volume 1
january 1999 |
 Notes on ... Series 104 - 160
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The studio years (1967 - 1968) |
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by Alan W. Pollack |
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In 1967 the Beatles withdrew in the recording studio. Because of this the years 1967 and 1968 have become known as their studio years. The output was as psychedelic in content as impressive from a musical perspective. In February 1967 the group released the single Penny Lane / Strawberry Fields Forever; followed in June by the album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Next in July the public got the surprise of the single All You Need Is Love / Baby You're A Rich Man. Then in November the single Hello Goodbye / I'm The Walrus was released, which already in December was followed by the double EP Magical Mystery Tour. March 1968 saw the single Lady Madonna / The Inner Light and the last days of August Hey Jude / Revolution. In July the cartoon movie Yellow Submarine made its way into the theaters (the songs were released on album in January 1969). The lack of albums that year was filled up in November with the White Album. |
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Penny Lane |
(1995) |
95 |
| 105 |
Strawberry Fields Forever |
(1995) |
93 |
| 106 |
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band |
(1995) |
97 |
| 107 |
With A Little Help From My Friends |
(1995) |
107 |
| 108 |
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds |
(1995) |
103 |
| 109 |
Getting Better |
(1995) |
104 |
| 110 |
Fixing A Hole |
(1996) |
99 |
| 111 |
She's Leaving Home |
(1996) |
106 |
| 112 |
Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite |
(1996) |
101 |
| 113 |
Within You Without You |
(1996) |
105 |
| 114 |
When I'm Sixty-Four |
(1996) |
94 |
| 115 |
Lovely Rita |
(1996) |
102 |
| 116 |
Good Morning, Good Morning |
(1996) |
98 |
| 117 |
'Reprise' and 'A Day In The Life' |
(1996) |
108, 96 |
| 118 |
All You Need Is Love |
(1996) |
114 |
| 119 |
Baby You're A Rich Man |
(1996) |
110 |
| 120 |
Hello Goodbye |
(1996) |
120 |
| 121 |
I Am The Walrus |
(1996) |
116 |
| 122 |
Magical Mystery Tour |
(1996) |
109 |
| 123 |
The Fool On The Hill |
(1996) |
119 |
| 124 |
Flying |
(1996) |
118 |
| 125 |
Blue Jay Way |
(1997) |
117 |
| 126 |
Your Mother Should Know |
(1997) |
115 |
| 127 |
Lady Madonna |
(1997) |
122 |
| 128 |
The Inner Light |
(1997) |
121 |
| 129 |
'Revolution' and 'Revolution 1' |
(1997) |
132, 125 |
| 130 |
Back In The USSR |
(1997) |
142 |
| 131 |
Dear Prudence |
(1997) |
143 |
| 132 |
Glass Onion |
(1997) |
144 |
| 133 |
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da |
(1997) |
131 |
| 134 |
Wild Honey Pie |
(1997) |
141 |
| 135 |
The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill |
(1997) |
154 |
| 136 |
Happiness Is A Warm Gun |
(1997) |
148 |
| 137 |
Martha My Dear |
(1997) |
151 |
| 138 |
I'm So Tired |
(1997) |
153 |
| 139 |
Blackbird |
(1997) |
128 |
| 140 |
Piggies |
(1998) |
147 |
| 141 |
Rocky Raccoon |
(1998) |
140 |
| 142 |
Don't Pass Me By |
(1998) |
126 |
| 143 |
Why Don't We Do It In The Road |
(1998) |
155 |
| 144 |
I Will |
(1998) |
145 |
| 145 |
Julia |
(1998) |
156 |
| 146 |
Yer Blues |
(1998) |
139 |
| 147 |
Mother Nature's Son |
(1998) |
138 |
| 148 |
Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except For Me And My Monkey |
(1998) |
129 |
| 149 |
Sexy Sadie |
(1998) |
135 |
| 150 |
Helter Skelter |
(1998) |
134 |
| 151 |
Long, Long, Long |
(1998) |
152 |
| 152 |
Honey Pie |
(1998) |
149 |
| 153 |
Savoy Truffle |
(1998) |
150 |
| 154 |
Cry Baby Cry |
(1998) |
133 |
| 155 |
Revolution #9 |
(1998) |
127 |
| 156 |
Good Night |
(1998) |
130 |
| 157 |
Only A Northern Song |
(1998) |
100 |
| 158 |
All Together Now |
(1998) |
111 |
| 159 |
Hey Bulldog |
(1998) |
124 |
| 160 |
It's All Too Much |
(1998) |
113 |
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Copyright © 1989-2001 by Alan W. Pollack. All Rights Reserved. This article may be reproduced, retransmitted, redistributed and otherwise propagated at will, provided that this notice remains intact and in place. |
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In case you want to quote these pages, please refer to the original sources. So for Pollack's remarks on "Free As A Bird" refer to: Pollack, Alan W. (1995), Notes on "Free As A Bird". Notes on ... Series no. 194, 1995. The 'Official' rec.music.beatles Home Page (http://www.recmusicbeatles.com). |
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Conversion to HTML by Ed Chen, Mike Markowski, Bruce Dumes, and Maurizio Codogno. Indexed and adapted for Soundscapes by Ger Tillekens. |
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The numbers in the last column refer to the second, updated edition of Ian MacDonald's book: Revolution in the Head. The Beatles' Records and the Sixties. London: Random House (Pimlico), 1997. |
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