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I was able to adhere to rules 1, 3, 4 and 5, but I tried very hard, and failed for number 2.
Going through the track list for all 30 songs on that album, I only found one solo I liked, and it is debatable whether it is a solo or not.
Though I like 20-13, anything in my top 12 is light years ahead in my opinion, and was very hard to decide on a rank.
20. Twist And Shout
19. Run For Your Life
18. Octopus’s Garden
17. I Feel Fine
16. Boys
15. I Should Have Known Better
14. A Hard Day’s Night
13. Maxwell’s Silver Hammer
12. Tomorrow Never Knows
11. Day Tripper
10. What Goes On
9. You’re Going To Lose That Girl
8. I Wanna Be Your Man
7. Birthday (this is debatable, I call the part from 0:56-1:10 a solo)
6. Nowhere Man
5. Fixing A Hole
4. I Don’t Want To Spoil The Party
3. Hey Bulldog
2. And Your Bird Can Sing
1. Let It Be
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3.47pm
12 November 2016
Offline I adore And Your Bird Can Sing ‘s guitar line. Listening to it just now so I can’t mention any others when I’m listening to this one. 🙂
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10 March 2017
Offline I think we need to list every single guitar solo The Beatles have ever done so we can determine what is and isn’t a guitar solo:
“Please Please Me ” (1963)
I Saw Her Standing There (George, Gretsch Duo Jet )
Boys (George, Gretsch Duo Jet )
Baby It’s You (George, Gretsch Duo Jet )
Twist And Shout (John and George, Rickenbacker 325 and Gretsch Duo Jet )
*From Me To You (George, Gibson J-160E)
“With The Beatles ” (1963)
All My Loving (George, Gretsch Country Gentleman)
Don’t Bother Me (George, Gretsch Country Gentleman)
Till There Was You (George, Ramirez Classical)
Roll Over Beethoven (George, Gretsch Country Gentleman) (2 solos)
I Wanna Be Your Man (George, Gretsch Country Gentleman)
“A Hard Day’s Night ” (1964)
A Hard Day’s Night (George, Rickenbacker 360/12)
I Should Have Known Better (George, Rickenbacker 360/12)
And I Love Her (George, Ramirez Classical)
Can’t Buy Me Love (George, Gretsch) (3 lead guitar parts in this solo, one from the backing track and a double tracked overdubbed solo)
Any Time At All (George, Rickenbacker 360/12 and Ramirez Classical) (middle section)
You Can’t Do That (John, Rickenbacker 325)
*Long Tall Sally (John on 1st solo, Rickenbacker 325, George on 2nd solo, Gretsch Country Gentleman)
*I Call Your Name (George, Rickenbacker 360/12)
*Slow Down (George, Gretsch)
*Matchbox (George, Gretsch)
“Beatles For Sale ” (1964)
I’m A Loser (George, Gretsch)
Baby’s In Black (George, Gretsch Tennessean)
I’ll Follow The Sun (George, Gretsch)
Kansas City / Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey (George, Gretsch)
Words Of Love (George, Rickenbacker 360/12) (solo repeats itself at 2 additional points in the song)
Honey Don’t (George, Gretsch)
I Don’t Want To Spoil The Party (George, Gretsch)
Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby (George, Gretsch)
*I Feel Fine (George, Gretsch Tennessean)
*She’s A Woman (George, Gretsch) (double tracked)
“Help !” (1965)
The Night Before (George and Paul, Fender Stratocaster and Epiphone Casino)
You’re Going To Lose That Girl (George)
Ticket To Ride (Paul, Epiphone Casino) (outro)
You Like Me Too Much (George, Gretsch Tennessean) (played alongside piano)
I’ve Just Seen A Face (Paul on intro solo, Epiphone Texan, George on 2nd solo, Framus Hootenanny)
Dizzy Miss Lizzy (George, Gretsch Tennessean) (2 solos)
*Bad Boy (George, Gretsch Tennessean)
*I’m Down (George, Gretsch Tennessean)
“Rubber Soul ” (1965)
Drive My Car (Paul, Epiphone Casino)
Nowhere Man (John and George, Fender Stratocaster)
Michelle (George, either Gretsch Tennessean or Fender Stratocaster) (2 solos)
What Goes On (George)
I’m Looking Through You (George or Paul, Paul would’ve used his Epiphone Casino) (outro)
If I Needed Someone (George, Rickenbacker 360/12) (after 3rd verse)
Run For Your Life (George)
*Day Tripper (George)
“Revolver ” (1966)
Taxman (Paul, Epiphone Casino) (repeats during outro)
I’m Only Sleeping (George) (2 solos, solo 2 contains 2 guitar parts)
She Said, She Said (George)
And Your Bird Can Sing (George and Paul, Epiphone Casino) (repeats during outro)
Doctor Robert (George) (outro AKA final verse)
Got To Get You Into My Life (Paul, Epiphone Casino)
Tomorrow Never Knows (Paul, Epiphone Casino) (recycled from Taxman )
“Sgt. Pepper ‘s Lonely Hearts Club Band” (1967)
Sgt. Pepper ‘s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Paul, Fender Esquire) (2 solos, intro and 2nd verse)
Fixing A Hole (George, double tracked)
Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite! (Paul) (the 2nd half of the first instrumental section that sounds like a mandolin is actually a guitar)
Good Morning, Good Morning (Paul, Fender Esquire)
Sgt. Pepper ‘s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) (George) (outro)
“Magical Mystery Tour ” (1967)
Strawberry Fields Forever (Paul)
All You Need Is Love (George, Fender Stratocaster)
“Yellow Submarine ” (1968)
Hey Bulldog (George, Gibson SG)
It’s All Too Much (John, Epiphone Casino) (John uses George’s Casino instead of his own)
“The Beatles” (1968)
Back In The U.S.S.R. (Paul, Epiphone Casino)
Dear Prudence (George) (2 solos, solo 1 during the “round round round” section, solo 2 is harmonized in octaves and is during final verse)
The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill (Maybe Ron Nasty knows who plays the intro solo but I sure as hell don’t, sampled from Mellotron MK-II)
While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Eric Clapton, Gibson Les Paul) (2 solos)
Happiness Is A Warm Gun (George)
Birthday (John and George, John uses his Epiphone Casino) (section inbetween chorus 1 and chorus 2)
Yer Blues (starts with John, Epiphone Casino, ends with George)
Sexy Sadie (George, Gibson)
Helter Skelter (Paul, Fender Esquire)
Revolution 1 (John, Epiphone Casino) (outro)
Honey Pie (John, Epiphone Casino)
Savoy Truffle (George, Gibson Les Paul)
Revolution 9 (George?) (at about the 2 minute mark)
*Revolution (John, Epiphone Casino)
“Abbey Road ” (1969)
Come Together (George, Gibson Les Paul) (2 solos, first solo has 2 lead guitar parts)
Something (George, Gibson Les Paul)
Octopus’s Garden (George) (3 solos, intro, main, and outro)
I Want You (She’s So Heavy) (George on intro solo, John on main solo, Epiphone Casino)
Here Comes The Sun (song originally had guitar solo played by George, although this was later wiped)
You Never Give Me Your Money (George) (2 solos)
Polythene Pam (George) (2 guitar parts)
Carry That Weight (George)
The End (main solo is a truel between Paul, Epiphone Casino, George, and John, Epiphone Casino, outro solo is George)
*The Ballad Of John And Yoko (John or Paul, Epiphone Casino) (outro)
*Old Brown Shoe (George)
“Let It Be ” (1970)
Dig A Pony (George, Fender Telecaster)
I Me Mine (George, Gibson Les Paul) (intro)
Let It Be (George, Gibson Les Paul on album, Fender Telecaster on single)
I’ve Got A Feeling (George, Fender Telecaster) (during the everybody has a hard year section)
One After 909 (George, Fender Telecaster)
For You Blue (John, Hofner Slide Guitar)
Get Back (John, Epiphone Casino)
“Anthology” (1995)
Free As A Bird (George)
Real Love (George)
Any objections, any parts that I labeled as solos that you don’t think are solos or any parts that I didn’t label as solos that you consider solos.
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7.24pm
1 December 2009
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Very exhaustive list there, @Dark Overlord ! My only real objections are “Birthday ” and (especially) “And Your Bird Can Sing “.
(Huh, just looked at my first post on the thread…didn’t realize I’d listed “Something ” twice! Although it’s almost that good…)
GEORGE: In fact, The Detroit Sound. JOHN: In fact, yes. GEORGE: In fact, yeah. Tamla-Motown artists are our favorites. The Miracles. JOHN: We like Marvin Gaye. GEORGE: The Impressions PAUL & GEORGE: Mary Wells. GEORGE: The Exciters. RINGO: Chuck Jackson. JOHN: To name but eighty.
7.32pm
10 March 2017
Offline You really don’t consider the middle and outro sections of And Your Bird Can Sing solos, why not.
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7.38pm
26 January 2017
Offline Its an instrumentmental break, more of an extension of the intro than a guitar solo. Plus it is technically a duet.
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8.00pm
1 December 2009
Offline I feel that they’re lead guitar parts, and integral to the the song’s composition. To my way of thinking, a solo has an improvisatory feel to it, even if it isn’t strictly (or at all) improvised. Paul and George are playing parts that are precisely harmonized, that consist of unvarying descending/ascending seven-notes-per-bar sequences, and are repeated throughout. I can’t imagine the song without those precise notes – like, if another band covered it, I feel they’d have to play it note-for-note.
This is just my opinion – it’s probably a matter of semantics, as to where “lead guitar” and “solo guitar” intersect.
EDIT: Also yeah, haha – I never considered the contradiction in calling a duet part a “solo”!
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8.04pm
10 March 2017
Offline Any other objections @sir walter raleigh I’d like to hear them if you do. Also, if anybody wants, I can split the list into full sized solos and mini solos.
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9.04pm
26 January 2017
Offline vonbontee said
I feel that they’re lead guitar parts, and integral to the the song’s composition. To my way of thinking, a solo has an improvisatory feel to it, even if it isn’t strictly (or at all) improvised. Paul and George are playing parts that are precisely harmonized, that consist of unvarying descending/ascending seven-notes-per-bar sequences, and are repeated throughout. I can’t imagine the song without those precise notes – like, if another band covered it, I feel they’d have to play it note-for-note.This is just my opinion – it’s probably a matter of semantics, as to where “lead guitar” and “solo guitar” intersect.
EDIT: Also yeah, haha – I never considered the contradiction in calling a duet part a “solo”!
I thought it was John and George.
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7.02am
26 January 2017
Offline Dark Overlord thanks for posting that list. @HMBeatlesfan posted a similar one on another thread that I was planning on posting here, but you beat me to it. I personally think a guitar duet still counts as a solo. Plus I count WMGGW as it is still in their catalog, regardless of who played it.
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10.30am
10 March 2017
Offline I consider guitar duets and trios solos as well, some of the best guitar solos of all time use multiple guitars, such as Hotel California and Killer Queen and I did mention While My Guitar Gently Weeps in there, as well as the intro to The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill , which also has a guitar solo that is not by a Beatle.
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10.35am
26 January 2017
Offline Intriguing. Do you know who it was?
I've been up on the mountain, and I've seen his wondrous grace,
I've sat there on the barstool and I've looked him in the face.
He seemed a little haggard, but it did not slow him down,
he was humming to the neon of the universal sound.
10.52am
10 March 2017
Offline I wish but I can’t find any information on it, but maybe we can summon a certain Englishman who knows, maybe @Ron Nasty knows, he is the person that confirmed to me that The Wrecking Crew weren’t involved with the April 1st session where they added an orchestra to Across The Universe , I Me Mine , and The Long And Winding Road and he also has said that Mal and Neil weren’t always the ones who wrote The Beatles Book Monthly, so he might know. We have to get his attention though, but what does your average Englishman who likes The Beatles like, I know, everybody loves tea parties, so this should help us.
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The only question left after this one to find out is whether or not George played sitar on Sea Of Time .
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11.04am
26 January 2017
Offline Dark Overlord said
I wish but I can’t find any information on it, but maybe we can summon a certain Englishman who knows, maybe @Ron Nasty knows, he is the person that confirmed to me that The Wrecking Crew weren’t involved with the April 1st session where they added an orchestra to Across The Universe , I Me Mine , and The Long And Winding Road and he also has said that Mal and Neil weren’t always the ones who wrote The Beatles Book Monthly, so he might know. We have to get his attention though, but what does your average Englishman who likes The Beatles like, I know, everybody loves tea parties, so this should help us.[Image Can Not Be Found]
The only question left after this one to find out is whether or not George played sitar on Sea Of Time .
Wikipedia appears to have the answer, citing a certain Chris Thomas as the player. However there are inherent problems with trusting Wikipedia and I can’t find any info to corroborate that story.
I've been up on the mountain, and I've seen his wondrous grace,
I've sat there on the barstool and I've looked him in the face.
He seemed a little haggard, but it did not slow him down,
he was humming to the neon of the universal sound.
12.11pm
10 March 2017
Offline Using Wikipedia for information is like using Internet Explorer as your browser, it gets the job done and is great for most things, but some thing just don’t work with it. I wouldn’t go to Wikipedia for information regarding The Beatles because there are specialty sites dedicated to the topic, such as The Beatles Bible and beatlesebooks, I recommend using both. Also, Wikipedia has made false claims in the past about Beatles instrumentation, such as claiming that Paul played guitar on Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey .
Not to get too off topic but don’t use Robert Fontenot as a source, he is very shady and has deleted some of his articles on certain Beatle songs, one which claimed that George used his SG on Dig A Pony despite the fact that The Beatles record the song live on the rooftop and we can actually see George use his Telecaster to record the song, using Robert Fontenot as a source would be like refusing to use a toilet because there are My Little Pony stickers on it despite the fact that you really have to go.
Anyways, Chris Thomas simply pressed the button that played the sample, he didn’t play the solo.
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1.41pm
26 January 2017
Offline Dark Overlord said
Using Wikipedia for information is like using Internet Explorer as your browser, it gets the job done and is great for most things, but some thing just don’t work with it. I wouldn’t go to Wikipedia for information regarding The Beatles because there are specialty sites dedicated to the topic, such as The Beatles Bible and beatlesebooks, I recommend using both. Also, Wikipedia has made false claims in the past about Beatles instrumentation, such as claiming that Paul played guitar on Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey .Not to get too off topic but don’t use Robert Fontenot as a source, he is very shady and has deleted some of his articles on certain Beatle songs, one which claimed that George used his SG on Dig A Pony despite the fact that The Beatles record the song live on the rooftop and we can actually see George use his Telecaster to record the song, using Robert Fontenot as a source would be like refusing to use a toilet because there are My Little Pony stickers on it despite the fact that you really have to go.
Anyways, Chris Thomas simply pressed the button that played the sample, he didn’t play the solo.
Agreed. So it’s a sample?
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I've sat there on the barstool and I've looked him in the face.
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1.47pm
10 March 2017
Offline Yes it is, it is one of the stock samples from the Mellotron MK-II of someone playing a solo on a classical guitar, since the instrument was made in England, it is possibly from a British session musician, maybe even one of the 2 unknown session guitarists who played on Across The Universe and The Long And Winding Road .
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3.16pm
10 March 2017
Offline I thought I’d make a list of the best solo for each album by each guitarist:
Please Please Me (1963)
I Saw Her Standing There (George, Gretsch Duo Jet )
With The Beatles (1963)
Till There Was You (George, Classical)
Long Tall Sally (1964)
John:
Long Tall Sally (1st solo, Rickenbacker 325)
George:
I Call Your Name (Rickenbacker 360/12)
A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
John:
You Can’t Do That (Rickenbacker 325)
George:
Can’t Buy Me Love (Gretsch Country Gentleman (backing track), Gretsch Tennessean (double tracked main part))
Beatles For Sale (1964)
Baby’s In Black (George, Gretsch Tennessean)
Help ! (1965)
George:
You’re Going To Lose That Girl (Fender Stratocaster)
Paul:
Ticket To Ride (Epiphone Casino)
Rubber Soul (1965)
John:
Nowhere Man (with George both using Fender Stratocaster)
George:
Run For Your Life (Gretsch Tennessean)
Paul:
Drive My Car (Epiphone Casino)
Revolver (1966)
And Your Bird Can Sing (George and Paul both using Epiphone Casino)
Sgt. Pepper ‘s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
George:
Fixing A Hole (Fender Stratocaster)
Paul:
Good Morning Good Morning (Fender Esquire)
Magical Mystery Tour (1967)
George:
All You Need Is Love (Fender Stratocaster)
Paul:
Strawberry Fields Forever (Fender Esquire)
Yellow Submarine (1968)
John:
It’s All Too Much (George’s Epiphone Casino)
George:
Hey Bulldog (Gibson SG)
The Beatles (1968)
John:
Honey Pie (Epiphone Casino)
George:
Savoy Truffle (Gibson Les Paul)
Paul:
Helter Skelter (Fender Esquire)
Abbey Road (1969)
John:
I Want You (She’s So Heavy) (Epiphone Casino)
George:
Something (Gibson Les Paul)
Paul:
The End (with George and John, Paul and John use Epiphone Casino, George uses Gibson Les Paul)
Let It Be (1970)
John:
Get Back (Epiphone Casino)
George:
Let It Be (Gibson Les Paul)
Past Masters (1988)
Day Tripper (George, Fender Stratocaster)
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5.17am
26 January 2017
Offline My third attempt at this, as I had forgotten Old Brown Shoe .
1. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
2. Something
3. Let It Be (Album Version)
6. I Want You (She’s So Heavy)
7. Nowhere Man
8. Taxman
I've been up on the mountain, and I've seen his wondrous grace,
I've sat there on the barstool and I've looked him in the face.
He seemed a little haggard, but it did not slow him down,
he was humming to the neon of the universal sound.
