In my search for Rheebles' bag, I did find this site so it wasn't a total bust.

HA HA!! Top of page again!!!



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No, your bag is not there.

But on the bright side, there are tons of vintage toys and Beatles merch. Cool stuff!!

Listen to this record.

I've got nothin' to say but it's ok...

Rheebles posted:

95. Pet sound is commonly held up as a major influence on Sgt. Pepper. But just as important was the self-titled 1966 debut album by Frank Zappa And The Mothers Of Invention. It was "Our Freak Out!" said McCartney. - But the joke is Frank Zappa did a mock Sgt. Pepper album called We're Only In It For The Money, ha, I wonder if knew he was an actual influence on the album.

This should actually read "Pet Sounds" which is a Beach Boys album cited by McCartney as a major Pepper influence. I didn't know about Frank though!

^ I agree, again judging by the 1 mixes.

CharmlessMan posted:

^ I knew about Frankie.

Now I downloaded the Mono set to keep me company while I wait for the stereo set to arrive & I gotta say, I'm glad I picked stereo.

Some of the songs sound AMAZING in mono (Helter Skelter & Back In The USSR for instance) but imo,stereo is the winner. Yes I know that they mastered them in mono & spent more time on mono,but Hey Jude,Paperback Writer & so many more just do sound better in stereo (this is judging by the 1 mixes)

paperback writer sounds terrible in stereo, the rhythm section is hard panned to the left and it completely destroys the mix. a lot of that period's stereo mixes are insufferable on headphones due to this hard panning

white album is a toss up, i can listen to either stereo or mono. before that album, barring beatles for sale, i'm a mono man all the way

i like hearing all the instruments working together instead of sounding like they're in separate rooms with a hole in the mix you could drive a truck through in the center

yeah i have those and ebbetts japanese mono red wax rips, they definitely were the best until these new box sets

discipline318 posted:

Rheebles posted:

95. Pet sound is commonly held up as a major influence on Sgt. Pepper. But just as important was the self-titled 1966 debut album by Frank Zappa And The Mothers Of Invention. It was "Our Freak Out!" said McCartney. - But the joke is Frank Zappa did a mock Sgt. Pepper album called We're Only In It For The Money, ha, I wonder if knew he was an actual influence on the album.

We're Only In It For The Money is one of the best albums of the 60's. Though the cover parodies Sgt. Pepper, the album itself pretty much takes the piss out of the hippie culture of the time, which Frank was not a fan of.

Though Frank was never a Beatles fan (he never liked much "rock" music in general, prefering modern classical and classic doo-wop), he did associate with two of them. John and Yoko joined him onstage at the Filmore East in New York for a few songs, and Ringo played him in Zappa's movie 200 Motels. Also set to star in 200 Motels was Wilfred Brambell, who played Paul's grandfather in A Hard Days Night. But he walked out in fustration since he couldn't wrap his head around the whole thing (it's a bizzare but great movie).

yet Frank covered I Am The Walrus

111. Reluctant to visit Rishikesh, India in Spring 1968 to study with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the skeptical Starr brought along a supply of Heinz Baked Beans. - Actually I don't think it was because of reluctancy that Ringo brought Baked Beans with him, with his bout of ill health in the past, it had left him weak stomached, which meant he couldn't risk eating food that was too spicy. Also Maureen his wife had a fear of flys, I can only presume being in a hot climate there are going to be a few bugs that us Brits aren't used to.

112. In 1967, the band planned to buy a Greek island retreat. They changed their mind when the Greek tourist board invited them to a quiet village where they were ambushed by the press in an orchestrated publicity coup.

113. Playwright Joe Orton's favourite record just before he was murdered by Lover Kenneth Halliwell was A Day In The Life. It played at his funeral in Golders Green Crematorium on 18 August 1967. - In his short time as a playwright Joe Orton had practically invented a new form of genre of comedy which was coined as ortonesque or outrageously macabre black comedy. Although killed by his lover Kenneth, Kenneth was the one who died first, he overdosed on sleeping pills, Joe's death was 9 blow to the head with a hammer. He was also writing a play for The Beatles it was the chauffeur picking Joe to meet them that found the bodies.

114. Fans who hung around Abbey Road often brought The Beatles gifts. Once they asked McCartney what he wanted for his birthday and he requested slippers, which were duly presented to him. - Well this isn't that surprising I mean, I think it is customary for fans to buy presents for their idols, I don't really see the point in this one.

115. In the late '60s former Beatles drummer Pete Best released an album on Cameo Records in the US, Best of The Beatles, whose title cunningly confused record buyers.

116. The Beatles were forced to pay off the publishers of Glenn Miller's In The Mood after a snatch of it's intro was used in the crescendo of All You Need Is Love.

117. Lennon's bizarre reaction to news of Brian Epstein's death on 27 August 1967: "Isn't it exciting?" - They also forgot to mention when Stuart Sutcliffe died, John laughed in hysterics, I think the closer he was to people the more callous he could be about their death, I think this stems from his Uncle George who he was very close to and his mother who died very suddenly.

118. The first song they recorded after Epstein's death was I Am The Walrus. Geoff Emerick recalled "the look of emptiness on their faces when they were playing".

Alternative Titles For Revolver 119 -123

119. Abracadabra

120. Pendulums

121. Beatles on Safari

122. Magic Circle

123. Four Sides Of The Eternal Triangle.

124. Lewis Carroll's poem The Walrus And The Carpenter inspired I Am The Walrus, but Lennon got the character confused - the Walrus was actually the villain of the piece. "But that wouldn't have been the same," he noted. "I Am The Carpenter..." - I don't think he actually did, it is well known Lennon was a fan of Lewis Carroll and probably read the story a couple of times before, as he said maybe it made more sense to name the title I Am The Walrus.

125. During filming of Magical Mystery Tour in September 1967, Epstein's business partner Robert Stigwood approached the band with a view to managing them. They flatly turned him down.

126. During stripper sequence in Magical Mystery Tour, The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band performed a song called Death Cab For Cutie - a name later adopted by the US indie rock outfit. - The "Bonzos" are of course well known for starring in Do Not Adjust Your Set with 3 python's Palin, Jones and Idle, giving the show a surrealist feel and also a bit of adult humour.

127. On 29 April 1967, Lennon and McCartney attended Pink Floyd's 14 hour Technicolour Dream extravaganza at London's Alexandra Palace. The song Baby, You're Rich Man, with it's reference to the "beautiful people", was recorded less than two weeks later.

128. Two of the costumes for the fancy dress launch of Magical Mystery Tour: a teddy boy (John Lennon) and the Duke of Edinburgh (George Martin).

129. Harrison's White Album track, Savoy Truffle, was inspired by his friend Eric Clapton's propensity to bing on chocolates. The lyrics namechecked the contents of a box of Good News, a brand popular in the '60s.

Artist who have covered yesterday 130 - 139.

130. Count Basie

131. Joan Baez

132. LeAnn Rimes

133. Boyz II Men

134. Cilla Black

135. Band Of The Irish Guards.

136. Placido Domingo

137. Wet Wet Wet

138. The Walker Brothers

139. Arthur Mullard

140. As part of The Beatles newly launched Apple Empire, there were serious plans to launch an Apple School. Lennon and McCartney's Liverpool friend Ivan Vaughan and his teacher wife Jan were advanced £10,000 to set it up, before The Beatles dropped the idea.

^^ OMG how terrible, it doesn't seem that long a go when Lucy came into the spotlight as the girl who influenced John to write the song. I was saddened to hear she had lupus, it's a very volatile disease, but it seemed she was very strong woman, I liked the fact she wasn't phased by being named the one that inspired Julian's painting which led John to writing Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. But now she will be.

Rheebles posted:

127. On 29 April 1967, Lennon and McCartney attended Pink Floyd's 14 hour Technicolour Dream extravaganza at London's Alexandra Palace. The song Baby, You're Rich Man, with it's reference to the "beautiful people", was recorded less than two weeks later.

Supposedly at this same event, Paul went up to Syd Barrett and Roger Waters and passed them a joint, which Roger took a very generous hit from. When Paul walked away Syd said something like "Whoa, that was Paul McCartney!"

141. Among the other schemes mooted to turn Apple into a profitable business were Beatles greetings cards and a Beatles motorcycle courier service. - But would it be them on the bike...of course not!

142. The animated McCartney in Yellow Submarine was voiced by Geoffrey Hughes - later to appear as Eddie Yeats in Coronation Street and Twiggy in The Royle Family. - Not the model mind, he's fat bloke.

143. Recording Hey Jude, McCartney didn't notice Starr nipping to the toilet. Luckily, the drums didn't crash in until midway - Starr managed to finish his business, tiptoe back in and hit his cue - ROFLMAO Good one Ringo!

144. Not everyone was impressed with Hey Jude: one orchestra member walked out of the session when asked to contribute to the song's outro. "I'm not going to clap my hands and sing Paul McCartney's bloody song." he huffed.

145. The first record on Apple's avant-garde offshoot Zapple: John and Yoko's Unfinished Music No 2: Life With The Lions, Harrison's Electronic Sound and a spoken word album by Beat writer Richard Brautigan (never released).

146. The Apple boutique at 94 Baker Street in London opened its doors on 4 December 1967 and closed for business on 30 July 1968, less than eight months later. In that time it had managed to lose almost £200,000.

147. In a January 1969 interview with Disc magazine, Lennon revealed the parlous state of The Beatles' business affairs, candidly admitting he was down to his last £50,000.

148. As well as Free As A Bird and Real Love, three other "new" songs were suggested for the mid - '90s Anthology reunion - Now And Then, Grow Old With Me and All For Love.

149. In 1969 US linguistics expert Dr Henry M Truby fuelled the Paul Is Dead rumour by suggesting that different voices were responsible for his vocals on Beatles records. "I hear three McCartneys," he said.

150. The recording for Let It Be at Apple's offices in London Savile Row was so lo-fi that initial takes had to be scrapped as the band forgot to turn off a noisy air conditioning unit.

151. Before deciding to play on the roof of the Apple building for Let It Be on 30 January 1969, the band debated staging a gig on a boat, in a Greek amphitheatre or at The Roundhouse in Camden.

152. John Lennon married Yoko Ono in March 1969. A month later, the singer held a brief ceremony on the roof of the Apple offices to legally change his name to John Ono Lennon. - Even though he would sign his name as John Ono Lennon, I believe he was still legally called John Winston Ono Lennon.

153. After a car crash in Scotland in the summer of 1969, Lennon had the written-off vehicle crushed into a cube and placed in the grounds of his Tittenhurst Park mansion as an art piece.

154. The worst studio argument between Harrison and Ono flared up after the latter stole one of the guitarist's biscuits from the top of his amp. "That bitch!" shouted Harrison, causing ructions with Lennon. - Look never touch another persons food especially biscuits, you'll still be lucky to have your fingers, so I don't feel sorry for Yoko in this one...always ask.

155. The song cycle that takes up the second half of Abbey Road was inspired by Keith West's 1967 hit Excerpt From A Teenage Opera.

156. Chillingly, according to Beatles Archivist Mark Lewisohn, the mumbled words that open Come Together are Lennon intoning "Shoot Me". - What you mean there are people still out there that don't realise he's singing that, I thought it was clear as day.

157. The Paul is Dead rumpus served to lift The Beatles' record sales in the US. Abbey Road sold 5 million copies there - a million more than Sgt. Pepper.

158. US radio censors insisted that the word "Christ" was reversed in the 1969 single, The Ballad of John and Yoko. "They turned it round so it would go, Rrrp, you know it ain't easy," said Lennon.

159. Lennon originally offered Cold Turkey to The Beatles. His colleagues said they weren't ready to release a single. It became the first Plastic Ono Band single instead.

160. Fittingly, on the night at Olympic studios in Barnes when the other Beatles failed to convince McCartney to sign the management contract with future handler Allen Klein, the bassist played drums on a Steve Miller Band sing called My Dark Hour.

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