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WORKING CLASS HEROES

The History Of The Beatles' Solo Recordings

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First published in Creat Bntain m 1983 by Vrrgin Books

Ltd., 61-63, Portobello Road, London W 11 300

Copyright 1983 Neville Stannard

ISBN 0 907080 92 8

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CONTENTS

PREFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

JOHN LENNON

Record Releases In Great Britam 11

Record Releases In The USA 49

PAUL McCARTNEY

Record Releases In Great Britain 55

Record Releases In The USA 103

GEORGE HARRISON

Record Releases In Great Bntam 11 3

Record Releases In The USA 144

RINGO STARR

Record Releases In Great Britain ...... . 149

Record Releases In The USA . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . .. .. . . . . . .......... . 178

APPENDICES

Chronological Index To Solo Releases 184

2 Wlth A Llttle Help To Therr Fnends ... 198

3 The Beatles In The BMRB Chart 1962-1982 .......... . 209

4 YokoOno'sSoloReleases ....................... . 213

BIBLIOGRAPHY 230
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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

EYuy attempt lau beea made to c:oatact lloldera of copyrlght

materi&l rept'Odac.d ill thia book, aacl aay bo.lrlagemeat of
CIOJIYrl9ht la ac:c:ideatal. ID the cue of aay qundoa arlabag
oat of the ue of copyright mAterial, the utllora will be
pleued to make the aeceaary correctiou ill aay further
ed.itiou of the book. The authors are IAde bted to the
foUowiag for penu.i.Mioa to use copyright mate rial:

A&M Recorda Ltcl.,

Apple Recorda,
1964-82 by Billboard Puhlicatiou IDc:. All c:h&rt data
compiled by the Billboard research departmeat aact printed
with pe rmi. .loa,
Capitol Recorda IDc:.,
CBS Recorda (for CBS, Epic 4r Ode),
Decca Recorda,
DJM Recorda Ltcl.,
EMI Rec:o.rd.a UK Ltcl., (for EMI, Buvest, Muaic: For Pleuv.re 4r
Parlophoae),
G&llga Pu.bliahiag,
K· tel IDtei'IUlliooal (UK) Ltcl.,
MPLLtcl.,
New Mualc:&l Expreu,
PolyGram Recorda,
RCA Recorda,
WEA Rec:o.rd.a ( for AtlaDtic, Dark Bone, GeiJea 4r Waraer
Brothen)

The autllora wiah to expreu their gntilude to the foUowiag:

Briaa SoutUll, James Devereux, Adriaa Vogel, CollA MUes,
Eugeae MaDzl, Claire Fieldillg Griffitha, Delllae Jerome, Paw
Davla, Peter Wilkiuoa, DiaAa RClbe!Uoa, Nell JUpiaall,
lleebe JelllliAga,Geozv!Aa Challia aacl Fraac:es Rovers.

The followmg music papers were researched for recordmg mformanon and record
sales
New Musical Express
Melody Maker
Disc
Record Mirror
Sounds

T he follow ing record sales charts were used for chart positions and stausncs:
N ew M ustcal Express (Bntish Beatles records)
Billboard (American Beatles records)
M us1c W eek / Bnush M arket Research Bureau/ BBC (other artists' hits and BntlSh
Beatles records)
 PREFACE

HaVIng been descnbed (by others, I hasten to

add) as a rock hlStonan 1t JS particularly
pleasmg to be associated with thiS diScography
of the solo careers of the Beatles I cannot clatm
to have complied very much of the mformatton -
thts chore was undertaken wtth hJS usual apph-
ca!lon and thoroughness by Nevtlle Stannard.
whose knowledge of the Beatles and thetr mustc
seems to me to be second to none m Great
Bntam. and possibly m the world
After the success of NeVllle's ftrst book. The
Long And Wmdmg Road whtch dealt wtth the
records released by the Beatles as a group, 11
was an obv1ous step to prepare a compamon
volume featunng the records released by the
erstwhtle Beatles as mdlvtduals (and thetr partiCI-
pation on records which d1d not bear thetr
names)
ThiS volume JS the result of that dec1ston, and
IS as up to date as publlshmg schedules will
allow (and anyway complete to the end of
1982) As the three sUTVJvmg Beatles contmue
to release new records. Workmg Class
Heroes will meVltably become outdated but 1t
JS our mtenlion to update both The Long And
Wmdmg Road and Workmg Class Heroes on
a regular basiS until 1t becomes ev1dent that
the Beatles - both md!Vldually and collecttvely -
are no longer of mterest It has not escaped our
notice that thiS may turn out to be a hfe work
Our thanks for thetr help to Robert Devereux,
John Brown Cathenne Ledger, F'ehx Denrus
Dtck Pountam MaJcolm Eade, LlZ Crutckshanks
Adnan Vogel, Harold Bronson. Phtl Smee and
Cally

John Tobler
May 1983
INTRODUCfiON
The first part of this book ts dlVlded mto
four secllons; each covers the Beatles'
md1V1dual Bnttsh and American releases,
using a record and song numbenng
system identical to that in The Long And
Wmdmg Road (the companion volume to
Working Class Heroes). In each section,
all solo releases are given a "record
number" - to the left of the ''record title"
- although compilation albums and certam
solo Beatle related records are not
numbered. Each song is gwen a "song
number" - appearmg to the left of each
"song title" - and this receiVes a suffix
letter for subsequent appearances of the
song, 1. e., "a" mdicates the first appear-
ance, "b" the second appearance, etc.,
while a song number Wlthout a suffix
mcilcates the first appearance of the song.
Where albums receive a strrught re-
release (Paul McCartney's Columbia re-
leases m Amenca. for mstance) the track
listmgs are not repeated m order to
economtse on space; therefore the song
numbenng and letters do not apply.
The arttst crecilts for John and Paul's
releases have changed throughout theu
careers, and these varying credits are
given after each record title, but smce
George and Rmgo have so far only
released records under theu own names.
these are not repeated. Some m1ght
argue that ne1ther John's Elast1c Oz Band
nor Paul's Country Hams and Percy Thru-
lmgton are truly solo releases However,
for sunphc1ty they have been mcluded m
the appropnate sect10ns, although they
do not rece1ve record or song numbers.
Likewise, Linda McCartney's solo releases
under "Suzy And The Red Stnpes" have
been mcluded m Paul's section, as they
do not warrant separate listmg. The early
John and Yoko albums are mcluded m
John's section. but Yoko's solo recorcilngs
are featured m Appendix 4
JOHNLENNON
 battle to prove he was a Saint''
I UNFINISBED MUSIC No. I - Understandably the album never
TWO VIRGINS entered the Bnt!Sh charts. as 1t only
By John Lennon and Yoko Ono sold about 5,000 cop1es. and was the first
Beatles' solo album to be deleted by EMl
Apple SAPCOR 2 (Released as It was later remstated into the catalogue
Track 613012 see below) v1a European Imports. d!Stnbuted by
November 29, 1968 Charmdale, in January 1975, before bemg
agam deleted in 1978.
John's frrst recordmg venture w1thout
h1s three fellow Beatles was mto the
realms of the avant-garde, with this
mystenous album of sound effects,
bodily noLSes and snatches of
'mus1c It was recorded one May
morrung, between rrudmght and
dawn, m 1968, when John had mVlted
Yoko to his Kenwood mansiOn m
Weybridge, after hiS wtfe, Cynthia,
had departed for a holiday m Greece
with Jenrue Boyd and Apple
"mventor" MagJ.c Alex. John had
previOusly been expenmentmg wtth
various recordings of his own. usmg
hiS home recordmg studiO, and Yoko
was mterested m hiS rather "way-
out" recordings, and they dectdecl to
record an album together. ASIDE
The naked cover photographs for
the album were taken m the base- TWO VIRGINS 1
ment of Rmgo's flat, m Montagu 2 TOGETHER (De Silva, Brown & Henderson)
Square, London, m early October, 3 TWO VIRGINS 2
1968, with John usmg a delayed
actton shutter release, as he was too 4 TWO VIRGINS 3
embarrassed to allow a professional 5 TWO VIRGINS 4
to take the nude pictures It took John
6 TWO VIRGINS 5 (Total tlme 14.13)
ftve months to get approval from the
other Beatles to allow hliD to use the BSIDE
pictures and even so. EM! refused to 7 TWO VIRGINS 6
handle the album unless John
changed the sleeve photographs 8 HUSHABYE, HUSHABYE
However, John was adamant in 9 TWO VIRGINS 7
wantmg to use the photographs, and
personally appeal ed to Srr Joseph 10 TWO VIRGINS 8
Lockwood, chairman of EM!, who 11 TWO VIRGINS 9
assured John that he would do
all he could. Eventually the album 12 TWO VIRGINS 10 (Total tlme 15.11)
was d!Stnbuted by Track Records m Although the label lists twelve titles,
Bntam. under the condition that it 1t IS almost 1IDposs1ble to dJStmgu!Sh
was wrapped m brown paper bags between each track
before gomg on sale Even then
problems arose wtth pnnnng the
sleeves and, even when it was ready 2 VNFlNISBED MUSIC No. 2 -
for release, many shops refused to LIFE WITB TBE LIONS
stock the record No advertisements By John Lennon and Yoko Ono
for the album appeared m the mus1c
press. as no editors would accept Zapple ZAPPLE 01 -May 9. 1969
advert!Smg copy for the album Even John and Yoko s second mstalment m
though Paul McCartney was strongly the senes ot recordings meant to
opposed to the album bemg JSSued chromcle therr lives together agam
because of the sleeve, he sttll sup- featured very avant-garde perform-
plied a sleeve note which read. ances. thts tlffie recorded at a hve
''When two great Saints meet. 1t IS a concert m Carnbndge and m a London
humbling expenence The long hospttal
12 Working Class Heroes
 BATH, PRESLEY AT HOME WITH
ALBERT
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SPEAKS THUNDERCLAP
SHOWS: * 1<: l .UIIJ , . IJtJti(i
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-~·-·- PICS STONES NEW SINGLE
WORLD'~ LARGEST CIRCULAIION Of ANY MUSIC PAPER

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 The front cover photograph was
taken by Susan Wood m Room No l,
Second West Ward, Queen Charlotte
Hospttal Harnmersrruth London. dunng
November 1968 The back cover photo-
graph was taken by a Daliy MJrror
photographer outstde the Marylebone
MaQl.Strates Court, 181 Marylebone Road.
London, on October 19, 1968, after John
and Yoko had appeared m court upon
charges of possesston of hashiSh On
October 18 John and Yoko had been ar-
rested m Rmgo's Montagu Square fiat,
where poliCe had found amounts of the
drug which John always msJSted were
planted In court the followmg day John
pleaded gmlty, allowmg charges agamst
Yoko to be dropped, as she was pregnant
at the ttme. It was this drugs charge
which caused Jnhn his "Green Card"
problems m Amenca dunng the sevennes
The album was produced by John and
Yoko, and the album sleeve mcludes a
quote from Beatles producer George
Martrn 'No comment".
As wlth Two V1rgms. John and Yoko
did not enJOY any chart success w1th this
album as once agam 1t only sold about
5,000 cop1es.
3 (18) GIVE PEACE A CHANCE (4 50)
ASIDE
13 CAMBRIDGE 1969 (26.30)
BSIDE
14 NO BED FOR BEATLE JOHN (4 50)
15 BABY'S HEARTBEAT ;; .
16 TWO MINUTES SILENCE (201)
17 RADIO PLAY . 33,
Cambndge 1969 was recorded hve on
March 2 1969, at Lady Mitchell Hall
Carnbndge, England, w1th Yoko Ono/
v~ ]ohnlgwtar, John Tchikallsaxophone.
and John Stevens'perCUSSJon. who emerge
towards the end of the p1ece The re-
cordmgs consiSt mainly of Yoko smgmg m
a free form style, wtth John producing
feedback sounds from hJS gwtar John's
appearance at the concert constituted the
fust solo Beatles' performance anywhere
The whole of the second s1de of the
album was recorded on a cassette machme
m Room No I, Second West Ward, Queen
Charlotte Hospital Hamrnersrruth London
between November 4 and 25, 1968. dunng
Yoke's pregnancy, wh1ch resulted m a
miscarnage on November 21 All of the
"songs" are credtted to Lennon/Ono. No
Bed For Beatle John bemg Yoko and John
"singJng" various newspaper reports of
John's problems m keepmg a bed m the
hospital, and the Two Vagms cover fiasco.
John was origmally staymg m a bed m the
hospital to be wtth Yoko. but the bed was
later needed for a patient and John had to
use a sleepmg bag m Yoko's room (see
cover photo) Baby's Heartbeat IS sunply
that a recordmg of Yoko's unborn child's
heart Two Mmutes S1lence speaks for
ltself and Radio Play 1s recordmgs of
Lennon f1ddlmg wtth the dials of a radto,
wtth vanous pteces of conversation m the
background
(19) REMEMBER LOVE (4 00)
By The Plastic Ono Band
Apple APPLE 13 - July 4, 1969
Between May 26 and June 3, 1969, John
and Yoko (wtth Kyoko, Yoko's daughter
by a prevtous marnage) held theu second
bed-m m the Hotel La Reme Ehzabeth
(The Queen Elizabeth Hotel), Montreal,
Canada, m Room 1742 Dunng thetr stay,
John and Yoko wrote GIVe Peace A
Chance, theu f1rst composllton together,
and John deaded to record n unmecliately,
so he ordered an eight-track recorder to
be moved mto theu bedroom Wtthm
hours. the Andre Perry Studios had Instal-
led the requued eqtUpment and wtth
John and Yoko smgmg, John and 'T'ommy
Smothers playmg gwtars. and Yoko bang-
mg a wardrobe the son'l was re"'::rded
John Lennon lJK 15
 on June I, 1969 Helpmg out WJth the
mfecllous chorus were Alien Gmsberg.
Rosemary and Ttmothy Leary, Murray
The K. D1ck Gregory, Petula Clark. Derek
Taylor, Rabbi Geinsberg, a pnest. vanous
members of the hotel staff, reporters.
camera men, a film crew and the Canadlan
Chapter of the Radha Knsl'tna Temple.
John called this hastily assembled group
of chanters The Plasttc Ono Band and
contmued to use the name for many of h1s
vanous back-up bands, although the mu-
SICians var1ed from album to album and
concert to concert Remember Love,
wntten solely by Yoko. was also recorded
m the hotel room
The smgle entered the NME Top 30 on
July 9, 1969, at No. 22, nsmg to No. 2 on
July 30 for one week The record was in
the Top 30 for ten weeks, selhng over
250,000 in the UK. and over two mtllion
world-WJde.
A press reception was held for the
smgle at the Chelsea Town Hall on July 3,
but John and Yoko were unable to attend.
due to therr involvement m a car acc1dent
m Golspte, Scotland, two days prev10usly
The Plastic Ono Band were represented
by an abstract des1gn of p1eces of clear
plastic and recordlng equipment, whlle
Rmgo and Maureen Starr deputlsed for
John and Yoko.
Give Peace A Chance has subsequent-
ly become a frequently used campatgn
song by those protestmg for peace or
agatnst the establishment. The most well
known performance of this kmd was at
the Peace March m 1969, at the Washington
Monument, where 250,000 people JOmed
Pete Seeger m a movmg rend1t1on of the
song.
4 (20) COLD TURKEY (8.00)
(21) DON'T WODY KYOKO (M111D1Dy'•
5 TBE WEDDING ALBUM
Oaly LooldDg FOI' A llud Ill Tile
SDOw) (4.00)
By The Plastic Ono Band
Apple APPLES 1001 - October 24, 1969
In the August 1969JSSUe of Beatles Monthly
a news 1tem reported that the next Plashc
16 Working Class Heroes
Ono Band record would be "a long and
heavy mstrumental smgle" called "Rock
Peace", to be released at the end of August
1969. The smgle never matenaltzed, but
tnstead Cold Turkey appeared m October
1969 and, although not an instrumental. 1t
dtd turn out to have a very heavy sound,
produced by John's latest incarnanon of
The Plastic Ono Band: John/gtlltar and
vocals, Enc Claptonllead gtlltar, Klaus
Voormanlbass gtlltar; Ringo Starrldrurns,
and Yokolbackmg vocals. John collected
thts band of top mus1e1ans together to
recx:>rd hls latest song because Paul refused
to record the song as The Beatles, and
therefore John dectded 1t was ttme to
drop the "Lennon and McCartney" com-
posing credlts from his songs, Cold Turkey
bemg solely credlted to John Lennon.
The song was recorded on September
30, 1969, Wlth John and Yoko producmg,
and the "B" side, featuring a song wntten
by Yoko to her daughter Kyoko, was
recorded usmg the same line up of
mustctans. and later appeared on her solo
album, Fly
The smgle entered the NMETop 30 on
November 5, 1969. at No. 23, nsmg to No.
13 on November 19 for one week. The
smgle stayed m the Top 30 for SIX weeks.
Dunng the week endmg November 26,
Cold Turkey dropped to No. 17 and, on
November 25, John returned hlS MBE to
Buckmgham Palace to protest, so he sa1d.
agamst Bntam's mvolvement m the
Ntgenan-Btafran War. agatnst Bntam's
support of Amenca m Vietnam and be-
cause Cold Turkey had sllpped down the
charts. John returrung hls MBE caused as
much trouble as when he was mltlally
awarded the decoratlon m 1965
By John Lermon and Yoko Ono
Apple SAPCOR 1I - November 7 1969
 r

I
WEDDING
ALBUM
JOHN'&)YOKO
SAPOOR 11 OUT NO\V
John and Yoko's third episode in therr
"Unfimshed Mus1c" senes - although not
titled as such - was a souvenrr of therr
mamage, which took place on March 20,
1969, m Gibraltar Due to the elaborate
packagmg compnsmg a boxed set con-
tammg the album. a poster of weddmg
ptctures. a photograph of a p1ece of
weddmg cake 1ns1de a plastic bag t1tled
"BagtS111", a cartoon stnp by John dep1ctmg
the wedding a booklet of press cuttmgs,
a postcard a stnp of "passport" pictures,
and a copy of the mamage certtficate, the
album took e1ght months to produce The
whole package was des1gned by John
Kosh, w1th photographs taken by Mile
Daruau. Rlchard DlLello (the Apple "House
Hlpp1e", author of the book The Longest
Cocktail Party, a very mformat1ve and
enJoyable ms1der's look at the Apple
fiasco), John Kelly, N1co Koster DaVld
Nutter and John and Yoko
When prev1ew cop1es of the album
were sent out pnor to release, the two
recordmgs were pressed as two smgle-
Sided LPs Wlth apparently empty grooves
on the two blank s1des Melody Maker
revtewer R1chard Wtlhams reported that
the album was a double LP, with s1des
two and four constsnng "entrrely of smgle
tones mamtamed throughout, presumably
produced electrorucally" He also appar-
ently believed that, If ltstened to Intently,
the pitch of the tones altered frequently
by a mtcrotone or a semitone, thus pro-
ducmg an uneven "beat" In fact, what
Wtlharns "reviewed'' was an eng1neer's
test s1gnal as EMI test pressmgs, unilke
those used by many other labels, were
smgle-sided A week later he recetved a
telegram from John and Yoko m Bombay
which read DEAR RICHARD THANK
YOU FOR YOUR FANTASTIC REVIEW
ON OUR WEDDING ALBUM INCLUDING
C-AND-D SIDE STOP WE ARE CON-
SIDERING IT FOR OUR NEXT RELEASE
STOP MAYBE YOU ARE RIGHT IN
SAYING THAT THEY ARE THE BEST
SIDES STOP WE BOTH FEEL THAT
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME A CRITIC
TOPPED THE ARTIST STOP WE ARE
NOT JOKING STOP LOVE AND PEACE
STOP JOHN AND YOKO LENNON '
The album dld not enter the Bnttsh
charts
ASIDE
22 JOHN AND YOK0(22 38)
BSIDE
23 AMSTERDAM(24 54)
John and Yoko conststs of the couple
calling out each others names m varymg
ways; shoutmg, crymg whtspenng,
pleading, laughmg, wa1lmg etc , to the
sound of therr own heartbeats The
second s1de, Amsterdam, was recorded
on a cassette durmg John and Yoko's
honeymoon 'bed-m'' m the Htlton Hotel,
Amsterdam on March 26, 1969. The
recording conststs mamly of John and
Yoko talkmg to reporters about peace,
' ba<JlSm" and thetr bed-tns, but also
mcludes four mustcal Items. The openmg
song by Yoko ts called John, Let's Hope
For Peacu (whtch would later be per-
formed at the Toronto Rock 'n' Roll
Revtval Concert), wh1le the second
offermg ts from John, who strums a gwtar
and smgs Goodbye Amsterdam Good
bye John and Yoko then smg a song
probably called Stay 1n Bed or Bed
Peace, Wlth John supplymg the gwtar
accompamment, and fmally John Stngs a
very off-key rendlllon of Goodmght, sung
by Rmgo on the Beatles' Whlte Albwn.
released durmg 1968
John Lennon UK 19
6 . THE PLASTIC ONO BAND - LIVE
PEACE IN TORONTO 1969
By The Plastic Ono Band
Apple CORE 2001 - December 12. 1969
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
While John and Yoko were m Toronto.
dunng their bed-ms, they met some
fnends who were planmng to stage a
"Rock n' Roll ReVIval Concert' , and were
mvtted to appear. At very short notice, on
September 12, 1969, John and Yoko con-
tacted Enc Clapton (guitar), Alan White
(drums), Klaus Voorman (bass gwtar),
Anthony Fawcett Oohn and Yoko's per-
sonal assiStant), Terry Doran (George
Harrison's .assistant) and J!ll and Dan
Richter (who were fihrung John and Yoko),
and thiS group of people boarded a
Boemg 707 bound for Toronto. Canada
Dunng the fught, John and Yoko's band
rehearsed several songs m the rear of the
plane, and the followmg day walked out
m front of 25,000 Canactians to perform
e1ght numbers in the Vars1ty Stactium as
part of the Toronto Rock 'n' Roll ReVIval
Concert. The concert also featured rock
and roll legends such as Little Richard,
Gene Vmcent. Chuck Berry and Bo
D1dd.ley Oeny Lee LeWJS wtthdrew at the
last mmute).
The album of this September 13
concert was produced by John and Yoko
and featured a very stark sleeve des1gn
by John Kosh Ongmal coptes mcluded a
John and Yoko Calendar for 1970, fea-
turmg pictures of John and Yoko, plus
var1ous poems and songs by both.
Several of the poems were taken from
John and Yoko's books In H1s Own Write,
A Spamard In The Works and Grapefrwt
(Yoko), but particularly mterestmg are
7 (32) INSTANT KARMA(3 19)
the poems by John on the top leaf, whtch
ongmally appeared m recorded form on
the Beatles 1968 Chnstmas record, they
appear m print here for the first (and
only) time.
20 Working Class Heroes
The album ctid not enter the NME
Top 30 album charts.
A SIDE
BLUE SUEDE SHOES(2. 11)
MONEY(2.59)
DIZ2Y MISS LIZ2Y(3.02)
YER BLUES(3 35)
COLD TURKE'Y(300)
GNE PEACE A CHANCE(3 05)
BSJDE
DON'T WORRY KYOKO (Mununy's Only
Looking For A Hand In The Snow)(4.20)
JOHN JOHN (LET'S HOPE FOR PEACE)
(12.00)
John ktcked off the performance wtth
three vmtage rock 'n' roll classtcs, two of
whtch, Money and DIZZy M1SS LJZZy, had
been preVIously recorded by the Beatles
on With The Beatles and Help respect-
tvely. Blue Suede Shoes was wntten by
Car! Perktns, who took 1t to No. 4 m the
Umted States dunng the 1950's, sellmg
two m1lhon cop1es world-wide. The song
was also covered with great success by
E!VJS Presley. The White Album song,
Yer Blues, followed. wtth Yoko introducmg
Cold Turkey as a new number, as 1t was
bemg performed ltve for the first hme. 1t
was later re-recorded by John m London
as a Plasttc Ono Band smgle, the follow up
to G1ve Peace A Chance. whtch Itself
closes the first s1de, wtth John admtttmg
that while he could remember the chorus,
he had forgotten the lyncs of the verses.
The second stde features two songs
wntten by Yoko, Don't Worry Kyoko (also
bemg performed live for the first ttme
and later released as the "B" side to Cold
Turkey) ]ohn John (Let's Hope For
Peace), whtch ongmally appeared on
The Wedding Album, features Yoko
"smgmg" over the feedback gwtars of
John. Enc and Klaus who at the end of the
number placed therr gwtars agamst therr
ampltfiers (thus continumg the feedback
sounds), walked to the centre of the
stage, ltt ctgarettes, and then walked off
Mal Evans then walked onstage and
turned each amplifier off in turn.
(33) WHO HAS SEEN THE WIND(2 01)
By Lennon!Ono With The Plastic Ono Band
Apple APPLES 1003- February 6. 1970
 LENNON
INSTANT KARMA!
The follow up smgle to Cold Turkey was
origmally reported as bemg at different
ttmes, etther "Make Love Not War"
("Mmd Games) or "You Know My Name
(Look Up The Number) , but netther
appeared On January 27 1970, John
WTote, recorded and mtxed Instant
Karma Wllh Phtl Spector producmg. and
Wlth The Plastlc Ono Band conststlng of
Johnlvocals guttar and electnc ptano·
Yokolvocals; George HarrtsOnlgwtar and
grand ptano Klaus Voormanlbass guttar
and electnc piano Alan White/drums and
grand piano; Billy Preston/organ Mal
Evans clappmg and chunes. and, helpmg
Wlth the chorus. Alien Klem and a couple
of dozen late rught revellers from
London's Hatchetts Club, rounded up by
Billy Preston at the last mmute and con-
ducted by George HarrtsOn. The heavy
piano sound was adueved by Lennon
Harrtson. Voorman and Whtte all playmg
grand pianos or electric pianos The ''8"
stde, Who Has Seen The Wmd. WTilten
and sung by Yoko. was produced by
John. The smgle was released ten days
after bemg recorded. on February 6.
1970 thus bemg probably one of the
fastest smgles of modern ttmes to be
completed
The smgle entered the NME Top 30
on February 18 at No 17, rtsmg to No. 5
the followmg week. where tl remamed for
three weeks. and staymg m the Top 30 for
seven weeks The record was the first
Beatle solo smgle to sell a rrulhon m
Amenca, and has probably sold over two
rrulhon globally
8 JOBN LENNONIPLASTIC ONO BAND
By John Lennon and The Plastlc Ono Band
Apple PCS 7124 - December 11 1970
johns first true solo album was the result
of several months of treatment at Arthur
janovs Prli!lal lnsntute m Los Angeles
After John and Yoko had read Dr janov's
book The Pnma1 Scrc;]JTI Janov gave
them three weeks of mtensive pnvate
treatment m London dunng March 1970
followed by five months of treatment
between April and August. m Los
Angeles. where John WTote most of the
songs for the album.
The album was mamly recorded m
early October 1970, m England, at EMJ
Stuctios m Abbey Road where John and
Yoko and Pht.l Spector produced the
sessions The Plasttc Ono Band consiSted
of John/vocal, guttar and piano, Ringo
Starr/drums; Klaus Voormanlbass gwtar;
Billy Prestonlptano on God, Phi! Spector/
ptano on Love; while Yoko ts credited
wtth "wmd •. The sleeve was destgned by
John and Yoko, featunng a front cover
photograph by Dan Richter, and a back
cover photo showmg a young John (The
fr mt cover photograph IS almost tdent1cal
to Yoko Ono's solo album released at the
same ttme - exc··pt that John and Yoko
reverse places.) The mner sleeve contams
the song lyncs. but one word m 1 Found
Out and two words m Working Class
Hero are replaced Wllh astertsks as EM!
had refused to handle the album if lyncal
profamttes were to appear m pnnt EMI
eventually won therr battle. but Apple
added the legend "orrutted at the mstst-
ence of EM!'
The album entered the NM£ album
chart on January 13, 1971, at No. 17, nsmg
to No 13 on February 3 for four weeks,
and staymg m the chart for ten weeks
A SIDe
34 MOTHER(t> '?J)
35 HOLD ON(/ 49)
36 I FOUND OUT 134)
37 WORKING CLASS HER0(3 47)
38 ISOLATION!2 48)
_ SLE
39 REMEMBER(4 32)
40 LOVEl318)
41 WELL WELL WELL(5 55)
John Lennon UK 21
 42 LOOK AT M£(2.51)
43 GOD(4 07)
44 MY MUMMY'S DEAD(O. 48)
Mother and Isolation were written m
England, wh1le Look A t Me was left over
from the White Album period. Remem-
ber was edited down from an extended·
jam sess1on in the studio, whtle My
Mummy's Dead was recorded by John
alone on a cassette recorder John
supposedly wrote God m answer to
George's relig~ous beliefs.
9 (45) POWER TO THE PEOPLE(3 21)
(46) OPEN YOUR BOX(331)
"A" side by John Lennon and The Plastic
Ono Band
"B" side by Yoko Ono and The Plastic
Ono Band
Apple R 5892 - March 12, 1971
Both s1des of John and Yoko's fourth smgle
were recorded m February 1971. with
Ph1l Spector and John and Yoko produc-
mg the "A" stde, and John and Yoko
producmg the "B" side. Yoko had to re-
record parts of the vocal for her song
Open Your Box on March 4, 1971, due to
EMI insistmg that the lyrics be "cleaned-
up", as Mr Philip Brodie. then Managmg
Drrector of EM ! Records, considered
them "distasteful". Open Your Box was
recorded With a Plastic Ono Band line-up
of Yoke/vocals, Johnlgwtar Klaus
Voormanlbass gwtar and Jrrn Gordonl
drums Power To The People featured
Johnlvocals. With the addition of Rosetta
HJ.ghtower and forty-four others helpmg
With backmg vocals.
The record should have been released
on March 6, 1971, but the problems With
Yoko's song held up release until a week
later It entered the NME Top 30 on
March 17, at No. 20, reachmg No. 6 on
Apnl 14 and staymg seven weeks m the
chart The record has sold a global
million
22 Working Class Heroes
GOD SAVE US,3 -'2'
DO THE OZ,3 :-:,·
"A" side by Bill Elliot and The Elastic Oz
Band
''B" side by The Elastic Oz Band
Apple APPLE 36- ]uly 16, 1971
During 1971, the three main figures
behmd the publication of Oz. the "under-
ground" magazme of the late s!Xties and
early seventies, Jrrn Anderson. Fellx
Denrus and Richard Neville. were pros-
ecuted under the Obscene Publications
Act. the offendmg publication bemg issue
No. 28, known as 'The School Klds" ISSUe
To help pay therr court costs, John and
Yoko wrote the two songs on this smgle,
and donated therr royalties to help the
defence fund. Anderson, Denrus and
Neville were found gwlty on several
counts and sentenced to prison terrns of
between nme and fifteen months on
August ·4 1971. The magazme contmued
publication unw the wmter of 1973, when
the last ISSUe, No 48. was published
The vocaliSt on God Save Us IS B1ll
Elliot, who later teamed up Wlth Bob
PuiVls to form Splmter (who recorded for
George Harnson's Dark Horse Records)
The song was produced by John, Yoko,
Mal Evans and Phtl Spector, while Do The
Oz features lead vocals by John, With
Yoko supportmg on baclang vocals, and
was produced by John and Yoko and Phil
Spector.
The passmg of time and failing
memones have made 1t d.lfficult to diS-
cover With any accuracy preciSely who
played on these tracks, but 11 has been
suggested that among those who partici-
pated on the recording were: Lennon and
Charles Shaar Murray (acoustic gUitars),
Rmgo (drums), .Klaus Voorman (bass).
Bobby Keyes (saxophone), a black grrl
known as Mlchelle (acoustic gwtar). and
an unnamed wlute grrl (keyboards)
Charles Shaar Murray reveals that the
lead vocal was ong~nally sung by one
Michael. and that Bill Elliot's vmce was
only added at a later date.
On the rear of the p1cture sleeve,
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 several mdtvtduals connected Wlth Oz
are featured. wlu.le the two males standing
m the mtddle at the back have not been
pos1t1vely 1dentlfied the remaming people
are (back row, lefl to nght): Sue Miles
(who worked at Oz, and IS now a high-
class caterer m London), J1m Anderson
(now apparently Mayor of the town of
Bohnas, Caltfomta, where hlpptes out-
number others); the two mystery men;
:3tan DemldJuk (or Dema]ug), an Australian
antique dealer of Yugoslav extraction
(who was mall order manager and con-
nected w1th fund-ralSmg actlVltles for Oz,
and was last heard of in France), and
Felix DennlS h1mself (now Charrman of
the successful Bunch Books organisation.
and restdent m New York). And finally
(front row, lefl to nght): Debb1e Krught
(secretary at Oz.. and stlll bVlng m l.Dndon);
and Bill Elliot .
The smgle was recorded at John's
studJo m Ascot. Lyncs were wntten by
Yoko, and the tracks were recorded m a
"sem1-live" manner to resemble the suc-
cessful GJVe Peace A Chance. Charles
Shaar Murray was an actual contnbutor to
'The School Klds" ISSUe of Oz. He sub-
sequently went on to become a well-
known rock wnter (particularly for the
New Musical Express), and dunng the
1970s he led h1s own band - ongmally
known as Blast Furnace and The Heat-
waves but then, folloWlng an m]unctJon
by another group kriown as Heatwave,
as Blast Furnace and The Copynght
Vtolauons
The record had no chart success
10 IMAGINE
By John Lennon and The Plastic Ono
Band, wtth The Flux Fiddlers.
Apple PAS I 0004 - October 8. 1971
John's second non-expenmental solo
album was recorded m July 1971, m the
etght·track recording stud1o bwlt m hls
home at Tlttenhur~ Park wh1ch he called
Ascot Sound Studios The album was
produced by John and Yoko and Phil
Spector, and the stnngs, credited as The
Flux Ftddlers, were overdubbed at the
Record Plant, New York The cover was
destgned by Yoko, who also took the
photograph of John. Origmal cop1es of the
album, as well as mcludmg a pnnted
mner sleeve contamtng lyrics and
credlts, also contamed a large poster of
John at hls whlte grand p1ano, and a small
postcard stze ptcture of John holding a
p1g by the ears (a parody of Paul's Ram
album cover).
The album entered the NME Top 30
album charts on October 20, at No. 11,
and rose to No 1on November 3 where tt
remamed for three weeks. It featured m
the charts for thlrty-two weeks. and was
hsted m the Top Ten for fourteen weeks
After Lennon's tragtc murder m
December 1980, sales of hiS and all
Beatles records escalated dramatically.
Jmagme re-entered the chart on January
17, 1981, at No. 4, 1ts htghest posltton. and
remamed m the chart for a further nme
weeks, making a combined total of forty-
two weeks.
ASIDE
47 IMAGINE (3.01)
48 CRIPPLED INSIDE (3 46)
49 JEALOUS GUY (4 13)
50 IT'S SO HARD (2. 24)
51 I DON'T WANT TO BE A SOLDIER
MAMA, I DON'T WANT TO DIE (6 03)
BSJDE
52 GIVE ME SOME TRUTH (3 I I)
53 OH MY LOVE 24.)
54 HOW DO YOU SLEEP? (5 32)
ss HOW? (339)
56 OH YOKO (4 IS)
Imagme was ongtnally tnsp1red by
poems m Yoko's book. GrapefruJt
(several poems m the book start Wlth an
mstructJon to "lmagme "), although
John Lennon UK 25
 John dld not give Yoko any composmg playing p1ano, with Klauslbass, Alanl
credlt. The song became the theme for drums; and John Barharn!VJbes.
the "One To One" Chanty Foundation m Oh Yoko, wntten m 1968 by John and
Arnenca, and features john!pJano, Klaus Yoko, features JohniQUJtar and mouth
Voormanlpiano: and Alan While/drums. organ; wtth N1cky/piano; Klauslbass,
Cnppled Inside supposedly attacks Alanldrums; and acoustic gu~tars by Rod
Paul, as John insisted that Paul's song Linton and Andy Davis.
3 Legs, from Ram, was direeted at hun.
The song features Johnlgultar; N!ckY 11 SOME TIME IN NEW YORK CITY
Hopkmslptano; Klaus Voorman and Steve
BrendelVupright basses; George Hamsonl Record One by John and Yoko/Plastic
dobro. and a trio of acoustJc gu1tars Ono Band with Elephant's Memory plus
played by Ted Turner, Rod Lmton and Invisible Strings
John Tout.
j ealous Guy was apparently mspued Record Two by The Plastic Ono Super-
by, and eo-written w1th, Yoko. although group and The Plastic Ono Mothers
her contributions are not credlled The
song features Johnlelectric gu1tar: Klausl Apple PCSP 716- September 15, 1972
bass gu1tar; ]1m Gordonldrums; John
Barham!harmonium; and Alan Whtte/
vibes. After Lennon's death in 1980, Roxy
Music recorded the song as a tnbute to 1ts
composer. It entered the NME Top 30 on
February 28, 1981, at No. 14, nsmg to No
1 for two weeks from March 14, and
featuring m the chart for seven weeks
It's So Hard features a s1mple lme-up of
John/gullar; Klauslbass; J1m Gordonl
drums; and King Curtis/sa.xophone.
I Don't Want To Be A Sold1er features
the largest Plastic Ono Band aggregation
on the album with John!guitar; N1cky
Hopkins/pJano; Klauslbass; Jim Gordonl
drums; George Harrisonlshde guitar:
Kmg Curtis/saxophone; Badfmger mem-
bers Joey Molland and Tom Evans'aroustic
gu1tars. Steve BrendelVmaracas, and
Moody Blue Mike Pinder/tambourme.
G1ve Me Some Truth was written m
Ind1a m 1968. and was ongmally re-
hearsed (but not officially released) by
The Beatles during the "Let It Be"
sessions. Here, John plays guitar, with
George Harrisonllead gu1tar; Nicky
Hopktnslpiano; Klauslbasses; Alan White/
drums; and Rod Linton and Andy Cress-
BAN .
~l#!'f! ~ eM1 Cj7-
well-Da'vls (who is cred1ted as sunply
"Andy'' on the sleeveYacoustJC QUJtars ~
Andy Cresswell-Davis was a founder
member of the West Country band, L./
Stackndge, and later eo-leader of The
KorgJS.
Oh My Love, eo-written by John and This double album was released m
Yoko (who on this occasion IS cred1ted on America three months before 1ts BntJSh
the sleeve) features George HarrJSon! appearance, the delay bemg caused by
guitar; John!piano; Klauslbass; Alan copynght problems concerning Yoke's
White/drums and Tibetan cymbals; and co-composmg credits with John, as
N1cky Hopklnslelectric piano. Northern Songs would not acknowledge
How Do You Sleep?, John's bitter Yoke's composmg clamJS for some of the
attack on Paul, features JohniQUJtar; songs. As a result by the time the album
N1cky/ptano; Klauslbass; Alan White/ was released m Britam, many coptes had
drums; and George HarrJSOnlsllde QUJtar. been unported from America The BntJSh
How features both John and N1cky release, although wtth the same cover

26 W orking Class Heroes

ONO BAND ON AP)It.£ RECORDS PAS 10004 AVAILABLE NOW ea
 destgn (by Mtchael Gross) as the
Amencan verston. dtd not mclude the
msertlon of a postcard of the Statue of
Ltberty, and a pelltton about John's expul-
ston from the US 'fhe album was suppos-
edly to be sold as a smgle LP. wtth a free
bonus album of the ''Ltve ]am" set, but m
both Bntam and Amenca 11 had a shghtly
htgher retatl pnce than a normal album
'fhe album entered the NME 'fop 30
album chart on October lO at No 22,
staying m the chart for five weeks and
droppmg out from No. 19 tts htghest
postnon
The first and second stdes of the
album were recorded between March
I and 20, 1972. m New York, wtth John
and Yoko and Ptul Spector producmg.
'fhe Plastic Ono Band, constSLmg of John!
vocals and gullar, Yoko/vocals and drum,
and Jtm Keltner/drums and percussion.
were augmented by Elephant's Memory,
a New York rock band who contnbuted
to the soundtrack of the film, M1dmght
Cowboy. The hne-up of the band was
Stan Bronstetnlsaxophone and flute,
Rtchard Frank Jnr/drums and percusston;
Gary Van Scyoclbass; Adam lppollto'ptano
and organ; and Wayne ('fex) GabneV
gu1tar.
RECORD ONE A SIDE
57 WOMAN IS THE NIGGER OF THE
WORLD (514)
58 SISTERS, 0 SISTERS (345)
59 ATTICA STATE (2 52)
60 BORN IN A PRISON (4 02)
61 NEW YORK CITY (4 30)
RECORD ONE B SIDE
62 SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY (4.58)
63 THE LUCK OF THE IRISH (2 55)
64 JOHN SINCLAIR (3 26)
65 ANGELA (4 04)
66 WE'RE ALL WATER (7 11)
Woman Is The Nigger Of The World,
wntten by John and Yoko, and sung by
John. was ongmally scheduled as a smgle
m Bntam (Parlophone number R 5953) to
be released on December 5. 1972, but
was Wlthdrawn although promotional
cop1es were dtstnbuted to radto stattons
SJSters, 0 SISters. wntten solely by
Yoko, features Yoko multi-tracked on solo
vocals A tt1ca State was wntten by John
and Yoko about the Jallmg of pnsoners
and guards at the Attica State Pnson m
New York. dunng the "Attica Upnsmg ',
where troops were sent m by Governor
Rockerfeller. John and Yoko smg to-
gether
The second Yoko song, Bom In A
Pnson, on whtch she agam takes solo
vocal, features John La Bosca on ptano
Lennon's New York C1ty features John
smgmg solo
Sunday Bloody Sunday was wntten by
John and Yoko to protest about the
"Bloody Sunday" massacre m Ireland on
January 3, 1972, and features John smgmg
lead. wtth Yoko asstStmg wtlh the chorus.
The Luck Of The Insh, another
Lennoiv'Ono compos111on. complammg
about Bntish mterference m Northern
Ireland features John smgmg the first,
second and fourth verses, Wlth Yoko
smgmg the thud and ftfth, and both
smgmg the last. 'fhts song was nearly
released as the mam track on an EP
featurmg four numbers recorded 11Ve at a
concert m Ann Arbor, MJclugan, on
December 18, 1971, when John and Yoko
performed Wlth Jerry Rubm on bongos.
Att1ca State, The Luck Of The lnsh.
S1sters. 0 SISters and John Smcla1r. The
EP was Wlthdrawn due to the recepllon
Paul's pollttcal statement, "Gtve Ireland
Back To 'fhe lrlsh" recetved
John Smclau features John on sbde
gu1tar and smgmg solo, and was wntten
as a protest aga1nst Smclau's tmpnson-
ment for ten years for the possession of a
very small amount of mariJuana
Angela, written jomlly by John and
Yoko, IS yet another protest song, sup
portmg Angela DavJS, who was on tnal for
conspmng m the pnson escape of her
husband, George jackson John and Yoko
smg together
We're All Water features Yoko smgmg
her own compostllon
RECORD TWO A SIDE
67 COLD TURKEY (6. 40)
68 DON'T WORRY KYOKO ( 14 48)
RECORD TWO B SIDE
69 WELL (BABY PLEASE DON'T GO) (3 38)
70 JAMRAG
71 SCUMBAG
72 AU (total t1me 16 59)
The free bonus~ record wnh the album,
titled L1ve ]am. featured two live sess1ons
from John and Yoko recorded Wlth
vanous superstars durmg 1969 and 197 L
'fhe first stde was recorded on Monday,
December 15, 1969, at a concert m atd of
UNICEF' (Uruted Nat1ons Children's
Fund), staged m the Lyceum Ballroom m
London Due to record company con-
John Lermon UK 29
 tractual problems, the record sleeve
gives a list of pseudonyms for the many
superstars who appeared with John and
Yoko performing Cold Turkey and Don't
Worry Kyoko. The full line-up for the
Plastic Ono Supergroup was: John/vocals
and guitar; George Harrison, Eric
Clapton, and Delaney Bramtettlguitars;
Klaus Voorman/bass; Jim Gordon, Keitn
Moon and Alan White/drums; Billy Preston/
organ (which was "lost" during the re-
cording, and was r eplaced by Nicky
Hopkins' electric piano, overdubbed in
New York); Bonnie Bramlett and "Friends"/
percussion and brass - "Friends" included
Bobby Keyes/saxophone, Jim Price/
trumpet, with Bobby Whitlock and Carl
Radle; and also assisting was "Legs'' Larry
Smith (from the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah
Band); and Dino Danelli, the drummer
from The (Young) Rascals.
The second side was recorded at the
famous Fillmore East auditorium in New
York on June 6, 1971. John and Yoko
appeared unannounced for this per-
formance with Frank Zappa's Mothers Of
Invention, which consisted at the time. of
Frank Zappa/vocals and guitar; Ian Under-
wood/woodwinds, piano and vocals; Don
Preston/mini moog; Bob Harrislvocals and
piano; Aynsley Dunbar/drurns; Mark
Volman and Howard Kaylan/vocals; with
John on vocals and guitar, and Yoko/
vocals. Although not present at the con-
cert, Klaus Voorman later overdubbed
bass onto Well (Baby Please Don't Go) in
the studio.
John announces, before performing
Well (Baby Please Don't Go), that he used
to sing the number in the Cavern days.
The song was written by Waiter Ward,
and was originally recorded by The
Olympics as the coupling to their 1958 hit,
Western Movies, which reached No. 8 in
the US, and No. 12 in the UK. The last
three numbers on the album are basically
a free-form jam between John and Yoko
and The Mothers, it being very difficult to
distinguish the point where one number
finishes and the next starts. ]amrag and
Aii, credited to Lennon/Ono, largely
comprise Yoko "wailing" over feedback
and synthesizers, while Scumbag,
credited to Lennon/Ono/Zappa, does
boast an actual tune, plus a lyric of a sort,
consisting of the title being repeated over
and over again.
These live recordings were rruxed at
the Record Plant in New York, with John
and Yoko pr oducing the Lyceum side,
and John and Yoko and Phi! Spector the
Fillrnore side (the inner sleeve notes
contradict the record label, as the label
30 Working Class Heroes
credits production on both sides to John
and Yoko and Phil). The inner sleeve for
the Live ]am album is a replica of The
Mothers of Invention's 1971 live album
Fillmore East- June 1971, appropnately
altered by AI Steckler and John and
Yoko.
12a (73) HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER)
(3.32)
(74) LISTEN THE SNOW IS FALLING
(3.09)
12b (73) HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER)
(3.32)
(74) LISTEN THE SNOW IS FALLING
(3 09) (green vinyl)
"A" side by John and Yoko!Plastic Ono
Band with The Harlem Community Choir
"B" side by Yoko Ono and The Plastic
Ono Band
Apple R 5970 - November 24, 1972
Due to publishing difficulties over Yoko's
composing credits (which had also held
up the Some Time In New York City
album) this single was delayed in Britam
by a year, being released in America in
1971, when it was recorded on October
28 to 29 in New York. The session, which
also provided the "B" side, was produced
by John and Yoko and Phil Spector. The
record entered the NME Top 30 on
December 5, 1972, at No. 22, rising to No.
2 for one week on December 26 (the top
position being held by (ironically) Long
Haired Lover From Liverpool by Little
Jirnmy Osmond), and remained in the
chart for seven weeks. After Lennon's
death m 1~80, the record re-entered the
charts on January 3, 1981, at No. 12, rismg
to No. 3 on January 17, and staying in the
chart for five weeks. The single has
become a regular "re-release" during
each Christmas season, and invariably
enters the lower regions of the BMRB
chart and, by mid-February, 1973, was
reported to have sold two million globally.
Less than two weeks after Lennon's
murder, EMI received advance orders
for Happy Xmas of 300,000, and the
record must have sold well over half a
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ThiS was the first Lennon smgle not to
feature the "Apple" logo on the record
label As with Sometune In New York
City, 1t was replaced With the "John and
Yoko mergmg heads" des1gn, wh1ch
shows f1ve pictures of John and Yoko, w1th
John predommantly on the left mergmg
mto Yoko from the nght The record was
also released m special green vmyl. and
both vers1ons have a spec1al Chnstmas
message from the cuttmg engmeer
engraved on the mner run-out groove
area the "A" Side reads ''Happy Xmas -
Porky", wh!le the' B' s1de reads "and New
Year- Pecko 'Porky' and 'Pecko" are
mcknames for George Peckham, EMJ's
cuttmg eng~neer, who has engraved
many p1eces of graffiti on records.
Happy Xmas features a dozen gUJtars
played by John and Hugh McCracken,
N1cky Hopklns playmg chunes, piano and
glockenspiel wlule Jun Keltner per-
formed on sle1gh bells and drums John
smgs the verses solo, while Yoko and
14
thirty youngsters from the Harlem Com-
munlly Chorr support John for the
choruses. Happy Xmas was co-wntten by
John and Yoko, wtule Llsten The Snow Is
Fa/lmg was wntten solely by Yoko, who
also takes solo vocal, bemg supported
mstrurnentally by John, Klaus Voorman
and Hugh McCracken on gu1tars. and
N1cky Hopkins on p1ano and chimes
Happy Xmas starts With a whispered
message from John and Yoko, Yoko says
'Happy Chnstrnas Kyoko" wh1le John
follows w1th 'Happy ChriStmas Juhan".
The photograph on the sleeve of the
smQie features John and Yoko sur·
rounded by the children from the Harlem
Commumty Chorr along w1th Ph1l and
Ronme Spector, Klaus Voorman. }im
Kehner and Hugh McCracken
13 (75) MIND GAMES (4 09)
(76) MEAT CITY (2 59)
By John Lennon
ApplE. R 5994 -November 16, 1973
John's only smgles release of 1973 was a
trailer for hiS forthcorruny album or the
same name, Mmd Games. With thiS
release, John fmally dropped The Plastic
Ono Band tag, cred!tmg the record only
to himself although the later album did
credit the session men backing h1m. as
''The Plast1c U F Ono Band" The smgle
also saw the end of John's assoctation w1th
Phll Spector (unlll the later Rock 'n ' Roll
album) John IS the only credited producer
The song was recorded m September
1973 at the Record Plant m New York.
although an earher verSion must eXISt, as
the song was ongmally called ' Make
Love Not War", and was suggested tor
release as a follow up to Cold Turkey m
1969
The smgle entered the NME Top 30 on
November 27 at No. 25 and rose to No. 19
the followmg week, but stayed m the
chart for only four weeks.
Both s1des of the smgle were wntten
by John Lennon, and appear on the Mmd
Games album
MlND GAMES
By John Lennon (with The Plastic U.F. Ono
Band)
Apple PCS 7165- November 16. 1973
John's first self-produced solo album.
which entered the NME Top 30 album
charts on December 4, 1973 at No 21,
and rose to No 9 on January 1, 1974, for
one week, staymg m the chart for seven
weeks.
The album was recorded at the New
York Record Plant m September 1973,
usmg the followmg mus1c1ans· Ken
Aschevp~ano. organ and mellotmn.
David Spmozza/gUJtar, Gordon Edwards'
bass; Jun Keltner/cirums, Michael Breckerl
saxophone, Sneaky Pete Klemow1pedal
steel gmtar, With John supplymg percus-
Sion, guitar and clavmet, bemg credited
as Or W1nston 0'80ogle one of hiS many
John Lennon UK 33
 pseudonyms. wh1le the baclang vocals
are supplied by "Something Dlfferent".
The sleeve was designed by John, and
the inner sleeve, as well as contairung the
song lyrics, also includes John and Yoke's
"Declaration of Nutop1a", an imaginary
country cons1stmg of only people, all of
whom are ambassadors of that country
• mus1c1ans compnsmg The Plastic Ono
ASIDE
75a MIND GAMES (4 11)
77 TIGHT A$ (3.36)
78 AISUMASEN (I'M SORRY) (4.42)
79 ONE DAY (AT A TIME) (3.07)
80 BRING ON THE LUCIE (FREDA PEEPLE)
(4.10)
81 NUTOPIAN INTERNATIONAL ANTHEM
(silent track) (0 03)
BSIDE
82 INTUITION (3 07)
83 OUT THE BLUE (320)
84 ONLY PEOPLE (325)
85 I KNOW (I KNOW) (3.47)
86 YOU ARE HERE (4.09)
76a MEAT CITY (2.4 7)
"Atsumasen" IS Japanese for 'Tm Sorry"
and the song was John's apology to Yoko
dunng therr separauon. Bring On The
Lucie features an extra drummer m Rtck
Marotta, and is followed by a stlent track,
which many people have probably never
noticed. Both Out The Blue and You Are
Here were ITISplred by Yoko, while the
latter was the title for Lennon's 'Whlte
Art" exhtb1tton m the Robert Frazer
Gallery in 1968. Meat City also features
Rtck Marotta on drums.
15 (87) WHATEVER GETS YOU TBRU THE
NlGBT (318)
(88) BEEF JERKY (3 26)
"A" side by John Lennon with The Plastic
Ono Nuclear Band
"B" side by John Lennon with The Plastic
Ono Nuclear Band/Little Big HorTIS and
Booker Table and The Maitre D's.
Apple RS998- October 4, 1974
John's seventh smgle became hiS least
successful thus far m commerctal terms.
managmg only two weeks m the chart.
Entering on October 15 at No. 24, 1t
dropped to No. 27 the followmg week
Up to thiS pomt, all John's BritiSh smgles
releases had appeared m ptcture bags.
but this release was the frrst m an
34 Working Class Heroes
ordmary paper sleeve The songs on the
smgle were taken from the Walls And
Bndges" sessions, recorded between
June and August 1974 at the New York
Record Plant.
Whatever Gets You Thru The Night
features Elton John on organ and piano
and jommg John for baclang vocals Other
Nuclear Band were Jtm Keltner/drums,
Edd1e Mottaulacousttc gu1tar, ]esse Ed
Daw;iguJtar; Ken Ascher/clavmet; Klaus
Voormanlbass; Arthur jenkmslpercussion,
and Bobby Keyesltenor saxophone; while
John IS credited as Hon . John St. John
Johnson playmg guttar Beefy Jerky, the
"B" stde ITIStrumental. features Jtm Keltnerl
drums; Klaus Voormanlbass, Arthur
jenlanslpercussion; wtth ]esse Ed DaVJS.
Dr Wtnston Oohn) and Booker Table and
The Maitre D's (a spoof on the name of
Booker T and The MGs) on guJtars. while
the Little Btg Horns (cons1stmg of Bobby
Keyes. Steve Madato Howard johriSon,
Ron Aprea and Frank V1car1) supply
brass baclang.
16 WALLS AND BRIDGES
By John Lennon (with The Plastic Ono
Nuclear Band)
Apple PCTC 253 - October 4 1974
Walls And Bndges entered the album
charts on October 8 at No 23, nsmg to No
5 three weeks later on October 29, and
eventually staying m the chart for e1ght
weeks.
John produced and recorded the
album between June and August 1974
m New York's Record Plant, wtth one
track, Nobody Loves You (When You're
Down And Out) bemg recorded in Los
Angeles.
The sleeve. des1gned by Roy Kohara,
features several photographs of John plus
 three school paintmgs by John, in an
"identlkit" overlay destgn. Included in the
album IS a booklet of lyrics, illustrated
wtth five of John's school pamtings from
1952.
The album features a basic instru-
mental lme-up of J1m Keltner/drums;
Jesse Ed DaVlSIQUltar; Eddle Mottau!
acousuc gUitar (all tracks except Beef
jerky); and Klaus Voormanlbass, who
appear on all tracks except Ya Ya, With
the addition of John (under vartous
pseudonyms) playmg gUitar, acoustic
guitar and ptano on vanous tracks. Other
keyboards are supplied by Ken Ascher,
N1cky Hopkms, and Elton John while, on
nme of the tracks, Arthur Jenkins supplies
extra percuss1on (not on Old Drrt Road,
Beef jerky and Ya Ya) Seven tracks
feature the L1ttle Btg Horns. Orchestration,
although credited to the Philharmomc
Orchestrange, was provided by the New
York Philharmomc Orchestra, conducted
by Ken Ascher, who also supplied the
orchestral arrangements.
A SIDE
89 GOING DOWN ON LOVE (354)
87a WHATEVER GETS YOU THRU THE NIGHT
(323)
90 OLD DIRT ROAD (4 09)
91 WHAT YOU GOT (304)
92 BLESS YOU (3.37)
93 SCARED (436)
BSIDE
94 No. 9 DREAM (4 47)
95 SURPRISE SURPRISE (SWEET BIRD OF
PARADOX) (252)
96 STEEL AND GLASS (437)
88a BEEF ]ER.KY (326)
97 NOBODY LOVES YOU 0NHEN YO~
DOWN AND OUT) (5 10)
98 YA YA (1.03)
Going Down On Love features Ken on
electnc piano, and Nicky on ptano, while
John plays guitar as Dr Wmston
OGhurkm Old Dirt Road features Nicky
and John (as Rev. Thumbs Ghurkm) on
pianos and Ken on electnc pi8Ilo, while
Harry NJ..lsoon supplies backing vocals,
and also asslSied John with the lyncs to
the g)ng What You Got features "Kaptam
Kundalin!" Oohn) on gwtar, while Ken
plays clavmet and Ntcky piano. John, as
Rev. Fred Ghurkin, plays gwtar on Bless
You. while Ken Ascher plays both electric
ptano and Mellotron Scared, which
begms With the howls of a woU: features
electric ptano by Ken, and acoustic
pianOS by Ntcky and Me! Torment Oohn)
while the Little Btg Horns showcase
Howard Jo~n on bantone saxophone.
John and Yoko always COI1Sldered rune
to be therr lucky number, John bemg
born on October 9, and the number
seemed to contmually feature m therr
hves. Durmg therr separation, John wrote
No. 9 Dream on a runth day to Yoko. The
number features John on acoustic gwtars
With Eddle Mottau Oohn as Dr Dream),
while Ntcky and Ken play electric piano
and clavmet respectiVely Backing vocals
are supplled by The 44th Street Fa!Iles,
consisting of May Pang, Lon Burton Joey
Dambra and John
Surpnse Surpnse IS another g)ng about
Yoko, who used to work in a restaurant
called "Paradox'' m GreenWich Village m
the S!Xtles. The oong features N1cky on ptano,
Ken on clavmet and Elton John supplymg
backing vocals John does not play an
mstrurnent on this oong Steel And Glass,
John's VICJOUS attack on Alien Klem, features
John on acoustlc gwtars (as Dr Wmston
O'Reggae) With N1cky on piano and Ken on
clavmet Nobody wves You (When You:re
Down And Our) has N1cky on p1ano, Ken
on organ and John on acoushc gUitar (as
John Lennon UK 38
 Dwarf McOougal). The short verston of
Ya Ya wntten by Robmson Lewts and
Oorsey, features John's son, juhan. on
drums. with John singmg and playmg
ptano
17 (94a) No. 9 DREAM (4.44)
(91a) WHAT YOU GOT (3.07)
• to delay the oldies album until Aprll l975.
By John Lennon
Apple R 6003- January 31, 1975
The second single from the Walls And
Bndges album, which did llttle, tf at all,
better than the first. entenng the NME
charts on March 4, 1975, at No 23, then
droppmg to No 29 the followmg week
(tts final chart week).
18 ROCK 'N' ROLL
By John Lennon
Apple PCS 7169 - February 21, 1975
John's oldies album entered the NME
chart on March 4, at No. 23, nsmg to No.
10 on March 18, and droppmg out after
seven weeks. On May 6, it re-entered at
No 27 for a ftve-week run, nsmg to No.
14 On June 17 tt re-entered for a second
ttme, at No. 29, for one week, thus
featunng m the Top 30 for a total of
thtrteen weeks
John started to record hLS collection of
oldtes (ongmally called 'Old1es But
Mold1es") in 1973 between October and
December, wtth Phll Spector producmg
m Los Angeles, but dtsagreements
between the two caused a temporary
stoppage. Phil Spector dLSappeared with
the tapes, and was allegedly mvolved in a
car acctdent, and Lennon was unable to
retneve the tapes from htm When
Lennon did eventually manage to acqwre
the tapes, he found that many of the
recordmgs were unswtable, only four
numbers, You Can't Catch Me, Sweet
36 Working Class Heroes
Little SIXteen. Bony Moronie and just
Because were. John felt, up to standard
John then entered the New York Record
Plant for an mtens1ve recording sess1on
between October 21 and 25, 1974, to lay
down another ten tracks to complete the
album. At th1s t1me, Walls And Bndges
had just been released, so it was dectded
Then, at the beginning of February
1975, an album tJtled Roots - John
Lennon Smgs The Great Rock & Roll Hits
appeared m Amenca, with TV adver-
tLSmg promotmg the LP, released by the
mall order ftrm. Adam VIII Ltd The
album stated that the release was author-
Ized by John Lennon and Apple and
featured numbers from the Spector re-
cording sess1ons, mcluding two tracks,
Angel Baby and Be My Baby, wluch dtd
not appear on the later official release
The story goes that Moms Levy, pub-
lisher of Chuck Berry's song catalogue,
had sued Lennon for alleged copynght
mfrmgement of Berry's song You Can't
Catch Me, from which Levy claimed
Lennon had plaQlarlSed Come Together.
In an out of court settlement, Lennon
agreed to record several Chuck Berry
songs for hLS next album, includmg You
Can't Catch Me. In late 1974, Lennon
gave Levy tapes from the Spector
sesstons which Levy then used to
produce the Roots album, claimmg that
Lennon and Apple had gwen htm a
verbal-agreement to release the record
ROOTS
Tlus was later demed by both Lennon
and Apple. To combat sales of the
"ptrate" album, Apple tmmedLately
brought forward the release date of Rock
'n' Roll to February, and Lennon and
Apple promptly sued Levy The Roots
album was subsequently taken off the
market. and Lennon was awarded
$45.000 compensation m April 1976
The cover photograph of John by
Jurgen Vollmer, a student from Hamburg,
 Produced ond orronged by Phi Spector& John lMinol\
Abxn PCS ~Cassettelt·PCS 716Ci c.o.tridge 8X·PCS 71tR
 who was mtroduced to the Beatles by
Klaus Voorman was taken m 1961 when
the Beatles were performmg m the
German clubs. The blurred f1gures
walkmg past John are George and Paul
and e1ther Pete Best or Stuart Sutchffe.
The cover was des1gned by Roy Kohara
The Spector sesstons, recorded at the
Record Plant, Los Angeles, and A&M
Studtos, featured the followmg mus1c1ans
Jtm Keltner/drurns, John and }esse Ed
DaVJSigmtars, Jose F'ehctano/acousttc
guttar, Leon Russell/keyboards: Nmo
Tempo/saxophone: With Steve Cropper/
gu1tar, Ha! Blame/drums. Jeff Barry and
Barry Mann guestmg The sessions
produced by John m the Record Plant m
New York featured the same mus1c1ans
as used on the Walls And Bndges album
Jtm Keltner/drurns: John and }esse Ed
Dav1slgu1tars: K1aus Voorman/bass: Ken
Ascherlkeyboards; Arthur Jenkms/per-
cusston Bobby Keyeslbrass, Wlth four
guest mustclans - Peter Jameson. Joseph
Temperley, Denms Morouse and Frank
V1can
A SIDE
99 BE-BOP-A-LULA (2 36)
lOO STAND BY ME (3.26)
101-2 RIP IT UP/READY TEDDY (132)
103 YOU CANT CATCH ME (4 52)
104 AIN'T THAT A SHAME (2.30)
105 DO YOU WANNA DANCE (2 52)
106 SWEET LITTLE SIXTEEN (300)
BSIDE
107 SLIPPIN AND SLIDIN (2 16)
108 PEGGY SUE (2 03)
109- 10 BRING IT ON HOME TO ME/SEND ME
SOME LOVIN (3.40)
Ill BONY MORONIE (3 48)
112 YA YA (2 17)
113 JUST BECAUSE 4 25)
Be-Bup-A-Lula was wnnen by ShenffTex
DaVlS and Gene Vmcent - Vmcent s
smgle vers1on was released m 1958 and
became a rrulllon seller Stand By Me was
wntten by Ben E Kmg, Jerry Letber,
Mtke Stoller and Olhe ]ones, and pro·
duced h1ts for Ben E Kmg m 1961 and
Kenny Lynch m 1964
R1p It Up and Ready Teddy were
composed by Robert BlacJ...-well and John
Marascalo and recorded by Lmle
Richard m 1956 The tracks were re-
leased as the two s1des of one smgle,
g1vmg R1chard a m1lhon-selhng US No 27
h1t and a UK No 30 htt, although R1p It Up
fared better m the UK charts when
covered by Btll Haley and His Comets
(No. 4) and EIVJs Presley (No 27)
You Cant Catch Me was wntten and
recorded by Chuck Berry m 1956, w1th no
Bnt1sh chart success, wh1le Am't That A
Shame, wntten by Antome "Fats" Dommo
and Dave Bartholomew, charted four
limes m Bntam; once for Fats Dommo
(No. 23) m 1957, twtce for Pat Boone m
1955 (No. 7) and 1957 (No 22) and lastly
for The Four Seasons (No 38) m 1963
Do You Wanna Dance was wntten and
recorded by Bobby Freeman, who took 11
to No 5 m the US m 1958, and attracted
three cover vers1ons - by Cliff R1chard
(No. 2 m 1962 m the UK). The Beach Boys
(No 12 m 1965 m the US) and Bette
Mtd1er (No. 17 m 1972 in the US). The
second Chuck Berry number, Sweet L1ttle
SJ.Xteen, gave Berry his fifth rrulllon-se11Jng
smgle, reachmg No 2 m the US and No
16 m the UK charts
Slippm' And Siidm' wntten by Richard
Penmman, EdWJn J Socage. Albert
Colltns and James Srruth. was recorded
by Little Richard as the "B" s1de to hts
1956 rrulhon seller, Long Tall Sally
Peggy Sue was wntten by Jerry
Alhson, Norman Petty and Buddy Holly,
and recorded by the latter m 1957, g1vmg
htm a No 3 US and a No. 6 UK htt, wh1ch
sold over a ml1hon.
Brmg It On Home To Me was wntten
and recorded by Sam Cooke m 1962,
gwmg hlffi a No 13 US hit. and was later
covered by The Animals. glVlng them a
No 7 UK and a No. 32 US tut.
Send Me Some Lovzn: wntten by Leo
Pnce (Lioyd's brother) and John
Marascalo 1s the fourth song previOusly
recorded by Llltle Richard on the album,
bemg the coupling for his 1957 m1lhon
seller Luc1lle, which went to No 10 m the
UK and No. 27 m the US
Bony Morome was recorded by liS
composer, Larry Wt!l1arns. m 1957,
reachmg No I I m the UK and No 18 m
the US, and sclhng a rmllion
Ya Ya wh1ch John ongmally recorded
wtth hiS son Juhan for the Walls And
Bndges album, was wntten by Morgan
Robmson Clarence LeWJS and Lee
Dorsey Oorsey recorded 11 m 1961,
reachmg No 7 m the US and sellmg a
rru1llon. and 1t was later recorded by
Petula Clark. gwmg her a No 14 UK h1t
just Because was wntten by Lloyd
Pr1ce and released as a smgle m 1957,
reachmg No 29 m the US
John Lennon UK 39

PBILADELPBIA FREEDOM
I SAW HER STANDING THERE (349)
"A" side by The Elton John Band
"B" side by The Elton John Band featuring
John Lennon with The Muscle Shoals
Horns
D]M D]S354 - February 28. 19?5
20
Dunng the recordmg of John's Walls And
Bndges album. Elton John assisted by
playmg organ and p1ano and supplymg
backmg vocals on Whatever Gets You
Thru The Night Elton told John that he
thought John had a certam No. 1 w1th the
song, and made John promiSe that tf the
smgle did reach the top of the charts, he
would appear at one of Elton's concerts.
The smgle did get to No. l in Amenca.
and John did keep h!S promiSe, appear-
mg With The Elton John Band at MadiSOn
Square Garden New York. on November
28, 1974. As well as I Saw Her Standmg
There (which appears on the "B" s1de of
this Elton John Band smgle, Philadelphia
Freedom) John performed Whatever
Gets You Thru The Night and Lucy In The
Sky W1th Diamonds. Elton John's band
featured Dee Murraylbass, Nigel Olssonl
drums, Davy ]ohnstone/gwtar, and Ray
Cooper/percussion.
Ph1ladelph1a Freedom entered the
NME charts on March 18. 1975, at No. 19,
nsmg to No. 12 for one week on Apnl 1,
and bemg ltsted m the charts for seven
weeks
The record label erroneously states.
however that the concert took place on
November 26, 1974
19 (lOOa) STAND BY ME (3 27)
(114) MOVE OVER MS. L (2 54)
By John Lennon
Apple R 6005- Apnl 18, 1975
John's second single of 1975 entered the
NME Top 30 on May 6 at No. 27 for one
week, dropping out the following week.
and re-entering at No. 30 for another
week. thus staymg m the chart for two
weeks only
40 Working Class Heroes
The smgle was released m an attempt
to boost the sales of the Rock 'n' Roll
album, from whtch 1t was taken, and
which had dropped down the charts. The
release seems to have had the desued
effect. as the album re-entered the charts,
rismg to No. 14.
The "B" s1de, Move Over Ms. L. written
by Lennon for Ketth Moon's 1974 album.
Two S1des Of The Moon, was recorded
dunng the October 1974 sess1ons for the
Rock 'n' Roll album.. usmg the same
musicians.
The smgle was re-released (although it
had never actually been deleted) on
Apnl 17. 1981. but didn't enter the charts.
(47a) IMAGINE (3 00)
(37a) WORKING CLASS HERO (3 46)
By John Lennon
Apple R 6009 - October 24, 1975
Jmagme entered the NME Top 30 on
November 4, 1975 at No. 23, rlSmg two
weeks biter to No. 5, and staymg in the
charts for seven weeks. Following
Lennon's death on December 8, 1980,
sales of all Beatle recordmgs mcreased.
and by December 20, 1980, there were
orders of over 300,000 for Imagme. even
though 1t had not been re-released or
promoted m any way. It re-entered the
Top 30 on January 3; 1981, at No. 17, nsmg
to No. I the followmg week, where it
stayed for four weeks. It featured m the
chart for ten weeks. making a combined
total of seventeen weeks m the Top 30
The smgle passed the mtlhon sales mark
m Bntam durmg 1ts 1981 chart run. thus
takmg sl.X years to ach1eve platmum
status.
The 1975 release was Lennon's first
BritiSh p1cture sleeve smgle released
smce Mmd Games m 1973 (but the 1980
"re-release" - tt had never been deleted
- did not sport thiS cover) and proved to
be h!S last smgle release for five years.

21 SHAVED FISB (COLLECTABLE LENNON)
By John Lennon
Apple PCS 7173- October 24, 1975
John's ''greatest hits" or "best of" album,
dependmg on whether 1t IS looked at from
an Amencan or Bnt!Sh pomt of v1ew,
entered the NME album chart on
November 11 1975, at No 19 It rose to
No. 6 on December 9 for one week, bemg
m the Top 30 for twelve weeks After the
mcreased sales of Beatle matenal due to
Lennon's death, Shaved P1sh re entered
the Top 30 album charts on January 17,
1981, at No. 25, mmg to No 1 on February
21, and staymg for a funher e~ght weeks
m the chart, malang a combmed total of
twenty weeks
The sleeve was des1gned by Roy
Kohara with illustrations by M1chael
Bryan, who Illustrated each song w1th an
appropnate p1cture. The 1llustrat1on for
Power To The People, for example,
celebrated John rece1V1ng h1s "Green
Card' on October 7, 1975, after three
years of f1ghtmg to be allowed to stay m
the Umted States The pnnted mner
sleeve features the lyncs to each song,
although as With the ongmal song sheet to
G1ve Peace A Chance EMI substttuted
''masllcal!on" for 'masturbation" (a subtle
dtfference') Moreover the whispered
mtroduc11on to Happy Xmas IS mcorrect,
as Yoko does not say ' Happy Xmas Yoko"
and neither does John say "Happy Xmas
John", the frrst two lines should read
"Happy Xmas Kyoko, Happy Xmas ]uhan"
The sleeve notes erroneously credlt
Ph!l Spector as eo-producer of Cold
Turkey Wlth John and Yoko, but Spector
dtd not off1c1ate until Instant Karma. the
followmg smgle
In hiS reVlew of the album m NME of
November I, 1975, Charles Shaar Murray
mentioned Spector m conjunction with
Cold Turkey and also stated that ne1ther
Mother nor Woman Is The N1gger Of The
World were smgles. and asked why
certam other songs (e.g Worlang Class
Hero, Don t Worry Kyoko. How Do You
Sleep? and Oh Yoko) were om1tted m
favour of these two "album" tracks.
Murray eventually rece1ved an answer to
hiS quenes from none other than
Mr Lennon hunself, who wrote a letter to
Murray, wh1ch was printed m the NME of
December 13, 1975 In 1t, Lennon stated
that Cold Turkey was not produced by
Spector ('There's no echo on 1t ') and that
he thought that all the tracks were smgles
(except lmagme) m Bntam. and that they
were saVlng Don't Worry Kyoko for The
Best Of Yoko album Lennon also
apolog1sed for the miStakes on the sleeve,
saymg that he was unable to keep an eye
on Cap1tol and EMI because he was
haVlng h1s baby, as 11 were.
ASIDE
18a GIVE PEACE A CHANCE (0 58)
20a COLD TURKEY (5 02)
32a INSTANT KARMA (312)
4Sa POWER TO THE PEOPLE (3. 03)
34a MOTHER (5. 06)
57a WOMAN IS THE NIGGER OF THE
WORLD (436)
BSJDE
4Th IMAGINE (300)
8Th WHATEVER GETS YOU THRU THE
NIGHT (J OJ)
7Sb MIND GAMES (4 10)
94b No. 9 DREAM (4 45)
73a HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER) (3 22)
115 GIVE PEACE A CHANCE (0.58)
The album starts and fimshes w1th two
different vers1ons of GJVe Peace A
Chance, the first bemg part of the smgle
verSion and the second a bve 1ecordmg
taken from the ' One To One" Concert at
MadiSOn Square Garden, New York, on
August 30, 1972 The concert was a
benefll m cud of the W1llowbrook School
for Ch1ldren, and John and Yoko
performed w1th the Elephant's Memory
Band Only part of GJVe Peace A Chance
IS mcluded on thiS album. but the whole
song. along wtth the other numbers
performed by John and Yoko, was re-
corded and therefore rema1ns "m the
can' John and Yoko also sang SISters, 0
SISters Instant Karma Come Tog~ther,
lmagme, Cold Turkey Hound Dog New
John Lennon UK 41
 York City, Were All Water, Woman Is
The Nigger Of The World, Mother and
Bom In A Pnson Helpmg on Give Peace
A Chance, as well as Elephant's Memory,
were Stevie Wonder, Sha Na Na and
Roberta Flack, all of whom performed
mdividually at the concert.

A MONUMENT TO BRITISH ROCK

VOLUME 1 -
20 Rock/Pop Classic From EMI
By various artists
Harvest EMTV 17 - May 4, 1979
AMOXU\!E:\l'TO BRIT!SH ......,~ .....- ·
-o..w·
The first compllaiiOn album to feature a
John Lennon track, A Monument To
Bntish Rock was released in EMI's TV
advertised senes. (The album also
featured Get Back by The Beatles: see
The Beatles Bnttsh section in The Long
and Winding Road, page 11 0, for complete
track listing and sleeve illustrallon) Al-
though subtltled "Volume 1", EMl have yet
to release a follow up album, desptte
having by now released over thlrty-five
albums in their EMTV series.
B SIDE TRACK 5
47c IMAGINE (3.00)
11 on December 6. On December 8. at
approXIIDately ll pm (New York nme)
John Lennon was mercilessly gunned
down and died on the way to hospital As
always seems to happen when a top
recordmg artlSt dies, Lennon's records
swamped the charts, and Startmg Over
Jumped back to No. 4 on December 20,
and by January 3, 1981, tt was No. 1. ln the
same week. Happy Xmas and Imagine
re-entered the charts at No.'s 12 and 17
respectively. Imagine Jumped to No.
1 the followmg week. knockmg Starting
Over back to No. 2 Startmg Over stayed
in the chart for eleven weeks and, by
February 1981, had sold over 500,000 m
Bntam, and has therefore sold well over a
milhon globally.
The record was produced by John and
Yoko and jack Douglas at the Hit Factory,
New York. sometime durmg August 1980
(See [):)uble Fantasy)
23 DOUBLE FANTASY
By John Lennon and Yoko Ono
Geffen Records K99131 -November 17,
1980

22 (116) JUST LIKE STARTING

OVER (357)
(117) KISS KISS KISS (3 38)

u A" side by John Lennon

"B" side by Yoko Ono
Geffen Records K79186 - October 24. John's rust album for five years (durmg
1980 wh1ch tune he was bnngmg up Ius son
Sean) entered the album charts on
John and Yoko's first record smce 1975 November 29 at No 9 nsmg one pos1t1on
released exactly five years after the followmg week, but droppmg to No.
Imagme. lt entered the NME charts on 17 on December 13. W1th Lennon's death
November 15, 1980, at No. 13, nsmg to No on December 8, Double Fantasy moved
9 on November 29, and droppmg to No back up the charts to No. 5 on December
42 Working Class Heroes
 20, and by January 10, 1981, was at No. l
for one week It returned to the No. l
pos1llon on three separate occastons
dunng January and F'ebruary 1981, thus
bemg at No l for a total of four weeks.
and eventually staymg m the charts for
twenty-four weeks for the three week
penod between January 17 and March 7,
1981, three of Lennon's albums were m
the charts Double Fantasy (between No
I and No 6), lmagme (4·20) and Shaved
Fish (7·27)
The reason for John's self·rrnposed
ex1le m 1975 for f1ve years was, he stated,
m order to bnng up hiS son. Sean. born to
Yoko on October 9, 1975 John had miSSed
hiS fust son. Juhan. growmg up, due to hts
commttments to the Beatles. and he
therefore mtended to ret1re unttl Sean
was f1ve years old On August 4, 1980,
John and Yoko started recordmg at the
Htt Factory, New York. and eventually
produced. w1th jack Douglas, twenty-two
songs. Mus1c1ans helpmg on the sess1ons
mcluded gu1tansts Earl Shck and Hugh
McCracken. bass player Tony Levm,
keyboard player George Small drummer
Andy Newmark, percUSSIOniSt Arthur
jenkutS Jnr and Ed Walsh playmg an
Oberhetm and Randy Stem an EngliSh
Concertma wtth John playmg guttar
Backlng vocals were supplied by
M1chelle S1mpson Cassandra Worten.
Cheryl Mason jacks Enc Troyer The
Benny Cummmgs Smgers and The Kmgs
Temple Chotr The horn sectton featured
Howard Johnson, Grant Hungerford, John
Parran, Seldon Powell, George "Young"
Opahsky, Roger Rosenberg DaVJd Tofam
and Ronald Tooley. Also present durmg
the sess1ons were Ralph McDonald,
Robm Zander and keyboard player jean
Roussell
The remammg tracks from the sesston
were ongmally scheduled to be released
durmg 1981, but w1th Lennons death, the
album (proVJSionnlly titled "Mtlk and
Honey") hns never appeared
The cover photographs were taken by
KJShm Shmoyamn the back cover shot
bemg ta~:en oUtside John and Yoke's
apartments m New York's Dakota
bu1ldmg dunng the summer of 1980, and
the album sleeve was destgned by
ChrtStopher Whorf of Art Hotel
A <;JDE
116a OUST LIKE) STARTING OVER 3 54)
)c,.ir
117a KISS KISS KISS '119)(Yoko)
118 CLEAN UP TIME (2 53) ljohn)
119 GIVE ME SOMETHING (1 52) (Yoko)
120 I'M LOSING YOU (3 59) Uohn)
121 I'M MOVING ON (3 17) (Yoko)
122 BEAUTIFUL BOY (DARLING BOY) (3 57)
Uohn)
BSIDE
123 WATCHING THE WHEELS (331) Uohn)
124 I'M YOUR ANGEL (334, (Yoko)
125 WOMAN (331) Uohn)
126 BEAUTIFUL BOYS (253) (Yoko)
127 DEAR YOKO (2 30) Uohn)
128 EVERY MAN HAS A WOMAN WHO
LOVES HIM (4 00) (Yoko)
129 HARD TIMES ARE OVER (3 12) (Yoko)
As wtth many of John's solo songs, most of
hts seven numbers on Double Fantasy
are ellher about, or dedtcated to, Yoko,
the one exception bemg Beautiful Boy
(Darlmg Boy) whtch ts John's song to hiS
son, Sean, and features steel drum by
Robert Greemdge. Watchmg The
Wheels. wtth Matthew Cunmngham on
hammer dulctmer, was John s answer to
all of the questions from the pubhc about
hiS ex1le for five years Yoke's song, /m
Your Angel, was the sub)ect of a law sutt
filed m New York on June 15, 1981, by the
publiShers of Makm' Whoopee The pub-
bshers clarrned that Yoke's song "was
very sirrular to and a copy of Makm '
Whoopee ' (wh1ch was wntten m 1928)
and were seekmg one mtlhon dollars
damages and demandmg that the song
be removed from further pressmgs of the
album
24 MIND GAMES
By John Lennon
M us1c For Pleasure MFP 50509 -
November 27, 1980
Along wtth Rmgo's Rmgo, George s Dark
Horse and the Beatles Rock 'n' Roll Music
albums, thiS was part of the first batch of
Beatle product to appear on a budget
label from EMI The album features a
reviSed front cover, showmg a multtple
rrnage of the ongmal sleeve, wtth track
ltShngs on the back cover, but wtthout
lyncs pnnted on the mner sleeve as
contamed on the ongmal release
ASIDE
75c MIND GAMES (4 11)
77a TIGHT A$ (3 36)
78a AISUMASEN (I'M SORRY) (4 42)
John Lennon UK 45
 The Air Tomght and for the third week by
V1enna by Ultravox} In the BMRB charts,
Woman went to No. I, gJVmg Lennon a
hat trick of three number ones in a row as
Startmg Over and lmagme had both
topped the charts
By February I, 1981, just fifteen days
after release, Woman had sold 250,000 in
Britain.
I SAW BER STANDING THERE (3 34)
WHATEVER GETS YOU TBRU TBE
NIGHT (4.24)/LUCY IN TBE SKY W1TB
DIAMONDS (6 10) •
By The Elton John Band featuring John
Lennon and the Muscle Shoals Horns.
79a ONE DAY (AT A TIME) (3.07) D]M D]Sl0965 - March 13, 1981
SOa BRING ON THE LUCIE (FREDA PEEPLE)
(4.10)
Sla NUTOPIAN INTERNATIONAL ANTHEM
(003)
BS1DE
82a INTUITION (3. 07)
83a OUT THE BLUE (3 20)
84a ONLY PEOPLE (325)
85a I KNOW (I KNOW) (3.47) After Lennon's death, DJM acqmred
86a YOU ARE HERE (4.09) permiSSion from EMI to release all three
numbers recorded at the Elton John Band
76b MEAT CITY (247)
concert on November 28, 1974, when
John Lennon made a guest appearance to
25 (125a) WOMAN (3 27) honour a proffi!Se made to Elton. With
(126a) BEAUTIFUL BOYS (2 51) Lennon's death, thiS guest appearance
"A" side by John Lennon became even more tmportant, as it
constituted the last concert performance
''B" side by Yoko Ono by John, thus makmg the recordings of
bistoncal interest. The three recordmgs
Geffen Records K 79195 - January 16,
were released on a 33V3 r.p.m smgle m a
1981
picture sleeve. The two photographs on
the sleeve were taken at the concert by
Chuck Pulin, of Elton and John.
The "A" side features the song
performed last during the concert, I Saw
Her Standmg There, which John
introduces as a number by an estranged
fiance, Paul The second side, lastmg
over ten minutes, features Whatever Gets
You Thru The Night on wh1ch Elton
guested when the song was origmally
Just after Startmg Over had been recorded by John, and Lucy In The Sky
released as a smgle. John and Yoko had W1th Diamonds, which had previously
insisted that Woman be 1ssued as the been recorded by the Elton John Band,
follow up. 1t entered the NME Top 30 Wlth John guesting on guitar and backmg
on January 31, 1981, at No. 3, the htghest vocals.
entry postllon attamed by any of John's The smgle entered the NME charts for
singles. The followmg w eek tt rose to No. one week on Apnl 4, at No. 24
2 where tl remamed for three weeks (the
No l posit1on bemg held for the first two
weeks by the first solo smgle from
Genesis vocalisVdrummer Phtl Collms, In

46 Working Class Heroes

 ptano The set also mcluded a magazme
26 (123b) WATCBJNG TBE WHEELS (3 29)
titled Lennon - The LJVerpool Echo's
(124a) YES I'M YOUR ANGEL (2 48)
Tribute To John Lennon, wtuch featured
"A" s1de by John Lennon p1ctures and arncles from vanous stages
m the Beatles' careers as covered by that
"B" side by Yoko Ono newspaper
Geffen Records K 79207 March 27. 1981 28 ROCK 'N' ROLL

By John Lennon
MusiC For Pleasure MFP 50522 -
November 25, 1981

The th1rd single release from the Double

Fantasy album entered the NME Top 30
for one week only at No. 27 on Apnl 18,
1981
27 JOHN LENNON (box •et)

By John Lennon
Apple JLB8 -June 15. 1981

The second selectiOn of Beatle solo

albums to be released on EMI's budget
label, Mus1c For Pleasure, mcluded
John's Rock 'n' Roll, The Best of George
Harnson and Rmgo's Blast From Your
Past.
The cover for the album retatned the
ongmal photograph by Jorgen Vollmer,
but featured a slightly enlarged title on
the front, w1th a new back cover (credll-
mg Stand By Me more correctly to "Kmg-
Lelber-Stoller - the ongmal cover
cred1ted the song to "Kmg-Glick", "Elmo
Ghck" bemg a JOmt pseudonym for jerry
Letber and Mtke Stoller).

In January 1981, EMI stated that they d1d A SIDE

not mtend re1easmg any posthumous or 99a BE-BOP-A-LULA (2 36)
memonal record of John Lennon matenal
lOOb STAND BY ME (3 26)
but m June 1981 a boxed set contammg
e1ght albums was released as a llmlled 101-2a RIP IT UP/READY TEDDY 1 32)
edtt1on The set contamed the followmg 103a YOU CANT CATCH ME (4 52)
albums L1ve Peace In Toronto 1969. John
Lermon!PlastJc Ono Band lmagme, Some 104a AIN'T THAT A SHAME (2.JO)
Tune ln New York C1ty, Mmd Games 105a DO YOU W ANNA DANCE (2 52)
Walls And Bndges. Rock n' Roll and
Shaved F1sh Each album was as the 106a SWEET LITTLE SIXTEEN (3 00)
ougmal release except that L1ve Peace BSIDE
In Toronto d1d not mclude the calend.tr
107a SLIPPIN' AND SLIDIN (2 16)
and John Lennon!Plastlc Ono &;nd and
lmagme d1d not mclude then ongmal 108a PEGGY SUE 2 J
pnnted mner sleeves Imagme however
109-lOa BRING IT ON HOME TO ME/
dtd comam :he ongmal postcard al- SEND ME SOME LOVIN -1 40)
though the poster was shyhtly different,
havmg a double unage of Lcnnon at lus llla BONY MORONIE (3. 48)
John Lennon UK 47
ll2a YA YA (2.17)
ll3a JUST BECAUSE (4 25)
29 TBE JOBN LENNON COLLECTION 18b
32b
By John Lennon
45b
Parlophone EMTV 37 - November 8,
1982 87c
94c
75d
40a
73b
47d
49a
lOOc STAND BY ME (327)
ll6b
125b
120a
Thts TV advertised collection of the best l22a
of John Lennon entered the NME charts 123b
on November 27 at No. 9, rismg to No 2
on December 11, and hitting the No. 1 l27a
spot on December 25, staying there for 30
five weeks. The album sold 300,000
cop1es m 1ts first week m Bntam lt
received a platinum diSc, and by the thud
week in JanUary, 1983, had passed the
rrullion mark in the UK alone - thus
sellmg approximately 17,000 cop1es per
workmg day.
The album was originally planned by
EMI in 1981, but due to dtfflculties m
gettmg pernussion from Yoko and Davtd
Geffen for the mclus1on of Double Fantasy
recordmgs, it was delayed for over a
year Fmal negotJatlorlS between EM!
and Geffen resulted m the Amencan
album bemg released on Geffen Records
with a shghtly differing track listing.
The album, featunng all but one of
John's BntlSh singles (Cold Turkey bemg
the missmg release) plus six of his Double
Fantasy tracks, was compiled by John
David Kalodner, w1th assiStance from
Yoko and Davtd Geffen. The album
sleeve features p1ctures taken by Anme
Letbovitz at John's last photographiC
sess1on. m December 1980. for Rolhng
Stone magazme.
As wtth Shaved Fish, the mner sleeve
features the lyrics to each song, and G1ve
Peace A Chance finally appears with the
correct lync, t.e. "masturbation" and not
"mastication", but the rust two lines of
Happy Xmas are still mcorrect, as they
48 Working Class Heroes
should read ''Happy Xmas Kyoko, Happy
Xmas Juhan".
A SIDE
GIVE PEACE A CHANCE (4.48)
INSTANT KARMA (317)
POWER TO THE PEOPLE (3.00)
WHATEVER GETS YOU THRU THE
NIGHT (323)
No. 9 DREAM (4.37)
MIND GAMES (4.10)
LOVE (3.20)
HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER) (3. 32)
BSIDE
IMAGINE (3.01)
JEALOUS GUY (4.13)
(JUST LIKE) STARTING OVER (3.55)
WOMAN (3.29)
rM LOSING YOU (4 00)
BEAUTIFUL BOY (DARLING BOY) (4.00)
WATCHING THE WHEELS (333)
DEAR YOKO (2.32)
(40b) LOVE (3 12)
(52a) GIVE ME SOME TRUTH (3 11)
By John Lennon
Parlophone R 6059- November 15, 1982
Released as a trailer for the John Lennon
Collect1on album, Love entered the NME
Top 30 for one week only on November
20 at No. 27.
The single vers1on of Love differs from
the ongmal album track and that on the
Collect1on, as 11 was re-mixed to boost the
very quiet introductory and ending piano
passages. EMI decided that lf the song
were released wtth 1ts ongmal rmx. wtth
the ptano fadmg m and out very qwetly,
DJs might be prone to tgnore the record
as UilSUJtable for broadcastmg

1 UNFINISHED MUSIC No. 1 -
TWO VIRGINS
By John Lennon and Yoko Ono
Apple T 5001 - November 11, 1968
John and Yoke's first solo album bubbled
under the Billboard Hot Hundred album
charts for e1ght weeks durmg February
and March 1969, nsmg no hlgher than No
124 As w1th EM! m Bntam, Capitol
refused to handle the album, and 1t was
eventually diStributed by Tetragrammaton.
w1th 25.000 bemg sold, although 30,000
coptes were confiscated by police from a
warehouse m Newark, New jersey
(Tracks and cover as BntlSh release )
2 UNFINJSBED MUSIC No. 2 -
LIFE WIT& TBE LIONS
By John Lennon and Yoko Ono
Zapple ST 3357- May 26, 1969
As Wlth Two V1rgms. Life With The Lions
dld not enter the Blllboard Top lOO album
charts, managmg only e1ght weeks m the
lower reg1ons of the Top 200, rlSmq no
hlgher than No 179 The album d1d
however. outsell Two V1rgms. as 60,000
cop1es were sold m the US (Track llStmg
and sleeve same as BntlSh release )
3 (18) GIVE PEACE A CHANCE
(19) REMEMBER LOVE
By The Plasuc Ono Band
Apple 1809 July Z 1969
The first PlastiC Ono Band smgle entered
the B11lboard Hot Hundred on July 26 at
No. 62 rlSmg to No 14 on September 6
and staymg m the Top 100 for rune weeks
The smgle sold 800,000 m Arnenca. and
was released Wlth the same p1cture
sleeve as m Bntam
JOHN - US SECTION
4 (20) COLD TURKEY
. (21) DON-r WORRY KYOKO (MUMM'f'S
ONLY LOOKING FOR A BAND JN
TBESNOW)
By The Plastic Ono Band
Apple 1813 - October 20 1969
Cold Turkey entered the Blllboard Hot
Hundred on November 15 at No 86,
rlSmg to No. 30 for one week on January
17, 1970, bemg m the Top lOO for twelve
weeks. The smgle appeared m the same
p1cture sleeve as the Bntlsh release.
5 TBE WEDDING ALBUM
By John Lennon and Yoko Ono
Apple SMAX 3361 -October 2£-, 1969
As w1th therr flrst two albums. The
Weddmg Album only managed to creep
mto the lower regtorlS of the Top 200
rlStng no hlgher than No 178 dunng three
weeks m the chan (Track llSttng and
sleeve same as Bnttsh release.)
6 PLASTIC ONO BAND - LIVE PEACE
JN TORONTO - 1969
By The Plasuc Ono Band
Apple SW 3362 December 12, J969
The Plastlc Ono Band's first album entered
the Top 200 album charts on January 10,
1970, at No 136, nsmg to No. 10 for two
weeks from February 7, bemg m the Top
200 for thlrty-two weeks, and spendmg
twenty-three weeks m the Top 100 The
record recetved a Gold Award from
RIAA for sales of more than $1,000,000 on
March 17, 1970 (Tracks and sleeve same
as BntlSh release )
John Lennon US 49
7 (32) INSTANT KARMA
(33) WHO HAS SEEN THE WIND
By Lennon/Ono with The Plastic Ono Band
Apple 1818- February 20, 1970
Instant Karma was the first solo Beatles
single to sell a milhon copie~m Amenca.
lt entered the US Top lOO on February 28
at No. 85, nsmg to No. 3 on March 28 for
three weeks, and staymg in the charts for
thirteen weeks. The Amencan single
features a mix of Instant Karma by Phi!
Spector wh1ch was not approved by
Lennon.
JOHN ONO
LENNON
INSTANT KARMA!
fWE H.L!*-N ON
~
__
.......,
-.cOl>
PHILSPECTOR
IV
8 JOHN LENNON!PLASTIC ONO BAND
By John Lennon and The Plastic Ono Band
Apple SW 3372 - December 11, 1970
John's first true solo album had an
advance order of 250,000 in Amenca, and
entered the Top 200 album charts on
December 26 at No. 14, rising at No. 6 on
January 30. It was in the Top lOO for
eighteen weeks. and the Top 200 for
twenty-two weeks. selling a million
copies by the end of January, 1971.
(Tracks and sleeve the same as British re-
lease.)
9 (34a) MOTHER
WHY
"A" side by John Lennon!Plastic Ono Band
"B" side by Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band
Apple 1827 - December 28, 1970
Not released as a single in Britain Mother
was taken from the John Lennon!Plast1c
Ono Band album, usmg a slightly dif-
ferent mix. and coupled With Yoko's Why
from her Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band
album as a smgle m the States. The
smgle entered the Top 100 on January 9,
1971, at No. 87, but only managed to nse
to No. 43 for two weeks. on January 30,
bemg m the chart for SIX weeks
SO Working Class Heroes
10 (45) POWER TO THE PEOPLE
TOUCH ME
"A" side by John Lennon!Plastic Ono Band
"B" side by Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band
Apple 1830 - March 22, 1971
In Bntam. Power To The People was
coupled With Open Your Box by Yoko
but, in America, Capitol would not allow
Yoko to use the song due to Its suggestive
lyrics. Therefore another number from
Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band album was
used. The smgle entered the US Top 100
on April 3 at No 73, riSing to No. 11 for
two weeks from May l, 1t remamed m the
chart for nme weeks.
GOD S.AVE US
DOTBE OZ
"A" side by Bill Elliot and The Elastic Oz
Band
"B" side by The Elastic Oz Band
Apple 1835 -July 7. 1971
As in Bntam, John's record for the Oz
Defence Fund did not enter the charts.
11 IMAGINE
By John LeMon
Apple SW 3379- September 9. 1971
imagine entered the US album charts on
September 18 at No. 163, nsmg to No. I
for one week on October 30. The album
stayed in the Top lOO for twenty-five
weeks. and m the Top 200 for thirty
weeks. achieVIng sales of over one
million dollars by October I, 1971, and
subsequently selling a million in Amenca.
(Tracks and sleeve the same as BritiSh re-
lease.)
12 (47a) IMAGINE
(SOa) IT'S SO BARD
By John Lennon
Apple /840- October 11 1971
The Imagme smgle entered the Billboard
 Top 100 on October 23, at No 20 (the featunng m the chart for only five weeks
htghest entry posttton smce Let It Be
entered at No 6 on March 21, 1970)
makmg 11 tenth equal With the Beatles
Somethmg m the hst of htghest entry
postttons. The Top Ten m thts chart JS as
follows
I Let It Be (No. 6) The Beatles (1970),
2 = The Purple People Eater (No. 7) Sheb
Woolley (1958) & Wear My Rmg Around
Your Neck (No 7) Elv1s Presley (1958),
4 = Hey ]ude (No lO) The Beatles (1968)
& Get Back (No lO) The Beatles (1969); 15 SOMETIME IN NEW YORK CITY
6 = Mrs Brown You've Got A Lovely
Daughter (No 12) Herman's Hermtts Record One by John & Yoko/Plasuc Ono
(1965). Band with Elephant's Memory and
7 = ]a1lhouse Rock (No 15) Elv1s Presley Invisible Strings
(1957) & Hard Headed Woman (No. 15)
ElvJS Presley (1958), Record Two "A" Side by Plastic Ono
9 - Poor Little Fool (No. 18) Rtcky Nelson Supergroup. Record Two "B" side by
(1958), Plastic Ono Mothers
I0 Somethmg (No 20) The Beatles Apple SVBB 3392- June 12, 1972
(1969) & Imagme (No 20) John Lennon
(1971) Appeanng three months earher m
Imagme rose to No. 3 on November 13 America than m Bntam. Sometime In New
for two weeks. staymg m the charts for York Guy entered the Btllboard album
mne weeks. The smgle dtd not appear chart on July I at No 190, nsmg to No 48
m a picture sleeve, and dtd not recetve a on August 12 for two weeks. and staymg
BntJSh release as a smgle until 1975 m the Top I 00 for twelve weeks and the
Top 200 for seventeen weeks (Sleeve
same as Bnttsh release.)
13 (73) HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER)
(74) LISTEN THE SNOW IS FALLING RECORD ONE A SIDE
"A" side by John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band 57a WOMAN IS THE NIGGER OF THE
With The Harlem Community Choir WORLD

"B" Side by Yoko Ono and The Plastic 58a SISTERS 0 SISTERS
Ono Band 59 ATTICA STATE
Apple 1842- December 1, 1971 60 BORN IN A PRISON

In Amenca, Happy Xmas appeared a 61 NEW YORK CITY

year before 1ts BntJSh release, but dtd not BSIDE
enter the Btllboard Hot Hundred. The
smgle appeared m a ptcture sleeve, on
62 SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY
clear green vmyl (Ptcture sleeve same as 63 THE LUCK OF THE IRISH
Bnllsh release )
64 JOHN SINCLAIR
14 (57) WOMAN IS THE NIGGER OF THE 65 ANGELA
WORLD 66 WE'RE ALL WATER
(58) SISTERS 0 SISTERS
RECOFc.L J'W
"A" stde by John Lennon!Plasttc Ono Band
With Elephant's Memory and Invisilile (Same as BntiSh release.)
Stnngs
"B" stde by Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band 16 (75) MIND GAMES
With Elephant's Memory and Invisilile (76) MEAT CITY
Strings By John Lennon
Apple 1848 - Apnl 24 1972 Applt:: 1808- October 29 1973
The tratler for the Someume In New York Mmd Games entered the BUlboard chart
Cm· album entered the Btllboard Hot on November 10 at No 76, rJSmg to No 18
Hundred on May 20 at No 76 rJStng to on December 29 for one weel:. bemg tn
No 57 for one week on June I 0, and the Hot Hundred fnr thtrteen wE:eY.s and

John Lennon US 61
 for seven weeks m the Top 30. (Picture
sleeve same as BnhSh release.)
17 MIND GAMES
By John Lennon
Apple SW 3414 - November 2. 1973
•
Mmd Games entered the Billboard album
charts on November 24 at No. 16, recetv-
mg a Gold Award from RlAA, on
November 30, for sales of over one
million dollars. The album rose to No. 9
for three weeks on December 8, and
stayed m the Top 100 for fifteen weeks,
and m the Top 200 for e1ghteen weeks.
(Tracks and sleeve the same as BntLSh re-
lease.)
18 (87) WHATEVER GETS YOU TBRU
THE NIGHT
(88) BEEF )'ERKY
By John Lennon
Apple 1874 -September 23, 1974
John's first No. 1 smgle in America, wh1ch
entered the charts on September 28 at
No. 53, rising to the top seven weeks later
on November 16 for one week, and
staying there for fifteen weeks. Twelve
days after Whatever Gets You Thru The
Night reached the top of the charts, John
kept his promiSe to Elton John, that tf the
smgle got to No. 1 he would appear wtth
Elton on stage. John performed three
numbers with The Elton John Band at
Madison Square Garden, New York, on
November 28, 1974, which turned out to
be his last concert performance
19 WALLS AND BRIDGES
By John Lennon
Apple SW 3416- September 26. 1974
Walls And Bndges entered the Billboard
album chart on October 12 at No. 72,
Jumping to No 19 the followmg week and
qualifymg for Gold Award status (one
million dollars sales) by October 22 By
November 1974, the album had sold one
rrulhon m the States. and on November 16
rose to No. I for one week It eventually
stayed in the Top lOO for twenty-one
weeks and the Top 200 for twenty-seven
weeks. (Tracks and sleeve same as
British release.)
20 (94a) No. 9 DREAM
(91a) WHAT YOU GOT
By John Lennon
52 Working Class Heroes
Apple 1878- December 16. 1974
The second single from Walls And
Bridges, No. 9 Dream entered the Bill-
board Hot Hundred chart on December
21, at No. 68, rismg to No. 9 on February
22, 1975. It remained m the chart for
twelve weeks and m the Top 30 for seven
weeks
21 ROCK 'N' ROLL
By John Lennon
Apple SK 3419- February 17 1975
Rock 'n' Roll entered the album chart on
March 8 at No. 47 rLSmg to No 6 on Apnl
19, and staying m the Top lOO for thirteen
weeks, and in the Top 200 for fifteen
weeks. (Tracks and sleeve same as
Bnt1sh release.)
PHILADELPHIA FREEDOM
I SAW HER STANDING
"A" side by The Elton John Band
"B" side by The Elton John Band with John
Lennon and The Muscle Shoals Horns
MCA 40364- February 24, 1975
The "B' s1de of Philadelphia Freedom. I
Saw Her Standing There, was recorded
bve at The Elton John Band concert at
Mad1son Square Garden on November
28, 1974, when John Lennon made a guest
appearance to fulf1l a prorruse made to
Elton John Philadelphia Freedom
entered the Billboard chart m Apnl 1975.
rJSmg to No. l for two weeks from Apnl
12. It then stayed m the best sellers for
twenty-one weeks, rece1vmg a Gold
Award from the RlAA on April 23, 1975,
and eventually sellmg over two million
22 (100a) STAND BY ME
(114) MOVE OVER MRS L
By John Lennon
Apple 1881 - March 10, 1975
Stand By Me entered the Billboard chart
on March 15 at No. 78, nsmg to No. 20 for
two weeks on Apnl 26 bemg m the Top
30 for four weeks and the Top lOO for mne
weeks. A follow up smgle from Rock n'
Roll was scheduled m Amenca, With
promotlonal cop1es of SlJppm' And Shdm'
backed by Ain't That A Shame (Apple
1883) bemg distributed, but the release
was eventually shelved
 John and Yoke's come-back smgle
23 SBAVED FISH
entered the Billboard Hot Hundred on
November 9, nsmg to No l on December
By John Lennon
27, after the tragtc murder of Lennon It
Apple SW 3421 - October 24, 1975 stayed at No. l for ftve weeks, and m the
chart for twenty-two weeks {Ptcture
All eleven tracks on the Shaved Fish sleeve same as Bnllsh release.)
albwn had been smgles m Amenca,
whereas m Bntam, three had not ap-
peared as smgles, Mother, Woman Is The 26 MIND GAMES
Nigger Or The World and lmagme (the
latter appearing as a smgle 111 Amenca m By John Lennon
1972. but not recetvmg Bnttsh smgle Cap1tol SN-16068- October, 1980
release unttl 1975). The album entered
the Billboard charts on November 8, at As m Bntam. Capttol reiSSued several
No. 97, peakmg at No. 12 on December Beatle solo albums on thetr budget label
13. and staymg m the charts for thtrteen thts batch conslStmg of George's Dark
weeks. (Sleeve same as Bnttsh release.) Horse. Rmgo, and John s Mmd Games and
Rock 'n Roll albums The Mmd Games
A SiDE album featured the same sleeve as the
18a GIVE PEACE A CHANCE origmallSSUe (Tracks same as the Bnttsh
re1ssue)
20a COLD TURKEY
32a INSTANT KARMA
27 ROCK 'N' ROLL
4Sa POWER TO THE PEOPLE
By John Lennon
34b MOTHER
57b WOMAN IS THE NIGGER OF THE Capitol SN-16069- October, 1980
WORLD The second budget reiSSue album from
BSIDE John featunng the same cover destgn
as the ongmal.
47b IMAGINE
87b WHATEVER GETS YOU THRU THE A SIDE TRACK TWO
N1GHT lOOc STAND BY ME
75b MIND GAMES (Remaining tracks same as the British
94b No. 9 DREAM retssue.)
73a HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER)
115 GIVE PEACE A CHANCE 28 DOUBLE FANTASY
By John Lennon and Yoko Ono
24 (lOOb) STAND BY ME Geffen Records GHS 2001 -
(57c) WOMAN IS THE NIGGER OF November 17. 1980
THE WORLD
John and Yoke's ftrst album m five years
By John Lennon whtch entered the Btllboard charts on
December 6, rlSmg to No. I on December
Capllol Star Lme 6244 - Apnl4 1977
27, after John was merctlessly gunned
Wtth the ongmal Apple smgles of Stand down outstde hts New York apartment m
By Me and Woman 1s The Nigger or The thE: Dakota Bwldmgs. The album stayed
World deleted they became ehgtble to at No. I for etght weeks, and was in the
appear on Capitol's substdtary label Star Top 200 for seventy-four weeks (Tracks
Lme. and were released as a double "A · and sleeve same as Bnttsh release )
rtde. but Wlthr-ut chart succesc:
29 (125a) WOMAN
25 (116) atJST LIKE) STARTING OVER (126a) BEAUTIFUL BOYS
(117) KISS KISS KISS
"A" stde by John Lennon
"A " side by John Lennon
"B" stde by Yoko Ono
"B" side by Yoko Ono
.:J.=Uen Records 4%44 January 12. 1981
Gt-ilt:r, Rt:...---oid::. .:JEF- 49604 -
October 23, 1980 The second smal£1 miP.<l!;P fmm the
John Lennon US 53
 Double Fantasy album, which entered December 4, rising to No. 33 for four
the Billboard charts on January 17, rising weeks, on January 8, 1983, and staying in
to No. 2, and staying in the charts for the Top 40 for six weeks.
twenty weeks. (Picture sleeve same as The American album contamed two
British release.) less tracks than the British release, as
neither Stand By Me or Happy Xmas
30 (l23a) WATCHING THE WHEELS were hits in the United States.
(l24a) YES I'M YOUR ANGEL
A SIDE
"A" side by John Lennon 18b GIVE PEACE A CHANCE
"B" side by Yoko Ono 32b INSTANT KARMA
Geffen Records 49695 -March 13, 1981 45b POWER TO THE PEOPLE

The third single from the Double Fantasy 87c WHATEVER GETS YOU THRU THE
album entered the Billboard chart on N1GHT
March 28, reaching No. 10, and staying in 94c No. 9 DREAM
the chart for fourteen weeks. (Picture
sleeve same as British release ) 75d MIND GAMES
40a LOVE
31 (ll6b) (JUST LIKE) STARTING OVER
(125b) WOMAN BSIDE
47c IMAGINE
By John Lennon
49a JEALOUS GUY
Geffen Records GGEF 0408 -
]une 5, 1981 ll6c (JUST LIKE) STARTING OVER

Warner Brothers Records in America 125c WOMAN

operate a policy of combinmg hit singles 120a I'M LOSING YOU
to form double "A"-sided oldies and, as
122b BEAUTIFUL BOY (DARLING BOY)
they distributed Geffen Records, John's
singles were in line for this treatment. 127a DEAR YOKO
This release featured the first two hits 123c WATCHING THE WHEELS
from Double Fantasy.
34 (73b) HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER)
32 (l23b) WATCHING TBE WHEELS (l22c) BEAUTIFUL BOY (DARLING
(l22a) BEAUTIFUL BOY (DARLING . BOY)
BOY)
By John Lennon
By John Lennon
Geffen Records 7-29855 -
Geffen Records GGEF 0415- November 17. 1982
November 4, 1981
Although not a hit when it was originally
Having coupled the first two single "A" released in the United States, Geffen
sides together as an oldie, only one "A" reissued Happy Xmas, hoping to emulate
s1de (Watching The Wheels) remained. its British success, but again the single
This was coupled with another Lennon failed to enter the Billboard best sellers.
song from Double Fantasy, Beautiful Boy Geffen's reissue featured the same p1cture
(Darling Boy), and not with its origmal sleeve as the 1971 Capitol release, but
flipside of Yoko's Yes I'm Your Angel. · the original "B" side coupling of Listen
The Snow Is Falling was replaced by
Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) (included on
33 THE JOHN LENNON COLLECTION
The John Lennon Collection).
By John Lennon
Geffen Records GHSP 2023 -
November 10, 1982
After a year of negotiation, Geffen
Records eventually gave permission for
EMI to use the Double Fantasy re-
cordings for this best of John Lennon
album, under the proviso that Geffen
released the record in the US. The
album entered the Billboard charts on

54 Working Class Heroes

PAUL McCARTNEY

Paul McCartney UK 55
1 McCARTNEY
By Paul McCartney
Apple PCS 7102 - Apnl 17. 1970
Although Paul McCartney had written the
mus1c to The Family Way ~ lm back m
1966, With an album by The George
Martm Orchestra appeanng m January
1967, he did not perform on the rec-
ordmgs, and therefore McCartney IS his
first solo recording venture W1th
advance sales of 19.000 in Bntam the
album entered the NME Top 30 chart on
Apnl 22, a week after release, at No. 6,
nsmg to No. 2 the folloWing week where
1t remamed for three weeks (bemg kept
out of the No. 1 position by Simon and
Garfunkel's Bndge Over Troubled Water
album). It stayed in the Top 10 for s1x:teen
weeks, and the Top 30 for twenty-two
weeks, selling over two m1lhon world-
Wide.
McCartney recorded and produced
the album between December 1969 and
Apnl 1970, usmg several recordmg lo-
calions - at his home usmg a Studer 4
track machine, at EMI's Abbey Road
Studio No. 2 and at Morgan Stud1os.
W1llesden. London. Paul played all the
instruments heard on the album, as well
as composmg all fourteen songs and
smgmg most.of the vocal parts, w1th Linda
McCartney assisting on some songs
The release date for the album caused
some controversy between Paul and the
rest of the Beatles, as he had scheduled
the album to come out m Apnl, while the
"last" Beatles' album, Let It Be, had been
scheduled at around the same t1me John,
George and Ringo wanted Paul to post-
pone the release of his album, but Paul
was adamant and refused, so that eventu-
ally Let it Be was re-scheduled.
The twenty-three photographs con-
tamed on the gatefold sleeve were taken
by Lmda; the album was sent out to
Brit!sh Djs accompanied by a printed
"questJon and answers" sheet, wh1ch Paul
comptled as a self-mteiVJew. due to his
long s1lence during the prev1ous months.
The msert was not mcluded m the com-
mercially available album.
ASIDE
1 THE LOVELY LINDA (0. 43)
THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING (237)
2
3 VALENTINE DAY ( 1 40)
4 EVERY NIGHT (2.29)
56 Working Class Heroes
s HOT AS SUN (1.28)
6 GLASSES (0. 48)
7 JUNK (1.53)
8 MAN WE WAS LONELY (2.55)
BSIDE
9 00 YOU (247)
10 MOMMA MISS AMERICA (4 03)
11 TEDDY BOY (2.22)
12 SINGALONG JUNK (2.34)
MAYBE I'M AMAZED (3.47)
13
14 KREEN-AKRORE (4.08)
After Paul's new Studer 4 track recorder
had been installed in his London home,
he tested the machme w1th The Lovely
Lmda.· on wh1ch he played acoustic gu1tar
and bass, and produced percussive
sounds by hand slaps on a book. Paul
wrote the song m Scotland but never
completed 1t, th1s recording supposedly
being a trailer for the full song, which he
never recorded. That Would Be Some-
thing was also wr1tten in Scotland, in 1969,
and features Paul playing guitar, tom tom,
cymbal and bass.
Paul ad !Jbbed Valentme Day as he
recorded 1t at his home, usmg acoust1c
gwtar, drums, electnc guitar and bass,
with the fmal ffilX done at EML Paul
completed Every N1gbt while on holiday
m Greece m 1969. and recorded 1t at EM!
playmg acoustic gwtars, drums and bass.
and double tracking his vocals m places.
The song was covered by Phoebe Snow
in 1979, when her version entered the
NME Top 30 on January 20 at No. 30,
nsmg to No 26, but bemg m the chart for
only two weeks
Hot As Sun was wr1tten around 1958 or
1959, and recorded at Morgan Studios
using acoustic and electnc gwtar, drums,
organ, bass. maracas and bongos. Glasses
features multHracked Wine glasses, and
an uncompleted song called "Sutctde".
junk was started m lndta m 1968 and
completed m wndon when tt was ong-
mally recorded by the Beatles dunng the
''Whtte Album" sess1ons It was later re-
recorded m March 1969 dunng the
"Abbey Road'' sess1ons Paul recorded
his solo verston at hiS home usmg two
acousnc gUitars and bass, later addmg
percusston, a toy xylophone and harmony
vocals at Morgan Studtos Man We Was
Lonely was wntten dunng the sesstons
for the album Lmda JOtned Paul for
harmony, wh1le Paul plays gwtar, bass
drum bass and 'steel gwtar" sound,
produced by playmg a Telecaster With a
drum peg
Oo You was ongmally recorded at
Paul's home as an mstrumental, With lyncs
added later, and recordmg was completed
at Morgan StudiOS usmg electnc gwtar,
tambourine, cow bell and aerosol spray!
Momma Miss Amenca was also ad hbbed
- Paul recorded 1l at hiS home usmg
ptano, drums, acoustic and electnc
gmtars
Teddy Boy, another number datmg
back to the Beatles m lndta, was ong-
mally recorded m January 1969 and
mtended for theu "Get Back" album,
which was eventually scrapped Paul
completed wntmg the song m Scotland
and wndon, and recorded the number at
hiS home, and at Morgan Studios. usmg
gwtar and bass. wllh assiStance from
Lmda on backmg harmomes Smgalong
junk IS the ongmal take for junk and was
recorded usmg guttar, p1ano and bass at
hiS home, 11 was completed at Morgan
usmg electnc guttar. bass drum, Sizzle
cymbal and Mellotron (stnngs)
Maybe I'm Amazed, wntten m London.
was recorded at EMI Stud1os, usmg
ptano, drums and guttars and w1th Lmda
JOtnmg Paul for backmg vocals. The
number later became a stage favounte
by Rod Stewan and The Faces and was
mcluded on then 1971 album, Long
Player.
The fmal song on the album was
msptred by a TV f1lm about the Kreen-
AYiore lnd1ans m the Braz1han Jungle,
McCartney started the recordmg With a
drununmg uad· and later embell1Shed
the first half wllh ptano, gut tar and organ.
and the second half With breathmg organ
and two lead guitars The recordmg was
done at Morgan v.1th Robm Black engm-
eenng and extra sound effects mclude a
bow and arrow and an antmal stampede,
ach1eved w1th the a1d of a guttar packmg
case
2 (15) ANOTHER DAY (3 40)
(16) OB WOMAN OB WBY (4 34)
By Paul McCartney
Apple R 5889 February 19. 1971
Paul's f1rst solo smgle entered the NME
charts on March 3, 1971, at No 8. and
went to No. I on March 17 for one week
only, staymg m the charts for ten weeks
The smgle was recorded m January
1971, m New York. usmg the New York
Ptulharmomc Orchestra and sess1on men
Dave Spmozza and Hugh McCracken
(gwtars) and Denny Se1well (drums). with
Paul producmg. As w1th Yoke Ono's co-
composmg credits wtth John, Lmda also
expenenced problems w1th her co-
composltlon of Another Day, wh1ch was
cred1ted to Mr and Mrs McCartney on
the label Srr Lew Grade would not
accept that she had helped wnte the
song Oh Woman Oh Why was wntten
solely by Paul
The smgle was not produced m a
ptcture sleeve. but McCartney arranged
to use the "Cap1tol" label m Bntam m 1975.
and the smgle was re-released on that
label at that llme, but usmg the same
Parlophone catalogue number The
smgle has sold an est1mated global
million
By Paul and Linda McCartney
Apple PAS 10003- May 21, 1971
Ram entered the NME album charts on
May 26, one week after release, at No 10,
rlSmg to No 2 for three weeks on June 16
when Stick]' Fmaers by Tho Rolhng
Stones was at No 1 On July 7, Ram
knocked Bndge Over Troubled Water
from the No I spot for one week only,
Paul McCartney UK 59
 allowmg the Simon and Garfunkel album earlier mamage) sings backmg vocals.
to return to the top the following week by Two songs on the album, Too Many
dropping to No. 2 for four weeks. The People and Dear Boy, supposedly pr o-
album stayed m the Top I 0 for mneteen voked Lennon (who saw the songs as
weeks. and m the Top 30 for twenty-four vmd1cnve personal attacks) to compose
weeks How Do You Sleep?
The sesstons for the album took place 4 (29a) TBE BACK SEAT OF MY CAR
at the A and R Studios m New York, (4. 26)
between January and ~arch, 19]1.
(24a) HEART OF THE COUNTRY (2.22).
producmg twenty-one songs. The
sess1ons were the frrst Paul had recorded
outs1de London, and the first of many By Paul and Linda McCartney
overseas locat10ns whtch Paul would
Apple R 5914 - August 13, 1971
favour when recording his later albums.
As well as using the New York Phil- Eastly the best song on the Ram album,
harmomc Orchestra on three songs, Paul The Back Seat Of My Car was released as
and Lmda were backed by Dave a smgle m Bntam. tt had no success m
Spmozza and Hugh McCracken on gmtar, the NME chart, although tt d1d enter the
and Denny Seiwell on drums, with Lmda BMRB chart for ftve weeks, rtsmg to No. 39.
supplying extra percussion and Paul
guttar and bass.
The album sleeve, designed by Paul,
5 WILD LIFE
features a collage of Lmda's pictures. wtth
Paul's drawmgs; the front cover. de- By Wings
pictmg Paul holdmg a ram by the horns.
was taken on Paul's Scottish farm. On the Apple PCS 7142- December 3, 1971
right-hand side of the front cover, m the
ztgzag des1gn, are the letters "L I. L.Y",
which posstbly stands for "Linda I Love
You". The back cover mcludes photo-
graphs of two beetles copulatmg, whtch
many crittcs thought was Paul's dig at his
former group.

ASIDE
17 TOO MANY PEOPLE (4. 10)
18 3 LEGS (2.43)
19 RAM ON (2.27)
20 DEAR BOY(2.11)
21/ 2 UNCLE ALBERT/ADMIRAL HAI.SEY (4.49)
23 SMILE AWAY (3.56)
The ftrst Wings album entered the NME
BSIDE charts on December 15, 1971 at No 13,
24 HEART OF THE COUNTRY (221) and rose to tts htghest posttion of No. 11
durmg the followmg week. The album
25 MONKBERRY MOON DELIGHT (5.23)
dropped out and re-entered the charts
26 EAT AT HOME (3.20) twice (featuring for a total of ei ght
27 LONG HAIRED LADY (6.04) weeks), makmg it Paul's least successful
album to date.
28 RAM ON (0.53) While the McCartneys were recording
29 THE BACK SEAT OF MY CAR (4.25) Ram m New York, Paul was yearnmg to
perform l.tve agam as 1t had been five
Paul composed Too Many People, 3 Legs, years since the Beatles last toured. To do
Ram On. Smile Away and The Back Seat thts, he realised he needed a band, and
Of My Car alone. and Lmda asststed wtth thus started the task of formtng a working
the remamder. Paul conducts the New urut. His first approach was to Denny
York Phtlharmomc Orchestra on Uncle Se1well, who had drummed on the "Ram"
AlbertlAdmaal Halsey, Long Ha ~red sessions. As Setwell was a relatively
Lady and The Back Seat Of My Car, while unknown session musician, he obviously
on Monkberry Moon Delight, Heather Jumped at the chance to play m a band
McCartney (Lmda's daughter by an w1th an ex-Beatle, and immediately left

60 Working Class Heroes

 •

Mary Had A Little Lamb

a ~te ~ttXIJied ~
~ (Ju ~ 1fJU«J4-
R5949
 New York to )Om the McCartneys on theu
farm m Campbelltown Scotland Whtle
on theu farm, Paul and Lmda wrote a
number of new songs and, when they
were ready to record, Paul dec1ded he
needed a gwtartst He unmechately thought
of lus old fnend, Denny Lame, ex-
member of The Moody Blues. a group
whtch had toured With the Beatles durmg
December 1965.
In August 1971, Paul. With hiS new
band "Wmgs", entered a London stud1o,
and recorded most of the tracks for the
album m three days. w1th each song
bemg recorded m one take, the album
was finished wlthm two to three weeks
Paul later regretted recordmg the album
m such a rush, due to the bad reVIews tt
rece1ved m the mus1c press. Paul and
Lmda produced the album With Tony
C1arke, the Moody Blues producer, and
Alan Parsons (who later produced the
"Alan Parsons ProJect" senes of albums)
engmeenng On the album Paul plays
gwtar, bass and ptano; Denny Laine/
gu1tar, Denny Se1weiVdrums, and Lmda/
keyboards and backlng vocals.
The very stmple album sleeve features
a photograph, taken by Barry Lategan, of
Wmgs (Mark One), w1th typography by
Gordon House As With John's solo re-
leases. Paul adopted a spec1al label for
lus own records. and the 'Wild L1fe"
labels feature a ptcture of Paul by Lmda
on the ' A ' s1de. and a picture of Lmda,
taken by Paul, on the "B" s1de.
30
31
32
33
A SIDE
MUMBO <351)
BIP BOP (4 07)
LOVE IS STRANGE (4.44)
WILD LIFE (4 36)
BSIDE
34 SOME PEOPLE NEVER KNOW (6 35)
35 I AM YOUR SINGER (2 I,;
(Untitled track) (0 46)
36 TOMORROW (321)
37 DEAR FRIEND (5 44)
(Untitled track) <0 44)
All songs except Love Is Strange were
wrttten by Paul and Lmda Mumbo
features Paul smymg nonsense words,
wlule 81p Bop was 1nsptred by Paul's
daughter, Mnry, Paul smgs lead w1th
Lmda supportmg htm With backmg
vocals Love Is Strange was wntten by
Mlckey Baker and Ethel Smllh and re-
leased by M1d:ey and Sylvta as a smgle
m the US m 1956. sellmg a rrulhon and
reachmg No 13 It was later covered by
the Everly Brothers m 1965, glVlng them a
UK No 11 hlt. Paul and Lmda smg this as a
duet m places, with Paul smgmg solo at
tlmes The song was ongmally scheduled
as the first Wmgs smgle (R 5932) With I
Am Your Smger as the 'B ' s1de, pro-
motional cop1es were dlStnbuted. but due
to the poor sales of the album Paul With-
drew the release.
The ttlle track, W1ld Life, was Paul's
comment on arumal conservation; Paul
smgs lead With Linda and the two Dennys
supplymg backlng vocals Some People
Never Know features Paul smgmg lead,
With Lmda asslSnng and, on I Am Your
Smger. theu roles are reversed. Before
the next track there IS a short tune
· played on acoustic gu1tar which has no
title. Tomorrow features Paul smgmg
lead, wtth vocal support, whlle Dear
Fnend features a solo vocal from Paul,
who composed the song as an arlSWer to
John's How Do You Sleep
6 (38) GIVE IRELAND BACK TO TBE
IRISH (3 42)
(39) GIVE IRELAND BACK TO TBE
IRISH (version) (3 45)
By Wmgs
Apple R 5936 - February 25. 1972
"···- ,
•
:ft
The fust smgle from Wmgs wh1ch
entered the NME Top 30 on March 1,
1972. at No 21, rlSmg to No 13 on March
15, and staymg m the chart for stx weeks
In January 1972, Henry McCullough
ex-Grease Band, )Otned Wmgs as gwtar-
lSt, and on February I, 1972, the new ftve
p1ece lme-up of Wmgs (Mark 'l'wo) re-
corded GIVe Ireland Back To The IriSh
The song was wrtttcn by the McCartneys
to protest about the Bloody Sunday Mas·
sacre m Ireland on January 3, 1972,
(whtch also lr!Sptred John to wrne Sunday
Bloody Sunday), 11 was Paul's fust and
only "pobtlcal" song, bemg tmmed1ately
banned by the BBC and IBA The · B ' s1de
was an tnsaumental vers1on of the "A '
Stde
Paul McCartney UK 63
 The smgle, which was produced by
Paul and Lmda, came m a yellow sleeve,
wtth 'Wmgs" emblazoned upon 1t, while
the label featured ftve green shamrocks
on a white background.
7 (40) MARY BAD A LITI'LE LAMB
(3.29)
(41) Ll"rl'LE WOMAN LOVE (2.05)
By Wings
Apple R 5949 - May 5, 1972
9 (44) MY LOVE (4 OS)
Paul's version of the nursery rhyme en-
tered the NMETop 30 on May 30, 1972, at
No 28, nsmg to No. 6 on June 20, and
staying m the chart for nine weeks.
Paul and Linda wrote Mary Had A
Little Lamb because thetr daughter
Mary, hked heanng her name bemg
sung. Theu children smg along on the
chorus, with Paul singing lead. The song
was recorded durmg early 1972. with
Henry McCullough playmg mandolin,
and Linda on piano. Little Woman Love,
written by Paul and Linda, features Paul
smgmg lead and m places, Lmda joms m
The smgle was released m a picture
sleeve With matchmg picture labels, and
note the catalogue number, R 5949 -
exactly one thousand htgher than the
Beatles first Parlophone smgle Love Me
Do (R 4949).
8 (42) Bl, Bl, Bl (3 06)
(43) C MOON (4 31)
By Wings
Apple R 5973 - December 1, 1972
The third and last Wings smgle of 1972
entered the NME charts on December 12
at No. 20, rJSing to No. 3 on January I 6,
1973, and sta]'lng m the charts for ten
weeks.
The smgle, produced by Paul, was
recorded m the latter half of October
1972, at Morgan Stud1os. London, with the
Wings Mark Two line-up of Paul, Lmda,
Denny Lame, Henry McCullough and
Denny Se1well all pla]'lTig their usual
mstruments on HI, HI, H1; although on C
Moon Paul played ptano, Henry/drums,
64 Working Class Heroes
Denny Laine/bass and Denny SeiwelV
trumpet. Paul smgs lead on both titles.
HI, HI, Hi was banned by the BBC,
becoming the second Wmgs' smgle to be
banned m a year, the reason on this
occas1on being the sexually suggestive
lyrics C Moon therefore became the
main side for radio exposure. C Moon
was inspired by the 1965 hit by Sam The
Sham and The Pharaohs, Woolly Bully
which mcludes a reference not to be "L7
or "square": so Paul made up C Moon,
whiCh makes a cucle (the opposite of
square) As with the two previous Wmgs
singles of 1972, H1, Hi, HI dtd not feature
the Apple logo, but a plam red label,
matchmg the red sleeve.
(45) THE MESS (4 53)
By Paul McCartney and Wings
Apple R 5985- March 23, 1973
Wings' fourth single, whlch entered the
NME chart on April 3, 1973, at No 26,
peaked at No. 7 on May 1, and was liSted
m the chart for nme weeks. The smgle
sold an estimated two mtlhon globally
My Love was recorded during the
sess1ons for the Red Rose Speedway
album, which took place in March and
October 1972. The song was written by
Paul, who plays electric p1ano. and smgs
lead vocals. with Lmda and Denny Lame
supplymg backing vocals. Denny Lame
also plays bass, whlle Henry plays
electnc guttar and Denny Se1well drums
The Mess ts a hve recordmg made on
August 21, at the Congresgebouw, The
Hague, Holland, during Wings' July-
August 1972 tour of Europe, when they
played twenty-seven concerts m ten
countries. During the tour, Wings played
the followmg numbers· Bip Bop, Smile
Away, 1881, I Would Only Smile. GIVe
Ireland Back To The Insh, Blue Moon Of
Kentucky, The Mess, Best Fnends, Soily, I
Am Your Smger. Seaside Woman. Henry's
Blues. Say You Don't Mmd W1ld L1fe.
Mary Had A LJttle Lamb, My Love,
Maybe J'm Amazed, HI, HI, Hi and Long
Tall Sally Several of these tJ.tles were
never recorded by Wmgs m the studto
although a later hve verSIOn of So1ly was
released on the "Wings Over Amenca"
tnple set The smgle was not released m
a p1cture sleeve, but clid have a special
"Red Rose Speedway" label.
•
10 RED ROSE SPEEDWAY
50
By Paul McCartney and Wmgs
51
Apple PCTC 251 - May 3, 1973
52
53
54
55
56
The second Wmgs album perfonned
decidedly better m the charts than the
frrst, entenng at No. 17 on May 8. 1973,
nsmg to No 4 twice, on May 22 and June
4 and staymg m the charts for fourteen
weeks
The album. produced by Paul, was
recorded m March and October 1972, at
Morgan Studtos, London With the Wmgs
line-up of Paul Lmda, Denny Lame,
Henry McCullough and Denny Setwell
The album htle was msptred by Paul's
housekeeper, Rose, and the album was
ongmally mtended to be a double. The
credit change from 'Wmgs" to "Paul
McCartney & Wmgs" was due to the poor
sales of the earher album, Wild L1fe,
whtch 1t was thought mtght have suffered
because the pubhc was unaware that 11
was a McCartney album
The gatefold sleeve featured a cover
photograph of Paul taken by Lmda. who
also supplied many of the photographs
contamed m the twelve page booklet
tnsert. whtch mcluded hve pictures of
Wmgs, taken by Captam Snap(?). The full
colour booklet also included pamtmgs
and drawmgs by Alan ]ones And Eduard
Paolozzi who taught Stuart Sutchlfe m
Hamburg. On the back cover of the
album m the top left-hand corner, there 1s
a bratlle message to Stevte Wonder,
whtch reads We Love You
A SIDE
46 BIG BARN BED (3 49)
44a MY LOVE 4 .,
47 GET ON THE RJGHT THING l4 16)
48 ONE MORE KISS (2 28)
49 LITTLE LAMB DRAGONFLY (6 19)
BSIDE
SINGLE PIGEON ( 1 52)
WHEN THE NIGHT (3 16)
LOUP (1st INDIAN ON THE MOON) (4 23)
MEDLEY (1 1 16)
HOLD ME TIGHT 2 23)
LAZY DYNAMlTE (2 49)
HANDS OF LOVE (213)
POWER CUT '351)
All composlttons on the album are
credited to "McCartney". The first two
lmes of B1g Barn Bed were ongmally used
at the end of the repnse of Ram On on
Paul and Lmda s Ram album although thlS
IS a dlfferent recordmg, featunng Paul's
lead vocal. bass and ptano, wtth Lmda.
Denny (Lame) and Henry supplying
backing vocals and Denny Lame/acoustic
gwtar, Henry. electnc gwtar and Denny
Set well/drums.
Get On The R1ght Thing was probably
an out take from the 'Ram album
sessions, as 1t features Oave Spmozza
on electnc gwtar, whtle Paul plays
bass, ptano, electnc gwtar and smgs
lead. Wlth Lmda as backing vocaliSt and
Denny Setwell on drums
Little Lamb Dragonfly was tnsptred by
the death of one of Paul's sheep on hlS
Scotllsh farm, and features Paullbass and
lead vocal. Lmdalclingers and backmg
vocal. Denny Setwellldrums, percussion
and backing vocal. Denny Lamelbackmg
vocal; plus Hugh McCrackerv'electnc
guitar - which suggests tt may be an-
other recordmg left over from the "Ram"
sessions
One More Klss features Paul smgmg
solo and playmg acoustic gwtar, while
other supportmg instrumentation mcludes
Lmda·electnc harpsichord. Denny Lame!
bass. Henry/electnc guitar, and Denny
Setwell!drurns Vocals on Smgle Plgeon
are by Paul and Lmda; with Paul playmg
ptano, Henry/acoustlc guitar, and the two
Dennys swttchmg roles Se1well playmg
bass, and Lame/drums
When The Night features a lead vocal
and pianO by Paul, wtth the rest of Wmgs
supplymg hannomes and the followtng
backmg Lmdafelectnc bass piano,
Denny Lame and Henry/acoustic guitars,
and Denny Setwell/drums
The neo·mstrumental Loup (1st Jnd1an
On The Moon) features all five Wmgs
chantmg to a backing conslStrng of PauV
bass, gwt;u and Moog Lmda' organ.
Denny L and Henry/electnc gwtars, and
Oenny Sldrurns The eleven mmute med-
Paul McCartney UK 67
 ley features Hold Me T1ght (not the Beatle
song, by the way) w1th Paul/vocals, p1ano
and bass; Linda, Henry and the Dennysl
backing vocals; Denny L and Henry/
electnc gwtars; and Denny &'drums; Lazy
Dynarrute featuring Paul/p1ano, bass, vocal
and Mellotron; Henry/electric guitar, and
Denny Llharmonica; Hancis Of Love w1th
PauVacoustic guitar and vocals; Lmdal
vocals, Denny Llelectnc gwtar; Henry/
percuss1on, and Denny &'drums and per-
cuss1on; and finally Po wer Cut m wh1ch
the nffs from the three preVlous songs are
repeated features: Paullpiano, celeste,
Mellotron and vocals; Lindalelectric
p.ano; Denny L and Henry/electnc gwtars
and vocals; and Denny &'drums.
11 (57) LIVE AND LET DIE (3 09)
(58) I LIE AROUND (4 55)
By Wings
Apple R 5987 - June 1, 1973
Live And Let Die, Paul's theme tune for
the eighth James Bond film, entered the
NME chart on June 17, 1973, at No. 28,
nsmg to No. 7 on July 10. It was m the
charts for nine weeks, and sold over
250.000 m Bntam, becommg the most
successful Bond theme up to that t1me.
The film company approached Paul to
wnte the song for another artist to smg m
the film, but Paul only agreed to compose
the song as long as Wmgs could perform
It After Paul had composed the song
George Martin scored it for orchestra and
also produced the recording, which took
place m October 1972, using the Wmgs
Mark Two line-up
The "8" side, written by Paul features
Denny Lame smgmg lead for the first and
only time on a Wmgs smgle.
LIVE AND LET DIE
Original Soundtrack
Umted Artlsts UAS 29475 -July 6, 1973
The soundtrack to the e1ghth James Bond
film, LIVe And Let D1e. starnng Roger
Moore. Yaphet Kotto and Jane Seymour,
featured two vers1ons of the title song,
wntten by Paul and Lmda: one vers1on by
Paul McCartney and Wmgs, wh1ch IS
heard over the opemng credits, and the
second version by Brenda J Arnau.
After he had produced the LJVe And Let
D1e title song for Paul, George M artm was
asked to compose the score for the film,
68 Working Class Heroes
as Albert "Chubby" Broccoll and Harry
Saltzman, the film producers, were im-
pressed by George's orchestration
Martin composed twelve numbers for the
film. wluch were performed by an or-
chestra under hiS direction.
ASIDE
57a LNE AND LET DIE (3. 10)
By Paul McCartney and Wings
JUST A CLOSER WALK WITH THEE/
NEW SECOND LINE (Milton Batiste)
By Harold A . "Duke" Dejan & The
Olympia Brass Band
BOND MEETS SOLITAIRE (Martin)
WHISPER WHO DARES (Martin)
SNAKES ALNE (Martin)
BARON SAMEDI'S DANCE OF DEATH
(Martin)
SAN MONIQUE (Martin)
BSIDE
FILLET OF SOUL - NEW ORLEANS
(Martin)
LIVE AND LET DIE
By Brenda J. Amau
FILLET OF SOUL - HARLEM (Martin)
BOND DROPS IN (Martin)
IF HE FINDS IT, KILL HIM (Martin)
TRESPASSERS WILL BE EATEN .(Martin)
SOLITAIRE GETS HER CARDS (Martin)
SACRIFICE (Martin)
JAMES BOND THEME (Monty Norman)
12 (59) BELEN WHEELS (3 44)
(60) COUNTRY DREAMER (3 07)
By Paul McCartney and Wings
Apple R 5993 - October 26. 1973
Helen Wheels entered the NME Top 30
on November 6, 1973 at No 26, and
stayed m the chart for only stx w eeks.
nsmg to 1ts highest pomhon of No. 12 on
November 27.
 To all the people who h£'1ped creah::, maktJ, promote and sell
BAND ON THE RUN, and ro all vou people who bought the album,
and made 11 Number OnE> in tlre U.K.
Thanks from Pa~l.ltinda dnd Denny.
,~,
 At the end of July 1973, Wmgs Mark
Two came to an end; Denny Setwell and
Henry McCullough qUit the group. thus
leavtng JUSt Paul Lmda and Denny Lame
to travel to Lagos. Ntgena. to record new
matenal He/en Wheels was recorded by
the now depleted Wmgs lme-up m Sep-
tember 1973, Wlth Paul producmg He/en
Wheels JS the "name' of Paul's Land
Rover and the song tells the story of a tnp
from Paul's Scoltlsh farm down to London
m the vehtcle. The ''B" stde, Country
Dreamer, was recorded m October 1972
wtth the Wmgs Mark Two lme-up of Paul,
Lmda. Henry and the two Dennys The
smgle dtd not appear m a ptcture cover,
but was available m the yellow 'Wmgs"
cover.
13 BAND ON THE RUN
By Paul McCartney and Wmgs
Apple PAS 10007 November 30, 1973
Band On The Run remamed m the NME
Top 30 album charts for a staggenng
seventy-three weeks, bemg m the Top 10
for forty·slX weeks It entered the charts
on December 11 1973. at No. 23. hover-
mg m the Top 5 f01 etght weeks untll
March 26, w hen 11 reached No. 2, due
perhaps to the release of jet as a smgle.
whtch had reached No 6 m the smgles
charts 'fhe album had dropped to No 8
by June 11 but, after the release of the
tttle track as a smgle, the album went to
No I on July 9, staymg there for ten
consecutive weeks, after wh1ch ll was
diSlodged by Mtke Oldfield's Hergest
Ridge On Apnl IS 1975. the album
dropped out of the Top 30 after spendmg
SIXty· mne consecuuve weeks m the chart,
but eleven weeks later, on June 30, tl
returned at No 28 for two weeks, and
returned agam for smgle weeks on July 22
and August 12 thus makmg a total of
seventy-three weeks (or nearly a year
and a half) on the charts.
By August 1974 the album had sold r.vo
and a half mtlhon cop1es world -wtde and
by the end of 1974 SlX mtlhon world-
Wide. lt was the best-selhng album tn
Bntam for 1974, and to date ranks as the
seventh best-sellmg album of the sev-
enties m the UK it was topped by
I Bndge Over Troubled Water!Stmon
and Garfunkel.
2 Dark S1de Of The Moon!Pmk Floyd,
3. Tubular Bells!Mtke Oldfteld;
4 20 Golden Greats/The Beach Boys,
5 Sunon And Garfunkel's Greatest Hits
6 ElVJS' 40 Greatest
As noted above, Wlth the departure of
Denny Setwell and Henry McCullough,
Wmgs were down to a tno, and Paul,
Lmda and Denny Lame travelled to Lagos,
Ntgena. to record new matenal. The
sesstons took place m Gmger Baker's
ARC Studtos and EMI StudiOS both m
Lagos, Paul played gwtar, bass, drums
and synthestzers and sang lead vocals;
Lmdalkeyboards and percusston; and
Denny/gwtar wtth Lmda and Denny
supplymg backmg vocals Further
recordmgs took place at Tndent Studios
m London, and the orchestral backmg -
arranged by 'T'ony VJScontt - was added
at AIR Studios, London. The recordmgs
were produced by Paul and engmeered
by Geoff Emenck, With most of the
sesstons taking place m September 1973
The album front cover features a sWI
taken from a short movte of a group of
celebntles actmg out a pnson escape
(the band on the run), and was used by
Wmgs on tour as a backdrop when
perforrrung the utle track The SIX cel-
ebnties, chosen by Paul, are. Mtchael
Parkinson UournaliSt and TV intervtewer)
on the left, Kenny Lynch (smger) directly
behmd Paul James Coburn (actor)
standmg at the back. Clement Freud
(Member of Parliament and TV person-
ahty), Chnstopher Lee (actor) behmd
Lmda. and John Conteh (boxer) standmg
behmd a kneelmg Denny Lame. The
sleeve was destgned by Cordon House
and Storm Thorgerson of HtpgnosJS. and
mcluded a poster of polarOid photo-
graphs by Lmda
ASiDE
61 BAND ON THE RUN (5 08)
62 JET (4 05)
63 BLUEBIRD (3 19)
64 MRS. VANDEBILT (4.35)
Paul McCanney UK 71
65 LET ME ROLL IT (4.45)
BSIDE
66 MAMUN1A (4.50)
67 NO WORDS (2.31)
68 PICASSO'S LAST WORDS (DRINK TO
ME) (5.44)
69 NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY
FIVE (5.25) (Including "Band On The Run"
reprise - 0.14)
Band On The Run was msprred by a
remark George Harrison made at an
Apple meeting: "If we ever get out of
here," with reference to the fact that
everybody is a pnsoner m some way. jet
was inspired by Paul's Iabrador puppy of
the same name and, as with all but one
track on the album, features Paul smging
lead. jet also features saxophone played
by Howie Casey, who is also showcased
with a saxophone solo on Bluebird, re-
corded at AIR Stuctios Wlth Remi Kabaka
playmg percussion.
All songs on the album are credited to
McCartney, except No Words, a
McCartney!Lame compoSition, which
Denny, Paul and Lmda smg in unison.
Picasso's Last Words was wntten at the
request of Dustm Hoffman; Paul and Lmda
were on holiday m jama1ca. where they
were staymg m Montego Bay, and they
heard that Dustm Hoffman and Steve
McQueen were filmmg Papillon along the
coast. Paul and Lmda invited Dustm and
lu.s wife to dmner, dunng wh1ch Dustin
and Paul were talkmg about song wntmg.
Dustm wanted to see Paul compose a
song and suggested he use Picasso's last
words before he d1ed: "Drink to me, dnnk
to my health, you know I can't drink
alone." When Paul was recording the
song in Lagos, the percuss1ve sounds
during the final "Ho hey ho" fade-out were
achieved w1th tin cans filled Wlth gravel
shaken by Gmger Baker and friends.
14 (62a) JET (4 04) .
(65a) LET ME ROLL IT (4 44)
By Paul McCartney and Wings
Apple R 5996- February 18, 1974
W1th the release of ]et as a smgle, the
Band On The Run album Jumped back up
the charts to the No 2 pos1llon. the smgle
entenng the Top 30 on February 19, 1974,
at No. 29, peaking at No. 6 for two weeks
on March 19, and staymg m the charts for
e1ght weeks. The smgle d1d not appear m
Bntam m a picture sleeve, and the label
featured the usual "Apple" logos.
72 Working Class Heroes
15 (&la) BAND ON THE RUN (5 08)
(70) ZOO GANG (I 56)
By Paul McCartney and Wings
Apple R 5997- ]une 28. 1974
W1th the album Band On The Run sllll
lu.gh m the charts, pubhc demand forced
the release of another song from the
album as a smgle. tlu.s tiiTie the lltle track
Band On The Run entered the Top 30 on
July 2 at No. 23, and rose to No 3 twice, on
July 23 and two weeks later on August 6,
droppmg to No. 4 m the mtenm. It stayed
in the charts for e:~ght weeks, becoming
Wings' top-selling smgle to date, with an
estimated global sale of two m11lion.
The "B" side, Zoo Gang, was written by
Paul for the television senal of the same
name; the smgle was not released in a
picture cover, appearing in the "Wings"
sleeve.
WALKING IN THE PARK WITH
ELOISE (3 06)
BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER SUITE
(3 08) .
By The Country Hams
EMl EMJ 2220- October 18. 1974
(Re-released March 3, 1982)
During the spring of 1974 guitarist Jimmy
McCulloch joined Wmgs, with Geoff
Bntton auditioning for the drummer's job,
and beating over fifty other applicants. By
May 1974, Wmgs were back to full
strength, and flew to Nashville, USA
recordmg there for seven weeks m June
and July Durmg the sess1ons Paul
recorded Walking in The Park With
EloJSe, which his father, James McCartney,
had wntten many years before The
recordmg features Chet Atlans on electnc
gwtar and floyd Cramer on p1ano, along
with the Wmgs Mark four lme-up of Paul
(playmg bass and washboard), Lmda,
Denny, ]IITiffiY McCulloch and Geoff Bnt-
ton. The second Side was written by Paul
and Lmda, and was also recorded durmg
the Nashville sess1ons, both tracks bemg
produced by Paul.
, 'LEmNGGO'
THE NEW SINGlE BY

\_.\1 ~ I'! (~ s
R6()08 •
 As the smgle was not credtted to
Wmgs, very few people reahsed 1t was a
McCartney record, 1t d1d not enter the
charts and was soon deleted After Paul
had listed the song as one of his cho1ces
for hlS "Desert Island DiSC" selection on
BBC Rad10, EMl re-released the smgle on
March 3, 1982, m a sumlar picture sleeve
to the ongmal release, although neither
sleeves nor records are Identical to the
uunal release The ongmal smgle was on
the red and brown "EM!' label wh1le the
re-release features the cream label With
the small "EMI" boxed logo.
16 (71) JUNIOR'S FARM (4 18)
(72) SALLY G (3 37)
By Paul McCartney and Wmgs
Apple R 5999- October 25, 1974
Although Band On The Run was sttll h1gh
m the Top 10 album charts. Paul was not
tempted to ltft another track from 1t as a
smgle, but mstead released a completely
new smgle ]umor's Farm, which entered
the Top 30 on November 12 1974, at No
21, rlSmg to No. 16 by December 3. and
staymg m the charts for five weeks.
Both songs. produced and wntten by
Paul, were recorded m Nashville
between June and Jul y 1974, With Paul.
Lmda, Denny, ]1mmy and Geoff
performmg on ]umor's Farm and bemg
JOined by Chet Atlonslelectnc gwtar, and
Floyd Cramer/piano, for Sally G
]un1or's Farm was wntten m Nashville,
while the McCartneys were staymg on
Jumor Putnarn s farm. while Sally G refers
to a country smger whom Paul met m
Termessee Both songs feature Paul smg-
mg lead
17 (72a) SALLY G (3 37)
(71a) JUNIOR'S FARM (4 18)
By Paul McCartney and Wmgs
Apple R 5999- February 7. 1975
As Wmgs were busy recordmg m New
Orleans durmg January and February
1975, Paul decided to ftll the gap by
fhppmg the ]umor's Farm smgle, makmg
Sally G the "A" stde, to exploit the extra
sales from the song whtch he thought
many people m1ght not have heard The
tdea did not prove frullful m Bntam -
the smgle d1d not enter the charts - and
one wonders why it was necessary, as
Wmgs had been recordmg on and off
smce June 1974 m Nashville, London and
New OrlearlS Ne1ther release of the
smgle appeared m a picture sleeve, and
thiS release was the last McCartney and
Wmgs smgle to feature the Apple label.
18 (73) LISTEN TO WHAT THE MAN SAID
(3 54)
(74) LOVE IN SONG (3 01)
By Wings
Cap1to1 R 6006- May 16, 1975
L1sten To What The Man Sa1d, credited
merely to Wmgs, entered the NME Top
30
on May 27, 1975, at No. 30, nsmg to 1ts
peak position, No. 6, on June 24, and
staymg for e1ght weeks m the charts. The
song was recorded after Geoff Bntton had
qUJt the group to be replaced by
Amencan sess1on drummer Joe English
The sesston took place durmg February
1975 m New OrlearlS, and also features
Tom Scott on saxophone and Dave Mason
(ex Traffic) on gwtar Love In Song was
recorded With the Wmgs Mark Four line-
up, With Geoff Bntton on drurrlS Both
tracks, whtch appeared later on the
Venus And Mars album, were wntten and
produced by Paul
The smgle appeared m a picture
sleeve, wh1le the label featured the
''Capitol' logo which Paul was still
contnvmg to use although, as With all
Beatle and solo Beatle recordmgs at thlS
lime, tt was still theoretically on the
Parlophone label (note the Parlophone
catalogue number) But it lS the first
record by one of the Beatles not to
contam the legend ·An Apple Record",
and the first Wmgs' smgle to mclude the
"MPL" (McCartney Productions Ltd.)
logo
19 VENUS AND MARS
By Wmgs
Cap1tol PCTC 254 · May 30, 1975
Venus And Mars entered the NME album
chans on June 10, 1975, at No 8. and three
weeks later on July l , held lhe No I spot.
where 11 stayed for siX weeks, bemg
eventually diSlodged by The Best Of The
StylJStJcs It remamed m the chans for a
Paul McCartney UK 75

total of twenty-two weeks.
Recordmg sess1ons for the album took
place between January and April 1975,
firstly at the Sea Samt Studios in New
Orleans, where Geoff Bntton qmt the
group to be replaced by Joe English, and
later at Wally He1der Studios in Los
Angeles. Pnor to these sess10ns, Wmgs
Mark Four had been recording for seven
weeks m June and July 1974 at Sound
Shop Studios in Nashville, and m London
dunng November 1974, but whether any
of these sess1ons ended up as tracks on
Venus And Mars is not poss1ble to deter-
mine. The sessions were produced by
Paul With engineering duties taken by
Alan O'Duffy and the fruthful Geoff
Emerick
The majority of the album was
recorded WJth the Wmgs Mark F1ve !me-
up of PauVlead vocals, gmtar and bass
Lmda/piano, synthesizers, backmg vo-
cals; Denny Lame/guitar, bass, backing
vocals; j1mmy McCulloch/gu1tar, backmg
vocals, and Joe Enghsh/drurns, plus the
addition of guest mus1c1ans on certam
tracks (see below).
The album was packaged m a very
elaborate sleeve, which won "Album
Cover Of The Year" for 1975 from Music
Week The package - a gatefold sleeve,
containmg two posters and a "Venus And
Mars Are Alright Tomght" planet shcker
- was put together by H1pgnosis and
George Hardie The front cover photo-
graph was taken by Lmda. while the
centre spread of Wmgs was shot by Po
(Aubrey Powell) of H1pgnos1s m a desert
m North Califorma. George Hardle pro·
v1ded the graph1cs for the cover and the
mner sleeve des1gn. As With the smgle
from the album, Venus And Mars is on the
Capitol label and was the f1rst "Beatle"
album not to feature the Apple label. and
the first album to contaJIJ the "MPL' logo
76 Working Class Heroes
ASIDE
75 VENUS AND MARS (1.18)
76 ROCK SHOW (6.52)
74a LOVE IN SONG (3 02)
77 YOU GAVE ME THE ANSWER (2.13)
78 MAGNETO AND TITANIUM MAN (3.1 5)
79 LETTING GO (4 31)
BSIDE
80 VENUS AND MARS REPRISE (2.05)
81 SPIRITS OF ANCIENT EGYPT (304)
82 MEDICINE JAR (3.34)
83 CALL ME BACK AGAIN (4 50)
73a LISTEN TO WHAT THE MAN SAID (4 01)
84 TREAT HER GENTLYI
85 LONELY OLD PEOPLE (4 20)
86 CROSSROADS THEME (0.59)
All compositions, except Medicme jar
and Crossroads Theme, are credited to
McCartney, and feature Paul smgmg
lead. Many supposed that Venus And
Mars referred to Lmda and Paul, who
derued this. stanng that the song is about
an 1magmary Enend whose grrlfnend IS an
astrologer.
Rock Show was written speclfically as
the opemng number for Wmgs World
Tour of 1975-6, and mentions three
concert venues; "Concert Gebouw" m
Amsterdam, Holland (where Wmgs
performed on August 20, 1972, dunng
their frrst European Tour), MadiSOn
Square Garden, New York (where Wings
later performed on May 24 & 25, 1976),
and the Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles
(Wings never performed here, but the
Beatles did on August 23, 1964, and
August 29 & 30, 1965) The track features
Allen Toussa1nt on piano and congas
suoolled by Afro.
Love in Song, Lettmg Go and Medicme
jar feature Geoff Bntton on drums, and
were probably recorded in London w1th
Geoff Emerick engineering. Magneto
And T1tamum Man was inspired by
Marvel comJCS characters, and Medicme
jar wntten by Jrrnmy McCulloch and
Colin Alien, features Junrny smging lead,
thus being one of the few Wmgs album
numbers not to feature e1ther Paul or
Lmda on lead vocals. The album closes
With Paul's interpretation of the "Cross-
roads Theme", from the long-runnmg
soap opera on Independent TeleviSIOn.
Although Paul was cnt1c1zed for usmg the
tune on a rock album, ills answer was that
the mood of the music fitted m w1th the
 theme of the album The Wmgs' verston
of the tune, composed by Tony Hatch,
replaced the ongmal verston on the
programme for some tune, but was later
dropped
20 (79a) LETI'ING GO (3 28)
(77a) YOU GAVE ME TBE ANSWER
(2 10)
By Wmgs
CapJto1 R 6008- September 5, 1975
To try to boost sales of the album, Lettmg
Go was hfted from Venus And Mars as
Wmgs' second smgle of 1975. but dtd not
figure m the NME Top 30, although tt did
enter the BMRB Top 50 for three weeks,
nsmg to No. 41
Lettmg Go features the Mark Pour
Wmgs lme-up of Paul, Lmda, Denny,
junmy and Geoff Bntton. wlule You Gave
Me The Answer features joe Enghsh on
drums
21 (7516a) VENUS AND MJUtSIROCK
SBOW (341)
(78a) MAGNETO AND TITANIUM
MAN (313)
By Wmgs
Cap1101 R 6010- November 28, 1975
By the begmrung of November 1975,
Venus And Mars had dropped out of the
album Top 30. but thiS release fatled
etther to enter the charts 1tself, or to
further boost sales of the album
The medley of Venus And MarSIRock
Show 1S an edited verston. With Rock
Show bemg abbrevtated by over four
rrunutes. As With the preVlous smgle. 1t
dtd not appear m a ptcture sleeve
22 WINGS AT TBE SPEED OF SOUND
By Wmgs
Par1ophone PAS 10010 - March 26. 1976
Wmgs At The Speed Of Sound entered
the NME album charts on April 10. 1976,
at No 8 and rose to No 2 on Apnl 24 (the
No I postllon bemg held by Rock Fo1lles),
before droppmg down and returmng to
No 2 on May 22 (wtth Greatest Fflts by
Abba at No. I) It was at No. 3 for the
followmg three weeks, and returned to
No 2 for two weeks on June 26 (Abba sttll
holdmg the No I poslllon wtuch 1t dtd for
etght weeks). The album dropped out of
the Top 10 for four weeks dunng July and
August, but returned (probably due to the
boost from the release of Let Em In as a
smgle). The album was m the charts for
tlurty weeks, bemg the fourth best-sellmg
album m the UK for 1976.
Tracks for the album, the second
featurmg Wmgs Mark Ftve, (Paul, Lmda,
Denny, Jrrnmy and ]oe). were recorded at
Abbey Road Studlos durmg January and
February 1976, w11h Paul producmg and
Pete Henderson engmeenng On several
tracks on the album, the usual Wmgs lme-
up was augmented by the addttJon of a
horn sectton, featurmg Tony Dorsey
Thaddeus Richard. Steve Howard and
HoWie Casey.
For the first tune smce W1/d LJfe. a
lync sheet was not mcluded wtth a Wmgs
album, and the whole package seemed
rather mediocre compared to prev1ous
efforts. The album sleeve was des1gned
by Htpgnos1S and George Hardte. With
back cover photographs of the band by
Chve Arrowsmtth Lrnda provtded label
and mner sleeve photographs, whtle the
mner sleeve also contarned a concert
ptcture of Wmgs taken by Robert Ellis,
wluch 1S surrotinded by a penctl and
crayon drawmg by Humphrey Ocean,
shoWing Ian Dury and The Ktlburns A
book, JOmUy publiShed by MPL and
Plexus, featurmg sketches. made by
Humphrey Ocean. of Wmgs' 1976 Tour
of Amenca. was publiShed m 1983
Wtth thiS album. Wmgs dropped the
Capttol logo. The record contamed no
nollceable label credit, although the
catalogue number 1S that of Parlophone
A SIDE
87 LET 'EM IN (5 06)
88 THE NOTE YOU NEVER WROTE (417)
89 SHE'S MY BABY (3 07)
90 BEWARE MY LOVE (624)
91 WINO JUNKO (5.16)
BSIDE
92 SILLY LOVE SONGS '551)
Paul McCartney UK 77
 September 4 where 1t remained for three
93 COOK OF THE HOUSE (2.36) weeks. bemg kept from the No. 1 pos1t1on
94 TIME TO HIDE (4.49) firstly by Don't Go Breaking My Heart by
Elton John and K1lo Dee and then by
95 MUST DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT (3 19)
Abba's Dancmg Queen (wluch held the
96 SAN FERRY ANNE (2.03) No. 1 pos1t1on for five weeks). The smgle
WARM AND BEAUTIFUL (3. 09) stayed m the charts for ten weeks.
97
For the first time on a Wmgs album, Paul · ZS WINGS OVER AMERICA
destgnated a song for each member of
the group to sing, with Denny smgmg By Wings
Paul's composition, The Note You Parlophone PCSP 720 - December 10,
Never Wrote. plus hiS own Tlme To Hide; 1976
]unmy smgs lus own compos1tton (wlth
Cohn Alien) of Wmo ]unko wh1ch. like
Medicme jar on the preVlous album,
refers to drug taking. Lmda and ]oe are
both gJVen McCartney compositions m
Cook Of The House and Must Do Some-
thing About It respectlvely. Paul smgs
lead on the remairung songs, with the
opening number, Let 'Em In, haVlng many
references to a<;tual people, mcludmg
SISter SUZie, Brother Jolm (Lennon), Martin
Luther (King). Phil and Don (Everly),
Brother Mlchael (McGear), Uncle Errue
and Auntle Gm (Paul's relallves). Let 'Em
In was later covered by Btlly Paul. be-
corrung the first Wings' cover version to
enter the charts, which '1t dJ.d on May 7,
1977. at No. 29, rising to No. 22, and Wings' first live album, and the third
staying in the charts for three weeks. Billy triple set to be released by an ex-Beatle,
Paul's biggest hit was his f1rst, Me And entered the NME Top 30 on January 8,
Mrs ]ones, in 1973. 1977. at No. 21, rising to No. 8 for two
weeks from February 5. and sta}'lng m
Z3 (9Za) SILLY LOVE SONGS (5 52)
the charts for twelve weeks.
(93a) COOK OF THE HOUSE (2 36) The tlurty songs mcluded on tlus triple
By Wings set constituted Wings' complete live set
as performed on the most comprehensive
Parlophone R 6014 - Apn130, 1976 world tour ever undertaken up to that
point m the hiStory of rock mus1c. The
Silly Love Songs entered the NME charts World Tour consisted of five subsid1ary
on May 22, 1976, at No. 15, and on June 19 tours: their third British tour, wluch ran
was No. 1 to become Wmgs' first chart
from September 9 to 23, 1975 (thirteen
topper. The single stayed in the chart for
dates); an Australian tour from November
nme weeks. In the BMRB chart, the smgle
1 to 14, 1975 (nme dates); a short European
peaked at No. 2, being topped by the
tour. March 20 to 26 (five dates); a
Wurzels' Combine Harvester The smgle
mammoth Amencan tour from May 3 to
was not released in a picture sleeve and
June 23, 1976 (tlurty dates); a second short
contamed a similar Wmgs At The Speed
European tour from September 19 to 27
or Sound label, as found on the album. (four dates) and finJShmg Wlth three dates
at Wembley Arena, London, on October
Z4 (87a) LET 'EM IN (5 08) 19 to 21, 1976. Although the concerts were
(90a) BEWARE MY LOVE (5 59) bastcally the same throughout, shght vari-
By Wings ations occurred m terms of order of songs
and the om1ss1on and addiuon of some
Parlophone R 6015 -July 23, 1976 songs
Some of the statiStics for the tour
With Wmgs At The Speed or Sound
are mmd-bogglmg twelve and a half tons
droppmg down the charts, another track
was Wted as a smgle, becorrung the of eqwpment transported m three arttcu-
second smash !ut m Bntam from the lated trucks, atr freight costs from London
to Amenca were over $13,000, a specially
album. entering the charts on August 7,
1976, at No 30, and rismg to No. 2 on chartered BAC one-eleven plane. em-

78 Working Class Heroes

 IN

WINGS
NEW SINGLE RELEASED 23 JULY
R6015
 MAYBE
I'M
AMAZED
- -CIW
SOILY --
NE\11. W INGS SINGLE
FROM THE ALBUM
W IN GS OVER AME RICA
R6017
G9
 blazoned w1th the tour motto "Wmgs Over
Amenca", to transport group members, a
battery of Instruments mcludmg thirty
seven gwtars and SIX keyboards. and a
total of sucty·four concerts played m ten
countnes to an esttmated audtence of two
m1llion
All th1rty dates on the Amencan Tour
were recorded gtvmg a total of mnety
hours of tape, Paul and Wmgs llstened to
these durmg October and November
1976 at Abbey Road Studios m London
After the f1ve best versions of each song
had been establiShed McCartney spent
siX weeks selectmg, moong and producmg
the album, wh1ch had ongmally been
planned for November 1976 release. but
had to be delayed until December
The sleeve design was a JOint effort
between MPL and HJpgnosis, WJth the
outer cover pamtmg by R1chard Mannmg,
and the mner spread by Jeff Cummms.
The cover pamtmg of an aeroplane door
openmg was a symbohc representation of
McCartney arnvmg m Amenca to play a
gJg, the door opemng (or curtam nsmg)
WJth the light (or music) strearrung out
The 1dea was conunued onto the mner
sleeves, wh1ch depicts the door gradually
openmg from the front of the tust sleeve
to the back of the thud sleeve, WJth
spectographs shoWJng the amount of ilght
emitted The SIX d1fienng labels. au-
brushed by Rtchard Evans show aero-
plane control panel tnstrumen!S. The
album was completed WJth a poster con-
tammg photogrr~phs by Robert Elhs.
RECORD ONE A SIDE
98 VENUS AND MARS (I 20)
99 ROCK SHOW (4 30)
100 JET (5 25)
101 LET ME ROLL IT (3 40)
102 SPIRITS OF ANCIENT EGYPT (3 59)
103 MEDICINE JAR (~57)
RECORD ONL 8 SIDE
104 MAYBE rM AMAZED (510)
105 CALL ME BACK AGAIN (5 04)
106 LADY MADONNA (219)
107 THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD (413)
108 LIVE AND LET DIE (3 07)
P~cnRD TWOA SIDE
109 PICASSO'S LAST WORDS (I 55Y
110 RICHARD CORY (I 52)
ll l BLUEBIRD ,..; --
112 I'VE JUST SEEN A FACE r I 49)
113 BLACKBIRD (2 23)
114 YESTERDAY ( 1 43)
RECORD TWO 8 SIDE
115 YOU GAVE ME THE ANSWER (I 47)
116 MAGNETO AND TITANIUM MAN (311)
117 GO NOW 3zr)
118 MY LOVE (4 "7)
119 LISTEN TO WHAT THE MAN SAID (3 18)
RECORD THREE A SIDE
120 LET 'EM IN (4 02)
121 TIME TO HIDE (4 46)
122 SILLY LOVE SONGS (5 46)
123 BEWARE MY LOVE (4 49)
RECORD THREE 8 SIDE
124 LETTING GO (4 25)
125 BAND ON THE RUN (5 03)
126 HI, HI, HI (2 57)
127 SOILY (S 10)
Of the thuty numbers featured on the
album. mne were from Venus And Mars
five from Band On The Run four from
Wmgs At The Speed Of Sound and one
each from Red Rose Speedvtay and
McCartney, plus two smgles and e1ght
numbers prevtously never recorded by
Wmgs. The e1ght new numbers mcluded
five Beatle songs wh1ch McCanney m-
eluded dunng the concerts to pleas!':! the
far!S who were contmually shoutmg for
numbers by h1s old group. On preVJous
tours he had refused to play any, for fear
of cnhc!Sm from reviewers that he was
relymg on past glones to make h1s new
group a success All f1ve Beatle songs are
credJted to "McCartney-Lennon" on the
record labels, and not the ongmal
''Lennon-McCartney"
The album features Wmgs Mark Five,
WJth a basic mstrumental hne·up of Paul'
bass gwtar plilno and acoustic gUitar,
Lmda/keyboards, Denny/electnc gUitar
acoustic g~utar, pmno bass gmtar snare
drum and gob 1ron (harmomca) }1mmy/
electnc gultar acoustiC gultar and bass
gwtar, and Joe/drwns, w1th the horn sec-
non of Tony Oorsey/ trombone Hovne
Casey/saxophone Steve Hov.·ard/trumpet
and flugelhorn and Thaddeus Richard
saxophone clarmet and flute The lead
vocals are handled mamly by Paul ex-
cept on Spmts Of Ancient Egypt featunng
Paul and Denny Medicmc jar by ]1mmy
and Richard Gory Go Now and Time 7b
H1de by Denny
Paul McCartney UK 81
 The concerts opened Wlth the specially
written Venus And Mars/Rock Show
medley which was also segued mto ]et,
makmg 1t an eleven-minute opener. On
Maybe I'm Amazed Paul smgs from the
piano stool. and continues with Live And
Let Die. For the Picasso's Last Words!
Richard Gory medley throagh to Yester-
day, Paul, Denny and Jimmy play acoustic
gu1tars, seated stage centre, with Linda
ass1sttng all with vocal harmonies. On
Richard Gory, wntten by Paul Simon, and
featured on the Slffion and Garfunkel 1965
album Sounds Of Silence, Denny re-
wntes the lyrics to refer to a certam John
Denver.
Paul plays piano on You Gave Me The An orchestral interpretation of Paul's Ram
Answer through to Let 'Em In. Denny album, it features an "orchestra leader",
sings Go Now, which he onginally re- Percy Thrillington, whom many people
corded m 1964 with The Moody Blues, speculated was actually McCartney. The
who took the song to No. 1 for two weeks. album was originally intended for release
m the UK, and to No. 10 m the US, giving m 1972, but was delayed. The orchestra
them an estimated global m1lhon seller. was arranged and conducted by Rlchard
The song was written by Larry Banks and Hewson. and recorded at EMI Abbey
Milton Bennett, and was ongmally re- Road Stud1os. The cover was des1gned
corded by Bessie Banks m Amenca in by H1pgnosis. with artwork by Jeff
1963. The final track on the album IS a Curnmms. and a fictit:J.ous sleeve note by
McCartney original, So1ly, performed by Clmt Harngan(?)
Wmgs m 1972 during therr first European Netther the above single nor the album
tour from July 9 to August 24 (from which enjoyed any chart success, both be-
the live version of The Mess, the "B" side coming highly prized collectors' llems.
of My Love, originated).
ASIDE
26 (104a) MAYBE I'M AMAZED (5 17)
(127a) SOILY (5 37) TOO MANY PEOPLE (4.29)
3 LEGS (3. 40)
By W ings
RAM ON (2. 48)
Parlophone R 6017- February 4, 1977
DEAR BOY (2.24)
Seven years too late, Maybe I'm Amazed UNCLE ALBERT/ ADMIRAL HALSEY
was released as a single, albeit the live
(5.22)
version from Wings Over Amenca, but it
could still only manage two chart weeks SMILE AWAY (4.39)
m the NME Top 30, entenng on March 5, BSIDE
1977. at No. 27, where it remamed for the
following week The single, not released HEART OF THE COUNTRY (2 28)
m a picture sleeve, was manufactured in MONKBERRY MOON DELIGHT (4.38)
West Germany, and features 'Wmgs
Over America" labels. EAT AT HOME (3.28)
LONG HAIRED LADY (5.47)
UNCLE ALBERT/ ADMIRAL BALSEY
(5 22) THE BACK SEAT OF MY CAR (4 02)
EAT AT HOME (3 28) (Untitled pi ano tune - 0. 48)
By Percy "Thrills" Thrillington
Regal Zonophone EMI 2594 - April 1977
The album starts with the sounds of an
orchestra warming up and talkmg. As
TBRILLINGTON well as a full orchestra, some numbers
By Percy "Thrills" Thrillington mclude drums. bass and p1ano. along
wtth a chorr singmg melodles The album
Regal Zonophone EMC 3175- Apnl29, finiShes wtth an uncredited p1ano tune
1977

82 Working Class Her oes


27 (128) MULL OF KINTYRE (4 41)
(129) GIRLS SCHOOL (4 31)
By Wings
Capitol R 6018- November 11. 1977
"I,.
..
, r• '• ~ released, both ]tmmy McCulloch and Joe
1\\ I Ul 1\I'<IHll
Wmgs' first double "A" ·Sided smgle en-
tered the NME Top 30 on November 26 at
No. 11, and rose to No. I the followmg
week, where 11 stayed for a total of e1ght
chart weeks (nme actual weeks mcludmg
Chnstmas week ltself when no chart was
comptled) By December 10, 1977, 11 had
sold 500.000 coptes, thus tmtlally sellmg
over 100,000 per week. By the followmg
week - December 17 - tt had passed
800,000, thus selling 300,000 m one week.
and makmg 11 EMI s fastest sellmg smgle
for 1977 Dunng the week of December
17, EMI pressed the one rrulhonth copy of
the smgle, whtch was purchased by
Davtd Ackroyd one week before Chnst-
mas and on December 23, he was pre-
sented wtth a spectally pressed Gold
DISC After bemg at No I for SIX weeks.
on January 7, 1978, the smgle was ap-
proachmg the 1.250,000 mark. and by
January 14 had sold over 1,667,000, thus
becommg the btggest ever sellmg smgle
m Bntam, toppmg the prevtous best of 1 6
mtlhon by She Loves You At thiS pomt.
the smgle was sellmg 250,000 cop1es a
week, and had topped the two mllhon
mark by the end of January eventually
selling 2.5 mtlhon m Bntam
The success of Mull Of Kmtyre did not
end m Bntam, as tt topped the charts m
Holland Australia New Zealand, Bel91um
and Germany, bemg a platmum diSc m
Holland and becorrung Austraha's btggest-
sellmg smgln Although not a btg hll m
Amenca the smgle has sull sold over stx
million globally, maklng 11 the fourteenth
all ume best-selhng smgle world·wtde
Paul started to compose Mull Of
Kmtyre m the summer of 1976. and
completed 11 y,1th Denny Lame The lltle
of the song refers to the southern ttp of the
Scomsh pemnsular known as Kmtyre The
Mull IS about eleven mtles from Camp-
belltown. the mi'lJOr town of Kmtyre, near
to whtch IS Pauls farm To record the
song, Paul used the twenty-one bag-
ptpers of the Campbelltown Ptpe Band,
who were patd the standard mustctans'
umon rate for the sess1on McCartney
eventually reaped the huge profits from
the record Paul was later cnttCISed m the
press when the band complamed that
they had been underpatd and that the
huge success of the smgle was partly due
to the authentic ScottiSh sound supplied
by therr bagptpes McCartney later sent
each member of the band a cheque for
£200. By the time the smgle had been
EngliSh had left Wmgs 01mmy m
September and Joe m November 1977) so
1t IS difficult to say whether e1ther played
on the sess1ons for the smgle, although
the promotional v1deo for the smgle
shown on teleVISion only showed Paul,
Lmda and Denny and some p1pers.
Girls School was wntten by McCartney,
and was ongmally called Love School,
bemg tnsprred by newspaper adverts for
pornographic mov1es.
The smgle appears on the Cap1tol
label desplte a Parlophone catalogue
number, and was ISSUed m a p1cture
sleeve wtth photography by Graham
Hughes and was produced by Paul
28 (130) WITH .A LITTLE LUCK (5 41)
(131-2) BACKWARDS TRAVELLER/
CUFF LINK (3 07)
By Wings
Parlophone R 6019- March 23, 1978
The follow up to the btggest-selhng smgle
m the UK entered the NME charts on
Apnl8, 1978, at No 17 and rose to No 7
for three weeks, on Apnl 13, staymg m
the charts for seven weeks. The smgle
was McCartney's f1fth b1ggest-sellmg
smgle m Bntam up to 1982.
W1th A LJttle Luck was recorded m the
Vrrgm Islands between May I and May
31, 1977 by Wmgs Mark F1ve (Paul.
Lmda, Denny, }1mmy and Joe) (See
London Town album ) The smgle features
the London Town Tower Bndge labels,
and also a p1ece of run-out groove graffiti
- on the "A ' s1de "A NICK W CUT' wtth
merely NICK W on the •B s1de
29 LONDON TOWN
By Wings
Parlophone PAS 10012- March 3/ 1978
Wmgs' seventh album London Town
entered the NME album chorts on Apnl8
1978 at No 13. peaked at No 4 for three
Paul McCa.rtney UK 83

weeks on April 22, and spent ten weeks
m the charts.
Rehearsals for the songs on London
Town started in early 1977, with Wings
Mark Five, consisting of Paul, Linda,
Denny, Jirnmy and Joe. The first re-
cordmg sessions took place at EMI's
Abbey Road Studios, London, between
February 7 and March 31, 1977. The
second sessions for the album took place
between May 1 and May 31 on a motor
yacht called Fair Carol in the Virgin
Islands. The Record Plant, New York,
installed a 24-track studio aboard the
yacht, while three other yachts were
hired as floating homes for the
McCartn~y family (their boat was
named El Toro) and the rest of the
entourage, including other members of
Wings and their families (Sa.mala and
Wanderlust). Nine tracks were recorded
on the Fair Carol, but only seven were
used on the album, the remaining two
being left "in the can".
On returning to Britain, Jirnmy Mc-
Culloch left the group dunng September
1977, and on October 25 the four-piece
Wings returned to Abbey Road Studios in
London. During these recordings, which
lasted until December 1, Joe English also
left the group, leaving Wings as a trio for
the second time. On December 3, Paul,
Linda and Denny moved to AIR Studios
London (part owned by George Martin),
where they recorded until December 14.
They then took a Christmas break until
January 4, 1978, when they returned to
Abbey Road Studios to record through to
January 23.
The album was produced by Paul, with
Geoff Emenck engineering, and features
the following instrurnentatJon: Paul/vocals,
bass, guitar, keyboards, drums, per-
cussion, flageolet and recorder; Linda/
vocals, keyboards and percussion;
Denny/vocals, guitar, bass, flageolet,
recorder and percussion; Jirnmy/guitar
84 Working Class Heroes
and percussion; and Joe/vocals, drums,
percussion and harmonica. On the later
recordings at Abbey Road - after joe's
departure - Paul supplied the drums.
The working title of the album was
"Water Wings", but this was eventually
changed after the intensiVe recordmg
sessions in London. Paul, Linda and Denny
are credited with the cover design. col-
lage and photographs, Wlth assistance
from Aubrey Powell (Po) and George
Hardie of Hipgnosis. The labels feature
no record company credit, consisting of
photographs of Tower Bridge, and as can
be seen from the "!\'side run-out groove
graffiti, the album was "MASTERED BY
NICK W".
ASIDE
133 LONDON TOWN (4.07)
134 CAFE ON THE LEIT BANK (3.24)
135 fM CARRYING (242)
131a BACKWARDS TRAVELLER/
132a CUFF LINK (3. 07)
136 CHILDREN CHILDREN (2.20)
137 GIRLFRIEND (4.39)
138 I'VE HAD ENOUGH (2.59)
BSIDE
130a WITH A LITTLE LUCK (5.44)
139 FAMOUS GROUPIES (3.34)
140 DELIVER YOUR CHILDREN (4.17)
141 NAME AND ADDRESS (3.07)
142 DON'T LET IT BRING YOU DOWN (4.34)
143 MOUSE MOOSE AND THE GREY GOOSE
(6.25)
Most of the fourteen songs on the album
were written by Paul, with five being jomt
compositlons between Paul and Denny.
Paul IS lead smger on most of the songs.
Paul and Denny composed London Town
partly in Perth, Australia, during the
Wings World Tour, and partly in Scotland
and MeXlco; the track was recorded at
Abbey Road with the full Wtngs lme-up.
Cafe On The Left Bank, written solely
by Paul, was the first number to be
recorded in the Virgm Islands. Paul's I'm
Carrying, also recorded in the Virgin
Islands, and in a single take, features Paul
pl aying the "giz!:no", an ir!Strurnent in-
vented by ex lOCC members Kevm
Godley and Lol Creme.
Backwards Traveller/ Cuff Link was re-
corded in London after Jirnrny and ]oe
had left, and features Paul on drums.
Children CbJ.ldren, eo-written by Paul
 and Denny, was mspued by a waterfctll m
Paul's garden and featur8s Denny pre-
dommantly on lead vocals 1t too was
recorded m London
Paul composed Girlfnend for Mtchael
Jac¥.son although Jac¥.son dtd not record
the song until 1979, when 11 was mcluded
on h!S monster h1t album, Off The ·wall
It was then later released as a smgle m
1980 when 1t reached No 30 for a smgle
week on August 30 The song was com-
posed m Scotland and recorded m
London
I've Had Enough, With A L1ttle Luck
and Famous Groupies were recorded m
the Vugm Islands (although With A Llttle
Luck was completed m London), and
both Wllh A Little Luck and Famous
Groupies were wntten m Scotland. Paul
and Denny composed Deliver Your Chil·
dren wh1le workmg on the Venus And
Mars album m Los Angeles. and the track
was recorded m London. wtth Denny·s
vocals to the fore. Name And Address
features Paul on lead guHar and was
recorded m London after j1mmy and Joe
had left
The two remammg songs were both
composed JOintly by Paul and Denny and
were recorded m the V1rgm Islands
Don't Let Jt Brmg You Down features Paul
and Denny playmg flageolets (Irish tm
wlustles) Mouse Moose And The Grey
Goose ongmated from a )am sess1on on
the Faii Carol when McCartney was
expenmentmg wtth an electnc p1ano, and
was fm!Shed off m London
30 (138a) I'VE BAD ENOUGH 12 59>
(140a) DELIVER YOUR CHILDREN
(3 18)
By Wings
Parlophone R 6020- June 16. 1978
The second smgle release from London
Town which d1d not enter the NME
charts. although 1t d1d nsc to No 42 m the
BMRB chnrts, staymg m the Top 75 for
seven weeks The smgle appeared m a
p1cture sleeve, and the record featured
the 'London Town" label The words
MASTERED AT ABBEY ROAD- NICK
me engraved on the "A' s1de run-out
groove area
31 (133a) LONDON TOWN (4 08)
{13Sa) I'M CAMYING (2 42)
By Wmgs
Parlophone R 6021 -September 15, 1978
London Tovvn d1d not enter the NMETop
30 managmg only to nse to No 60 m the
BMRB chart dunng a four week run The
smgle features the "London Town' label
as well as the engraved legends "MAS-
TERED AT ABBEY ROAD" on the "A"
s1de and 'NICK ' on the "B" stde
32 WINGS GREATEST
By Wings
Parlophone PCTC 256 - December 1,
1978
Paul's greatest hits album entered the
NME Top 30 album chart on December
23 1978. at No 23. peakmg at No 3 on
January 27, 1979, and staymg m the chart
for thirteen weeks until March 21 The
album re-entered the Top 30 on May 3 for
one week at No. 24.
Dunng 1978, Paul agam expanded the
Wmgs hne-up wtth the add1llon of Steve
Holly and Lawrence juber As no new
album was ready, due to the need for
rehearsals w1th the new lme-up, Paul put
together an alburn of hls h1t smqles for
the Chnstmas market. Although titled
Wmgs Greatest, two of the mcluded
sonas. namely Another Day and Uncle
Alben'Adrrural Halsey were not onginally
recorded by Wmgs Moreover, the latter
had not even been a h1t 1n Bntam
although 1t was a No I m Amenca
Of the other ten tracks. all had reached
the •rap 20 tn Bntam wtth nme reachmg
Paul McCanney UK 87
 the Top 10, and two (plus Another Day)
had reached No. I m the NME charts Up
to December 1978, Wmgs had had fifteen
Top 30 hits, thus five were onutted from
the album - GIVe Ireland Back To The
IriSh, Mary Had A Llttle Lamb, Helen
Wheels, Listen To What The Man Sald
and Maybe I'm Amaze~. These were
possibly being saved for a "Wings Great-
est Volume 2" (although at the time of
wnting Wings as a group no longer exists
and no such album appears to be m the
p1pe!me)
The sleeve design, wh1ch cost over
£4,000, was by Paul and Lmda, WJth
assiStance from H1pgnos1S stalwarts
Aubrey Powell and George HardJe. with
McCartney's third best-sellmg smgle m
photography by Angus forbes. The Bntam up to 1982
album included a double-s1ded poster, The two songs were the first release
featuring a group photograph by Clive by the Wings Mark Seven line-up, fea-
Arrowsnuth.
tunng Paul, Linda, Denny and new-
ASIDE comers Lawrence Juber/gllltar and Steve
Holly/drums. The single was the first
lSa ANOTHER DAY (3.39)
McCartney release to feature the "Parlo-
92b SILLY LOVE SONGS (5 SO) phone label. although all Wmgs and
5Th LNE AND LET DIE (3 09) other ex-Beatle releases WJth the "R"
prefix catalogue number were theoreti-
7lb JUNIOR'S FARM (4 18) cally released on the Parlophone label.
130b WITH A LITTLE LUCK (5. 42) However, Goodmght Tomght was the first
Wmgs smgle to feature the Parlophone
6lb BAND ON THE RUN (5.08) logo. The seven-inch single features a
BSIDE scnbbled message on the run-out groove
area - "HELLO TOM 1979" Another first
2112a UNCLE ALBERT/ADMIRAL HALSEY for a McCartney release was the twelve-
(4.38) mch vers1on of the single, released m a
42a m. m. m (3.05) full colour picture sleeve. WJth a spec1al
pnnted cardboard mner sleeve featunng
8Th LET 'EM IN (5 06)
an extended diSCo version of Goodmght
44b MY LOVE (4 05) Tomght, wntten and produced by Paul
62b JET (4.04) The "B" s1de, Dayt1171e Night1171e Suffenng
was composed by Paul, but produced by
128a MULL OF KINTYRE (4.40) Paul and Chris Thomas.

35 (146) OLD SIAM SIR (4 09)

33 (144) GOODNIGHT TONIGHT (4 15) (147) SPIN IT ON (2 11)
(145) DAYTIME NIGHTIME SUF·
FERING (3 18) By Wings

Parlophone R 6026 - June 1. 1979

By Wings

Parlophone R 6023- March 23, 1979

34 (144a) GOODNIGHT TONIGHT (714)

(l45a) DAYTIME NIGHTIME SUF·
FERJNG (3 18) (12-inch single)
By Wings

Parlophone 12Y R 6023- March 23. 1979

Goodmght Tonight entered the NME
charts on Aprill4 at No. 14, IJSmg to No. 6 After the success of Goodmght Tomght.
on May 12 for one week. staymg m the the follow-up performed very poorly m
chart for seven weeks, and beconung the NME charts, it entered at 1ts highest

88 Working Class Heroes

 posttion of No 27 on June 30, after whlch tt
dropped to No. 29 for two weeks, and
thus remamed m the charts for only three
weeks. It was the last Wmgs smgle to
enter the NME charts to date
Both songs were wr1tten by Paul and
were taken from the forthcommg album,
Back To The Egg, the smgle featured the
"fned egg' label and the MPL logo, and
appeared m a colour sleeve.
36 BACK TO TBE EGG
By Wings
Parlophone/MPL PCTC 257 - June 8,
1979
The first (and last) album from Wmgs
Mark Seven, and the last W mgs album to
date, entered the NME album charts on
June 30 at No 15, nsmg to No 4 - tts
lughest posttton - the followmg week,
but staymg m the chart for only etght
weeks.
Unhke preVlous sesstons, Paul hrmted
hls recording locations to Bntam. and all
of Back To The Egg was recorded m
etther Scotland or England Four locations
were used: Spull of Ranachan Studto,
preVlously called Rude Studios, built on
Paul's farm m Scotland, Lympne Castle,
near Canterbury, Kent; Replica Studio, an
exact duplicate of EMI Studto No. 2 at
Abbey Road, wluch McCartney had built
m the basement of hls MPL headquarters
m London m 1978; and EMJ Studtos.
Abbey Road London The album was
recorded over several months m 1978
and 1979, and featured the final Wmgs
ltne-up Paullvocals, bass. guttar and key-
boards, Lmda/vocals, and keyboards,
Denny/vocals, gwtar, and bass. Lawrence
Juber/gwtar and vocals; and Steve Holly/
drums and percussto!L The album was
produced by Paul and Chris Thomas.
The album sleeve, destgned by Htp-
gnosiS, features a still taken from a
promotional Vldeo made for the album
A SIDE
148 RECEPTION ( 1 04)
149 GETTING CLOSER (3.21)
150 WE'RE OPEN TONIGHT (1.27)
147a SPIN IT ON (212)
151 AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN (3.33)
146a OLD SIAM Sffi (4.09)
152 ARROW THROUGH ME (3.34)
BSIDE
153 ROCKESTRA THEME (234)
154 TO YOU (3.12)
155 AFTER THE BALL (231Y
156 MILLION MILES (1 27)
157 WINTER ROSE (2.03Y
158 LOVE AWAXF. (2.53)
159 THE BROADCAST (1.29)
160 SO GLAD TO SEE YOU HERE (318)
161 BABY'S REQUEST (2 48)
All stxteen songs on the album were
wntten by McCartney, except Agam And
Agam And Agam wluch was wntten and
sung by Denny. Recepllon features a
Norwegtan commuter by the name of
Ounnd Anderson Arrow Through Me
was recorded without gwtars, the back-
mg bemg supplied by Moog synthesiZers
and brass. Two numbers on the album,
Rockestra Theme and So Glad To See
You Here, were recorded by Paul on
October 3, 1978, at Abbey Road Stud1os,
usmg what he called the Rockestra lme-
up. Paul had composed a tune wluch he
thought needed a large mstrumental sound
to do 11 JUStice. so he tnVlted a galaxy of
stars to assiSt m the recordings. whtch
were also filmed. The "Rockestra" ltne-up
features Denny Laine, Lawrence Juber,
Dave Gtlmour (Pmk f'loyd), Hank MaTVln
(The Shadows) and Pete ToWT!Shend
(The Who) on gwtars; Steve Holly, John
Bonham (Led Zeppelin) and Kermy ]ones
(The Who) on drums; John Paul ]ones
(Led Zeppeltn). Ronrue Lane (ex-Small
Faces but by thiS tlme a solo artiSt) and
Bruce Thomas (ElV!S Costello's group.
The Attracuons) on bass gwtars; Paul.
Gary Brooker (ex Procol Harum). John
Paul ]ones (Led Zeppeltn) on ptanos;
Lmda and Tony Ashton on keyboards;
Speedy Acquaye, Tony Carr, Ray Cooper
and MorriS Pert on percuss1on and How1e
Casey. Tony Dorsey, Steve Howard and
Thaddeus Richard on horns.
Paul McCartney UK 89
 Paul plays concertina on Million Miles,
while Winter Rose and Love Awake
feature the Black Dyke Mtlls Band, a
brass band wh1ch recorded Paul's Thmg-
umybob theme music as an Apple smgle
m 1968 The Broadcast features two
poems (The Sport Of Kmgs by lan Hay
and The Little Man by Jolih Galswof!hY)
rec1ted by Mr Margery, the owner of
Lympne Castle, where the nwnber was
recorded.

37 (149a) GETTING CLOSER (3 20)

(16la) BABY'S REQUEST (2 48)

By Wings
Parlophone R 6027- August 10, 1979

Linda McCartney and Wmgs recorded

The last Wmgs smgle, a double "A" sider,
failed to enter the NME charts. although tt
dtd manage a three week run m the
BMRB charts, peaking at No. 60 after
entermg on September l, 1979
Both tracks were taken from the Back
To The Egg album, which was drop-
pmg down the charts. The smgle was no
doubt released to boost sales of the
album, but Without success. The smgle
was released in a picture sleeve featunng
a photograph of the band taken from the
promotional fllrn for Baby's Request on
the back cover, while the front featured a
ptcture by Hipgnosis which originally
appeared m theu excellent book The
38
Work Of HJpgnosiS - Walk Away Renee
(1978), and was hsted under "Unsold
Ideas".
SEASIDE WOMAN (3 41)
B SIDE TO SEASIDE (2 37) (yellow vinyl)
Linda's composition under the pseudo-
nym of Suzy And The Red Stnpes m late
1973, with the plan for an album to follow
The smgle didn't see the hght of day until
1977. when 11 was released in the US. but
1t was delayed unhl 1979 m the UK, and
the proposed album still hasn't matenal-
lSed When released m August 1979 m the
UK, the smgle appeared m yellow vmyl.
and also m a l1m1ted edition box set
containing a button badge and ten mtrua-
ture postcards deptctmg saucy seastde-
type cartoon JOkes. The smgle, released
by A&M Records, featured a red and
yellow concentnc cucular striped label.
Even though the smgle was produced
by Paul, 1t had no commerctal success,
fallmg even to enter the BMRB Top 75
smgles charts.
(162) WONDERFUL CBRISTMASTIME
(3 44)
(163) RUDOLPB TBE RED NOSED
REGGAE (114)
By Paul McCartney
Parlophone R 6029- November 16, 1979

By Suzy And The Red Stripes

A&M AMS 7461 - August 1979

SEASIDE WOMAN (341)

B SIDE TO SEASIDE (2 37) (Box set -
yellow vinyl)
By Suzy And The Red Stripes
A&M AMSP 7461 -August 1979

90 Working Class Heroes

Wings' NeW' Single is a DOuble'P:.Side.
· ·· . . · . . Closer.

"A double 'A: side from Wings? If you think we've done
it because we couldn't make up our minds-
you'd be dead right. We believe in both.
Listen to them and you'll see what we mean:·
R6027

lml From the Album 'Bacl~ to the Egg'

McCartney's first solo smgle smce 1971 The album was a TV advertiSed chanty
entered the NME charts on December compilauon, Wlth proceeds gomg to 'The
15, 1979, at No. 24, nsmg to 1ts highest Year Of The Chtld" to help s1ck and
pos1t1on. No. 16, m 1ts last week m the handicapped cluldren The album fea-
chart on January 12. 1980. The smgle tured some of the greatest names m
appeared m three NME weekly charts Bnlish rock (who donated thetr servtces
between December 15 and January 12 free) and was complied by N1gel Mason,
and, as no charts were published over the Rtchard Stanley and Phtl Carson, With
Chnstmas period, the smgle was a hll for spec1al asststance from the members of
ftve weeks. Led Zeppelm The sleeve, des1gned by
Wonderful Chnstmast1me was written Sprral Graphics. featured photographs of
by Paul and although 11 was the first each act appearing on the album
festive song he had recorded as a solo
artiSt. 1t was not tus first Chnstmas com- A SIDE
position, as he had prev10usly composed SffiNE A LITTLE LOVE
two ChriStmas songs for the Beatles 1968 By The Electric Light Orchestra
and 1969 ChriStmas Records The song
62c JET (4 07)
was recorded m July 1969, durmg a solo
By Wings
sesston m wluch Paul Ia1d dow n over
twenty tracks. Rudo1ph The Red Nosed BAKER STREET
Reggae, wrttten by Johnny Marks and By Gerry Rafferty
ongmalJy ntled Rudo1ph The Red Nosed SULTANS OF SWING
Remdeer, was recorded m 1976 and By Dire Straits
features a mystery Vlohrust. who actualJy
dehvered a VIolin wluch Paul had ordered LET IT GROW
wh1le Paul was rehearsmg the song By Enc Clapton
The smgle. produced by Paul, was SORRY SEEMS TO BE THE HARDEST
released m a ptcture sleeve, and features WORD
the stlver and black Parlophone label. By Elton John
'I'wo Christmas messages are engraved DEVIL WOMAN
on the run-out groove areas: "To ltft a By Cliff Richard
glass. Xmas 79" on the "A" s1de and "Love
from Rudil Xmas 79" on the "B" s1de. BSJDE
GIVE A LITTLE LOVE
By Supertramp

By Various Artists BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN

By Thin Lizzy
K-tf:1 NE 1067 - January 1, 1980
DON'T KILL THE WHALE
By Yes
WELCOME TO THE MACHINE
By Pmk Floyd
ROCK AND ROLL FANTASY
By Bad Company
CANDY STORE ROCK
By Led Zeppelin

39 (164) COMING UP (3 47)

The Summll was the first vanous artists
comp!lallon to feature a Wmgs track It
entered the NME album charts on
February 2 1980, at No 23. nsmg to No
19, 1ts highest position the followmg
week, and staymg m the chart for three
weeks
(165) COMING UP (LIVE AT GLAS·
GOW) (3 48) (166) LUNCBJJOXI
ODD SOX (3 47)
"A" s1de by Paul McCartney
''B" side by Paul McCartney and Wmgs
Parlophone R 6035 - Apnl 11 1980
Commg Up entered the NME charts on
Apnl 26 at No 26, nsmg to No 2 for one
week on May 10. and staymg m the chart
for stX weeks The smgle was released m
a picture sleeve on the black and Sliver
Parlophone label
Paul M cCartney UK 93
 •
The "A" s1de Comwg Up was recorded
dunng the solo sess1ons that produced
Wonderful Chnstmast1!Tle m July 1979,
w1th Paul smgmg and playmg bass, syn-
thesizers, ptano, guitar and drums The
hve vers1on of the song on the '8" stde
was recorded at the Glasgow Apollo on
December 17, 1979, dunng Wmgs' first
BntLSh tour for over four years. The Wmgs
lme-up for the tour was Paul, Lmda,
Denny, Steve Holly and Lawrence juber,
plus the horn sectton featunng Tony
Dorsey, Howte Casey, Steve Howard and
Thaddeus Richard The second track on
the "B' s1de. a medley of Lunchbox/Odd
Sox, was recorded m Los Angeles m
February 1975. dunng the Venus And
Mars sess1ons, and features Wmgs Mark
F1ve, w1th Joe Engl!sh/drurns and jtmmy
McCulloch/guitar. (cover 11lustrat10n)
To promote the single on teleV1s1on,
Paul made a special video m wh1ch he
portrayed ten different "rock stars", who
all appeared on stage at the same tlme to
perform the song. The tnck was achteved
by film-maker Keef McM1llan, usmg a
new computerised hghtmg desk ThiS
allowed McCartney to 1m1tate Buddy
Holly, Frank Zappa, Ron Mael. Andy
Mackay and a 1964 Beatle versiOn of
h1mself (playmg his famous v1ohn bass) -
plus five others - to form the band, wh1ch
Paul dubbed "The Plastic Macs".
40 McCARTNEY Il
By Paul McCartney
Parlophone PCTC 258- May 16, 1980
Paul's belated follow-up to his first solo
album, which entered the NME charts on
May 31, 1980, at No. 16, JUmpmg to No. I
the followmg week, for two weeks. The
album stayed in the Top 30 for fifteen
weeks.
As w1th the McCartney album from
1970, Paul recorded McCartney 11 com-
pletely solo (v11th the exception of Lmda's
assiStance o~. vocals on the last track)
dunng the summer of 1979 ThiS solo
enterpriSe stretched to composmg, en-
gmeenng and producmg the whole
94 Working Class Heroes
venture, wtth techrucal assiStance from
Edd1e Klem. As the sesstons (held at
McCartney's farmhouse) produced over
twenty songs, the album was ongmally
mtended to be a double, but was later
edtted down to a smgle album
The cover photographs were taken by
Lmda and the record features the black
and silver Parlophone label
ASIDE
164a COMING UP (351)
167 TEMPORARY SECRETARY (3.13)
168 ON THE WAY (3.35)
169 WATERFALLS (4.40)
170 NOBODY KNOWS (250)
BSIDE
171 FRONT PARLOUR (330)
172 SUMMERS DAY SONG (3 23)
173 FROZEN JAP (3. 38)
174 BOGEY MUSIC (3.26)
175 DARKROOM (2.18)
176 ONE OF THESE DAYS (3. 34)
The album was recorded wtthout a moong
console. the mtcrophones bemg plugged
dlrectly mto the tape machmes. For most
of the songs on the album Paul inttlally
latd down drums, guitars and bass to
create a backmg track, to whtch vocals
were added later
Commg Up features Paul's vocals
electromcally distorted usmg a van-
speed machme. Temporary Secretary IS
a song m the form of a letter to the Alfred
Marks Bureau. the employment agency,
who later asked McCartney for permLS-
ston to use the song for advert!Smg
purposes. but were turned down
After recordmg the drum and bass
backmg tracks for On The Way Paul left
1t for a week, when he later returned to 1t,
 malang 1t a bluesy number after bemg By Lmda McCartney alias Suzy And The
mfluenced by seemg AleXJS Komer on a Red Stripes
BBC TV programme about the blues
A&M AMSP 7548 - July 18, 1980
Unlike many of the tracks on the album
Waterfalls was wntten m advance of
recordmg, many tracks bemg ad hbbed
m the studiO. (Paul's house m Kent ts also
called "Waterfalls" ) Nobody Knows was
also influenced by AleXJS Korner's TV
programme.
Front Parlour. an lfiStrumental. was so
named because most of the track was
recorded m the empty front parlour of
Paul's farmhouse. Bogey Mus1c was m-
spued by Raymond Bnggs book Fungus
The Bogeyman. Darkroom was ad hbbed
m the studio, but nearly d1dn't make it
onto the album It was not mspired by
Lmda's photographlc mterests The last
track. One Of These Days, features Lmda
on backmg vocals

41 (169a) WATERFALLS (4 40)

(177) CHECK MY MACBJNE
(4 45)
By Paul McCartney
Parlophone R 6037- June 14, 1980

ln May 1980, a three and a half mmute

The second smgle release from the
McCartney 11 album. Waterfalls entered
the NME charts at No. 9 on July 5, rtsmg to
No. 7 on July 19, and staymg m the chart
for five weeks The smgle was released m
a picture sleeve, featunng a pamtmg by
Chnstlan Broutm and a photograph of
Paul taken by Lmda
The ' B' stde, Check My Machme,
wntten by Paul. was a preVlously unre·
leased song from the summer 1979 solo
~~tons
SEASIDE WOMAN (3 41)
a SIDE TO SEASIDE (2 37)
By Lmda McCartney alias Suzy And The
Red Stripes
A&M AM$ 7548- July 18. 1980
SEASIDE WOMAN (3 4 I)
a SIDE TO SEASIDE (2 37) (12-mch
single)
cartoon based upon Lmda's Seas1de
Woman was entered m the Short film
Competition at the Cannes F'tlm festival
The f1lm - made by Oscar Gnllo - won
Cust pnze m the compenllon and to
celebrate thts event A&M reiSSUed the
smgle of Seas1de Woman (wh1ch had
ongmally appeared m 1979 m the UK)
The smgle, released m a new picture
sleeve and wtth the usual brown and
grey A&M label. was credited to Lmda
McCartney, m an attempt to generate
more sales than the ongmal "Suzy And
The Red Stnpes" alias Unfortunately
neither thts. nor the limited ed111on
twelve-mch smgle release. could boost 11
mto the charts Both seven-mch and
twelve-mch p1crure sleeves featured 1llus·
tratlons from the film two appeared on
the seven-mch. and five on the twelve-
mch vers1on
42 (187a) TEMPOIUlRY SECiti:I'AilY (3 13)
(178) SECitET FIUEND (10 24) (Limited
edition 12-inch aingle)
By Paul McCartney
Parlophvn& 12 R 6039 - September 15,
1980

Paul McCartney UK 95
 day, the album entered the NME charts
three weeks later at No. 25 for one week
on March 14, 1981 The sleeve features
two photographs of Paul. taken by Lmda
and a sleeve note by Vie Garbanm, a
contnbutor to MUSJCJan, Player and LJstener
magazme.

A SIDE (29 38)

PAUL DISCUSSES:

1. M cCartney II
2. Negative criticism of Beatles & Wings
Released as a twelve-mch smgle only 3. His influences
(hmtted ed1t1on of 25,000), Temporary
Secretary was lifted from the McCartney 4. Venus & Mars/Wild Life
If album, which had dropped out of the 5. Band On The Run
Top 30. This release fa1led etther to enter
the smgles charts, or to generate more 6. Musical d.irection!Ringo/George/Hey ]ude
sales for the album 7. The White Album/Tension!Helter Skelter
The ''B side. Secret Fnend - wntten
by Paul - lS the longest song he has ever 8. Abbey Road
recorded clockmg m at nearly ten and a 9. Mus1cal Background/Trumpet, guitar,
half mmutes long Prev10usly unreleased, p1ano/Learning bass in Hamburg
the song was recorded dunng the
10. Early Beatles mixes/Motown & Stax
McCartney 11 sesstons, w1th Paul
influences
producmg. The front cover of the ptcture
sleeve features a drawing of McCartney 11. The Sgt. Pepper Story/The Beach Boys'
by jeff Cummins (a pamter Wlth Pet Sounds
I !tpgnos1s) with add11lonal "artwork'' by 12. Rubber SouVRevolver
Paul The - "B" s1de photograph of
McCartney was taken by Dav1d Thorpe. 13. Fame & success/Paul's & John's reactlons
14. Stage fright during The Beatles & Wings
43 THE MeC.ARTNEY INTERVIEW
15. How Wings started
By Paul McCartney and Vie Garbarini 16. New Wave/Early Beatles
Parlophone CHAT 1 -February 23, 1981 17. Creating The Beatles' sound/Love Me
Dol& early songs

The mtemew was recorded in the

summer of 1980 for M usician· Player and
Listener magazme. ongmally appearmg B SIDE (24. 35)
m the August 1980 ISSUe Vtc Garbanru PAUL DISCUSSES:
conducted the mterv1ew m McCartney's
MPL London office Columbia (CBS),
McCartney's record company m Amenca
ongmally released the recordmg as a 1. The Beatles' conquest of America
promotiOnal album for radto stattons in 2. Beatles' hatrcuts and image
America, and 11 lffimed1ately became a
collector's 1tem Due to public demand for 3. Paying dues in Hamburg &
the record, 11 was dec1ded to release 1t Liverpooi/Early tours
offictally, but m Bntam tt appeared on the 4. Weathering pressures/The break-up
Parlophone label on February 23, 1981,
and was lffimedlately deleted - only a 5. Video of Coming Up/Reliving The Beatle
few hours after frrst gomg on sale Al- image
though only supposedly avatlable for one 6. Playing bass

96 Working Class Heroes

1. Lennon-M cCartney songwnting/DISlike shows arguably constituted the greatest
of formulas gathenng of BntiSh rock talent ever
assembled, With all the mus1c1ans,
8. Beatles' urutators road.les. techrnc1ans. etc donatmg the1r
9. I Am The WalrustThe Black serv1ces free to the charuable cause The
Carna.tion!Sgt. Pepper LP Cover artiSts appearmg at the concerts were as
follows
10. New Wave!BoWle, Ferry, Elvis December 26 -Queen (who gave a solo
11. Pop mus1c & radio performance)
December 27 -Ian Oury and The Block-
12. Gettmg married/Changing perspecttve/
heads, The Clash and
WaterfaJJs
Matumb1
13. GJVe Ireland Back To The Irish/Hi, Hi, December 28 -The Pretenders. The
Hi!Banned songs/Children's songs/Mcuy Spectals and The Who
Had A Little Lamb (who played a marathon
three-hour set)
December 29 -EIVIS Costello & The
Attracllons. Rockpue with
Dave Edmunds and N1ck
Lowe, featU!lng a guest
CONCERTS FOR THE PEOPLE OF
appearance by Robert
KJlMPUCBEA
Plant (Led Zeppelin),
By Various Artists Paul McCartney & Wmgs
and lastly Billy Connolly
Atlantic K 60153 - Apnl 3. 1981 mtroducmg the Rock-
estra (see below)
All four rnghts were filmed and
recorded, although both the f1lm and
album were delayed by over a year The
film was eventually screened on
televtslon on January 4, 1981 a few
months before the album was released
The sound recordmg was made on the
RAK and Island Mob1les. w1th Chns
Thomas producmg

8 RECORD ONE A SIDE

BABA O'RILEY
SISTER DISCO
BEHIND BLUE EYES
Dunng 1979. the whole world became
aware ol the ternble plight of the people SEE ME, FEEL ME
of KaR1puchea M1lhons were iaced wuh By The Who
starvation after four years of war followed RECORD ONE B SIDE
by four years of d1ctatorsh1p rule by the
Khmer Rouge Government - headed by THE WAIT
Prem1er Pol Pot PRECIOUS
Relief and chanty orgamsallons
qu1ckly swung mto operation to feed TATTOOED LOVE BOYS
these sta1vmg Kampucheans UNICEF By The Pretenders
(Uruted Nation's Children's Fund) became THE IMPOSTER
tho rna)or Umted Nat1on's agency for the By Elvis Costello & The Attractions
opera!Ion
CRAWLING FROM THE WRECKAGE
The shows to assiSl m the rehef
By Rockpile
operatiOn started w1th the UN Secretary
General Kurt Waldhe1m maklng contact LITTLE SISTER
v.r1th Paul McCartney and from there By Rockpile Wlth Robert Plant
mv1ta11ons were tssued to vanous acts
RECORD TWO A SIDE
December 26 27, 28 and 29, 1979 were
boo~:ed for the evenmg concerts at the NOW rM HERE
Hammersmith Odeon, London The four By Queen

Paul McCartney UK 97

ARMAGIDEON TIME
By The Clash
HIT ME WITH YOUR RHYTHM STICK
By Ian Dury & The Blockheads
MONKEY MAN
By The Specials
RECORD TWO B SIDE •
179 GOT TO GET YOU INTO MY LIFE (2.57)
180 EVERY NIGHT (4.17)
181 COMING UP (4.03)
By Paul McCartney & Wings
182 LUCILLE (3. 00)
183 LET IT BE (3.00)
ROCKESTRA THEME (2.28)
184
By Rockestra
The three numbers performed by Paul
McCartney and Wmgs feature: PauV
vocals and bass; Lmdalkeyboards; Denny/
guitar; Lawrence Juber/guitar; and Steve
Holly/drums; plus the horn section of
Howie Casey, Tony Dorsey, Steve Howard
and Thaddeus Richard. For the final three
songs, McCartney and Wings were
joined by eleven guests to form the
Rockestra, the greatest "super group"
ever assembled on a BntiSh stage. Rock-
estra featured twenty musicians: the nme
members of Wings, plus three members
from Led Zeppelin, two from The Who,
two from Rockpile, one Pretender, one
Attraction, an ex-member of the Small
Faces/The Faces and an ex-member of
Procol Harum. The full line-up reads:
guitarists/Billy Bremner (Rockplle), Dave
Edmunds (Rockpile), James Honeyman-
Scott (The Pretenders, Lawrence Juber,
Denny Laine, and Peter Townshend (The
Who); bass guitarists!John Paul ]ones
(Led Zeppelin); Ronnie Lane (ex-Small
Faces) and Bruce Thomas (The
Attractions); drummers!John Bonham
(Led Zeppelin), Steve Holly and Kenny
]ones (The Who); keyboard players/
Gary Brooker (ex-Procol Harum), Linda
and Paul (on piano); vocalists!Robert
Plant (Led Zeppelin) and Paul; and the
Wings Horn section (see above).
JAMES BOND GREATEST BITS
By Various Artists
Liberty EMTV 007 - M arch 8, 1982
ThiS TV advertised compilation album
enter ed the NME charts on April 3 at No.
26, selling 100,000 cop1es m less than a
month; it peaked at No. 6 on April 24, and
stayed in the charts for seven weeks.
98 Working Class Heroes
The album, devised and compiled by
lain McLay, features nineteen tracks from
the twelve '']ames Bond" films produced
up to 1981. including nine title songs
which became charts hits (BMRB highest
chart poSitions gwen in brackets below).
The album sleeve was designed by
Cream.
ASIDE
JAMES BOND THEME
KINGSTON CALYPSO
UNDER THE MANGO TREE
(All above from the Original Soundtrack
of Dr. No, 1962)
FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
By Matt Monro (No. 20 - 1963)
GOLDFINGER
By Shirley Bassey (No. 21 - 1964)
007
(From the Original Soundtrack of
Thunderball, 1965)
YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
By Nancy Sinatra (No. 11 - 1967)
ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE
WE HAVE ALL THE TIME IN THE
WORLD
By Louis Armstrong
(Above two from the Original Soundtrack
of on· Her Majesty's Secret Service, 1969)
BSIDE
DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
By Shirley Bassey (No. 38 - 1971)
57c LIVE AND LET DIE (3.10)
By Paul McCartney & Wings (No. 9 - 1973)
JUST A CLOSER WALK WITH THEE/
NEW SOUND LINE
By Harold A. "Duke" Dejan and The
Olympia Brass Band
BOND MEETS SOLITAIRE
(Above three from the Original Sound-
track of Live And Let Die, 1973)
THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
By Lulu (1974)
NOBODY DOES IT BETTER
By Carly Simon (No. 7 - 1977)
BOND '77
(Above two titles from the Original
Soundtrack of The Spy Who Loved Me,
1977)
 MOONRAKER
By Sturley Bassey (1979)
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
By Sheena Easton (No. 8 - 1981)
JAMES BOND THEME (reprise)
The ]ames Bond Theme was a hll for John
Barry (No 13) m November 1962, but the
vers1on on thiS album IS that from the
Ongmal Soundtrack album L1ve And Let
D1e was the first Bond smgle to break mto
the Top lO the preVJous h1ghest placmg
bemg You Only L1ve Tw1ce (a double
'A"-SJded Jut Wlth ]ackson) by Nancy
Smatra 'The 1977 and 1981 Bond smgles
Improved on Wmgs' htghest posmon, by
reachmg Nos 7 and 8 respecttvely
44 (185) EBONY AND IVORY (3 41)
(186) RAINCtOUDS (3 07)
"A" s1de by Paul McCartney Wlth
adciltional vocals by SteVIe Wonder
"B" s1de by Paul McCartney
Parlophone R 6054 - March 29 1982
45 (l85a) EBONY AND IVORY (3 41)
(l86a) RIUNCLOUDS (3 07)1{187)
EBONY AND IVORY (solo
version) (3 41) (12-mch smgle)
"A" side by Paul McCartney Wlth ad-
ditional vocals by Stevie Wonder
teatunng the same ptcture sleeve, al-
though the twelve-mch verston contamed
an extra track. The two releases feature
the first appearance of the new MPL logo
of a f1gure JUgglmg wtth three planets A
promotional v1deo of Ebony And ivory
was produced showmg Paul and Stevte
apparently perforrmng the song together
However, both parties shot theu se-
quences separately - Paul m Bntam and
SteVJe m Amenca - and the two ftlms
were very cleverly edtted together
Ebony And Ivory was wntten by Paul,
and the "B" s1de, Ramclouds. was )Omtly
composed by Paul and Denny Lame The
twelve mch credits only Paul as com-
poser of Ramclouds, but thiS IS mcorrect
The songs were recorded dunng the Tug
Of War album sess1ons - wh1ch lasted
over a year, between October 1980 and
January 1982 Ramcloudswas recorded m
early 1981, w1th Denny Laine present For
the first tlJTle smce L1ve And Let D1e m
1973. Paul dtd not produce hiS own
recordmg sesstons, allowmg George
Martm to perform thiS duty
46 TUGOFWAR
By Paul McCartney
P.drluphvne PCTC d59 - Apnl 26

"B" side by Paul McCartney

Parlophone ,2 R M4 - Match 29 1982
Paul's duet wnh Stevte Wonder entered
the charts on Apnl 17 at No 9 rlSmg 10
No 2 the followmg week. by wh1ch ttme 1t
ha<..! sold over 250,000 m Bntam On May
I, 11 rose to No I for two weeks, droppmg
10 No 3 on May 15, and passmg the
500 000 mark The smgle was m the charts
for seven weeks, and gave Stevte Wonder
hiS ftrst Bnush No 1 albeit as part of a
duo
The SJngle was released m seven-mch
and twelve-mch forms m Bntam, both
Paul McCanney UK 99
 Almost two years after McCartney Il,
Paul's follow-up solo album was released.
It entered the NME Top 30 album charts
on May 9 at No. 11, nsmg to No. 1 for one
week on May 15. It sold around 20,000
Wlthm two weeks, and went Gold (100,000
sales) by July 31, staytng m lhe charts for
e1ghteen weeks
The production of the album spanned.a
year and a half. startmg m October 1980
and endmg m March 1982 In October
1980 1t was r eported by Beatles Monthly
that Wmgs were recordmg therr follow-
up to the Back To The Egg album, Wlth
later reports statmg that George Martm
was producmg. In February 1981, Wings
were m Montseratt, West Indies, re-
cordmg at George Martm's AIR Studios,
w1th Paul and George Martin producmg
JOintly. Dunng th1s penod rumours spread
that both Rmgo and George (Hamson)
were to JOin Paul m Montserrat to record
a tnbute album to John Lennon. On April
27, 1981, 1t was officially announced that
Wmgs had disbanded followmg the de-
parture of Denny Lame (both Juber and
Holly had left unannounced several
months previously).
Then, m the July 1ssue of Beatles
Monthly 1t was reported that Paul's new
album had been over-dubbed and rmxed
m London dunng the frrst week of June -
With George Martm producmg and Geoff
Emenck engmeenng, and Wlth Stevie
Wonder and M1chael Jackson adding
backmg vocals to certam tracks. In Sep-
tember 1981, Beatles M onthly reported
that Paul's recently completed album was
scheduled for a November release, but m
early September, McCartney r eturned to
the studio for further r ecordmgs. Having
assiSted Paul several months previOusly,
M tchael ]ackson re-)omed Paul m the
stud1o at the end of November 1981 for
further recordmgs m London.
The first definite release date for the
Tug Of War album was set for February
15, 1982, but because of further re-mixing
1t was delayed and a new date - March
12 - set It was agam re-scheduled for
Apnl 19, but put back agam after Paul
noticed a naw m the cover artwork
(wh1ch he ordered to be redesigned)
dunng March After bemg re-scheduled
about five t1rnes, the album eventually ap-
peared on Apnl 26, 1982.
The sleeve was designed by HlpgnoslS
and Sine, with artwork by Bnan Clarke
and photographs by Lmda
ASIDE
188 TUG OF WAR (4 21)
189 TAKE IT AWAY (4 13)
100 Working Class Heroes
190 SOMEBODY WHO CARES (3.18)
191 WHAT'S THAT YOU'RE DOING (6.19)
192 HERE TODAY (2.2.4)
BSIDE
193 BALLROOM DANCING (4 06)
194 THE POUND IS SINKING (2 53)
195 WANDERLUST (3 49)
196 GET IT (2..30)
197 BE WHAT YOU SEE (link) (0 32.)
198 DRESS ME UP AS A ROBBER (5. 43)
18Sb EBONY AND IVORY (3. 41)
Paul used over a dozen well-known
musicians to record Tug Of War, the
line-up readmg as follows: Denny Laine/
electric gu1tar (Tug Of War, Ballroom
Dancmg and Dress M e Up As A Robber),
guitar synthesizer (Somebody Who
Cares) and synthesizer (Dress Me Up As
A Robber); Campbell Maloney/m1htary
snares (Tug Of War); Enc Stewart (of
lOCC)Ielectnc gut tar (Tug Of War); Steve
Gadd/drums (Take It Away. Somebody
Who Cares), percuss1on (Somebody Who
Cares); Rmgo Starr/drurns (Take It Away);
George Martm/electnc p1ano (Take It
Away and Dress Me Up As A Robber);
Stanley Clarkelbass (Somebody Who
Cares and The Pound Is Smkmg), Adnan
BretVpan pipes (Somebody Who Cares);
SteVJe Wonder/synthesizers ( Whats That
You're Domg and Ebony And Ivory),
electnc p1ano, drums and per cussiOn
(Ebony And Ivory); Jack Brymer/clarmet
gliss (Ballroom Dancmg), Adnan Shep-
pard/drums and percussion ( Wander-
lust); Carl Perkms/electnc gwtar (Get It)
and Dave Mattacksldrurns and percussion
(Dress M e Up As A Robber).
Paul played the followmg mstruments:
acoustic, electric and Spanish guitars,
bass, piano, synthesiZers, drums, percus-
Sion and vocoder Vocal backmg on all
but five tracks (Here Today, Get It, Be
What You See, Dress Me Up As A
Robber and Ebony and Ivory) was sup-
piled by Paul, Lmda and Eric Stewart
All the songs on the album were
wntten by McCartney, Wlth the exception
of Whats That Youre Domg Tius song
was co-wntten w1th SteV!e Wonder
and ongmated out of a Jam sess1on m the
studio (Wlth both Paul and SteVJe on lead
vocals)
Here Today Paul's tnbute to John.
features Paul smgmg to hiS own acoustic
gwtar accompamment, plus a quartet of
stnngs, supplied by Jack Rothstem/V!olin,
Bernard Partndgelv1ohn, lan JeweVV!ola
 and Ketth Harvey/cello, wtth no other
mus1c1ans bemg heard.
Ballroom Dancmg features narration
by Peter Marshall, wtule Wanderlust (the
name of one of the yachts used by Wmgs
whlist recordmg London Town in the
Vrrgm Islands) features the Phlilp Jones
Brass Ensemble.
Get It features only Paul and Car!
Perkms, who plays electnc QUltar and
smgs. At the end of the number Car! IS
heard laugtung; thlS was due to a rather
saucy Joke told to htm by Paul, but the
JOke was removed from the recordmg
since 1t was cons1dered too rude for the
publlc's ears.
The lmk track, Be What You See,
features only Paul on QUltar and vocoder.
Ebony And Ivory has just Paul and Stev1e
playmg all the Instruments, as well as
smgmg lead and backmg vocals
47 (189a) TAKE IT AWAY (4 00)
(199) I'LL GIVE YOU A RING (3.04)
By Paul McCartney
Parlophone R 6056- June 21, 1982
48 (189b) TAKE IT AWAY (4 00)
(199a) I'LL GIVE YOU A RING
(3 04);{198a) DRESS ME UP AS A
ROBBER (2 38) (12-inch single)
By Paul McCartney
Parlophone 12 R 6056- July 5, 1982
W1th Tug Of War droppmg out of the
album charts, Take It A way was released
as a second stngle. lt entered the smgles
chart at No 26 on July 17 and rose to No
14 on August 21 Dunng 1ts seven week
run m the charts, tt boosted sales of the
album, whtch Jumped back up the LP
charts to No. 12 on August 7.
Both the seven-mch and twelve-mch
vers1ons were released m matchmg
ptcture sleeves; these showed McCartney
together Wlth var1ous mustclartS on the
reverse (Enc Stewart and Lmda top left,
Rmgo and Steve Gadd top and bottom
nght and George Martin bottom left).
Photographs were taken by Lmda, W1th
the sleeve design by Hlpgnosts.
The non-Tug Of War "B" stde, I'll G1ve
You A Rl.ng, was recorded dunng the
sess1ons, W1th M cCartney playmg all m-
struments except clannet (which was
supplied by Tony Coe). Paul, Lmda and
Enc Stewart supplied backmg vocals on
thts song wntten by Paul and produced
by George Marttn
49 (188a) TUG OF WAR (4.01)
(196a) GET IT (2 29)
"A" side by Paul McCartney
"B" side by Paul McCartney and Car!
Perkins
Parlophone R 6057 - September 20. 1982
Both tracks on th!S single were bfted from
the TugOfWaralbum. wtuch had dropped
out of the Top 30 album charts at the
begmnmg of September The smgle,
wtuch failed to reach the charts. was
released m a ptcture sleeve designed by
MTI, London, and shoWtng a photograph
b L d
TBE GIRL IS MINE (3 40)
CAN'T GET OUT OF TBE RAIN (4 03)
"A" side by Michael Jackson!Paul
McCartney
"B" side by Michael Jackson
Ep1c EPC A2729- November 29, 1982
Paul McCartney UK 101
 •

THE GIRL IS MINE (3 40)

CAN'T GET OUT OF THE RAIN (4 03)
(Picture disc)

"A" side by Michael Jackson/Paul

McCartney
"B" side by Michael Jackson

Ep1c EPC A 11-2729- November. 1982

The Jackson!McCartney duet entered the

NME Top 30 charts on November 13 at
No. 15, nsmg to No. 4 the fo,llowmg week,
and staymg m the charts for four weeks.
Dunng May and June 1982, Paul was
busy recording the follow up to Tug Of
War Wlulst m Los Angeles he asststed
M1chael Jackson m recordmg the latter's
new album, Thnller, as he had promtsed
when M!chael asststed Paul With his
recordmgs the preVIous year Although
George Martm was present at the sess1on,
Qumcy ]ones produced the resultmg re-
cording of Michael Jackson's composllion,
The G1rl Is Mine, With M1chael and Paul
shanng lead vocals. The "B" stde does not
feature Paul
The smgle was released m a picture
sleeve, usmg a photograph taken by
Lmda, and 1t also appeared as a picture
diSC.

102 Working Class Heroes


1 McCARTNEY
By Paul McCartney
Apple STAO 3363- Apn120, 1970
Paul·s first solo album entered the
Amencan Btllboard album charts at No
14 on May 9, nsmg to No I on May 23
where 11 remamed for three weeks Ad-
vance orders amounted to two mllbon
coptes and tt sold a tmlllon m 1ts first
month on release, recelVmg an R 1A A
Gold Award on Apn130 1970 The album
stayed m the Top 10 for thlrteen weeks,
the Top 30 for twenty weeks, the Top 100
for thrrty-two weeks, and the Top 200 for
forty-seven weeks (Tracks and cover
same as Bnllsh release.)
2 (15) ANOTHER DAY
(16) OB WOMAN OB WBY
By Paul McCartney
Apple 1829 February 22, 1971
Another Day entered the Blllboard Hot
Hundred at No. SS on March 6 peakmg at
No. S for two weeks from Apnl 17 The
smgle stayed m the Top 30 for mne
weeks and m the Top 100 for eleven
weeks As m Bntam the smgle was
released m a plam Apple sleeve
By Paul and Lmda McCartney
Apple SMA.., <N.., May ... ..:,JJ
Ram entered the Btllboard album charts
three weeks after release at No 6 on June
6. nsmg to No 2 for two weeks from
August 21 (Tapestry by Carole Kmg
bemg at No I) The album was m the Top
10 for twenty-four weeks. was awarded
an RI A A Gold Award on June 9, 1971,
and eventually sold a rrullion m Amenca.
PAUL - US SECTION
staymg m the Top 100 for thrrty-four
weeks and the Top 200 for thrrty-seven
weeks. (Tracks and cover same as Bnllsh
release)
4 (21-2 ..) UNCLE ALIIERT/ADMIRAL
IIALSET/
(l7a) TOO MANY PEOPLE
By Paul and Linda McCartney
Apple 1837- August 2. 1971
Not released as a smgle m Bntam, Uncle
Alberr!Admiral Halsey entered the Btll·
board charts on August 14 at No 6S,
toppmg the chart on September 4 for one
week. selbng a mtlhon by September 21,
1971, and recetvmg an R I A.A Gold
Award The smgle stayed m the Top 30
for twelve weeks, and McCartney re·
cetved a Grammy Award for Best A:r·
rangement-Accompanymg VocaliSts for
the song The smgle was not released m a
PICture sleeve
5 WILD LIFE
By Wings
Apple SW 3386- December 7. 1971
Although not a great success m Bntam
Wild Llfe fared beuer m the Amencan
charts, entenng on December 2S, 1971, at
No 25, and peaklng at No 10 for two
weeks on January 22, 1972. On January 13,
1972. 1t was awarded a Gold DISC, havmg
reached the mllhon dollar sales mark
'fhe song stayed m the Top 30 for nme
weeks. the Top 100 for siXteen weeks,
and the Top 200 for e1ghteen weeks
(Tracks and cover same as BntlSh
r£·least. )
6 (38) GIVE IRELAND BACK TO THE
IRISH
(39) GIVE IRELAND BACK TO THE
IRISH (venion)
Paul McCartney US 103
 By Wings
Apple 1847- February 28. 1972
As m Bntam. G1ve Ireland Back To The
JrJSh enjoyed comparatively little success
m the charts, nsmg only to No. 21 on April
8. after entenng on March 11 at No. 78
The smgle was m the char~ for a mere
etght weeks, and features the same
shamrock style label as the Bnttsh
release However, the song lyncs were
reproduced on the sleeve.
7 (40) MARY BAD A LITTLE LAMB
(41) LITTLE WOMAN LOVE
By Wings
Apple 1851 - May 29, 1972
Despite bemg ISSUed in a picture sleeve
(identical to the Bntish release) Mary Had
A L1ttle Lamb was unable to tmprove on
the success of the ftrst Wmgs smgle, only
breakmg mto the Top 30 for two weeks,
with a htghest posllton of No 28 on July 22.
The smgle entered the Hot Hundred on
June 17 at No 85. staymg m the chart for
seven weeks.
8 (42) HI, HI, HI
(43) C MOON
By Wings
Apple 1857-- December 4. 1972
McCartney eventually managed to break
mto the US Top 10 W1th a Wmgs smgle,
when H1. H1, H1 reached No. 10 for one
week on February 3, 1973 The smgle
entered the Btllboard chart on December
16 at No. 100, and remained m the Top 30
for e1ght weeks, and m the Top lOO for
eleven weeks.
9 (44) MY LOVE
(45) THE MESS
By Paul McCartney and Wings
Apple 1861 - Apnl 9, 1973
After three comparatively unsuccessful
smgles. Paul and Wmgs scored a smash
No. I Amencan h1t. My Love entered the
Top lOO on Apnll4 at No. 73. rismg to No
I by June 2 for two weeks, and passmg
the mtlhon sales mark by July 6, 1973. The
smgle stayed m the Top 30 for twelve
weeks, and m the Top 100 for e1ghteen
weeks
10 RED ROSE SPEEDWAY
By Paul McCartney and Wings
104 Working Class Heroes
Apple SMAL 3409 - AprJl 30, 1973
Red Rose Speedway entered the Top 200
on May 12 at No. 127, and four weeks later
- on June 2 - rose to No I for three
weeks, passmg the mtlhon dollar sales
mark on May 25. The album stayed m the
Top 30 for thirteen weeks. the Top 100 for
twenty-four weeks and the Top 200 for
thtrty-one weeks (Tracks and cover
same as BnttSh release )
11 (57) LIVE AND LET DIE
(58) I LIE AROUND
By Wings
Apple 1863 - June 18, 1973
Paul's ]ames Bond movte theme entered
the Billboard chart on July 7 at No. 69, and
rose to No. 2 for three weeks on August 11
The single stayed m the Top 30 for eleven
weeks and Ln the Top 100 for fourteen
weeks, sellmg over a mtll10n uruts and
receiving an R.l.AA Gold Award on
August 31. 1973 George Martm recetved
a Grammy Award for Best Arrangement-
Accompanying VocaliSt.
LIVE AND LET DIE
Original Soundtrack by Various Artists
Umted ArtiSts LA 100-G -July 2. 1973
The soundtrack album of the "James
Bona" film. featurmg the title track by
Wmgs, entered the Billboard Top I 00 on
July 28 at No. 93, nsmg to No 17 on
September 1, 1973, and staymg m the
chart for twelve weeks. (Track hstmg and
cover same as BnttSh release.)
12 (59) BELEN WHEELS
(60) COUNTRY DREAMER
By Paul McCartney and Wings
Apple 1869 - November 12. 1973
He/en Wheels entered the charts on
November 24 at No 66, nsmg to No 10 on
January 12, 1974; tt remamed m the Top
30 for e1ght weeks. and the Top lOO for
fourteen weeks
13 BAND ON THE RUN
By Paul McCartney and Wings
Apple SO 3415 - December 5. 1973
Band On The Run, Wmgs' btggest-sellmg
album m Amenca, entered the Billboard
chart at No. 33 on December 22, havmg
 ach1eved over a mtlhon dollars worth of
sales on December 7, 1973 After
entering the Top 10 on January 19, 1974, 1t
hovered around the lower part of the
Top 10 until jet was lifted from the album
as a smgle This was done at the
suggestion of AI Coury, of Capitol who
persuaded Paul that lt would boost sales
of the album After SIXteen weeks m the
chart, the album rose to No. I for one
week on April 13, 1974, passmg the
lllllbon umts mark by the end of Aonl
W1th jet still m the Hot Hundred Band
On The Run was released as a smgle.
ThiS boosted sales of the album. wh1ch
recaptured the No 1 pos1t1on - the ftrst
tune thiS had happened m the Amencan
record mdustry's hiStory The album
returned to No. 1 on June 8, the same date
as the Band On The Run smgle captured
the No I pos1t10n m the smgles chart The
LP stayed at the top for two weeks.
droppmg to No. 2 for two weeks, and
returmng yet agam to No. 1 on July 6 for
one week
The album was at No I for a total of
four weeks, m the Top 10 for tlurty-two
weeks, the Top 30 for th1rty-e1ght weeks,
the Top 100 for forty-siX weeks and the
Top 200 for seventy-four weeks. By the
end of August 1974, the album had sold
over two mlllton cop1es m the Umted
States and thiS total mcreased to over f1ve
mlllton by 1976. 11 won two Grammy
Awards for Best Engmeered (Non-Clas-
Sical) Recordmg and Best Pop Vocals
Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus
(1974)
The Amencan album mcluded Helen
Wheels. Cap1tol InsiSted 11 should be
mcluded to encourage sales resultmg
from the preVJous hll smgle. (Cover same
as BntiSh release.)
A SIDE
61 BAND ON THE RUN
62 JET
63 BLUEBIRD
64 MRS. VANDEBILT
65 LET ME ROLL IT
BSIDE
66 MAMUNlA
67 NO WORDS
59a HELEN WHEELS
68 PICASSO'S LAST WORDS (DRINK TO ME)
69 NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY
FIVE
14 (62a) JET
(66a) MAMUNIA
By Paul McCartney and Wings
Apple 1871 January 28. 1974
15 (62b) JET
(65a) LET ME ROLL IT
By Paul McCartney and Wings
Apple 1871 February 18. 1974
Cap1tol mltlally released ]et With Mamuma
as the "B" s1de. but changed the couplmg
(followmg EMI's "B • s1de selection m the
rest of the world) to Let Me Roll It,
although the two smgles have the same
catalogue number
jet entered the Hot Hundred smgles
charts on February 9 at No 69. rtSmg to
No. 7 on March 30 and staymg m the Top
30 for rune weeks, and m the Top 100 for
fourteen weeks. The release of the smgle
- suggested by AI Coury - assiSted
sales of the Band On The Run album to
the pomt where 1t reached the No 1
position
16 (61a) BAND ON TBE RUN
(69a) NINETEEN HUNDRED AND
EJGBTYFJVE
By Paul McCartney and Wings
Apple 1873- Apn1 8. 1974
After the success of ]et, AI Coury agam
persuaded Paul to release another smgle
from the Band On The Run album. thiS
lime plumpmg for the title track The
smgle entered the charts on April 20, at
No 68, malang the Top 10 after four
weeks, and nsmg to No. I on June 8,
wh1ch comc1ded w1th the album hlttmg
the Top spot m the album charts The
smgle sold a m1lhon by June 4, 1974,
staYing m the Top 30 for twelve weeks
and the Top 100 for e1ghteen weeks The
song won a Grammy Award for Best Pop
Vocal Performance by a Group, 1974
17 (71) JUNIOR'S FARM
(72) SALLY G
By Paul McCartney and Wings
Apple 1875 - November 4, 1974
junior's Fann entered the Billboard Hot
Hundred on November 9 (a week after
release) at No 59. TtSmg to No 3 on
January ll. 1975 The smgle was m the
Top 30 for ten weeks and the Top I 00 for
twelve weeks
Paul McCartney US 105

WALKING IN THE PARK WITH
ELOISE
BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER SUITE
By The Country Hams
EMl 3977- December 2, 1974
As with the British release, #liS single -
by Wmgs under a pseudonym - did rtot
enter the charts, but was released m an
1dent1cal p1cture sleeve.
18 (72a) SALLY G
(7la) JUNIOR'S FARM
By Paul McCartney and Wings
Apple 1875 - January 20, 1975
W1th ]umor's Farm stlll reg1stenng m the
Top 30 at No. 7 on January 18, the "A" and
"B" sides of the single were n1pped to
promote Sally G as the "A" stde. Sally G
entered the Hot Hundred on February l
at No. 66. rismg to No 39 on February 22.
and featunng m the chart for f1ve weeks
As m Bntam thiS was the last Wmgs
smgle to appear on the Apple label
19 (73) LISTEN TO WHAT THE MAN
SAID
(74) LOVE IN SONG
By Wings
Capitol 4091 - May 23, 1975
The first Wmgs' smgle to appear on the
Capitol label entered the Hot Hundred on
May 31 at No. 65, rJSmg to No I for one
week on July 19 and staymg m the charts
for fourteen weeks. seven of wh1ch were
spent m the Top 10. Afte1 droppmg out of
the charts at the end of August, the smgle
passed the rmlhon sales mark m the
Umted States. recetvmg a Gold Dtsc on
September 5, 1975. The single was re-
leased m the same p1cture sleeve as the
Bnt1sh release.
20 VENUS AND MARS
By Wmgs
Capitol SMAS 11419 - May 27, 1975
With advance orders of 1.500,000, Venus
And Mars rece1ved an R.l.A.A. Gold DISc
1mmed1ately after release on June 2, 1975,
entenng the album charts on June 14 at
No 25. It JUmped to No. 2 the folloWing
week for four weeks. then held the No. l
spot on July 19 for one week. eventually
selhng well over a mllhon cop1es By
October 4, 1975. the album had dropped
to No 99, but w1th the release of the tltle
track as a smgle. the album rose back up
106 Working Class Heroes
the charts to No 32 on December 13. It
eventually stayed m the Top 100 for thirty-
SIX weeks. thirteen of them m the Top 30.
and seventy-seven weeks m the Top 200
(Tracks and cover same as the BntiSh
release)
21 (79a) LETTING GO
(77a) YOU GAVE ME THE ANSWER
By Wings
Cap1tol 4145- September 29, 1975
As m Bntam. Lettmg GO falled to enter the
Amencan Top 30 It peaked at only No. 39
for two weeks on October 25 durmg a SIX
week stay m the charts - after entenng
on October 4 at No 74.
22 (76-6a) VENUS AND MARS/ROCK
SHOW
(78a) MAGNETO AND TITANIUM
MAN
By Wings
Cap1tol 4175 - October 27. 1975
Th1s medley from the Venus And Mars
album gave Wmgs another Top 30 hll,
after entenng the Top lOO on November
1 at No. 82 and rismg to No 12 on
December 13. It was liSted m the Top 30
for four weeks, and in the Top lOO for mne
weeks
23 WINGS AT THE SPEED OF SOUND
By Wings
Capitol SW 11525- March 25, 1976
Wmgs At The Speed Of Sound entered
the Billboard charts on April 10, and
reached No. l on April 24th, staymg there
for seven weeks. The album sold a million
m the Umted States. staymg m the Top
200 for fifty-one weeks and becommg the
th1rd best-selling album m the Billboard
charts table for 1976. (Track liStmg and
sleeve same as Bnt!sh release )
24 (92a) SILLY LOVE SONGS
(93a) COOK OF THE HOUSE
By Wings
Capitol 4256 - April 1, 1976
Silly Love Songs became Wmgs' fourth
No I Amencan smgle (and McCartney's
ftfth), after entenng the Billboard charts
on Apnl 10, and nsmg to No 1 on May 22,
where 11 stayed for five weeks The smgle
was m the Top lOO for mneteen weeks,
becommg an Amencan m1lhon seller and
Billboard's Top Single of 1976

25 (87&) LET 'EM IN
(90a) BEW.ARE MY LOVE
By Wings
29
Capllol 4293 - June 28. 1976
The second smgles release from Wmgs
At The Speed Of Sound entered the
Blllboard charts on July 4, reachmg No 3
and staymg m the chart for siXteen weeks.
It sold a rrullion cop1es m the Umted
States
26 WINGS OVER AMERICA
By Wmgs
CapJtol SWCO 11593 - December 11, 30
1976
The live Wmgs Over Amencil tnple
set entered the Blllboard album chart
on December 25. reachmg No 1 on
January 22. 1977, for a smgle week, and
becommg a nullion seller It featured m
the chart for elghty-SlX weeks (Tracks
:md sleeve same as BntlSh release)
27 (104a) MAYBE I'M AMAZED
(127a) SOILY . 31
By Wmgs
Capitol 4385 - February 7, 1977
Wmgs' first live smgle m Amenca en-
tered the Top 100 on F'ebruary 12,
reachmg No. 10 and sta}'lng m the chart
for thirteen weeks
SEASIDE WOMAN
B SIDE TO SEASIDE 32
By Suzy And The Red Stnpes
Epic 8-50403 - May 31, 1977
Appearmg m Amenca two years before
Its Bnllsh release, th1s Lmda McCartney
smgle made a bnef appearance m the
B1llboard Top 100. reachmg No 59, and
staymg m the chart for five weeks after
entenna durmg July
28 (128) MULL OF KINTYRE
(129) GIRLS' SCHOOL
By Wmgs 33
Capitol 4504 - NovembeJ 14, 1977
Although becommg the b1ggest-selhng
smgle of all nme m Bntam Mull Of
Kmtyre/Guls School fa11ed to enter the
Top 30 of the Billboard charts It peaked
at No 33, sta}'lng m the chart for eleven
weeks Although a double "A"-s1ded hll.
Mull Of Kmryre rece1ved mrunmurn arr-
play m Bntam. whlle m Amenca G1rls
School was promoted as the mam s1de
(Picture sleeve same as BntiSh release )
(130) WITH A LI'n'LE LUCK
(131-2) BACKWARDS TRAVELLER/
CUFF LINK
By Wings
Capitol 4559 - March 2fJ, 1978
The fifth Wtngs smgle to reach No I tn
the Billboard charts, which 11 entered
dunng May 1978. The smgle went to No I
on May 2D for two weeks, staytng tn the
charts for e1ghteen weeks altogether
LONDON TOWN
By Wings
Capitol SW 11 m - March 31, 1978
Although not a b1g rut tn Bntrun London
7bwn rose to No 2 tn the Billboard album
charts, 1t remamed there for twenty-e1ght
weeks after entermg on Apnl 15th
(Tracks and sleeve same as lhe BntlSh
release)
(138a) I'VE BAD ENOUGH
(140&) DELIVER YOUR CHILDREN
ByWmgs
Capitol 4594 - June 12. 1978
Although not malang the Top 30 tn Bntatn.
fve Had Enough rose to No 25 tn lhe
Billboard charts lt entered dunng August
1978. staymg tn the chart for eleven weeks.
(133a) LONDON TOWN
(135a) I'M CARRYING
ByWmgs
Capitol 4625 - August 21, 1978
The last Wtng$ smgle on lhe Capitol
label, as McCartney transferred his ron-
tract to Columbta Rea::>rds for the
Amencan market The smgle faJled to
enter the Thp :l>, nsmg to only No 39 lt
stayed tn the Thp lOO for e~ght weeks
after entennq dunng October 1978
WINGS GREAT&W
By Wings
Cap1tol SOO 119:J5 - November 22. 1978
Although boastmg five number one smgles.
along wtth sue other Top Ten smgles.
Wmgs Greatest only rose to No 29 m the
B1llboard album charts staymg m the
best sellers for e1ghteen weeks Of the
Paul McCartney US 107
 twelve smgles on the album, only Mull Of
Kintyre had failed to enter the Top 30 (It
reached No 33), wlule Uncle Albertl
Adrrural Halsey, My Love, Band On The
Run, Silly Love Songs and With A Little
Luck had all reached No. I in the BtU-
board smgles chart One other Wmgs'
smgle reached the coveted No. I posttton
m Amenca - Listen To ~at The Man
Said. (Sleeve same as British release.)·
ASIDE
(Same as British release)
38
BSIDE
21-2b UNCLE ALBERT/ADMIRAL HALSEY
42a HI, HI, HI
8Th LET 'EM IN
44b MY LOVE
62c JET
128a MULL OF KINTYRE
34 BAND ON THE RUN (Picture disc)
By Wings
Capitol SEAX 11901 - December 1978
As a comparuon to the Beatles ptcture
diSC releases of Sgt Pepper and Abbey
39
Road, Capttol released Band On The Run
in ptcture disc form m a lirruted edttton of
150,000 (Tracks same as onQ1Ilal release)
37 BACK TO THE EGG
By Wings
Columbia FC-36057 - May 24, 1979
The ftrst Wings' album on the Columbta
label wluch entered the Billboard charts
on June 30, reachmg No 8, and staymg m
the chart for twenty-four weeks. It
aclueved platinum status m the US
(Tracks and sleeve same as the Bnttsh
release.)
(l49a) GETTING CLOSER
(l47a) SPIN IT ON
By Wings
Columbia 3-11020- June S, 1979
For the first ttme (with the exception of
the premature release of the ]et/Mamunia
single) the US release of a Wmgs' smgle
was different from the equivalent Bnnsh
release In Bntam, Old S1am Sir was
r eleased as the first single from the Back
To The Egg album In America, Columbia
picked Gettmg Closer. which gave
Wmgs a No. 20 chart h1t. The smgle
entered the Btllboard charts on June 16,
staymg in the Top 100 for ten weeks
(152a) ARROW THROUGH ME
(l46a) OLD SIAM SIR
By Wings

35 (144) GOODNIGHT TONIGHT Colwybia 1-11070- August 14, 1979

(145) DAYTIME NIGBTIME SUFFERING
By Wings
Colombia 3-10939- March 15, 1979
36 (l44a) GOODNIGHT TONIGHT
(l4Sa) DAYTIME NIGHTIME SUF·
FERING (Special 12-inch single)
By Wings
Columbia 23-/0940 - March 15, 1979
After two comparatively unsuccessful
smgles. Wmgs scored a Top Slut wtth thiS
dtsco smgle Goodmght Tomght, whtch
entered the charts on March 31, reachmg
No. 5 and staymg m the charts for sLXteen
weeks. As m Bntam, the smgle appeared
m both seven-mch and twelve-tnch pres-
smgs, the latter bemg an extended dtsco
verston of the "A" stde. The record was
the ftrst Wmgs' smgle to appear on the
Columbta label, and appeared m a ptcture
sleeve. (Sleeve same as Bnttsh release.)
For the second smgles release from Back
To The Egg Columbta selected Arrow
Through Me, thts was not released m
Bntam as a 45, although the US couplmg,
Old Siam Sir, had already appeared as a
Bnttsh seven-mch Arrow Through Me
only reached No 29 m the Btllboard
charts, m wh1ch tt was hsted for ten
weeks. after entering on August 25.
40 (162) WONDERFUL CBRISTMASTIME
(163) RUDOLPB THE RED NOSED
REGGAE
By Paul McCartney
Columbia 1-11162 - November 20. 1979
As wtth the Chrtstmas smgles of John and
Yoko and George in Amenca, Paul had
little success wtth hts festive smgle (it
failed to enter any of the three ma)or
Amencan charts) (Ptcture sleeve same
as Bnttsh release.)

108 Working Class Heroes


41 (164) COMING UP
(165) COMING UP (LIVE AT
GLASGOW) (166) LUNCBBOX/
ODDSOX
"A" side by Paul McCartney
"B" s1de by Paul McCartney and Wings
Columbia 1-ll263 Apnl I 5. I 980
In the Umted States, rad1o station pro
grammers preferred the hve vers10n of
Commg Up, and 11 was thiS vers1on whtch
rece1ved auplay It therefore charted
smce the Amencan charts are partially
based on rad1o plays It was the last
Wmgs' smgle to chart m Amenca. reaching
No. I for three weeks. after entenng
on Apnl 26. The smgle went to No. I on
June 28 and stayed m the charts for
twenty-one weeks (Ptcture sleeve same
as BntiSh r eleas.., )
42 McCARTNEY 11
By Paul McCartney
Columbia FC-36tJI I -May 21. 1980
After the success of the Commg Up
smgle. M cCartney 11 followed swt and
entered the charts on June 14, readung
No 3, and staymg m the Top 200 album
charts for nmeteen weeks ('I'racks and
sleeve same as BntiSh release )
43 McCARTNEY
By Paul McCartney
Columbia FC 36478 - May 22. 1980
By Paul and Linda McCartney
Cvlumbia FC-J64,J - May 2" 1980
45 WILD LIFE
By Wmgs
Cv/umbia FC-36480- May 22 1980
46 RED ROSE SPEEDWAY
By Paul McCartney and Wmgs
Columbia FC J6481 May 22. 1980
47 BAND ON TBE llUN
By Paul McCartney and Wmgs
Columbia FC 36482- May 22 1980
As all Paul McCartney's albums were
leased to Cap1tol on a five year basiS,
when Ius Cap1tol contract expued and he
moved to Columb1a he took Ius contrac-
tual nghts to each record Wlth rum Thus
each of h1s earlter albums was made
available for Columbia to reiSSue. The
above five albums were the first batch
under these terms. each bemg 1dent1cal
to the ongmal releases
48 (169a) WATERFALLS
(177) CHECK MY MACBINE
Columbia J-ll335 - July 22. 1980
One of Paul's least successful smgles
ever, Waterfalls failed to enter the Top
100, managmg only to nse to No 106 m
the srngles JUSt outs1de the chart (Picture
sleeve same as BntiSh release.)
49 VENUS AND MARS
By Wings
Columbia FC-36801 - September 25.
1980
The siXth re-release of a McCartney
album on Columbia ('I'racks and sleeve
same as ongmal release )
SO THE McCARTNEY INTERVIEW
By Paul McCartney and Vie Garbarini
Culumbia PC-36987 - Dec&mber 4 ~980
After Columbia released a spec1al pro-
motional double album of the McCartney
mterview by MUSJCJ.an Player and LJstener
pubhc demand for the records prompted
them to release the album offlcially ThiS
hmlted ed1t1on release reached No 158 m
the Top 200 album charts after entenng
on January 31. staymg for a mere three
weeks m the chart (Cover and tracks
s1me as Bnll~h release )
SI (149b) GETTING CLOSER
(144b) GOODNIGBT TONIGHT
By Wmgs
Columbia Hall Of Fame 13-33405 -
December 4 1980
52 (44c) MY LOVE
(13a) MAYBE I'M AMAZED
"A" s1de by Paul McCartney and Wmgs
"B" s1de by Paul McCartney
Columbia Hall Of Fame 13-33407 -
December 4 1980
Paul McCartney US 109
 53 (21-2c) UNCLE ALBERT/ADMIRAL
BALSEY
(62d) JET
"A" side by Paul and Linda McCartney
"B" side by Paul McCartney and Wings
Columbia HaJJ Of Fame 13-33408
December 4, 1980
54 (6lc) BAND ON THE RUN
(S9b) HELEN WHEELS
By Paul McCartney and Wings
Columbia HaJJ Of Fame 13-33409 -
December 4, 1980
As Wlth his Capitol albums. McCartney's
smgles were deleted ftve years after
release and replaced wtth the above
Columbia singles, on their Hall of Fame
label. Both sides of each smgle were
ongmally "A" sides of earlier Capttol
smgles, except Maybe I'm Amazed -
whtch features the origmal McCartney
studto verston, rather than the live verston
which appeared on the 1979 smgle Other
singles eleg1ble to be reiSSued m the
senes (but that were not m fact used)
were Another Day, GIVe Ireland Back To
The Irish, Mary Had A Little Lamb, H1, HI,
HI, Live And Let Die, ]umor's Farm, Listen
To What The Man Said, Letting Go and
Venus And Mars/Rock Show
CONCERTS FOR KAMPUCHEA
By Various Anists
Atlantic SD 2 7005 - March 30. 1981
The only new matenal from M cCartney in
1981 appeared on thts vanous artists
chartty album to help the starvmg people
of Kampuchea. The album entered the
Btllboard charts on April 18, reachmg No.
36 and staying in the chart for twelve
weeks. (Tracks and sleeve same as BntlSh
release)
SS BAND ON THE RUN (Half-speed master)
By Paul McCartney and Wings
Columbia HC 46482- Apn124, 1981
The third reappearance of Band On The
Run after the picture dtsc and Columbta
reissue, thiS high quallty pressmg ap-
peared on Columbta m conjunction with
Half-Speed Master Audloplule Recordings.
(Tracks and sleeve as ongmal release.)
110
56 (92c) SILLY LOVE SONGS
(93b) COOK OF THE HOUSE
Columbia 18-02171 -June 12, 1981
Unhke the ongmal Hall Of Fame senes of
reiSSues of McCartney smgles, S1/Jy Love
Songs was reiSSued on Columbta's normal
smgles sen es, with 1ts ongmal "B" stde
(although 1t failed to make the charts)
57 WINGS AT THE SPEED OF SOUND
By Wings
Columbia FC-37409 - July 13, 1981
Ftve years after tts Capttol release Wmgs
At The Speed Of Sound was retssued by
Columbta. (Tracks and sleeve same as
ongmal release.)
58 (185) EBONY AND IVORY
(186) RAINCLOUDS
"A" side by Paul McCartney Wlth Stevie
Wonder
"B" side by Paul McCartney
Columbia 18-02860 - Apnl 2, 1982
59 (l85a) EBONY AND IVORY
(186a) RAINCLOUDS'(l87) EBONY
AND IVORY (solo version; 12-
inch single )
"A'' side by Paul McCartney with Stevie
Wonder
"B" side by Paul McCartney
Columbia 44-02878 - Aprll 16, 1982
Ebony And Ivory entered the Billboard
Hot Hundred on Apnl 10, at No. 29 - the
htghest new entry posttion smce John
Lennon's lmagme entered at No. 20 m
1971. On May 15, 1t rose to No I for seven
w eeks, eventually staymg m the Top lOO
for mneteen weeks. As m Britam, the
smgle appeared in a p tcture sleeve, and
as a twelve-mch release wtth the solo
verston of Ebony And Ivory on the "B"
stde.
60 TUG OF WAR
By Paul McCartney
Columbia TC 37462- Apnl 26, 1982
Tug Of War entered the Billboard charts
on M ay 15 at No. 15, IISmg to No 1 for
three weeks on M ay 29. It had remamed
m the Top 200 for twenty-nme weeks by
the end of 1982. (Tracks and sleeve same
as BntJsh release.)
61 (189a) TAKE IT AWAY
(199) I'LL GIVE YOU A RING
By Paul McCartney
Columbia 18-03018 -June 29, 1982

62. (189b) TAKE IT .AWAY

(199a) I'LL GIVE YOU .A RING'(198a)
DRESS ME UP .AS A ROBBER
(12-inch single)

Columbia 44-03019 - July 16. 1982

The second smg1es release from Tug Of
War wh1ch appeared m both seven-mch
and twelve-mch forms entered the Btll·
board chart on July 10, nsmg to No 10 on
August 21 and staymg m the chart for
stxteen weeks
63 (188a) TUG OF W.AR ··
(196a) GET IT

M A" s1de by Paul McCartney

"B" s1de by Paul McCartney and Carl
Perlons
Columbia 38-03235- September 14 1982
The th1rd release from the Tug Of War
album, the tltle track entered the
Billboard charts on October 2, peakmg at
No 55 on October 23, and remammg m
the chart for eight weeks ·

TBE GIRL IS MINE

CAN'T GET OUT OF TBE RAIN
A" s1de by Mlchael Jackson!Paul
u

McCartney

"B" s1de by Mlchael Jackson

Epic 34-03288- October 3, 1982
McCartney's fust collaboration With
Michael Jackson entered the Billboard
chart on November 6 at No 45, 11 rose to
No 2 for three weeks from January 8.
1983, and remamed m the Top 40 tor
fourteen weeks

Paul McCartney US lll

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George Harrison's Wonderwall Music.

An Apple LP. (Ape or 1 Mono Sapcor 1 Stereo)
GEORGE HARRISON

113
1 WONDERWALL MUSIC
__ __ .,
~--
Apple SAPCOR I - November I. 1968
The first solo release by a Beatle,
Wonderwall Music was the soundtrack
album to Joe Mussot's film, Wonderwall
(1969), stamng jack MacGowran, Jane
B1rkin, Irene Hand!, RTchard Wattis,
Beatrix Lehmann and lain Quarner."The
album did not enter the Bntish album
charts. and was one of the frrst Beatle solo
albums to be deleted m Bntam
The album was recorded m London m
December 1967 (English titles) and at
EMI Stud1os, Bombay Ind1a, between
June 9 and 15, 1968, (lnd1an titles) -
durmg the same sessions wh1ch pro-
duced the Beatles' The inner Light
for the London sessions, George used
the following mus1c1ans: John Barham/
ptano and flugelhorn, Tommy Retlly/
harmoruca; Colin Manley/gwtar and steel
gu1tar; Edward Antony (Tony) Ashtonl
)angle p1ano and organ; Phthp Rogers/
bass; and Roy Dyke/drums Reports state
that both Rmgo and Enc Clapton also
asststed With the recordmgs. four of the
mus1c1ans - Colm Manley, Tony Ashton,
Roy Dyke and Philip Rogers - comprtsed
the Liverpool group, The Remo four.
George used the following Indian
music1ans for the Bombay sessions:
Ash1sh Khanlsarod, Mahapurush M!sral
tabla and"pakavaj; Sharad and Hanuman
Jadev/shanhais; Shambu-Das. Indnl Bhat- 10 DREAM SCENE (5.26)*
tacharya and Shankar Ghoshls1tars; BSIDE
Chandra Shakher/surbahar; Sh1v Kumar
Shermar/santoor; S R Kenkarelflute; 11 PARTY SECOMBE (4 32)
Vmatk Vora/thar-shanhat and R11 Ram 12 LOVE SCENE (4 14)•
Desadlharrnoruum and tablatarang
The album sleeve was designed by 13 CRYING (1.12) *
Bob Gill, John Kelly and Alan Aldridge, 14 COWBOY MUSIC (1.26)
w1th the front cover illustration by Bob
15 FANTASY SEQUINS (1.48)*
G1ll. The album featured a pnnted insert
credit sheet, and the record catalogue 16 ON THE BED (2.17)
number was ongmally scheduled as
17 GLASS BOX (I 04)*
STAP I (thts number IS engraved, but
crossed out, on the run-out groove area) 18 WONDERWALL TO BE HERE ( 1 22)
ASIDE 19 SINGING OM (I 52)*
MICROBES (3.39)* (Titles marked * recorded in India,
2 RED LADY TOO (154) although Dream Scene contains Westem
instruments.)
3 TABLA AND PAKAVAJ (1.04)"
The Ctlm's director, joe Massot, a personal
4 IN THE PARK (4.05)* fnend of George's, tnVlted h1m to
s DRILLING A HOME (3.07) compose the soundtrack for the film
George composed all the mus1c after
6 GURU VANDANA (I 03)" Vlewmg an unfirLtshed vers1on of the film
7 GREASY LEGS (I 27) He arranged each tune and made home
recordmgs of each theme as an outline for
8 SKI-ING (I 50) the actual recordmgs, whlch he produced
9 GAT KIRWANI (115)" usmg sessiOn mus1c1ans However, many

114 Working Class Heroes

 of the themes were made up m the studto,
3 ALL THINGS MUST PASS
wtth George usmg the skllls of the mu·
stctans to develop certam pteces
2 ELECTRONIC SOUND
Zapp/e ZAPPLE 02- May 9, 1969
George's second solo album also failed to
enter the BnttSh charts, bemg the second
(and final) release on Apple's subs1d1ary
label, Zapple The album featured
George playmg hiS newly acqwred Moog
SynthesiZer and IS probably the very ftrst
album to contam solely synthestzed
sounds The first stde was recorded m
George's home stud1o at Esher, m
February 1969, whtle the second stde was
recorded in Cahforma. m November 1968
- supposedly wtth Berme Krause
asststmg. Krause later clarrned m pnnt
that he had made the recordmgs and that
George had appropnated them for hiS
album
The sleeve featured two pamtmgs by
George, who tS also credtted wtth the
sleeve destgn and producnon of the
album As wtth many early Apple
records. the mner sleeve contams the
album credits. mcludmg a quote by a
certam Arthur Wax 'There are a lot of
people around makmg a lot of n01se,
here's some more · As the album features
a collage of synthesiZed "no1se", wtth no
dtscermble mus1c, thiS quote seemed
very appropnate
ASIDE
20 UNDER THE MERSEY WAJ..J.. (1837)
BSJDE
21 NO TIME OR SPACE (25.03)
Apple STCH 639 - November 27. 1970
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George's th1rd solo release and htS first to
enter the NME album charts, wh1ch 11 did
on December 23 at No 11 It rose to No I
on January 27, 1971 (by wh1ch tune sales
were approachmg 60,000 m Bntam) The
tnple LP, whtch stayed at No l for seven
weeks, was the first three record set to
hold the No 1 spot m Bntam, sellmg for
£4 l9s 6d (£4 98), whtch was more than
double the pnce of a normal album at thiS
tune The album stayed m the NME Top
30 for twenty-three weeks. selling well
over three rrullton globally
George recorded the album between
May and August 1970, mostly at Tndent
Studios, London. though some sess1ons
took place at EMl Stud1os, Abbey Road,
wtth George and Plul Spector producmg
The album features a star-studded cast of
top mus1c1ans as follows drums and
percuss1on/Rmgo Starr, )1m Cordon, Alan
Wh1te and Gmger Baker, bass gwtar/
Klaus Voorman and Carl Radle; key-
boards/Gary Wnght, Bobby Whitlock.
B1lly Preston and Gary Brooker, pedal
steel guttar/Pete Drake; guttars'George
HarrtSOn, Enc Clapton and Dave Mason
tenor saxophone/Bobby Keyes, trumpet/
)tm Pnce, rhythm gu1tars and percUSSion/
Badfinger - Tom Evans. Pete Ham. Joey
Molland and Mtke Gtbbons; and
tambounne/Mal Evans As well as smgmg
all lead vocals George multt-tracked htS
own votce to proVIde all backmg vocals.
dubbmg the resultant •chotr" the George
OHara·Smtth Smgers Orchestral arrange-
ments were supphed by John Barham
An mterestmg stde ISSue IS that All
Thmgs Must Pass saw the recorded
debut of Enc Clapton's group Derek and
the Dommoes (Clapton Whttlock Radle
and Gordon) Dunng the sess1ons for
George Harrison UK 115
 George's album, Derek and the Dommoes RECORD THREE "APPLE ]AM' A SIDE
expenmented with the use of Phil Spector 40 OUT OF THE BLUE (1112)
as thetr producer. although very little
resulted 41 IT'S JOHNNY'S BIRTHDAY (0. 49)
The album package cost around 42 PLUG ME IN (3.17)
£36,000 to produce, as the mner sleeves
and poster were printed m the USA and RECORD THREE B SIDE
unported. Dunng late December 1970 43 I REMEMBER JEEP (8.04)
and early January 1971, sttx:ks of the album
began to dwindle. 250,000 imPorted 44 THANKS FOR THE PEPPERONI (5.28)
sleeves had been unpounded by unport Of the etghteen songs on Records One
offic1als at Heathrow A1rport (due to and Two, George composed siXteen,
certam pnnted paper restrictlons) and mostly during 1969. I'd Have You Anytime
further production of the album was was wntten JOintly With Bob Dylan at his
delayed home m Woodstock, New York, durmg
The album destgn and photography November 1968; If Not For You was a
was by Tom Wllkes and Barry Femstein Bob Dylan composition from 1968, which
for Camouflage Productions, with the George first heard when visiting Dylan
cover photographs of George bemg M y Sweet Lord was 1nsptred by Oh
taken at hls Henley-on-Thames estate. The Happy Day from the Edwin Hawkins
first and second albums featured a new Singers, and was composed during the
orange Apple, as opposed to the usual Delaney and Bonrue tour (on which
green colour, wh1le the Apple jam tlurd George guested) of December 1969.
album featured a spectal label showmg George gave My Sweet Lord and All
an apple Jam pot. The mner sleeves for Thmgs Must Pass to B1lly Preston for hiS
each record, containing song lyrtcs and Encouragmg Words album whtch
credits, were made in purple, grey and George produced and recorded bet-
green cartndge paper. ween April and June 1970, before he
RECORD ONE A SIDE started to record the songs h1rnself At
one tune, My Sweet Lord was to be
22 I'D HAVE YOU ANYTIME (2.54) Preston's thtrd Apple smgle (APPLE 29),
23 MY SWEET LORD (4.37) for release on September 4, 1969, but was
withdrawn, possibly as a result of George
24 WAH-WAH (533) recordmg the number h1rnself
25 ISN'T IT A PITY (version one) (7.07) Wah- Wah was wr1tten m January 1969,
dunng the Let It Be rehearsal sess1ons,
RECORD ONE B SIDE when George walked out after a dis-
26 WHAT IS LIFE (4.20) agreement With Paul. What Is Life was
wr1tten for Btlly Preston on the way to
27 IF NOT FOR YOU (3.27)
Olympic Studtos, London, when George
28 BEHIND THAT LOCKED DOOR (303) was producmg hts album. Encouraging
29 LET IT DOWN (4 53) Words; Preston never recorded the song,
however, as George later realtsed 1t was
30 RUN OF THE MILL (2.48) not su1ted to Billy's style. The song was
RECORD TWO A SIDE later recorded by Oitvta Newton-John.
becommg her thud Top 30 rut and en-
31 BEWARE OF DARKNESS (3.46) tenng the NMEcharts on March 15, 1972,
32 APPLE SCRUFFS (3 02) at No. 25. It rose to No 14 on March 29
and stayed m the chart for seven weeks
33 BALLAD OF SIR FRANKIE CRISP (LET IT (Ohv1a Newton-John's first rut smgle was If
ROLL) (3.45) Not For You, wtuch she recorded after
34 AWAITING ON YOU ALL (2.43) George had covered 1t on All Thmgs
Must Pass. she took 1t to No 6 on April 14
35 ALL THINGS MUST PASS (3.43) 1971, after 1t entered on March 17 at No.
RECORD TWO B SIDE 26 - the start of a stay m the charts lasting
rune weeks.)
36 I DIG LOVE (4 54)
Apple Scruffs ts George's affectionate
37 ART OF DYING (3 35) tnbute to the legendary fans who daily
38 ISN'T IT A PITY (version two) (4.43) congregated outstde any bUtldmg that
housed a Beatle. Whenever the Beatles
39 HEAR ME LORD (5 43) were busy recordmg at Abbey Road - or
any other stud1o - a horde of dte-hard
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geage horrison e R ss12
 and rught, waitmg for therr Idols to
emerge The mam meetmg pomt was
outside the Apple Offices m Savile Row
m the centre of London's West End, and
therefore an easy target for VISiting
Beatles' fans. After George had recorded
the song, he mv1ted the wruting Apple
Scruffs mto the stud1o for a special
preVIew hearmg
Srr Frankle Cnsp was a V1ctonan
archltect and lawyer, who origmaUy
des1gned and bwlt George's castle m
Henley All Thmgs Must Pass was wntten
m 1968, 1t was ongmally recorded by the
Beatles during the Let It Be rehearsals,
though the recording was never fimshed
(bemg only a rough demo vers1on).
George wrote The Art Of Dymg m 1966,
but never considered 11 for the Beatles as
he thought the theme too ''way-out".
The thlrd album of the set features five
tracks recorded durmg the sess1ons for
the first two records, each tune bemg
rrnproVlSed by the mus1c1ans present It's
]ohnny's Brrthday, however, uses the tune
of CongratulatiOns, by Bill Martm and Phtl
Coulter, who later clrurned royalties (and
recetved them) Each tune lS crecilted to
the musicians playmg on each number
Out Of The Blue features Jun Gordonl
drums; Carl Radle/bass, Bobby Whltlock/
p1ano; Enc Claptonlgwtar; Gary WnghV
organ, George Harrisonlgwtar, Jrrn Pnce/
trumpet, Bobby Keyeslsaxophone; and
JOurnaliSt A1 AronoWltzl? It's ]ohnny's
Buthday features George, Mal Evans and
Eddle Klem
Both Plug Me In and Thanks For The
Pepperom feature Jrrn Gordonldrums,
Car! Radlelbass; Bobby Wh1tlock/piano;
and three electric guitars played by Enc
Clapton, Dave Mason and George. I
Remember jeep features a sbghtly dil-
ferent lme-up from that used on the other
"Jam" tracks Gmger Baker/drums, Klaus
Voormanlbass, Billy Prestonlp1ano, Enc
Claptonlgwtar, and George!Moog Syn-
theSIZer "Jeep" was m fact a dog belongmg
to Enc Clapton, the dog was apparently
stolen around thiS ume.
4 (23a) MY SWEET LORD (4 37)
(26a) WHAT IS LIFE (4 20)
Apple R 5884 - January 15, 1971
George's first solo smgle entered the
NME Top 30 on January 20 at No 14,
nsmg to No. I the followmg week on
January 27. By January 30, after two weeks
on sale, the smgle had sold 250,000 m
Bntam alone, and by February 9 had
passed the half million mark (556, 485 to
be exact) - keepmg tt at No. 1 for SIX
weeks. By the end of February tt had sold
over 700,000, becommg the top-selling
smgle m Britain m 1971 The record lS the
lhrrd best-selling single by an ex-Beatle,
bemg topped by Mull Of Kmtyre and
Imagme m Bntam, With sales approach-
mg the milbon mark.
World sales of the single by February
9, 1971, were between three and four
million (bemg estunated at over five
rrulbon to date). As well as becommg a
chart topper in Bntam and America, the
smgle also reached No. 1 m Austraba,
Austna, Brazil, France, Germany, MeXIco,
Norway, Smgapore, Spain, Sweden and
Switzerland
The release of the smg1e was ongmally
announced by Harnson on October 23,
1970, for November, but three days later
George changed his mind, and the smgle
was w1thdrawn George stated that he
cildn't want the smg1e to detract from the
impact of the All Thmgs Must Pass album
After the release of the album, diSc
JOckeys were contmually playmg My
Sweet Lord, and pubhc demand forced
the smgle to be finally released on
January 15, 1971. m Bntam.
ln March 1971, the Amencan pubbsher
of He's So Fme 1nslltuted legal actton
agrunst Harnson and Apple, on the basiS
that My Sweet Lord was an unauthoriSed
plagtansm of therr smgle by The Chlffons
'I'hiS was the start of a long and tortuous
court battle between Harnson and Bnght
Tunes (the Arnencan pubbshers), whlch
was finally resolved m 1976 when Hamson
lost the case, and pa1d compensahon of
$587,000 to Bnght Tunes, somewhat rroru-
cally then owned by Allen Klem
My Sweet Lord features Rmgo/drums;
Klaus Voormanlbass, Gary WnghVptano;
Badfinger and George/gmtars, and steel
gwtar by Pete Drake, who was flown over
from the States at a cost of $10 000 to play
on the All Thmgs Must Pass album
5 (45) BANGLA DESB (3 55)
(46) DEEP BLUE (3 40)
Apple R 5912- ]uly 30. 1971
George's song for the people of Bangla
Desh. whlch entered the NME charts on
George Harrison UK 119
 August 18 at No. 16, nsmg to No. lO for
two weeks on August 23, and staymg m
the chart for seven weeks.
George composed Bangla Desh after
Ravt Shankar had approached hun to cud
the starvmg refugees of his homeland by
orgarusmg a chanty concert The song
was wntten as a prelude to the concerts
and was recorded dunng July 1971 The
"B" stde of the smgle, wluch does not
appear on any other Harnson record,
was wrttten by George after Ius mother
dted of a termmal disease dunng the
recordmg of All Thmgs Must Pass. Both
tracks were produced by Phi! Spector
and George
6 THE CONCERT FOR BANGLA pESR
Apple STCX 3385- January 7. 1972
George's second triple boxed set entered
the NME album charts on January 19 at
No. 6, nsmg to No. 4 the following week
where it remamed for two weeks. It
stayed m the charts altogether for ten
weeks.
Wtth mtlhons starvmg and suffenng
from dtsease m hts home country, Rav1
Shankar approached George Harnson to
asstst h1m m orgamsmg a benefit concert
to atd UNICEF' m thetr relief of refugee
chtldren m Bangla Desh In a matter of
f1ve or stx weeks. George had mVlted
several top stars to donate theu seiVlces.
mcludmg John, Paul and Rmgo Only
Rmgo accepted the offer Paul refused
because he dJdn't constder the llme nght
for a Beatles reumon: John trutJally agreed
but later declined when he realiSed that
the mvttatton dJd not extend to Yoko. The
concert was staged on August I 1971, at
Madtson Square Gardens, New York.
Wlth an aftt..:noon and evemng show. The
concerts were recorded Vla forty-four
rrucrophones, usmg a Wally Hetder sixteen-
120 Working Class Heroes
track machine from the Record Plant,
controlled by Phtl Spector The resultant
tape was rruxed by Spector and produced
by HarrlSOn and Spector.
The concerts raiSed $243,418.SO for the
char1ty A cheque for that sum was sent
by Madlson Square Gardens Center lnc.
to UNICEF' on August 12, 1971 Wlth total
proceeds from the concerts. film and
album ra1Smg over ftfteen mllhon dollars.
Unfortunately only a small amount of thlS
figure ever got to Bangla Desh. as legal
problems wtth var1ous record comparues
and US revenue lied the money up for
years Ravi Shankar and George re-
ceived The Ch1ld Is The Father Of Man
award from UNICEF' on June S, 1972.
The album destgn was by Barry rem-
stem and Tom Wilkes for Camouflage
Productions, wtth photography by Barry
Femstem, Tom W1lkes and Alan Par1Ser.
The brown box mcluded a sooy-four
page full colour booklet, featurmg pictures
taken at the concerts, pnnted m the USA
W1th an elaborate package, the album
retailed for £S SO. wh1ch George thought
was too htgh
RECORD ONE A SIDE
Introductions by George Harrison and
Ravi Shankar
BANGLA DHUN (16.27)
RECORD ONE B SIDE
47 WAH-WAH (319)
48 MY SWEET LORD (4 19)
49 A WAITING ON YOU ALL (2 36)
THAT'S THE WAY GOD PLANNED IT
(4.06)
RECORD TWO A SIDE
IT DON'T COME EASY (2 38)
so
BEWARE OF DARKNESS (3. 26)
Introduction of band by George
51 WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS
(4 38)
RECORD TWO B SIDE
JUMPIN' JACK FLASHIYOUNGBLOOD
(9.08)
52 HERE COMES THE SUN (250)
RECORD THREE A SIDE
A HARD RAINS GONNA FALL (5 14)
IT TAKES A LOT TO LAUGH/IT TAKES A
TRAIN TO CRY (2 53)
BLOWIN' IN THE WIND (334)
MR. TAMBOURINE MAN (4 10)
 •
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 JUST LIKE A WOMAN (4 35)
RECORD THREE B SIDE
53 SOMETHING (3 03)
54 BANGLA DESH (4 26)
The concert .tarted Wlth an mtroductlon
from George - who rece1ved a standmg
ovation from the 20,000 concert-goers -
followed by Ravt Shankar mtroducing h1s
Indian mus1c section ThiS featured a long
raga wntten by Shankar, called Bangla
Dhun The p1ece was performed by Ravt
Shankar/s1tar, All Akbar Khanlsarod: Alia
Rakha/tabla, and Kamala Chakravarty/
tamboura
For the second part of the concert,
George was backed by a twenty-five
p1ece back-up band COTISI!tuUng the
"Greatest Rock Spectacle of the Decade"
(NME August 7, 1971) The Bangla Desh
band COTISISted of George, Enc Clapton
and Jesse Ed DavtSI gu1tars, Pete Ham
Tom EvaTIS and Joey Molland/acousuc
gu1tars; M1ke Glbbof1Sipercuss1on. B1lly
Prestonlorgan, Lean RusselVptano; ]tm
Horn, Chuck Fmdley, and Olhe MltchelV
horns; Car! Radle and Klaus Voormanl
bass, Rmgo Starr and }1m Keltnerldrums;
w1th backmy vocals supphed by a chorus
hne of Alan Beutler Marlin Greene,
]earue Greene, ]o Green, Dolores Hall,
)ackte Kelso, Claud1a Lennear, Lou
McCreary Don NIX and Don Preston
George takes the vocal spothght on the
fust three numbers. wh1le on That's The
Way God Planned It B11ly Preston smgs
hiS 1969 Apple lu.t. It Don't Come Easy
features Rmgo smgmg, although at limes
he forgets h1s own lyncs and mumbles
through the song On Beware Of Dark-
ness Q">Qrge smgs lead With Lean RusseU
solomg on one verse and ]un Horn
supplymg the saxophone
Wh1le My Gwtar Gently Weeps fea-
tures the twm yu1tars of George and Enc.
with George smgmg For the jumpm' jack
Flash. Youngblood medley Lean Russell
smgs solo lead vocal on the former sonq
bemg JOtned by Don Preston on the latter
jumpm' jack Flash also features Cart
Radle on bass, and Don Preston on lead
gmtar
Here Comes The Sun features the
acoustic gullars of George and Badfinger's
Pete Ham. wtth vocals by George F'or
Bob Dylan's five tracks, only four art1sts
performed on stage Dylan playmg har-
moruca and acousuc guitar Leon Russell
on bass. George on electnc gmtar and
Rmgo on tambourme For the last Dylan
song, just L1ke A Woman Lean and
George assiSted on vocals The last two
songs - both sung by George - featured
the full band. With J1m Horn supplymg
saxophone on Bang/a Desh
7 (55) GIVE ME LOVE (GIVE ME PEACE
ON EARTH) (3 32)
(56) MISS O'DELL (2 26)
Apple R 5988- May 25. 1973
George's frrst smgle for nearly two years
entered the NME charts on June 5 at No
I 7 rtSmg to No. 8 on July 3, and staymg m
the chart for e1ght weeks. It was George's
last hit smgle (accordmg to the NME
chart) for e1ght years - until 1981 and All
Those Years Ago G1ve Me Love was
from the LIVlng In The Matenal World
album, recorded between January and
Apnl 1973. M1.ss O'Dell was wntten by
George m Los Angeles in Apnl 1971
about Chns O'DeU, who worked for Apple.
The song was recorded several t1mes
and George picked the most humorous
vers1on for the smgle, wlu.ch does not
appear on any other HarrtSOn record The
smgle was produced by George and did
not appear m a p1cture sleeve
8 LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD
Apple PAS 10006- June 21, 1973
LJVmg In The Matenal World entered the
NMJ:.' album charts on June 26 at No 8.
nsmg to No 3 on July 24 and staymg m the
chart for eight weeks The album has sold
over three m1lhon globally
The album was mostly recorded bet-
ween January and Apnl 1973 at the Apple
Stud1os, 3 Sav1le Row. London With
George producmg The backmg track for
Try Some Buy Some was recorded m late
February 1971, with George and Phil
Spcctor producmg The album was re-
corded With the folloWing mUSicians: N1cky
HopkiTIS and Gary WnghVkeybo;nds.
Klaus Voormanlbass, Jun Keltner and
Rmgo Starr/drums 01m Gordon on Try
George Hamson UK 123
 Some Buy Some), George/guitar; Jun
Horn/saxophone and flutes; Zakir Hussein/
tabla; w1th John Barham supplying stnngs.
The elaborately packaged album fea-
tured a gatefold sleeve, With des1gn by
Wtlkes & Braun Inc., and included a four-
page insert of song lyncs. The front cover
photograph was taken at George's Henley
home by Ken Marcus and features George
toastlng the mus1c1ans heard on the
album: (left to right) Gary Wright. Jtm
Horn, Klaus Voorman, N1cky Hopkms, Jim
Keltner and Rmgo The record label does
not feature the usual green apple, there
are two extracts from photographs on the
sleeve, and the run-out groove area
features two messages: "HARE KRSNA"
and "HARE RAMA'.
A SIDE
55a GIVE ME LOVE (GIVE ME PEACE ON
EARTH) (3 32)
57 SUE ME SUE YOU BLUES (4.38)
58 THE LIGHT THAT HAS LIGHTED THE
WORLD (3.26)
59 DON'T LET ME WAIT TOO LONG (2 52)
60 WHO CAN SEE IT (3. 48)
61 LNING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD
(5.26)
BSIDE
62 THE LORD LOVES THE ONE
(THAT LOVES THE LORD)(4.30)
63 BE HERE NOW (4.04)
64 TRY SOME BUY SOME (4.02)
65 THE DAY THE WORLD GETS 'ROUND
(248)
66 THAT IS ALL (3.38)
All songs on the album were wntten and
sung by George, with Sue M e Sue You
Blues bemg written durmg the penod at
Apple when Paul was sumg the other
Beatles. The Light That Has Lighted The
World ongmally started as the "B" stde to
C1lla Black's record, When Every Song Is
Sung whtch was never completed LIVmg
In The Matenal World mcludes refer-
ences to John, Paul and Rmgo Be Here
Now was wntten m N1chols Canyon, Los
Angeles, m April 1971 Try Some Buy
Some was ongmally wntten for Ronrue
Spector, Ph1l's Wlfe. It was recorded m
February 1971, With Spector producmg
and resulted in a single which unfortu-
nately flopped George hked the song so
much that he removed Ronrue's vocals
from the recordmg, slowed the tempo
down, and overdubbed hlS own vocals
onto the mstrumental track The Day The
124 Working Class Heroes
World Gets 'Round was wntten the day
after the Bangla Desh concert, on August
2, 1971. The ma)onty of the songs were
mspued by George's religious behefs
9 (67) DING DONG (3 36)
(68) I DON'T CARE ANYMORE (2 36)
Apple R 6002 - December 6. 1974
George's fourth smgle, and the first not to
enter the NME Top 30 (although it d1d
manage five weeks m the BMRB chart,
rismg to No 38 after entenng on December
21 1974) Dmg Dong was recorded be-
tween September and October 1974, and
was insptred by engraVIngs on the walls
of George's Henley home - bwlt by Su
Franlae CrtSp The 'B" Side, I Don't Care
Anymore, probably refers to George's
troubles With the He's So Fine/My Sweet
Lord lawsuit, and does not appear on any
other Hamson release
10 DARK HORSE
Apple PAS 10008- December 20. 1974
As with the smgle, Dmg Dong, the album
Dark Horse failed to enter the NME
charts The album was recorded and
produced by George at F.PS.H.OT.
Stuchos m England and A&M Stuchos,
Los Angeles. durmg September and
October 1974 FP S.H OT stands for
Fnars Park Stud1o Henley-On Thames··
- George's home recordmg stud1o. The
album was humedly recorded for com-
plehon before George's first solo Tour of
Amenca durmg November and December
1974, as he was suffenng from laryngitiS at
that pomt, the vocals at times sound
stramed
To record the album. George used
over twenty mus1c1ans mcluchng gu1tarsl
Robben Ford (Han's On Tour, Sunply
Shady & Dark Horse), Enc Clapton (Bye
Bye Love), Mlck ]ones (Ding Dong), AlVIn
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Dong), bassiMax Bennett (Han's On Tour
& S1mply Shady), Wtlhe Weeks (So Sad
Maya Love. Dark Horse, Far East Man &
It Is He) and Klaus Voorrnan (Dzng Dong);
drurns!John Guenn (Han's On Tow &
S1mp/y Shady), Rmgo Starr (So Sad &
Dmg Dong), jtm Keltner (So Sad, Dmg
Dong & ht hat on Dark Horse) and Andy
Newmark (Maya Love, Dark Horse, Far
East Man & It Is He) , pmno/Roger
Kennaway (HarJ's On Tour & S1mply
Shady) Ntcky Hopk:ms (So Sad) and Btlly
Preston (It Is He); electnc ptanOIBtUy
Preston (Maya Love, Dark Horse and Far
East Man); horns/Tom Scott (Han's On
Tour, Maya Love, Dmg Dong & Far East
Man) , flutes/Chuck Fmdley, ]tm Horn and
Tom Scott (Dark Horse & it is He) and
Emtl Rtchards (wobble board on it Is lie
and crochet on Dark Horse), whtle backmg
vocals were supplied by Patti Clapton on
Bye Bye Love and by Lon and Derrek Van
Eaten on Dark Horse.
The albwn appeared m a gatefold sleeve.
wtth destgn by Tom Wtlkes and photo-
graphy by Terry Doran Georges assts-
tant The label photographs of George
and Ol!vta Anas (who later became
George s second wtfe) were taken by
Henry Grossman The front cover shows
GDorge's school photograph, whtle the
mner and back cover pictures were
taken m the gardens of George's f'nar
Park estate (the mner ptcture supposedly
shows George walkmg WJth the late Peter
Sellers) The albwn tnner sleeve mcluded
song credtts whtle a smgle leaf tnsert
contmned the song lyncs f'or the Bnttsh
release EMI must have used the Arnencan
master (as the Arnencan catalogue num
ber SMAS l - 3418, ts engraved on the
run·out groove area of the record)
ASIDE
69 HARI'S ON TOUR (EXPRESS) (4 40)
10 SIMPLY SHADY (4 35)
71 SO SAD (4 57)
12 BYE BYE LOVE (4 02)
73 MAYA LOVE (4 J9)
BSIDE
67a DING DONG DING DONG (338)
74 DARK HORSE (3 52)
75 FAR EAST MAN (5 48)
76 IT IS "HE" (4 43)
George composed aU the songs, except
Bye Bye Love - wntten by Fel!ce and
Boudleaux Bryant, With amended lyncs
by George - and Far Ease Man WJth
words by George and mustc by George
and Ron Wood SIIIlply Shady was wntten
m Bombay, lndta, about George's spht
WJth hts frrst Wlfe, PattJ, who smgs backmg
vocals on the next song, Bye Bye Love,
WJth amended lyncs to refer to PattJ's
elopement wtth Enc Clapton. who plays
lead gUJtar on the track George's re-
wntten lyncs to the song mention both
Pam ('our lady ) and Clapton ( old
'Clapper) Dunng 1974, George dectded
he needed n name for his publtshmg and
record compames Hts busmess manager
Dennts O'Bnen. suggested that he use
one of hts song tttles - George had JUSt
wntten Dark Horse, wluch he had re-
corded "hve" m Amenca, using hJS back-
ing band, dunng rehearsals for hJS
Amencan tour Far East Man was wntten
for Ronnte Wood's album. I ve Got My
Own Album To Do and was msptred by a
T-shirt worn by Ronme after the faces
Far East Tour George later altered the
lyncs and arrangement for hts own albwn
It Is He was tnsprred by George's
expenences at Bnndabm m India
11 (74a) DARK HORSE (3 51)
(69a) II.AIU'S ON TOUR (EXPRESS)
(4 40)
App1~: F. bOOJ - February 28 1975
Although appeanng m a pnnted sleeve -
sho '· mg the song lyncs - Dark Horse
fatled to enter the NME charts or the
BMRB Top 75 ThiS smgle and Dmg Dong
were released out of sequence as Dark
George Harrison UK 127
 Horse has a lower Parlophone catalogue
number than the former smgle.
lZ (77) YOU (3 39)
(78) WORLD OF STONE (4 37)
Apple R 6007 - September 12. 1975
• Klaus Voorman (Ooh Baby, World Of
Released m a full colour picture sleeve,
You did not enter the NME Top 30, but 1t
dtd reach No. 38 in the BMRB charts,
where 1t was llsted for five weeks after
entering on October 11. 1975. The smgle
was hfted from the forthcommg album,
Extra Texture. and features an "Extra
Texture" labeL mcludlng the "Apple core"
logo. The run-out groove areas of the
record feature two "messages'' from George
Peckham, the notable cuttmg engmeer,
wtth "A PORKY PRIME CUT' on the "A"
side. and "PECKO" on the "8" stde.
13 EXTRA TEXTURE (Read All About lt)
Apple PAS 10009- September 9. 1975
George's last album for Apple. whtch
entered the NME charts for two separate
weeks on October 14 at No 25, and
October 25 at No. 22 Most of the album
was recorded at A&M Studtos, Los
Angeles, between May and June 1975,
Wlth George produc ng, and Norman
Kmney engmeenng A host of well-known
musictans helped George to record the
album. mcludmg drumsiJun Gordon (You)
Andy Ne>wmark (Hls Name Is Legs) and
128 W orkmg Class Heroes
Jun Keltner (all tracks except Legs);
percuss1on!Jun Keltner ('Iired Of Midmghr
Blue), Norman Kmney (The Answers At
The End); bass/Car! Radle (You}, Paul
Stallworth (The Answer's At The End,
Tlred Of Midnight Blue, also backmg
vocals on Cant Stop Thmlang About You)
Stone & Can't Stop Thmlang About You)
and Wtllie Weeks (HIS Name Is Legs),
keyboards/Lean Russell (p1ano/You and
Tired Of Mldmght Blue}, Davtd Foster
(ptano/The Answer's At The End, This
Gwtar Can't Keep From Crymg, World Of
Stone, Grey Cloudy Lies & HIS Name Is
Legs, electnc ptano/Can t Stop Thmlang
About You, organ/You and strmg
arrangements/The Answers At The End
ThiS Gwtar. World Of Stone and Cant
Stop Thmkmg About You), Nicky Hopkms
(ptano/Can't Stop Thmlang About You},
Btlly Preston (ptano/HIS Name Is Legs)
and Gary Wnght (electnc piano/You &
Ooh Baby, organ/The Answer's At The
End & World OfStone & ARP Stnngs'ThiS
Gwtar & Can't Stop Thmklng About You);
saxophone/Jun Horn (You), horns!Jun
Horn & Chuck F'mdley ( Ooh Baby & HIS
Name Is Legs); guttars'Jesse Ed DavtS
(ThiS Gwtar. Ooh Baby, World Of Stone,
Can't Stop Thmkmg About You & Grey
Cloudy Lies). George htmself played a
vartety of tnstntments mcludmg gut tar (all
tracks), acoushc guitar (This Gwtar), ARP
Bass (ThiS Gwtar), ARP (Grey Cloudy
Lies). Bass Moog (Grey Cloudy Lies) and
ptano (His Name Is Legs).
After the elaborate packagmg of hlS
prevtous albums. Extra Texture (the tttle
was suggested by bass player, Paul
Stallworth) was relatively sombre,
boastmg only a 'blocked' textured finlSh,
and a pnnted mner sleeve contammg the
legend "OHNOTHIMAGEN" (Oh no not
htm agam). ThlS referred to George's
many production creditS - he had been
producmg a host of artlSts over the past
years and hts name seemed to appear on
nearly every other album released The
album was des1gned by Roy Kohara Wlth
photographs by Henry Grossman The
spectal "Extra Texture" label features the
partly eaten apple core. s1gmfymg the
end of Apple. George Peckham mas-
tered the album, leavmg hts trademark
behmd on the "A stde run-out groove
area appears "A PORKY/TONE PRIME
CUT' w1th a message to George H. from
George P. on the '8" stde "OOH
GEORGE, YOU'RE SUCH A DARK
I-lORSE LUV GEORGE"
 ASIDE
71a YOU (3. 38)
79 THE ANSWER'S AT THE END (5 29)
80 THIS GUITAR (CANT KEEP FROM
CRYING) 4 04>
81 OOH BABY (YOU KNOW THAT I LOVE
YOU) 358
78a WORLD OF STONE 4 38)
BSIDE
82 A BIT MORE OF YOU (0 45
83 CANT STOP THINKING ABOUT YOU
(4 29)
84 TIRED OF MIDNIGHT BLUE (4 51)
85 GREY CLOUDY LIES (3.39)
86 HIS NAME IS LEGS (LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN) (5 44)
George composed all ten songs on the
album, and smgs all lend vocals You was
another track left over from the Ronme
Spector sess1ons of February 1971, al·
though Ronme never added her vocals to
the Instrumental track whtch George
used for this album The Answers At The
End was 1nsptred by Su Frank1e Cnsps
wntmg on the walls of George s Henley
estate ThiS Gwtar - the contmuat10n of
Whlle My Gwtar Gemly Weeps - was
wntten while George was on hohday m
Hawatt George •mote 7ired Of M1dmght
Blue after VlSlttng a seedy Los Angeles
club HIS Name Is Legs was wntten about
Legs Larry Sm1th ex of the Bonzo Dog
B.Jr.d who IS feat•tred 1. 1L<I vnca!.s1
14 (80a) THIS GUITAR (CAWI' KEEP FROM
CRYING) (3 45)
(73a) MAYA LOVE (4 19)
Apple R 6012 - February 6, 1976
George's last smgle on the Apple label.
and also the lnst Bcatles solo record to be
released on Apple (dtSregardmg the re-
ISSUe of My Sweet Lord) d1d not enJOY
any chart success Ill Bntam ThiS Gwtar
was hfted from Ex:tra Texture wh1le Maya
Love was taken from the Dark Horse
albwn The smgle d1d not appear m a
p1cture sleeve George Peckham mastered
the record leavmg the legend 'A PORKY
PRiME CUT on the A stde run-out
groove and on the B Side another
message to George 'ONOTHlMAGEN
YERRITIZ LA•
15 (87) TBIS SONG (3 50)
(88) LEIUtNIHG BOW TO LOVE YOU
(4 10)
Dark Horse K 16856 - November 19
1976
George's first smgle for hts own Dark
Horse label was released simultaneously
Wlth the album on wh1ch 1t was mcluded,
ThJity Three & ~. and agam George had
no chart success. ThiS Song was George's
"tonaue m cheek' statement about the My
Sweet Lord/He's So Fme copynght su1t,
filed m 1971 by the estate of Ronald Mack
and Bnght Tunes Pubhshmg aga1nst
George and Hamsongs Mus1c lnc The
protracted case made George so cautious
that he was afrrud of wntmg any more
songs He composed ThiS Song to explam
his fears.
'Tius song has nothmg tnd:y about 11
Tms song am't black or wh1te as far as I
know.
Don t mfnnge on anyone s copynght
so ..
George also managed to mclude a
reference to Bnght Tunes. the publishers
of He's So Fme
"This tune has nothmg Bnght aboutlt '
(Copynght c 1976 Ganga Pubhshmg
B V All R1ghts Reserved Use by PermtS-
ston lnternauonal copynght secured )
The talkmg m the middle of the song
was courtesy of George's Monty Python
fnend, Enc Idle
The smgle was released m a 'picture"
sleeve, which repnnted the lyncs and the
story behmd George's reason for wntmg
the song The smgle was mastered by
George Peckham havmg "A PORKY
PRIME CUT' on the "A s1de run-out
groove, and 'PECKO on the B stde
16 THIRTY THREE & lfJ
Dark Horse K 56319 - November 19
1976
George s first album for hiS o·:.rn Dark
Horse label wh1ch entered the NME
charts for one wee}: only at No 25 on
January 8, 1971 When George started tus
Dark Horse Records company m 1974
the dlStnbuuon deal w1th A&M Records
mcluded an aoreement that Harnson s
George Harrison UK 131

first Dark Horse album would be com-
pleted ready to be released as soon as
h1s Apple contract expued in June 1976.
During the spnng of 1976, George was
seriously tll w1th hepautis and was unable
to complete the required album, which
A&M had scheduled for June 25. 1976
(tlus date bemg George's 33VJ buthday).
After recovenng from hts illness, George
found hunself being sued by A&M Records
to the tune of ten m11lion dollars for fatling
to deliver the proposed album. Many
people realtsed that A&M were usmg the
opportun1ty to drop theu opt1on on an
artlst and label which seemed commer-
Cially v1able no longer. Harnson's record
sales had been surpnsingly low over the
last few years compared to h1S fellow ex-
Beatles, and none of the Dark Horse
artists - Sphnter, J1va, Atlltudes, Stair-
steps, Henry McCullough and Ravt
Shankar - had established any lastmg
comrnerctal success. After the case was
settled. George looked for another label,
and found Warner Brothers only too
Willing to dtstnbute hts label George
completed the album, which was recorded
at his home studio, F.P.S.H.O.T., during
the summer of 1976, and 1t was released
through Warner Brothers on November
19. 1976.
The album was produced by George
wtth Tom Scott assiSting, usmg the follow-
mg mustctans. Tom Scottlsaxophones, Oute
and lyncon; Wtllie Weeks/bass; Alvtn
Taylorldrums; Gary Wrightlkeyboards;
Richard Tee/p1ano, organ and Fender
Rhodes, Btlly Prestonlptano, organ and
synthestzer (Beautiful Girl ThiS Song and
See Yourself), Davtd Foster/Fender
Rhodes and clavmet Emtl Rtchardsl
marunba, and George/guitar, synthestZers
and percusston, wtth George supplymg
all vocals.
The gatefold album sleeve was de-
stgned by Bob Cato, who also took the
photographs of George and the other
132 Working Class Heroes
mus1c1ans m George's Fnar Park grounds
The album was deleted m late 1979. but
re-released by Warners on January 23,
1981, with the same catalogue number
ASIDE
89 WOMAN DON'T YOU CRY FOR ME
(315)
90 DEAR ONE (5 08)
91 BEAUTIFUL GIRL (3.38)
87a THIS SONG (4 11)
92 SEE YOURSELF (2.47)
BSIDE
93 IT'S WHAT YOU VALUE (5.06)
94 TRUE LOVE (2. 43)
95 PURE SMOKEY (3.50)
96 CRACKERBOX PALACE (3.55)
88a LEARNING HOW TO LOVE YOU (4 12.)
George composed all the songs on the
album. except True Love, a Cole Porter
composition from the 1956 film. H1gh
Society. It was sung by Bmg Crosby and
Grace Kelly, who had a million-selling hit
with the song, reachmg No. 4 in both the
US and the UK. Woman Don't You Cry For
Me was wntten m December 1969, wh1le
George was tounng wtth Delaney and
Bonme and Enc Clapton, m Gothenburg,
Sweden. George wrote Dear One while
m the Virgm Islands m 1976; Beautiful Girl
was started m 1969, when George was
producing Dons Troy's album, wtth Ste-
phen Stills. George wrote the first verse
to the song on a twelve stnng gu1tar that
Stills had loaned h1m, and completed the
song m 1976.
It's What You Value was wntten durmg
George's 1974 Amencan Tour, when Jim
Keltner requrred payment of a Mercedes
450SL. instead of money, for hts drummmg
work. Pure Smokey was apparently wntten
about Smokey RoblriSOn. and named after
one of hiS albums Crackerbox Palace 1S
the name of the house owned by Lord
Buckley m Los Angeles, George wrote
the song in 1975 after talking to George
Gnef, who George likened to Buckley
Learmng How To Love You was wrttten
ror Herb Alpert. but George recorded the
song himself
17 THE BEST OF GEORGE BARRISON
Parlophone PAS /00 11 - November 30.
1976
Now that George's AppleJParlophone
contract had expued EMl were left
 •

FROM HIS LATESTAlBUM

EDRA IEXIURE
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 TAXMAN
THINK FOR YOURSELF
FOR YOU BLUE
WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS
B SIDE (GEORGE HARRISON)
23b MY SWEET LORD (4 38)
SSb GIVE ME LOVE (GIVE ME PEACE ON
EARTH) (3.32)
77b YOU (3. 40)
4Sa BANGLA DESH (3. 56)
74b DARK HORSE (3.51)
26b WHAT IS LIFE (5.20)
W1th the opllon to recycle hlS earher solo
matenal Havmg already released com- 18 (23c) MY SWEET LORD (4.37)
ptlatlons of John's and Rmgo's smgles (26c) WHAT IS LIFE (4.18)
matenal EMI put together thlS half group/
Apple R 5884 - December, 1976
half solo compllation, without George's
mvolvement. George was very annoyed
that EMI had used h1S earlier Beatles
matenal, rather than draW1ng from hlS •4cl~~it't~~.l"<
\!'Y~Yh1"-lih

solo catalogue, seemg the move as an

1nsmuation that h1s solo matenal had not
Ylelded sufficient htts George had sug-
gested a tJ.tle, as well as song selectton for
the release, but EMI ignored hrrn So he
diSowned the record, which dtdn't sell
anyway (never even entenng the charts).
The album sleeve was des1gned by To create mterest m the Besc Of George
Cream, W1th a front cover photograph by Harnson comp1lahon EMl re-released
Bob Cato, and an mner sleeve photograph My Sweet Lord m a new p1cture sleeve,
by M!chael Putland The record appeared usmg the same catalogue number as the
on the black and s1lver Parlophone label. ongmal A new matnx was cut for the "A"
the first Beatle solo album to do so. and stde, whtch IS notlceably tracked dlffer-
the record contams the mner groove ently and also features the word "BLAIR"
engravmgs - "A NICKY CUT" on the "A" engraved on the run-out groove area The
Side and "NICKY w · on the "8" Stde

- song publishmg credits also d1ffer from

the ongmal release which was "Ham-
songs, Essex lnt MCPS Bnteco NCB", the
re-release stmply states "Harnsongs"
The smgle dtd not re-enter the charts and
seerrungly failed to generate any mterest
m the Harnson comptlatton.
19 (94a) TRUE LOVE (241)
(95a) PURE SMOKEY (3 44)
Dark Horse K 16896- February 18. 1977

George's second Dark Horse smgle. and

the second release from Thirty Three &
0, d1d not enter the smgles charts The
smgle was not ava1lable m a ptcture
sleeve, but dtd appear m the "Dark
Horse Records" sleeve
20 (93a) IT'S WHAT YOU VALUE (3 49)
A SIDE (THE BEATLES)
(89a) WOMAN DON'T YOU CRY FOR
SOMETHING ME (314)
IF 1 NEEDED SOMEONE
Dark Horse K 16967- June 10. 1977
HERE COMES THE SUN

George Hanison UK 135

 The thud smgles release from Tlurty
Three & !6 did not dent the smgles charts,
and d1d not appear m a picture sleeve
Zl GEORGE BARRISON
Dark Horse K 56562- February 23, 1979
George's first album release m two years,
which did not enjoy any chart success.
The reason for the delay between albums
was that George felt he needed a break
from the music business. in 1977 he
travelled the world en)o}'lng hiS new
purswt of Grand Pnx motor racmg and
motor cycling He also took a break from
song writing, though it was hiS motor
racing friends who persuaded lum to start
writmg agam when they asked him 1f he
was gomg to compose a song about the1r
sport
The album was recorded durmg 1978
at F.P.S.H.O.T, and produced by George
and Russ 'I'ltelman, usmg the followmg
musiCians: Andy Newmarkldrums, W ilhe
Weeks/bass; Neil Larsonlkeyboards, mm1
Moog, Ray Cooper/percussion; Steve
W inwood/polymoog, harmoruum, mm1
Moog and backing vocals, Emil Rlchardsl
mar~mba; Gayle Levantlharp; Enc Clap-
tonlgwtar mtro (Love Comes To Every-
one); Gary WnghVOberhe!m (If You
Beheve) w1th Del Newmanlstnngs and
horn arrangements. and George/gwtar,
bass (Faster), dobro (Soft-Hearted Hana)
and all vocals and backmg vocals. The
stnngs were recorded at AIR Stucl.los,
London.
Mike SaliSbury designed the album
sleeve, and took the cover shots of
George, while the mner sleeve, featurmg
song lyncs. mcludes a photograph taken
by Jeff Bloxham of George w1th Jackle
Stewart
ASIDE
97 LOVE COMES TO EVERYONE (4 30)
136 Working Class Heroes
98 NOT GUILTY (3.28)
99 HERE COMES THE MOON (4.39)
100 SOFT-HEARTED HANA (359)
101 BLOW AWAY (3.54)
BSIDE
102 FASTER (4 39)
103 DARK SWEET LADY (3.22)
104 YOUR LOVE IS FOREVER (3 43)
105 SOFT TOUCH (3.57)
106 IF YOU BELIEVE (2 50)
George composed nme of the ten songs
on the album and eo-wrote the tenth The
mus1c to Love Comes To Everyone was
composed in 1977, George addmg the
lyncs m Hawan in February 1978. Not
Guilty was written m 1968 (it was
recorded by the Beatles durmg the
White Album sessions, but never re-
leased). Here Comes The Moon, the
"follow-up" to Here Comes The Sun, was
wr1tten by George whilst m Hawan. and
was inspired by the Hawauan SUI!Set (or
moonr!Se). Soft-Hearted Hana was started
m Los Angeles, the lyrics wntten dunng
February 1978, and was partly recorded
m a pub m Henley.
Blow A way was the song George
composed for hiS motor racmg fnends,
who had asked him to wr1te a song for
them, and was hiS fi.rst composthon after
hiS 1977 break. Faster was tnsptred by
]ackie Stewart's book of the same name,
and by NLia Lauda·s light to overcome hts
m)unes after a motor racmg crash. The
racmg cars heard at the start of the song
were recorded at the beglnillng of the
Bntish Grand Pnx in 1978 Dark Sweet
Lady was wntten m Hawan for OllVla
Anas, George's second Wife. George
composed Soft Touch whilst m the Vrrgm
Islands, about his son, Dhant. If You
Believe was eo-written by George and
Gary Wnght on New Year's Day 1978 m
England, and ftD!Shed m Hawau
ZZ (lOla) BLOW AWAY (3 56)
(105a) SOFT TOUCH (3 50)
Dark Horse K 17327- March 2, 1979
 George's f1rst smgles chart success srnce
October 1975, Blow Away entered the
BMRB charts on March 10, nsmg to No. 51
dunng Its five weeks m the hsts. The
smgle d1d not enter the NMETop 30. and
appeared m a picture sleeve, the tracks
bemg taken from the George Harnson
album
23 (97a) LOVE COMES TO EVERYONE
(3 31)
(100a) SOFT-HEARTED BANA (3 56)
all hJS royallles from the sale of the record
to the fund Unfortunately, thiS wonhy
chanty could not have benefited greatly
from the record as tt fa1led to enter either
the NME Top 30 or the BMRB Top 75
(Gunnar Ntlsson was a Swedish motor
racing ace who d1ed of cancer )
The picture dJSc featured a "John
Player Spec1al' motor car on the '8" Side,

Dark Horse K 17284 - May, 1979

The secvnd smgles releaoe from George

Hamson wluch did not enter the NME
charts. nor the BMRB charts. and was not
released m a picture sleeve

A MONUMENT TO BRITISH ROCK whlle the "A" s1de featured pictures of

Volume One nme motor racmg dnvers. juan-Manuel
(20 Rock/Pop Classics From EMI) Fang10. Jaclae Stewart. Ntla Lauda.
By Various Artists jochen Rmdt, Jtm Clark, Graham Htll,
jody Scheckter. Emerson F1tlipaldl and
Harvest EMfV 17- May 4 1979 Sllrhng Moss The two smgles. pressed
[rom the same matnx, were mastered at
George's first appearance on a
Strawberry Studio, as were the prev10us
compllatlon album A Monument to BntJsh
two SU1Qies and the George flarnsJn album,
Rock was released m EMIr TV advertised
all featurmg the word 'STRAWBERRY"
senes, and features an edited vers1on of
engraved on the run-out groove areas.
My Sweet Lord (The album also features
the Beatles' Get Back, see the Beatles
Bntlsh seclion m The Long and Wmdmg
Road page 103, for complete track lJStmg.)
A SIDE TRACK TWO
23d MY SWEET LORD (3. 49)

24 (102a) FASTER(4 43)

(104a) YOUR LOVE IS FOREVER (J 43l
Dark Horse K 17423- July 20. 1979
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25 (102b) FASTER (4 43)
(104h) YOUR LOVE IS FOREVER (J 4Jl
(Picture disc
July 1979

The thud smgle from the George

Hamson album and G.."''rges first ptcture
diSC release and also the fust such re-
lease from an ex-Beatle The smglc- v;as
releasE>d to ra1se money for the Gunnar
N1Isson Cancer rund George donatmg

George Hamson UK 137

 The first re-release of George's matenal ALL RIGHT NOW
on a budget label, Dark Horse appeared Free
wtth four other "Beatles" releases. Rock 'n'
GET IT ON
Roll M usic Volumes 1 & 2. Rmgo and
T. Rex
Mmd Games Smce the ongmal album
had been deleted for some years, Dark GONNA MAKE YOU A STAR
Horse was retssued on EMI's budget David Essex
label, Mustc For Plea5Uie usmg a re- IN THE SUMMERTIME
destgned sleeve that utthsed the ongmal Mungo Jerry
back cover photograph from the album
for the front cover The mustctan credits I HEAR YOU KNOCKING
were reproduced on the back cover Dave Edmunds
A SIDE CUM ON FEEL THE NOIZE
Slade
69b HARI'S ON TOUR (EXPRESS) (4 40)
BYE BYE BABY
70a SIMPLY SHADY (4 35) Bay City Rollers
7la SO SAD (4 57)
23e MY SWEET LORD (4.34)
72a BYE BYE LOVE (4 02) George Harrison
73b MAYA LOVE (4 19) RECORD ONE B SIDE
BSIDE I'M NOT IN LOVE
DING DONG DING DONG (3 38) IOCC
67b
WHEN I NEED YOU
74c DARK HORSE (3. 52)
Leo Sayer
75a FAR EAST MAN (5 48)
THE AIR THAT I BREATHE
76 IT IS "HE" (4.43) The Hollies
TBE GUINNESS ALBUM - BITS OF SYLVIA'S MOTHER
TBE 70'• . Dr Hook and The Medicine Show

By Various Artists VINCENT

Don McLean
CLAIRE
Gilbert O'Sullivan
I'D LIKE TO TEACH THE WORLD TO
SING (IN PERFECT HARMONY)
The New Seekers
WITHOUT YOU
Nilsson
LOVE ME FOR A REASON
The Osmonds

RECORD TWO A SIDE

NIGHT FEVER
The Bee Gees
YOU'RE THE ONE THAT I WANT
John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John
The second comptlallon album to feature
George's best-selling smgle, My Sweet HIT ME WITH YOUR RHYTHM STICK
Lord The double album was released to Ian Dury and The Blockheads
comctde wtth the pubhcatlon of The DANCE AWAY
Gumness Book Of HJ/s Of The Seventies Roxy Music
by Jo and Tun Rtce, Paul Gambaccm1 and
Mtke Read. and features thrrty No. 1 and DON'T GIVE UP ON US
five No. 2 hits. based on the BMRB David Soul
charts. WE DON'T TALK ANYMORE
RECORD ONE A SIDE Cliff Richard
MAGGIE MAY DON'T GO BREAKING MY HEART
Rod Stewart Elton John and Klki Dee

138 Working Class Heroes

 WU'I'HERING HEIGHTS
Kate Bush
I DON'T LIKE MONOAYS
The Boomtown Rats
RECORD TWO B SIDE
DANCING QUEEN
Abba
SHOW YOU THE WAY TO GO
The Jack sons
ROCK YOUR BABY
George McCrae
BAND OF GOLD
Freda Payne
TEARS ON MY PILLOW
Johnny Nash
WHEN WILL I SEE YOU AGAIN
The Three Degrees
FREE
Deruece Willlarns
YOU MAKE ME FEEL BRAND NEW
The Stylisucs
27 (107) ALL THOSE YEARS AGO (3 42)
(108) WRITING'S ON THE WALL (3 55)
DarJ... Hurse K 1780! - May 15, 1981
All Those Years Ago Georges tnbute to
John become tus ftrst 'lop 30 hlt for e1ght
years It entered the NME charts on May
30 at No 26, rose to No 9 the followmg
week. and stayed m the chart for tour
wee¥..s
George ongmally wrote the song for
Rmgo's album, Cant F1ght L1ghtmng
(later released m amend~d form ils Stop
And Smell The Roses) and fungo recmdod
n. wtth chfferent Jyncs, dunng the July 1980
sess1ons for that album m Pans Rmgo
eventually dectded agamst usmg the
recordmq whtch featured George Fol-
lowmg John's murder m December 1980,
George rewrote the lyncs to the sonq
and durmg January 1981 recorded Ius own
vocal track to use on the ongmal recording
Later Paul, Lmda and Denny Lame drop-
ped mto George's home studto to put
backing vocals on to the track, whtch
already featured Rmgo Therefore al·
though All Those Years Ago IS the fust
post·Beatles song to feature Paul, George
and Rmgo, they were not all reumted m
the studto at the same tlme. The smgle
appeared m a ptcture sleeve wtth the
song lyncs pnnted on the reverse
28 SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND
Dark Horse K 56870- June 5, 1981
•
F'ollowmg the success of the smgle,
Somewhere in England entered the NME
album charts on June 13 at No 28, r!Smg to
No 13 the followmg week. but stayed for
only three weeks m the charts
Somewhere In England was ongmally
scheduled to appear m October 1980. but
when George presented the completed
album to Warner Brothers they diSliked
both the album cover (showmg George·s
face supenmpos..."'Cl. onto a map of England)
and the recorded matenal They asked
George to re·mlX the album and to wnte
some new material to replace four songs
of whtch they diSapproved
The recordmgs were produced by
George and percusston!St Ray Cooper,
usmg the followmg mus1c1ans drums'Ray
Cooper. Jun Keltner. Rmgo Starr and
Dave Mattacks basS'Wtlhe Weeks and
Herbte Flowers keyboards & synthesiZers
Net! Larson Gary Brooker, AI Kooper
M1ke Moran, George and Ray Cooper
lyncon and horn/Tom Scott tubaiHerble
rlowers tabla/Alia Rakha percussion/Ray
Cooper, and gullars and vocaJsiGeorge
The cover wns pootographed by Carolme
Irwm and shows George stttmg m front of
"Holland P.ar~· Avenue Study , a three
d1menstonal pamtmg by Marl· Boyle made
m 1967 and presently housed m the Tate
Gallery London The mner sleeve features
the song lyncs plus a dedtcauon to John
Lennon
ASIDE
109 BLOOD FROM A CLONE (3 58)
George Harrison UK 139
 110 UNCONSCIOUSNESS RULES (303) 30 THE BEST OF GEORGE BARRISON
111 LIFE ITSELF (4.23)
Music For Pleasure MFP 50523 -
107a ALL THOSE YEARS AGO (3 43) November 25. 1981
112 BALTIMORE ORIOLE (356)
BSIDE
113 TEARDROPS (4.06)
114 THAT WHICH I HAVE LOST (3.43)
108a WRITING'S ON THE WALL (3.58)
115 HONG KONG BLUES (2.53)
116 SAVE THE WORLD (4 54)
George composed all songs except Hong
Kong Blues and BaltliTlore Onole Hong
Kong Blues was wntten by Hoagy Car-
mlchael in 1938, and was ongmally re-
corded by the composer in that year.
Carm1chael re-recorded the song several
more tlmes during hts life, and 1t was also
released on record by Pearl Batley,
The second selection of Beatle reissues
Kenny BaiL Frank Ifleld and George
on EMI's budget labeL MUSlc For Pleasure,
Melly, among others Hoagy Carrmchael
mcluded The Best Of George Hamson
also composed the mus1c to Baltimore
album along With John s Rock 'n' Roll and
Onole Wlth lyrics by Paul F'rancts Webster,
Rmgo·s Blast From Your Past George's
m 1944; 1t was ongmally recorded by
album was reLSSUed in a new sleeve,
Frances Langford, accompamed by Car-
usmg the PICture of George wh1ch ong-
mlchael himself whtsthng. It was later
mally appeared m The Beatles whJte
recorded by the Four Freshmen and
album of 1968.
Maynard Ferguson among others. All
Those Years Ago, Teardrops, Blood From A SIDE (THE BEATLES)
A Clone and That Which I Have Lost
replaced the four numbers that Warners (See the Beatles British section in The
disliked, these tracks bemg Tears Of Lon.g and Winding Road, page 113.)
The World, Lay HJs Head Flymg Hour B SIDE (GEORGE HARRISON)
and Sat Smgmg At the end of the last 23f MY SWEET LORD (4.38)
track - Save The World - there IS a very
short excerpt of Crymg from George s S5c GIVE ME LOVE (GIVE ME PEACE ON
f1rst album, Wonderwa/J Music. EARTH (332)
77c YOU (3. 40)
29 (113a) TEARDROPS (4 01)
(116a) SAVE THE WORLD (4 54) 4Sb BANGLA DESH (3. 56)
Dark Horse K 17837 - July 31, 1981 74d DARK HORSE (3.51)
26d WHAT lS LIFE (5.20)
31 (117) WAKE UP MY LOVE (3 30)
(118) GREECE (3 57)
Dark Horse 929864-7 - November 8. 1982
George·s only smgles release of 1982.
which was a traller for Ius album released
the same day, Gone Troppo The smgle
d1d not enter the charts, not bemg helped
by the fact that George refused to promote
The second smgle from Somewhere In the smgle 111 any way.
England failed to enter the NME or BMRB
charts. even though 11 was released m a
32 GONE TROPPO
PICture -,l~eve.
Dark Horse 923734-1 - November 8. 1982

140 Working Class Heroes

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RELEASE HlS NEW ALBUM

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 124
125
126
As wtth the smgle, George fmled to
promote Gone Troppo, and therefore tt
dtd not enter the NME or BMRB charts
The recordmgs were produced by
George, Ray Cooper and Phtl McDonald
wtth a baste mstrumental !me-up of
George/grntars bass, synthestzers
manmba Jai-Tarang and mandohn, Ray
Cooperlpercusston. Fender Rhodes
glockenspetl martmba and synthesizer,
Herb1e Flowers/bass, Mike Moran!key-
boards synthesiZer, bass synthestzer and
ptano, and Henry Spmeth/drums
The followmg mustctans contnbuted to
only certam tracks· Gary Brooker/syn -
thestzer (Unknown DelJght); joe Brown!
mandolm (MystJcal One), Alan jonestbass
(Dre;lm Away), Jun Keltner/percusston
(Gone Troppo) and drums (Baby D:m t
Run Away), Net! Larson/ptano (Unknown
Del1gh1) Jon Lord'synthesiZer ( Cncles),
Dave Mattacksldrums (Dream Away),
Btlly Preston!keyboards and synthesiZer
(Greece) and organ and ptano (C11cles)
and Wtlhe Weeks/bass (Unknown
Dellght)
The stnkmg and decorattve album
sleeve was destgned by "Legs" Lrury
Sm1th. ex of the Bonzo Dog Band
featunng n cover ptcture of Gcorge by
Terry 0 Net!I The mner sleeve as well as
contammg the song lyncs. also
mcludes an msrrucuon on hov. to make
cementl
ASIDE
117a WAKE UP MY LOVE (3 'J?l
119 THAT'S THE WAY IT GOES (3 32)
120 I REALLY LOVE YOU '" '4)
118a GREECE ,J
121 GONE TROPPO 4 24)
BSJDE
122 MYSTICAL ONE ~ -1)
123 UNKNOWN DEIJGHT (4 15)
BABY DON'T RUN AWAY (359)
DREAM AWAY (4 28)
CIRCLES 3 44)
George composed all the songs on the
album, except the 1961 doo wop song, I
Really Love You, wntten by one L
Swearmgen, and ongmally recorded by
The Stereos, whose vers10n was a Top 30
US hit m 1961 More recently, 11 was also
recorded by Rocky Sharpe and the
Replays, but was not a !ut
Wake Up My Love features George
playmg bass, whtle the bass v01ce on
That's The Way It Goes IS supphed by
Wtlhe Greene Although George smgs
lead vocals on most tracks, on I Really
Love You he ts ]omed by Wtlhe Greene
Bobby Kmg and Ptco Payne (who have
appeared on several LPs by Ry Cooder)
on both lead and backmg vocals On
Gone Troppo, George's lead vocal IS
backed by the votces of joe and Vtckt
Brown Joe Brown also supplies mandohn
duettmg wtth George, on Mystlcal One
Unknown Deltghr agam features vocal
backing by Wtlhe Greene, Bobby Kmg
and P1co Payne, whtle Billy Preston and
Rodma Sloan supply the same serv1ce on
Baby Don't Run Away Dream Awayts the
song George wrote for the T1me Band1ts
film, made by hts company Hand Made
Ftlms, and IS heard pla)'lng over the
closmg credtts For the film - starnng
John Cleese Mtchael Palm Sean
Connery, Shelley Duvall and Su Ralph
Rlchardson - George composed a
complete mctdental score although the
proposed soundtrack never matenahsed
The song features B11ly Preston. Syreeta
and Sarah Rtcor on backma vocals The
last track, Circles. f~atures the
synthestzer of ex-Deep Purple member,
]on Lord
George Harnson UK 143

1 WONDERWALL MUSIC
Apple ST 3350 - December 2, 1968
Wonderwall Mus1c was the second
Beatle solo album m Amenca (Two
Virgms was released there in November
1968) The album performed decidedly
better m the charts than Two V1rgms,
rising to No. 49 for two weeks on March I,
1969. The album entered the Top lOO on
February l , 1969, at No 72, after bemg m
the lower reg1ons of the Top 200 for three
weeks. The album stayed m the Top 100
for eleven weeks and m the Top 200 for
sixteen weeks. (Tracks and sleeve same
as British telease.)
2 ELECTRONIC SOUND
Zapple ST 3358 - May 26, 1969
George's second album, wh1ch failed to
enter the Top 100 album charts, only
breaking mto the Top 200 for two weeks,
and peaking at No. 191 m July 1969.
(Tracks and sleeve same as Bnllsh
release)
3 (23) MY SWEET LORD
(25) ISN'T IT A PITY
Apple 2995 - November 23, 1970
In Amenca, My Sweet Lord was released
pnor to the All Thmgs Must Pass album It
entered the charts withm a week of
release on November 28, at No 72.
Jumpmg to No. 13 the followmg week
(December 5), by wh1ch trrne 1t had sold
500.000 By December 14 1t had passed
the m1llion mark, bemg awarded a Gold
Award from RIAA, and on December 26 1t
finally reached the No 1 spot, where it
stayed for four weeks For three weeks,
between January 2 and January 16.
George held the Top US smgles and
144 Working Class Heroes
GEORGE - US SECTION
album pos111ons wtth My Sweet Lord and
All Thlngs Must Pass. By the end of 1970,
after six weeks on release, the single had
sold over two milhon and - as 1t stayed m
the charts for fourteen weeks -
Amencan sales must be little short of
three mlihon
4 ALL THINGS MUST PASS
Apple STCH 639- November 27. 1970
All Things Must Pass entered the Top I 00
charts at No. 5 on December 19, haVIng
sold 750,000 by December 5, and passed
one million sales by December 17, 1970,
rece1vmg a Gold Award from RIAA On
January 2, 1971, 1t rose to No. l m the
Billboard charts, where 1t stayed for
seven weeks by wh1ch trrne 1t had sold
two and a half million cop1es The album
stayed m the Billboard Top 30 for
nmeteen weeks, the Top 100 for twenty-
seven weeks and the Top 200 for thirty-
eight weeks. (Cover as BnttSh release.)
RECORD ONE A SIDE
22 I'D HAVE YOU ANYTIME
23a MY SWEET LORD
24 WAH-WAH
25a ISN'T IT A PITY (version one)
(Remainder of albwn same as Bntish
release.)
5 (26a) WHAT IS LIFE
(32a) APPLE SCRUFFS
Apple 1828 - February 15 1971
Not r eleased m Bntam as a smgle, the
second release from All Thmgs M ust
Pass entered the Btllboard chart on
February 27 at No 66, nsmg to No. lO on
March 27 and staymg m the Top 100 for
mne weeks

6 (45) BANGLA DESB
(46) DEEP BLUE
Apple 1836 - July 28 '97 1
Bang/a Desh entered the Billboard chans
on August 14 at No. 67, nsmg to No. 23
for two weeks on September 11 and
featurmg m the char1 for seven weeks.
7 THE CONCERT FOR BANGLA DESB
Apple STCX 3385- December 20, 1971
Although the Bangla Desh album
appeared m Amenca about three weeks
before us Butlsh release George bad
numerous problems wtth the album m the
Umted States Capi!ol Records 1mt1ally
refused to release the album unless 1t was
financially revvardmg to them but
George argued that v.1th Ph1l Spector
m1xmg the tapes free of charge, Apple
supplymg the booklet and album desrgn
at no charge, and all the other record
compames mvolved gtvmg lhetr per-
miSSIOn for thetr artiSts to appear Capttol
also had to [orfelt somethmg George
threatened to take the album to CBS lf
Capitol d1dn't gwe way but 11 was eventu-
ally released by Cap1tol who presented
Apple wtth a cheque for $3,750 000 as
advance payment on sales.
The album entered the Blllboard Top
100 charts on January 8, 1972. at No. 14,
riSlng to No 2 on January 22 where 11
remamed for five weeks. and staytng m
the Top lOO for thirty ·weeks and m the
Top 30 for twenty-two of them The album
was listed m the Billboard Top 200 album
charts for forty-one weeks. and received
an RIAA Gold Award on January 4 1974
(Tracks and sleeve same as Bnt1sh
release)
8 (55) GIVE ME LOVE (GIVE ME PEACE
ON EARTH)
(56) MISS O'DELL
Apple 1862- May 7, 1973
George s second No I smgle m Amenca
entered the Blllboard char1s on May 19 m
No 59. lt rose for one week to No I on
June 30 and stayed m the Top 100 101
fourteen weeks rune of wh1ch v. ere spent
m the Top 30 As m Bntam, the B s1de
MJSS O'Dell. has never appeared on
another George Hamson record released
m Amenca GlVe Me Love was the first
track relensed as n 45 from the Llvmg In
The Matenal World nlbum
9 LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD
Apple SMAS 3410- May 30 1973
LJVJng ln The Matenal World entered the
Btllboard Top lOO LP chart on June 16 at
No 11, nsmg to No I on June 23 for the
first of five weeks at the top of the chart
It gave George hts second double top m
the US charts on June 30, when Give Me
Love was at No. I m the smgle charts, and
Llvmg at No I m the album charts. The
album recerved a Gold Award on June I,
1973, and eventually sold over two m!lllon
cop1es m Amenca lt was m the Billboard
Top lOO for twenty-one weeks. and m the
Top 200 for twenty·SlX weeks A second
smgle was nearly released from the
album Don't Let Me Wait Too Long
(Apple 1866) but ·::as Wlthdrawn before
release (Tracks and sleeve as BnttSh
release)
10 (74) DARK BORSE
(68) I DON'T CARE .ANTMORE
Apple 1871 -November 18 !974
The Amencan tra1ler for the Da!k Horse
nlbum was the title track, wh1ch entered
the Billboard Top 100 at No 69 on
November 23 peaked at No 15 on January
I 1, 1975, and was m the Top 30 for four
weeks and m the Top 100 for ten weeks.
As wtth the BnttSh release 1 Don t Cue
Anymore chd not appear on any other
Harnson release m the Umted States
11 DARK HORSE
'
Apple SMAS 3418- December 9 1974
Dark Horse entered the BtU board 'lop
100 album charts on December 28 at No
58 rtSmg to N'J 4 on January 25 1975
staymg m the chart for thirteen weeks,
George Harrison US 145
 and recelVlng an RlAA Gold Award on November 11, 1975, and rece!Vlng a Gold
December 16, 1974 (Sleeve same as Award from RlAA The album stayed m
Bnhsh release.) the Top lOO for etght weeks and m the
A SIDE Top 200 for eleven weeks. (Tracks and
sleeve same as Bnttsh release)
69 HARI'S ON TOUR (EXPRESS)
15 (80a) THIS GUITAR (CAN'T KEEP FROM
70 SIMPLY SHADY CRYING)
71 SO SAD • (73a) MAYA LOVE
72 BYE BYE LOVE Apple 1885- December 8, 1975
73 MAYALOVE George s last Apple smgle m Amenca.
BSIDE and hiS f1rst not to enter the Amencan
charts
67 DING DONG DING DONG
74a DARK HORSE
75 FAR EAST MAN 16 THE BEST OF GEORGE BARRISON
76 IT IS "HE"
CapJto1 ST 11578 - November B. 1976
12 (67a) DING DONG DING DONG
(69a) BARI'S ON TOUR (EXPRESS) ThiS comp1lat1on album, featurmg seven
Apple 1879 - December 23, 1974 of George's Beatle songs and SIX solo h1ts.
entered the Billboard Top 200 on Nov-
Posslbly released too close to Christmas ember 27 nsmg to No 31 and staymg m
to be a fesllve hit. Dmg Dong only the chart for fifteen weeks It recetved an
reached No. 36 m the Billboard Hot RIAA Gold Award (rrullion dollar sale) on
Hundred, on February 8, 1975, after en- February 15, 1977.
tenng on January 11, 1975, at No. 81, and
bemg m the chart for SIX weeks. It was
George's first single whtch fa1led to enter A SlOE (THE BEATLES)
the Billboard Top 30. (See the Beatles British section in The
Long and Winding Road, page 113.)
LI:C)RCE H.\RRISO\ B SIDE (GEORGE HARRISON)
I >m:r Dong: Ding Dor ~
tl.o.-.c-·....... 23b MY SWEET LORD
~ ::.:.o;w..
llooll.• ... tNP SSb GIVE ME LOVE (GIVE ME PEACE ON
EARTH)
7Th YOU
45a BANGLA DESH
'""
11\HI".,O\ lOl R [\f>RI"''
74b DARK HORSE
13 (77) YOU 26b WHAT IS LIFE
(78) WORLD OF STONE
17 (87) THIS SONG
Apple 1884 - September 15, 1975 (88) LEARNING HOW TO LOVE YOU

You entered the Billboard Hot lOO on

September 20 at No 75, nsmg to l'lo. 20
for two weeks from November l, and
staymg m the chart for ten weeks, five of
them m the Top 30. (Plcture sleeve same
as Bnttsh release.)
14 EXTRA TEXTURE (Read All About It)
Dark Horse DRC 8294 - November 15,
1976
George's first Amencan Dark Horse smgle,
Th1s Song entered the Billboard Top 100
on November 20, rismg to No 25 and
staymg m the chart for eleven weeks.

Apple SW 3420 - September 22, 1975

Extra Texture entered the Top lOO album
charts on October 11 at No 34, nsmg to
No. 8 for three weeks on October 25,
passmg the million dollar sales mark by

146 Working Class Heroes

 ASIDE
18 THIRTY THREE & lf3
97 LOVE COMES TO EVERYONE
Dark Horse DH 3005 - November 24, 98 NOT GUILTY
1976 99 HERE COMES THE MOON
George s first album release on hiS own lOOa SOFT-HEARTED HANA
Dark Horse label entered the Btllboard
Top 200 chart on December 11, 1976, and 101a BLOW AWAY
rose to No 11 lt stayed m the chnrt for BSIDE
twenty-one weeks and received an RIAA
102 FASTER
Gold Award (million dollars sale) on
January 19, 1977 (Tracks and sleeve 103 DARK SWEET LADY
sarrc as Bnt•c;h releasA) 104 YOUR LOVE IS FOREVER
19 (96a) CRACKERBOX PALACE 105 SOITTOUCH
(88b) LEARNING BOW TO LOVE YOU 106 1F YOU BELIEVE
Dark Horse DRC 8313 January 24 1977
23 (97a) LOVE COMES TO EVERYONE
Crackerbox Palace was not released as (105a) SOFT TOUCH
a smgle m Bntam, but m Amenca tl proved
to be another Top 20 lut for George, Dark Horse DRC 8844- May 9. 1979
entenng the Btllboard charts on January George's second smgle (and ftrst for Dark
29, rlSmg to No. 19, and sta]'lng m the Horse) not to enter the Billboard charts
chart for eleven weeks. George's W<ing (exceptmg reiSSUes). and the second
for Learnmg How To Love You prompted smgle release from the George Hamson
htm to mcludc 1t for a second time as the album
'B" stde couplmg (the track had appeared
prev1ously wtth ThlS Song)
24 DARK HORSE
20 (74c) DARK HORSE
(77c) YOU Cap1to/ SN-16055- October 1980

Capltol Star L.ne 6245 - Apri14 1977 As With EMl m Bntam Capttol deleted
several ongmal Beatles solo albums. and
Wtth some of George's early smgles retssued them m theu budget senes
deleted, Capitol's pohcy of retssumg hlt Dark H01se appeared With John's Mmd
songs on then Star Lme label extended to Games and Rock 'n' Roll albums and
then first HarrlSOn reiSSUe of Dark Horse Rmgo's Rmgo album The reiSSue, like the
and You - taken from the Dark Horse Brtllsh release, had a new front and back
and Extra Texture albums r especttvely cover.
21 (101) BLOW AWAY ASIDE
(100) SOFT-HEARTED BANA
69b HARI'S ON TOUR (EXPRESS)
Dll k Horse DRC 8763 - February 14,
70a SIMPLY SHADY
1979
71a SO SAD
George's "come-back" smgle after hiS
1977 rest, became hts tenth htt smgle m 72a BYE BYE LOVE
the Umted States. entenng the Btllboard 73b MAYA LOVE
Hot Hundred on March 3 nsmg to No 16,
and staymg m the chart for fourteen BSIDE
weeks 6Th DING DONG DING DONG
74d DARK HORSE
22 GEORGE IIAIUUSON 75a FAR EAST MAN
ua.iJ... rior.x.; DrlK ,;,..,"'"' - February 14 76a IT IS "HE"
1979
George's etghth Top 100 Btllboard album 25 LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD
George Hamson entered the chart on
March 17 and rose to No 14 staymg m c ~- - __ 6 _ bru~ ·- _
the chart for etghteen weeks (Sleeve as Tho second reiSSUe of a deleted Harnson
BntlSh release)

George Harrison US 147

 album, LJVmg In The Matenal World after entenng on May 23, and staymg m
reappeared m a smgle sleeve, and not the chart for thirteen weeks. (Picture
the gatefold sleeve of the ongmal release. sleeve same as Bnush release.)
ASIDE
28 SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND
55c GIVE ME LOVE (GIVE ME PEACE ON
EARTH)
Dark Horse DHK 3492- June 1, 1981
57a SUE ME SUE YOU BLUES
Boosted by the hlt smgle All Those Years
58a THE LIGHT THAT HAS LIGHTED THE Ago, Somewhere In England rose to No.
WORLD 11 m the Btllboard Top 200, after entenng
59a DON'T LET ME WAIT TOO LONG on June 20 1981 and 1t stayed m the chart
for twelve weeks. (Tracks and sleeve
60a WHO CAN SEE IT
same as Bnttsh release.)
6la LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD
29 (113a) TEARDROPS
BSIDE (116a) SAVE THE WORLD
62a THE LORD LOVES THE ONE (THAT
Dark Horse DRC 79825- July 24, 1981
LOVES THE LORD)
63a BE HERE NOW George's second smgle of 1982 fatled to
enter the Btllboard Hot Hundred, bubblmg
64a TRY SOME BUY SOME under the charts for a few weeks
65a THE DAY THE WORLD GETS 'ROUND'
30 (107b) ALL THOSE YEARS AGO
66a THAT IS ALL (113b) TEARDROPS
Dark Horse GDRC 0410 -
26 EXTRA TEXTURE (Read AU About lt) November 4, 1981
Capitol SN-16217- February, 1981 As Warner Brothers dtstnbuted Dark
Horse Records m the Uruted States, they
Retssued stmultaneously wtth LlVlng In had the nght to re-release George's
The Material World, Extra Texture ap- smgles. Thts release was their first oldtes
peared on the Capitol budget label, m a release, couplmg both smgles from the
smgle sleeve, and not the textured and Somewhere in England album
dte-cut cover of the ongmal release
ASIDE 31 (117) WAKE UP MY LOVE
(118) GREECE
77d YOU
79a THE ANSWER'S AT THE END Dark Horse 7-29864 - November ? 1982

SOb THIS GUITAR (CAN'T KEEP FROM George's fust new single for over a year
CRYING) entered the Btllboard chart on November
20, peaked at No. 53 on December 4, and
8la OOH BABY (YOU KNOW THAT I LOVE remamed m the chart for six weeks.
YOU)
78b WORLD OF STONE 32 GONE TROPPO
BSJDE
82a A BIT MORE OF YOU Dark Horse 1-23734 - November?, 1982

83a CAN'T STOP THINKING ABOUT YOU George's only album release of 1982
failed to achteve the chart success of hiS
84a TIRED OF MIDNIGHT BLUE prevtous LP, entenng on November 27 at
85a GREY CLOUDY LIES No. 119, and nsmg to No 108 on December
ll It contmued to feature m the chart unttl
86a HIS NAME IS LEGS (LADIES AND
the end of 1982. (Sleeve and tracks same
GENTLEMEN)
as Bnt!Sh release )
29 (107) ALL THOSE YEARS AGO
(108) WRITING'S ON THE WALL
Dark Horse DRC 49725 - May 11, 1981
George's btggest Amenca htt smce Give
Me Love m 1973, All Those Years Ago
reached No. 2 m the Btllboard charts,
148 Working Class Heroes
RINGO STARR

Rmgo Stan UK 149

 1 SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY 6 STAR DUST (3.16)
Apple PCS 7101 - March 27. 1970
7 BLUE TURNING GREY OVER YOU (3 18)
8 LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDOURED THING
9 DREAM (2.41)
10
ll
12
Rmgo's ftrst solo album, featuring a selec-
tion of standards, entered the NME charts
on Aprll 22 at No 16. lt rose to No. 15 the
followmg week. and stayed m the chart
for four weeks
For hiS first solo album, Rmgo dec1ded
to record the old "standards" that he
could remember from hiS childhood, and
he consulted his parents and fam~ly before
choosmg the titles. He started recording
the album in September 1969 (when
Night And Day, Star Dust and .Blue Tummg
Grey Over You were recorded) followed
by further sess1ons dunng November and
DecemJ?er 1969 A finalses5lon m February
1970 produced WhJSpermg Grass. Bye
Bye B1ackbrrd and Love Is A Many
Splendoured Thmg, along With two un-
used numbers. Autumn Leaves and J'll Be
Lookmg At The Moon The album was
produced by George Martm, usmg the
George Martin Orchestra. with arrange-
ments for each song bemg earned out by
vanous well-known mus1c1ans or composers.
The album sleeve features photographs
by Richard Polak, the front cover shows
the Empress Pub. m H1gh Park Street,
Liverpool (Ringo·s local). whtch was a
short diStance from h1s childhood homes
m Madryn Street and Admtral Grove
Rmgo 1s supenmposed standmg m front
of the pub, wh1le h1s relatives appear
hkew1se m the pub wmdows
A SIDE
l SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY (325)
2 NIGHT AND DAY (224)
3 WHISPERING GRASS (DON'T TELL THE
TREES) (2 35)
4 BYE BYE BLACKBIRD (2 10)
s I'M A FOOL TO CARE (2.39)
150 Working Class Heroes
BSIDE
(3.04)
YOU ALWAYS HURT THE ONE YOU
LOVE (2.18)
HAVEITOLDYOULATELYTHATILOVE
YOU (2.43)
LET THE REST OF THE WORLD GO BY
(255)
SentllTiental journey, arranged by Richard
Perry (who was later to produce two
albums for Rmgo), was wntten by Bud
Green, Les Brown and Ben Homer, and
was origmally recorded by Les Brown and
hiS Orchestra. with vocals by Dom Day.
The record reached No I for nme weeks
m Amenca becommg a nullion seller, and
alro Doris Day's first b1g hlt.
Night And Day, written by Cole Porter.
was arranged for Rmgo by Chico OFarreU.
and ongmally appeared m the 1932
mus1cal G:iy DIVorcee, sung by Fred
Astarre and Clarre Luce. WhJSpenng
Grass was arranged by well-known or-
chestra leader, Ron Goodwm, and was
wntten by Fred and Doris F1sher. and
ongmally recorded by the Ink Spots, m
1940.
· Bye Bye Blackbrrd arranged for Rmgo
by Bee Gee Maunce G1bb, was wntten
by Mort Dtxon and Ray Henderson m
1927 for vaudeville star George Pnce
The Beatles· old Hamburg fnend and ex-
Manfred Mann bass player, Klaus Voonnan.
arranged I'm A Fool To Care. wh1ch was
written m 1948 by Country and Western
songwnter Ted Daffan. It became a h1t for
Les Paul and Mary ford m 1954 and a
mtlhon seller for Joe Barry m I96 I
Star Dust one of the world's most
popular songs. WJth over 1 100 different
recorded vers1ons. was wntten m 1927 by
Hoagy Carm1chael. with words added by
M1tchell PariSh in 1929 It was f1rst re-
corded m 1927, but first sold a mtlhon for
Arlle Shaw and his Orchestra m 1940. A
second vers1on by Btlly Ward and the
Dommoes also sold a million m 1957
Rmgo's vers1on was arranged by Paul
McCartney
Blue Turmng Grey Over You was
arranged by Ohver Nelson, wntten by
Andy Razaf and Thomas ·'fats" Wailer,
and recorded by LoUIS Arrnstrong and his
Orchestra m 1930 Love Is A Many Splen-
doured Thmg. arranged by Qumcy ]ones
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Apple Records ABsent

an album from
RINGOSTARR

SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY
out now Pes 1101
•
 - ace Amencan producer - was wntten
by Paul F'rancJS Webster (words) and
Sammy F'am (mustc) for the ftlm of the
same name, wmmng an Academy Award
for Best F'tlm Song of 1955 The song was
made a chart rut by the Pour Aces who
scored a No I Amenca rrulhon seller
George Martin arranged Dream, ong-
mally wntten by johnny Mercer for hiS
1945 Amencan CBS Radlo Show, but
recorded by The Pted Ptpers, with the
Paul Weston Orchestra giVmg them a rut
million seller You Always Hun The One
You Love, arranged by John Dankworth,
well-known Jazz mustctan and orchestra
leader, was wntten by Allan Roberts
(words) and Dons F'JSher (mustc) It was
recorded by the Mtlls Brothers, glVlng
them a four week No I and Amenca
millton seller m 1944
Elmer Bernstem arranged Have I Told
You Lately That I Love You a song
wntten by Scott Wtseman and ongmally
recorded by Foy Wtlhng and the Rtders
of The Purple Sage. Let The Rest Of The
World Go By, arranged by Les Reed IS
the oldest song on the album, datmg from
1919, when tt was wntten by j Ketm
Brennan and Ernest K Ball, bemg per·
formed by George J Tnnkaus and his
band
2 BEAUCOUPS OF BLUES
Apple PAS 10002- September 25. 1970
Although regarded by many revtewers at
the ume as a better album than Sent1·
mental journey, Beaucoups Of Blues -
Rmgo's second solo album - dtd not
enter the NME album charts
Whtlst Rmgo was assJStmg George to
record hiS All Things Must Pass album,
Pete Drake an Amencan pedal steel
guitariSt also helpmg wtth George's al-
bum suggested that Rmgo should record
a Country and Western album. and of·
fered to assiSt htm. Ongmally Rmgo
wanted to record the album m London.
usmg tmported Country and Western
mustctanS, allowmg tumself several weeks
to complete the album Pete Drake per·
suaded Rmgo that tt would take too long
to record the album m London, and that
he could complete the whole album m a
few days m Nashville, USA The album
was recorded between June 30 and July
I , 1970, at the Mustc Ctty Recorders
Studto m Nashvtlle. Tennessee. usmg
over twenty of Nashvtlle's top country
mustctans under the production guidance
of Pete Drake. The album was engmeered
by Scotty Moore, legendary guitanst of
ElVlS Presley's ftrst group, who was also
Presley's manager for a short time and
supplied gwtar on all hiS early record -
mgs. Drake commtsstoned a host of
Country and Western wnters to compose
songs espectally for Rmgo, who was
gtven almost a hundred to choose from
and he eventually recorded many more
than were needed for the album At one
ttme, a second album of country songs
was bemg constdered but this never
matena!JSed
The recordmgs featured the followtng
mustctans. Buddy Harrnan (bass), Charhe
Damels (guitar). Dave Ktrby (guitar),
Chuck Howard (guitar), The jordanaues
(backmg vocals - who backed ElvJS
Presley on his ftrst recordmg sesstons for
RCA m Nashvtlle m January 1956 and on
many later recordmgs), Charhe McCoy
(harmoruca). Sorrels Ptckard (guitar), Jerry
Kennedy (guitar). jerry Shook (guttar),
Geo1ge Rtchey, Grover Lavender, Jtm
Buchanan (fiddle). Roy Huskey Jnr (bass).
Pete Drake (pedal steel guitar), Rmgo
(acoustic gwtar and drums), DJ Fontana
(drums), Ben Ketth (steel guttar), jerry
Reed (guitar - he has wntten many htt
songs, mcludlng Gwtar Man recorded
by ElVlS Presley) and Jeanrue Kendall
The gatefold sleeve. destgned by John
Kosh. features photographs taken m
Nashville by Marshall Fallwell Jnr, m·
cludmg a back cover shot showmg most
of the mustctans on the album
A SJDI:.
13 BEAUCOUPS OF BLUES 2 ~fll
14 LOVE DON'T LAST LONG c~ 4?1
15 FASTEST GROWING HEARTACHE IN
THE WEST (2 )
16 WITHOUT HER ._ JJ.
17 WOMAN OF THE NIGHT (2 '?0)
18 rD BE TALKING ALL THE TIME (2 08)
Rmgo Starr UK 153
 BSIDE
19 $15 DRAW (327)
20 WINE, WOMEN AND LOUD HAPPY
SONGS (2 17)
21 I WOULDN'T HAVE YOU ANY OTHER
WAY (256)
22 LOSER'S LOUNGE (2 2i)
23 WAITING (254)
24 SILENT HOMECOMING (353)
All but one of the songs on the album
were wntten m 1970 and gtven to Rmgo,
e1ght of them composed by two musicians
playmg on the album Beaucoups Of
Blues was wntten by Buzz Rabm and was
nearly released m Bntam as a smgle (it
was announced m the mus1c press for
release m etther November or December
1970). Chuck Howard, who also contn-
buted gu1tar to the album, composed
Love Don't Last Long, I Wouldn't Have
You Any Other Way and Wrutmg, he also
eo-composed I'd Be Talking All The Tune
w1th Larry Kmgston Sorrels Plckard,
another gu1tanst heard on the album.
composed Without Her, Woman Of The
N1ght, $15 Draw and Sllent Homecommg
Larry Kmgston also composed Wme.
Women And Loud Happy Songs m 1968
and eo-composed Fastest Growmg Heart·
ache In The West With Fred Dycus.
Loser's. Lounge was wntten by Bobby
Pierce.
3 (26) IT DON'T COME EASY (2 59)
(27) EARLY 1970 (2 18)
Apple R 5898- Apnl 9, 1971
Rmgo's ftrst solo smgle entered the NME
charts on Apnl21 at No 12, nsmg to No. 5
for two weeks, on May 5, and staymg in
the charts for mne weeks Havmg sold a
mllhon m the Umted States. the global
sales of It Don 1 Come Easy must be close
to two mtlhon
Rmgo composed It Don 't Come Easy m
1970. There were supposedly three re-
corded versions of the song, mcludmg
one with Klaus Voormanlbass and George
Harnsonlgwtar, and another w1th Enc
Clapton on guitar The released verston,
154 Working Class Heroes
recorded on March 8, 1970, at EMI and
Tndent Studios, features Klaus Voormanl
bass, Steven Stills and George Hamsonl
gwtars, Rmgo/drums and Ron Canermole/
saxophone and trumpet
Early 1970, Rmgo's song to his three
fellow Beatles, features George playmg
gwtar and supplymg backmg vocals, and
Rmgo on acoustic gu1tar, drums and
p1ano Both numbers were produced by
George Harnson The smgle was mas-
tered by George Peckham ("PECKO"
AND PORKY' appeanng on the run-out
grooves) and was packaged m a picture
sleeve
TBE CONCERT FOR BANGLA DESB
By George Harrison and Friends
Apple STCX 3385 - January 7, 1972
Rmgo's only live recordmg to feature hiS
vocal talents IS mcluded on George's
Concert For Bang/a Desh, m w h1ch Rmgo
performs a live verston of It Don't Come
Easy, managing to forget the words m
places. He plays drums throughout the
second, third, fourth and siXth Sides, and
tambourme durmg the ftflh stde, which
features Bob Dylan (For further mfor-
matJon track l!Stmg and sleeve see George
Harnson BntJSh section, page 120 )
RECORD TWO A SIDE TRACK ONE
28 IT DON'T COME EASY (2 38)
4 (29) BACK OFF BOOGALOO (318)
(30) BLINDMAN (2 40)
Apple R 5944 - March 17, 1972
back
lff "
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Another b1g hit for Rmgo, Back Off Booga-
Joo entered the NME charts on March 29
at No. 26, nsmg to No 2 for one week on
Apnl 26 (Amazmg Grace by the Royal
Scots Dragoon Guards, Pipes Drums and
Band. was at No 1) and stayJng m the
chart for mne weeks
Back Off Boogaloo was wntten by
Rmgo, and produced by George Harnson
It features George/gUJtar, Gary Wnght/
keyboards, Klaus Voormanlbass, Rmgo/
drums and vocals, and backmg vocaliSts
Madehne Bell Lesley Duncan and jean package was des1gned by Wilkes and
Gilbert &x>galoo was supposedly one of Braun lnc • wllh photographs by Phtl
Paul's mcknames Bhndman, wntten by Marco. Ethan Russell and Tom Wtlkes
Rmgo for his 1971 ftlm of the same name, (The double album features stdes one
was produced by Rmgo and Klaus and four on the first LP, and stdes two and
Voorman The smgle appeared m a three on the second LP )
and also featured blue
ASIDE
OVERTURE
Pete Townshend
By The London Symphony Orchestra and IT'S A BOY
Chamber Choir with Guest Soloists Sandy Denny

Ode 99001 - fiJoJvember 24 1972 1921

Graham Bell, Steve Winwood
& Maggie Bell
AMAZING JOURNEY
Pete Townshend
SPARKS
London Symphony Orchestra
EYESIGHT TO THE BLIND
Richie Havens
CHRISTMAS
Steve Winwood & Roger Daltrey
BSJDE
COUSIN KEVIN
John Entwistle
THE ACID QUEEN
fungo's first guest appearance on a con- Merry Clayton
cept album was playmg the part of Uncle UNDERTURE
Errue m the Lou ReiZner producuon of London Symphony Orchestra
Pete Townshend's classtc rock opera
Tommy The album entered the NME DO YOU THINK IT'S ALRIGHT
charts on January 9 1973 at No 2.: tts MaggJe Bell
htghest posttton staytng m the chart for 31 FIDDLE ABOUT (1 26)
three weeks. Album sales exceeded a Rmgo Starr
global nulllon by March 1973
PINBALL WIZARD
1t was Lou ReiZner's tdea to re-record Rod Stewart
Tommyusmg an orchestra wuh an all-star
cast of guest vocallsts, and he started to CSJDE
produce the album m September 1971
Recordmg sesstons began m March 1972 THERE'S A DOCTOR I'VE FOUND
at Olymptc Studtos London, through to Steve Winwood
September 1972, when Rmgo recorded GO TO THE MIRROR BOY
his vocals As well as Rmgo the all-star Richard Harris, Roger Daltrey
cast mcluded Pete Tov:nshend•Narrator, & Steve Winwood
Sandy Denny/Nurse, Graham BelVLover
TOMMY CAN YOU HEAR ME?
Steve Wmwood/Father, MaggJe BeiV
Maggie Bell
M other fuchte HavewHawker, Merry
Clayton!Actd Queen Roger Daltrey/ SMASH THE MIRROR
Tommy, John Entwlstle/Cou.c;m Kevtn, Rod Maggte Bell
Stewart/Local Lad and fuchard Hams"''he I'M FREE
Doctor The London Symphony Orchestra Roger Daltrey
and Chamber Chotr was conducted by
Davtd Measham MlRACLE CURE
The two LP set came m an elaborate Chambre Chotr
package of a gatefold double album SENSATION
enclosed ms1de a truck cardboard sleeve, Roger Daltrey
plus n thtrty-two page four colow booklet
featurmg tllustrallons and lyncs The

Ringo Starr UK 157

 DSIDE
SALLY SIMPSON
Pete Townshend
WELCOME
Roger Daltrey
32 TOMMY'S HOLIDAY CAMP (i 27)
Ringo Starr
WE'RE NOT GONNA TAKE IT/
SEE ME FEEL ME
Roger Daltrey
5 (33) PBOTOGRAPB (3.55)
(34) DOWN AND OUT (2.59)
Apple R 5992 - Ocrober 19. 1973
Rmgo's thrrd solo smgle, and thud tut.
entered the NME charts on October 23 at
No. 28. It dropped out of the chart for one
week, re-entered at No. 20 on November
6, after which it chmbed to No. 4 for one
week on November 20, and remamed m
the chart for eight weeks. The smgle sold
over one and a half million globally
The smgle was recorded between
March and July 1973, dunng the Rmgo
albwn sessions - the "A" Side bemg
produced by Richard Perry, and the "B'
s1de by George Harnson and Richard
Perry. Photograph was wntten by Rmgo
and George, and features Rmgo and Jtm
Keltner/drwns; George Harnson/twelve
strmg gUitar and harmony vocal, N1cky
Hoplanslp1ano; Klaus Voorman/bass; Vllll
Ponc1a/acoustic gu1tar; }tmmy Calvert/
acoustic gu1tar Lon and Derrek Van
Eatorv'percusston; and Bobby Keyesltenor
saxophone solo. With the orchestra and
chorus arranged by Jack N1tzsche
Down And Out was wntten by Rmgo.
and 1s not mcluded on any other of tus
record releases. The smgle appeared m
a PICture sleeve, w1th a matchmg label
destgn.
- for Camouflage Productions.
8 RJNGO
Apple PCTC 252- November 9, 1973
Rmgo entered the NME album charts on
November 27 at No 21 cllmbmg to No 6
on January 1. 1974 It then dropped down
the charts. untll the release of You're
158 Working Class Heroes
SIXteen as a smgle caused the albwn to
nse to No. 13 on March 5, 1974. The
album stayed m the charts for eighteen
weeks, and has probably sold around two
mtlhon globally.
Most of the albwn was recorded be-
tween March and July 1973, at Sunset
Sound. Los Angeles. and Apple Studios
London, w1tb some addlnonal recordmgs
at The Burbank Studios. Sound Labs and
Producers Workshop, Los Angeles. and
EM! Studios, London The album was
produced by Richard Perry, and features
a galaxy of star musicians mcludmg· John
Lennon/ptano; George Harrisonlgu1tar;
Klaus Voormanlbass & upnght bass; 81lly
Preston/organ and p1ano; }1m Keltner/
drums; Marc Bolan/ gu1tar; James Booker/
piano; Mllt Hollandlpercussion, Tom ScotV
horns and saxophones: Ntcky Hopkmsl
ptano; Vmt Ponc1a/acoustic guitar and
percussion, ]Immy Calvertlguitar and
acoustic gullar; Robbie Robertson/guttar
Levon Helm/mandolin; Rlck Danko/fiddle;
David Bromberg/fiddle and banjo; Garth
Huctson/accord!an, Paul McCartney/mouth
sax solo, piano and synthesiZer; Steve
Cropper/electnc gu1tar; Chuck F'mdley/
horns and Tom Hensley/piano.
The album appeared m a very elabor-
ate gatefold sleeve, mcludmg a twenty-
four page lync book illustrated With ten
hthographs by Klaus Voorrnan The cover
pamtmgs were by Tun Bruckner, the
front showmg a stage contammg a crowd
of people, mcludmg all the mustcians
heard on the album. The album photo-
graphy and design was by Barry Femstem
ASIDE
35 I'M THE GREATEST (3 22)
36 HAVE YOU SEEN MY BABY J 42)
33a PHOTOGRAPH (3.56/
37 SUNSHINE LIFE FOR ME (SAIL AWAy
RAYMOND) (2 43)
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38 YOU'RE SIXTEEN (2 45)
BSIDE
39 OH MY MY (4 16)
40 STEP LIGHTLY (314)
41 SIX O'CLOCK (4 04)
42 DEVIL WOMAN (358)
43 YOU AND ME (BABE) (4 31)
As wt:ll as smgmg lead vocals on all
tracks, Rmgo also played drums through-
out the album fm The Greatest was
wntten for Rmgo by John Lennon, who
plays ptano and supplies vocal harmon-
tes, and IS )omed by GeorgelgUitar and
Btlly Prestonlorgan Have You Seen My
Baby, wntten by Randy Newman features
Marc Bolan on gmtar Photograph was
prevtously released as a smgle, whtle
Sunshme Life For Me was wntten for
Rmgo by George whJle he was m Ireland
wtth Donovan George plays gUitar, along 8
wtth Robbte Robertson of the Band the
other members of that group bemg fea-
tured on mandolin. fiddles, banJO and
accordtan George and Vtru Poncta sup-
ply baclang vocals
The only "oldte" on the album, You re
SJXteen. was wnrten by Robert and Richard
Sherman, tt was ongmally recorded by
Johnny Burnette, gtvmg htm a mtlhon
seller m 1960 Rmgo's verston features
backmg vocals by Harry Ntlsson. the
ptano of Ntcky Hopk.iTIS. and Paul McCar-
tney tm1tatmg a saxophone Oh My My,
wntten by Vtru Ponc1a and Rmgo, fea-
tures the ptano and organ of Btlly Preston
and backmg vocals by Martha Reeves
and Merry Clayton.
1 he only solo composttton by Rmgo on
the album IS Step Llghtly, featunng Steve
Cropper on electnc gmtat, and Rmgo tap
dancmg SIX O'Clock was wntten by Paul
and Lmda McCartney for Rmgo, they
recorded the song m London and sent the
tapes to Rmgo m Los Angeles. where he
recorded hiS version (dubbing Paul and
Lmda's vocals from theu ongmal versiOn)
The song features Paul on ptano and
synthesizer, wtth stnngs and flutes ar-
ranged by Paul DeVIl Woman. co-wrllten
by Rmgo and VlDl Poncta foatures Rtchard
Perry, the producer, and Klaus Voounan
on backmg vocals You and Me (Babe)
was wntten by George HarrlSOn and Mal
EvaTIS, and features George on electnc
gmtar
2 (31a) 1'0U'U IIX'l'EEN (2.45)
(4%a) DEVIL WOMAN (3 53)
Apple 1\ 5995 - FebruaTy 8 t9i4
Rlngo's thJTd glotk1l mllhon-selhng smqle,
whJch entered the NME charts on Feb-
ruary 12 at No 26 TISmg to No 4 on
March 12 and staymg m the chart for mne
weeks HaVIng passed the rrullJOn sale m
the US alone, the smgle must have sold
nearly two mtlhon globally The release
of the smgle, m a ptcture sleeve. boosted
the Rmgo album (from wh1ch both tracks
were extracted) back up the album
charts The smgle appeared on the "Starr"
label
(44)0NLY YOU (AND YOU ALONE)
(322)
(45) CALL ME (4 02)
Apple R 6000- November 15. 1974
Rtngo's last chart smgle (so far), Only You
entered the NME charts for one week at
No 25 on December 3, although t! stayed
m the BMRB Top 75 for eleven weeks,
TISmg to No 28 John Lennon suggested to
Rmgo that he should record Only You.
and eventually asststed hrrn m recordmg
the song Lennon played acousl!c guitar
whlle Rmgo and Jtm Keltner played drums,
Billy Prestonlelectnc p1ano jesse Ed
DaVIS and Stcve Cropper/elecutc gmtars
wtth Harry Nilsson proVldmg backmg
vocals. Only You (And You Alone)
was Wiltlen by Buck Ram and Ande Rand
for The Platters. a vocal group managed
by Ram, who scored a million seller wtth
the song m 1955
Call Me. nn ongmal Rmgo compost lion
features Rmgo/drums Steve Cropper/
gu1tar Klaus Voorman/bass and Davtd
Foster ptano vvllh baclang vocals by Lon
and Derrek Van Ea ton V!Dl Poneta Rich
ard Perry Klaus Voorman and CynUua
Webb The smgle, taken from the Good
mght Vwnna album wluch was released
Ringo Starr UK 161
 the same day, appeared m a picture
sleeve, and featured a new label. showmg
"celestial bodles"
9 GOODNIGBT VIENNA
Apple PCS 7168- November 15, 1974
Rmgo's last chart album to date. Good-
mght V1enna entered the NME Top 30
album charts on December 10 at No. 24
for one week only.
The album was recorded dunng the
summer of 1974, at Sunset Sound and
Producers' Workshop, Los Angeles, wtth
Richard Perry producmg Ringo for the
last ttme (up to 1982). The album was
recorded usmg over twenty-five mus1c1ans,
wtlh a bas1c umt of Rmgo and Jtm
Keltner/drums and Klaus Voormanlbass,
w1th a vanety of gwtarists. keyboard
players and horn players on each num-
ber John Lermonlp1ano (Goodmght
V1enna), gwtar (All By Myself) and acous-
llc guitar (Only You); Billy Prestonlclavmet
(GoodnJght Vienna) and electnc piano
(Only You); Lon Van Eaton!guitar
(Goodmght Vienna and Occapella),
acoustiC guttar (Husbands And Wwes)
and horns ( Goodmght VJenna), ]esse Ed
DavJSigwtar (Goodmght V1enna Occa-
pella No No Song and Only You); Car!
Fortma/accorclian ( Goodmght V1enna and
Husbands And WJves), Dr. Johnlelectnc
p1ano (Occapella), p1ano (0?-Wee and
All By Myself); Denrus Cof!ey/guttar ( 0?-
Wee); Vmt Ponc1a/acoust1c guttar (Hus-
bands And Wives); Richard Bennett/
electnc guitar (Husbands And WJves);
Tom Hensley/electnc ptano (Husbands
And Wwes); Elton Johnlptano (Snookeroo);
Robb1e Robertson!gUltar (Snookeroo);
James Newton Howard/synthes!Zer
(Snookeroo); Alvm Robmson!gu1tar (All
By Myself), Steve Cropper/gwtar (Call
Me and Only You); Davtd Fosterlptano
(Call Me); Nicky Hopkmslelectnc ptano
162 Working Class Heroes
(No No Song); Lmcoln Mayorga/p1ano
(Easy For Me); and horn players Trevor
Lawrence, Steve Madaio, Bobby Keyes.
Lou McCreery and Chuck Fmdley
The album sleeve was designed by
Roy Kohara, wtth a front cover 1llustrat1on
taken from the 1951 classic science f1ctton
film The Day The Earth Stood StJll, directed
by Robert W1se and starring M1chael
Renme as Klaatu. Klaatu ts seen on the
cover emergmg from his "flymg saucer"
(Ringo's head bemg supenmposed onto
the ongmal picture) With lus rune foot tall
robot Gort. The mner sleeve featured
song lyncs and p1ctures taken by Larry
Emenne at the recording sess1ons for
the album.
ASIDE
46 GOOD NIGHT VIENNA (2.33)
47 OCCAPELLA (2 50)
48 0 0-WEE (3.40)
49 HUSBANDS AND WIVES (3.29)
50 SNOOKEROO (323)
BSIDE
51 ALL BY MYSELF (3.18)
45a CALL ME (4.05)
52 NO NO SONG (2.30)
44a ONLY YOU (3.23)
53 EASY FOR ME (2 17)
54 GOODNIGHT VIENNA (REPRISE) (1 16)
Goodmght V1enna was wntten by John
Lennon for Rmgo, and features John
playmg p1ano, w1th backmg vocals by
Clyd1e Kmg, The Blackbemes and The
"Masst Abbots" Occapella, wrttten by
Alien Toussamt and originally recorded
by Lee Dorsey, features Dr. John on
ptano, w1th backmg vocals by ]tmmy
Gtlstrap, Joe Greene, Clyd1e Kmg and lra
Hawk1ns Rtngo wrote 0?- Wee w1th Vm1
Ponc1a who supplies harmony vocal, w1th
backing vocals by Clyd1e Kmg and The
Blackbernes
Husbands And W1ves. wntten and
recorded by Roger Miller m 1966. features
an electnc gwtar solo by Richard Bennett
wtth VmJ Poncta supplymg hannony vocals
Snookeroo was especially wntten by Elton
John and Berme Taupm for Rlngo, and
features Elton on piano, along wtth Robb1e
Robertson (of The Band) on gwtar. wtth
vocal backmg by Lmda Lawrence, Clyd1e
Kmg and Joe Greene.
All By Myself another Vtm Poncta!Ringo
compos1Uon, features John Lennon and
Alvm Robmson on gwtars, wtth vocal
backmg by Richard Perry, Vtm Poncta.
 Clyche Kmg, Linda Lawrence and ]oe
Greene Call Me was wntten by Rmgo and
was featured on the ''B • Side of the Only
You Single No No Song was wntten by
Hoyt Axton and giVen to Rmgo, and features
backmg vocals by Harry Nllsson Nllsson
composed Easy For Me. Wlth Lmcoln
Mayorga on pmno, stnngs arranged by
Trevor Lawrence and V1n1 Ponc1a, and
R1chard Perry conductmg The album
finiShes Wlth a repnse of Goodmght VIenna
- a different recordmg from the fust -
featunng an mtroduct1on by John Lennon,
who liiStructs ''OK w1th gusto. boys, Wlth
gu..to
10 (SOa) SNOOKEROO (3 24)
(48a) OO·WEE (3.40)
Apple R 6004 - Februcuy 21 1975
Rmgo's SlXth smgle, hlS second smgle
release from Goodmght VIenna and hiS 38b
lust not to make the charts. With this 52a
smgle and all subsequent releases,
(smgles and albums to date) Rmgo has 26a
enjoyed no chart success whatsoever 33b
Both tracks were taken from the Good·
mght V1enna album and the smgle d1d not 29a
appear m a p1cture sleeve.
I 44b
11 BLAST FROM YOUR PAST
I3a
Apple PCS Jl70- December 12. 1975 39a
27a
Bl.AST FROM YOUR PAST
35a
12
A fauly predictable Greatest Hlts package
of Rmgo's Apple recordmgs. wtuch features
all c1ght Amencan chart smgles five of
wh1ch were Bnt!Sh h1ts. along w1th one "B' 13
s1de and an album track. The album was
obVIously complied with the Amencan
market m mmd as Bcaucoups Of Blues.
No No Song and Oh My My had not been
released as smgles m Bntam though the
!alter two were to become Rmgo s last
Apple smgle The album track, fm The
Greatest, was lifted from Rmgo, whtle
Early 1970 was ongmally the ''B" s1de to It
Dont Come Easy F'or Bnt!Sh fans the
obv10us orrussion was the Amencan only
'B Side to Beaucoups Of Blues, Coochy
Coo, which never appeared on a Bnush
release
Blast From Your Past was the last
album to appear on the Apple label m
Bntam, and featured a red Apple on both
"A" and '8" s1des of the record The
sleeve, des1gned by Roy Kohara features
photographs by Ernerson/Loew Wlth
spec1al photographic effects by Dame!
Cathenne The mner sleeve mcluded the
song lyriCS. plus a senes of black and
whtte photographs of Rmgo The outer
sleeve conta1ns a quote by "a local
Gynecologtst' (slc)· 'You don't have to be
first But make sure you re not last·
ASIDE
YOU'RE SIXTEEN c' 43)
NO NO SONG 122b
IT DON'T COME EASY (2.59)
PHOTOGRAPH (3 5"
BACK OFF BOOGALOO (316)
BSIDE
ONLY YOU (AND YOU ALONE) (323)
BEAUCOUPS OF BLUES (2.31)
OH MY MY (4 15)
EARLY 1970 (2 ,8,
I'M THE GREATEST (321)
(39b) OB MY MY (2 20)
(52b) NO NO SONG (2 26)
Apple R 6011 - ]anu,uy 9, 1976
Rmgo's last Apple smgle - whtch coupled
two songs that had prevtously been TopS
hits m Amenca. Oh My My (No 5) and
No No Song (No 3) - ongmally appeared
on Rmgo and Goodmgh; Vienna respect-
tvely The Single was released to promote
the Blast From Your Past album on which
they both appeared (Oh My My bemg
a shortened vers1on of the smgle), but
nellher the smgle nor the album enjoyed
any chart success The smgle was released
m a plam sleeve
IUNGO'S ROTOGMVURE
Polydor 2302 040- September JZ 1976
Rmgo's fnst Polydor album was recorded
dunng Apnl and May 1976 With Anf
Mardm producmg 11 features ·well over
thuty musiCians, mclud.mg many star
nnmes. Rmgo and Jtm Keltner play drums
Ringo Starr UX 165

on aU tracks except Las Bnsas, wtth the
followmg additional mstrumentatlon. gut-
tars/Peter F'rampton (A Dose Of Rock 'n'
Roll), Danny Kortchmar (A Dose or Rock
'n' Roll Cookm' and Lady Gaye), ]esse Ed
DavJS (A Dose Of Rock 'n' Roll and Lady
Gaye), Mac Rebennack (Cookln), Lon
Van Eaton (Hey Baby, Pure Gold. Crym',
You Don't Know Me At All, 111 Still Love
You and Thls Be Called A Song) and Enc
Clapton (ThJS Be Called A Song), bass
guttar/Klaus Voorman (A Dose Of Rock 'n'
Roll, Pure Gold, I'll Stlil Love You and
Lady Gaye), Cooker Lo Prest1 (Hey Baby,
Cryin' and You Don't Know M e A t All) and
Will Lee (Cookin'); pedal steeVSneaky
Pete (Crym'); k eyboards/Mac Rebennack
(ahas Dr John) (A Dose Of Rock 'n' Roll
and Lad¥ organ!Cookm), John jal'VlS
(Hey Baby, Pure Gold and You Don't
Know Me At All & ptano/Crym). Jane
Getz (Pure Gold & ptano/I'll St1ll Love You
and Th1s Be Called A Song), Anf Mardm
(electnc ptano/Crym' & Arp Stnng En-
semble/J'll Still Love You), John Lennon
(p~ano/Cookln); percuss1on!Kmg Ernsson
(Cookln'), George Devens (congas/Pure
Gold & manmba/Lady Gaye) and Robert
Greemdge (steel drum/Thls Be Ca/Jed A
Song) and horns. trumpets/Randy
Brecker (A Dose Of Rock 'n' Roll and Hey
Baby), Alan Rubm (A Dose Or Rock 'n
Roll) and Alan Young (Hey Baby); tenor
saxophone/Mtchael Brecker (A Dose Of
Rock 'n ' Roll, Hey Baby and Lady Gaye),
George Young (A Dose or Rock 'n' Roll
and Hey Baby) and Lou M anm (Lady
Gaye) and bar i tone saxophone/Lewts
Delgatto (A Dose Of Rock 'n' Roll, Hey
Baby and Lady Gaye)
Backmg vocals were supphed by the
followmg Melissa Manchester (A Dose
or Rock 'n' Roll, Coolan' and Thls Be
Called A Song), Duttch Helmer (A Dose
Of Rock 'n Roll, You Don't Know Me At
All & Cookm'), Joe Bean (A Dose Of Rock
'n' Roll & Thls Be Called A Song), Vmt
166 Working Class Heroes
Poncta (A Dose Of Rock 'n' Roll, You Don't
Know Me At All, This Be Called A Song &
Las Bnsas) The Mad Maunes (Hey Baby)
- these people also supply claps on Hey
Baby - Paul and Lmda McCartney (Pure
Gold), Davtd Lasley (I'll Stlll Love You
and Lady Gaye) and The 'Tab" Harry
(Ntlsson) (Lady Gaye). All strmgs and
horn arrangements were by Anf Mardm
Several people were involved m the
production of the sleeve des1gn The
ongmaJ tdea for the sleeve came from
Rmgo, wtth destgn by John Kosh The
front cover photograph was taken by
Davtd Alexander who - With Mark
Hanauer - took the thrrty-SIX photographs
on the mner spread of the gatefold
sleeve. The back cover ptcture, taken by
Tommy Hanley, shows the graffiti
covered front door to the Apple offices in
Savtle Row OngmaJ copies of the album
mcluded a magmfymg glass to examme
the graff1t1, whtch obVIously refers to the
Beatles. and mcludes such geiTJS as "G1ve
John A Green Card" 'We Love The
Bealles", 'Get Lost Rollers The Beatles
Are The Best THATS WHAT SHE THINKS
That's What I Know", "Keep On Rockmg
All Of You" and "Long Live The Beatles".
A SIDE
55 A DOSE OF ROCK 'N' ROLL (3.24)
56 HEY BABY (3 10)
PURE GOLD (3.13.)
57
58 CRYIN' (3. 17)
59 YOU DON'T KNOW ME AT ALL (3.14)
BSJDE
60 COOKIN (IN THE KITCHEN OF LOVE)
(3.40)
61 I'LL STILL LOVE YOU (2. 56)
62 THIS BE CALLED A SONG (313)
63 LAS BRISAS (3.33)
64 LADY GAYE (256)
SPOOKY WEIRDNESS (1 24)
65
A Dose Of Rock 'n' Roll was giVen to
Rmgo by Car! Grossman, the composer
and features three guttars played by
Frampton, Kortchmar and DaVIs Hey
Baby was written by Margaret Cobb and
Bruce Channel m 1961 Channel had a
m!lhon-selhng hlt wtth the song m 1962,
which reached No. I m the US and No 2
m Bntam
Pure Gold was wntten by Paul
McCartney for Ringo (who smgs With Vtm
Ponc1a) and features Paul and Lmda on
baclang vocals Crym' was co-wntten by
Vm1 Poncta and Ringo; Sneaky Pete plays
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oon,
 pedal steel gunar You Don t Know Me At
All wntten by Dave Jordan, was giVen to
Rmgo, as was This Be Called A Song,
wr1tten by and featunng Enc Clapton
Cookln' (In The Kltchen Of Love) was
wntten for Rmgo by John Lennon who,
with Yoko, assiSted With the recordmg m
Los Angeles by playmg piano I'll St1ll
Love You was ongmally called "When
Every Song Is Sung", and was wntten by
George Hamson, who recorded the song
several tunes - With Ronrue Spector,
Ctlla Black and Leon and Mary Russell -
but never completed 11. George eventu-
ally gave 11 to Rmgo, but could not attend
the recordmg sess10n, so Lon Van Eaton
deputiSed for hun, producmg a very
''Harnsonesque" guttar sound
Las Bnsaswas co-wntten by Rmgo and
Nancy Andrews. an American model
whom Rmgo was dating at the time, and
features a Mar1acht Band from a MeXJcan
restaurant Lady Gaye was co-wntten by
Vm1 Ponc1a Rmgo and Clillord T Ward
who composed the tut smgle Gaye, on
wtuch the song was based Spooky Welid-
ness IS a p1ece of mus1cal madness ad-
hbbed m the studm
14 (55a) A DOSE OF ROCK 'N' ROLL (3 17)
(58a) CRYIN' (3 16)
Polydor 2001 694 - October 15. 1976
Rmgo's fust Polydor smgle, featunng two
tracks from the Polydor album, Rwgo's
RotograV!lie had no chart success. and
was not released m a ptcture sleeve
15 (56a) BET BABY (3 08)
(64a) LADY GATE (2 55)
Polydor 2001 699- Novembei 26. 1976
Although a big hit for Bruce Channel m
1962, Rmgo's verston of Hey Baby d1d not
break hiS chart absence. Once agam, tt
wrt~ rEIPased m a piam slf•r Vf!
16 (66) DROWNING IN TBE SEA OF
LOVE (341)
(67) JUST A DREAM ( 4 17)
Pvlydvr 2001 734 - Septemb~:r 16, 1977
As a tratler to hiS next album Rmgo
released h1s thud Polydor smgle, but
w1thout chart success Drownmg 1n The
S~a Of Love was wntten by Ph1ladelph1a
based Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff and
was ougmally recorded by joe S1mon m
1971 becommg a m1llton seller m the US
The number features Rmgo and Steve
Gadd on drums >vtth Dave Spmozzallead
gwtar, Don Grolruck/keyboards, Tony
Levm/bass and enher Jefi Mnonov or
John Tropea/gUJtar. just A Dream was
wntten by Rmgo and Vtru Ponc1a and IS
not featured on the Rmgo The 4th album.
from wtuch the "A" s1de IS taken. Both
tracks were produced by Anf Mardm
17 RJNGO TBE 4TB
Polydor 2310 556 -September 30, 1977
Although actually hiS siXth album Rmgo
dec1ded to call hiS second Polydor LP
Rmgo The 4th, choosmg to diSregard
Sentunental journey and Beaucoups Of
Blues. He considered Rmgo to be h1s f1rst
"true" solo album
The album was produced by Anf
Ma1din. and engmeered by Lew Hahn,
usmg a mam mstrumental hne-up of.
Rmgo and Steve Gadd/drums Davtd
Spmozzallead gwtar, jefi Mrronov or John
TropealgUJtars. Don Grolrucklkeyboards
and Tony Levm/bass on all tracks except
Sneaklng Sally Through The Alley,
S1mple Love Song and Gyps1es In Fl!ght
(see below), W1th Ken BISCheVsynthesiZer.
Don Brookslharmomca, Randy Brecker/
trumpet and Mtchael Brecker/tenor saxo-
phone
Backmg vocals were supphed by Vm1
Ponc1a )tmmy G1lstrap, Luther Vandross
MeliSSa Manchester Debra Gray, Robm
Clark. DaVJd Lasley, Maxme Anderson
Manena Waters Bne Howard joe Bean
Dutch Helmet, Lynn Pltney, Arnold
McCuller and Rebecca Loms.
The album sleeve was designed by
John Kosh. usmg photographs by Nancy
Andrews and Lew Hahn
A SIDE
66a DROWNING IN THE SEA OF LOVE 5 07)
68 TANGO ALL NIGHT . 4 54,
69 WINGS < '4
70 GAVE IT ALL UP (4 40)
Rmgo Starr UK 169
71 OUT ON THE STREETS (4 21)
BSIDE
72 CAN SHE DO IT LIKE SHE DANCES
(3 11)
73 SNEAKING SALLY THROUGH THE
ALLEY (4 15)
74 IT'S NO SECRET (339)
•
75 GYPSIES IN FLIGHT (3.01)
76 SIMPLE LOVE SONG (2 56)
Unhke tus preVIous three albums on thls
occaston Rmgo ctid not recetve any "gtve
away' songs from lus three fellow ex-
Beatles or from any other songwnters.
All but four of the songs were JOmtly
composed by Rmgo and Vm1 Ponc1a
Drowmng In The Sea Of Love, wntten by
Kenny Gamble and Lean Huff. had been
released as a single, while Tango All
Night was written by Tom Seufert and
Steve Hague, and was ongtnally re-
corded by La Seme m 1976 Rmgos
vers1on earures Bette M.ldler, Meh.ssa
Manchester and Vmt Poncta on backmg
vocals.
Can She Do It LJ.ke She Dances was
wntten by Steve Duboff and Gerry
Robinson, and ongmally recorded by
Gold Rush m 1975 Snealang Sally Through
The Alley, ongmally recorded by Lee
Dorsey m 1970 was wntten by Alien
Toussamt" This track features Comell
Dupree and Lon Van EatorVguitars. Richard
Tee/electriC ptano and clavmet DaVId
Fosterlclannet Chuck Rameylbass, Rmgo
and Steve Gadd'drums and Ntck Marrer<Y
percusston
Gyps1es In Fhght, wntten by Rmgo and
Vtru Poncta, features Davtd Brombergl
electnc gwtar, Dick Fegy/acoustlc gwtar,
Hugh McDonaldlbass, Jeff Gutcheonl
electnc ptano and Rmgo/snare drum and
brush
Wmgs. Gave It All Up. Out On The
Streecs. It's No Secret and S1mple Love
Song were all co-wntten by Rmgo and
Vtru Poncta. with the last track featurmg
Danny Kortcbmar and Lon Van Eatonl
gwtars. DaVId Foster/ptano and keyboards
Chuck Rameylbass and Rmgo/drums.
77
SCOUSE TBE MOUSE
By Various Artists
78
Po1ydor 2480 429- December 9 1977
Rmgos second guest appearance on a
concept album features htm m the utle
role of a children s story wntten by
170 Working Class Heroes
Donald Pleasence, the veteran BnttSh
actor
Donald Pleasence narrates the story of
Scouse the Mouse played by Rmgo,
w1th two other well-known Bnusb smgers,
Adam Fatth and Barbara Dtckson playmg
Bonce and Molly Jolly respectively The
album was recorded at Berwtck Street
Stuctios. London With Hugh Murphy pro-
ducmg and engmeenng Rmgo was only
featured vocally on the album as the
mstrumental backmg was supplied by.
Henry Spmetttldrums. Gary Taylorlbass,
Peter Solley and Tommy Eyre/piano. Peter
Solley/organ, Phil Palmer, Ray Russell
and Nigel ]enkmslelectric gwtars, Roger
Brown and Gary Taylor/ acoustic guitars.
Rod Kmg/steel gwtar and dobro, Kellh
Nelson/banJO, Graham Preskettfiddle and
mandohn Stmon Mortontpercussion and
Raphael Ravenscroit flute wt!h backmg
vocals by Gary Taylor Joanna Carhn
Pete Zorn. Paul Da Vmc1 and Roger
Brown
The album was released m conjunction
wtth an Illustrated book published by the
New EngliSh Library wntten by Donald
Pleasence, wtth drawmgs by Gerry
Potterton. The album mcluded a free
''Scouse The Mouse" colourmg and draw-
mg competttton entry sheet for children
aged ftve to ten wtth two hundred coptes
of the book as pnzes.
ASIDE
LIVING IN A PET SHOP (233)
Ringo as Scouse
SING A SONG FOR THE TRAGOPAN
Barbara Dickson as Molly Jolly
SCOUSE'S DREAM ~1 50,
Rmgo
SNOW UP YOUR NOSE FOR CHRISTMAS
Ben Chatterley as Olly Jolly
79 RUNNING FREE (2. 40)
Rmgo
AMERICA (A MOUSE'S DREAM)
Adam Faith as Bonce
SCOUSEY
Lucy Please nce as Holly Jolly
BSIDE
80 BOAT RIDE ( 1 53)
Ringo
81 SCOUSE THE MOUSE '2 40)
Rmgo
PASSENGER PIGEON
Barbara Dickson
82 I KNOW A PLACE ( 1 32)
Polly Pleasence as Polly Jolly
and Ringo as Scouse
CATERWAUL
(Instrumental)
83 s. 0. s.
Rmgo
ASK LOUEY
Rick ]ones as Louey The Gull
84 A MOUSE LIKE ME (4 16)
Rmgo
The story concerns a L1verpool mouse
named Scouse, who gets bored w1th h1s
ordmary ltfe m a pet shop and then w1th a
L1verpool famliy After learrung to speak
EngliSh from the teleVISIOn, on wh1ch he
sees a group called The Jollies. he dec1des
to run away to become famous Boardmg
the QE2, he meets The jollies and smgs
w1th them but Jeffrey (the ship's cat)
accuses Scouse of Imitating a human. and
sentences hun to be drowned Scouse IS
thrown mto the sea. where he dnfts m h1s
toy BEA bag, but is rescued by Louey the
Gull, who sets hun back onto the QE2 -
bound for New York - where Scouse
hopes for fame
Although Rmgo only smgs eight of the
fifteen songs on the album, he IS also
featured talk:mg between numbers, most
of whtch were wntten by Roger Brown
the mus1cal director for the project Brown
composed LJVJng In A Pet Shop. Scouse's
Dream. Runnmg Free, Amenca Scousey,
Boat R1de, Scouse The Mouse and S 0 S,
and w1th Donald Pleasence Smg A Song
For The Tragopan and Passenger P1geon
Brown and Pleasence also eo-composed 1
Know A Place With Ruan O'Lochlam. who
composed the final song, A Mouse Like
Me(whtch Rmgo later re-recorded for lus
Bad Bov album as A Man Like Me) Snow
Up Your Nose For Chnstmas was wntten
by Meua and Donald Pleasence, wh1le
Caterv.·aul was composed by )un Parker,
mus1cal arranger for the album
18 BADBOY
Polydor 2310 599- June 1978
Rmgo's final Polydor album. and lus last
for three years, was produced by hiS long
tune fnend and songwnung partner, Vmt
Poncta. who had assiSted on all hiS albums
smce Rmgo m 1973. The majonty of
Rmgo s prev1ous four albums had been
recorded m Los Angeles, but for Bad Boy
Ringo ventured outstde Amenca - to the
Ehte Recordmg Studio m the Bahamas
and Can-Base Studio and Ntmbus 9 m
Canada As well as Rmgo on drums, the
album features four anonymous mustctans
who a.re credited on the sleeve as Push·
a-lone/lead gullar, Gtt-tarfrhythm guttar,
Ha.m!SCh BtSSOnette/syntheslZers and Die-
sel/bass, wuh Vmt Poncia's 'Peakmg
Duck Orchestra and Chorus'' (s1c)
'fhe album sleeve was designed by
John Kosh (who else?) usmg front cover
and mner sleeve photography by Nancy
Andrews and back cover photography
by Rmgo
ASIDE
85 WHO NEEDS A HEART 347)
86 BAD BOY 'l. ·
87 LIPSTICK TRACES (ON A CIGARETTE)
J 59'
HEART ON MY SLEEVE (319)
88
89 WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO (3 /4)
BSIDE
90 HARD TIMES ! 1 31)
9I TONIGHT .... ""''
92 MONKEY SEE - MONKEY DO J '35)
93 OLD TIME RELOVIN' •4 , 5,
94 A MAN LIKE ME .., 59)
Ringo Starr UK 173
 Only Who Needs A Heart and Old Time
ReloVJn' were wntten by Rmgo w1th Vm1
Ponc1a, the remammg eight songs bemg
"oldies". Bad Boy was wntten by L1l
Armstrong and Avon Long and was re-
corded by The jive Bombers, featurmg
Clarence Palmer whose vers1on reached
the US Top 40 durmg 1957 ~he song has
also been released by Sha Na Na and
Mmk De Vllle. LipstJck Traces (On A
Cigarette) was wntten m 1962 by NaomJ
Neville, and onginally recorded by
Benny Spellman, whose vers1on was a
mmor US hll m that year Heart On My
Sleeve. wntten by Benny Gallagher and
Graham Lyle. gave that duo a Top Ten h1t
m May 1976 m the UK Where D1d Our
Love Go. wntten by Ace Motown song-
wnters, Edd1e Holland, Lamont Doz1er
and Bnan Holland. gave The Supremes
their frrst milhon seller m 1964, takmg
them to No. 1 m Amenca
Hard Times was ongmally recorded
by Its composer Peter Skellern, whlle
Tomgbt was wntten by lan McLagan (ex
of the Faces) and John Pldgeon m 1977.
Monkey See - Monkey Do was wntten
by Michael Franks m 1975, and recorded
by Mehssa Manchester m 1977 A Man
Llke Me was adopted from the song A
Mouse Like Me. written by Ruan
O'Lochlam. and ongmally sung by Ringo
m the Scouse The Mouse story album
The album flmshes WJth a four second
cymbal crash.
19 (87&) LIPSTICK TRACES (ON A
CIGARETI'E) (2 59)
(93&) OLD TIME RELOVIN' (4 16)
Polydor 2001 782 - June, 1978
Although LipStick Traces was announced
m the mus1c press as the first smgle from
the Bad Boy album, there appear to have
been very few, lfany, copies pressed: the
release very shortly afterwards of Tomght
seems to md1cate that the Idea of the
L1pst1ck Traces smgle was abandoned
20 (91&) TONIGHT (2.50)
(88a) HEART ON MY SLEEVE (3.18)
Polydor 2001 795 -July 21, 1978
With the poor sales of the f1rst smgle
release from Bad Boy, Polydor rushed out
a second release - Rmgo's final smgle for
Polydor, and hJS last for over three years.
35b
TBE SONGS LENNON AND
McCAaTNEY GAVE AWAY
By Various Artists
174 Working Class Heroes
•
EM! NUT 18- Apnl, 1979
Dunng the Beatle years of 1963 to 1970,
John and Paul composed several songs
for other art!Sis, never mtendmg to release
them off1c1ally by the Beatles. Many of
these songs ongmally appeared only on
smgles. whtch later became very scarce
and hard to find
The twenty tracks cover every song
John and Paul gave away between 1963
and 1969, although the one song sung by
Rmgo, wntten by John, JS a little out of
place It dates from 1973, and would have
fitted m better WJth a possible "Volume 2"
of such songs from 1968 to the present
(ThiS possible "Volume 2' could mclude
such songs as. Thmgumybob'The Black
Dyke Mills Band, Goodbye/Mary Hopkm,
Come And Get Jt/Badfmger. God Save Us
& Do The Oz'The Elasllc Oz Band. The
Ballad Of New York C1ty!DaVJd Peel and
The Lower East S1de, Ten Years After On
Strawberry ]am/Scaffold. 4th Of ]ulyl]ohn
ChrJStle, Mucho MungdHarry Ntlsson
Leave It/Mike McGear. Mme For Me/Rod
Stewart, Bridge Over The R1Ver Swte/
Country Hams and Let's Love/Peggy Lee,
along With the other songs John and Paul
gave to Rmgo )
The album was compiled by Colm
Mtles, who also ongmated the sleeve
concept, drawn and designed by Adam
Yeldham. Cohn M1les later left EMI and
set up hJS own "See For Mtles" "oldies"
label, diStributed by Charly Records. The
album sleeve notes were wntten by the
Beatles early PR man. Tony Barrow The
album was deleted by EMl on March 31,
1982
ASIDE
I'M THE GREATEST (3.20)
Ringo Starr
ONE AND ONE IS TWO
The Strangers With Mike Shannon
 FROM A WINDOW
Billy J. Kramer and The Dakotas
NOBODY I KNOW
Peter and Gordon
LIKE DREAMERS DO
The Applejacks
rLL KEEP YOU SATISFIED
Billy J. Kramer and The Dakotas
LOVE OF THE LOVED
Cilia Black
WOMAN
Peter and Gordon
TIP OF MY TONGUE
Tommy Quickly
ASIDE
I'M IN LOVE
The Fourmost 35c I'M THE GREATEST (3 22)

BSJDE 36a HAYE YOU SEEN MY BABY (3 42)

HELLO LITTLE GIRL 33c PHOTOGRAPH (3 56)

The Fourmost 37a SUNSHINE LIFE FOR ME (SAIL AWAY
THAT MEANS A LOT RAYMOND) (2 43)
PJ. Proby 38c YOU'RE SIXTEEN, YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL
IT'S FOR YOU (AND YOU'RE MINE) (2 45)
Cilia Black BSJDE
PENlNA 39c OH MY MY (4 16)
Carlos Mendes
40a STEP LIGHTLY (314)
STEP INSIDE LOVE
Cilia Black 4Ia SIX O'CLOCK (4 04

WORLD WITHOUT LOVE 42a DEVIL WOMAN (3 58)

Peter and Gordon 43a YOU AND ME (BABE) (4 31)
BAD TO ME 22 (95) WRACK MY BRAIN (2 17)
Billy J. Kramer and The Dakotas (96) DRUMMING IS MY MADNESS
I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU AGAIN (3 26)
Peter and Gordon
RCA RCA 166- November 13 1981
I'LL BE ON MY WAY
Billy J. Kramer and The Dakotas
CAT CALL
The Chris Barber Band

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21 RINGO

Mus1c For Pleasure MFP 50508 -

Novembe1 27. 1980
Along w11h John's Mmd Games George's
Dark Horse and the Beatles' Rock And
Roll Mus1c Volumes 1 & 2, Rmgo was one
of the first re-releases of Beatles matenal
on a budget label 111e album was reiSSUed
m a smgle sleeve, usmg a slightly amend·
ed Eront cover tllustratton Erom the ongmal
sleeve (the "Apple" and Latm quote ts
mJSSmg from the top), plus a completely
revised back cover featunng the song
credtts
Rmgo s fust offictal release for over three
years featured two tracl:s from hts first
RCA album Stop And Smell The Roses.
and appeared m a ptctuw sleeve Wrack
My Bram was wnnen for Rmgo by George
Harnson. who also produced the song, as
well as playmg both lead and acoustlc
guttars Rtngo plays drums, and ts JOtned
by Herbte Flowers/bass and tuba, AI
Kooper/p1ano and electnc guttar and Ray
Cooper,ptano. perCUSSion. synthesiZer and
lead gUitar Background v<Y.als were sup-

Ringo Starr UK 115

 phed by George and Ray Cooper usmg a
vocoder.
Drummmg Is My Madness was wntten
for Ringo by Harry Ntlsson, who also
produced the song, using Rmgo and Jim
Keltner/drums. DermiS Budumr R1tch1e
Zito and Fred TacketVgmtars. Denms
Belfield'bass, Jane Ge~p1ano. jerry
Jumonvule/tenor saxophone. Bruce
Paulsonltrombone, Jun Gordonlbantone
saxophone. Lee Thornburg/trumpet and
Rick Ricctolflute.
The smgle was promoted w1th a
spec1ally prepared V1deo of Wrack My
Bram wh1ch was arred several t1mes on
teleV1Slon, although 11 did not help sales
and the smgle d1d not enter the charts.
23 STOP AND SMELL TBE ROSES
RCA RCALP 6022- November 20. 1981
Rmgos mnth album (excludmg reiSSues)
was ongmally titled Can't Fight Lightmng,
and was scheduled for Amencan release
m Apn l 1981, but Rmgo had a dtsagree-
ment With CBS Records - who dtstnbuted
Portrait Records m America - and he left
the label The proposed album was
shelved wh1le Rmgo looked around for
another label. eventually s1gnmg With
Boardwalk m the Umted States and RCA
in Bntam
The album was recorded durmg July
1980, m Pans, With five dlfferent producers
and seven engmeers, usmg over twenty-
five musJctans and a dozen backmg
vocaliSts. The mus1c1ans can be broken
down mto ftve d1fferem uruts that worked
With each producer Pnvate Property,
AttentiOn and Sure To Fall were recorded
wtth Paul McCartney/bass, piano and
percussiOn; Rmgo/drums; How1e Casey/
saxophones (not on Sure To Fall) ,
Lawrence Juber/acoustlc and electnc
gmtars; and Lloyd Green/pedal steel
gmtar (Sure To Fall only).
176 Working Class Heroes
Wrack My Bram and You Belong To
Me feature George Hamsonllead gu1tar
and acoustic gmtar (Wrack My Bra m),
Rmgo/drums; Herbte Flowers ( Wrack My
Bram only)lbass and tuba, AI Kooper/p1ano,
gu1tar (Wrack My Bram) and synthesiZer
(You Belong To Me) and Ray CooperlptanO
synthesiZer lead guttar (Wrack My Bram)
and tambounne (You Belong To Me).
The b1ggest umt was for Drummmg is
My Madness, Stop And Take The Tune
To Smell The Roses and Back Off Boogaloo
featunng Rmgo/drums. Jerry Jumonvllle/
tenor saxophone, Bruce Paulson/trom-
bone, Jtm Gordonlbantone saxophone.
Lee ThornburQitrumpet DenniS Budunrr/
gullar, Rltchte ZttolguJtar. Jun Keltner/
drums. Jane Getz/p1ano, F'red TacketV
gu1tar, Denrus Belf1eldlbass and Rick
R1cc1o (Dru.mmmg only)/Oute
Dead Giveaway features Ron Wood/
gu1tar acoustlc bass and saxophones,
Rmgo/drurns, Wilton Feldertelectnc bass
Joe Sample/p1ano and Greg Math!eson/
ptano.
You've Got A Nlce Way features Steven
St1llsllead guitar, Rmgo/drurns, M1ke
Fmmganlptano and organ, Mike SterglSI
rhythm gmtar, Joe Lalalpercusston and
Harley Thompsonlbass.
The album sleeve, destgned by John
Kosh, features photography by Aaron
Rapoport, and mcludes a dedicatton from
Rmgo to the other Beatles. ''Thanks to my
Three Brothers".
A SlDE
97 PRIVATE PROPERTY (2 42)
95a WRACK MY BRAIN (2 19)
96a DRUMMING IS MY MADNESS (3 28)
ATTENTION (3 19)
98
99 STOP AND TAKE THE TIME TO SMELL
THE ROSES (3 07)
BSJDE
100 DEAD GIVEAWAY (4 26)
101 YOU BELONG TO ME (2. 07)
102 SURE TO FALL (IN LOVE WITH YOU)
(340)
103 NICE WAY (329)
104 BACK OFF BOOGALOO (3 14)
Pnvat<:; Property and AttentJon were wntten
and produced by Paul McCartney, who
also produced Sure To Fall All three
songs feature Lmda McCartney, She1la
Casey, Lezlee L1vrano Panser and Paul
on backmg vocals. The album lync sheet
credits Lawrence Tuber as playmg gu1tar
on these tracks ("Tuber" should read
 Juber the Wmgs ex-gwtanst). Sure To The second selectlon of Beatle releases
Fall (In Love Wllh You) was written by on EMJ's budget label, Mus1c For Pleasure,
Car! Perkms, Quinton Claunch and Wtlham mcluded John's Rock 'n' Roll, George's
Cantrell and was ongmally recorded by The Best Of George Hamson and Rmgo's
Car! Perkms and released m 1956. The Blast From Your Past. The album featured
song was also a favounte of the Beatles a completely new sleeve design usmg
dunng their LIVerpool and Hamburg club the picture of Rmgo ongmally mcluded m
days. The Beatles. the white double album of
Wrack My Bram, wntten by George. 1968
and You Belong To Me were produced
by George, the latter bemg written by ASIDE
Pee Wee Kmg, Redd Stewart and Ch11ton 38d YOU'RE SIXTEEN (2. 43)
Pnce, and recorded by ]o Stafford, who
52c NO NO SONG (2.28)
scored a miihon-seUmg US No 1 m 1952
Drumm1ng Is My Madness. wntten by 26b IT DON'T COME EASY (2.59)
Harry N1lsson, Stop And Take The Time 33d PHOTOGRAPH (3 55)
To Smell The Roses, wntten by Harry and
Rmgo, and Back Off Booga1oo written by 29b BACK Off BOOGALOO (3.16)
Rmgo, were all produced by Harry Nilsson. BSJDE
Back Off Boogaloo 1S a new verSJon of
Rmgo's 1972 hlt, WJth a new arrangement 44c ONLY YOU (AND YOU ALONE) (3.23)
by Van Dyke Parks, and features Harry 13b BEAUCOUPS OF BLUES (2.31)
Nilsson and Rick Ricc10 on backmg vocals.
39d OH MY MY (4.15)
The new arrangement mcludes parts of
several other Beatles and Rmgo songs 27b EARLY 1970 (2.18)
With A Little Help Prom My Fnends. Help!.
35d fM THE GREATEST (3.21)
Lady Madonna, Good Day Sunshine, It
frm't Come Easy, Baby You're A Rich Man
and With A Little Help Prom M y Fnends
repeated. (On the album lync sheet the
song is incorrectly titled Back Off Bugaloo.)
Dead Gweaway was co-wntten by
Rmgo and Ron Wood of The Rolling Stones.
ThlS duo also produced the song together,
as well as supplymg backmg vocals
You've Got A Nice Way was wr1tten by
Stephen Stills and M!chael SterQlS. it was
produced by Stephen Stills. and features
Stills, Mike fmrugan and Mike SterQlS on
backmg vocals

24 BLAST FROM YOUR PAST

M USIC For Pleasure MFP 50524 -
November 25, 1981

- ILAST FROM YOUR PAS11

~~

Rmgo Starr UK 177


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'}
1 SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY
Apple SW 3365 - April 24, 1970
Sentimental journey sold 500,000 copies
m the US before entenng the Btllboard
charts on May 16, at No 51 The albwn
rose to No. 22 for one week on June 20.
staytng m the Top 30 for five weeks. the
4 (26) IT DON'T COME EASY
Top 100 for nine weeks and the Top 200
for fourteen weeks. (Tracks and sleeve
same as Bnttsh release.)
2 BEAUCOUPS OF BLUES
Apple SMAS 3368- September 28, 1970
Although -Country and Western music
ongmated m the United States and remams
very popular, Rmgo's Country and West-
em albwn dtd poorly chartwtse compared
to hiS first album Beaucoups Of Blues
entered the Top 200 on October 17 at No.
141, nsmg to No. 65 - tts htghest position
- on November 21, and staymg m the
Top 100 for nme weeks and m the Top
200 for fifteen weeks. (Tracks and sleeve
same as Bntish release )
3 (13a) BEAUCOUPS OF BLUES
(25) COOCHY COOCHY
Apple 2969 - October S. 1970
5 (28) BACK OFF BOOGALOO
Not released as a smgle m Bntam. Beau-
coups Of Blues only rose to No 87 for two
weeks from November 28 m the Btllboard
178 Working Class Heroes
RINGO - US SECTION
charts, after proppmg up the Top 100
on November 7 at No. 100
The "B" stde of the smgle featured a
song, not released in Britain, called
Coochy Coo, whtch was recorded dunng
the Nashvllle sesstons. Wntten by Rmgo,
tt was ongmally twenty-eight mmutes
long1
(27) EARLY 1970
Apple 1831 - April 16, 1971
Ringo's second Amencan smgle outsold
his three fellow Beatles' respective smgles
of the same period, Power To The People,
Another Day and BanglaDesh The smgle
entered the Blllboard charts on May I at
No· 49, nsmg to No. 4 for two weeks on
June 5, 1t stayed m the Top 30 for eleven
weeks, and m the Top 100 for twelve
weeks The smgle sold a mtlhon by
August 3, 1971, receiving an RIAA Gold
Award (Sleeve same as Brittsh release.)
TBE CONCERT FOR BANGLA DESB
By George Harrison and Friends
Apple STCX 3385 - December 20, 1971
Rmgo guested at George's Concert For
Bang/a Desh. playmg drwns and smgmg
It Don't Come Easy (See origmal Bnttsh
release under Rmgo and George, and
Amencan release under George.)
(29) BLINDMAN
Apple 1849- March 20, 1972
Back Off Boogaloo entered the Billboard
Hot Hundred on Apnl I at No 88, rtsmg
to No. 9 for two weeks on May 13. and
staymg m the Top 30 for SIX weeks and
the Top I 00 for ten weeks (Sleeve same
as Brittsh release.)

By The London Symphony Orchestra,
Chamber Chorr and Guest Vocalists.
Ode SP 99001 - November 27. 1972
Although not a b1g seller m Bntam. the
LS 0 's mterpretat1on of Tommy (Pete
Townshend's celebrated rock opera) was
a huge success m Amenca, where tt
entered the Btllboard album Top 200 on
December 9 at No 136, receiVlng an
RIAA Gold Award on December 13. and
nsmg to No 5 for three weeks on January
27, 1973 The album stayed m the Top 30
for eleven weeks, the Top lOO for nine-
teen weeks and the Top 200 for twenty-
four weeks. The album recetved a
Grammy Award for Best Album Package
m 1973 (Tracks and sleeve same as
BntJSh release )
6 (33) PHOTOGRAPH
(34) DOWN AND OUT
Apple 1865- September 24 1973
Rmgo's first Amencan No. I, and h1s
second US m1lhon seller Photograph
entered the BtU board charts on October 6
at No 74. nsmg to No 1 for one week on
November 24 and staymg m the Top 30
for eleven weeks The smgle stayed m
the Top 200 for s1xteen weeks, recetvmg
an RlAA Gold Award on December 28.
1973 (Picture sleeve same as Bnush
release)
Apple SWAL 3413- November 2 1973
Starr's best-selhng Amen can album
Rmgo entered the Billboard charts at No
IS on November 17, havtng rece1ved an
RlAA Gold Award on November 8, 1973
The album rose to No 2 for two weeks on
December l, staymg m the Top 30 for
etghteen weeks. the Top lOO for thrrty-
two weeks and the Top 200 for thrrty-
seven weeks, and selhng a m1lhon cop1es
by August 1974 (Tracks and sleeve same
as Bnttsh release)
8 (38a) YOU'RE SIXTEEN
(42a) DEVIL WOMAN
ApplL 1870 - Dvccmber 3, 1973
Rmgo s second Amenca No 1 and hJS
thtrd US rrulhon-sclhng smgle entered the
Billboard Hot Hundred on December 22
at No 50 (wh1le Photograph was sull m
the charts at No 8) and rose five weeYs
later to No. I on January 26, 1974, for one
week 11 sold more than one m1lhon
cop1es by January 31, 1974, and quahfted
for an RlAA Gold Award The smgle
stayed m the Top 30 for eleven weeks
and m the 'fop 100 for fourteen weeks.
(Picture sleeve as Bnttsh release)
9 (39a) OB MY MY ·
(40a) STEP LIGBTLY
Apple 1872- FebruAry 18. 1974
The third smgles release from Rmgo, Oh
My My was not released m Bntam at thts
ttme. However, m Amenca 1t became
Rmgo's fifth consecuhve 'fop 'fen h1t It
entered the Btllboard charts on March 9
at No. 65. nsmg to No. 5 for one week on
Apnl 27, and staymg m the 'fop 30 for
nme weeks and m the 'fop 100 for
thirteen weeks (Not released m a picture
sleeve)
10 (44) ONLY YOU CARD YOU ALOIII)
(41)CALLMZ
Apple 1876- November 11, 1974
Rmgo's seventh Amencan smgle. a tratler
for the Goodmght VIenna album, entered
the Btllboa1d Hot Hundred on November
16 at No 63, rtsmg to No 6 for one week
on January 11. 1975, and becommg hts
stxth corJSecutJve 'fop 'fen smgle It was
m the Top 30 for etght weeks and m the
Top 100 for fifteen weeks (Ptcture sleeve
same as Bnllsh release.)
11 GOODNIGBT VIENNA
Apple SW ;J4/7- November 18. 1974
Rmgos second Gold Award album. Good-
mght VIenna entered the Btllboard
album charts on November 30 at No 70,
ach1evmg one m1lbon dollars wonh of
sales by December 9. 1974 1t rose to No
8 for two weeks on January 11. 1975, and
stayed m the Top 30 for nme weeks, the
Top 100 for twenty weeks and the Top
200 for twenty·five weeks (Tracks and
-:leeve same as BntJSh release )
12 (52a) NO NO SONG
(50a) SNOOKEROO
Apple 1880 January 27 1975
In Bntam. Snookeroo was released as the
"A ' s1de coupled With Do-Wee; m Amenca
11 was coupled w11h No No Song as a
double 'A' s1de and chatted as such
The smgle entered the Btllboard chart on
f'ebruary 8 at No 78. nsmg to No 3 for
two weeks on Apnl 5 becommg Rmgo's
Rmgo Starr US 179
 seventh consecutive Top Ten smgle. It 29a BACK OFF BOOGALOO
stayed in the Top 30 for eight weeks and
m the Top lOO for fourteen weeks. BSIDE
44b ONLY YOU (AND YOU ALONE)
13 (46a) IT'S ALL DA DA DOWN TO 13b BEAUCOUPS OF BLUES
OOODNJOBT AI
(S4a) GOODNJOBT A 39b OH MY MY
(repriH) 27a EARLY 1970
(48a) OO·WEE
35a I'M THE GREATEST
Apple 1882 - June 2. 1975
15 (55) A DOSE OF ROCK 'N' ROLL
(58) CRYIN'
Atlant1c 45-3361 - September 20. 1976
Rmgo's first Atlantic smgle entered the
Billboard chart on September 25, reaching
No. 26 and staymg in the chart for nme
weeks. This was Ringo's last US Top 30
entry to date.

The third release from Goodmght V1enna

coupled the two versions of Goodmght
V1enna together as a medley (Capitol's
Idea), giVmg Ringo his runth consecutive
Top lOO htt. The single d1d not reach the
Top 30, his first comparative failure smce
Beaucoups Of Blues (hiS first smgle re-
lease). The smgle entered the Billboard
Hot Hundred on June 14 at No. 82, rising
to No. 31 for two weeks on July 31, and
staying in the Top 100 for seven weeks.
16 RINGO'S ROTOGRAVURE
AtlantJc SD /8193- September 27. 1976
Rmgo's last appearance m the album Top
30 was wtth hiS first Atlantic album.
Rmgo's Rotogravure, which entered the
Billboard Top 200 chart on October 9,
reachmg No. 28, and staying m the chart
for nine weeks. (Sleeve same as British
release.)

14 BLAST FROM YOUR PAST

ASIDE
55a A DOSE OF ROCK 'N' ROLL
Apple SW 3422 - November 20, 1975
56 HEYBABY
Rmgo's greatest hlts package was obvi-
ously based on his Amencan smgles, as 57 PURE GOLD
eight of the ten tr acks were US Top lOO 58a CRYIN'
htts, including seven Top Ten entries and 59 YOU DON'T KNOW ME AT ALL
two chart toppers. Up to November 1975,
Ringo had released mne smgles in BSIDE
America, all of which had entered the 60 COOKIN' (IN THE KITCHEN OF LOVE)
Btllboard Top 100; and wtth seven being
Top Tenners, he had a better htt average 61 I'LL STILL LOVE YOU
than John, Paul or George John had 62 THIS BE CALLED A SONG
released twelve singles wtth only four
Top Tenners, Paul fourteen. wtth ten Top 63 LAS BRISAS
Tenners (although four were No. l's), and 64 LADY GAYE
George had seven releases, wtth only
65 SPOOKY WEIRDNESS
three Top Ten entnes (two bemg No. 1's).
The album entered the Btllboard Top 200 17 (56a) BEY BABY
on December 6 at No. 176, nsmg to No. 30 (64a) LADY OAYE
and staying in the chart for eleven weeks.
(Sleeve same as Bntish release.) AtlantJc 45-3371 - November 22, 1976

ASIDE Wtth Hey Baby, taken from Rmgo's Roto-

gravure album Rmgo made his last chart
38b YOU'RE SIXTEEN appearance of the sevenlles The smgle
52b NO NO SONG entered the charts on January 29, 1977,
but reached only No. 74, staymg m the
26a IT DON'T COME EASY
chart for a mere three weeks.
33b PHOTOGRAPH

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18 (69) WINGS 22 BADBOY
(67) JUST A DREAM Por trail }R-35378 - Apnl 21, 1978
AtlantJc 3429 -July 25. 1977 Rmgo's fust and only album for Portrait
The frrst smgle release from Rmgo's made a bnef appearance m the Top 200
second Atlanllc album Rmgo The 4th, charts, 1t reached No. 129 and stayed m
sank Without trace, even though the ' B" the chart for stx weeks. after entenng on
stde was not to appear on the album May 20 (Sleeve same as Bnllsh release)
ASJDE
19 RJNGO TBE 4TB 85 WHO NEEDS A HEART
AtlantiC SO 19108 - September 26, 1977 86 BAD BOY
After the non-appearance of the preVIous 87a LIPSTICK TRACES (ON A CIGARETTE)
smgles m the smgle charts 11 was hardly 88 HEART ON MY SLEEVE
surpnsmg that the album would only nse
to No. 162 m the Btllboar d Top 200 LP 89 WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO
charts It remamed m the chart for stx BSJDE
weeks, after entenng on October IS
(Sleeve same as Bntlsh release.) 90 HARD TIMES
91 TON1GHT
A SIDE
92 MONKEY SEE - MONKEY DO
66 DROWNING IN THE SEA OF LOVE
93a OLD TIME RELOVIN'
68 TANGO ALL N1GHT
94 A MAN LIKE ME
69a WINGS
70 GAVE IT ALL UP 23 (88a) HEART ON MY SLEEVE
71 OUT ON THE STREETS (85a) WBO NEEDS A HEART
BSJDE Portrait 6-70018 -July 6. 1978
72 CAN SHE DO IT LIKE SHE DANCES
In Amenca. Portrait played safe. re-
73 SNEAKING SALLY THROUGH THE ALLEY leasmg a song that had already proved to
74 IT'S NO SECRET be hll matenal for 1ts composers. Gal-
lagher and Lyle. but Rmgo's verston of
75 GYPSIES IN FLIGHT Heart On My Sleeve sttll fatled to enter
76 SIMPLE LOVE SONG the charts

20 (66a) DROWNING IN TBE SEA OF

LOVE 24 RINGO
(67a) JUST A DREAM Capitol SN-16114 - October, 1980
Atlantic 3412 - October 18, 1977
As m Bntam, Capttol re-released several
Rmgo's last record release for Atlantic old "Beatle' albums on tts budget label
also failed to make the charts Drownmg Rmgo was reiSSUed m a new single
should have been the first release from sleeve
the Rmgo The 4th album as a smgle, but
was substituted wtth Wmgs When thts ASiDE
smgle flopped Drownmg was hurnedly 35b I'M THE GREATEST
released usmg the same "B" stde as the 36a HAVE YOU SEEN MY BABY
e1rher record
33c PHOTOGRAPH
21 (87) LIWI'ICK TJULCES (ON A 37a SUNSHINE LIFE FOR ME (SAIL AWAY
CIGAJU:T'I'E) RAYMOND)
(93) OLD TIME RELOVIN'
38c YOU'RE SIXTEEN
1-'ortra1t 6-70015 - Apnl 18, 1978
BSIDE
A change of label to Portrrut drd not help
Rmgo's chart performance, hiS ftrst smglo 39c OH MY MY
for hts new company makmg no tmpres· 40b STEP LIGHTLY
SIOn on the charts
41a SIX O'CLOCK

Rmgo Starr US 181

42b DEVIL WOMAN
43a YOU AND ME (BABE)
28 BLAST FROM YOUR PAST
Cap1tol SN-16236- September. 1981

25 SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY A SIDE

Capitol SN-16218- February. 1981 38d YOU'RE SIXTEEN

52d NO NO SONG
The second budget reiSSue of Rmgo:S old
CapttoVApple catalogue featured hts first 26b IT DON'T COME EASY
album and Goodmght V1enna (Tracks 33d PHOTOGRAPH
and sleeve same as ongmal release )
29b BACK OFF BOOGALOO
26 GOODNIGBT VIENNA BSIDE
44d ONLY YOU (AND YOU ALONE)
Cap1tol SN-16219 - February, 1981
l3d BEAUCOUPS OF BLUES
A SIDE 39d OHMY MY
46b GOODNIGHT VIENNA 27b EARLY 1970
47a OCCAPELLA 35c I'M THE GREATEST
48b 00-WEE
Wtth these two last releases, all of Rmgo's
49a HUSBANDS AND WIVES Apple albums were retssued on the
SOb SNOOKEROO Capttol budget senes. Beaucoups Of
Blues appeanng m a smgle sleeve, and
BS1DE not m the ongmal gatefold cover.
Sla ALL BY MYSELF 29 (95) WRACK MY BRAIN
45b CALL ME (96) DRUMMING IS MY MADNESS
52c NO NO SONG Boardwalk NBJ-11-130 - October 27.
44c ONLY YOU (AND YOU ALONE) 1981
53a EASY FORME Rmgo's first Top 100 smgles entry smce
1976 and Hey Baby, Wrack M y Bram
54b GOODNIGHT VIENNA (reprise)
peaked at No 38, after entermg on
November 7. and stayed m the Billboard
27 BEAUCOUPS OF BLUES charts for eleven weeks (Picture sleeve
Capitol SN-16235 - Sep tember, 1981 same as BnttSh release.)

A SIDE
30 STOP AND SMELL THE ROSES
13c BEAUCOUPS OF BLUES
14a LOVE DON'T LAST LONG Boardwa1k NB J-33246 - October 27.
1981
!Sa FASTEST GROWING HEARTACHE IN
THE WEST Although voted the "Worst Record Of
1981" m the Umted States. Rmgo's ftrst
!Sa WITHOUT HER new album m three years entered the
l7a WOMAN OF THE NIGHT Billboard Top I 00 on December 5, and
reached No. 98, staymg m the Top 200 for
l8a I'D BE TALKING ALL THE TIME
five weeks (Tracks and sleeve same as
BSIDE Bnttsh release.)
19a $15 DRAW
31 (97a) PRIVATE PROPERTY
20a WINE, WOMEN AND LOUD HAPPY (99a) STOP AND TAKE THE TIME TO
SONGS SMELL THE ROSES
21a I WOULDN'T HAVE YOU ANY OTHER Boardwalk NBJ-11-134- January 13, 1982
WAY
Rmgo's second smgle release from hiS
22a LOSER'S LOUNGE Boardwalk album, and another flop.
23a WAITING
24a SILENT HOMECOMING

182 Working Class Heroes

APPENDICES

Appenctices 183
JUIPENDIXl
CHRONOLOGICAL RECORD RELEASES IN GREAT BRITAIN

ThlS appendiX l!Sts all solo releases m chronolog1cal order, gtvmg the appropriate record number for
each solo sectton, t.e. "J" = John Lennon, "P" = Paul McCartney, "G" = George Harnson and "R" =
Rmgo Starr, m the left-hand column. Where a "C" appears, thts mdtcates a compilation album, whtch
does not recetve a record number. Smgles are liSted m upper and lower case, while album titles
appear m UPPER CASE only

~ei
~~ RECORD TITLE ARTIST LABEL CATALOGUE n.r:.JULri.U
NUMBER DATE
1968
Gl WONDERWALL MUSIC George Harrison Apple SAPCOR l !Ill
J1 UNFINISHED MUSIC No. 1 - John Lennon & Yoko Ono Track/ 613012 29/ll
TWO VIRGINS Apple (SAPCOR 2)
1969
12 UNFINISHED MUSIC No. 2 - John Lennon & Yoko Ono Zapple ZAPPLE 01 9/5
LIFE WITH THE LIONS
02 ELECTRONIC SOUND George Harrison Zapple ZAPPLE 02 9/5
]3 Give Peace A Chance/ Plastic Ono Band Apple APPLE 13 4n
Remember Love
J4 Cold Turkey/ Plastic Ono Band Apple APPLES 1001 24/10
Don't Worry Kyoko
J5 THE WEDDING ALBUM John Lennon & Yoko Ono Apple SAPCOR 11 7/ll
16 THE PLASTIC ONO BAND - Plastic Ono Band Apple CORE 2001 12/12
LIVE PEACE IN TORONTO 1969
1970 •••••••••••••••••• 0 •••••••••••••••••••• 0 •••••••• • 0 •••••••••••• • •••••••••••• 0 0 ••••••• 0

J7 Instant Kannal Lennon/Ono with The Apple APPLES l 003 6/2

Who Has Seen The Wind Plastic Ono Band
RI SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY Ringo Starr Apple PCS 7101 27/3
PI McCARTNEY Paul McCartney Apple PCS 7102 17/4
R2 BEAUCOUPS OF BLUES Ringo Starr Apple PAS 10002 2519
G3 ALL TlflNGS MUST PASS George Harrison Apple STCH 639 27111
J8 JOHN LENNON/PLASTIC ONO John Lennon & The Apple PCS 7124 11/12
BAND Plastic Ono Band
1971
G4 My Sweet Lord/ George Harrison Apple R 5884 1511
What Is Life
P2 Another Day/ Paul McCartney Apple R 5889 19/2
Oh Woman Oh Why
J9 Power To The People/ John Lennon/Yoko Ono & Apple R 5892 1213
Open Your Box The Plastic Ono Band
R3 It Don't Come Easy/ Ringo Starr Apple R 5898 914
Early 1970
P3 RAM Paul & Linda McCartney Apple PAS 10003 21/5
J God Save Us/ Bill Elliot & The Apple APPLE 36 16/7
Do The Oz Elastic Oz Band

184 Working Class Heroes

GS Bangla Deshl George Harrison Apple R 5912 3011
Deep Blue
P4 The Back Seat Of My Car/ Paul & Linda McCartney Apple R 5914 13/8
Heart Of The Country
JIO IMAGINE John Lennon & The Apple PAS 10004 8/lO
PlastiC Ono Band with
The Flux Fiddlers
PS WILD LIFE Wmgs Apple PCS 7142 3112
1972 ......... ••••• 0 •• 0 • •••••• 0 ...........
G6 THE CONCERT FOR George Harrison & Apple STCX 3385 7/l
BANGLADESH Friends
P6 G1ve Ireland Back To The Wmgs Apple R 5936 25/2
Irish!Version
R4 Back Off Boogaloo/ Rlngo Starr Apple R 5944 17/3
Blmdrnan
P7 Mary Had A Little Lamb/ Wings Apple R 5949 1215
Little Woman Love
Jl1 SOMETIME IN NEW John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Apple PCSP 716 15/9
YORK CITY Band with Elephant's
Memory & Invisible
Stnngs
112 Happy Xmas (War Is Over)! John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Apple R 5970 24111
Listen The Snow Is Band & Harlem
Falling Community Choir
RC TOMMY London Symphony Ode 99001 24111
Orchestra/Guests
P8 Hl, Hl,Hi/ Wings Apple R 5973 1112
CMoon
1973 ••••••• 0 •••• 0. 0 ••••••• •

P9 My Love/ Paul McCartney & Wings Apple R5985 23/3

The Mess
PlO RED ROSE SPEEDWAY Paul McCartney & Wings Apple PCTC 251 315
G7 G1ve Me Love (GIVe Me Peace George Harrison Apple R 5988 2515
On Earth)!Miss O'Dell
Pll Live And Let D1e!I Lie Around Wmgs Apple R5987 l/6
G8 LNING IN THE MATERIAL George Harrison Apple PAS 10006 2116
WORLD
PC LNE AND LET DIE Soundtrack Umted UAS 29475 617
ArtiSts
R5 Photograph/ Rlngo Starr Apple R5992 19110
Down And Out
Pl2 Helen Wheels! Paul McCartney & Wmgs Apple R 5993 26/10
Country Dreamer
Jl3 Mind Games/ John Lennon Apple R 5994 16/11
Meat City
R6 RINGO Rlngo Starr Apple PCTC 252 9/11
Jl4 MIND GAMES John Lennon Apple PCS 7165 16/11
Pl3 BAND ON THE RUN Paul McCartney & Wings Apple PAS 10007 30111

1974 ....... • •• 0 •• 0 ••••••• 0 •••••••• 0 ••• 0 •••• 0

R7 You're Sixteen/ Rlngo Starr Apple R 5995 8/2

Devil Woman
Pl4 Jet 'Let Me Roll It Paul McCartney & Wings Apple R 5996 1812
PIS Band On The RWl! Zoo Gang Paul McCartney & Wmgs Apple R 5997 2816

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}15 Whatever Gets You Thru The John Lennon Apple R5998 4/10
Night/Beef Jerky
Jl6 WALLS AND BRIDGES John Lennon Apple PCTC 253 4/10
p Walking In The Park W ith The Country Hams EMI EM12220 18/10
Eloise/Bridge Over The (re-ISSued l/3/82)
River Suite
PIS Junior's Farm/Sally G • Paul McCartney & Wings Apple R 5999 25110
RS Only You/Call Me Ringo Starr Apple R 6000 15/11
R9 GOODNIGHT VIENNA Ringo Starr Apple PCS 7168 15/11
G9 Ding Dong/ George Harrison Apple R6002 6/12
I Don't Care Anymore
GIO DARK HORSE George Harrison Apple PAS 10008 20/12
1975 ••••••••••••••••• 0 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 0 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••

Jl7 No. 9 Dream/What You Got John Lennon Apple R6003 31/1
Pl7 Sally G/Junior's Farm Paul McCartney & Wings Apple R 5999 7/2
118 ROCK 'N' ROLL John Lennon Apple PCS 7169 21/2
RIO Snookeroo/Oo-Wee Ringo Starr Apple R 6004 2112
Gll Dark Horse/ George Harrison Apple R 6001 28/2
Hari's On Tour (Express)
Philadelphia Freedom/ The Elton John Band DJM DJS 354 28/2
I Saw Her Standing There
Jl9 Stand By Me/ John Lennon Apple R 6005 18/4
Move Over Ms. L
PIS Listen To What The Man Wings Apple R6006 16/5
Said/Love In Song
Pl9 VENUS AND MARS Wings Capttol PCTC 254 30/5
P20 Letting Go/ Wings Capitol R 6008 5/9
You Gave Me The Answer
Gl2 You!W orld Of Stone George Harrison Apple R6007 12/9
Gl3 EXTRA TEXTURE George Harrison Apple PAS 10009 30/9
(READ ALL ABOUT IT)
]20 Imagine/Working Class Hero John Lennon Apple R6009 24/10
]21 SHAVED FISH John Lennon Apple PCS 7173 24/10
(COLLECTABLE LENNON)
P21 Venus And Mars/Rock Show/ Wings Capttol R 6010 28/11
Magneto And Titanitun Man
Rl l BLAST FROM YOUR PAST Ringo Starr Apple PCS 7170 12/12
1976 •••••••••••• • ••••••••••••••• 0 ••••• 0 0 •• 0 •••••••• 0 0 ••••••••••••••••••••• 0 •••••••••••••••

Rl2 Oh My My/No No Song Ringo Starr Apple R 6011 9/1

Gl4 This Guitar (Can't Keep George Harrison Apple R 6012 6/2
From CryingYMaya Love
P22 WINGS AT THE SPEED OF Wings Parlophone PAS 10010 26/3
SOUND
P23 Silly Love Songs/ Wings Parlop hone R 6014 30/4
Cook Of The House
P24 Let 'ern In/ Wings Parlophone R 6015 23/7
Beware My Love
Rl3 RINGO'S ROTOGRAVURE Ringo Starr Polydor 2302 040 17/9
Rl4 A Dose Of Rock 'n' RolV Ringo Starr Polydor 2001 694 15110
Cryin'
G15 This Song/ George Harrison Dark Horse K 16856 19111
Learning How To Love You
Gl6 THIRTY THREE & 113 GEORGE HARRISON Dark Horse K 56319 19/11

186 Working Class Heroes

Gl7 THE BEST OF GEORGE George Harrison Par lophone PAS 10011 20/11
HARRlSON
R15 Hey Baby/Lady Gaye Rmgo Starr Polydor 2001 699 26/11
P25 WINGS OVER AMERICA Wmgs Parlophone PCSP 720 10/12
GIB My Sweet Lord/ George Harrison Apple R5884 ?fl2
What Is Ltfe
1977 • • • • • 0 •••• • 0 ••••••••••••••••• 0 •• 0 • . .... ~ ........... • • 0 •• • • •

P26 Maybe I'm Amazed/Soily Wings Parlophone R 6017 4/2

G19 True Love/Pure Smokey George Harrison Dark Horse K 16896 1812
p Uncle Albert/Admiral Percy Thrillington Regal EMJ 2594 ?J4
Halsey/Eat At Home Zonophone
p THRILLINGTON Percy Thrilhngton Regal EMC 3175 29/4
Zonophone
G20 It's What You Value/ George Harrison Dark Horse K 16967 10/6
Woman Don't You Cry For Me
Rl6 Drowrung In The Sea Of Rmgo Starr Polydor 2001 734 16/9
Love/Just A Dream
R17 RINGO THE 4TH Ringo Starr Polydor 2310 556 30/9
P27 Mull Of Kintyre/ Wmgs CapitOl R 6018 11/1 I
G1rls School
RC SCOUSE THE MOUSE Vanous Polydor 2480429 9/12
1978 • 0. 0. 0 •• .. 0 ••• 0. 0. 0. 0 •••• 0 •••• 0 0 •• 0 ••••••••••• 0

P28 With A Llttle Luck! Wings Parlophone R 6019 23/3

Backwards Traveller/
Cuff Link
P29 LONDON TOWN Wings Parlophone PAS 10012 31/3
RIB BAD BOY Rmgo Starr Polydor 2310 599 ?/4
Rl9 Llpstick Traces! Ringo Starr Polydor 2001 782 ?f6
Old Tune Relovin'
P30 I've Had Enough/ Wmgs Parlophone R 6020 1&6
Dehver Your Cluldren
R20 Torught/ Ringo Starr Polydor 2001 795 21n
Heart On My Sleeve
P31 London Townll'm Carrymg Wmgs Parlophone R 6021 1519
P32 WINGS GREATEST Wmgs Parlophone PCTC 256 1112
1979 • • • • • 0 ••• .. • 0 0 0 ••••• 0 •••••••••••• 0 •••••• 0 •••••••• 0

G21 GEORGE HARRlSON George Harrison Dark Horse K 56562 23/2

G22 Blow Away/Soft Touch George Harrison Dark Horse K 17327 213
P33 Goodrught Tonight! Wings Parlophone R 6023 2313
Daytune N1ghtime Suffermg
P34 Goodrught Torught/ Wings Parlophone 12Y R 6023 ?f3
Daytune N1ghtune Suffering
RC THE SONGS LENNON AND Vanous EM! NUT 18 ?!4
McCARTNEY GAVE AWAY
G23 Love Comes To Everyone/ George Harrison Dark Horse K 17284 ?;5
Soft-Hearted Hana
G')C A MONUMENT TO BRITISH Various Harvest EMTV 17 4/5
ROCK
P35 Old Stam Sm'Spm It On Wings Parlophone R 6026 I6
P36 BACK TO THE EGG Wmgs Parlophone PCTC 257 816
G24 Faster George Hanison Dark Horse K 17423 2017
Your Love Is Forever

Appendice s 187
G25 Faster!Your Love is Forever George Harrison Dark Horse K 17423P ?f7
(picture disc)
P37 Getting Closer/ Wings Parlophone R 6027 1018
Baby's Request
p Seaside Woman/ Suzy And The Red A&M AMS 7461 ?/8
B Side To Seaside Stripes
p Seaside Woman/ Suzy And The Red A&M AMSP 7461 ?18
B Side To Seaside (box set) Stripes
P38 Wonderful Christmastime/ Paul McCartney Parlophone R 6029 16111
Rudolph The Red Nosed Reggae
1980 . . . . . . . . . . . . --. • •• - ••• • 0 •• • •• - ••• •••••• 0 •• 0 •• 0 ••• 0 - •••••••• 0 ••• •••••

PC THE SUMMIT Various K-tel NE 1067 19/l

P39 Coming Up/Coming Up (Live Paul McCartney Parlophone R 6035 1114
At Glasgow)!Lunchbox/Odd Sox
P40 McCARTNEY I1 Paul McCartney Parlophone PCTC 258 16.5
P41 Waterfalls/ Paul McCartney Parlophone R 6037 14/6
Check My Machine
p Seaside Woman/ Linda McCartney A&M AMS 7548 1817
B Side To Seaside
p Seaside Woman/ Linda McCartney A&M AMSP 7548 1817
B Side To Seaside (twelve-inch)
P42 Temporary Secretary/ Paul McCartney Parlophone 12 R 6039 1519
Secret Friend
J22 Oust Like) Starting Over/ John Lennon & Yoko Ono Geffen K 79186 24/lO
Kiss Kiss Kiss
]23 DOUBLE FANTASY John Lennon & Yoko Ono Geffen K 99131 17111
R21 RINGO Ringo Starr Mus1c For MFP 50508 27111
Pleasure
J24 MIND GAMES John Lennon Mus1c For MFP 50509 27111
Pleasure
G26 DARK HORSE George Harr!Son Mus1c For MFP 50510 27/11
Pleasure
GC THE GUINNESS ALBUM - Various CBS S CBS 10020 5112
HITS OF THE 70'S
1981 0 0 ....... ........ • 0 ••••••••• 0 ••••••••••••••••••••• . . . .. . .... • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 0 •• ••

J25 W oman!Beautiful Boys John Lennon & Yoko Ono Geffen K 79195 1611
P43 THE McCARTNEY INTERVIEW Paul McCartney Parlophone CHAT 1 23/2
1 I Saw Her Standing There/ Elton John & John DJM DJS 10965 13/2
Whatever Gets You Thru Lennon
The Night!Lucy In The
Sky With Diamonds
]26 Watching The Wheels/ John Lennon & Yoko Ono Geffen K 79207 27/3
Yes, I'm Your Angel
PC THE CONCERTS FOR Various Atlantic K 60153 3/4
KAMPUCHEA
G27 All Those Years Ago/ George Harrison Dark Horse K 17807 15/5
Writings On The Wall
G28 SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND George Harrison Dark Horse K 56870 5:6
]27 JOHN LENNON (box set) John Lennon Apple JLB 8 15/6
G29 Teardrops/Save The World George Harrison Dark Horse K 17837 3117
R22 Wrack My Brain/ Rmgo Starr RCA RCA 166 13/1 I
Drumming Is My Madness
R23 STOP AND SMELL THE ROSES Ringo Starr RCA RCALP 6022 20/11
J28 ROCK 'N ROLL John Lennon Mus1c For MFP 50522 25111
Pleasure
188 Working Class Heroes
G30 THE BEST OF GEORGE George Harrison Mus1c for MFP 50523 25111
HARRISON Pleasure
R24 BLAST FROM YOUR PAST Ringo Starr Mustc for MfP 50524 25/11
Pleasure
1982 .............
PC JAMES BOND GREATEST HITS Various Ltberty EMTV 007 813
P44 Ebony And Ivory/ Paul McCartney with Parlophone R 6054 29/3
Rainclouds Stevie Wonder
P45 Ebony And Ivory!Rainclouds/ Paul McCartney with Parlophone 12 R 6054 ?f3
Ebony And Ivory (twelve-inch) Stevte Wonder
P46 TUG OF WAR Paul McCartney Parlophone PCTC 259 26/4
P47 Take It Away/ Paul McCartney Par lophone R 6056 2116
I'll Give You A Ring
P48 Take It Away/I'll Give You A Paul McCartney Parlophone 12 R 6056 517
Rmg!Dress Me Up As A
Robber (twelve-inch)
P49 Tug Of War/Get It Paul McCartney Parlophone R 6057 20/9
G31 Wake Up My Love/Greece George Harrison Dark Horse 929864-7 8/11
G32 GONE TROPPO George Harrison Dark Horse 923734-1 8/11
}29 THE JOHN LENNON John Lennon Parlophone EMTV 37 8/11
COLLECTION
]30 Love/Gimme Some Truth John Lennon Par lop hone R 6059 15/11
p The Girl Is Mine/ Michael Jackson and EplC EPC A2729 29/ll
Can't Get Outta The Rain Paul McCartney
p The Girl Is Mine/ Michael Jackson and Eptc EPC A 11-2729?/11
Can't Get Outta The Rain Paul McCartney
(picture disc)

Appendlces 189
CHRONOLOGICAL RECORD RELEASES IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

~~
~~ RECORD TITLE ARTIST LABEL CATALOGUE RELEASE
• NUMBER DATE

1968
]I UNFINISHED MUSIC No. 1 - John Lennon & Yoko Ono Apple T 5001 11111
TWO VIRGINS
Gl WONDERWALL MUSIC George Harrison Apple ST 3350 2/12
1969
]2 UNFINISHED MUSIC No. 2 - John Lennon & Yoko Ono Zapple ST 3357 2&'5
LIFE WITH THE LIONS
02 ELECTRONIC SOUND George Harrison Zapple ST 3358 2615
]3 Give Peace A Chance/ Plastic Ono Band Apple 1809 717
Remember Love
J4 Cold Turkey/ Plastic Ono Band Apple 1813 20/10
Don't Worry Kyoko
]5 THE WEDDING ALBUM John Lennon & Yoko Ono Apple SMAX 3361 20/10
]6 THE PLASTIC ONO BAND - Plastic Ono Band Apple SW 3362 12/12
LIVE PEACE IN TORONTO 1969
1970
]7 Instant Karma/ Lennon/Ono with The Apple 1818 20/2
Who Has Seen The Wind Plastic Ono Band
PI McCARTNEY Paul McCartney Apple STAO 3363 20/4
RI SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY Ringo Starr Apple SW 3365 2414
R2 BEAUCOUPS OF BLUES Ringo Starr Apple SMAS 3368 28/9
R3 Beaucoups of Blues/Coochy Coo Ringo Starr Apple 2969 5/10
G3 My Sweet Lord/ George Harrison Apple 2995 23111
Isn't It A Pity (version 1)
G4 ALL THINGS MUST PASS George Harrison Apple STCH 639 27/ 11
]8 JOHN LENNON/ John Lennon and The Apple SW 3372 11112
PLASTIC ONO BAND Plastic Ono Band
]9 Mother/Why John Lennon!Yoko Ono & Apple 1827 28/12
Plastic Ono Band
1971
05 What Is Life/ George Harrison Apple 1828 1512
Apple Scruffs
P2 Another Day/ Paul McCartney Apple 1829 22/2
Oh Woman Oh Why
J10 Power To The People/ John Lennon!Yoko Ono & Apple 1830 22/3
Touch Me Plastic Ono Band
R4 It Don't Come Easy/ Rmgo Starr Apple 1831 16/4
Early 1970
P3 RAM Paul & Linda McCartney Apple SMAS 3375 17/5
J God Save Us/Do The Oz Bill Elliot & The Apple 1835 7/7
Elastic Oz Band
G6 Bangla Desh!Deep Blue George Harrison Apple 1836 28/7
P4 Uncle Albert/Admiral Paul & Linda McCartney Apple 1837 2/8
Halsey/Too Many People

190 Working Class Heroes

J11 IMAGINE John Lennon Apple SW 3379 919
]12 Imagine/It's So Hard John Lennon Apple 1840 lVIO
}13 Happy Xmas (War Is Over)/ John & Yoko/P1astic Apple 1842 1112
Listen The Snow Is Falling Ono Band & The Harlem
Community Choir
PS WILD LIFE Wmgs Apple SW 3386 7/ 12
G7 THE CONCERT FOR George Harrison & Apple STCX 3385 20/12
BANGLADESH Fnends
1972 ........... 0 0

P6 Give Ireland Back To The Wings Apple 1847 28/2

Irish/version
RS Back off Boogaloo/ Ringo Starr Apple 1849 20/3
Bhndman
J14 Woman Is The Nigger Of John Lennon!Yoko Ono & Apple 1848 2414
The World/Sisters 0 Sisters Plastic Ono Band
P7 Mary Had A Little Lamb/ Wings Apple 1851 29/S
Little Woman Love
JlS SOMETIME IN NEW John & Yoko!Plastic Ono Apple SVBB 3392 1216
YORK CITY Band with Elephant's
Memory & Invisible
Strmgs
RC TOMMY London Symphony Ode SP 99001 27/l l
Orchestra & Guests
P8 Hi, Hi, Hi/C Moon Wings Apple 1857 4/ 12
1973 ......... .. - .. • • •• 0 •• • 0 •••••• 0 •• •• 0 •• - ••••••••

P9 My Love/The Mess Paul McCartney & Wmgs Apple 186 1 9/4

PlO RED ROSE SPEEDWAY Paul McCartney & Wings Apple SMAL 3409 30/4
GB G1ve Me Love (G1ve Me George Harnson Apple 1862 115
Peace On Earth)/Mlss O'Dell
G9 LIVING IN THE MATERIAL George Harrison Apple SMAS 3410 30/5
WORLD
Pll Live And Let Die/ Wmgs Apple 1863 18/6
I Lie Around
PC LNE AND LET DIE Soundtrack Umted LA 100-G 217
Artists
R6 Photograph/Down And Out Ringo Starr Apple 1865 2419
]16 Mind Games/Meat C1ty John Lennon Apple 1868 29/10
R7 RINGO Rmgo Starr Apple SWAL 3413 2111
Jl7 MIND GAMES John Lennon Apple SW 3414 2111
Pl2 Helen Wheels/ Paul McCartney & Wings Apple 1869 12/ 11
Country Dreamer
R8 You're Sucteenl Rmgo Starr Apple 1870 3/12
Devil Woman
Pl3 BAND ON THE RUN Paul McCartney & Wmgs Apple so 3415 5112
1974 • ••• 0 •••• 0 .... 0 ••••••••• 0 •••• 0 •••• 0 0 ... • 0 0 ........... 0 0 ••• 0 •• 0 •••• 0 ••••• 0. 0 0.

Pl4 Jet/Mamunia Paul McCartney & Wings Apple 1871 2811

PI S Jet/Let Me Roll It Paul McCartney & Wmgs Apple 1871 18/2
R9 Oh My My/Step Lightly Rmgo Starr Apple 1872 18/2
Pl6 Band On The Run/Nmeteen Paul McCartney & Wmgs Apple 1873 8/4
Hundred And E1ghty F1ve
Jl8 Whatever Gets You Thru John Lennon Apple 1874 2319
The Night/Beef Jerky

Appendices 191
Jl9 WALLS AND BRIDGES John Lennon Apple SW 3416 2619
Pl7 Junior's Farm/Sally G Paul McCartney & Wings Apple 1875 4'11
RIO Only You (And You Alone)! Ringo Starr Apple 1876 ll/11
Call Me
Rl l GOODNIGHT VIENNA Ringo Starr Apple SW 34 17 18/ll
GlO Dark Horse/ George Harrison Apple 1877 18111
I Don't Care Anymore
p Walking In The Park With The Country Hams EM! 3977 2112
Eloise/Bridge Over The
River Suite
Gll DARK HORSE George Harrison Apple SMAS 3418 9/12
]20 No. 9 Dream/What You Got John Lennon Apple 1878 16/12
Gl2 Ding Dong Ding Dong/ George Harrison Apple 1879 23/12
Hari's On Tour (Express)
1975 ••••••••••••••••••••• 0 ••••• 0 ••••••••••••••••• 0 ••• • ••••••••••• 0 ••••••• . .........
PIS Sally G!Junior's Farm Paul McCartney & Wings Apple 1875 20/1
Rl2 No No Song/Snookeroo Ringo Starr Apple 1880 27/l
]21 ROCK 'N' ROLL John Lennon Apple SK 3419 17/2
J Philadelphia Freedom/ The Elton John Band MCA 40364 24/2
I Saw Her Standing There
J22 Stand By Me/Move Over Ms. L John Lennon Apple 1881 10/3
Pl9 Listen To What The Man Wings Capitol 4091 2315
Said/Love In Song
P20 VENUS AND MARS Wings Capitol SMAS 11419 27/5
RJ3 It's All Da Da Down To Ringo Starr Apple 1882 216
Goodnight Vienna/Oo-Wee
Gl3 You/World Of Stone George Harrison Apple 1884 15/9
G14 EXTRA TEXTURE George Harrison Apple SW 3420 2219
(READ ALL ABOUT IT)
P21 Letting Go/ Wings Cap1tol 4145 29/9
You Gave Me The Answer
J23 SHAVED FISH John Lennon Apple SW 3421 24'10
(COLLECTABLE LENNON)
P22 Venus And Mars/Rock Show/ Wings Cap1tol 4175 27/10
Magneto And Titanium Man
Rl4 BLAST FROM YOUR PAST Ringo Starr Apple SW 3422 20/1 I
Gl5 This Guitar (Can't Keep George Harrison Apple 1885 8/12
From Crying)/Maya Love
1976 ••••••••••••••••••• 0 •••• 0 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 0 ••••••••••• ••• • • 0 •••• 0 0. 0 ••••••••• 0

P23 WINGS AT THE SPEED OF Wings Cap1tol SW I 1525 2513

SOUND
P24 Silly Love Songs/ Wings Capltol 4256 1/4
Cook Of The House
P25 Let 'em In/ Wings Capitol 4293 2816
Beware My Love
Rl5 A Dose Of Rock 'n' RolV Ringo Starr Allant1c 45-336 1 20/9
Cryin'
Rl6 RINGO'S ROTOGRAVURE Ringo Starr Atlantic so 18193 27/9
Gl6 THE BEST OF GEORGE George Harrison Capllol ST I 1578 8/11
HARRISON
Gl7 This Song/ George Harrison Dark Horse DRC 8294 15111
Learning How To Love You
Rl7 Hey Baby/Lady Gaye Ringo Starr Atlantic 45-3371 22111

192 Working Class Heroes

0 18 THIRTY THREE & 1f3 George Harrison Dark Horse OH 3005 24ll1
P26 WJNGS OVER AMERICA Wmgs Capitol SWCO 11593 10112
1977
019 Crackerbox Palace/ George Harrison Dark Horse DRC 8313 24!1
Learning How To Love You
P27 Maybe I'm Amazed/Soily Wings Capitol 4385 712
j24 Stand By Me/ John Lennon Capitol 6244 4/4
Woman Is The Nigger Of Star Lme
The World
020 Dark Horse/You George Harrison Capitol 6?45 4/4
Star Lme
P Seaside Woman/ Suzy & The Red Stripes Ep1c 8-50403 31/5
B Side To Seaside
Rl8 Wmgsl}ust A Dream Rmgo Starr Atlantic 3429 2517
Rl9 RJNGO THE 4TH Rmgo Starr Atlantic SD 19108 2619
R20 Drowrung In The Sea Of Ringo Starr Atlanllc 3412 18110
Love/Just A Dream
P28 Mull Of Kmtyre/ Wmgs Capitol 4504 14/ I I
Girls School
1978
P29 With A L1ttle Luck/ Wmgs Capltol 4559 20/3
Backwards Traveller/
CUff Lmk
P30 LONDON TOWN Wmgs Capitol SW 11777 3113
R21 Lipstick Traces! Ringo Starr Ponra11 6-70015 1814
Old Time Relovin'
R22 BAD BOY Ringo Starr Portrait JR-35378 21/4
P3 1 I've Had Enough! Wmgs Capitol 4594 1216
Dellver Your Children
R23 Heart On My Sleeve Rmgo Starr Portrait 6-70018 617
Who Needs A Heart
P32 London Town/I'm Carrying Wmgs Capitol 4625 2118
P33 WJNGS GREATEST Wings Capitol SOO I I905 22J 11
P34 BAND ON THE RUN Paul McCartney & Wmgs Capitol SEAX I 1901 ?Jl2
(picture ctisc)
1979
02 1 Blow Away/ George Harrison Oar~ Horse DRC 8763 14/2
Soft-Hearted Hana
G2t. GEORGE HARRISON George Harrison Dark Horse DHK-3255 14,2
P35 Goodrught Tonight/ Wmgs Columbia 3-10939 1513
Daytime Nightime Suffermg
P36 Goodnight Tonight/ Wmgs Columbm 23-10940 15/3
Daytime Nightime Suffenng
(twelve-mch)
023 Love Comes To Everyone ' George Harnson Dark Horse DRC 8844 915
Soft Touch
P32 BACK TO THE EGG Wmgs Columbia FC-36057 2415
P38 Getting Closer Wmgs Columbia 3-11020 516
Spin It On
P39 Arrow Through Me Wmgs Columb1a 1-11070 14 8
Old S1am Srr
P40 Wonderful Chrlstmasllmel Paul McCartney Columbia 1-11162 20/11
Rudolph The Red Nosed Reggae

Appendices 193
1980 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............... . . . ... ..............................
P4l Coming Up (Live Paul McCartney Columbia 1-11263 15/4
At Glasgow)!Lunch Box/
Odd Sox
P42 McCARJ'NEY 11 Paul McCa:rtney Columbia FC-3651 1 2115
P43 McCARTNEY Paul McCartney Columbia FC-36478 22/5
P44 RAM • Paul _& Linda McCartney Co1umbta FC-36479 22/5
P45 WILD LIFE Wings Columbta FC-36480 22/5
P46 RED ROSE SPEEDWAY Paul McCartney & Wings Columbia FC-36481 22/5
P47 BAND ON THE RUN Paul McCartney & Wings Columbta. FC-36482 22/5
P48 Waterfalls/ Paul McCartney Columbia 1-11335 22/7
Check My Machine
P49 VENUS AND MARS Wings Columbia FC-36801 25/9
125 Qust Like) Starting Over/ John Lennon & Yoko Ono Geffen GEF-49604 23110
Kiss Kiss Kiss
G24 DARK HORSE George Harrison Capitol SN-16055 - 110
126 MIND GAMES John Lennon Capitol SN-16068 - /10
127 ROCK 'N' ROLL John Lennon Capitol SN-16069 - 110
R24 RINGO Ringo Starr Cap itol SN-161 14 -/10
128 DOUBLE FANTASY John Lennon & Yoko Ono Geffen GHS-200 1 l7/ll
P50 THE McCARTNEY INTERVIEW Paul McCartney Columbia PC-36987 4/12
P5l Getting Closer/ Wings Columbia 13-33405 4/12
Goodnight Tonight Hall Of Fame
P52 My Love/Maybe I'm Amazed Paul McCartney & Wings/ Columbta 13-33407 4112
Paul McCartney Hall Of Fame
P53 Uncle Albert/Admiral Paul & Linda McCartney/ Columbia 13-33408 4112
Halseyl}et Paul McCartney & Wings Hall O f Fame
P54 Band On The Run/ Paul McCartney & Wings Columbia 13-33409 4112
Helen Wheels Hall Of Fame
1981 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . ...... . ... . ... . ... ........... ....... . . ............... ....
~

129 Woman/Beautiful Boys John Lennon & Yoko Ono Geffen 49644 12/1
G25 LIVING IN THE MATERIAL George Harrison Capttol SN- 16216 - /2
WORLD
G26 EXTRA TEXTURE George Harrison Capitol SN- 16217 - /2
(READ ALL ABOUT IT)
R25 SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY Ringo Starr Capitol SN-16218 - /2
R26 GOODNIGHT VIENNA Ringo Starr Capitol SN-16219 -/2
]30 Watching The Wheels/ John Lennon & Yoko Ono Geffen 49695 13/3
Yes, I'm Your Angel
PC THE CONCERTS FOR Various artists Atlantic so 2 7005 30/3
KAMPUCHEA
P55 BAND ON THE RUN Paul McCartney & Wings Co1umbta HC 46482 2414
(half-speed master)
G27 All Those Years Ago/ George Harrison Dark Horse DRC 49725 11/5
Writing On The Wall
G28 SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND George Harrison Dark Horse DHK 3492 116
]31 Qust Like) Starting Over/ John Lennon Geffen GGEF 0408 516
Woman
P56 Silly Love Songs/ Wings Columbia 18-02171 12/6
Cook Of The House
P57 WINGS AT THE SPEED OF Wings Columbia FC-37409 13f7
SOUND

194 Working Class Heroes

G29 Teardrops! George Harrison Dark Horse DRC 79825 24n
Save The World
R27 BEAUCOUPS OF BLUES RlNGO STARR Capttol SN-16235 -/9
R28 BLAST FROM YOUR PAST Rmgo Starr Capttol SN 16236 -/9
R29 Wrack My Brain/ Ringo Starr Boardwalk NB7-1 I- 130 27/ 10
Drumming Is My Madness
R30 STOP AND SMELL THE ROSES Ringo Starr Boardwalk NBl -33246 27/ lO
G30 All Those Years Ago/ George Harrison Dark Horse GDRC 0410 4111
Teardrops
J32 Watching The Wheels/ John Lennon Geffen GGEF 0415 411 I
Beautiful Boy
1982 .... .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . .... ..... .. ....
R31 Private Property/ Ringo Starr Boardwalk NB7-ll- 134 1311
Stop And Take The Time
To Smell The Roses
PSS Ebony And Ivory/ Paul McCartney with Columbta 18-02860 214
Rainclouds Stevie Wonder
P59 Ebony And Ivory/ Paul McCartney with Columbta 44-02878 1614
Ramclouds!Ebony And Stevte Wonder
Ivory (twelve-mch)
P60 TUG OF WAR Paul McCartney Columbta TC 37462 2614
P6l Take It Away/ Paul McCartney Columbta 18-03018 29;6
I'll Gtve You A Rmg
P62 Take It Away/ Paul McCartney Columbia ?,6
I'll Give You A Ring/
Dress Me Up As A Robber
(twelve-inch)
P63 Tug of War/Get It Paul McCartney Columb1a 38-03235 14/9
The Girl Is Mmel Michael Jacksonl EpiC 34-03288 3110
Can't Get Out Of The Rain Paul McCartney
G31 Wake Up My Love/Greece George Harrison Dark Horse 7-29864 ?J[l
G32 GONE TROPPO George Harrison Dark Horse 1-23734 ?Ill
J33 THE JOHN LENNON John Lennon Geffen GHSP 2023 10/1 1
COLLECTION
J34 Happy Xmas (War Is Over)/ John Lennon Geffen 7-29855 17/11
Beautlful Boy (Darling Boy)

Appendices 195
APPENDIX2

WITH .A LITl'LE HELP TO THEIR FRIENDS

•
In The Long And Winding Road, this appendix only dealt with songs that John, Paul and George had
written for other artists between 1963 and 1969. This expanded "With A Little Help To Their Friends"
appendix now includes these compositions up to the end of 1982 (as well as some omitted from the
original period) and also contains two new sections dealmg with the Beatles' extra-curricular
activities outside their own recording commitments, i.e. their production and session work for other
artists.
The three lists are restricted (where possible) to the onginal appearance of each recording, as
most artists and labels tend to reiSsue and re-package their recorded output fairly frequently. It is
therefore beyond the scope of this book to include a complete discography of such releases. The
three sections. (A) "Songs", (B) "Production" and (C) "Sessions", are divided into four lists covering
each Beatle in chronological order according to release dates of the British issues.
The "Songs" lists give label, catalogue numbers and release dates for both BritiSh and
American releases, while the ''Production" and "Sessions" lists are based solely on British releases,
except where recordings d id not receive a British release, and therefore American ISSues are
included. The "Production" and "Sessions" lists give individual song titles and smgles, with album
titles in CAPITALS. Where songs were eo-written or recordings eo-produced, the second party IS
named in brackets. The "Production" listing has been simplified by not including singles taken from
albums (unless they include a non-album "B" side), even where a single appeared b efore the album.

WITH .A LITl'LE HELP TO THEIR FRIENDS JOHN SONGS

SONG TITLE ARTIST - ALBUM TITLE UK LABEl/NUMBER UK RELEASE

US LABEl/NUMBER US RELEASE
Bad To Me Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas Parlophone R 5049 26/7/63
Liberty 55626 23/9/63
Hello Little Girl The Fourmost Par lophone R 5056 30/8/63
Atco 6280 15/ll/63
I'm In Love The Fourmost · Parlophone R 5078 15/ll/63
Atco 6285 l0/2164
God Save Us (with Yoko Ono) The Elastic Oz Band Apple APPLE 36 1617171
Do The Oz (with Yoko Ono) Apple 1835 1nn1
I'm The Greatest Ringo Starr - LP Ringo Apple PCTC 252 91l ln3
Apple SWAL 3413 21nn3
Mucho Mungo/ Harry Nilsson - RCA APL 1-0570 30/8n4
Mt. Elga (with Nilsson) LP Pussy Cats RCA CPL 1-0570 19/8n4
(It's All Da-Da-Down Ringo Starr - Apple PCS 7168 l5/lln4
To) Goodnight Vienna LP Goodnight VieiUJa Apple SW 3417 l8/l1n4
Rock And Roll People Johnny Winter - LP John Blue Sky 80586 7/2n5
Dawson Winter Blue Sky PZ 33292 251l tn4
Fame (with David David Bowie - RCA RS 1006 28/3n5
Bowie & Luther Vandross) LP Young Americans RCA APL l-0998 10/3/75
Move Over Ms. L Keith Moon - LP Two Sides Polydor 2442-134 23/5175
Of The Moon Track 2136 17/3/75
Cookin' (In The Ringo Starr - LP Ringo's Polydor 2302 040 17t9n6
Kitche n Of Love) Rotogravure Atlantic SD 18193 27t9n6

WITH .A LITTLE HELP TO THEIR FRIENDS P.AUL SONGS

I'll Be On My Way Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas Parlophone R 5023 26/4/63
Llberty 55586 10/6/63
Tip Of My Tongue Tommy Quickly Piccadilly 7N 35137 30/7/63
Love Of The Loved Cilia Black Parlophone R 5065 27/9/63

196 Working Class Heroes

I'U Keep You Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas Parlophone R 5073 1111/63
Satisfied Liberty 55643 11/11/63
A World Without Love Peter And Gordon Columbia DB 7225 2812164
CapitOl 5175 27/4164
One And One Is Two The Strangers With Mike ShannonPhihps BF 1335 &'5-64
Nobody I Know Peter And Gordon Columbia DB 7292 29/5164
Capitol 5211 1516/64
Llke Dreamers Do The Applejacks Decca F 11916 516/64
London 9681 617/64
From A Wmdow Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas Parlophone R 5156 11n164
Impenal 66051 121&'64
It's For You Cilia Black Parlophone R 5162 3ln164
CapitOl 5258 1718164
I Don't Want To See You Agam Peter And Gordon Columbia DB 7356 11'9164
Capllol 5272 21/9.'64
That Means A Lot P.J. Proby Liberty 10215 17/9/65
Liberty 55806 517/65
Woman (as "Webb") Peter And Gordon Columbia DB 7834 11/2166
Capllo1 5579 10/1166
Love In The Open Alr The George Martm Orchestra Decca SKL 4847 6/1167
(Family Way Theme) LP - The Family Way London MS 82007 1Z.6/67
soundtrack
Catcall The Chris Barber Band Marmalade 598-005 20/10/67
Step Inside Love Cilia Black Parlophone R 5674 815/68
BeU 726 6/5/67
Thmgumybob John Foster and Sons Ltd. Apple APPLE 4 6/9.'68
Black Dyke Mills Band Apple 1800 26/8168
Goodbye Mary Hopkin Apple APPLE 10 2813/69
Apple 1806 714169
Penina Carlos Mendes Parlophone 1&'7/69
(Portuguese release only) QMSP 16459
Come And Get It Badfinger Apple APPLE 20 5112169
Apple 1815 1211170
Six O'Clock Ringo Starr LP Ringo Apple PCTC 252 9/11/73
Apple SWAL 3413 2111/73
Ten Years After On Scaffold Warner Brothers
Strawberry Jam (Wlth Linda K 16400 24 5174
McCartney) Warner Brothers
8001 29/7/74
4th Of July John Christie Polydor 2058-496 2816174
Capitol 3928 1/7/74
Leave It/ Mike McGear Warner Brothers
Sweet Baby (With Mike McGear) K 16446 619174
Warner Brothers
8037 28110n4
Mine For Me Rod Stewart LP Srruler Mercury 9104-001 27/9/74
Mercury SRM 1-1017 7/10/74
What Do We Really Know Mike McGear - LP McGear Warner Brothers
Norton (with Mtke McGear) K 56051 27/S'74
Have You Got Problems (with Mlke McGear) Warner Brothers
The Casket (wtth Roger McGough) BS 2825 14110174
Rambow Lady (Wlth Mike McGear)
Sunp!y Love (With Mike McGear)
Gtvm' Grease A Rlde (with Mtke McGear)
The Man Who Found God On The Moon (With Mike McGear)

Appendices 197
Bridge Over The The Country Hams EM! 2220 18/1Dn4
River Suite (with Linda) EM! 3977 211:?174
Let's Love Peggy Lee Warner Brothers
K 10527 2511Dn4
AtlantiC 3215 7/!Dn4
Dance The Do (with Mike McGear Warner Brothers
Mike McGear) K 16573 417175
Pure Gold Ringo Stap- - LP Ringo's Polydor 2302 040 17/9176
Rotogravure Atlantic SD 18193 27/9176
Giddy Roger Daltrey - LP One Of Polydor 2442 146 13/5177
The Boys
Send Me Your Heart Denny Laine - LP Japanese Scratch SCRL 5001 ?f12f80
(with De nny Laine) Tears
Private Property & Ringo Starr - LP Stop And RCA RCALP 6022 20/11/81
Attention Smell The Roses Boardwalk NB 1-33246 27110/81

WITH A LITTLE HELP TO THEIR FRIENDS GEORGE SONGS

Sour Milk Sea Jackie Lomax Apple APPLE 3 6/9/68

Apple 1802 26/8/68
Badge Cream - LP Goodbye Polydor 583-053 2812169
(with Eric Clapton) Atco SD 7001 512169
Ain't That Cute Doris Troy Apple APPLE 24 13/:?170
(with Doris Troy) Apple 1820 16/3/70
Give Me Back My Doris Troy - LP Doris Troy Apple SAPCOR 13 11/9170
Dynamite (with Doris Troy) Apple ST 3371 9111170
Gonna Get My Baby Back (with Starkey, Troy & Stills)
You Give Me Joy Joy (with Starkey, Troy & Stills)
Sing One For The Billy Preston - Ap ple SAPCOR 14 1119170
Lord (with Preston) LP Encouraging Words Apple ST 3370 9/11170
Try Some Buy Some/ Ronnie Spector Apple APPLE 33 16/4171
Tandoori Chicken (with Phil Spector) Apple 1832 19/4171
Sue Me Sue You Blues Jesse Ed Davis Atco 6873 (US only) 2511172
The Holdup (with David Bromberg - CBS 64906 216/72
David Bromberg) LP David Bromberg Columbia C31104 16/:?172
Photograph (with Ringo Starr Apple R 5992 19110173
Ringo Starr) Apple 1865 2419173
So Sad Alvin Lee & Mylon Lefevre ~ Chrysalis CHR 1054 2111/73
LP On The Road To Freedom Columbia KC 32729 7/12/73
Sunshine Life For Ringo Starr - LP Ringo Apple PCTC 252 9111173
Me (Sail Away Raymond) Apple SW AL 3413 2111173
You And Me, Babe (with Mal Evans)
Far East Man Ron Wood - LP rve Got My Warner Brothers
(with Ron Wood) Own Albwn To Do K 56065 27/9174
Warner Brothers
BS 2819 23/9/74
The Pirate Song Rutland Weekend Television (Not avallable on record)
(with Eric Idle) Christmas Show 1975
I'll Still Love You Ringo Starr - LP Ringo's Polydor 2302 040 17/9176
Rotogravure Atlantic SD 18193 27/9176
Wrack My Brain Ringo Starr RCA RCA 166 13/11/81
Broadwalk NB7-ll- 130 27110/81

WITH A LITI'LE HELP TO THEIR FRIENDS RINGO SONGS

Rock And Roller Billy Lawrie RCA 2439 9/11173

(with Billy Lawrie)

198 Working Class Heroes

How Long Can Disco Harry Nilsson - LP Flash M ercury 6302 022 ?19'80
On (with Harry Nilsson) Harry

WITH A LITI'LE HELP TO THEIR FRIENDS PRODUCTION JOHN - - - - - - - - -

You've Got to Hide Your The Silloe Fontana IQ/9/70

Love Away
YOKO ONO/PLASTIC ONO Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band Apple l7/12/70
BAND (with Yoko Ono)
God Save Us/Do The Oz Bill Elliot & The Elastic Apple 1617171
("A" side with Yoko, Mal Evans Oz Band
& Phil Spector. "B" side with
Yoko & Phil Spector)
FLY Yoko Ono & Plastic Apple 3112/71
(Wlth Yoko Ono) Ono Band
THE POPE SMOKES DOPE DaVld Peel & The Lower Apple
(with Yoko Ono) East Side (US onl y)
ELEPHANT'S MEMORY Elephant's Memory Apple 10111/72
(Wlth Yoko Ono)
APPROXIMATELY INFINITE Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band Apple 16/2/73
UNIVERSE (with Yoko Ono) with Elephant's Memory
PUSSY CATS Harry Nilsson RCA 30/8174

WITH A LITI'LE HELP TO THEIR FRIENDS PRODUCTION PAU L - - - - - - - - -

You've Got To Hide Your The Silloe Fontana 10/9165

Love Away (wtth John)
Got To Get You Into My Life Cliff Bennett & Parlophone 518166
The Rebel Rousers
From Head To Toe/N1ght Time The Escorts Columb ia 18/11166
Vegetables (SMILEY SMILE) The Beach Boys Brother 20, 11/67
(Wlth The Beach Boys)
McGOUGH AND McGEAR Roger McGough & Parlophone 17/5/68
Mike McGear
Those Were The Days/ Mary Hoplon Apple 30/8/68
Turn Turn Turn
Tlungumybob/Y ellow Submarine Black Dyke Mills Band Apple 6/9/68
rm The Urban Spaceman The Bonzo Dog Band Liber ty 11110/68
(as Apollo C. Vermouth)
POSTCARD Mary Hoplon Apple 21/2169
Rosetta The Fourmost CBS 2112169
Goodbye/Sparrow Mary Hopkm Apple 28/3169
Come And Get It Bad finger Apple 5112/69
Thumbm' A Ride ("B" side of Jadae Lomax Apple 612/70
How The Web Was Woven
UK only)
Que Sera Sera (Whatever Will Mary Hopkin Apple St6170
Be Will Be'F1elds Of St. Euenne (US only)
Liverpool Lou/Ten Years After Scaffold Warner Brothers 2415174
On Strawberry Jam
Leave lUSweet Baby Mike McGear Warner Brothers 6/9/74
McGEAR Mike M cGear Warner Brothers 2719'74
Wallong In The Park Wlth Eloise The Country Hams EMl 18/10174
Bndge Over The River Swte

Appendices 199
Dance The Do/Norton Mike McGear Warner Brothers 4/7175
HOLLY DAYS Denny Laine EM! 6/5/77
Seaside Woman/ Suzy And The Red Stripes A&M ?!8n9
B Side to Seaside
Private Property; Attention & Ringo Starr RCA 20/ll/81
Sure To Fall (In Love With You)
(on STOP AND SMELL THE ROSES)

WITH A LITTLE HELP TO THEIR FRIENDS PRODUCTION GEORGE

IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT Jackie Lomax Apple 2113/69

THAT'S THE WAY GOD Billy Preston App le 2218/69
PLANNED IT
(three tracks by Wayne Schuler)
Hare Krishna Mantra/Prayer Radha Krishna Temple Apple 29/8/69
To The Spiritual Masters (London)
All That I've Got (I'm Gonna Billy Preston Apple 3011170
Give To You)
How The Web Was Woven }ackie Lomax Apple 612n0
Ain't That Cute Doris Troy Apple 13/2170
Govind~GovindaJ~J~ Radha Krishna Temple Apple 613n0
(London)
Long As I Got My Baby Billy Preston App le (withdrawn)
(''B" side of My Sweet Lord)
ENCOURAGING WORDS Billy Preston Apple 11/9/70
(with Billy Preston)
It Don't Come Easy/Early 1970 Ringo Starr Apple 16/4/71
Try Some Buy Some!Tandoori Ronnie Spector Apple 16/4/71
Chicken (with Phil Spector)
THE RADHA KRISHNA TEMPLE Radha Krishna Temple Apple 28/SnJ
-
Joi Bangla/Oh Bhaugowan/ Ravi Shankar Apple 27/8/71
Raga Mishra
RAGA (original soundtrack) Ravi Shankar App le 7112n 1
(US only)
I'd Die Babe; Name Of The Badfmger Apple l l/2n2
Game; Suitcase & Day After Day
(on STRAIGHT UP)
Back Off Boogaloo Ringo Starr Apple 17/3n2
Sweet Music (on BROTHER) Lon & Derrek Van Eaton Apple 9/2173
IN CONCERT 1972 Ravi Shankar & Ali Apple 13/4/73
(with Zakir Hussein & Akbar Khan
Phil McDonald)
Down And Out ("B" side of Ringo Starr Apple 19110/73
Photograph)
THE PLACE I LOVE Splinter Dark Horse 20/9/74
SHANKAR FAMILY AND Shankar Family & Friends Dark Horse 20/9/74
FRIENDS
Lonely Man (on HARDER Splinter Dark Horse 24110/75
TO LIVE)
Lumberjack Song Monty Python's Flying Circus Charisma 14/11/75
RAVI SHANKAR'S MUSIC Ravi Shankar Dark Horse l9/3n6
FESTIVAL FROM INDIA
TWO MAN BAND Splinter Dark Horse 7/ 10/77
(Executive producer with
Dennis Morgan)

200 Working Class Heroes

Wrack My Brain & You Belong Ringo Starr RCA 201! 1/81
To Me (on STOP AND SMELL
THE ROSES)

WITH A LITI'LE HELP TO THEIR FRIENDS - SESSIONS JOHN--- - - - - -- -

SONG'ALBUM TITLE ARTIST LABEL RELEASE

Song/albwn title Artist Label Release

backmg vocal We Love You Rolling Stones Decca 18/8/67

(with Paul)
VOICe How I Won The War Musketeer Gnpweed & Unned ArtiSts 13/10167
The Tlurd Troop
gwtar YOKO ONO/PLASTIC ONO Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Apple 17/12170
BAND (all tracks except AOS) Band
FLY Yoko Ono & Plastic Apple 3/12171
Ono Band
gmtar Midswnmer New York; Mind Train; Mind Holes;
Don't Worry Kyoko; Hlrake; 0 'Wind & Fly
p1ano Midswnmer New York & Mrs Lennon
organ Mrs Lennon
APPROXlMATELY INFINITE Yoko Ono & Plastic Apple 16/2173
UNIVERSE Ono Band
Gwtar Move On Fast & Is Winter Here To Stay
(as joel Nohnn)
RINGO Ringo Starr Apple 9/11n3
p1ano &
baclang vocal I'm The Greatest
gwtar, ELEPHANT'S MEMORY Elephant's Memory Apple 10111n3
ke yboards,
perCUSSIOn &
backlng vocal
FEELING THE SPACE Yoko Ono & Plastic Apple 23/lln3
Ono Band
gwtar She Hlts Back; Women Power & Men, Men, Men
(as John O'Cean)

GOODNIGHT VIENNA Ringo Starr Apple 1511 1n4

p1ano Goodrught Vienna
gmtar All By Myself
acoustic
gwtar Only You (And You Alone)
gwtar & Lucy In The Sky W1th Elton John DJM 1511 In4
backmg vocal Diamonds/
gullar One Day At A Time
(as Or Wtr!Ston O'Booqte}
gu1tar & I Saw Her Standing Elton John Band DJM 2812175
vocal There ("B" stde of
Pluladelplua Freedom)
YOUNG AMERICANS Davrd BoWJe RCA 2813n5
gullar Across The Uruverse
RINGO'S ROTOGRAVURE Ringo Starr Polydor msns
PHUIO Cookin' (In The Kitchen Of Love)
gmtar & W alkmg On Tlun Ice Yok o Ono Geffen 20/2181
~eyboards
VOICe It Happened

Appendices 201
guitar & I Saw Her Standing There/ Elton John Band with DJM 1313181
vocal Whatever Gets John Lennon
You Thru The Night/
Lucy In The Sky With
Diamonds

WITH A LITTLE HELP TO THEIR-FRIENDS - SESSIONS PAUL - ----------

tambourine I Knew Right Away Alma Cogan Columbia 30/ 10/64

guitar You've Got To Hide The Silkie Fontana 10/9/65
Your Love Away
bass Mellow Yellow Donovan Pye ?f2f61
backing vocal We Love You The Rolling Stones Decca 1818161
(w1th John)
drums And The Sun Will Paul Jones Columbia 8/3168
Shine
tambourine & Atlantis Donovan Pye 22/ll/68
backing vocal
JAMES TAYLOR James Taylor Apple 6/12/68
b ass Carolina In My Mind
bass, drums My Dark Hour The Steve Miller Band Capitol 1817/69
& backing vocal
NO SECRETS Carly Simon Elektra 15112/72
backing vocal Night Owl
RINGO Ringo Starr Apple 911 tn3
p iano, Six O'Clock
synthes1zer
& b acking vocal
bass & God Bless California Thomton, Fradkin & ESP DISK 17/6/74
backing vocal Ungar & The Big Band (US only)
WALKING MAN James Taylor Warner Brothers 28/6/74
backing vocal Roc k 'n' Roll Music Now &
Let It All Fall Down
I SURVIVE Adam Faith Warner Brothers 20/9174
synthesizer Change; Never Say Goodbye & Goodbye
backing vocal Star Song
RINGO'S ROTOGRAVURE Ringo Starr Polydor 17/9176
backing vocal Pure Gold
backing vocal One Of Those Days Roy Harper Harvest 4/'2177
In England
drums. guitar HOLLY DAYS Denny Laine EMl 6/5177
& harmony vocal
? FREEZE FRAME Godley and Creme Polydor 91l ln9
JAPANESE TEARS Denny Laine Scratch 5112/80
? I Would Only Smile; Weep For Love & Send Me Your Love
backmg vocal All Those Years Ago George Harrison Dark Horse 15/5/81
STOP AND SMELL Ringo Starr RCA 20/l 1/81
THE ROSES
bass & piano Private Property, Attention & Sure To Fall (In Love With You)
p ercussion Attention
backmg vocal Private Property & Sure To Fall (In Love With You)

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WITH A LITI'LE HELP TO THEIR FRIENDS - SESSIONS GEORGE - -- -- -- ---

tambounne You've Got To Hlde The Silkle Fontana 1019165

Your Love Away
GOODBYE Cream Polydor 2812169
rhythm gwtar Badge
(as L'Angelo
Mlstenoso)
SONGS FOR A TAILOR Jack Bruce Polydor 2918/69
r hythm gu1tar Never Tell Your Mother She's Out Of Tune
(as L'Angelo
Mistenoso)
guitar Instant Karma Lennon/Ono & Plast.1c Apple 612170
Ono Band
guitar LEON RUSSELL Leon Russell A&M 24/4!70
guitar DELANEY AND BONNIE Delaney & Bonrue Atlantic 191&70
ON TOUR Bramlett
guitar Jacob's Ladder/ Doris Troy Apple 28/ano
Get Back
gwtar DORIS TROY Doris Troy Apple 1119no
gwtar Tell The Truth Derek & The Dorrunoes ATCO 1419no
(US only)
THE WORST OF ASHTON, Ashton, Gardner & Dyke Capitol 5/2171
GARDNER & DYKE
guitar fm Your Spintual Breadman
(as George O'Hara Smtth)
guitar It Don't Come Easy/ Ringo Starr Apple 16/4!71
Early 1970
guitar Stand For Our Right/ Gary Wnght A&M 28/Sfll
Can't See The Reason
IMAGINE John Lennon Apple 8/IOni
d obro Crippled lns.1de
slide guitar I Don't Want To Be A Sold.ier Momma
lead guitar Gtmme Some Truth
guitar Oh My Love
gwtar I WROTE A SIMPLE Billy Preston A& M J41ln2
(as George H) SONG
guitar & FOOTPRINT Gary Wnght A& M 2li!J72
sllde guitar
guitar Back Off Boogaloo Ringo Starr Apple 17/3172
guitar BOBBY KEYS Bobby Keys Warner Brothers 1nn2
SON OF SCHMILSSON Harry Nilsson RCA 2817n2
slld e guttar You're Breaking My Hean
(as George
Harrysong)
SOMETIME IN NEW John & Yoko & Plasttc Apple 15/9/72
YORK CITY Ono Band W.lth
Elephant's Memory
guitar Cold Turkey & Don't Worry Kyoko
(as Georoe
Hamsong)
TO THE WORLD Rudy Romero 'fumbleweed 1112172
guitar Lovely Day; Nothm' Gonna Get You Down & Domg The Right Thing
backmg vocal U I Had Time
THE TIN MAN WAS Nicky Hopkins CBS 2111n3
A DREAMER
guitar Wcuung For The Band; Edward; Spend On & Banana Anna

Append.ices 203
 LOS COCHINOS Cheech and Chong Ode 28/9173
guitar Basketball ]ones featuring Tyrone Shoelaces
IT'S LIKE YOU Dave Mason CBS 8/2/74
NEVER LEFT
gu1tar If You've Got Love
acoustic Photograph Ringo Starr Apple 24/9173
guitar &
backmg vocal
•
RINGO Ringo Starr Apple 9/ll/73
guitar I'm The Greatest & Sunshine Life For Me
acoustic guitar Photograph
electric guitar You And Me (Babe)
guitar
backing vocal Photograph & Sunshine Life For Me
SON OF DRACULA Harry Nilsson RCA 24/S/74
cow be ll Daybreak
THE PLACE I LOVE Splinter Dark Horse 20/9174
guitar Gravy Train; Drink All Day; China Light; Somebody's City; The Place I
(as Hari Love; Situation Vacant & Haven't Got Time
Georgeson)
dobro Drink All Day
(as Hari Georgeson)
harmonium Drink All Day & Costafine Town
(as P. Roducer)
percussion Drink All Day; Somebody's City; Costafine Town; The Place I Love &
(as Jai Raj Haven't Got Time
Harisein)
mandolin China Light
(as Hari Georgeson)
acoustic gu1tar China Light & Elly May
(as Hari Georgeson)
bass & eight Costafine Town
string bass (as Har1 Georgeson)
Moog Elly May
Synthestzer (as P. Roducer)
auto-harp SHANKAR FAMILY & Shankar Family & Friends Dark Horse 20/9/74
e lectric & FRIENDS
acoustic guitars (as Hari Georgeson)
IT'S MY PLEASURE Billy Preston A&M 1917175
guitar (as That's Life
Hari Georgeson)
HARD TIMES Peter Skellem Island 26/9179
guitar Make Love Not War
HARDER TO LIVE Splinter Dark Horse 24/10175
guita r (as Hari Lonely Man
Georgeson)
NEW YORK CONNECTION Tom Scott Ode '214176
shde guitar Appolonia (Fostrata)
CROSSROADS Larry Hosford Shelter 617176
harmony vocal Wishing I Could
slide gu1tar Direct Me
gu1tar Round And Round/ Splinter Dark Horse 6/9/77
I'll Bend For You (US only)
guitar TWO MAN BAND Splinter Dark Horse 7/ 10177
THE VISITOR Mick Fleetwood RCA 30/6/81
12-string gu1tar Walk A Thin Line
& Slide gmtar

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 STOP AND SMELL Ringo Starr RCA 20/ll/81
THE ROSES
lead & acoustic Wrack My Brain
gwtar & backmg vocals
lead gwtar You Belong To Me
gwtar THE CYCLE Ga.ry Brooker Mercury 113/82
gwtar LEAD ME TO THE Ga.ry Brooker M ercury ?
WATER

WITH A LI'n'LE HELP TO THEIR FRIENDS - SESSIONS RINGO

backmg vocal America Rory Storm & Parlophone 13111164

The Hurricanes
drums WONDERWALL MUSIC George Harrison Apple 1/ll/68
drums New Day Jackie Lomax Apple 915169
drums Cold Turkey/Don't Plastic Ono Band Apple 24/10/69
Worry Kyoko
VOICe THE MAGIC CHRISTIAN Soundtrack album Pye 10/4170
MUSIC
VOICe Hunting Scene
drums DORIS TROY Doris Troy Apple 1119no
STEPHEN STILLS Stephen Stills Atlantic 21111no
drums To A Flame & We Are Not Helpless
(as Rlchle)
drums ALL THINGS MUST PASS George Harrison Apple 21111no
drums JOHN LENNON/ John Lennon & Apple 1lll2n0
PLASTIC ONO BAND Plastic Ono Band
drums YOKO ONO/ Yoko Ono & Apple ll/12n0
PLASTIC ONO BAND Plastic Ono Band
(not on Aos)
THE LONDON HOWLIN' Howlin' Wolf Chess 20/8171
WOLF SESSIONS
drums
(as Rlchie) I Ain't Superstitious

B. B. KING IN LONDON B.B. King Probe 19/llni

drums Ghetto Woman; Wet Haysha.ke & Part-Time Love
drums & THE CONCERT FOR George Harrison Apple 71lnz
tarnbounne BANGLADESH & Friends
drums Oo Wee, Baby, I Love Bobby Hatfield Elektra 1013172
You
WIND OF CHANGE Peter Frampton A&M 2615172
drums The Lodger & Alright
drums BOBBY KEYS Bobby Keys Warner Brothers 1nn2
SON OF SCHMILSSON Harry Nilsson RCA 28fin2
drums (as Take 54; Spaceman; At My Front Door; Ambush &
Rlchle Snare) The Most Beaunful World ln The World
drums BROTHER Lon And Derrek Apple 912n3
Van Eaton
drums LIVING IN THE George Hamson Apple 21/6173
MATERIAL WORLD
drums LAND'S END Jim.my Webb Asylum 517n4
PUSSY CATS Harry Nilsson RCA 30/8174
drums Save The Last Dance For Me, Loop De Loop; Rock Around The Clock;
Subterranean Homesick Blues; Many Rivers To Cross & All My Life

Appendices 205
 SON OF DRACULA Harry Nilsson RCA 24/5174
drums Daybreak & At My Front Door
drums SHANKAR FAMILY AND Shankar Family & Friends Dark Horse 2019174
FRIENDS
DARK HORSE George Harrison Dark Horse 20/l2n4
drums So Sad & Ding Dong
STARTLING MUSIC David Hentschel Ring'O 18/4/75
finger clicks Step Lightly
(as R.S.)
DUrr ON MON DEI Harry Nilsson RCA 28/3175
drums Kojak Columbia
backing vocal Good For God
TWO SIDES OF THE MOON Keith Moon Polydor 2315175
announcements Solid Gold
drums & raps Together
PLAYING POSSUM Carly Simon CBS 6/6175
drums More And More
STILLS Stephen Stillr CBS 417175
drums (as As I Come Of Age
EngliSh R1tchie)
tambounne Don't You Remember When Vera Lynn EMI 20/2n6
LIES AND ALIBIES Guthrie Thomas Capitol 315116
drums Good Days Are Rollin' In; Band Of Steel & Ramblin' Cocaine Blues
vocals Band Of Steel
COMING OUT Manhattan TrariSfer Atlantlc 27/8176
drums Ziny Lou & S.O.S.
LASSO FROM EL PASO Kinky Friedman EpiC 25/2177
voice of Jesus Men's Room, LA
GOOD NEWS Attitudes Dark Horse 316117
drums Good News
SPARK IN THE DARK The Alpha Band AriSta 26/9!17
(US only)
drums Born In Captivity & You Angel You
PUTTIN ON THE STYLE Lonnie Donegan Umted Artlsts 178
drums Have a Drink On M :a & Ham 'n' Eggs
THE LAST WALTZ The Band Warner Brothers 178
drums I Shall Be Released
drums TROUBLEMAKER Ian McLagan Mercury 179
drums FLASH HARRY Harry Nilsson Mercury 519/80
drums All Those Years Ago George Harrison Dark Horse 1515181
drums SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND George Harrison Dark Horse 516/81
tom tom Heart Of Mine Bob Dylan CBS 316181

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LENNON/ONO
with The Plastic Ono Band

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APPENDIX 3

THE BEATLES IN THE BMRB CHART 1962 - 1982

The Bnttsh Market Research Bureau chart, comptled for the BBC and Mus1c Week. became the
"Chart B1ble' after the pubhcat1on of the excellent Gumness Book Of Bnt1sh H1t Smgles Record
Retailer, wh1ch later became Mus1c Week, f1rst published a Top 50 smgles chart on March 10, 1960,
by basmg the1r figures on the average from NME. Melody Maker DJSc and Record Mmo1 In 1969
the BntlSh Phonographic Industry engaged the BMRB (BntiSh Market Research Bureau) to compile a
weekly smgles chart. which was broadcast by the BBC and publiShed by Mus1c Week and Record
MUTor On May 13. 1978, the Top 50 was extended to a Top 75 and at the end of 1982 - due to
allegations of chart nggmg - the BMRB lost the chart franchise, wtuch was passed over to Gallup
The Gwnness Book of Bnt1sh H11 Smgles f1rst appeared m 1977, and Instantly became one of the
top-selling books m the country It IS updated every two years, and 1981 saw the appearance of the
thud edition With the fourth due m 1983
To fall mto !me With the comparuon volume to thiS book, thiS appendiX mcludes all solo releases,
as well as cover versions of songs wntten by the Beatles as solo artiSts, and mdivldual Beatle
production htts, (1.e Badfmger's Day After Day, produced by George).
Up to the end of 1982, the mdiVIdual Beatles' hits on the BMRB chart amounted to fifty-fwe, plus SLX
re-entnes The mdiVldual Beatles' tallies are as follows. George - seven; John - fourteen (f1ve re-
entnes). Paul - twenty-nme (one re-entry) and Rmgo - five The total number of hlt cover vers1ons
amounts to five (one re-entry), With twelve 'productlOn" ruts. These figures gwe a grand total of
seventy-two (seven re-entnes) Beatle-assoctated hits m the BMRB chart.
(The Beatles "production" htts are mdtcated by *, and where the hit was both wntten and
produced by the Beatles, thiS IS mdicated by **.)

ARTIST SONG TITLE ENTRY HIGHEST WEEKS

DATE POSITION/ IN
WEEKS AT CHART
No. 1
BADFINGER Come And Get It • • 10/tno 4 II
Day After Day• 29/ln2 10 11
BONZO DOG DOO-DAH
BAND I'm The Urban Spaceman • 6/1 1/68 5 14
DAVIDBOWIE Fame 218175 17 8
RANDY CRAWFORD Imagine 29/1/82 60
Imagine (re-entry) 13/2182 75
GEORGE HARRlSON My Sweet Lord 23/lnl l/5 17
BanglaDesh 14'8171 10 9
G1ve Me Love
(Give Me Peace On Earth) 216!73 8 10
Ding Dong 21/12174 38 5
You I 1/10175 38 5
Blow Away 1013179 51 5
All Those Years Ago 23/5181 13 7
MARYHOPKIN Those Were The Days• 4/9168 116 21
Goodbye .. 214169 2 14

M1CHAEL JACKSON Gtrlfnend 26!7/80 41 5

M1CHAEL JACKSON &
PAUL McCARTNEY The Girl Is Mlne 6/1 1/82 8 7
ELTON JOHN Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds 23/1 tn4 10 10

Appendices 209
ELTON JOHN & JOHN
LENNON I Saw Her Standing There 2113/81 40 4
JOHN LENNON Give Peace A Chance 9nt69 2 13
Cold Turkey 1/11169 14 8
Instant Kanna 2112170 5 9
Power To The People 20/3fl1 7 9
Happy Xmas (War Is Over) 9/12172 4 8
Mipd Games 24111/73 26 9
Whatever Gets You Thru The Night 19110/74 36 4
Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (re-entry) 4/l/75 48 I
Number 9 Dream 8/2175 23 8
Stand By Me 3/5175 30 7
Imagine 1/11175 6 11
Oust Like) Starting Over 8/11/80 111 14
Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (re-entry) 20/12180 2 8
Imagine (re-entry) 27112180 1/4 12
Woman 24/l/81 112 ll
Give Peace A Chance (re-entry) 24/l/8 1 33 5
Watching The Wheels 4/4181 30 6
Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (re-entry) 19/12/81 28 4
Love 2011 1/82 41 5
PAUL McCARTNEY
(&WINGS) Another Day 27/2171 2 12
The Back Seat Of My Car 28/8/71 39 5
Give Ireland Back To The Irish 26/2172 16 8
Mary Had A Little Lamb 27/5/72 9 11
Hi Hi Hi!C Moon 9/12172 5 13
My Love 714173 9 11
Live And Let Die 9/6/73 9 13
Live And Let Die (re-entry) 15/9/73 49
Helen Wheels 3/11/73 12 12
Jet 213/74 7 9
Band On The Run 617/74 3 ll
Junior's Fann 9/ll/74 16 lO
Listen To What The Man Said 31/5/75 6 8
Letting Go 18/10/75 41 3
Silly Love Songs 15/5/76 2 11
Let 'Em In 7/8/76 2 10
Maybe I'm Amazed 19/2177 28 5
Mull Of Kintyre 19/11/77 1/9 17
With A Little Luck 1/4/78 5 9
I've Had Enough 117/78 42 7
London Town 9/9/78 60 4
Goodnight Tonight 7/4/79 5 10
Old Siam Sir 16/6/79 35 6
Getting Closer/Baby's Request 119/79 60 3
Wonderful Christmastime 1112179 6 8
Coming Up 19/4180 2 9
Waterfalls 2116/80 9 8
Ebony And Ivory (with Stevie Wonder) 10/4182 1/4 11
Take It Away 3fl/82 15 lO
Tug Of War 9/10/82 53 3
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MIKE McGEAR Leave It .. 5/10f74 36 4
OLNIA NEWTON-JOHN What Is Life 11/3172 16 8
BILLY PAUL Let 'em In 30/4n7 26 5
BILLY PRESTON That's The Way God Planned It• 217/69 11 10
RADHA KRISHNA TEMPLE Hare Krishna Mantra * 1319/69 12 9
Govinda* 2813170 23 8
ROXY MUSIC Jealous Guy 2112181 l/2 11
SCAFFOLD Liverpool Lou • 116fl4 7 9
SILIGE You've Got To Hide Your Love Away .. 2319/65 28 6
PHOEBE SNOW Every Night 6/tn9 37 7
SPLINTER Costafine Town • 2/l ln4 17 10
RINGO STARR It Don't Come Easy 17/4nJ 4 11
Back Off Boogaloo 114n2 2 10
Photograph 27/IM3 8 13
You're Sixteen 2312174 4 10
Only You 30/lln6 28 11

Appendices 211
212 Working Class Heroes
APPENDIX 4
YOKO ONO
Thls appendiX attempts to chrorucle Yoko
Ono's solo releases for Bntam and Amenca,
as well as mcludmg her collaborat1ons
W1lh John under therr own names and the
"PlastiC Ono Band" tag (although these
are only dealt W1th bnefly, as they appear
m full m the John Lennon section). The
record and song numbenng system IS
identical to that used for the Beatles
sectlons, although only Yoko's own com-
positions are numbered.
1 UNFINISHED MUSIC No. 1 -
TWO VIRGINS
By John Lennon and Yoko Ono
Apple SAPCOR 2- November 29, 1968
Yoko's first collaboration with John, whtch
produced lhlS sound picture of avant-
garde "mustc".
2 UNFINISHED MUSIC No. 2 -
LIFE WITH THE LIONS
By John Lennon and Yoko Ono
Zapple ZAPPLE 01 -May 9, 1969
The second mstalment of John and Yoko's
avant-garde recordmgs.
3 Give Pace A Chance
(1) REMEMBER LOVE (4.00)
By The Plastic Ono Band
Apple APPLE 13- July 4, 1969
Yoko wrote the "B'' side of the first Plastlc
Ono Band smgle, and sings solo to John's
acoustic guitar.
4 Cold Turkey
(2) DON'T WORRY KYOKO (MUMMY'S
ONLY LOOKING FOR A HAND IN
THE SNOW) (4.52)
By The Plastic Ono Band
Apple APPLES 1001 - October 24, 1969
It became a common occurrence for
Yoko to wnte the "B" stdes of the Plasttc
Ono Band smgles, and agam Don't Wony
Kyoko lS an Ono composition, sung by
Yoko.
5 THE WEDDING ALBUM
By John Lennon and Yoko Ono
Apple SAPCOR 11 - November 7. 1969
Yoko's thtrd LP collaboration w1th John
produced th1s very elaborately packaged
box set, contammg another album of
avant-garde recordmgs.
6 THE PLASTIC ONO BAND -
LIVE PEACE IN TORONTO 1969
By The Plastic Ono Band
Apple CORE 2001 -December 12, 1969
Yoko composed the two songs on the
second s1de of the album recordmg the
Plastlc Ono Band's performance at the
Toronto Rock 'n' Roll Rev1val Concert
Appendice.s 213
 A SIDE
(See John Lennon Page 20)
BSIDE
3 DON'T WORRY KYOKO (MUMMY'S
ONLY LOOKING FOR A HAND IN THE
SNOW) (4 20
4 JOHN, JOHN (LET'S HOPE FOR PEACE)
1200
7 Instant Ka.rma
(5) WHO HAS SEEN THE WIND (201)
By Lennon!Ono Wlth The Plastic Ono
Band
Apple APPLES 1003- February 6. 1970
Yoke's third composition to appear on a
Plastic Ono Band smgle, Who Has Seen
The Wmd features Yoko smgmg solo wtth
l!lStrumental backing from an acousuc gwtar
(probably played by John). a flute. harpsi-
chord and tambourme.
8 YOKO ONOr'PLASTIC ONO BAND
By Yoko Ono and The Plastic Ono Band
Apple SAPCOR 17- December 11, 1970
Yoke's first true solo album (1 e not co-
cred!led w1th John) was a compamon
collection to John Lennon!Plastlc Ono
Band and was recorded at the same
lime, with the same mus1c1ans (except for
one track) The LP was recorded dunng
early October 1970 (except for AOS). wtth
John and Yoko producmg usmg John!
guitar, Rtngo Starr/drums and Klaus
Voormanlbass
AOS was recorded at the rehearsals
for a concert Yoko gave at the Royal
Albert Hall on February 29, 1968. w1th
Ornette Colemanltrumpet. Edward Black-
weiVdrums and Dav1d lzenzon and
Charles Hadenlbass gUitars. Contrary to
some reports, AOS does not feature John
on gu1tar, as he dtd not perform with Yoko
unt1l March 2. 1969 when they both
appeared at the Lady Mltchell Hall
Cambndge
The album sleeve destgned by John
and Yoko was stmtlar to johns album
usmg almost Identical front cover shots
Uohn and Yoko change places) taken by
Dan Rlchtez wuh a bacl· cover shot of
Yoko as a child The pnnted mner sleeve
a1vmg song credits contatns a dedication
from Yoko 'For John w1th love from Yoko
9110170 · a ne! an mstructton to the record
buyer - 'Play m the dark The record
features a plam wh1te Apple on both
sides
ASIDE
6 WHY (530)
7 WHY NOT (9 55)
8 GREENFIELD MORNING I PUSHED AN
EMPTY BABY CARRIAGE ALL OVER
THE CITY '535)
BSIDE
9 AOS
10 TOUCH ME (4 35)
11 PAPER SHOES (6 58)
All SIX tracks were composed by Yoko
Power To The People
9
(12) OPEN YOUR BOX (331)
"A" side by John Lennon!Plastic Ono Band
"B" side by Yoko Ono/Plasuc Ono Band
Apple R 5892- March 12, 1971
Yokos fourth Plastic Ono Band "B" s1de
features a hne-up of ]ohn/gUJtar, Klaus
Voormanlbass and ]tm Cordon/drums, 11
was recorded m February 1971, Wlth John
and Yoko producmg Yoko had to re-
record her vocals for the song on March
4 after EMI refused to release the smgle
until Yoko had "cleaned-up" the lyr1cs to
the song
10 (13) MRS. LENNON (4 OB)
(14) MIDSUMMER NEW YORK (347)
By Yoko Ono
Apple APPLE 38 - October 29. 1971
Yoko's first solo smgle. whtch coupled
two numbers from her forthcommg double
album. Fly. Mrs Lennon has John on
p1ano and organ, and Klnus Voorman on
bass guitar and bells M1dsummer New
York features Yoko backed by John'
gu1tar and pmno. Klaus Voormanibass.
Chns Osborneldobro. and ]1m Kellner/
drums and percussion The record was
released m a plam Apple sleeve. wllh
Yoke's face supenrnposed onto the Apple
on the "A' s1de
FLY
11
By Yoko Ono and The Plasuc Ono Band
Wlth Joe ]ones Tone Deaf Mus1c Co
Apple SAPTU 10112- Decembc:r " 1971
Yokos second album and her first
Appendices 215
 double LP for Apple, was recorded at 23
Ascot Sound Studtos Uohn and Yoko's
home studto) and at the Record Plant
New York dunng August 1971. It was
produced by Yoko and John Yoko was
backed by The Plasttc Ono Band con-
SISting of John, Klaus Voorman (bass),
ChrlS Osborne (dobro), )tm Keltner
(drums), Enc Clapton (guHar), Rmgo Starr
(drums), Jun Cordon (drums) and Bobby
Keyes (saxophone). Also used on some
tracks was the Joe Jones Tone Deaf Mustc
Co .. whtch consiSted of etght tnstruments
that played themselves wtth the mmunum
of human asststance. The mstruments
were bmlt espectally for Yoko by Joe
]ones who had been expenmentmg wtth.
and developmg, such devtces smce the
early stxtles
The front and back cover photographs
were taken by John, who lS also credtted
with deston of the outer cover The mner
spread shows a collage of seventeen
c::hlfer ent photographs deptctmg the
mus1c1ans' faces supenmposed onto a
band of gyps1es. The ma]onty of the
photographs were taken by lam Mac-
Mtllan. w1th some by May Pang, and the
gyps1es by Kyoko The two mner sleeves
show drawmgs by Yoko along wllh song
lyncs and credtts The album also m-
eluded a poster, and a postcard cum
order form for Yoko's book Grapefrwt
The postcard has a small round hole cut
out of 1t, w1th the capt1on ''Hole To See
The Sky Through Yoko Ono '71" The
back cover of the album mcludes a quote
from John •Love IS havmg to say you're
sorry every hve mmutes John 71 '.
12
RECORD ONE A SIDE
14a MIDSUMMER NEW YORK (3.48)
15 MIND TRAIN (16.48)
RECORD ONE B SIDE
16 MIND HOLES (2. 40)
2a DON'T WORRY KYOKO (·/51)
13a MRS. LENNON <4 04)
12a HIRAKE .J 3 ),
17 TOILET PIECF.IUNKNOWN 1 .C.b1
18 0 'WIND (BODY lS THE SCAR OF
YOUR MIND) (4 23)
RE::..~ ~D TWO A SIDE
1143)
19 A1RMALE
20 DON'T COUNT THE WAVES (5 19)
21 YOU _J)
REC_;RD TWO B SIDE
22 FLY (22 43)
TELEPHONE PIECE (025)
All compositions were by Yoko Mld-
swnmer New York and Mrs Lennon had
already appeared on a smgle. Don't
Worry Kyoko ongmally appeared as the
couphng for Cold Turkey, and H1rake
appeared as Qpen Your Box on the ''B"
s1de of Power To The People HJiake
and Open Your Box are basically the
same recordmgs except that H1rake
contatns the ongmal unexpurgated vocal
recordmg, whtle Open Your Box contains
amended vocals (electromcally treated to
g1ve a muflled echo e(fect at the end of
each lme).
Mlnd Tram features John!gUJtar, Klaus
Voormanlbass, Chns Osborneldobro and
]1m Keltner/drums. Mmd Holes features
Yoko smgmg over John's gu1tar T01let
Piece/Unknown lS the sound of a t01let
flushing, wh1le 0 'Wwd features John!
gmtar, Jun Keltner/drums and tabla, Jun
Gordonltabla, Klaus Voorman!cyrnbal
and Bobby Keyeslclaves
Amnale lS the fust track featunng ]oe
]ones Tone Deaf Mus1c Co. w1th the
assiStance of John. On Don't Count The
Waves Yoko plays claves. wh1le John
agam assiSts joe Jones Tone Deaf Mus1c
Co, along w1th Klaus supplymg percus-
Sion and Jun Keltner tuned drum You
features Yoko smgmg solo w1th joe ]ones
Tone Deaf Mus1c Co . wh1le Fly - the
soundtrack to Yoko's ftlm of the same
name - has Yoko screechmg solo unt1l
half-way through, when John JOins m on
gmtar Telephone Plece lS Yoko answer-
mg the phone
(15a) MIND TRAIN (4 45)
(24) LISTEN THE SNOW IS FALLING
(3.09)
By Yoko Ono
Apple APPLE 41 -January 21, 1972
Yoko's second solo smgle comb1ned an
ed1ted vers1on of Mmd Tram from her
Fly album. w1th another solo compos111on.
Listen The Snow Is Fallmg (whtch had
appeared prev1ously m Amenca as the
coupling tor Happy Xmas (Wa1 Js Over)
m December 1971) Due to composmg
credit difficulties. thiS Plasnc Ono Band
ChriStmas smgle d1d not appear m Bntam
until November 1972 Mlnd Tram v..ClS
produced by John and Yoko and features
Yoko suppo1ted by john/gUJtar Klaus
Voorman/bass ChrlS Osbome/dobro and
j1m KeltneJ/drums
LISten The Snow ls Fallmg was re-
cmded dunng the sess1ons for Happy
Xmas between Octobe1 28 <md 29, 1971 It
A p pencbces 217
 was produced by John and Yoko and Plul
Spector Yoko sings a solo vocal supported
by John, Klaus Voorman and Hugh Mc-
CrackeniQUltars and Ntcky Hopktnsl
piano and chimes. The. record was re-
leased m a ptcture sleeve and features
the Apple label Wlth Yoko's face super-
lmposed on the "A" s1de.
13 SOMETIME IN NEW YORK CITY
Record One by John and Yoko!Plastic
Ono Band with Elephant's Memory plus
Invisible Strings
Record Two by The Plastic Ono Super-
group and Plastic Ono Mothers
Apple PCSP 716- September 15, 1972
Tills Plastic Ono Band release featured
etght numbers composed JOintly by John
and Yoko (one Wlth Frank Zappa) and
four solo Ono compositions. Sisters 0
SJSters, Bom In A Pnson, We're All Water
and Don't Worry Kyoko.
RECORD ONE A SIDE
Woman Is The Nigger Of The World
25 SISTERS 0 SISTERS (3. 45)
Attica State
26 BORN IN A PRISON (4.02)
New York City
RECORD ONE B SIDE
Sunday Bloody Sunday
The Luck Of The Irish
John Sinclair
Angela
27 WE'RE ALL WATER (711)
RECORD T WO A SIDE
Cold Turkey
28 DON'T WORRY KYOKO (14 48)
RECORD TWO B SIDE
(See John Lennon Page 29 )
14 Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
(24a) LISTEN THE SNOW IS FALLING
(3.09)
"A" side by John and Yoko/Plastic Ono
Band with The Harlem Community Choir
"B" side by Yoko Ono and The Plastic
Ono Band
Apple R 5970- November 24, 1972
Due to composmg credlt problems Wlth
Northern Songs, Happy Xmas was delayed
for a year after 1ts mittal Amencan release
in 1971, by wluch time Yoko had released
Listen The Snow Is Fall.wg as the "8" stde
of her second Apple smgle, Mmd Tram.
For thts release Apple dtd not use the
ongmal matrix for L1sten. but cut a com-
pletely new master (Wlth a dt.ffer ent
matnx number)
15 APPROXIMATELY INFINITE
UNIVERSE
By Yoko Ono and The Plastic Ono Band
with Elephant's Memory, Endless Strings
and Choir Boys
Apple SAPDU 1001 - February 16, 1973
Yoko's second double alb11m and third
solo album for Apple contained twenty-
two of her most hstenable songs to date.
The album was recorded durmg October
and November 1972 at the Record Plant,
New York (with two tracks at Butterfly
Studto). Yoko and John produced the
album usmg the Elephant's Memory band
consiSting of Stan Bronstemlsaxophone,
flute and clannet; Rtchard Frank jnr./
drums and percussion; Gary Van Scyoc/
bass and trumpet; Adam lppoltto/ptano.
organ, harmonica and trumpet; Wayne
GabrieVQUltar, Wlth Dana Pnce/castanet.
The gatefold sleeve features photo-
graphs by Bob Gruen, With concept by
Yoko and John and design by Bettma
Rossner. The mner sleeves contam song
l yncs while the record labels feature the
"Yoko" Apple on the "A" sides
RECORD ONE A SIDE
29 YANG YANG (3. 49)
30 DEATH OF SAMANTHA (6.16)
31 I WANT MY LOVE TO REST TONIGHT
(5.12)
32 WHAT DID I DOl (4 12)
33 HAYE YOU SEEN A HORIZON LATELY
(1.54)
RECORD ONE B SIDE
34 APPROXIMATELY INFINITE UNIVERSE
(317)
35 PETER THE DEALER (4 41)
36 SONG FOR JOHN (2 01)
37 CATMAN (THE ROSES ARE COMING)
(5.29)
38 WHAT A BASTARD THE WORLD IS
(4 31)
39 WAITING FOR THE SUNRISE (2.29)
Appendices 219
 RECORD TWO A SIDE
I FELT LIKE SMASHING MY FACE IN A
40
CLEAR GLASS WINDOW (4.04)
41 WINTER SONG (3.35)
42 KITE SONG (318)
43 WHAT A MESS (2.36)
44 SI-URANAKATTA (I DIDN'T KNOW)
(3.07)
45 AIR TALK (3.16)
RECORD TWO B SIDE
46 I HAVE A WOMAN INSIDE MY SOUL
(5.29)
47 MOVE ON FAST (3.39)
48 NOW OR NEVER (4.56)
49 IS WINTER HERE TO STAY? (4.16)
50 LOOKING OVER FROM MY HOTEL
WINDOW (3.28)
All twenty-two songs were composed
and sung by Yoko. Although John is
credlted Wlth co-productJon, he IS not
evtdent vocally or mstrumentally to any
great extent I Want My Love To Rest
Tomghl IS one of the four songs msprred
by John, who supphes backmg vocals.
The other songs that were obv10usly
msprred by John are Song For John,
Wmter Song and Shlranakatta. Wmter
Song supposedly features John and M1ck
)agger on guitars, although thiS IS not
credlted on the sleeve. M1ck ]agger IS
menuoned, however, m the lyncs to one
song, I Felt Like Smashmg My Face In A
Clear Glass Wmdow.
The baste tracks for Catman and Wmter
Song were recorded at the Butterfly
Studio. John plays guitar on Move On Fast
and Is Wmter Here To Stay, although he
IS credited on the sleeve as "Joel Nohnn"
(an anagram of "John Lennon", rrunus one
"n") Yoko plays piano on Looklng Over
From My Hotel Window.
16 (30a) DEATH OF SAMANTHA (3.45)
(29a) YANG YANG (3.51)
By Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band
Apple APPLE 47 - May 4 1973
ThiS edited verSIOn of Death or Samantha
from AppmXl!Tlately Inflmte Umverse be-
came Yoke's th1rd Bnttsh smgle, bemg
coupled Wlth Yang Yang from the same
album The smgle was released m a plam
sleeve and featured the usual Apple
labels
17 (51) RUN, RUN, RUN (3.06)
(52) MEN, MEN, MEN (4.02)
By Yoko Ono
Apple APPLE 48- November 9, 1973
The two tracks from Yoke's thrrd and last
Apple album, Feelmg The Space, were
both wntten and produced by Yoko.
Released in a plam Apple sleeve, 1t was
the penultimate Apple smgles release
(diSregardmg the solo Beatles' releases
wh1ch - although appearmg With an
Apple label - were theoretically still on
Parlophone), the last being Badfmger's
Apple or My Eye.
18 FEELING THE SPACE
By Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band
and Something Different
Apple SAPCOR 26- November 16, 1973
Yoke's last album for seven years was
recorded at the Record Plant, New York,
during the autumn of 1973, apparently
usmg many of the mus1c1ans that John had
used for his Mmd Games album. They
were as follows: Ken Ascher/ptano, organ
and M ellotron; DaVJd Spinozza/gmtar;
Gordon Edwardslbass; JLm Keltner/drums;
Michael Brecker/saxophone; Sneaky Pete
Klemow/pedal steel guitar; Don Brooks/
harmoruca; Bob Babittlbass; jeremy Ste1g/
flute, Arthur Srruth/drums, DaVJd Pried-
man/vibes; and R1ck Marotta/clrums
John contributed gmtar to She Hits
Back and Women Power under the
pseudonym of John O'Cean As on the
Mmd Games album, backing vocals were
supplied by Somethmg Different.
A SIDE
53 GROWING PAIN (3.47)
54 YELLOW GIRL (STAND BY FOR LIFE)
(3.13)
55 COFFIN CAR (3.30)
56 WOMAN OF SALEM (307)
5la RUN, RUN, RUN (506)
57 IF ONLY (3.38)
BSJDE
58 A THOUSAND TIMES YES (2 59)
59 STRAIGHT TALK (3 17)
60 ANGRY YOUNG WOMAN (3.51)
61 SHE HITS BACK (331)
62 WOMEN POWER (4 49)
52a MEN, MEN, MEN (4 01)
Appendices 221
Due to the lack of any specwc mformahon on
"A" side by John Lennon
Bnll.Sh cop1es of the album, 11 has not been
possible to provtde mus1c1an credits for mdlVl- "B" side by Yoko Ono
dual tracks wh1ch were wntten and produced
by Yoko. Geffen Records K 79196 - January 16,
1981
19 Oust Like) Starting Over
(63) KISS KISS KISS (3 38)
The second smgle from Double Fantasy
featured Yoke's Beautlful Boys as the
"A" s1de by John Lennon couplmg for John's Woman For chart
stall.Stlcs. see the John Lennon section
"B" side by Yoko Ono (page 46)
Geffen Records K 79186 - October 24
1980 22 (70) WALKING ON THIN ICE -
As Wlth thetr earher Plastic Ono Band FOR JOHN (5. 56)
smgles, John and Yoke's first smgle for (71) IT HAPPENED (5 02)
seven years compnsed an "A" s1de by By Yoko Ono
John and a "B" s1de by Yoke Both tracks
were from the1r Double Fantasy album Geffen Records K 79202 - February 20,
For chart stattstlcs relatmg to Uust L1ke) 1981
Startmg Over, see John Lermon section
(page 42 ). Yoke's first solo single since 1973, wh1ch
became her first solo hit when 1t entered
the BMRB Top 75 on February 28 at No
20 DOUBLE FANTASY 50, nsmg to No 35 on March 14, and
staYJng m the chart for fiVe weeks
By John Lennon and Yoko Ono Walklng On Thm Ice, wntten by Yoko,
was recorded m late November and
Geffen Records K 99131 -November 17, early December 1980 at the Hit Factory,
1980 New York. and was produced by John
For the1r f1rst album together srnce 1972. and Yoko and Jack Douglas. John and
John and Yoko composed seven songs Yoko were re-moong the song dunng the
each to share equally both wntrng and rught of December 8 when at approXI-
vocal duties mately ll pm • John was gunned down
The recordmg features john/gu1tar and
ASIDE keyboards, Hugh McCracken and Earl
Oust Like) Starting Over Slick/rhythm gwtars; Tony Levtnlbass,
Andy Newmark/drurns and Jack Douglas!
63a KISS KISS KISS (3.39) percussion
Clean Up Time It Happened, also wntten by Yoko, was
recorded m 1973 at the Record Plant,
64 GIVE ME SOMETHING (1.52) New York, and was left over from the
I'm Losing You Feelmg The Space sess1ons, featunng
Davtd Spmozza and Hugh McCracken/
65 I'M MOVING ON (3 17) gwtars: Gordon Edwardslbass; Kenny
Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) Ascher/keyboards: Arthur Jenkins Jnr/
percuss1on and R1ck Marotta/drurns The
BS1DE
track begms Wlth a recordmg of John and
Watchmg The Wheels Yoko talkmg whilst strollmg through New
I'M YOUR ANGEL (3 34) York's Central Park The ongrnal re-
66
cordmg was produced by John and Yoko,
Woman John "rediSCOvered" the song among
67 BEAUTIFUL BOYS " 53) Yoke's old tapes two weeks before he
was shot, and thought 1t could be a hll, so
Dear Yoko 1t was edited and re·mtxed by John and
68 EVERY MAN HAS A WOMAN WHO Yoko Wlth jack Douglas
LOVES HIM /4 J'~l Before John was shot, Walkmg On Thm
lee was scheduled to be released as a
69 HARD TIMES ARE OVER (3 12) twelve·mch four track EP (along Wlth two
of Yoke's tracks from Double Fantasy)
tltled Yoko Only Yoko dec1ded to contmue
21 Woman
Wlth the release, because John had been
(67a) BEAUTIFUL BOYS (2.51)
so certam that 1t would be a hit, although

Appendtces 223
 the EP format was dropped The smgle
appeared m a ''p1cture' sleeve With a
"Ftrushing Note" from Yoko, plus an msert
contammg lyncs and creditS
23 Watching The Wheels
(66a) YES, I'M YOUR ANGEL (2. 48)
"A" side by John Lennon
"B" side by Yoko Ono •
Geffen Records K 79207 - M arch 27. 1981
The thlrd release from Double Fantasy
featured Yoke's Yes. I'm Your Angel as
the "8" stde. ThlS song IS called fm Your
Angel on the Double Fantasy album, and
ts likewise credited on the label of this
smgle, only the sleeve credltmg 1t as Yes,
I'm Your Angel. For chart statistics see
John Lennon section (page 47)
24 SEASON OF GLASS
By Yoko Ono
Geffen Records K 99164 - ]une 12. 1981
Yoko's flfth solo album was ongmally
advertlSed by Geffen Records as mcluding
the smgle Walking On Thm Ice. But after
Beatles Monthly magazine had tnformed
them that the album dtd not feature this
song, Geffen gave the smgle away free
With the album, and changed the advert
accordingly. Although 1t dtd not enter the
NME Top 30, the album was Yoko's first to
enter the £MRB album charts, wluch it
d1d on June 20 at No. 70, rlSmg to No. 47
the followmg week (1ts final week m the
chart).
The album was recorded at the Hit
Factory, New York, dunng April 1981,
wtth Yoko and Phi! Spector producing,
usmg basically the same mustctans who
performed on Double Fantasy. Hugh
McCracken!gllitar and Jew's he.rp (on
Dogtown), Earl SlickiQUltar; Anthony
Davlholkeyboards and guttar (on No No
No and Toyboat), George Sma!Vkey-
boards, Tony Levmlbass, John S1glerlbass
(on Mmdweaver and Mother Of The
Umverse); Andrew Newmarkldrums;
Davtd Friedmanlvibraphone and percus-
Sion; Arthur Jenkms Jnr/percusston;
George ''Young" Opahsky/soprano and
alto saxophone; Mtchael Brecker/tenor
saxo;:>hone; Ronme Cuberlbantone saxo-
phone; and Howard Johnson/tuba. Yoko
handled all lead and backmg vocals
The album sleeve caused some contro-
versy, many people constdermg 1t to be
m bad taste as the front cover ptcture
shows a bloodstamed parr of glasses.
224 Working Class Heroes
Cover photography and destgn was by
Yoko, With artwork by ChrlStopher Wharf
ASIDE
72 GOODBYE SADrilliS (3.48)
73 MINDWEAVER (4.24)
74 EVEN WHEN YOUR£ FAR AWAY (5.20)
75 NOBODY SEES ME LIKE YOU DO (3.12)
76 TURN OF THE WHEEL (241)
DOGTOWN (321)
77
78 SILVER HORSE (300)
BSIDE
79 I DON'T KNOW WHY (416)
80 EXTENSION 33 (2 42)
81 NO, NO, NO (2.42)
82 WILL YOU TOUCH ME (2.34)
83 SHE GETS DOWN ON HER KNEES (4 12)
84 TOYBOAT (3 30)
85 MOTHER OF THE UNIVERSE (423)
At one tlme during ·early 1981. 11 was
reported that Julian Lennon Oohn's first son)
would be asslStmg Yoko to complete the
unfiniShed numbers left over from the
Double Fantasy sessions, and that Yoko
and julian were possibly recording an
album together. These reports later turned
out to be pure speculauon. and further
reports that two songs bemg recorded by
Yoko were preVlously unreleased Lennon-
Ono composttions, were also unfounded
All fourteen songs on the album were Ono
compostllons, although the lyncs to Mother
OfThe Umverse appear to be based on the
"Lord's Prayer''. Many non-musical sounds
appear throughout the album, mcludmg
Yoko talking on the telephone, Sean Len-
non telling a short story, and four "gur15hots"
at the begmrung of No, No, No, wluch
sparked off more ''bad taste" controversy.
25 (86) MY MAN (3.59)
(87) LET THE TEARS DRY (3 28)
By Yoko Ono
Polydor POSP 541 -November 26, 1982
Yoke's frrst smgle for Polydor - With
whom she s1gned m October 1982 -
featured two self-penned songs from her
frrst Polydor album, It's A1nght (I See
Rambows). Although rece1vmg constder-
able arrplay and favourable revtews, the
smgle. released m a p1cture sleeve With
photography by Bob Gruen d1d not enter
the charts.
 John can be heard shoutmg "Yoke", wh1le
26 IT'S ALRIGHT (I SEE RAINBOWS) Yoko and Sean can be heard talking At
the end of th1s track, 11 IS Sean who says
By Yoko Ono "Looks like a g1gant1C plum" Sean IS
Polydor POLD5073- December 16. 1982 heard agam at the begmmng of its
Alnght. attemptmg to wake up Yoko
Yoke's most commerctal album to date.
It's Alnght was well-receiVed by the
mustc press It conta1ns some of her most
conventional work. although thiS was un-
fortunately not reflected m sales. as the
album dtd not enter the charts
The album was recorded at the Hn
Factory, New York, dunng the autumn of
1982, WJth Yoko producmg, usmg the
followmg mustctans Pete Cannarozz1 and YOKOONOUS
Paul Griffm/synthestzers, Elhot Randall
and John Tropea/gUltars, Paul Gnffin, 1 UNFINISHED MUSIC No. 1 -
Mtchael Holmes and Paul Shafferlkey- TWO VIRGINS
boards; Net! Jasonlbass; Yog1 Horton and By John Lennon and Yoko Ono
Alan Schwartzberg/d.rums; Rubens BassJJU.
Davtd A. Fnedman, Sammy Flgeroa and Apple T 5001 November 11, 1968
Roger Sqwtero/percusston: Roy Badal/
tabla and Howard Johnsonltuba and ban- 2 UNFINISHED MUSIC No. 2 -
tone saxophone. Lead and harmony vocals LIFE WITH THE LIONS
were by Yoko, WJth backing vocals by
Gordon Grody, Kurt Yahl)tan and Carlos By John Lennon and Yoko Ono
Alomar. Zapple ST 3357- May 26. 1969
The album sleeve was destgned by
Yoko, WJth artwork by Btll Levy and Bob 3 Give Peace A Chance
He~mall and photography by Bob Gruen (1) REMEMBER LOVE
The back cover features a 1982 photo-
graph of Yoko and Sean taken m New By The Plastic Ono Band
York Central Park. WJth a 1980 photograph
of John supenmposed on top Apple 1809 -July 7. 1969
A SIDE 4 Cold Turkey
86a MY MAN (3. 57) (2) DON'T WORRY KYOKO
(MUMMY'S ONLY LOOKING FOR
88 NEVER SAY GOODBYE (4 25) A HAND IN THE SNOW)
89 SPEC OF DUST (3.31) By The Plastic Ono Band
90 LONELINESS (3. 48)
Apple 1813 - October 20, 1969
91 TOMORROW MAY NEVER COME (2 25)
BSIDE
92 IT'S ALRIGHT (4 24) 5 THE WEDDING ALBUM
93 WAKE UP (3 46) By John Lennon and Yoko Ono
87a LET THE TEARS DRY (3 22)
Apple SMAX 3367- October 20. 1969
94 DREAM LOVE (4 55)
95 I SEE RAINBOWS (313) 6 THE PLASTIC ONO BAND -
LIVE PEACE IN TORONTO 1969
Althvugh agam many people were ex-
pectmg (and hopmg) that Yokes new By The Plastic Ono Band
album would contam some of the 'Lennon- Apple SW 336.:. - Dt:cember 12 1969
Ono" numbers left over from Double
Fantasy, all compositions on the album Instant Karma
7
were by Yoke Even though the album (5) WHO HAS SEEN THE WIND
does not feature any of John s recordmgs
most of the songs were 1nsp1red by htm or By Lennon/Ono and The Plastic Ono Band
hiS memory. and on Never Say Goodbye
(durmg the middle Instrumental section) Apple 1818 February 20. 1970

A ppen dtces 225

 8 YOKO ONO'PLASTIC ONO BAND 12 H1RAKE

By Yok o Ono and The Plastic Ono Band 17 TOILET PIECE/UNKNOWN

Apple SW 3373 - December 11, 1970
Wlule John Lennon!PlastiC Ono Band was
m the Billboard Top 30 album for ten
weeks, Yoko's companton album managed
a three week run m the Top 200. entenng
on February 6 at No. 199 and nsmg to No.
182 the followmg week (Tracks ·and
sleeve same as BntJSh release.)
9 Mother
(6a) WHY
"A" side by John Lennon and The Plastic
Ono Band
"B" side by Yoko Ono and The Plastic
Ono Band
Apple 1827 - December 28. 1970
18 0 'WIND (BODY IS THE SCAR OF
YOUR MIND)
RECORD TWO
(Same as British release.)
12 (13a) MRS. LENNON
(14a) MIDSUMMER NEW YORK
By Yok o Ono
Apple 1839- September 29, 1971
13 Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
(24) LISTEN THE SNOW IS FALLING
"A " side By John and Yoko/Plastic Ono
Band with The Harlem Community Choir
"B" side by Yoko Ono and The Plastic
Ono Band

ThiS smgle, not released m Britain, coupled
one track from both John and Yoko's
respecttve Plastic Ono Band albums
10 Power To The People
(lOa) TOUCH ME
"A" side by John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
"B" side by Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band
Apple 1830 - March 22. 1971
The "B" stde to Power To The People m
Bntam was Yoko's song, Open Your Box.
Capttol refused to allow her to use the
song due to tts suggestive lyrics, so a
track from the Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono
Band LP was substituted.
11 FLY
By Yoko Ono and The Plastic Ono Band
with Joe ]ones Tone Deaf Music Co.
Apple SVBB 3380- September 20, 1971
Yoko's second solo chart entry, Fly
entered the Btllboard Top 200 for two
weeks at No. 199 on November 13, 1971.
(Sleeve same as BntJSh release )
RECORD ONE A SIDE
14 MIDSUMMER NEW YORK
15 MIND TRAIN
RECORD ONE B SIDE
16 MIND HOLES
2a DON'T WORRY KYOKO
13 MRS. LENNON
Apple 1842- December 1, 1971
14 Woman Is The Nigger Of The World
(25) SISTERS 0 SISTERS
"A " side by John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
with Elephant's Memory plus Invisible
Strings
"B" side by Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band
with Elephant's Memory plus Invisible
Strings
Apple 1848- Apnl 24, 1972
15 SOMETIME IN NEW YORK CITY
Record One by John and Yoko/Plastic
Ono Band with Elephant's Memory plus
Invisible Strings
Record Two by The Plastic Ono Super-
group and Plastic Ono Mothers
Apple SVBB 3392- June 12, 1972
RECORD ONE A SIDE
Woman Is The Ni gger Of The World
25a SISTERS 0 SISTERS
Attica State
26 BORN IN A PRISON
New York City
RECORD ONE B SIDE
(Same as British release.)
RECORD TWO
(Same as British release.)

226 Working Class Heroes

 YOKOONO
:\L\\ ALBl \1
SEASON OF GLASS
I '\CI.t Df.~'-1
'\\ \11\11\<. 0'\ Till'\ J( 1·:
16 (48) NOW OR NEVER the "A" s1de, as opposed to Run, Run, Run,
(47) MOVE ON FAST the favoured track for the Bnttsh release.
The "B" s1de, however, IS 1denhcal.
By Yoko Ono and The Plastic Ono Band
with Elephant's Memory
20 FEELING THE SPACE
Apple 1853- November 13, 1972
By Yoko Ono and The Plastic Ono Band
The second Yoko solo smgle m America
and Something Different
featured two tracks from the Approxi-
mately Inhmte Umverse album, and was Apple SW 3412- November 2. 1973
not released m Bntam
Yoko's fourth solo album d1d not enter the
17 APPROXIMATELY INFINITE Billboard Top 200 (Sleeve same as Bnt!Sh
UNIVERSE release.)

By Yoko Ono and The Plastic Ono Band A SIDE

with Elephant's Memory, Endless Strings 53 GROWING PAIN
and Choir Boys
54 YELLOW GIRL (STAND BY FOR LIFE)
Apple SVBB 3399- January 8, 1973
55 COFFIN CAR
Yoko's third solo album, and third to enter 56 WOMAN OF SALEM
the lower regtons of the Billboard Top
200. It entered the charts on February 24 51 RUN, RUN, RUN
at No 198, and rose to No. 193 on March 57 IF ONLY
lO (Lts fourth and fmal week m the chart).
(Cover same as Bnttsh release.) BSIDE

RECORD ONE 58 A THOUSAND TIMES YES

(Same as British release.) 59 STRAIGHT TALK

RECORD TWO A SIDE 60 ANGRY YOUNG WOMAN

(Same as British release.) 61 SHE lflTS BACK

RECORD TWO B SIDE 62a WOMEN POWER

46 I HAVE A WOMAN INSIDE MY SOUL 52a MEN, MEN, MEN

47a MOVE ON FAST

21 Gust Like) Starting Over
48a NOW OR NEVER (63) KISS KISS KISS
49 IS WINTER HERE TO STAY
"A" side by John Lennon
50 LOOKING OVER FROM MY HOTEL
WINDOW "B" side by Yoko Ono

18 (30a) DEATH OF SAMANTHA Geffen Records GEF-49604 - October

(29a) YANG YANG 23, 1980

By Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band with

Elephant's Memory, Endless Strings and ZZ DOUBLE FANTASY
Choir Boys
By John Lennon and Yoko Ono
Apple 1859- February 26, 1973
Geffen Records GHS 2001 - November
A second release from the Approxunately 17. 1980
Infimte Umverse album featured the
same tracks that were later released m
Britam 23 Woman

19 (62) WOMEN POWER (67a) BEAUTIFUL BOYS

(52) MEN, MEN, MEN
"A " side by John Lennon
By Yoko Ono
"8" side by Yoko Ono
Apple 1867- September 24, 1973
Geffen Records 49644 -January 12. 1981
The Amencan smgle from the Feelmg
The Space LP featured Women Power as

228 Working Class Heroes

24 (70) WALKING ON THIN ICE -
FOR JOHN
(71) IT HAPPENED
By Yoko Ono

Geffen Records 49683 - February 6, 1981

ThiS smgle entered the Billboard chart on
March 7 1981 Durmg a ten week chart
restdency 1t peaked at No 58.

25 Watching The Wheels

(66a) YES, I'M YOUR ANGEL
"A" stde by John Lennon
"B" stde by Yoko Ono
Geffen Records 49695 - March 13, 1981

26 SEASON OF GLASS
By Yoko Ono

Geffen Records 2004 -June 3, 1981

ThiS LP entered the Btllboard chart at No

etghty-one on June 27. Dunng rune weeks
m the chart, tls htghest posttton was at No
49
21 (86) MY MAN
(87) LET THE TEARS DRY
By Yoko Ono

Polydor PD-2224 - November 2, 1982

28 IT'S ALRIGHT (I SEE RAINBOWS)

By Yoko Ono

Polydor PD-1-6364 - November 29, 1982

ThiS LP reached No. 158 on the Btllboard

Top 200 dunng Chnstmas week. 1982

29 (88a) NEVER SAY GOODBYE

(90a) LONELINESS
Po1ydor 810 556-7 January 25, 1983
(seven·mch)
Po1ydor 810 575-1 - February 22. 1983
(re-mt.Xed twelve-mch verston)

Appendtces 229
BIBLIOGRAPHY

This book could not have been compiled without researching other books for facts
and information. The following is a bibliography of the books used for research,
along with other Beatles books, which together constitute a definitive library for any
Beatle fanatic.

Abbey Road Brian Southall (Patrick Stephens 1982)

The Album Cover Album Storm Thorgerson (Hipgnosis)/Roger Dean/Dominy
Hamilton (Dragon's World Books 1977)
All Together Now Harry Castleman/Walter Podrazik (Pierian Press 1976)
All You Needed Was Love John B1ake (Hamlyn 1981)
All You Need Is Ears George Martin/Jerome Hernsby (Macmillan London Ltd. 1979)
Apple To The Core Peter McCabe/Robert D. Schonfeld (Martin Brian & O'Keefe Ltd.
1972/Sphere Books Ltd. 1973)
As Time Goes By Derek Taylor (Davis-Poynter Ltd. 1973/Sphere Books Ltd. 1974)
The Beatles Geoffrey Stokes (W.H. Alien & Co. Ltd. 1980)
The Beatles: A Collection Robert & Cindy DelBuono (RobCin Associates 1982)
The Beatles Again Harry Castleman/Walter Podrazik (Pierian Press 1977)
The Beatles Album File And Complete Discography Jeff Russell (Blandford Press 1982)
Beatles Anniversary Bill Harry (Colourgold Ltd. 1982)
The Beatles: An Illustrated Record Roy Carr/Tony Tyler (New English Library
19751197811980)
The Beatles Apart Bob Woffinden (Proteus Books 1981)
The Beatles At The Beeb Kevin Howlett (British Broadcasting Corporation 1982)
The Beatles: A To Z Goldie Friede/Robin Titone/Sue Weiner (Methuen 1980)
The Beatles: The Authorized Biography Hunter Davis (William Heineman Ltd. 1968)
The Beatles Concerted Efforts }an Van De Bunt (Beat1es Unlimited 1979)
The Beatles Discography Mitchell McGreary (Ticket To Ryde Ltd. 1975)
The Beatles Down Under Glenn A. Baker, with Roger De1ernia (Wild & Wooley 1982)
The Beatles' England David Bacon/Norman Mas1ov (Co1umbus Books 1982)
The Beatles Forever Nicho1as Schaffner (McGraw-Hill Book Co. 1977)
The Beatles Forever Helen Spence (Colour Library International Ltd. 1981)
The Beatles For The Record No author (Stafford Pemberton Publishing 1981)
The Beatles In Help! Al Hine (Mayflower Books Ltd. 1965)
The Beatles Monthly Books Various- edited by Johnny Dean (Beat Publications Ltd.
1963-9/Re-pub1ished from 1976) .
The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics edited by Alan Aldridge (MacDonald Unit 75 1969)
The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics Volume 2 edited by A1an A1dridge (BPC Publishing Ltd.
1971)
The Beatles In Their Own Words Miles (Omnibus Press 1978)
The Beatles Complete Lyrics (Futura Publications 1974)
The Beatles On Record Mark Wallgren (Simon & Schuster 1982)
The Beatles' Who's Who Bill Harry (Aurum Press 1982)
The Beatles: Yesterday And Today Rochelle Larkin (Scholastic Book Services 1974)
Behind The Beatles Songs Philip Cowan (Polytantric Press 1978)
The Book Of Golden Discs Joseph Murrells (Barrie & Jenkins Ltd. 197411978)
The Book Of Rock Lists Dave Marsh/Kevin Stein (Sidgwick & Jackson 1981)
The Bootleg Bible (Hot Wacks Book IX) (Babylon Books 1981)
British Beat Chris May/Tim Philips (Sociopack Pub. 1974)
British Record Charts 1955-1979 Tony Jasper (Futura Publications 1979)
A Cellarful Of Noise Brian Epstein (Souvenir Press 1964/New English Library 1965/
1981)
Chart File 1982 Barry Lazell/Dafydd Rees/ Alan Jones (Virgin Books 1982)
A Day In The ~ife Tom Schultheiss (Pierian Press 1980)
Dig It: The Beatles Bootleg Book Volume One Koos Janssen/Erik M. Bakker (Rock
Book Centre Publications 1974)
Encyclopedia Of Rock Volumes 1-3 edited by Phil Hardy/Dave Laing (Panthar Books
Ltd 1976)
Facts About A Pop Group (Wings) David Gelly (G. Whizzard Pub. Ltd. 1976)
George Harrison Yesterday And Today Ross Michaels (Flash Books 1977)
The Gimmix Book Of Records Frank Goldman/Klaus Hiltscher (Virgin Books 1981)
Grapefruit Yoko Ono (Peter Owen Ltd. 1964/Sphere Books 1971)

230 Working Class Heroes

Growing Up With The Beatles Ron Schaumberg (Pyramid Books 1976/G.P. Putnam 's
Sons 1980)
The Guinness Book Of Britis h Hit Singles Jo & Tim Rtce/Pau1 Gambaccmi/Mtke Read
(Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977 I 19191 1981)
The Guinness Book Of Records Norris McWhirter (Gumness Superlauves Ltd yearly)
' Hands Across The Water' Wings Tour USA H1pgnos1s (Paper Ttger 1978)
A Hard Day's Night John Burke (Pan Books Ltd. 1964)
The Illustrated Book Of Rock Records Barry Lazeli/Dafydd Rees (Vtrgm Books 1982)
The Illustrated History Of The Rock Album Cover Angle Errigo (Octopus Books Ltd.
1979)
The Illustrated NME Encyclopedia of Rock Nick Logan/ Bob W ofhnden (Hamlyn
Publishing Ltd. 1976)
I Me Mine George Harrison (Genesis Publications 1980/W .H. Alien 1982)
In The Foots teps Of The Beatles Mike Evans/Ron }ones (Merseystde County Council 1982)
The Joel Whitburn Record Research Series Joel Whllburn (Record Research Inc . yearly)
John Lennon In His Own Words Miles (Omrubus Press 1980)
John Lennon In His Own Write John Lennon Oonathan Cape 1964)
John Lennon 1940-1980 A Biography Ray Connolly (Fontana Books 1981)
John Lennon: One Day At A Time , A Personal Biography Of The Seventies
Anthony Fawcett (New English Library 1976)
The John Lennon Story George Tremlett (Futura Pub. Ltd. 1976)
Lennon And McCartney Malcolm Doney (Mtdas Books 1981)
Lennon Remembers ed1ted by }ann W enner (Talmy, Frankhn Ltd. 1972)
The Lennon Tapes Andy Peebles (BBC Pubhcatlons 1981)
Linda's Picturec: A Collection Of Photographs Lmda McCartney Oonathan Cape 1976)
The Longest Cocktail Party Richard D1Lello (Charisma Books 1973)
Love Me Do - The Beatles Progress Michael Braun (Penguin Books Ltd. 1964)
The Man Who Gave The Beatles Away Allan W illiams/Wt1ham Marshall (Elm Tree
Books Ltd 1975)
Mersey Beat: The Beginning Of The Beatles ed1ted by Bill Harry (Ommbus Press I 977)
The NME Book Of Rock edited by Nick Logan/ Rob Fmms (W.H. Allen Ltd. 1975)
New Rock Record Terry Hounsome/T1m Chambre (Blandford Press 1981)
Nothing To Get Hung About Mike Evans (C1ty OfL1verpool Public Relations Off1ce 1974)
Paul McCartney And Wings Tony Jasper (Octopus Books Ltd. 1977)
Paul McCartney And Wings Jeremy Pascall (Phoebus Publishing Co. 1977)
Paul McCartney In His Own Words Paul Gambaccmi (Omnibus Press Ltd. 1976)
The Paul McCartney Story George Tremlett (Futura Pub. Ltd. 1975)
The Penguin John Lennon John Lennon (Penguin Books Ltd. 1966)
The Playboy Interviews With John Lennon And Yoko Ono conducted by Dav1d Sheff
(New Enghsh Library 1981)
P.S . We Love You: The Beatles Story 1962-3 Tony Barrow (Mirror Books Ltd. 1982)
Record Collector various authors/editor - }ohnny Dean (Diamond Pubhshmg Group
Ltd. 1979 to the present)
Rock Family Trees Pete Frame (Ommbus Press 1979)
Rock File Pete & Anme Fowler/erutor- Charhe Gtllett (Pictorial Presentations Ltd . 1972)
Rock File 2 as above with vanous other authors (Panther Books Ltd 1974)
Rock File 3 as above w1th vanous other authors (Panther Books Ltd. 1975)
Rock File 4 as above w1th vanous other authors (Panther Books Ltd. 1976)
Rock File 5 as above w1th vanous other authors (Panther Books Ltd. 1978)
Rock Legends: Beatles Mike Davies/John Tobler (SB Pubhshmg & Promotwns Ltd. 1982)
Rock' n'Roll Times Jurgen Vollmer (Google Plex Books 1981)
The Rolling Stones: An Illustrated Record Roy Carr (New Enghsh L1brary 1976)
Shout: The True Story Of The Beatles Philtp Norman (Hamtsh Hamilton Ltd 1981 )
A Spaniard In The Works John Lennon Oonathan Cape Ltd 1965)
The Story of Pop various/ edttor- Jere my Pascall (Phoebus Pubhshmg Co./BBC 1973/4 /5)
Strawberry Fields Forever: John Lennon Revisited V1c Garbarini/Brian
Cullman/Barbara Graustark (Bantam Books Inc 1980)
Thank U Very Much: Mike McCartney's Family Album Mike McCartney (Granada
Pubhshmo Ltd 1982)
A Twist Of Le nnon Cynth1a Lennon (W H. Alien & Co Ltd 1978)
With The Beatles: The Historic Photographs Of Dezo Hoffman Dezo Hoffman
(Omnibus Press 1982)
Who's Who In Rock Wtlham York (Ommbus Press 1982)
Yellow Submarine Lee Minoff/ AI Brodax/ Jack Mendelsohn / Ench Segal (New Enghsh
Ltbrary 1968) Bibliography 231
•
INDEX

Index 233
This index only refers to the Beatles and Yoko Ono's solo recordings, and does not include the "guest"
recordings as listed in "With A Little Help To Their Friends". Album titles are in UPPER CASE, ;md where page
numbers are repeated, this indicates that the song appears more than once on a page. The initial letters after
each title indicates the section in which the main entry for that title appears.

Admiral Halsey (P) 60, 88, 103, 108, 110 Beware M y Love (P) 77, 78, 107
After The Ball (P) 89 - Beware My Love - live (P) 81
Again, And Again And Again (P) 89 Beware Of Darkness (G) 116
Ain't That A Shame (J) 39, 47 Beware Of Darkness - live (G) 120
Airmale (Y) 217 Be What You See (P) 100
Air Talk (Y) 221 Big Barn Bed (P) 67
~~asen (J) 34, 45 Bip Bop (P) 63
All By Myself (R) 162, 182 A Bit More Of You (G) 131, 148
ALL THINGS MUST PASS (G) 115, 144 Blackbird - live (P) 8 1
All Things Must Pass (G) 139, 140, 148, 148 BLAST FROM YOUR PAST (R) 165, 177, 180, 182
Amsterdam (J) 19 Bless You (J) 35
Angela m 29, 51 Blindman (R) 154, 178
Angry Young Woman (Y) 221, 228 Blood From A Clone (G) 139
Another Day (P) 59, 88, 103 Blow Away (G) 136, 136, 147, 147
The Answers At The End (G) 131, 148 Blowin' In The Wind (Bob Dylan) 120
Aos (Y) 215 Bluebird (P) 71, 105
Apple Scruffs (G) 116, 144 Bluebird - live (P) 81
APPROXIMATELY INFINITE UNIVERSE (Y) Blue Suede Shoes (J) 20
219, 228 Blue Turning Grey Over You (R) 150
Approximately Inf'utite Universe (Y) 219 Boat Ride (R) 173
Arrow Through Me (P) 89, 108 Bogey Music (P) 94
Art Of Dying (G) 116 Bony Moronie m 39, 47
Attention (R) 176 Born In A Prison (J) 29, 51
Attica State (J) 29, 5 1 Bridge Over The River Suite (Country Hams) (P)
Au (J) 29 72, 106
Awaiting On You All (G) 116 Bring It On Home To Me (J) 39, 47
Awaiting On You All - live (G) 120 Bring On The Lucie (J) 34, 46
The Broadcast (P) 89
B Side To Seaside (Linda McCartney) (P)
90, 90, 95, 95, 107
Baby Don't Run Away (G) 143 Bye Bye Blackbird (R) 150
Baby's Heartbeat (J) IS Bye Bye Love (G) 127, 138, 146, 147
Baby's Request (P) 89, 90
Back Off Boogaloo (R) 154, 165, 177, 178, 180, 182
Back Off Boogaloo (version two) (R) 176
The Back Seat Of My Car (P) 60, 60
BACK TO THE EGG (P) 89, 108 Cafe On The Left Bank (P) 84
Backwards Traveller (P) 83, 84, 107 can Me (R) 161, 162, 179, 182
BAD BOY (R) 173, 181 Call Me Back Again (P) 76
Bad Boy (R) 173, 18 1 Call Me Back ,figain - live (P) 81
The Ballad Of Sir Franlde Crisp (G) 116 Cambridge 1969 (J) 15
Ballroom Dancing (P) 100 Can She Do It Like She Dances (R) 170, 181
Baltimore Oriole (G) 140 Can't Stop Thinking About You 131, 148
BAND ON THE RUN (P) 71, 104, 109 Catman (Y) 219
BAND ON THE RUN (Picture clisc) (P) 108 Check My Machine (P) 95, 109
BAND ON THE RUN (Half·speed master) (P) 110 Children Children (P) 84
Band On The Run (P) 71, 72, 88, 105, 110 Circles (G) 143
Band On The Run live (P) 81 Clean Up Time (J) 45
BanglaDesh (G) 119, 135, 140, 145, 146 C Moon (P) 64, 104
Bangla Desh - live (G) 123 Coffm Car (Y) 221, 228
Bangla Dhun (Ravi Shankar) 120 Cold Turkey (J) 16, 41, 49, 53
BEAUCOUPS OF BLUES (R) 153, 178, 182, 182 Cold Turkey live one (J) 20
Beaucoups Of Blues (R) 153, 165, 177, 178, 180, 182 Cold Turkey - live two (J) 29
Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) m 45, 48, 54, 54, 54 Coming Up (P) 93, 94, 109
Beautiful Boys m 45, 46, 53, 54 Coming Up (Live At Glasgow) (P) 93, 109
Coming Up live (P) 98
Beautiful Girl (G) 132
Be-Bop· A·Lula m 39, 47 THE CONCERT FOR BANGLA DESH (G)
120, 145, 154, 178
Beef Jerky (J) 34, 35, 52
Be Here Now (G) 124, 148 THE CONCERT FOR THE PEOPLE OF KAMPUCBEA
(P) 97, 110
Behind That Locked Door (G) 116
THE BEST OF GEORGE BARRISON (G) Coochy Coochy (R) 178
132, 140, 146 Cookin' (In The Kitchen Of Love) (R) 166, 180

234 Working Class Heroes

Cook Of The Roue (P) 78, 78, 106, 110 Famo- Groupies (P) 84
Country Dreamer (P) 68, 104 Fantuy Sequins (G) 112
Cowboy Music (G) 112 Far Eut Man (G) 127, 138, 146, 147
Crackerbox Palace (G) 132, 147 Faster (G) 136, 137, 137, 147
Cripple luide (J) 25 Fastest Growing Heartache In The West (R) 153, 182
Crossroads Theme (P) 76 FEELING THE SPACE (Y) 221, 228
Cryin' (G) 166, 169, 180, 180 Fiddle About (R) 157
Crying (G) 112 $15 Draw (R) 154, 182
Cuff Link (P) 83, 84, 107 FLY (Y) 216, 226
fly (Y) 217
Front Parlour (P) 94
Frozen Jap {P) 94
DARK HORSE (G) 124, 137, 145, 147
Dark Bone (G) 124, 127, 127, 135, 138, 140, 145, 146,
146, 147, 147
Darkroom (P) 94 Gat Kirwani (G) 112
Dark Sweet Lady (G) 136, 147 Gave It All Up (R) 169, 181
The Day The World Gets Round (G) 124, 148 GEORGE BARRISON (G) 136, 147
Daytime Nightime Suffering (P) 88, 88, 108, 108 Get It (P) 100, 101, Ill
Dead Giveaway (R) 176 Get On The Right Thing (P) 67
Dear Boy (P) 60 Getting Closer (P) 89, 90, 108, 109
Dear Friend (P) 63 Girlfriend (P) 84
Dear One (G) 132 The Girlls Mine (P) 101, 102, 111
Dear Yoko (J) 45, 48, 54 Girls School (P) 83, 107
Death of Samantha (Y) 219, 221, 228 Give Ireland Back To The Irish (P) 63, 103
Deep Blue (G) 119, 145 Give Me Love (Give Me Pe ace On Earth) (G)
Deliver Your Children (P) 84, 87, 107 123, 124, 135, 140, 145, 146, 148
Devil Woman (R) 161, 161, 176, 179, 182 Give Me Something m 45
Ding Dong Sing Dong (G) 124, 127, 128, 146, 146, 147 Give Me Some Truth (J) 25, 48
Dizzy Miss Lizzy (J) 20 Give Me Peace (J) 15, 41, 48, 49, 52, 53, 54
l>o9town (Y) 224 Give Peace A Chance live one (J) 20
Don't Count Waves (Y) 217 Give Peace A Chance live two (J) 41
Don't Let It Bring You Down (P) 84 Glua Box (G) 112
Don't Let Me Wait Too Long (G) 120, 148 Gluaes (P) 56
Don't Worry Kyoko (J) 16, 49, 217, 226 God m 22
Don't Worry Kyoko - live one (J) 20 God Save Us (Elastic Oz Band) (J) 22, SO
Don't Worry Kyoko - live two 29 Going Down On Love (J) 35
Do The Oz (Elutic Oz Band) (J) 22, SO GONE TROPPO (G) 140, 148
.A Dose Of Rock And Roll (R) 166, 169, 180, 180 Gon.e Troppo (G) 143
DOUBLE FANTASY (J) 42, 53 Go Now live (P) 8 1
Down And Out (R) 158, 179 Goodbye Sadness (Y) 224
Do You Wanna Dance m 39, 47 Goodnight Tonight (P) 88, 88, 108, 108, 109
Dream (R) ISO GOODNIGBT VIENNA (R) 162, 179, 182
Dream .Away (G) 143 Goodnight Vienna 162, 180, 182
Dream Love (Y) 225 Goodnight Vienna (repme) (R) 162, 182
Dream Scene (G) 112 Got To Get You Into My Life - live (P) 98
Dress Me Up As .A Robber (P) 100, 101, 11 1 Greasy Legs (G) 112
Drilling A Home (G) 112 Greece (G) 140, 143, 148
Drowning In The Sea Of Love (R) Greenfield Morning I .Puahed An Empty Baby Carriage
169, 169, 181, 181, 182 All Over The City (Y) 215
Drumming Is My Madness 175, 176 Grey Cloudy Lies (G) 131, 148
Growing Pain (Y) 221, 228
THE GUINNESS ALBUM (G) 138
Guru Vanda.na (G) 112
Gypsies In Flight (R) 170, 181
Early 1970 (R) 154, 165, 177, 178, 180, 182
Easy For You (R) 162, 182
Eat At Home (P) 60
Ebony And Ivory (P) 99, 99, 100, 110, 110
Ebony And Ivory (solo version) (P) 99, 110 Bands Of Love (P) 67
ELECTRONIC SOUND (G) 115, 144 Happy Xmas (War ls Over) m 30, 41, 48, 51, 53, 54
Even When You're Far Away (Y) 224 A Bard Rain's Gonna Fall (Bob Dylan) 120
EYery Man Bu .A Woman Who Loves Him (Y) 45 Bard Times (R) 173, 181
Every Night (P) 56 Bard Times Are Over (J) 45
Every Night live (P) 98 Bari's On Tour (Express) (G) 127, 127, 138, 146, 146, 147
Extension 33 (Y) 224 Have I Told You Lately That I Love You (R) ISO
EXTRA TEXTURE (READ ALL ABOUT IT) (G) Have You Seen An Horizon Lately (Y) 219
128, 146, 148 Have You Seen My Baby (R) 158, 175, 181
Bear Me Lord (G) 116
Heart Of The Country (P) 60, 60
Heart On My Sleeve (R) 173, 174, 181, 181

Index 235
 Belen Wheels (P) 68, 104, 105, 110 It Takes A Lot To Laugh/It Takes A Train To Cry
Here Comes The Moon (G) 136, 147 (Bob Dylan) 120
Here Comes The Sun - live (G) 120 I've Ba d Enough (P) 84, 87, 107
Here Today (P) 100 I've Just Seen A Face - live (P) 81
Bey Baby (R) 166, 169, 180, 180 I Want My Love To Res t Tonight (Y) 227
Hi Hi Hi (P) 64, 88, 104, 108 I Wouldn't Have You Any Other Way (R) 154, 182
Hi Hi Hi - live (P) 81
Birake (Y) 217, 226
His Name Is Legs (Ladies And Gentlemen) (G)
131, 148
Bold M e Tight (P) 67 JAMES BOND GREATEST BITS (P) 98
Bold On m 21 Jamrag m 29
Hong Kong Blues (G) 140 Jealous Guy (J) 25, 48, 54
Bot A.s Sun (P) 56 Jet (P) 71, 72, 88, 90, 105, 105, 105, 108, 110
Bow ? m 25 Jet - live (P) 81
Bow Do You Sleep? m 25 John And Yoko m 19
Husbands And Wives (R) 162, 182 John John (Let's Hope For Pe ace) (J) 20
Bushabye Bushabye m 12 JOHN LENNON (box set) (J) 47
THE JOHN LENNON COLLECTION (J) 48, 54
JOHN LENNONIPLASTIC ONO BAND m 21 SO
John Sinc1air (J) 29, 51 '
Jumpin' Jack Flash (Leon Russell) 120
I Am Your Singer (P) 63
Junior's Farm (P) 75, 75, 88, 105, 106
I'd Be Talking All The Time (R) 153, 182 Junk (P) 56
I'd Have You Any Time (G) 116, 144
Just A Dream (R) 169, 181, 181
I Dig Love (G) 116
I Don't Care Anymore (G) 124, 145
Just Because m 39, 48
Just Like A Woman (Bob Dylan) 123
I Don't Know Why (Y) 224
(Just Like) Starting Over m 42, 45, 48, 53, 54, 54
I Don't Want To Be A Soldie.r Mama m 25
I Felt Like Smashing My Face In A Clear Glass
Window (Y) 221
If Not For You (G) 116
If Only (Y) 221, 228 Kite Song (Y) 221
I Found Out m 21 Kiss Kiss Kiss m 42, 45, 53
If You Believe (G) 136, 147 Kreen - Akore (P) 56
I Have A Woman Inside My Soul (Y) 221, 226
I Know A Place (R) 173
I Know (I Know) m 34, 46
I Lie Around (P) 68, 104 Lady Gaye (R) 166, 169, 180, 180
I'll Give You A Ring (P) 101, 101, 111, 111 Lady Madonna - live (P) 81
I'll Still Love You (R} 166, 180 Las Brisas (R) 166, 180
I'm A Fool To Care (-R) ISO Lazy Dynamite (P) 67
IMAGINE m 25, SO Learning Bow To Love You (G) 131, 132, 146, 147
Imagine m 25, 40, 41, 42, 48, SO, 53, 54 Let 'em In (P) 77, 78, 88, 107, 108
Let 'em In - live (P) 81
I'm Carrying (P) 84, 87, 107
rm Losing You m 45, 54 Let It Be - live (P) 98
I'm Moving On m 45, 54 Let It Down (G) 116
I'm The Greatest (R) 158, 165, 174 175 177 180 Let Me Roll It (P) 72, 72, 105, 105
181, 182 ' ' ' ' Let Me Roll It - live (P) 8 1
I'm Your Angel (J) 45, 47, 54 Let The Rest Of The World Go By (R) 150
Instant Karma m 20, 4 1, 48, SO, 53, 54 Let The Tears Dry (Y) 224, 225, 229
In The Park (G) 112 Letting Go (P) 76, 77, 106
Intuition (J) 34, 46 Letting Go - live (P) 81
I Really Love You (G) 143 Life Itself (G) 140
I Remember Jeep (G) 116 LD'E WITH THE LIONS m 12, 49
I Saw Her Standing There (Elton John) 40, 46, 52 The Light That Has Lighted The World (G) 124, 148
I See Rainbows (Y) 225 Lipstick Traces (On A Cigarette) (R)
Isn't It A Pity (version one) (G) 116, 144, 144 173, 174, 181, 181
Isn't It A Pity (version two) (G) 116 Listen The Snow Is Falling (J) 29, 51
Isolation (J) 21 Listen To What The Man Said (P) 75, 76, 106
Is Winter Here To Stay (Y) 221 228 Listen To What The Man Said - live (P) 81
It Don't Come Easy (R) 154, 16S, 177, 178, 180, 182 Little Lamb Dragonfly (P) 67
It Don't Come Easy - live (R) 120, 154 Little Woman Love (P) 64, 104
It Happened (Y) 223, 229 LIVE AND LET DIE (P) 68, 104
It Is "Be" (G) 127, 138, 146, 147 Live And Let Die (P) 68, 68, 88, 98, 104
IT'S ALRIGHT (I SEE RAINBOWS) (Y) 225, 229 Live And Let Die - live (P) 81
It's Alright (Y) 225 LIVE PEACE IN TORONTO 1969 (J) 20 49
It's Johnny's Birthday (G) 116 Living In A Pet Shop (R) 170 '
It's No Secret (R) 170, 181 LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD (G)
It's So Bard (J) 25, SO 123, 145, 147
It's What You Value (G) 132, 135 Living In The Material World (G) 124, 148
LONDON TOWN (P) 83, 107

236 Working Class Heroes

London Town (P) 84, 87, 107 My Love - live (P) 81
Loneliness (Y) 225, 229 My Man (Y) 224, 225, 229
Lonely Old People (P) 76 My Mummy's Dead m 21
The Long And Winding Road - live (P) 81 Mystic&! One (G) 143
Long Haired Lady (P) 60 My Sweet Lord (G) 116, 119, 135, 135, 137, 138, 14{),
Look At Me m 22 144, 144, 146
Looking Over From My Hotel Window (Y) 221, 228 My Sweet Lord - live (G) 120
The Lord Loves The One That Loves The Lord (G)
124. 148
Loser's Lounge (R) 154, 182
Loup - lst Indian On The Moon (P) 67
Love m 21, 48, 48, 54 Name And Address 84
Love Awake (P) 89 Never Say Goodbye (Y) 225, 229
Love Comes To Every One (G) 136, 137, 147, 147 New York City m 29, 51
Love Don't Last Long (R) 153, 182 Nice Way (R) 176
Love In Song (P) 75, 76, 106 Night And Day 150
Love la A Many Splendoured Thing (R) 150 Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five (P) 72, 105, 105
Love la Strange (P) 63 No Bed For Beatle John m 15
The Lovely Linda (P) 56 Nobody Knows (P) 94
Love Scene (G) 112 Nobody Loves You When You're Down And Out m 35
The Luck Of The Irish m 29, 51 Nobody Sees Me Like You Do (Y) 224
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (Elton John) 46 No, No, No (Y) 224
Lucille live (P) 98 No No Song (R) 162, 165, 165, 177, 179, 180, 182, 182
Lunchbox/Odd Sox (P) 93, 109 The Note You Never Wrote (P) 77
Not Guilty (G) 136, 147
No Time Or Space (G) 115
No Words (P) 72, 105
Now Or Never (Y) 221, 228, 228
A Man Like Me (R) 173, 131
No. 9 Dream m 35, 36, 41, 48, 52, 53, 54
Magneto And Titanium Man (P) 76, 77, 106 Nutopian National Anthem m 34, 46
Magneto And Titanium Man - live (P) 81
Manunia (P) 72, 105, 105
Man We Was Lonely (P) 56
Mary Bad A Little Lamb (P) 64, 104
Maya Love (G) 127, 131, 138, 146, 146, 147 Occapella (R) 162, 182
Maybe I'm Amazed (P) 56, 109 Oh My Love m 25
Maybe I'm Amazed live (P) 81, 82, 107 Oh My My (R) 161, 165, 175, 177, 179, 180, 181, 182
McCARTNEY (P) 66, 103, 109 Oh Woman Oh Why (P) 59, 103
McCARTNEY D (P) 94, 109 Oh Yoko m 25
McCARTNEY INTERVIEW (P) 96, 109 Old Dirt Road m 35
Meat City m 33, 34, 46, 51 Old Siam Sir (P) 88, 89, 108
Medicine Ju (P) 76 Old Time Re-Lovin' (R) 173, 174, 181, 181
Medicine Ju live (P) 81 One Day At A Time m 34, 46
Men Men Men (Y) 221, 221, 228, 228 One More Kiss (P) 67
The Mesa (P) 64, 104 One Of Those Days (P) 94
Microbes (G) 112 Only People m 34, 46
Midsummer New York (Y) 215, 217, 226, 226 Only You (R) 161, 162, 165, 177, 179, 180, 182, 182
Million Miles (P) 89 On The Bed (G) 112
MIND GAMES <n 33, 45, 52, 53 On The Way (P) 94
Mind Games m 33, 34, 41, 45, 48, SI, 63, 54 Ooh Baby (You Know That I Love You) (G) 131, 148
Mind Boles (Y) 217, 226 Oo-Wee (R) 162, 165, 180, 182
Mind Train (Y) 217, 217, 226 Oo-you (P) 56
Mind Weaver (Y) 224 Open Your Box m 22
Miss O'Dell (G) 123, 145 Ont or The Blue (G) 116
Momma Miss America (P) 56 Out On The Streets (R) 170, 181
Money m 20 Out The Blue m 34, 46
Monkberry Moon Delight (P) 60 0 'Wind (Y) 217, 226
Monkey See Monkey Do (R) 173. 181
A MONUMENT TO BRITISH ROCK (JIG) 42, 137
Mother <n 21, 41, 50, 53
Mother Of The Universe (Y) 224 Paper Shoes (Y) 215
A MoWie Like Me (R) 173 Party Secombe (G) 112
Mouse Moose And The Grey Goose (P) 84 PLASTIC ONO BAND LIVE PEACE IN TORONTO
Move On Fast (Y) 221, 228, 228 1969 m 20. 49
Move Over Ms. L m 40, 52 Peggy Sue m 39, 47
Mrs. Lennon (Y) 215, 217, 226. 226 Peter The Dealer (Y) 219
Mrs. Vandebilt (P) 71, 105 Photograph (R) 158, 158, 165, 175, 177, 179. 181, 182
Mr. Tambourine Man (Bob Dylan) 120 Pica.uo's Last Words (Drink To Me) (P) 72. 105
Mull or Kintyre (P) 83, 88, 107 108 Picasso's Last Words (Drink To Me) live (P) 81
Mumho (P) 63 Plug Me In (G) 116
Must Do Something About It (P) 78 The Pound la Sinking (P) 100
My Love (P) 64, 67 88, 104, 108 109

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Power Cut (P) 67 Soft·Bearted lla.Da (G) 136, 137, 147, 147
Power To The People (J) 22, 41, 48, 50, 53, 54 Soft Touch (G) 136, 136, 147, 147
Private Property (R) 176, 182 So Glad To See You Bere (P) 89
Pure Gold (R) 166, 180 Soily - live (P) 81, 82, 107
Pure Smokey (G) 132, 135 Somebody Who Dares (P) 100
Some People Never Know (P) 63
Something - live (G) 123
SOME TIME IN NEW YORK CITY (J) 26, 5 I
Radio Play (J) 15 SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND (G) 139, 148
Rainc:loud.s (P) 99, 99, 110, 110 Song For John (Y) 219
RAM (P) 59, 103, 109 • TBE SONGS LENNON AND Mc:CARTNEY GAVE
Ram On (One) (P) 60 AWAY (R) 174
Ram On (two) (P) 60 s.o.s. (R) 173
Ready Teddy (J) 39, 47 So Sad (G) 127, 138, 146, 147
Reception (P) 89 Spec: Of Dust (Y) 225
Red Lady Too (G) 112 Spin It On (P) 88, 89, 108
RED ROSE SPEEDWAY (P) 67, 104, 109 Spirits Of Ancient Egypt (P) 76
Remember (J) 21 Spirits Of Ancient Egypt - live (P) 81
Remember Love (J) 15, 49 Spooky Weirdness (R) 166, 180
Richard Cory - live (P) 81 Stand By Me (J) 39, 40, 47, 48, 52, 53, 53
RINGO (R) 158, 175, 179, 181 Star Dust (R) 150
RINGO'S ROTOGRAVURE (R) 165, 180 Steel And Glass m 35
RINGO THE 4th (R) 169, 181 Step Lightly (R) 161, 175, 179, 181
Rip It Up (J) 39, 47 STOP AND SMELL TBE ROSES (R) 176, 182
Roc:kestra Theme (P) 89 Stop And Take The Time To Smell The Roses (R)
Roc:kestra Theme - live (P) 98 176, 182
ROCK 'N' ROLL (J) 36, 47, 52, 53 Straight Talk (Y) 221, 228
Roc:lt Show (P) 76, 77 Sue Me Sue You Blues (G) 124, 148
Roc:lt Show - live (P) 81 Summer Day Song (P) 94
Rudolph The Red Nosed Reggae (P) 90, 108 TBE SUMMIT (P) 93
Running Free (R) 173 Sunday Bloody Sunday m 29, 51
Run Of The Mill (G) 116 Sunshine Life For Me (Sail Away Raymond) (R)
Run, Run, Run (Y) 221, 221, 228 158, 175, 181
Sure To Fall (In Love With You) (R) 176
Surprise Surprise (Sweet Bird of Paradox) (J) 35
Sweet Little Sixteen (J) 39, 47
Sally G (P) 75, 75, 105, 106
San Ferry Anne (P) 78
Save The World (G) 35
Scouse's Dream (RJ 170 Tabla And Pakavaj (G) 112
SCOUSE TBE MOUSE (R) 170 Take It Away (P) 100, 101, 104, Ill, Ill
Scouse The Mouse (R) 173 Tango All Night (R) 169, 18 1
Scumbag (J) 29 Teardrops (G) 140, 140, 148, 148
Seaside Woman (Linda Mc:Cartney) 90, 90, 95, 95, 107 Teddy Boy (P) 56
SEASON OF GLASS (Y) 224, 229 Telephone Piec:e (Y) 217
Secret Friend (P) 95 Temporary Secretary (P) 94, 95
See Yourself (G) 132 Thanks For The Pepperoni (G) 116
Send Me Some Lovin' a> 39, 47 That Is All (G) 124, 148
SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY (R) 150, 178, 182 That's The Way It Goes (G) 143
Sentimental Journey (R) 150 That Which I Bave Lost (G) 140
SHAVED FISB (COLLECTABLE LENNON) (J) 41, 53 That Would Be Something (P) 56
She Gets Down On Ber Knees (Y) 224 THIRTY THREE & lfJ (G) 131, 147
She Bits Back (Y) 221, 228 This Be Called A Song (R) 166, 180
She's My Baby (P) 77 This Guitar (Can't Keep From Crying) (G)
Shirankatta (Y) 221 131, 131, 146, 148
Silent Homecoming (R) 154, 182 This Song (G) 131, 132, 146
Silly Love Songs (P) 77, 78, 88, 106, 110 A Thousand Times Yes (Y) 221, 228
Silly Love Songs - live (P) 81 3 Legs (P) 60
Silver Horse (Y) 224 TBRILLINGTON (Perc:y Thrillington) (P) 82
Simple Love Song (R) 170, 181 Tight A$ (J) 34, 45
Simply Shady (G) 127, 138, 146, 147 Time To Bide (P) 78
Singalong Junk (P) 56 Time To Bide live (P) 81
Singing On (G) 112 Tired Of Midnight Blue (G) 131, 148
Single Pigeon (P) 67 Together (J) 12
Sisters 0 Sisters (J) 29, 51, 51 Toilet Piece/Unknown (Y) 217 226
Six O'Cloc:k (R) 161, 175, 181 TOMMY (R) 157, 179 '
Ski-ing (G) 112 Tommy's Holiday Camp (R) 158
Slippin' And Slidin' (J) 39, 47 Tomorrow (P) 63
Smile Away (P) 60 Tomorrow May Never Come (Y) 225
Sneaking Sally Through The Alley (R) 170, 181 Tonight (R) 173, 174, 181
Snookeroo (R) 162, 165, 179, 182 Too Many People (P) 60, 103

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Touch Me (Y) 215, 226
Toyboat (Y) 224
To You (P) 89
Treat Her Gently (P) 76
True Love (G ) 132, 135
Try Some Buy Some (G) 124, 148
TUG OF WAR (P) 99, 110
Tug Of War (P) 100, 101, Ill
Turn Of The Wheel (Y) 224
Two Minutes Silence m 15
TWO VIRGINS m 12, 49
Two Vuvins m12
Uncle Albert/Admil'al Balsey (P) 60, 88, 103, 108, 110 Woman Or Salem .m 221, 225
UnconscioUSlleu Rules (G) 140
Under The Merse y Wall (G) 115
UNFINISHED MUSIC No. 1 m 12, 49
UNFINISHED MUSIC No. 2 m 12, 49
Unknown Delight (G) 143
Valentine Day (P) 56
VENUS AND MARS (P) 75, 106, 109
Venus And Man (P) 76, 77
Venus And Man - live (P) 81
Venus And Man Reprise (P) 76
Wah Wah (G) 116, 144
Wah Wah - live (G) 120
Waiting (R) 154, 182
Waiting For The Sunriae (Y) 219
Wa.ke Up (Y) 225
Wa.ke Up My Love (G) 140, 143, 148
Walking In The Park With Eloise (Country Ram.) You And Me (Babe) (R) 161, 175, 182
(P) 72, 106
Walking On Thin Ice (Y) 223, 229
WALLS AND BRIDGES m 34, 52
Wanderlust (P) 100
Warm And Beautiful (P) 78
Watching The Wheels m 45, 47, 48, 54, 54, 54
Waterfalls (P) 94, 95, 109
THE WEDDING ALBUM m 16, 49
Well (Baby Pleue Don't Go) m 29
Well Well Well m 21
We're All Water m 29, 51
We're Open Tonight (P) 89
What A Bastard The World Is (Y) 219
What A Mea (Y) 219
Whatever Gets You Thl'u The Night m 34, 35, 41,
48, 52, 53, 54
Whatever Gets You Thl'u The Night (Elton John) 46
What Is Life (G) 116, 117, 135, 135, 140, 144 14Q
What's That You're Doing (P) 100
What You Got m 35, 36, 52
When The Night (P) 67
Where Did Our Love Go (R) 173, 181
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Whispering Grau (R) 150
Who Can See It (G) 120, 148
Who Has Seen The Wind m 20, 50
Who Needs A Heart (R) 173, 181, 181
Why (Y) 215, 226
Why Not (Y) 215
W1LD LIFE (P) 60, 103, 109
Wlld Life (P) 63
Will You Touch Me (Y) 224
Wine Women And Loud Happy Son!l)l (R) 164, 182
Win;. (R) 169, 181, 181
WINGS AT THE SPEED OF SOUND (P) 77. 106, 110
WINGS GREATEST (P) 87, 107
WINGS OVER AMERICA (P) 78, 107
Wino Junlco (P) 77
Winter Rose (P) 89
Winter Song (Y) 221
With A Little Luck (P) 83, 84, 88, 107
Without Her (R) 153, 182
Woman m 45, 4S, 48, 53, 64, 54
Woman Don't You Cry For Me (G) 132, 135
Woman Is The Nigger Or The World m
29, 41, 61, 51, 63, 53
Woman Of The N1ght (R) 153, 182
Woman Power (Y) 221, 228, 228
Wonderlul Chl'Urtma.stime (P) 90, 108
WONDERWALL MUSIC (G) 112, 144
Wonderwall To Be Here (G) 112
Working Class Hero m 21, 40
World Of Stone (G) 128, 14S, 148
Wrack My Brain (R) 175, 176, 182
Writing's On The Wall (G) 139, 140
Yang Yang (Y) 217, 221, 228
Ya Ya (one) m 35
Ya Ya (two) m 39, 48
Yellow Glzl (Y) 221, 228
Yer Blues m 20
Yes I'm Yov Angel m 47, 64
Yesterday live (P) 81
YOKO ONOIPLASTIC ONO BAND (Y) 215, 226
You (G) 128, 131, 135, 140, 146, 146, 147, 148
You (Y) 217
You Always Blll't The One You Love (R) 150
You Are Here m 34, 4S
You Belong To Me (R) 176
You Can't Catch Me m 39, 47
You Don't Know Me At All (R) 166, 180
You Gave Me The Answer (P) 76, 17, 106
You Gave Me The Answer - live (P) 81
Youngblood (Leon Ruuell) (G) 120
You're Sixteen (R) 161, 161, 165, 175, 177, 179, 180,
181, 182
Yov Love Is Forever (G) 136, 137, 137, 147
Zoo G 72
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live (G) 120
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