![]() The single did not make #1 in the UK, breaking a string of #1 singles going back to 1963. Instead, Martin decided on a double-A-sided-disc. The song was nearly released on a single as the B-side with either " Strawberry Fields Forever" or " Penny Lane" as the A-side. McCartney says, "I wanted to appear younger, but that was just to make it more rooty-tooty just lift the key because it was starting to sound turgid." Release Martin remembers that McCartney suggested this change in order to make his voice sound younger. The Beatles recorded the song in C major but the master take was sped up in order to raise the key by one semitone at the insistence of McCartney. The clarinets were recorded on 21 December. There were multiple overdub sessions, including the lead vocal by McCartney on 8 December and backing vocals by McCartney, Lennon, and George Harrison on 20 December. The song was recorded on 6 December 1966, during one of the first sessions for the as-yet-unnamed album that became Sgt. this was just one that was quite a hit with us." In his 1980 interview for Playboy he said, "I would never even dream of writing a song like that." Recording We just stuck a few more words on it like 'grandchildren on your knee' and 'Vera, Chuck and Dave'. Lennon said of the song, "Paul wrote it in the Cavern days. Pepper in December 1966 because his father turned 64 earlier that year. Both George Martin and Mark Lewisohn thought that McCartney may have thought of the song when recording began for Sgt. The Beatles used it in the early days as a song they could play when the amplifiers broke down or the electricity went off. Although the theme is aging, it was one of the first songs McCartney wrote, when he was sixteen. The song is sung by a young man to his lover, and is about his plans of growing old together with her. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.Īccording to Ian MacDonald, the song was "aimed chiefly at parents, and as a result got a cool reception from the group's own generation." Composition It was released in 1967 on their album Sgt. It was written by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon/McCartney). " When I'm Sixty-Four" is a love song by The Beatles. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)" Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band track listing In coming posts we’ll feature a couple of other nice things we found.From the album Sgt. We’ll definitely be heading back to Newcastle again soon as there is certainly more Beatles treasure to discover there. Here’s an interesting review which also contains a couple more of the Curt Gunther images. It’s a book really worth having in the collection – especially in this the 50th anniversary year. I liked this one of their guitars backstage:Īnd this one of Paul driving (and smoking) in the US:įinally – the look on the face of the young lady who pulled up alongside the Beatles in their limo says it all: Asked to pay his own way on the tour he offset his expenses with winnings from nightly poker sessions with the band! Find out more about Curt Gunther here, and see more of his Beatle images.Īs the Amazon Books review says of his work: “…. every so often a picture jumps out by capturing the essence of both the premiere British pop invaders and the tenor of the time.” Here are couple of those images from Beatles ’64 – A Hard Day’s Night in America: He met the Beatles in 1964 and a friendship was formed. ![]() Gunther’s photographic career spanned over four decades. But perhaps its most striking feature is one hundred and fifty (then) never-before-seen photographs of the band taken by freelance photographer Curt Gunther who accompanied them on that first historic US tour: Yes, it has a small rip in the dust jacket, but this book is a fantastic memento and really worth having.įirst released in 1989 to mark the 25th anniversary, Beatles ’64 has extensive text by journalist A.J.S. But those we did get to were worth it.įound this great book in a second-hand bookshop called Indigo Books on Hunter Street: With this year being the 50th anniversary of the Beatles invasion of the USA, who could resist a book with the title Beatles ’64 – A Hard Day’s Night in America…. ![]() We got around to some (but not all) the outlets due to time constraints. A former steel city now more focussed on tourism, education, health services and coal exports, it must also be second-hand central when it comes to the large number of shops it has selling vintage books, records and CDs. It yielded a few treasures.Īh, Newcastle. We were recently able to do a big Beatles crate dig while visiting the city of Newcastle in New South Wales, Australia.
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