Re: Was Lennon Incompetent?

On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 11:43:02 -0000, "Nick Romero"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>>
>> HAPPINESS: JL.
>
>Other dubs include an opening
>> organ part (dropped from the final),
>
>Ian, will you help me put this myth to bed?

Most happily Sir! I'll update BEATLES UNPLUCKED. Many thanks for the
detailed treatment.

>The opening organ part IS in the final version, mixed low and panned to the
>same area as the rhythm guitar (ie more or less in the centre). Especially
>noticeable is the run of notes in bar 2:
>
>Beats: 1       2        3       4
>Notes: b   a   g   f#   e   f#  g a  b
>
>And then it continues, with all the features of the bootleg (where the track
>is heard solo'd) audible if you listen disentangle them from the guitar
>notes.
>
>Compare with the guitar alone which can be isolated from the 5.1 Anthology
>mix.
>
>
>>
>> BECAUSE: JL. Lennon is the only Beatle playing on the band track,
>> along with George Martin (and Ringo tapping out a click track).
>
>
>Why do you think the bass was added later?

Oops :-) I'd totally forgotten that tasteful bass part. I was rushing.

>Also, stereo-OOPSing the track shows that 2 guitars, which different tone
>colours, are playing in unison. That might have been doubled by John
>himself, as with Prudence, Happiness etc. Or he and George might have played
>the line together.

Another great find.

As you note Lennon had a habit of doubling his solo parts -- "Julia"
is another, but usually on the same guitar. Perhaps George learned the
part at the same time Martin did.

>I think in one of your articles on Because you mention another (demo?)
>recording of John playing this style of accompaniment - which song is that?

It's a little ditty that he recorded with Yoko called "Stay In Bed".
I'll add to the list of promised uploads ("She Loves You", the Frost
tape). I'm still stuck in retro-computer land at the moment...

There's also an instrumental home tape of Lennon playing the "Because"
riff somewhere. It was in one of the videos. I'm not sure if I have it
not.

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