Favourite Beatles track

[pfclassof61]

I, Me, Mine

Macca direct-injected his electric bass tracks on this cut as per 'LISWD' and 'When I'm 64'.

Not a lot of people know this...

[chiswickmart]

The correct answer is A Day In The Life.

Now you know that you can move on.

[Andy68]

Spot on Mart

Studied that very track at music college.

There is no other.

[pfclassof61]

Did you know that ADITL is one of the first examples of stereo-switching?

The two lead vocal tracks are switched to every possible position along the horizontal planes.

During the first two strophes, Lennon is extreme right; third strophe, centre (when it dips in volume); then left. During the bridge, Macca's vocal is switched to the left. Well worth listening to the track with headphones to pick up on this.

[chiswickmart]

Spot on Mart

Studied that very track at music college.

There is no other.

Did you also have to study the harmonies in the Beachboys God Only Knows too?

I had a friend studying music who spent hours analysing that.

[pfclassof61]

Anyone into analyzing tracks (without destroying the magic) might like to read Understanding Records - a Field Guide to Recording Practice by Jay Hodgson.

Packed with stuff like how Automatic Double Tracking evolved 'cos Lennon was too impatient to double/triple his vocals and how Dave Davies used razor blades on his speaker cone to get the guitar effect on 'You Really Got Me'.

[Andy68]

ADITL was an example of (maybe wrong it was a long time ago) Phil Spectres Wall of Sound.

Mart on The Beachboys.. no I didn't but that is a fantastic track.

Did study Stevie Wonder's Songs in The Key Of Life though.

[Southerndown]

Ticket to Ride

[Corkhead]

Good man SD. Apparently written about my home town.

"I heard an interesting story about this song. There is a town in England called Ryde and back in those days (1940's through the 1960's) if a young woman became an unwed mother, her parents would send her to Ryde, saving the family of any unwanted embarrassment. Thus having a deeper meaning. Changing the from Ryde to Ride simply makes the song more palatable for the Pop market. I believe the song is being song by the young man who was in love with her and impregnated her. I cannot be sure that the story is factual."

I think this is *******s though - never, ever heard of this but, come to think of it, we did specialise in unmarried motherhood back in the day. Apparently Macca's aunt ran the Bow Bars where Lennon and Macca worked in the early 60s and played their first gigs as the Nerk Twins. It seems more likely they were singing about some lost love from the Garden Isle. Perhaps it was Hilda Scroggy who worked behind the bar.

[Scoular1]

Only one track in the Beatles catalogue.

Penny Lane