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Can't decide where Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane would fit into Pepper, or which tracks could be dropped to make way for them!
With Pepper more or less in the bag by the end of April '67, they carried on recording bits and bobs for the Yellow Submarine film and then they were into Magical Mystery Tour - right in the middle of all that is George's All Too Much which is one of the best sounding records they ever made, I think it should have been released as a single instead of Hello Goodbye.
With Pepper more or less in the bag by the end of April '67, they carried on recording bits and bobs for the Yellow Submarine film and then they were into Magical Mystery Tour - right in the middle of all that is George's All Too Much which is one of the best sounding records they ever made, I think it should have been released as a single instead of Hello Goodbye.
P5BNij said:
Can't decide where Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane would fit into Pepper, or which tracks could be dropped to make way for them!
With Pepper more or less in the bag by the end of April '67, they carried on recording bits and bobs for the Yellow Submarine film and then they were into Magical Mystery Tour - right in the middle of all that is George's All Too Much which is one of the best sounding records they ever made, I think it should have been released as a single instead of Hello Goodbye.
Agreed on Harrison's All Too Much. Loads of tech on that track. With Pepper more or less in the bag by the end of April '67, they carried on recording bits and bobs for the Yellow Submarine film and then they were into Magical Mystery Tour - right in the middle of all that is George's All Too Much which is one of the best sounding records they ever made, I think it should have been released as a single instead of Hello Goodbye.
I have somewhere on vinyl an extended version of Penny Lane it's a little slower on the pitch and with extra Wind instruments.
I think they meddled with tape speed quite a lot in those days. Lennon's ' I Feel fine ' is a great example of that .
ThePrisoner said:
P5BNij said:
Can't decide where Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane would fit into Pepper, or which tracks could be dropped to make way for them!
With Pepper more or less in the bag by the end of April '67, they carried on recording bits and bobs for the Yellow Submarine film and then they were into Magical Mystery Tour - right in the middle of all that is George's All Too Much which is one of the best sounding records they ever made, I think it should have been released as a single instead of Hello Goodbye.
Agreed on Harrison's All Too Much. Loads of tech on that track. With Pepper more or less in the bag by the end of April '67, they carried on recording bits and bobs for the Yellow Submarine film and then they were into Magical Mystery Tour - right in the middle of all that is George's All Too Much which is one of the best sounding records they ever made, I think it should have been released as a single instead of Hello Goodbye.
I have somewhere on vinyl an extended version of Penny Lane it's a little slower on the pitch and with extra Wind instruments.
I think they meddled with tape speed quite a lot in those days. Lennon's ' I Feel fine ' is a great example of that .
Just found a mint EP box set on ebay. The set came out in 1992 I understand and consisted of around 14 or 15 CD versions of the original 60's UK issued EP's. The only EP I am familiar with is the Magical Mystery tour one so it will be interesting to go through these. Nothing particularly new in terms of actual musical output but interesting nonetheless.
Mark V GTD said:
Just found a mint EP box set on ebay. The set came out in 1992 I understand and consisted of around 14 or 15 CD versions of the original 60's UK issued EP's. The only EP I am familiar with is the Magical Mystery tour one so it will be interesting to go through these. Nothing particularly new in terms of actual musical output but interesting nonetheless.
I keep meaning to get the Pepper 50th anniversary set with all the alterntaive takes etc, a mate bought it when it came out and says it's beautifully done, listening to some of the outakes and studio chatter is recommended with headphones on in a darkened room...! Funny thing about Pepper is it's always talked about as the album of 'the summer of love', but it was made in the depths of a British autumn and winter.... they changed a lot in those few months tucked away inside Abbey Road....
(By contrast, Scott Walker's debut solo LP was recorded in the summer of that year but sounds decidedly autumnal and is about as far away from the prevailing rock and pop wind as you could get).
Edited by P5BNij on Monday 14th September 14:15
My personal favourite is Abbey Road, played it a zillion times. What an album.
Harrison had come to the fore, his songs were equal to McCartney/Lennon, perhaps this contributed to the breakup ?
Only saw McCartney play once at Hyde Park, brought a tear to the eye TBH. A real Beatle! playing that guitar left handed.
Harrison had come to the fore, his songs were equal to McCartney/Lennon, perhaps this contributed to the breakup ?
Only saw McCartney play once at Hyde Park, brought a tear to the eye TBH. A real Beatle! playing that guitar left handed.
nonsequitur said:
The 'Anthology' series is full of out takes and alternative versions. A three set compilation, each one covering a different period of the Fabs output. Essential listening for all Beatles addicts.
Off Topic - this reminds me I lent a colleague my Pet Sounds Sessions 4 CD collection, a lot of which is taken up with Brian Wilson trying to get session musicians to do what they saw as weird stuff. The chap gave it back and was very grateful. It isn't something you need to listen to every day and it was several years before I looked at it again. One of the CDs is missing. I've got no idea who he was. We were all contractors, he could be anywhere. 
nonsequitur said:
The 'Anthology' series is full of out takes and alternative versions. A three set compilation, each one covering a different period of the Fabs output. Essential listening for all Beatles addicts.
I have it on CD, the different versions of 'Strawberry Fields Forever' are fascinating and the 'sugerplum fairy...'' intro on the 'A Day In The Life' out take is rather spooky. It's remarkable what they achieved with the technology available to them at the time, they were still using four track and bits of sellotape whereas Brian Wilson was using state of the art 72 track over in California!P5BNij said:
I have it on CD, the different versions of 'Strawberry Fields Forever' are fascinating and the 'sugerplum fairy...'' intro on the 'A Day In The Life' out take is rather spooky. It's remarkable what they achieved with the technology available to them at the time, they were still using four track and bits of sellotape whereas Brian Wilson was using state of the art 72 track over in California!
'Pet Sounds', of 1966, was still mainly recorded on 4-track machines. http://albumlinernotes.com/Recording_Mixing_Notes....
DickyC said:
P5BNij said:
We'll blow me down, I honestly thought it was done on mega multitrack gear, must have got my wires crossed somewhere..!
Easily done.
Macca playing with his Mellotron and doing the intro to Strawberry Fields.... it sounds so evocative....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTKPW92ndUA
January '67, filming the promos for Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane at Knowle Park in Kent, looks bloody cold....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTKPW92ndUA
January '67, filming the promos for Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane at Knowle Park in Kent, looks bloody cold....
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