Playlist for Miksworld

 

I host a show on  CIOE-FM  called  The Beatles Remembered.

 

Here is a recent Beatles Remembered  playlist:

it focussed on the epitome of Sixties Beatle culture -- Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields Forever.

This 45 was a double A sided single in most of the world, save for America. Penny Lane was the big hit.

 

SONGS

Penny Lane 3:01 The Beatles 

Strawberry Fields Forever [Take 26] 3:25 The Beatles 

That is the hit version of Penny Lane with  Strawberry Fields Forever. (Take 26) not the version on the 45RPM disc.

Much was made of the fact that this Beatles single never made Number 1 in Britain. It stopped at No.2 in the charts.

Is Beatlemania finished the newspapers wondered.

The single was released in February 1967.

By February 1968 the Beatles were in India with the Marharashi and I was in North London teaching economics 3 days a week & regularly walking along Abbey Road to get to the school. I was still doing that in June & July when they were back at Abbey road studios working on "The Beatles" LP.

 

June 68, Paul was working on Blackbird. If only I had stopped & looked into the parking lot. I'm sad

I missed so many opportunities to see him then, but I was fortunate to meet him another time .

Here is Blackbird from The Beatles LP.

 

 

SONGS

Blackbird 3:24 The Beatles
From Me To You 1:58 The Beatles
From Us To You (BBC Radio) 0:33 The Beatles 

 

 

We are back with The Beatles Remembered.
After Blackbird, we heard their early hit "From Me To You"  followed by a twist on the same tune called 'From Us to You', done on their radio show in 1963.

 

A lot is made of the craziness of the period  dubbed as Beatlemania, but in the UK there was an immense awakening of  youthful energy in clubs with groups not simply copying Beatles material, but more significantly, covering the US groups that spurred their original popularity.

 

Here are 3 songs the Beatles themselves covered. Shout, an Isley Brothers original, recorded on  a TV show, later a hit for Lulu; 

I just don't understand a top 10 hit for Ann-Margaret, here the Beatles  do it on their BBC radio show;  Then Chains done originally by the Cookies. A girl  group.

 

SONGS

Shout! - From "Around The Beatles" TV Special [Redifusion-TV] 2:05
I Just Don't Understand (Live at the BBC For "Pop Go The Beatles" 20th August, 1963) 2:48
Chains 2:25 The Beatles 

 

Here are 3 Beatles tunes ranging from the early days to the later days --

A Taste of Honey, Things We Said Today and Maxwell's Silver Hammer.

 

SONGS

A Taste of Honey 2:03 The Beatles 

Things we said Today 2:38 The Beatles
Maxwell's  Silver Hammer 3:30 The Beatles
   

The first serious pop album from a Beatle as a solo artist was McCartney's self titled release in early 1970.  However, I have chosen  Another Day for the Playlist,  which wasn't released till 1971 but Paul had in fact recorded it before his first solo LP.  

Then follows songs from the others solo material , George Harrison's huge hit,  My Sweet Lord;   Ringo Starr's Photograph and Mind Games from John Lennon.

 

SONGS

Another Day 3:45 Paul McCartney
My Sweet Lord 4:41 George Harrison
Photograph 3:58 Ringo Starr
Mind Games 4:16 John Lennon   

 

In early '63, when their popularity  in Britain & Europe was erupting-- Brian Epstein wanted them to write songs for others in his stable.  Here is the Demo for How Do You Do It, a big hit for Gerry & the Pacemakers. The Beatles demo wasn't officially released till the 1990's. Do You Want to Know a Secret, from their first LP; It was a UK No.1 hit for Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas. 

The Beatles version  was never a single in Britain, but was released as a single in the US after their Ed Sullivan show exposure & made the top 40 there.

Finally two classics, Norwegian Wood, from Revolver LP that shows their development with the use of Indian instruments,  ending this playlist with the Long & winding road.

 

 

SONGS

How Do You Do It [Artist-Test] 1:58 The Beatles 

Do You Want to Know a Secret 1:57 The Beatles
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (Take 1) 2:02 The Beatles
The Long And Winding Road 3:38 The Beatles 

  

 Enjoy!