Hour One
1. Rolling Stones: What A Shame - 1964
2. Taste: Blister On The Moon - 1969
3. The Who: My Generation - 1965
4. The Byrds: He Was A Friend of Mine - 1965
5. Bob Dylan: It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue - 1965
6. Joan Baez: Farewell, Angelina - 1965
7. Peter, Paul & Mary: The Other Side of This Life - 1966
8. Jim Dickinson: Nitty Gritty Mississippi - 1986
9. Fleetwood Mac: Oh Well - 1970
10. Joe Hall & Continental Drift: Moment To Moment - 1978 *
11. Pink Floyd: Time - 1973
12. The Sadies: Lucifer Sam - 2006 *
13. Oscar Peterson Trio: Goodbye JD - 1965 *
Hour Two
1. The Sattalites: Perfect Day - 1988 *
2. Don Freed: A Really Hot Day - 1983 *
3. Selina Martin: The Hottest Day - 2010 *
4. It’s A Beautiful Day: Hot Summer Day - 1969
5. Gordon Lightfoot: Summer Side of Life - 1971 *
6. Max Webster: Summer’s Up - 1975 *
7. Buffalo Springfield: Hot Dusty Roads - 1966
8. Jane Morgan: We’ll Sing In the Sunshine - 1965
9. The Beatles: Anna (Go To Him) - 1963
10. The Beatles: Chains - 1963
11. The Beatles: Boys - 1963
12. The Beatles: Ask Me Why - 1963
13. The Beatles: Please Please Me - 1963
14. The Beatles: Love Me Do - 1962
15. The Beatles: From Me To You - 1963
16. The Tijuana Brass: South Of The Border - 1964
CanCon = 28%
And Now for The Particulars:
1. Rolling Stones: What A Shame
(Jagger / Richards)
The Rolling Stones Now: London Records PS 420
London
Mick Jagger: lead vocals, harmonica
Keith Richards: lead guitar
Brian Jones: slide guitar, harmonica
Bill Wyman: bass guitar, backing vocals
Charlie Watts: drums
Ian Stewart: piano
Produced by Andrew Loog Oldham, 1964
Released 13 February 1965
Recorded at Chess Studios, Chicago
What A Shame was released as the flip side to Heart of Stone. It’s basically a blues jam that fades out in the end.
2. Taste: Blister On The Moon
(Rory Gallagher)
Taste: Polydor Records -583 042
Belfast, N Ireland
Rory Gallagher: lead vocal, guitar
John Wilson: drums
Richard McCracken: bass
Produced by Tony Colton, 1969
Recorded August 1968 at De Lane Studios, London
William Rory Gallagher b. Ballyshannon Ireland 2 March 1948 / d. 14 June 1995 (47) London
This is the first track on the first Taste album, showing the amazing guitar work and singing of Rory Gallagher. Unfortunately, the band only released one more studio album before disbanding, Gallagher going solo. However, Rory loved working in power trios and continued to do so for many years.
3. The Who: My Generation
(Pete Townsend)
My Generation: Decca Records DL 74664
London
Keith Moon: drums
John Entwhistle: bass, bg vocals
Pete Townsend: guitar, bg vocals
Roger Daltry: lead vocals
Produced by Shel Talmy, 1965
Recorded at IBC Studios, London
This song is Maximum R&B at its most destructive stage, just before whirling mics and flying cymbals blasted as guitar necks were plunged into speaker cones buzzing with electricity. How Shel Talmy recorded this is a mystery. The song was released as a single on 29 October 1965, reaching No. 2 in the UK, establishing the band who never looked back. Townshend talked about the famous line "I hope I die before I get old." He said that, for him, when he wrote the lyrics, "old" meant "very rich." Townshend has also credited Mose Allison's "Young Man Blues" as the inspiration for the song, saying "Without Mose I wouldn't have written 'My Generation'." As you may well know, The Who recorded Young Man Blues on their Live at Leeds album.
4. The Byrds: He Was A Friend of Mine
(Trad arr by Jim McGuinn)
Turn! Turn! Turn!: Columbia Records CL 2454
Los Angeles
Jim McGuinn: guitar, vocals
Gene Clark: harmony vocals
Dave Crosby: guitar, bg vocals
Chris Hillman: bass
Michael Clark: drums, tambourine
Produced by Terry Melcher, 1965
Recorded June 28 - November 1, 1965, Columbia Studios, Hollywood
"He Was a Friend of Mine" is a traditional folk song that was modified by Jim (Roger) McGuinn to lament the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Folklorist Alan Lomax first collected the song in 1939 and described it as a "blues" that was "a dirge for a dead comrade." Rolf Cahn recorded the song on his 1961 Folkways album “Rolf Cahn & Eric von Schmidt”, where the song for the first time was titled "He Was a Friend of Mine". Bob Dylan picked up the song from the Cahn recording and made some changes to it when he recorded it for his first album on November 20, 1961 but it didn’t make the final cut.
McGuinn explained the origins of The Byrds’ version of the song in an interview: "I wrote the song the night John F. Kennedy was assassinated. I suppose you could say it's one of the earliest Byrds songs. It would go on to become a staple of The Byrds' live concert repertoire, until their final disbandment in 1973.
5. Bob Dylan: It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
(Bob Dylan)
Bringing It All Back Home: Columbia Records CL 2328
NYC
Bob Dylan: vocal, harmonica, guitar
William E Lee: bass guitar
Produced by Tom Wilson, 1965
Recorded January 15, 1965 at Columbia Recording Studios, NYC
Dylan wrote the song in January, 1965 as he was preparing to record Bringing It All Back Home, recording it the same day as he recorded "Mr. Tambourine Man". Typical of Dylan, he wanted to record the song before he became too familiar with it.
"It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" has been covered by a variety of artists, including Joan Baez, Bryan Ferry, the Seldom Scene, Them (also by Van Morrison as a solo artist), the Byrds, the Animals, the Chocolate Watchband, Judy Collins, Joni Mitchell, Marianne Faithfull, Falco, the 13th Floor Elevators, the Grateful Dead, Hugh Masekela, Echo and the Bunnymen and Bad Religion. The Byrds recorded the song twice in 1965 as a possible follow up single to "Mr. Tambourine Man" and "All I Really Want to Do", but neither recording was released. The Byrds did release a 1969 recording of the song on their Ballad of Easy Rider album.
6. Joan Baez: Farewell, Angelina
(Bob Dylan)
Farewell, Angelina: Vanguard Records VSD 79200
New York City NY
Joan Baez: guitar, vocal
Russ Savukas: string bass
Produced by Maynard Sullivan, 1965
Cover photo by Richard Avedon
Joan Chandos Baez b. January 9, 1941 Staten Island, NY
"Farewell Angelina" has remained a continuous part of Joan Baez' concert repertoire, being recorded twice for live albums during the 1980s. The song has also been recorded by the New Riders of the Purple Sage and John Mellencamp. The song originates from the time when Dylan and Baez were in a romantic relationship. It’s the first song on her 1965 album of the same name, followed by two other Dylan penned songs: "Daddy, You Been on My Mind" and "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue”. In fact, the album ends with Dylan’s "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall".
7. Peter, Paul & Mary: The Other Side of This Life
(Fred Neil)
Peter, Paul & Mary Album: Warner Bros 1648
NYC
Peter Yarrow: acoustic guitar, vocals
Mary Travers: vocals
Noel ‘Paul’ Stookey: acoustic guitar, vocals
Bobby Gregg: drums
Ernie Hayes: piano
Bill Lee: bass
Produced by Albert B Grossman, 1966
Recorded by Brooks Arthur
Milton Okun (musical director)
Frederick Neil b. Cleveland OH March 16, 1936 / d. July 7, 2001 (65) Summerland Key, Florida
A prolific songwriter, Neil never did achieve commercial success as a performer and is mainly known through other people's recordings of his material – particularly "Everybody's Talkin'", which became a hit for Harry Nilsson after it was used in the film Midnight Cowboy in 1969. In Neil's obituary in Rolling Stone, Anthony DeCurtis wrote, "So why is Neil a hero to David Crosby? Because back when Crosby was an aspiring folkie who just arrived in New York, Neil bothered to take an interest in him, just as he did for the young Bob Dylan, who backed Neil on harmonica at the Cafe Wha? in Greenwich Village. 'He taught me that everything was music,' Crosby says."
“The Other Side of This Life” was also performed regularly and recorded by Jefferson Airplane as well as The Lovin’ Spoonful and The Youngbloods back in 1966.
8. Jim Dickinson: Nitty Gritty Mississippi
(Fred Burch / Donald Hill)
Crossroads Soundtrack: Warner Bros: 92 53991
USA
Jim Dickinson: lead vocals, keys
Jim Keltner: drums
Nathan East: bass
Ry Cooder: guitar
Bobby King, Terry Evans, Willie Green Jr: Bg vocal
Produced by Ry Cooder, 1986
Recorded by Mark Ettel at Ocean Way Studios, Los Angeles
Mastered by Bernie Grundman
Ry Cooder was going through a phase of assembling movie soundtracks in the 1980s (The Long Riders; Paris, Texas; Alamo Bay; Crossroads; Blue City) but Crossroads is my fav. Here he used his standard set up with Jim Keltner and Jim Dickinson backed by Bobby King, Terry Evans and Willie Green Jr. Interestingly, he asked Dickinson to sing the lead vocals on this track. It should also be noted that the soundtrack to Crossroads included the last song that Sonny Terry ever recorded just before he died.
9. Fleetwood Mac: Oh Well
(Peter Green)
Black Magic Woman (3LP-Set): Hot Wax Productions 9043/3
London
Peter Green: guitar, vocals
Jeremy Spencer: guitar, vocals, piano, percussion
Danny Kirwan: guitar, vocals
John McVie: bass guitar
Mick Fleetwood: percussion, drums
Recorded by a stage hand, February, 1970
Recorded live at The Boston Tea Party, 15 Lansdowne Street, Boston, MA
Mixed by Neil Slaven
Oh Well, here’s a live recording of the Mac live in Boston. These recordings were made for a proposed live album which was to have been released during 1970, but the project was shelved and the tapes remained unreleased until 1985. In 2005, when I was in Amsterdam, I bought a triple album LP set called “Black Magic Woman” which featured the Boston Tea Party tunes.
10. Joe Hall & Continental Drift: Moment To Moment
(Joe Hall)
On the Avenue: Posterity Records – PTR 13009
Peterborough ON
Joe Hall: guitar, vocals
Tony Quarrington: guitar, moog
Martin Worthy: percussion, drums
Paul Quarrington: bass
George Dobo: keys, rhythm guitar, bells-
Steve Hutt: sax
Art Jansen: viola
Peter Stryniak: violin
Joel Quarrington: double bass
Produced by Tony Quarrington, 1978
Recorded by Bob Lanois at Grant Ave Studios, Hamilton ON October 1978
Hans Joachim Boenke b. Wuppertal, GM May 15, 1947 / d. March 22, 2019, Peterborough ON (71)
11. Pink Floyd: Time
(Mason / Waters / Wright / Gilmore)
Dark Side of The Moon: Capitol Records Canada SMAS 11163
London UK
David Gilmore: guitars, vocals
Nick Mason: percussion
Richard Wright: keys, vocals
Roger Waters: bass, vocals
Produced by Pink Floyd, 1973
Recorded by Alan Parsons at EMI Abby Road Studios, 1972
I remember first hearing this album and, like the Sgt Pepper experience of 1967, this one hit places we never knew existed. It was amazing. Everyone bought this album. Some even went out and purchased quadraphonic sound systems because of it. It was the culmination of the band’s rise to power. Never one of my favourite albums though, I haven’t listened to it in its entirety for decades – until now! I totally forgot how great this album really is.
12. The Sadies: Lucifer Sam
(Syd Barrett)
In Concert: Outside - 23339-9015-2
Richmond Hill, ON
Dallas Good: guitar, vocals
Travis Good: guitar, vocals
Mike Belitsky: drums
Sean Dean: bass
Mike Burlington: drums, shakers
Gary Louris: vocals, guitar
Produced by The Sadies, 2006
Mastered by Peter E Moore at the E Room, Toronto
This comes from a CD but I don’t care coz it’s a great cover version of a Syd song by a band that I really like a lot. Recorded live in Lee’s Palace. I’ve heard them do other early Floyd songs at their live shows.
13. Oscar Peterson Trio: Goodbye JD
(Oscar Peterson)
We Get Requests: Verve Records MIJ-1-5321
Montreal QC
Oscar Peterson: piano
Ray Brown: bass
Ed Thigpen: drums
Produced by Jim Davis, 1965
Recorded by Rob Simpson and Val Valentin
Oscar Emmanuel Peterson b. Montreal Aug 15, 1925 / d. Dec 23, 2007 Mississauga ON (82)
Goodbye J.D. is dedicated to producer, Jim Davis
Hour Two
1. The Sattalites: Perfect Day
(Fergus Hambleton)
45 single: Axe Records 103
Toronto ON
Fergus Hambleton: lead vocals, guitar, sax
Jo Jo Bennett: flugelhorn, percussion
David Fowler: Keys
Bruce McGillivray: bass
Junior McPherson: drums
Rick Morrison: sax
Bruce Robinson: piano
Produced by Fergus Hambleton & Jo Jo Bennett, 1988
In 2019, Fergus Hambleton released an album (on vinyl) called NeighbourHoods.
The Sattalites are known as Canada’s longest standing reggae group. The began when two members, Jo Jo Bennett and Fergus Hambleton, started a reggae school to teach, what they called, the Sattalite sound to younger players and kids. By 1982 they began performing and soon pro players joined the band and they recorded Juno Award winning albums and toured Canada and the USA.
2. Don Freed: A Really Hot Day
(D Freed)
Pith and Pathos: Bushleague Records: no serial number
Saskatoon SK
Don Freed: guitar, vocal
Glen Hendrickson
Blaine Dunaway
Tom Hazlitt
Joe Mock: guitar
Rick Scott
Connie Kaldor - Jane Mortifee - Cyndi Melon: bg vocals
Produced by Joe Mock, 1982
Recorded by Paul Mcdonald at Pacific Coast Sound, Burnaby BC
Mastered by Geoff Turner at Pinewood Studios, Vancouver
Donald Freed b. 1949 New Westminster, BC
Born in BC but raised in Saskatchewan, Freed began his music career in 1966. By 1969 he was seen performing with Johnny Cash which lead to Freed signing to Capitol Records (although they turned down releasing anything). He hitchhiked to Toronto, cashless, and phoned one of the only people he knew – Juri Krytiuk. He was then invited to be a session musician on Stevedore Steve’s first album, Songs of the Stevedore. Eventually he began writing and singing his own songs. Beginning in the early 1990s, Freed began to shift his musical focus from that of being a solo performer to being a promoter of Métis and First Nations culture, particularly involving children. He was also shacked up with Joni Mitchell at the time. He’s still out there giving songwriting workshops to Métis and First Nations kids.
This is an annual call for the fuck-heads not to leave babies and pets in parked furnaces. (I still can’t believe that people do that!) Don recorded this album nearly 40 years ago and still the message doesn’t seem to penetrate deeply enough.
3. Selina Martin: The Hottest Day
(Selina Martin)
Disaster Fantasies: SELMALP0008
Packenham ON / Toronto ON
Selina Martin: vocals, guitars, bass, musical saw, wine glasses, organ
Chris Stringer: guitars, bass, synth, Wurlitzer, mini-moog, percussion
Annelise Noronha: guitars, accordion
Doug Friesen: bass, trombone
Josh Van Tassel: drums
Martin Tielli: guitar
Jack Breakfast: piano
Produced by Chris Stringer, 2010
Recorded by Chris Stringer at The Lincoln County Social Club, Toronto
Mastered by Joao Carvalho at Joao Carlvalho Mastering, Toronto
4. It’s A Beautiful Day: Hot Summer Day
(Linda Laflamme / David Laflamme)
It’s A Beautiful Day: Columbia Records CS 9768
San Francisco CA
David Laflamme: violin, vocals
Hal Wagenet: guitar
Mitchell Hollman: bass
Linda Laflamme: keys, vocals
Pattie Santos: percussion
Produced by Matthew Katz & David Laflamme, 1969
Recorded by Brian Ross-Myring
Active years: 1967-1974
5. Gordon Lightfoot: Summer Side of Life
(Gord Lightfoot)
Summer Side Of Life: Reprise Records MS 2037
Orillia / Toronto ON
Gordon Lightfoot: guitar, vocal
Red Shea: guitar
Jerry Shook: guitar
Chip Young: guitar
Rick Haynes: bass guitar
Roy M. "Junior" Huskey: bass guitar
James Rolleston: bass guitar
Henry Strzelecki: bass guitar
Kenneth A. Buttrey: drums
Buddy Harman: drums
Jim Isbell: drums
David Brown: percussion
Farrel Morris: percussion
Vassar Clements: violin
Charlie McCoy: harmonica
Hargus "Pig" Robbins: piano
The Jordanaires (Gordon Stoker, Neal Matthews, Hoyt Hawkins, Ray Walker): bg vocals
Produced by Joe Wissert, 1971
Recorded & mixed by Rick Horton & Rex Collier at Woodland Sound Studios, Nashville
Mastered by Bob MacLeod at Artisan Sound, Hollywood
6. Max Webster: Summer’s Up
(Kim Mitchell)
Max Webster: Taurus Records: TR 101
Toronto ON
Kim Mitchell: guitars, lead vocals
Paul Kersey: drums
Mike Tilka: bass
Terry Watkinson: keys
Produced by Max Webster & Terry Brown, 1975
Recorded and Mixed at Toronto Sound
7. Buffalo Springfield: Hot Dusty Roads
(Stephen Stills)
Buffalo Springfield: Atco Records Mono 33-200-A
Los Angeles CA
Neil Young: guitar, lead vocal
Steve Stills: guitar
Richie Furay: guitar
Dewey Martin: drums
Bruce Palmer: bass
Produced by Charles Greene, Brian Stone, 1966
Recorded July - September 1966 by Tom May, Doc Siegel, James Hilton, Stan Ross
Mixing: Buffalo Springfield, Charles Greene, Brian Stone
8. Jane Morgan: We’ll Sing In the Sunshine
(Gale Garnett)
In My Style…: Epic Records: LN 24166
Newton, Massachusetts
Jane Morgan: vocals
Produced by Manny Kellem, 1965
Florence Catherine Currier b. 3 May 1924
Morgan performed for French President Charles de Gaulle, and for five U.S. Presidents: John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and George W. Bush. She toured with Jack Benny and John Raitt, and appeared at the Grand Ole Opry. Two of her RCA singles hit the Billboard country charts in 1970.
Gale Zoë Garnett (b. 17 July 1942) is a New Zealand–born Canadian singer best known in the United States for her self-penned, Grammy-winning folk hit "We'll Sing in the Sunshine".
Time to Twist & Shout
The following 7 songs are from the first LP I purchased, from Eaton’s Yorkdale, April 1964. They will be heard in their original order from Side A of the Twist and Shout LP put out by Capitol Records of Canada. All the pops, cracks and surface noise is my very own. I mean, I’ve played this album on everything from a Seabreeze record player on up (with nickels taped onto the tone arm) and it still sounds great! So I’ve recorded the album for you and present to you Side 1 (with all the gaps between songs included); I’ll do Side 2 for you next week.
Remember, The Beatles were still totally new to us North Americans in the spring of ’64; we only knew their hit songs, so buying a full album was a total revelation to us. While Twist & Shout (only released as an album in Canada) was the 2nd Beatles’ album released in Canada (after Beatlemania With The Beatles) it was mostly comprised of older material recorded between 1962 and early ’63.
9. The Beatles: Anna (Go To Him)
(Arthur Alexander)
Twist And Shout: Capitol Records Canada 6000 Series: T-6054
Liverpool
John Lennon: vocals, acoustic rhythm guitar
Paul McCartney: bass, backing vocals
George Harrison: lead guitar, backing vocals
Ringo Starr: drums
Produced by George Martin
Recorded by Norman Smith at Abby Road EMI Studios Feb 11, 1963
Originally recorded by Arthur Alexander in September 1962, it was a personal favourite of John Lennon.
10. The Beatles: Chains
(Gerry Goffin (lyricist) and Carole King)
Twist And Shout: Capitol Records Canada 6000 Series: T-6054
Liverpool
George Harrison: lead vocals, lead guitar
John Lennon: rhythm guitar, harmonica, harmony vocals
Paul McCartney: bass, harmony vocals
Ringo Starr: drums
Produced by George Martin
Recorded by Norman Smith at Abby Road EMI Studios Feb 11, 1963
"Chains" is a song composed by the husband-and-wife songwriting team Gerry Goffin and Carole King and originally recorded (but not released) by the Everly Brothers. In 1962 it was a hit for Little Eva’s backing singers, the Cookies. The Beatles incorporated it into their live sets.
11. The Beatles: Boys
(Luther Dixon / Wes Farrell)
Twist And Shout: Capitol Records Canada 6000 Series: T-6054
Liverpool
Ringo Starr: vocals, drums
John Lennon: rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Paul McCartney: bass, backing vocals
George Harrison: lead guitar, backing vocals
Produced by George Martin
Recorded by Norman Smith at Abby Road EMI Studios Feb 11, 1963
Boys" is a song by Luther Dixon and Wes Farrell, originally performed by the Shirelles and released as the B-side of their "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" single in November 1960. It was recorded more than two years later by the Beatles and included on their first album released in the United Kingdom, Please Please Me (1963). It’s Ringo Starr's first recorded lead vocal with the Beatles. The band included another song by the Shirelles, "Baby It's You", on the album as well.
12. The Beatles: Ask Me Why
(Lennon / McCartney)
Twist And Shout: Capitol Records Canada 6000 Series: T-6054
Liverpool
John Lennon: vocals, acoustic rhythm guitar
Paul McCartney: bass, backing vocals
George Harrison: lead guitar, backing vocals
Ringo Starr: drums
Produced by George Martin
Recorded by Norman Smith at Abby Road EMI Studios 26 November 1962
Ask Me Why was originally released in the United Kingdom as the B-side of The Beatles’ single "Please Please Me". It was written mostly by John Lennon. It was part of their live act prior to their recording contract, and was one of the songs performed at their first Parlophone recording session in EMI's Abbey Road studio two on 6 June 1962, featuring Pete Best still on drums. Of course, this is a later version featuring Ringo from November 1962.
13. The Beatles: Please Please Me
(Lennon / McCartney)
Twist And Shout: Capitol Records Canada 6000 Series: T-6054
Liverpool
John Lennon: lead vocals, rhythm guitar, harmonica
Paul McCartney: bass, harmony vocals
George Harrison: lead guitar, backing vocals
Ringo Starr: drums
Produced by George Martin
Recorded by Norman Smith at Abby Road EMI Studios 26 November 1962
This was The Beatles’ second single (bw Ask Me Why). It was also released in Canada and the USA (first single there) but failed to make any kind of mark at the time. In fact, it wasn’t until She Loves You (on Side 2) that they had any kind of success this side of the ocean. It was a totally different feel than their first release, Love Me Do, and really showed the fledgling band’s strength at re-defining popular music at the time.
Lennon first conceived "Please Please Me" as a bluesy, slow tempo song. Lennon recalled: "I remember the day I wrote it, I heard Roy Orbison doing 'Only the Lonely', or something. And I was also always intrigued by the words to a Bing Crosby song that went, 'Please lend a little ear to my pleas'. The double use of the word 'please'. So it was a combination of Roy Orbison and Bing Crosby". Originally it was vocally sparse, did not contain any harmonies or responses, nor did it have the scaled harmonica intro.
14. The Beatles: Love Me Do
(Lennon / McCartney)
Twist And Shout: Capitol Records Canada 6000 Series: T-6054
Liverpool
Paul McCartney: vocals, bass
John Lennon: vocals, harmonica
George Harrison: acoustic guitar
Ringo Starr: tambourine
Andy White: drums
Produced by George Martin
Recorded by Norman Smith at Abby Road EMI Studios 11 September 1962
"Love Me Do", the very first Beatles’ single, was recorded on three different occasions with three different drummers: Pete Best (June), Ringo (Sept 4) and Andy White (Sept 11) in 1962. Producer, George Martin, was unsatisfied with Ringo’s drumming on the song and insisted on re-recording it a week later with Andy White behind the kit; Ringo was allowed to play the tambourine. (If you hear no tambourine, it’s the original Ringo drum version). Parlophone released the Ringo version for the original single; the album track used was the Andy White version.
Capitol Records Canada pressed 170 singles which were released on 4 February 1963 with catalogue number 72076. This pressing was dubbed from the original UK single and featured Ringo Starr on drums. However, most Canadians never heard this version (since re-released on the Rarities album) since the Twist & Shout album featured the White version of the song.
15. The Beatles: From Me To You
(Lennon / McCartney)
Twist And Shout: Capitol Records Canada 6000 Series: T-6054
Liverpool
John Lennon: vocal, rhythm guitar, harmonica
Paul McCartney: vocal, bass guitar
George Harrison: lead guitar
Ringo Starr: drums
Produced by George Martin
Recorded by Norman Smith at Abby Road EMI Studios 5 March 1963
The third Beatles’ single was the band’s first number 1 hit song! Lennon and McCartney began writing "From Me to You" while riding a coach heading to Shrewsbury as part of the Beatles' tour with Helen Shapiro. The title was inspired by the name of the letters section of the New Musical Express, which they had been reading: "From You to Us". Quoting John Lennon: "We nearly didn't record it because we thought it was too bluesy at first, but when we'd finished it and George Martin had scored it with harmonica, it was alright."
Singer-songwriter Roger Greenaway recounted a story: John and Paul were sitting at the back of the coach and Kenny Lynch, who at this time fancied himself as a songwriter, sauntered up to the back of the coach and decided that he would help them write a song. After a period of about half-an-hour had elapsed and nothing seemed to be coming, Kenny rushed to the front and shouted, 'Well, that's it. I am not going to write any more of that bloody rubbish with those idiots. They don't know music from their backsides. That's it! No more help from me!'
Okay!
16. Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass: South Of The Border
(Jimmy Kennedy / Michael Carr)
Greatest Hits: A&M Records SP 69854
Los Angeles
Herb Alpert: trumpet
Tonni Kalash: trumpet
Bob Edmondson: trombone
John Pisano: guitar
Lou Pagani: piano
Pat Senatore: bass
Nick Ceroli: drums
Produced by Herb Alpert & Jerry Moss, 1964
Recorded by Larry Levine
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