The Beatles Bible - Topic: 1981 - Beatles Reunion

robert on 1981 - Beatles Reunion

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 11:41:43 +0000

been busy - too busy for the Beatles - not good!

vonbontee on 1981 - Beatles Reunion

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:02:49 +0000

Hey Robert, haven't seen you for awhile!

robert on 1981 - Beatles Reunion

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 02:12:07 +0000

Doggett's book is great. I've read it twice.

vonbontee on 1981 - Beatles Reunion

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:59:10 +0000

Thanks for the suggestions, i know there's a pile of good reading ahead, Peter Doggett's book being at the top of the theoretical pile

Joe on 1981 - Beatles Reunion

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:51:55 +0000

Von B - for the solo years I recommend John Blaney's Lennon & McCartney: Together Alone and Simon Leng's While My Guitar Gently Weeps: The Music Of George Harrison. They should furnish you with some good in-depth info on who did what on the post-Beatles songs. For a broader overview (not just the songs) the book Fab Four FAQ 2.0 is very good too.

Into the Sky with Diamonds on 1981 - Beatles Reunion

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 02:07:36 +0000

Vonbontee, hmmm perhaps I can make a suggestion...

meanmistermustard on 1981 - Beatles Reunion

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:35:41 +0000

According to an Evening Standard article in 1981 (as quoted in The Beatles: The Dream Is Over by Keith Badman) Ringo and Paul recorded separate tapes and everything was then mixed in George Martin's studios. Which would account for the credit to George Martin.

mr. Sun king coming together on 1981 - Beatles Reunion

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:05:28 +0000

Zig, why is a prop used by Sue Ann Nivens Considered strange? She once cooked that, you know.

vonbontee on 1981 - Beatles Reunion

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:00:46 +0000

Again, truly appreciate all this info, you guys - how truly ignorant I am about huge swaths of the post-breakup years!

After Christmas has come and gone, I've got me a whole lotta books to read.

Zig on 1981 - Beatles Reunion

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:56:10 +0000

mr. Sun king coming together said:

This is strange.

No – THIS is strange.

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/slade/deg.....e1maya.jpg

mr. Sun king coming together on 1981 - Beatles Reunion

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:41:50 +0000

But again, the sleeve makes no mention of anything but what I quoted above. It doesn't credit him with anything, even though if someone helped produce even one song, they'd still be credited. This is strange.

Zig on 1981 - Beatles Reunion

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:52:36 +0000

mr. Sun king coming together said:

Why is George Martin thanked for ATYA, when he has no noted contribution (that I know of)?

The wiki entry mentioned by mmrm above first says…

The album's liner notes also thank the Beatles' producer George Martin and the Beatles' engineer Geoff Emerick, although what contribution (if any) they made to the track is unclear.

That same entry goes on to list Sir George as one of the song's producers. A Google search produced a list of websites that also say he was a co-producer of the song. I wasn't there, ...

mr. Sun king coming together on 1981 - Beatles Reunion

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:36:34 +0000

It says (on the sleeve) thanks to Paul and Linda McCartney, Denny Laine, George Martin and Geoff Emerick for 'All Those Years Ago'" And it says "Denny Laine appears courtesy of Warner Bros [I forget]."
Look, the bass would have been recorded when the song was recorded with Ringo. And Denny still thought, until mid 1981, that Tug of War would be a Wings album. He appears on that album alot. The acrimony starts in 1981, when Paul announced (in returning to the Tug of War project) that it would be a solo album, Denny said (essentially) fuck, and it ...

meanmistermustard on 1981 - Beatles Reunion

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:01:43 +0000

Keith Badman in his book 'The Beatles After the Breakup 1970 - 2000' says it was Friar Park (so whatever the book i read looks to been wrong) but no Denny Laine or bass - not that thats the definitive source.

Into the Sky with Diamonds on 1981 - Beatles Reunion

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 03:35:32 +0000

Can't trust guys who write books