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| From | "Mark Smith" <markmsmith@gmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: You know my name..... |
| Date | Thu, 17 May 2007 16:33:45 +0100 |
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If I remember correctly they initially recorded it around 1967 with Brian
Jones playing sax on it. They didn't finish it until '69/'70 when it was put
out as the b-side to Let It Be. Also, Lennon was going to release it with
What's The New Mary Jane as a Plastic Ono Band single and I think there may
even have been a catalogue number reserved for it but that was vetoed by the
other Beatles.
Actually thinking about it I seem to remember from my Dad's copy of the Let
It Be single that you can see the original catalogue number scratched out on
the b-side. Not sure how that remained there but there it is.
I would guess it wasn't put out because it's a silly novelty and wouldn't
have fitted on any album of the time rather than any difficulty making it
work structurally - though the final version is heavily edited down from the
version that appears on Anthology. I guess they didn't have anything else
lying about at the time of the last single.
Mark
On 5/17/07, floatingunder <underthefloat@msn.com> wrote:
>
> --- In audities@yahoogroups.com, "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@...> >
> This is but one, unique, example. People rarely discuss the other 250
> Beatle
> > songs that Lennon and McCartney spent much longer crafting. "You Know
> My
> > Name, Look Up The Number" took nearly 6 years to record cause they
> couldn't
> > figure out how to transition the pieces. In the end, as humourous and
> > kitsche the song is, it failed as a composition.
>
>
> Jaimie,
> I did not know this and it's amazing to hear they put that much thought
> or at least delay into finishing it. It sounds like something kind of
> thrown together and almost like it would have been done in a 1/2 a day
> (in my head anyway).
>
> Was one Beatle more the driving force on this then another?
>
> Just Curious,
> Steve
>
>
>
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