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I’m The Greatest is oft cited as the only post-Beatles track three Beatles played on, but doesn’t Yoko’s Greenfield Morning I Pushed an Empty Baby Carriage All Over the City qualify? John – guitar; George – sitar; Ringo – drums?
Greenfield Morning I Pushed an Empty Baby Carriage All Over the City – YouTube
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Old Soak said
I’m The Greatest is oft cited as the only post-Beatles track three Beatles played on, but doesn’t Yoko’s Greenfield Morning I Pushed an Empty Baby Carriage All Over the City qualify? John – guitar; George – sitar; Ringo – drums
Crazy, I’ve never thought very hard about the sitar loop (or tamboura loop?) on that track, or where it came from – I thought it might’ve simply been taken from the EMI sound effects library, along with the birdsong effects. Is there any confirmation that it’s George we’re hearing?
I mean, it could plausibly be George on the instrument, conceivably an outtake from the “Tomorrow Never Knows ” tracking session, or some other bit of a Beatle recording from the ’66-67 era. But I imagine that in 1970 John would’ve been reluctant to approach George to ask him to contribute to a recording of Yoko’s; and that George would’ve been equally reluctant to do so anyways.
…and as long as I’m conjecturing here, who’s to say there wasn’t a spare tamboura (or ‘tanpura’?) lying around EMI in a closet, for John to pick up and pluck out the note or two for himself, just enough to make a tape loop?
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vonbontee said
Old Soak said
I’m The Greatest is oft cited as the only post-Beatles track three Beatles played on, but doesn’t Yoko’s Greenfield Morning I Pushed an Empty Baby Carriage All Over the City qualify? John – guitar; George – sitar; Ringo – drums?
Crazy, I’ve never thought very hard about the sitar loop (or tamboura loop?) on that track, or where it came from – I thought it might’ve simply been taken from the EMI sound effects library, along with the birdsong effects. Is there any confirmation that it’s George we’re hearing?
I mean, it could plausibly be George on the instrument, conceivably an outtake from the “Tomorrow Never Knows ” tracking session, or some other bit of a Beatle recording from the ’66-67 era. But I imagine that in 1970 John would’ve been reluctant to approach George to ask him to contribute to a recording of Yoko’s; and that George would’ve been equally reluctant to do so anyways.
Two sources cited in this Wikipedia article:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wik…..c_Ono_Band
It is a sample however.
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vonbonteeOld Soak said
Two sources cited in this Wikipedia article:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wik…..c_Ono_Band
It is a sample however.
Thanks, OS! Interesting…
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