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28 May 2014
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parlance said
meanmistermustard said
Copied from the News thread as it’s relevant here too
Examiner reports on the airing of a 30 second tape of the bit of music Ringo blasts out of his transistor radio in AHDN‘ and is commonly referred to as ‘Train Music’. There has always been discussions on whether or not it’s the Beatles playing and this article goes in to that a little. The beatlesbible.com forum gets a mention and link too (we should start documenting all the news articles that refer back to this site).
A site that posts Beatles radios shows to post Breakfast with the Beatles (the show that aired Train Music) finally posted this one. The download seems to be down (maybe too many hits) and I’ve messaged the site about it. But maybe others will have more luck.
I don’t know what time it aired, but here’s the playlist, so that’ll give you some idea (probably the 3rd hour). Incidentally, that was my favorite episode of Breakfast with the Beatles so far in terms of the mix of favorite songs they played, so I was planning on downloading it anyway.
Once the link seems to be stable, I’ll x-post to the news thread.
parlance
Thanks, Parlance. I can’t wait to watch it.
By hook or by crook, I'll be last in this book.
4.29pm
8 November 2012
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Thanks, Parlance. I can’t wait to watch it.
It’s a radio show, just audio.
parlance
4.34pm
28 May 2014
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thisbirdhasflown said
Thanks, Parlance. I can’t wait to watch it.
It’s a radio show, just audio.
parlance
Well then, I’ll listen to it, if you must. *mumbling in the background* “Picky, picky, picky.”
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5.00pm
8 November 2012
Offline The AV Club, The Onion’s entertainment site, looks back at AHDN .
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5.15pm
28 May 2014
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Film School Rejects article: How ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ Saved the Rock ‘N’ Roll Movie
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They were so right. It really did save the rock movie.
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By hook or by crook, I'll be last in this book.
3.14am
8 November 2012
Offline parlance said
meanmistermustard said
Copied from the News thread as it’s relevant here too
Examiner reports on the airing of a 30 second tape of the bit of music Ringo blasts out of his transistor radio in AHDN‘ and is commonly referred to as ‘Train Music’. There has always been discussions on whether or not it’s the Beatles playing and this article goes in to that a little. The beatlesbible.com forum gets a mention and link too (we should start documenting all the news articles that refer back to this site).
A site that posts Beatles radios shows to post Breakfast with the Beatles (the show that aired Train Music) finally posted this one. The download seems to be down (maybe too many hits) and I’ve messaged the site about it. But maybe others will have more luck.
I don’t know what time it aired, but here’s the playlist, so that’ll give you some idea (probably the 3rd hour). Incidentally, that was my favorite episode of Breakfast with the Beatles so far in terms of the mix of favorite songs they played, so I was planning on downloading it anyway.
Once the link seems to be stable, I’ll x-post to the news thread.
parlance
I just downloaded with no problem.
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28 May 2014
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parlance said
meanmistermustard said
Copied from the News thread as it’s relevant here too
Examiner reports on the airing of a 30 second tape of the bit of music Ringo blasts out of his transistor radio in AHDN‘ and is commonly referred to as ‘Train Music’. There has always been discussions on whether or not it’s the Beatles playing and this article goes in to that a little. The beatlesbible.com forum gets a mention and link too (we should start documenting all the news articles that refer back to this site).
A site that posts Beatles radios shows to post Breakfast with the Beatles (the show that aired Train Music) finally posted this one. The download seems to be down (maybe too many hits) and I’ve messaged the site about it. But maybe others will have more luck.
I don’t know what time it aired, but here’s the playlist, so that’ll give you some idea (probably the 3rd hour). Incidentally, that was my favorite episode of Breakfast with the Beatles so far in terms of the mix of favorite songs they played, so I was planning on downloading it anyway.
Once the link seems to be stable, I’ll x-post to the news thread.
parlance
I just downloaded with no problem.
parlance
Is the link stable to post here? Thanks @parlance !
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2.26am
8 November 2012
Offline I posted the above-mentioned links to Breakfast with the Beatles in a comment to Hey Dullblog, and they’ve now isolated the clip.
[x-posted to the news thread]
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Hard Day’s Night………Best reviewed film of all time……..Blimey!!
Look at the movie it beat…
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8 November 2012
Offline Something New article on divisions among Beatles scholars regarding the “Train Song.”
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Offline The Paul on the Run article is the same as the one from Something New (post #154 above). Was wondering why the article seemed so familiar.
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parlance"I told you everything I could about me, Told you everything I could" ('Before Believing' - Emmylou Harris)
11.29am
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Offline Part 1 of an exclusive Examiner interview with Pattie Boyd on AHDN and the Beatles.
In Their Own Voices (Excerpts) – A wogblog column compiling new video clips on youtube of The Beatles discussing various aspects of ‘A Hard Day Night’ and their fame.
"I told you everything I could about me, Told you everything I could" ('Before Believing' - Emmylou Harris)
5.35pm
8 November 2012
Offline Other AHDN articles:
* Beatles Rarity articles: 1 and 2
* A video of In Their Own Voices excerpts with some photos I haven’t seen before at a related article on The Beatles at Esquire
* Edit: Huffington Post essay on the film
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3.41pm
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8 November 2012
Offline Interesting theory at Hey Dullblog that it might be Jimmy Nicol that’s drumming on the Train Song:
[First, quoting commenter @ODIrony:] “Also, it’s well documented that train scenes were done first. That would argue that the scene with the upper class twit would have everything needed for it set before production.”
There actually would have been no need for the radio music at that point, as sound effects are added in post-production. The film wrapped in late April, so they might have recorded it after that. In fact, there’s an intriguing entry in Lewisohn’s book for June 3, when they spent the afternoon at EMI rehearsing with Jimmy Nicol, though Lewisohn says it was not taped. A couple of people have remarked that the drumming in the radio clip doesn’t sound like Ringo, so… could it be that a few stray seconds of the Nicol rehearsal were recorded?
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1.36am
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Offline Trouble with that possibility for me is it doesn’t sound like any of the other 3 Beatles either.
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1.39am
8 November 2012
Offline meanmistermustard said
Trouble with that possibility for me is it doesn’t sound like any of the other 3 Beatles either.
Someone at WogBlog commented that it sounds like their Decca-era recordings, and I’m willing to believe the other three were farting around, deliberately copying a popular sound. The sticking point for those more technically-minded seems to have been the drumming, so perhaps Jimmy Nicol would be the missing element for making the case that it is the Beatles.
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2.08am
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1 May 2011
Offline I suppose there might be some similarities with bits of the Decca tapes but they’d have to be seriously off their game to get anywhere near the train music.
Someone needs to go back round Jimmy’s door and ask.
"I told you everything I could about me, Told you everything I could" ('Before Believing' - Emmylou Harris)
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