0savesSave On February 14-18, 1972, John Lennon and Yoko Ono did a one week co-host stint on US television’s Mike Douglas Show. This performance aired on the Feb. 14th show and was actually taped two weeks earlier on Jan. 31st. John and Yoko are joined onstage by the Elephants Memory Band to perform a song [...]
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You’re Going To Lose That Girl (clip from Help!, 1965)
On February 19, 1965, The Beatles did an afternoon recording session to record John Lennon’s new song, “You’re Going To Lose That Girl.” The 4-track mix consisted of John’s Gretsch rhythm guitar, Paul McCartney’s bass and Ringo Starr’s drums on track 1, George Harrison’s guitar solo and electric piano on track 2, backing vocals from [...]
Beatles Rarity Of The Week – Something (take 37 from Abbey Road sessions)
Welcome back for yet another Beatles Rarity Of The Week. “Something” was a song written by George Harrison in January 1969 and later featured, not only on the Abbey Road album later in the year, but also on the A-side of a single coupled with John Lennon’s “Come Together” on the B-side. This was George’s [...]
The Fool On The Hill (1967 Magical Mystery Tour film sequence)
“The Fool On The Hill” was a Lennon/McCartney original, used in the Magical Mystery Tour film and accompanying LP/EP set. It was actually conceived by Paul McCartney, who stated in an interview that he wrote the song with someone like Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in mind. He claims that he looked at the Maharishi as someone [...]
Nick Churchill talks about his book “Yeah Yeah Yeah – The Beatles & Bournemouth”
I spent a little while chatting with Nick Churchill, formerly of the Daily Echo in Bournemouth, U.K., about his new book, about which I wrote a short article last month (viewable here). The book is titled Yeah Yeah Yeah – The Beatles & Bournemouth, and it came out last September (2011). Bournemouth, as I’m sure [...]
Beatles Rarity Of The Week – Across The Universe (the ‘experimental’ take 7)
Happy New Year and welcome, once again, to the Beatles Rarity Of The Week! One of the songs The Beatles worked on during the first week of February 1968 was John Lennon’s “Across The Universe.” It would be nearly two years before the song would see a release, and then it would only be on [...]
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