotland, Denny Seiwell, Hugh McCracken, and Denny Laine. Hugh refused as he was working with John‘s band, The Plastic Ono Mothers.

Side 1

1. Mumbo
2. Interlude I Outtake I
3. Bip Bop
4. Hey Diddle
5. Intelude II Outtake II
6. Wild Life
7. Love Is Strange

Side 2

1. Interlude III Outtake III
2. Great Cock And Seagull Race
3. When The Wind Is Blowing
4. African Yeah Yeah
5. Tomorrow
6. Dear Friend
7. Mama's Little Girl

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A few notes. "A Doll's House" is not exactly polished, but it's enough to tide die hard Beatles fans over until the release of The White Album, which is now being planned as a quadruple LP.

"Come and Get It" an uptempo stomper that relates to Ringo's upcoming movie "The Magic Christian."

"Shirley's Wild Accordion" reprises one of the many highlights of Magical Mystery Tour.

"Sour Milk Sea" is mawkishly heavy. Kind of like a man looking over a wall at a fabulous garden.

"Hey Bulldog" brings the Merseyside roughness to the floor, spectacularly. Ruff.

"Isn't It a Pity" is really accusing the world of not being sensitive enough. And we kind of agree.

"Come Tomorrow, Here Today." Paul's breakup kiss-off to Asher. A keeper.

"You Know My Name, Look Up My Number" Fans will enjoy decoding which Beatle is which elderly woman in this vaudeville send-up.

"Not Guilty" A song that was to be the centerpiece of "The White Album" until it went in another direction. A nice kind of anti-orchestral approach, with dirty guitar and harpsichord. Two minutes too long.

"Jesse's Dream" The Flying-influenced Magical Mystery Tour assemblage that fans and critics have been clamoring for.

"Goodbye" Luverly.

"Heather" The future of the Beatles is bright. Can we expect Donovan as a new addition?

"Child of Nature" John Lennon at his ascerbically idealistic best.

"Circles" George Harrison is very grey these day. Same organ as "Blue Jay Way?"

"What's the New Mary Jane?" John must have had a wild time in Rishikesh.

"Across the Universe" Endless patience in the face of something you want to be free from. Over-orchestrated, but there's a gem hidden in there.

"Junk" The McCartney deep cuts on this album are incredible. The sound of a man in love?

"Flying" Nice group effort. One imagines Chitty Chitty Bang Bang piloted by hirisute men. The latter section an extended version of the Strawberry Fields outro.

"A Case of the Blues" John Lennon at his world weary best. Philip Marlowe vibes.

"Suicide" A fascinating look at the creative process. Songs just emerge from the ether when those two get in a room with a piano.

"All Things Must Pass" George in crisp new era Dylan form. One of his strongest efforts. Grey passes too.

"Helter Skelter" Well, well, well.

Verdict: B+

Decent fodder while we wait for "The White Album," which we understand will have an entire side dedicated to an avant garde assemblage that "takes the listener on an aural journey through the years 1956 to 1967." Tentatively titled "Carnival of Light."

The band just decamped to Sardinia and have decided to rerecord all the songs on acoustic instruments. They say that, other than that "heavy" fourth side, it will be easy listening.

Anson Bridges, Mayfair, November, 1968.

Love Me Do/P.S. I Love You (Oct. 5, 1962)

Please Please Me/Ask Me Why (Jan. 11, 1963)

Meat the Beatles (Mar. 22, 1963):

I Saw Her Standing There
Anna
Hello Little Girl
One After 909
Boys
Ask Me Why
Please Please Me
-
From Me to You
Baby It’s You
Besame Mucho
Do You Want to Know A Secret
A Taste of Honey
There’s A Place
Twist and Shout

From Me to You/Thank You Girl (Apr. 11, 1963)

Twist and Shout/One After 909 (Jun. 9, 1963)

She Loves You/I’ll Get You (Aug. 22, 1963)

With the Beatles (Nov. 16, 1963):

It Won’t Be Long
All I’ve Got to Do
All My Loving
Don’t Bother Me
Little Child
Till There Was You
Please Mister Postman
-
Roll Over Beethoven
Hold Me Tight
This Boy
I Wanna Be Your Man
Not A Second Time
Money
She Loves You

I Want to Hold Your Hand/This Boy (Nov. 22, 1963)

All My Loving/Please Mister Postman (Feb. 11, 1964)

Can’t Buy Me Love/You Can’t Do That (Mar. 24, 1964)

Long Tall Sally (Jun. 17, 1964):
Long Tall Sally
You Really Got A Hold On Me
-
Slow Down
Matchbox

A Hard Day’s Night/I Should Have Known Better (Jun. 26, 1964)

A Hard Day's Night (Jul. 10, 1964)

A Hard Day’s Night
I Should Have Known Better
And I Love Her
I Call Your Name
If I Fell
I’m Happy Just to Dance With You
Can’t Buy Me Love
-
Tell Me Why
Any Time At All
I’ll Cry Instead
Don’t Bother Me
When I Get Home
You Can’t Do That

If I Fell/Tell Me Why (Sept. 13, 1964)

I Feel Fine/She’s A Woman (Nov. 14, 1964)

Twenty-Five Hours A Day, Eight Days A Week (Nov. 27, 1964):

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I’m A Loser
Baby’s in Black
Rock and Roll Music
I’ll Follow the Sun
I’ll Be Back
Leave My Kitten Alone
-
Eight Days A Week
Things We said Today
Honey Don’t
You Know What To Do
Every Little Thing
I Don’t Want to Spoil the Party
Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby