Here, there and everywhere we go with the Fab Four. My Beatles’ listening habits tend to focus on the Rubber Soul album forward, Rubber Soul being the first of the band’s studio albums I ever heard, upon release in 1965 via my older sister’s collection. But in putting together today’s show, I found myself rediscovering albums I like a lot but seem to play less often, like the UK version of Help! and, in particular 1963’s With The Beatles from which I drew Please Mr. Postman, You Really Got A Hold On Me, Not A Second Time and the relatively obscure gem Don’t Bother Me. Don’t Bother Me was George Harrison’s first credited composition on a Beatles’ disc. I hadn’t heard it in ages but, as with many relatively obscure Beatles’ tunes, my reaction was “oh, I remember this.”
Great stuff from an amazing band, particularly when one considers how these are deeper cuts yet because it’s The Beatles, many of the songs are as well known as their big hit singles. Like, for instance, the slowed down White Album version of Revolution 1, coupled with the wacky weirdness of Revolution 9. Numbah 9…Numbah 9…on with the show which, as is often my wont, in several spots tells interconnected tales via song titles and lyrics within.
- Good Morning Good Morning
- I’m Only Sleeping
- I’m So Tired
- The Night Before
- Dizzy Miss Lizzie
- Getting Better
- And Your Bird Can Sing
- Blackbird
- Hey Bulldog
- Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
- Fixing A Hole
- Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite
- Please Mr. Postman
- Dear Prudence
- For You Blue
- Girl
- I’m Looking Through You
- Not A Second Time
- Cry Baby Cry
- Oh! Darling
- You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away
- You Won’t See Me
- Lovely Rita
- Wait
- I Want You (She’s So Heavy)
- You Really Got A Hold On Me
- Why Don’t We Do It In The Road?
- When I’m Sixty-Four
- Dig It
- The Word
- Happiness Is A Warm Gun
- Don’t Bother Me
- Think For Yourself
- She Said She Said
- Tomorrow Never Knows
- Glass Onion
- Rain
- Revolution 1
- Revolution 9
- Long, Long, Long
- The End