Not much is known about this mysterious recording of John Lennon’s most likely recorded sometime in the mid-to-late 1970′s. It may well have seen the light of day on an official release had John’s life not been stolen from him so early. This is in demo form with only John and his acoustic guitar. It [...]
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Monthly Archives: June 2008
Jun 18
Beatles Rarity Of The Week – Paperback Writer (take 2 raw)
The master of The Beatles’ 1966 single Paperback Writer was created using take 2 in a recording session that took place on April 13th of that same year. Be a fly on the wall in the studio now (or should I say then?) and listen to it “raw”, sans fade-out and preceded by take 1 [...]
Jun 11
Beatles Rarity Of The Week – Young Boy (Oprah show performance)
I received a request last week from a reader/listener to feature a rarity from Paul McCartney’s “Flaming Pie era” (circa 1997), so for this weeks BROW I’m serving up a recording made on November 20th of that year when Paul paid a visit on the Oprah Winfrey show to promote his new album. Paul was [...]
Jun 05
Beatles Rarity Of The Week – Run Of The Mill (early take)
Welcome to BROW. This week we look at George Harrison’s Run Of The Mill. This was one of my favorite, although somewhat obscure, tracks from the All Things Must Pass sessions. Recorded sometime between May and August of 1970, this early take has just had the piano track added to it and sounds much cleaner [...]
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