"All I've Got to Do" (Lennon – November 22, 1963)
With the Beatles – Side 1, Track 2 (2:03)
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From Wikipedia, Rolling Stone and About.com –
"All I've Got to Do" is a song written by John Lennon (credited to Lennon-McCartney) and performed by the Beatles on their second UK album, With the Beatles. In the United States, "All I've Got to Do" originally appeared on Meet the Beatles!. According to Dennis Alstrand, this song is the first time in rock and roll or rock music where the bass player plays chords as a vital part of the song.
Inspiration –
Lennon said he was "trying to do Smokey Robinson again," and Ian McDonald compared it to "You Can Depend on Me" by The Miracles, both musically and lyrically Richie Unterberger of Allmusic said it sounds like Robinson but also Arthur Alexander. Beatles biographer Bob Spitz said the song is "restlessly dark and moody", and compared it to the Shirelles' "Baby It''s You" (a song the Beatles previously covered) and early Drifters recordings.
It was one of three songs Lennon was the principal writer for on With the Beatles, with "It Won't Be Long" and "Not a Second Time". Lennon said that it was written specifically for the American market; the idea of calling a girl on the telephone was unthinkable to a British youth in the early 1960s. For instance, Lennon said in an interview regarding "No Reply": "I had the image of walking down the street and seeing her silhouetted in the window and not answering the 'phone, although I have never called a girl on the 'phone in my life! Because 'phones weren't part of the English child's life."
Recording –
The band recorded the song in a single recording session on 11 September 1963 in 14 takes with one overdub, take 15. The master take was take 15 It was mixed for mono on 30 September and for stereo on 29 October.
Although music journalist Steve Turner claims the song was written in 1961, MacDonald said the song was never in the Beatles' live repertoire, and that explains why 8 of the 14 takes were incomplete: the band was unfamiliar with the song.
Takes: 17
Personnel
John Lennon – Lead vocal (double-tracked), rhythm guitar (1958 Rickenbacker 325)
Paul McCartney – Backing vocal, bass guitar (1961 Hofner 500/1)
George Harrison – Lead guitar (1962 Gretsch 6122 "Country Gentleman")
Ringo Starr – Drums (1963 Black Oyster Pearl Ludwig kit)
Release
In the UK, "All I've Got to Do" was released on With the Beatles which also includes the Beatles' cover of "You Really Got a Hold on Me" by the Miracles, the most direct connection between the album and Robinson's music. In the US, Capitol Records pulled "You've Really Got a Hold on Me" off Meet the Beatles!, releasing it later on The Beatles' Second Album.
Trivia –
John has said that the line "All I gotta do is call you on the phone" reflects his desire to write songs for the American market, as telephones were largely a luxury in poverty-stricken postwar England.
Today in Beatles History (From The Beatles Internet Album) January 3 –
1926 – George Martin is born, in London.
1963 – End of Christmas pantomime: "Babes In The Wood", with Gerry and the Pacemakers.
1964 – "Beatles Christmas Show", at the Astoria Cinema, Finsbury Park, London.
– "The Jack Paar Show" transmits a fragment of a Beatles' concert at the Winters Garden, Bournemouth. It includes "She Loves You". First important exposure of the Beatles in American television.
1968 – "Hello, Goodbye" number 1, 5th week (UK New Musical Express chart).
1969 – 30 000 copies of 'Two Virgins' are confiscated in New Jersey, on a judge's order, accused of pornographic cover.
1970 – Studio 2. 2.30pm-12.15am. Recording: "I Me Mine" (takes 1-16). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Phil McDonald; 2nd Engineer: Richard Langham. Last song recorded by the Beatles. During the session, George improvises a version of "Peggy Sue Got Married".
Photos from Google.
With the Beatles – Side 1, Track 2 (2:03)
YouTube (n/a)
From Wikipedia, Rolling Stone and About.com –
"All I've Got to Do" is a song written by John Lennon (credited to Lennon-McCartney) and performed by the Beatles on their second UK album, With the Beatles. In the United States, "All I've Got to Do" originally appeared on Meet the Beatles!. According to Dennis Alstrand, this song is the first time in rock and roll or rock music where the bass player plays chords as a vital part of the song.
Inspiration –
Lennon said he was "trying to do Smokey Robinson again," and Ian McDonald compared it to "You Can Depend on Me" by The Miracles, both musically and lyrically Richie Unterberger of Allmusic said it sounds like Robinson but also Arthur Alexander. Beatles biographer Bob Spitz said the song is "restlessly dark and moody", and compared it to the Shirelles' "Baby It''s You" (a song the Beatles previously covered) and early Drifters recordings.
It was one of three songs Lennon was the principal writer for on With the Beatles, with "It Won't Be Long" and "Not a Second Time". Lennon said that it was written specifically for the American market; the idea of calling a girl on the telephone was unthinkable to a British youth in the early 1960s. For instance, Lennon said in an interview regarding "No Reply": "I had the image of walking down the street and seeing her silhouetted in the window and not answering the 'phone, although I have never called a girl on the 'phone in my life! Because 'phones weren't part of the English child's life."
Recording –
The band recorded the song in a single recording session on 11 September 1963 in 14 takes with one overdub, take 15. The master take was take 15 It was mixed for mono on 30 September and for stereo on 29 October.
Although music journalist Steve Turner claims the song was written in 1961, MacDonald said the song was never in the Beatles' live repertoire, and that explains why 8 of the 14 takes were incomplete: the band was unfamiliar with the song.
Takes: 17
Personnel
John Lennon – Lead vocal (double-tracked), rhythm guitar (1958 Rickenbacker 325)
Paul McCartney – Backing vocal, bass guitar (1961 Hofner 500/1)
George Harrison – Lead guitar (1962 Gretsch 6122 "Country Gentleman")
Ringo Starr – Drums (1963 Black Oyster Pearl Ludwig kit)
Release
In the UK, "All I've Got to Do" was released on With the Beatles which also includes the Beatles' cover of "You Really Got a Hold on Me" by the Miracles, the most direct connection between the album and Robinson's music. In the US, Capitol Records pulled "You've Really Got a Hold on Me" off Meet the Beatles!, releasing it later on The Beatles' Second Album.
Trivia –
John has said that the line "All I gotta do is call you on the phone" reflects his desire to write songs for the American market, as telephones were largely a luxury in poverty-stricken postwar England.
Today in Beatles History (From The Beatles Internet Album) January 3 –
1926 – George Martin is born, in London.
1963 – End of Christmas pantomime: "Babes In The Wood", with Gerry and the Pacemakers.
1964 – "Beatles Christmas Show", at the Astoria Cinema, Finsbury Park, London.
– "The Jack Paar Show" transmits a fragment of a Beatles' concert at the Winters Garden, Bournemouth. It includes "She Loves You". First important exposure of the Beatles in American television.
1968 – "Hello, Goodbye" number 1, 5th week (UK New Musical Express chart).
1969 – 30 000 copies of 'Two Virgins' are confiscated in New Jersey, on a judge's order, accused of pornographic cover.
1970 – Studio 2. 2.30pm-12.15am. Recording: "I Me Mine" (takes 1-16). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Phil McDonald; 2nd Engineer: Richard Langham. Last song recorded by the Beatles. During the session, George improvises a version of "Peggy Sue Got Married".
Photos from Google.
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