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Breakfast with the Beatles Playlist March 29th, 2015

9am/open Special guest Denny Laine

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The Beatles - Come Together - Abbey Road

(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: John

The Beatles’ twenty-first single release for EMI, and fourth on the Apple Records label.

When John and Yoko were in Montreal staging their second and last Bed-In For Peace they were visited by Timothy Leary, an outspoken proponent of LSD. During their visit,

Leary and his wife participated in John and Yoko’s hotel room recording of “Give Peace A Chance,” singing on the chorus. Timothy is even name-checked in the lyrics. He asked

John to write a song titled “Come Together – Join The Party” for his bid to become governor of California. Lennon obliged and responded with lyrics such as: “Come

together right now/Don’t come tomorrow, don’t come alone/Come together right now over me.” Lennon recorded a demo for Leary, who started using it as his campaign

song. After being imprisoned for possession of marijuana in late 1969, Leary dropped out of the gubernatorial race, which was won by Ronald Reagan. Lennon reworked and

expanded the song for the Beatles.

John – Make Love Not War – Demo 1970 /

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John Lennon – Mind Games – Mind Games ‘73 The title track was one of John’s most commercially successful in the two years since “Imagine.” This was the only single issued off the album as well. “Mind Games” had be in gestation for over three years, having started out with the

titles, “Make Love Not War,” and “I Promise.”

The Beatles - The Word - Rubber Soul

(Lennon-McCartney)

Lead vocal: John Recorded in three takes at a late night session starting on November 10, 1965 that ran

until 4 a.m. the next morning. Overdubs include Paul on piano, George Martin on harmonium, and Ringo playing the maracas. The song is a full collaboration between

Lennon and McCartney, and began as an attempt to write a song based around a single note.

On U.S. album: Rubber Soul - Capitol LP

QUICK BREAK…

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The Beatles - Hello Goodbye - Non-LP track (Lennon-McCartney)

Lead vocal: Paul The Beatles’ sixteenth single release for EMI’s Parlophone label.

Originally titled “Hello Hello,” Paul’s “Hello, Goodbye” was recorded during the sessions for the “Magical Mystery Tour” TV movie, but was intended for release as a stand-alone single to be issued two weeks before the “Magical Mystery Tour” EP, and would not be included in the film. Work began on October 2, 1967 with 14 takes of the rhythm track.

Over the next month, the Beatles added overdubs to create the finished recording. Specifically, Paul’s lead vocal and John and George’s backing vocals on Oct. 19, outside

musicians playing two violas on Oct. 20, Paul’s bass guitar on Oct. 25, and a second bass guitar line from Paul on Nov. 2. From the very first take the song included its

unique reprise ending, which the group nicknamed, somewhat strangely, the “Maori finale.” Issued November 24, 1967 in the UK and November 27, 1967 in the U.S.

On U.S. album: Magical Mystery Tour - Capitol LP

The Beatles - Helter Skelter - The Beatles (Lennon-McCartney)

Lead vocal: Paul Paul has said that he was inspired to write “Helter Skelter” after reading an interview

with the Who’s Pete Townshend in which the guitarist described his band’s new single, “I Can See For Miles,” as the loudest, rawest, dirtiest, and most uncompromising song

the band had ever recorded. Paul wanted to out-do the Who by making an even louder, rawer, and more raunchy song. On July 18 the band worked through extended versions

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of “Helter Skelter.” Take 1 ran 10:40, take 2 was 12:35, and take 3, an epic 27:11, the longest-ever Beatles recording. The nearly half-hour take was deemed the best. On

September 9 they returned to the song and re-made it at a more manageable length. Eighteen blistering takes were recorded with Paul offering a lead vocal for the ages and playing his Epiphone Casino electric guitar, John Lennon playing Fender Jazz Bass guitar

and saxophone (!), George Harrison playing a distorted lead guitar part on his Gibson Les Paul, Ringo Starr on drums, and Mal Evans on trumpet. Producer Chris Thomas

recalls the session being chaotic and the individual Beatles, heavily into hallucinogens at the time, being out of control during the recording. “While Paul was doing his vocal

George Harrison had set fire to an ashtray and was running around the studio with it above his head, doing an Arthur Brown! All in all, a pretty undisciplined session, you

could say.” The mono and stereo mixes of “Helter Skelter” are noticeably different, with the stereo version running almost a minute longer. The stereo version fades out and then back in to continue the jam, where the mono version simply fades out and ends. After suffering through 18 grueling takes of the punishing song it is Ringo that shouts “I’ve got blisters on my fingers!” at the end. This was kept on the stereo version of the song. The 27-minute “take 3” of “Helter Skelter” has yet to be issued. On October 9,

1968, Paul withdrew the July 19 “Helter Skelter” session tape from the Abbey Road tape library and made a copy of this long version for his private collection. A helter skelter is

a spiral slide at a British fairground.

The Beatles - Long Long Long - The Beatles

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(Harrison) Lead vocal: George

George, Paul and Ringo ran through 67 takes of George’s “Long Long Long,” then titled “It’s Been A Long Long Long Time,” on October 7, 1968. John Lennon was not at any of the sessions for the song. Harrison provided the lead vocal, accompanying himself on his

Gibson J-200 acoustic guitar, Paul played Hammond organ, and Ringo played drums. George has said the “you” he is referring to in the song is God, and admits that the chords were taken from Bob Dylan’s “Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands,” which is on

Dylan’s 1966 album “Blonde On Blonde.” Chris Thomas: “There’s a sound near the end of the song which is a bottle of Blue Nun wine rattling away on the top of a Leslie speaker cabinet. It just happened. Paul hit a certain note and the bottle started

vibrating. We thought it was so good that we set the mikes up and did it again. The Beatles always took advantage of accidents.” The rattling sound is best heard in the

right channel of the stereo version.

The Beatles - Any Time At All - A Hard Day’s Night (Lennon-McCartney)

Lead vocal: John Recorded June 2, 1964, the last day of recording for the “A Hard Day’s Night” album. John Lennon: “An effort at writing ‘It Won't Be Long’ - same ilk. C to A minor, C to A

minor with me shouting.” The song was in an unfinished state when Lennon brought it to the band to record on June 2. The group worked out the arrangement throughout the day and night. Up against the wall on a deadline to submit the album, the piano section in the middle eight was left without lyrics. They had run out of time. On April 8, 1988,

Lennon's handwritten lyrics for “Any Time At All” were sold for £6,000 at an auction held at Sotheby's in London.

On U.S. album:

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Something New - Capitol LP

The Beatles - A Hard Day’s Night - A Hard Day’s Night

(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: John with Paul

The Beatles’ seventh single release for EMI’s Parlophone label. The title is a Ringoism, coined by the drummer sometime in 1963 and used by John in

his book “In His Own Write.” With the film nearly completed the last bit of business was to give the film a name. The project was being filmed with the working title

“Beatlemania.” On April 13, 1964 The Beatles met with key personnel from the studio and bounced title ideas. It was felt they’d find no better suggestion than Ringo’s off-

hand remark “it’s been a hard day’s night” and John volunteered to write the title song that evening. The next morning he brought the song in and taught it to Paul. Paul

cleaned up the middle section and the two played it for producer Walter Shenson. Two days later The Beatles would formally record the song. It was a rarity for an outsider to be allowed in the studio or control booth while The Beatles rehearsed and recorded. An exception was made for the director of the “A Hard Day’s Night” film, Richard Lester.

Lester was in the control booth and offered many suggestions during the morning while this key song was worked out, much to the dismay of producer George Martin. It was

Lester’s suggestion that the song open dramatically (as it would open the film), and fade out at the end in a cinematic way. He got his wish. George’s striking a G suspended 4th

chord on his 12-string Rickenbacker make this record instantly recognizable in its

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opening two seconds. Released as a single in the UK on July 10, 1964, it went straight to #1.

On U.S. album: A Hard Day’s Night - United Artists LP

9.27 BREAK Ringo will be our guest Easter Sunday!

April 12, 2015 on KLOS:

Broadcasting live from Cal Poly Pomona, 9a-12p April 19, 2015 on KLOS:

Broadcasting live from the Kobe Steakhouse, 9a-12p April 26, 2015 on KLOS:

Broadcasting live from the Commerce Casino, 9a-12p

The Beatles - Get Back - single version (Non-LP track)

(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: Paul

The Beatles’ nineteenth single release for EMI, and second on the Apple Records label.

The “Get Back” sessions, as the January 1969 recording sessions were now known, produced about 475 hours of film and 141 hours of audio tape that had to be sifted

through. But proper multi-track recordings weren’t made until the band was recording in the basement of the Beatles’ Apple headquarters between January 21-31, 1969.

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Producer/Engineer Glyn Johns attempted to construct an album entitled “Get Back” from the tapes but his versions were rejected. The tapes were left dormant in the vault for a year, with the exception of a single (“Get Back”/“Don’t Let Me Down”). “Get Back” had been rehearsed and reworked throughout the January sessions, including over 30 takes of the song on January 27, 1969. Among those over 30 takes was the master take of

the song, but it did not include the familiar coda at the end. That would be recorded the following day and edited on to the January 27 master. Like John Lennon’s “Don’t Let Me Down,” “Get Back” features Billy Preston on keyboards. The song is also notable as one of John’s best guitar solos. Rush-released as a single with the hope of being in stores in the UK on April 11, 1969, the single showed up a week later. Although the single did not list a producer credit, it did, for the first time on a Beatles single, list an artist in addition

to the Beatles: “THE BEATLES with Billy Preston” graced both sides of the single. “A great honor,” said Preston. The single debuted at number one on the Record Retailer

singles chart, holding another Apple single out of the top spot (Mary Hopkin’s “Goodbye,” written and produced by Paul McCartney). In America, the single was issued

by Capitol on May 5, 1969, and it topped the Billboard sales chart for five weeks. It is the first Beatles single released in stereo, but the stereo mixes were for the American

market, not the UK. The UK would have to wait until the next single release (“The Ballad Of John And Yoko”) to get its first stereo Beatles 45. Prior to this all previous Beatles

singles had been issued in mono.

The Beatles - Don’t Let Me Down - Non-LP B-Side (Lennon-McCartney)

Lead vocal: John with Paul The Beatles’ nineteenth single release for EMI, and second on the Apple

Records label. The “Get Back” sessions, as the January 1969 recording sessions were now known, produced about 475 hours of film and 141 hours of audio tape that had to be sifted

through. But proper multi-track recordings weren’t made until the band was recording in the basement of the Beatles’ Apple headquarters between January 21-31, 1969.

Producer/Engineer Glyn Johns attempted to construct an album entitled “Get Back” from the tapes but his versions were rejected. The tapes would be left dormant in the vault

for a year, with the exception of a single (“Get Back”/“Don’t Let Me Down”). John Lennon’s “Don’t Let Me Down” was a love song for Yoko Ono and was the first song

given a full run-through by the group when sessions for the new album began at Twickenham Studios on January 2, 1969. But proper multi-track recording takes were not done until the band changed location to the basement recording studio at their Apple headquarters. The master take was recorded on January 28, 1969. Like Paul

McCartney’s “Get Back,” the song features Billy Preston on keyboards. Rush-released as a single with the hope of being in stores in the UK on April 11, 1969, the single showed

up a week later. Although the single did not list a producer credit, it did, for the first time on a Beatles single, list an artist in addition to the Beatles: “THE BEATLES with Billy

Preston” graced both sides of the single. “A great honor,” said Preston. The single debuted at number one on the Record Retailer singles chart. In America, the single was issued on May 5, 1969, and it topped the Billboard sales chart for five weeks. It is the

first Beatles single released in stereo, but the stereo mixes were for the American market, not the UK. The UK would have to wait until the next single release (“The Ballad

Of John And Yoko”) to get its first stereo Beatles 45. Prior to this all previous Beatles

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singles had been issued in mono. Although the song appears in the “Let It Be” film, it is not included on the soundtrack album.

On U.S. album: Hey Jude - Capitol LP (1970)

The Beatles - I’m Down - Single

(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: Paul

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Recorded in one take on June 14, 1965. Written entirely by Paul McCartney, who showed off his skills at the June 14 recording session by recording “I’ve Just Seen A Face” in six takes, then the scorcher “I’m Down” in one take, and following a dinner

break, nailing “Yesterday” in two takes. “I’m Down” was patterned after Little Richard’s “Long Tall Sally,” or as George Harrison described it at the time, “It’s pretty wild…

because it has Paul’s wild voice.” Paul: “I could do Little Richard's voice, which is a wild, hoarse, screaming thing. It's like an out-of-body experience. You have to leave your

current sensibilities and go about a foot above your head to sing it. A lot of people were fans of Little Richard so I used to sing his stuff but there came a point when I wanted one of my own, so I wrote ‘I'm Down.’ I ended up doing it at Shea Stadium. It worked

very well for those kind of places, it was a good stage song. And in as much as they are hard to write, I'm proud of it. Those kind of songs with hardly any melody, rock 'n' roll songs, are much harder to write than ballads, because there's nothing to them.” John Lennon plays the Hammond organ. The B-side of the “Help!” single, issued July 23,

1965 in the UK and July 19, 1965 in the U.S. On U.S. album:

Non-album single (B-side)

UK: Non-album single (B-side)

The Beatles - Love Me Do – Please Please Me

(McCartney-Lennon) Lead vocal: John and Paul

The Beatles’ first single release for EMI’s Parlophone label. Released October 5, 1962, it reached #17 on the British charts. Principally written by Paul McCartney in 1958 and 1959. Recorded with three different drummers: Pete Best

(June 6, 1962, EMI), Ringo Starr (September 4, 1962), and Andy White (September 11, 1962 with Ringo playing tambourine). The 45 rpm single lists the songwriters as

Lennon-McCartney. One of several Beatles songs Paul McCartney owns with Yoko Ono. Starting with the songs recorded for their debut album on February 11, 1963, Lennon and McCartney’s output was attached to their Northern Songs publishing company.

Because their first single was released before John and Paul had contracted with a music publisher, EMI assigned it to their own, a company called Ardmore and Beechwood,

which took the two songs “Love Me Do” and “P.S. I Love You.” Decades later McCartney and Ono were able to purchase the songs for their respective companies, MPL

Communications and Lenono Music. Fun fact: John Lennon shoplifted the harmonica he played on the song from a shop in Holland.

On U.S. albums: Introducing… The Beatles (Version 1) - Vee-Jay LP

The Early Beatles - Capitol LP

Add long quiz tones HERE QUIZ #1

Who’s singing that Beatles song?

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800-955-KLOS A/ Bee Gee’s 1966

Go to phones …..

Along with it being springtime…It’s unfortunately the season for this character as well….

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The Beatles - Taxman - Revolver (Harrison)

Lead vocal: George Completed in 11 takes on April 21, 1966. Written by George when he started realizing the majority of his money was going to the British government in the form of taxes.

George went to John Lennon for some help with the lyrics, and Lennon was especially pleased with his line “Now my advice for those who die: declare the pennies on your eyes.” Featuring a nice lead guitar solo by Paul on his Epiphone Casino. The ‘pennies’

lyrical reference derives from Greek mythology – it is the payment to Charon (the ferryman of the underworld) to ferry the deceased to their destination in the

underworld. To pay the ferryman, the deceased person's relatives place a coin on each eye of the deceased. The Mr. Wilson and Mr. Heath mentioned in the song were real

people. Harold Wilson was the Prime Minister and Edward Heath was head of the opposition party at the time the song was recorded. It is the first time a George Harrison

composition opens a British Beatles album. On U.S. album:

Revolver - Capitol LP

9.57 BREAK Next week Ringo will be our guest here on BWTB…he’s got a

new album coming out March 31st…his 18th I believe…here’s the title track co – written with Todd Rundgren…who wrote the words and who wrote the music?…perhaps we’ll find out next week….

Ringo – Postcards From Paradise - Postcards

From Paradise

The Beatles - Your Mother Should Know - Magical Mystery Tour (EP)

(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: Paul

Paul wrote “Your Mother Should Know” on harmonium at his Cavendish Avenue home in London. Recorded on August 22 and 23, 1967 at Chappell Recording Studios in London,

those dates would be the only time the Beatles recorded at that facility. Eight takes were recorded the first evening. The second night of recording was significant in that it marked the last time the Beatles saw Brian Epstein, who died four days later, aged just 32. Written entirely by Paul, in similar vein to “When I’m Sixty-Four.” Although the song was later re-made at Abbey Road at McCartney’s request, it was the Chappell version, with overdubs recorded in September at Abbey Road, that made it onto the “Magical

Mystery Tour” EP. On U.S. album:

Magical Mystery Tour - Capitol LP

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The Beatles – Polythene Pam - Abbey Road Recorded July 25th w/ “She Came in Through The Bathroom Window “.

The only Beatles song inspired by a woman in New Jersey who dressed in polythene (but not jack boots or kilts). Written in India, demoed for the

White LP. Lennon 1.00

/ The Beatles – She Came In Through The Bathroom Window -

Abbey Road Recorded July 25th 1969. Written while in NYC to announce Apple. Based on a true story about some Scruffs breaking into Paul house at St. John’s Wood. Paul wrote w/ Joe Cocker in mind…who later coved it as he did

with most Beatle songs. McCartney 1.00

The Beatles - Do You Want To Know A Secret – Please Please Me

(McCartney-Lennon) Lead vocal: George

Recorded February 11, 1963. Written primarily by John Lennon for George Harrison to sing. The song was given to another Brian Epstein-managed act, Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas, to cover. Their version topped the British charts in late spring 1963. Inspired by "I'm Wishing," a song from Walt Disney’s 1937 animated film “Snow White and the

Seven Dwarfs” that Lennon’s mother used to sing to him when he was a child. On U.S. albums:

Introducing… The Beatles - Vee-Jay LP The Early Beatles - Capitol LP

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The Beatles - Twist And Shout – Please Please Me (Medley-Russell) Lead vocal: John

The last song recorded during the marathon session on February 11, 1963. Two takes were completed before Lennon’s voice gave out. The released version is the first take.

Originally recorded by The Isley Brothers in May 1962, The Beatles performed it regularly in their live act between 1962 and 1965. Its inclusion in the 1986 film “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” sent the song up the Billboard singles chart 22 years after its initial

U.S. release. On U.S. albums:

Introducing… The Beatles - Vee-Jay LP The Early Beatles - Capitol LP

NEWS w/ Jackie DeShannon HERE

10.27 BREAK Bumper\

The Beatles - I’m Looking Through You - Rubber Soul (Lennon-McCartney)

Lead vocal: Paul Written by Paul after an argument with then-girlfriend, actress Jane Asher. Initially

recorded on October 24, 1965, the song was re-recorded from scratch on November 6, but McCartney was still not satisfied. Four days later, on November 10, the group took another stab at it. Paul’s lead vocal was superimposed the next day. The version issued

by Capitol Records has two false starts. On U.S. album:

Rubber Soul - Capitol LP

George Harrison – Dark Horse - Dark Horse Demo ‘74

The Beatles - Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey - The Beatles

(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: John

The Beatles had taken to recording rehearsals of songs and numbering them as takes. And if nothing recorded for a particular song seemed usable they’d erase the tape and start again on another day. The first playing of this then-untitled John Lennon rocker

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was a series of rehearsal run-throughs on June 26, 1968, all of which were erased and the band started fresh the next day. On June 27, six proper takes were recorded with

John on Epiphone Casino electric guitar, George on Gibson SG, Paul on percussion (alternating between cowbells and chocalho), and Ringo on drums. Overdubs added on

July 1 included Paul’s bass guitar and John’s lead vocal. Still unhappy with his lead vocal, John re-recorded it on July 23. Backing vocals and handclaps were also added to the

mix on July 23 and the song was declared finished. In his 1980 Playboy interview, John described the song as “a nice line that I made into a song. It was about me and Yoko.

Everybody seemed to be paranoid except us two, who were in the glow of love.” George Harrison has said that the opening line, “Come on is such a joy,” was a favorite saying

of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. “Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey” is the longest title of any Beatles song.

John Lennon – I Don’t Wanna Face It - Anthology ‘98

The Beatles - Rock and Roll Music - Beatles For Sale

(Berry) Lead vocal: John

Incredibly, this stunning cover version of Chuck Berry’s classic hit from 1957 featuring John Lennon on lead vocal was captured in just one take on October 18, 1964. Like

“Twist and Shout” and “Money (That’s What I Want)” before it, “Rock and Roll Music” is a prime example of Lennon making a previously known hit his own. The overdubbed

piano part features John, Paul and George Martin pounding the SAME piano! The song was featured on the Beatles 1965 European Tour and was the opening song during their

1966 concert tours. On U.S. album:

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Beatles ‘65 - Capitol LP

BREAK HERE FOR QUIZ #2 I added short quiz tones to end of set.

QUIZ…

OK Let’s play…It was 50 years ago today… Where were the Beatles and what were they doing?

March 29th 1965 I’ll tell ya… Twickenham Filming the lab scene where Ringo is hooked up to a machine

trying to get that one special ring on his finger to fall off ….but The ring of course doesn't come off of his finger, his pants fall down….

Here’s yer QUIZ question…. What is what was the Professor’s name trying to get the Ring off Ringo’s finger in the

film HELP? Professor what?

The Beatles – If You’ve Got Trouble – HELP! Outtake `65 Again Ringo will be our guest next week here on BWTB…just

a brief while…not the whole show….winner?

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10.57 BREAK

Denny – Blackbird – Acoustic Tonight McCabes…

Moody Blues – Go Now – Second version – Box/

Wings – Time to Hide – Wings at the Speed of Sound ’76 Denny Laine sings lead vocals on this song that he wrote.

Hangin w/ Denny Laine…

Do a QUIZ # 3 HERE for Kobe and Denny Tix TONIGHT

McCabes.

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What was the first WINGS recording to be sung by Denny Laine?

Hint/It was a song Paul had written.

Back with that answer and that song!

11.27 BREAK

Moody Blues Coke spot w/ Denny

WINNER HERE__________________

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Starts with the sounds of a day in the country…let’s listen…flip of Live & Let Die…

Paul McCartney & Wings – I Lie Around

Lead singer: Denny Laine. This was the first Wings song released without Paul as lead singer.

Pick a Beatles song that is a personal favorite of

yours….a song that when you hear it still effects you in some way…no pressure.

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Beatles song here

Yer single from 1967> but not by you! From the Apple publishing wing

Grapefruit – Say You Don’t Mind (Laine) – BBC Outro: A big pounding sound from GF

Alexander Young who became George Alexander…brother of AC/DC Young

brothers…and George Young was older brother….and an Easybeat…One Family Easybeats, Grapefruit, AC/CD

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Wings – Rock Show – Venus and Mars sessions ‘75 This is the second track of the “suite,” written for the forthcoming world tour.

This became a staple beginning to many of the Wings live shows

Next Sunday Easter….our guest Ringo…Starr fin