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1965

Changes in songwriting

-Fusion with Indian music-



In 1965, the Christmas show started on January 16th, and the schedule is almost the same as the previous year.

It will be blank until mid-February when the filming begins, but in "MANY YEARS FROM NOW", Paul himself said that he composed "Another Girl" at the villa he had on vacation before filming . This vacation was a 10-day trip to Tunisia, where he stayed at the British Embassy villa and returned to Japan the day before recording.

Also, regarding John's actions, there is a description that "John made a ski trip to Switzerland with Cynthia and Martin in February 1965." It was said that John started writing'Norwegian Wood' at this time and finished with Paul after returning to Japan. Since the Alps location is in late March, if this description is correct, it seems to have occurred in early February (at the same time as Paul's vacation).

Perhaps the days before these vacations were John and Paul's writing session (a period of co-composing activity), and the couple are preparing songs for the movie at John's house in Weybridge.

Some of the songs have a comment is left, 'Yes It Is' is 'This Boy' will Tsukurinaoso the death songs that did not work I was ( 'The Night Before' is similar to 'From Me To You' was diverted would be the song), 'that Means a Lot' is "it's a ballad that Paul and I wrote for the movie." (years 65 John remarks, "New Musical Express" magazine), 'you'Re Going to Lose that Paul says the Girl' was co-created based on John's original idea.

Among these, 'You're Going To Lose That Girl' is a strange thing, and Paul had it in the original plan (A melody and chorus section) that John had.It is possible that the chorus part was connected without being transposed. In addition, the composition of a mutual chorus and the chord progression of E-G# (Ab)-F#m-B7 are the history ( "Do You Want To Know A Secret" , "I'm Happy Just To Dance With You"). ' ) is a pattern for George's song (E-Abm-F#m-B7). However, when the recording started, it was possible that George had prepared two original songs, so it might be John's song.

John said, "the song of Dylan era" 'You've Got To Hide Your Love Away' is ' I'm A Loser ' is the same chord progression as the latest songs of Bob Dylan' I Do not Believe You ( The influence of'She Acts Like We Have Never Met)' can be seen.
Someone introduced jazz! ?

O-Parts also exist in songs that are supposed to have been made during the preparation period before "HELP!" .
'Ticket To Ride' was used to riff of Asus2, 'I Need You' and 'You've Got To Hide Your Love Away' in Xsus4 - X - Xsus2 variation which is a combination of, the sudden code of suspend X is overflowing ing.

Moreover, the reverse progression (D-A-E) used in the ending of'You're Going To Lose That Girl' would not be a coincidence. On the other hand, Paul's'Yesterday' begins with a 5th step (G -) F#m7-B7-Em that suddenly goes out of scale, and I can't think of it as a dream. In the first place, Paul himself said that it was like a jazz melody, and I suspected it was an old jazz song that his father was listening to. These were not the elements of R&R and pops up to that point, and they may have come from jazz as Paul says. The main point of contact is The Mike Cotton, led by Michael Edward Cotton(Mike Cotton), who acted as the opening act in the "Another Beatles' Christmas Show" (~1/16) that had been held until just before. Presumed to be Sound. Only Paul seems to have been influenced by John Mayall (a musician who triggered the purchase of the Casino) , but even so, the'Wait' made in the Bahamas used C#7sus4-C#7 a little later (simply Maybe George just played it).






"HELP!"


It's the most unusual period of all Beatles recording sessions. Because not only the work records of Abbey Road Studios but also the work notes (4 days) left by Martin were released, and it became clear which track of which song, who played which instrument and how. ing.
You can check the notes on February 15 ( 'A TICKET TO RIDE' , 'ANOTHER GIRL' , 'I NEED YOU' ), February 18 ( 'YOU'VE GOT TO HIDE YOUR LOVE AWAY' , 'IF YOU GOT TROUBLE' ) February 19th ( 'YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE THAT GIRL' ) February 20th ( 'THAT MEANS A LOT' ). Among these were the type of guitar and the performer, passing a 12-string guitar through the volume pedal, playing the Hefner with a bow (!), and using the recording method to transfer from track to track, Etc. are described in detail. On the contrary, it can be seen that the omitted bass and drums players were unchanged.

February 1965 ? Day
to 14th
Paul has a 10 day vacation in Tunisia.
Composed "Another Girl" .

February
15-20, 1965
Recorded 11 songs for the movie.
'Ticket To Ride' (1st to 2nd take)
'Another Girl' (1st to 10th take)
'I Need You' (1st to 5th take)
'Yes It Is' (1st to 14th take)
'The Night Before' (1st to 2nd take)
'You Like Me Too Much' (1st to 8th take)
'You've Got To Hide Your Love Away' (1st to 9th take)
'If You've Got Trouble' ( 1st Take)
'Tell Me What You See' (1st-4th Takes)
'You're Going To Lose That Girl' (2nd-3rd Takes)
'That Means A Lot' (1st Take)
In'Ticket To Ride' , mixing using pitch change is performed, and a heavier sound is aimed at by slowing the playing speed (Key A) by 3%.

'You've Got To Hide Your Love Away' is recording additional flute the next day at the request of John after the Beatles recording is completed. The flute used only for the ending was by session musician Johnny Scott, and it was Scott's own suggestion to use two flutes (tenor flute and alto flute).
The above mono-mixing is done one after another, and stereo-mixing is being done on February 23, when I was in the Bahamas for filming.
Martin is absent on February 23 stereo mixing, and is produced by engineer Norman Smith. This seems to have led to the re-mixing of the CD.

United Artists have requested seven new songs for the movie. In an interview when the movie was released, John replied, "I recorded 11 songs and chose 7 songs", but 11 songs at this time did not include'Help!' .

Martin's notes show that recordings are different from day one.
In "Ticket To Ride ", there is a description of "Paul on Epiphone Guitar" as an overdub, and it is specified that the lead guitar is being played. Also, Paul contributes to the apple drum play (John), and while quoting the lyrics at the ending, changing tempo with another melody and fading out, it can be seen that the motivation to create the sound is increasing.
Although not mentioned in the memo in'Ticket To Ride' , there is a certain sound creation.

Aiming for a heavy sound, we are changing not only the playing method but also the recording method. Previously, "Hold Me Tight" and "Little Child" were doing remakes to increase the tape speed, but that was a painful measure. This time, it is intentionally performed, that is, planned from the beginning, and makes the sound of the instrument heard heavy by making the speed slower than when playing. The aim is to have a concept similar to that of a'Misery' piano.

However, at this point, there was no speed adjustment device, and the delicate work of adjusting the power frequency of the tape recorder was required. This was necessary for'I'm Looking Through You' at the end of the year, and it is speculated that this led to a tape speed adjustment device for the "REVOLVER" period one year later.
John continued playing'Another Girl' on this day, but John was playing the lead guitar on a Stratocaster, but Paul wasn't satisfied with the choking interwoven phrase, so he played the lead guitar again the next day. There is. Paul plays a lot of semitone choking, which is different from the pentatonic scale, and you can feel the difference with George.
John uses only the newly obtained Fender Stratocaster (described in "John on Fender"), but it has been revealed that he hit the drums only for'I Need You' . I wonder if I played it because it was George's song, but I changed the vocal recording many times and re-recorded it. Furthermore, the description of "George played 12 string Rickenbacker with foot pedal" clarifies a new way of playing 12-string guitar (for volume playing).
The combination of "12 string guitar and volume pedal" is effectively used as the center of the arrangement in the following songs.

Interestingly, John didn't play the guitar on George's two songs. It was from this time that he started to concentrate on the keyboard and focused on showing it rather than just using it for recording. In the movie'The Night Before' plays the electric piano “Pearnet” by Honner (famous for harmonica), and at live'I'm Down' he plays the VOX Continental Portable Organ ..

Movie "HELP!"


The second movie "HELP!" (4 people are idols), which was planned in response to the favorable reception of the first movie "A HARD DAY'S NIGHT" in 1964, will be a color movie with an increased budget. For the location, Beatles' hope is given the highest priority, and a script based on the Bahamas and the Alps is prepared.
However, although produced by United Artists in the same team as the previous work, Ken Thorn Orchestra is in charge of the movie music because Martin has made a mistake with Leicester.

The following five songs were unused before shooting.
United Artists will create a new soundtrack album with 6 new songs and the title song'Help!' , which will be decided later, along with movie music (including a parody to the 007 shooting team that the shooting team came across). ..
The Indian music that became this film music will have a great influence on the Beatles (especially George) later.

Encounter with Indian music is that the script was written around the temple in India, and it can be said that the original author, Mark Böhm, was a starting point that changed the world of music in spite of being a coincidence.


February 23, 1965
to May 11
Intermittent filming.
From February 23 to March 9 Bahamas
March 14 to March 20 Alps
March 24 to May 11 England
4/7 Apple and tiger (screaming "Help!")
5/3-5/5 Salisbury Plain
Paul remembers composing'Wait ' during the filming period in the Bahamas (at this time John was absent).
John says that "Here There And Everywhere" is one of Paul's favorite songs, but Paul said "In the cassette tape that two people were playing during the shooting in Austria (Alps) about this statement. It was when I heard what was there." However, on the other hand, the song is said to have been composed in June 1966, and is self-contradictory.
Perhaps Paul's memory is confused with Jane Usher in March 1966 and when he made John listen to a tape recording'For No One' that he wrote when he went on a ski trip to Switzerland . Is high.
Paul created a'Yesterday' chorus on the permanent piano during the filming session in May, and spends two weeks completing the lyrics during the vacation after the filming.

March 15, 1965
Movie mono-mixing for'Ticket To Ride' .
This is my second mono-mixing, and this time Norman Smith is working without Martin.
Although details of the details are unknown, it is presumed that the tambourine ringing behind the intro was rejected as a remixing request.

In this movie, a movie mono mix was also created. Only the'Ticket To Ride' on March 15 is clear on the record , but it has been confirmed that the title song is also a different version.
However, the movie was re-released digitally many times, but the mono voice was never recorded, so the situation of other songs is unknown.

March 30, 1965
Remake of'That Means A Lot' (Takes 20-24)

On March 30th, when the location of the Bahamas and the Alps was over and it was filmed in the UK, a remake of the rejected'That Means A Lot' was performed, but the direction was lost and the recording was abandoned. (Later provided to PJ Proby).
Story that failed to make history

An interesting attempt was made during the recording session of'That Means A Lot' .

The notes that Martin left behind are
Paul bowing bass guitar
You can check the description (date 65/2/19).

This description shows that Paul played a bass guitar (Heffner definitely) with a bow, and that sound can be confirmed as a sustaining bass in the "ANTHOLOGY 2" recording version .

It's unclear if this performance had any original material, but at least certainly faster than Jimmy Page. It was possible that Paul would have been a pioneer if this song was in the market at the time.


April 9, 1965
Released the single album'Ticket To Ride' / 'Yes It Is' .

April 13, 1965
Recorded the title song'Help!' (1st to 12th takes).
George is n't able to play through the descending phrase, and the policy is changed to overdub at the end. The mixdown from a 4-track tape to a 4-track tape will be performed for the first time, but the vocals that were W tracks at this time are grouped into 1 track together with the tambourine. This causes confusion later.
The last thing to do is mono mixing, but this will eventually end up.

In the latter half of the filming, the title was decided as in the previous work, and again John alone composed "Help!" (Paul created the counter melody of A melody).
This song has John's piano demo, but it's quite slow tempo, and it feels a considerable (temporal) gap from the release version. Paul said, "The movie title was considered at a meeting with staff and suggested by John or Leicester." However, when Ringo cried out in the tiger's appearance scene (4/7), he composed or remade it. It seems that John suggested it at the meeting. John himself says he likes the song itself (but maybe because he tried to make it commercially), and he doesn't like the faster tempo recordings.


May 10, 1965
Recording that seems to have requested two new songs from Capitol.
'Dizzy Miss Lizzy' (1st to 2nd take) ⇒ 58/2'Bad
Boy' (1st to 4th take) ⇒ 58/8/14 (Recording date)
Note: This is Larry Williams' birthday
The above mono mixing and stereo mixing were performed on the same day, and they were recorded in the American edition "BEATLES VI" together with the movie bot songs.

May 26, 1965
The last radio recording.

End of May 1965
Correction of the movie "Help!" at the movie studio (CTS) (pulling out the tambourine).
The mono mix created here is used in movies, but the multitrack tape itself may have been disposed of.
Reference: Equipment list of The Cine-Tele Sound (CTS) Studios (in 1964)
console12 way mixing console with EQ, limiting and echo
Neumann and AKG microphones
recordingMono
Stereo three-track and two-track
7½, 15 and 30 IPS on Philips tape machines

The'Help!' that was mixed on April 13 couldn't be used for the opening of the movie because it contained tambourine (the mime playing rules), so I'm creating a mix without tambourine. However, in the final 12th take, the vocal and tambourine were on the same track, so I had no choice but to create karaoke and replace the entire vocal.


June 1965
Nina Simon releases'I Put a Spell on You' (included in'I PUT A SPELL ON YOU').

June 11, 1965
MBE Award list confirmed.
The award ceremony is October 26.

June 14, 1965
Released American version "BEATLES VI" .
1965
June 14 days
to 17 days
Recorded 6 songs for the album.
'I've Just Seen A Face' (1st-6th take)
'I'm Down' (1st-7th take)
'Yesterday' (1st-2nd take)
'It's Only Love' (1st-6th take) )
'Act Naturally' (1st to 13th takes) ⇒ 63/3/11'Wait
' (1st to 4th takes)
After the first take of'I'm Down', he muttered "Plastic soul man..." , which is said to be the etymology of "RUBBER SOUL". John does not participate in the performance

of'Act Naturally' .

'Yesterday' is a string quartet of has been added to the final day, while learning voicing Paul also joined in with the score arrangements, the sound of b7 degree in cello or to play the, pedal to the first violin in the final verse I have requested to play the point (Sound A) . Note that the suspend chords are used here as well, and at the beginning of the chorus , Paul played F#m7-B7 on the guitar (Em7-A7 in the real sound), whereas in the string quart it became A7sus4-A7. ing.

June 16, 1965
John's "A SPANIARD IN THE WORKS" is published.

June 18, 1965
Mono and stereo mixing of recordings from June 14th to 17th. However, the "Yesterday" mono mix was created the day before.
Record mixing for'Help!' .
The stereo mix was created from tapes recorded on April 13 (with tambourine).
The mono mix uses the movie version created at the end of May, but it seems that the intro part is not powerful enough, and only the intro part is remixed and replaced with a deep echo.
This creates a long-standing mystery that the vocals on the record have the same take as the intro, but later take different takes.

In June, we are recording the missing songs for the production of the album "HELP!" .
'Yesterday' is the beginning of 64 years France Tour and the 64-year-end "ANOTHER BEATLES 'CHRISTMAS SHOW" standing in had been showing off in the' Scrambled Eggs' (no lyrics' Yesterday '), of the May shooting period The chorus was added to the existing piano, and the lyrics were finally completed by spending two weeks during the vacation after the filming was finished.
At'I'm Down' you can check the replacement of basic tracks.
The recording method seems to have started from the "HELP!" session, but here it seems that John's organ performance ( interlude ) is the best, and the basic track part including drums has been replaced. As a result, the reverberation of another performance can be heard behind John's solo .

June 20, 1965
to July 3, 1965
European Tour (France, Italy, Spain).

June 21, 1965
the Byrds releases'The Bells Of Rhymney' (included in'Mr. Tambourine Man').

July 23, 1965
Released single'Help!' / 'I'm Down' .

August 6, 1965
Released the album "HELP!"

August 9, 1965
The Silkie recorded'You've Got To Hide Your Love Away'.
John, who was attending this, was watching Mellotron for the first time, and when he ordered immediately, he was brought to his home in Kenwood during his short North American tour.

August 13, 1965
Released "HELP! ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK" in USA .
Paul bought a house on Cavendish Avenue for £40,000 (moving late March 1966).

August 14
-August 31, 1965
American tour.
8/15 Shay Stadium
8/27 Night (Next day at San Diego) Interview with Presley 8/29
& 30 Hollywood Bowl
The performance at Shay Stadium has been released for television broadcasting, and it is especially famous that John plays the organ with his elbow in "I'm Down" . Another John statement was that "I had my feet on the organ, but George was so funny that I couldn't play it. (Jerry Lee Lewis is famous for playing with his feet)", but there is "ANTHOLOGY EPISODE In 5”, both are linked and edited as one episode. In addition, the performance of TV broadcast images has been replaced ( ⇒ 66/1/5 ), and the organ of'I'm Down' has also been replaced, so it is not possible to confirm "sounds played with your feet". Can not.

The live performance at the Hollywood Bowl was recorded by Capitol , mixed with the recording of the previous year ( ⇒ 64/8/23 ) and recorded after dissolution. The Capitol engineer, who was unfamiliar with the Beatles playing, seemed to be confused by the identification of lead vocals and lead guitars that changed from song to song (both recordings from both years).
I entered Los Angeles in the morning of August 23, and I rented a house in Benedict Canyon, Hollywood, completely off until August 27. I couldn't go out so I invited guests such as Eleanor Bron and Joan Baez into a party. Among them, Peter Fonda is on 8/24, and members other than Paul have LSD experience. At this time, Peter Fonda whispered "I know what it's like to be dead." to John's'He Said He Said' ( later'She Said She Said' ).

September 1965
PJ Proby has released'That Means a Lot'.


Indica


Prior to the US tour, Paul met John Dunbar (the then husband of Marianne Faithful) and Barry Miles (the author of MANY YEARS FROM NOW) via Peter Asher (the brother of then-lover Jane). The three people (aka MAD after taking the initials) have opened the previously planned avant-garde art gallery and bookstore "Indica" in September.

Paul is also a customer, and it is the backstage in the Beatles after that. He took John in March 1966, when he met Dr. Timothy Leary's "Tibetan Book of the Dead," which is the catalyst for "Tomorrow Never Knows ."

September 2
to October 11, 1965
When I returned to London on September 2nd, it was a 6-week vacation.
Marianne Faithfull released the cover for'Yesterday' on October 22 (producer Mike Leander).
Many covers were planned since the release of "HELP!" on August 6th . Paul was also consulted by Marianne in August and is watching the recording after eagerly advising that it is best to release early. He is also cooperating with the promotion, and on the Granada TV show "The Music of Lennon and McCartney" that was recorded immediately after, it was edited to crossfade to Marianne Faithful from Paul's singing.

Paul wrote the A melody part of'We Can Work It Out' at Rembrandt (a house he bought for his father in July 1964) (the timing is unknown), and Sabi entered Kenwood (John's house) in October. Are added in.

At this time, he also co- wrote'Day Tripper' (finished with the addition of Paul). John says "day trippers" mean people who go on a day trip, and at the same time have a hint of hippies only on weekends. Paul suggests a connection with drugs, where he is a full-time "tripper", whereas he is a person who only trips during the day and has a normal life afterwards. There's one more thing about double-meaning, adding that "big teaser" means "prick teaser," a secret word that adults can't understand but can be passed down to children.

There is no clear testimony, but'Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)' is probably the song that was finished at this time. He started writing when John traveled in skiing in February 1965, and finished with Paul after returning to Japan. Aside from the most famous mistranslation in the history of the title, "Norwegian Forest," Paul cites Peter Usher as the person who had the room decorated with Norwegian wood. In finishing the lyrics based on John's love affairs (initial title is "This Bird Has Flown"), it seems that Paul has put in a friendship at that time and finally set off a arson.

'Drive My Car' is Paul's original song, but he says that he has redone the lyrics that he was making to sing "You can buy me golden rings." It was around this time that the phrase "drive my car" came to mind.

It is well known that John and Paul's views on the composition of'In My Life' have the greatest gap. John wrote that the lyrics were all written before Paul listened, and Paul helped Sabi compose. When I published "In His Own Write", I was asked if I would like to write about the events of my childhood as well, which is why I wrote the song. Actually, the description of "Penny Lane" was written in the early writing manuscript. is there. Paul knew John's remarks and limited them to his own memory, but said that the lyrics were incomplete and he finished the rest of the lyrics together after he wrote all the songs. Supporting Paul's memory is the melody of John Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, which is the memory of John's just-purchased Mellotron. It is also interesting that the melody of A melody and chorus are similar, and especially the 4th measure ( A melody , chorus ) and the 8th measure ( A melody , chorus ) have the same melody.
John also owns a home demo of this period, and there is a tape of Paul's singing'We Can Work It Out' on a W track guitar. He also said there should be a demo tape for'In My Life' (this would be the only solution).



"RUBBER SOUL"


This is the Xsus4 code that John and George brought in last time, but this time Paul used a lot ( 'Drive My Car' , 'We Can Work It Out' , 'I'm Looking Through You' , 'The Word' ) There is. Paul seems to like the progress of Xsus4-X and can easily be found later on as'For No One' , 'Penny Lane' , 'Mother Nature's Son' ,....

The chord progression (I-Isus4-bVII-I) used in that'We Can Work It Out' is also used in George's'If I Needed Someone' (I-bVII/I-I) at the same time. .. Paul and George do not write songs together outside the studio, so there may have been something common to them regarding how to use the bⅦ chords. 'Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)' with

sitar is often mentioned as a pioneer of Indian music, but the harmony of'We Can Work It Out' is also an Indian instrument. Furthermore, in this song, the introduction of waltz (3 beats) advised by George may have been influenced by the odd time signature (reference: 'Love You To' ) that is common in Indian music .
And it can be said that the most important influence of Indian music is the bass in the chord progression of "If I Needed Someone" (I-bVII/I-I). It can be interpreted that the area around the continuous sound (drone) handled by tamboura and harmonium has already sublimated in the Beatles style. This usage is after 'Got To Get You Into My Life ' Ya 'Tomorrow Never Knows' will lead to.

Prior to George's involvement in Indian music ( at the end of '64 ), Paul was in the blues under the influence of John Mayall, the musician who inspired the purchase of the Casino. Again, for the Beatles, the first full-scale slide guitar ( 'Drive My Car' interlude ) was performed.

Another O-Parts in this work is code D7#9 used in'The Word' . The chord name itself is the same as that taught by Jim Gretti (which is strangely used in'Michelle ' ), but the way to hold the guitar is called "Jimichen chord". The contact point with Jimi Hendrix (to Britain) is one year later, so it is possible that Mayall is involved here as well.

In addition, the double learning in poetry is also a feature, starting with'Day Tripper' . Although some are mentioned in the explanation, it seems that there are many things that have not been discovered, so it would be fun to explore them.
It is an implicit understanding that John's self-made work will be featured in the first song of the recording, but "Run For Your Life" is selected, which professes that he has never liked it . As if to back it up, the first recording wasn't mixed to the end. Actually, I thought that it was a good song, but I worked on it first, but I think it did not improve unexpectedly.
Still, since it is placed at the end of the album, it may be rated as a song regardless of likes and dislikes.

1965
October 12
to 24 days
The first half of the "RUBBER SOUL" session.
'Run For Your Life' (1st-5th takes)
'This Bird Has Flown' (1st take, Norwegian Wood tentative title)
'Drive My Car' (1st-4th takes)
'Day Tripper' (1st-3rd) Take)
"If I Needed Someone" (1st take)
"In My Life" (1st-3rd takes)
"We Can Work It Out" (1st-2nd takes)
"Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" ( 2nd-4th take)
'Nowhere Man' (1st-5th take)
'I'm Looking Through You' (1st take)

"Run For Your Life" is based on the final verse of "Baby, Let's Play House " by Presley ("I'd rather ~ another man"). ⇒ 55/4/25 George played the sitar at the time of'This

Bird Has Flown' ( the first take of'Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)' ). Incidentally, George has just acquired the sitar (before learning Ravi Shankar) and is tracing the melody in a self-taught manner. A remake has been performed from the second take, and the title has also been changed, triggered by Norman Smith's call mistake. Paul of the

"Drive My Car" piano and slide guitar.

'Day Tripper' was the next single candidate at the time of recording. The riff

of'If I Needed Someone' is borrowed from the Byrds used in'The Bells Of Rhymney' with the consent of Roger McGin. ⇒65/6/21 John uses Harmonium (Indian Musical Instrument) in

"We Can Work It Out" . When this song was recorded, he became a strong candidate as a single candidate, and eventually settled down as both sides A due to John's fierce opposition.

The interlude of'In My Life' was added by Martin 's half speed recording by Martin on October 22nd . Martin said in his book "ANTHOLOGY" that "it was complicated to play live and was recorded at half speed", but in another interview (published in the January issue of Player Magazine 2000), "Real Harpsichord The only reason I didn't use it was because it was a grand piano."
Since'Nowhere Man' is a remake after the 3rd take, it seems to be a composition from the beginning of the recording session. John spends five hours trying to write the song, saying that when he gave up, the poems, songs, and everything else came to mind.

"I'm Looking Through You" is a solo work by Paul, but this is also a remake after the second take. Paul is composing in the Asher family's music room where he was alive, but at this time, Jane was in the absence of going to Bristol because of the actress business priority. In fact US tour before ( ⇒ 65/8/13 after half a year to buy a home) ( ⇒ 66/3 are moving in).

October 25, 1965
Mono mixing of songs recorded in the first half of the "RUBBER SOUL" session ( 'Drive My Car' , 'In My Life' , 'If I Needed Someone' , 'Day Tripper' , 'Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)' , 'Nowhere Man' ).

October 26, 1965
Stereo mixing of songs recorded in the first half of the "RUBBER SOUL" session ( 'Drive My Car' , 'Day Tripper' , 'In My Life' , 'If I Needed Someone' , 'Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)' , 'Nowhere Man' ).
1965
October 28 days
to 29 days
On October 28, we will perform mono-mixing for TV of'We Can Work It Out' , but it will be NG and additional vocals will be recorded on the following 29th.
'We Can Work It Out' and 'Day Tripper' mono mixing of (for the record and for the TV).

Only 9 songs songs that had prepared before the session, to be in the seven songs were finished in the first two weeks until the mixing regardless, 'Run For Your Life' and 'I'm Looking Through You' (first Take) is on hold.

It seems that John and Paul finally started working on the 25th due to lack of new songs, so first of all they are discovering old originals.
Paul wrote the original song of "Michelle" during the Liverpool institute era ( ⇒ around 1960 ), and Paul himself reveals the secret of the jazz-like chord F7#9 in the second measure of A melody. John, who listened to this A melody, was inspired by a phrase that Nina Simon's "I Put a Spell on You" ( ⇒ 65/6 ) repeated "I love you" three times immediately after the interlude, and was inspired by middle eight. I suggest that it is perfect. At this time, I composed with key C, but when recording I raised it to key F (5 capo).

'What Goes On' is an early Lennon work that he wrote before the Beatles. It was a completed song that I tried to record in the'From Me To You' session ( ⇒63/3/5 ), but here it is a remake version with the A melody replaced. With Neil Aspinor's testimony at the time that this work was led by Paul, Paul created a demo for Apple (that was completed before the recording date to give him time to learn), Apple, who listened to it , cooperated with the lyrics of the new A melody , and apple is also in credit.
George also provided another song'Think For Yourself' as a composer . In addition, although the Japanese title "Liar Woman" is attached, George said in "I ME MINE" that "you" is not a woman but a government.


November 3
to November 8, 1965
The second half of the "RUBBER SOUL" session (1).
'Michelle' (1st and 2nd take)
'What Goes On' (1st take)
'Twelve-Bar Original' (1st and 2nd take)
'I'm Looking Through You' (2nd and 3rd take)
'Think For Yourself' (1st take, "Won't Be There With You")

'What Goes On' is Neil Aspinor's testimony at the time that Paul made a four-track tape with guitar, bass, and drums and songs to pre-listen to teach Ringo.

The'Twelve-Bar Original' harmonium (Indian instrument) is Martin. Attempts to compose in the studio ended in effort.

"I'm Looking Through You" has been remade from key G to A, and the tempo is getting faster . This tempo is faster than the release version, and when you listen to the release version at its original tempo, you can see that the ending ad-lib vocal is left intact.

In "Think For Yourself" , Paul has added the bass through Fuzz (Abii Road original) in addition to the usual bass. ⇒ 62/Living

November 8, 1965
Beach Boys has released "BEACH BOYS' PARTY!"
Contains the following related to the Beatles.
The next work is "PET SOUNDS" ( ⇒ 66/5/16 ).

November 9, 1965
Additional mono mixing ( 'Michelle' , 'What Goes On' , 'Run For Your Life' , 'Think For Yourself' ) and stereo mixing ( 'Think For Yourself' , 'Michelle' , 'What Goes On' ).

As expected, 'Twelve-Bar Original' will be fixed, but the pending'Run For Your Life' has been adopted without modification. Meanwhile, the remake of'I'm Looking Through You' is still on hold.

After that, a rush of composition by Angry Wave. Of which 'The Word' and 'You Will not See Me' is 'Michelle' seems to be derived from (obtained at least idea).
Although'The Word' is said to have been mainly written by John, in R&B the 12-bar progression by D7, G7, A7, which is familiar, is replaced by D7#9, G7sus4-G7, A7sus4-A7. X7#9 is the code used for'Michelle ' via Jim Gretti, and it is speculated that this is Paul's work. The D7#9 chord form used here has been transformed into what is commonly known as the'Jimichen code', perhaps influenced by the hippie culture of San Francisco, or perhaps obtained through John Mayall. ..

'You Won't See Me' is a live story of Paul's composition. The impressive bass line is conscious of Motown's James Jamerson (Motown bassist), and the melodic bass is positioned as an important part and recorded at the end (playing the piano when recording a basic track). It contains interesting chord progressions, with the chorus ending in (II -) Ⅱsus4-V . The Xsus4-X progression is the usual procedure, but the 5th progression is the same as the "Michelle" chorus (Fm-Absus4-Db) .
John is the main song for'Girl' , but Paul also cooperates in finishing the lyrics and composing.
John said he wrote about an ideal woman he had never seen before, adding that it was Yoko. What John wanted to insist on this poem was the view on "pain will lead to pleasure." in the final verse, and John himself disputes this idea. In other words, the idea is that the person who achieved the goal can talk about the hardships that they have experienced by looking back, and it is a mistake to think that they will not succeed unless they experience the hardships. "(Did she understand it) when they said" is being asked by John as a double-meaning of "~shita" and "when~".
"Will she still believe the word if he died while he was crushing himself?" Paul cites John's film "Zorba the Greek" as a reference. The claim is emphasized and tightened.

November 10, 1965
to November 11, 1965
'Run For Your Life' and 'We Can Work It Out' stereo mixing (for Australia board and one for the United States Edition).
The latter stereo mix (master tape) was disposed of on August 9, 1966.
The second half of the "RUBBER SOUL" session (Part 2).
'The Word' (1st-3rd takes)
'I'm Looking Through You' (4th take)

'The Word' piano is Paul and Harmonium is Martin.

'I'm Looking Through You' is the second remake, but it is a semitone lower than the pitch of the previous remake (probably the best is the 3rd take).
'The Word' of mono mixing and stereo mixing .
The latter half of the "RUBBER SOUL" session (Part 3).
'You Won't See Me' (1st and 2nd takes)
'Girl' (1st and 2nd takes)
'Wait' (added to 4th take) ⇒ 65/6/14'I'm
Looking Through You' ( Added to the 4th take)

The Hammond organ of "You Won't See Me" (A note only) is Mar Evans.
When recording with a piano or Hammond organ, the pitch must be accurate. When the speed of the key is corrected to G, Ab, and A for trial, the following state is obtained.
Key A (moderate bass and chorus)
Key Ab (moderate vocals)
Key G ( moderate guitar and piano)
Lead vocal seems to be correct even with key A , but at the end of the chorus, etc. The pitch is A which is closer to Ab.
By the way, it is key G when Paul plays an acoustic guitar in the live these days.
Since "Girl" had a Greek image, I wanted to use "bouzouki", but I used an acoustic guitar instead. It was composed with key Em, and it was played with 8 capo (actual sound is Cm) at the time of recording, but George seemed to be tough with 8 capo, so tuning down 2 notes and playing with Em without capo. There is. In addition, Mr. Luison reports that George's fuzz guitar cut at the mix stage is also recorded, but the sound source that can confirm it is not provided.

We revived'Wait' , which was cut off last time, and in'I'm Looking Through You' , it is necessary to replace the vocals by changing the pitch (as mentioned above, the ending ad lib vocals remain).

November 15, 1965
Additional mono mixing ( 'I'm Looking Through You' , 'You Won't See Me' , 'Girl' , 'Wait' , 'Michelle' ) and stereo mixing ( 'Wait' , 'I'm Looking Through You' , 'You Won't See Me' , 'Girl' , 'The Word' ).

The left and right stereo sound images are reminiscent of their debut album. This stereo mixing is said to have been done by Norman Smith, but mysteriously all songs are done on the same day as the mono mixing. Emrick's testimony that Martin did the mono-mixing and then went home was probably from the "RUBBER SOUL" period.


November 23, 1965
PV shooting.
'We Can Work It Out' (3 versions)
'Day Tripper' (3 versions)
'Help!' (1 version)
'I Feel Fine' (2 versions)

December 3, 1965
Both A-side singles'We Can Work It Out' / 'Day Tripper' are released.
Released the album "RUBBER SOUL" .
The American edition was released on the same day, but the following has been cut (carried over to the next work).
'Drive My Car'
'Nowhere Man'
'If I Needed Someone'
'What Goes On'
※ the Beach Boys Brian Wilson drove in the production "Pet Sounds" "RUBBER SOUL" is that it is the United States board.

December 3
to December 12, 1965
British tour.
The tour of the following year was announced, but it was canceled in the summer of 1966, so it will be essentially the last tour in England. The repertoire consists of the following 11 songs.
12/5 Paul's second stage live at Liverpool Empire Theater (final performance in Liverpool) appeared on the undercard stage, playing drums with'Dizzy Miss Lizzy'.



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