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The Beatles - I’ve Just Seen A Face
Written by: Lennon-McCartney. Paul McCartney: vocals, acoustic guitar. John Lennon: acoustic guitar. George Harrison: acoustic lead guitar. Ringo Starr: brushed snare drum, maracas.
I’ve Just Seen A Face was composed by Paul McCartney in the music room at Jane Asher’s parents’ house on Wimpole Street, London.
“It was slightly country and western from my point of view. It was faster, though, it was a strange uptempo thing. I was quite pleased with it. The lyric works: it keeps dragging you forward, it keeps pulling you to the next line, there’s an insistent quality to it that I liked”. Paul McCartneyone of my favorites ever
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50 years ago today, on 22 March 1963, The Beatles’ debut album Please Please Me was released in the UK. It reached the #1 spot in the charts on 11 May 1963 and remained there for 30 weeks.
Images scanned from the 1980’s CD release.
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The Beatles - Dear Prudence
The Beatles - Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End
The White Album by The Beatles
In my top ten of forever.
The Beatles - “Don’t Let Me Down” [Stereo] (1967-1970)
File under: stuck in my head today and pretty happy about it
Aces.
"You can’t go wrong with the Beatles. Never trust anybody that says they don’t like the Beatles. If they say they don’t like the Beatles, that’s how you know they are a fucking idiot."
King Buzzo of the Melvins (via abloodymess)
Agreed.
But accol - #(go ahead and bring the hate but it’s my truth)
You hate The Rolling Stones?
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The Beatles :: Christmas Singles Club, 1963-1969
From 1963 to 1969 the Beatles issued limited edition Christmas fan-club singles on 7 inch flexi-discs. All very relaxed and off the cuff, it’s interesting to note how the cover art changed, along with the music, as the sixties rolled along. Download and details below:
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) The Beatles Christmas Record – Issued December 6, 1963
Description: Christmas greetings, a rendition of “Good King Wenceslas” and the chorus from “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” (Marks). Recorded October 17, 1963.
2) Another Beatles Christmas Record – Issued December 18, 1964
Description: Includes “Jingle Bells,” individual greetings and the ending jingle “Can You Wash Your Father’s Shirts?” Recorded: October 26, 1964.
3) The Beatles Third Christmas Record – Issued December 17, 1965
Description: Includes “Yesterday,” “Happy Christmas to Ya List’nas,” “Auld Land Syne,” the Four Top’s “It’s the Same Old Song” and “Christmas Comes But Once a Year.” Recorded November 8, 1965.
4) The Beatles Fourth Christmas Record Pantomime: Everywhere It’s Christmas – Issued December 16, 1966
Description: “Everywhere It’s Christmas,” “Orowanya,” “Please Don’t Bring Your Banjo Back” and “Podgy the Bear and Jasper Visit Felpin Mansions.” Recorded: November 25, 1966.
5) Christmas Time Is Here Again! – Issued December 15, 1967
Description: Includes “Christmas Time is Here Again,” “Plenty of Jam Jars” (performed by fictional band the “Revellers”), and John’s poem “When Christmas Time is Over.” Recorded: November 28, 1967.
6) The Beatles 1968 Christmas Record – Issued December 20, 1968
Description: Includes “Happy Christmas, Happy New Year,” John’s poem “Jock & Yono” and “Once Upon a Pool Table.” Tiny Tim appears on “Nowhere Man.” Recorded in November, 1968.
7) The Beatles Seventh Christmas Record – Issued December 19, 1969
Description: John and Yoko in their home, Ringo plugs his movie “The Magic Christian” and Paul sings “This is to Wish You a Merry, Merry Christmas.” Recorded autumn 1969.
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