{"id":8697,"date":"2022-05-03T11:13:17","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T16:13:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefest.com\/kdstaging2\/?p=8697"},"modified":"2022-05-03T11:13:17","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T16:13:17","slug":"rubber-soul-deep-dive-part-13-if-i-needed-someone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.thefest.com\/rubber-soul-deep-dive-part-13-if-i-needed-someone\/","title":{"rendered":"Rubber Soul Deep Dive Part 13: If I Needed Someone"},"content":{"rendered":"

Side Two, Track Six<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIf I Needed Someone\u201d<\/p>\n

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Through 2021 and 2022, the Fest for Beatles Fans blog has explored The Beatles\u2019 remarkable 1965 LP, <\/em>Rubber Soul. This month, Lanea Stagg<\/strong>, author of <\/em>The Recipe Records Series<\/strong> including the original<\/em> Recipe Records, Recipe Records: Sixties Edition, Recipe Records: A
\nCulinary Tribute to The Beatles, and The Rolling Scones: Let\u2019s Spend the Bite Together joins Jude Southerland Kessler, author of The John Lennon Series<\/strong>, for a fresh, new look at the exciting next-to-last track on this unique, creative LP. <\/em><\/p>\n

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What\u2019s Standard:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Date Recorded:<\/em><\/strong> 16 October (superimpositions added 18 October)<\/em><\/p>\n

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Time Recorded:<\/em><\/strong> Late in the evening of 16 October, probably around 11.30 p.m. Most of the session (from 2:30 p.m.-midnight) had been spent on \u201cDay Tripper.\u201d In <\/em>Way Beyond Compare, John C. Winn says, \u201cBefore going home for the night, The Beatles also started work on a George Harrison composition, \u201cIf I Needed Someone.\u201d (P. 364) And Mark Lewisohn in <\/em>The Complete Beatles Chronicle gives us a time stamp by saying that the boys turned to George\u2019s creation \u201cwith the clock ticking towards midnight\u2026\u201d . <\/em><\/p>\n

Studio:<\/em><\/strong> EMI Studios, Studio 2<\/em><\/p>\n

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Tech Team<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Producer:<\/em><\/strong> George Martin<\/em><\/p>\n

Engineer: <\/em><\/strong>Norman Smith<\/em><\/p>\n

Second Engineer: <\/em><\/strong>Ken Scott<\/em><\/p>\n

Stats:<\/em><\/strong> Backing track (of bass, drums, rhythm guitar, and twelve-string electric guitar) recorded in one take on 16 October 1965. (p. 364)<\/em><\/p>\n

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Then, on 18 October, George double-tracked the lead vocal, accompanied by John and Paul\u2019s harmonies to create the famous Beatles 3-part harmony. Then, Ringo on tambourine and George were on lead guitar recorded together on another track. <\/em><\/p>\n

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Instrumentation and Musicians:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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George Harrison<\/em><\/strong>, the composer, sings lead vocal, plays on his 1965 Rickenbacker 360\/12 (12-string electric guitar).<\/em><\/p>\n

John Lennon <\/em><\/strong>sings harmony vocals and plays rhythm on his 1961 Fender Stratocaster with synchronized tremolo.<\/em><\/p>\n

Paul McCartney<\/em><\/strong> sings harmony vocals and plays bass on his 1964 Rickenbacker 4001S bass. <\/em><\/p>\n

Ringo Starr<\/em><\/strong> plays one of his Ludwig Oyster Black Pearl Super Classic drum sets and plays tambourine in superimposition.[i]<\/strong><\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n

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Sources:<\/em><\/strong> Lewisohn, <\/em>The Complete Beatles Chronicle, 202, Lewisohn, <\/em>The Recording Sessions, 64, Gunderson, <\/em>Some Fun Tonight! The Backstage Story of How The Beatles Rocked America: The Historic Tours of 1964-1966, 90-91,<\/em> Everett,<\/em> The Beatles as Musicians: The Quarry Men through Rubber Soul<\/em>, 318-319, \u00a0Margotin and Guesdon, <\/em>All the Songs, 306-307, Winn, <\/em>Way Beyond Compare, 364, Hammack, <\/em>The Beatles Recording Reference Manual, Vol. 2, 71-72, Miles, <\/em>The Beatles Diary, Vol. 1, 218, Turner, <\/em>A Hard Day\u2019s Write, 98, Spizer, <\/em>The Beatles for Sale on Parlophone Records, 203, Babiuk, <\/em>Beatles Gear, 167-168, Womack, <\/em>Long and Winding Roads: The Evolving Artistry of The Beatles, 125, \u00a0and Mellers, <\/em>Twilight of the Gods: The Music of The Beatles, 61.<\/em><\/p>\n

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What\u2019s Changed:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Influence of the Byrds and the Folk Rock Sound<\/strong> \u2013 During the 1965 North American Tour, when Capitol\u2019s Alan Livingston threw a party for The Beatles and invited stars such as Edward G. Robinson, Groucho Marx, Eddie Fisher, Jack Benny, and Rock Hudson, George opted to \u201cgo his own way\u201d for a meeting with the chart-topping folk-rock group, the Byrds. The California group\u2019s \u201cMr. Tambourine Man\u201d (written by Bob Dylan) had hit Number 1 on 26 June 1965, and the Byrds had said in several interviews that they liked The Beatles\u2019 music, were inspired by them, and in fact, played the exact same instruments that The Beatles played.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Indeed, Harrison\u2019s 12-string Rickenbacker lead became an important part of the Byrds\u2019 signature sound. Honored by this homage, George wanted to get to know the group and made the effort to visit them. As a result of this meeting, plus a second visit to the Byrds in studio (on 27 August, this time accompanied by Paul), George began to compose a new song in West Coast folk-rock genre. In fact, Harrison specifically stated that the guitar riff of the Byrds\u2019 \u201cThe Bells of Rhymney\u201d and the melody of their song \u201cShe Don\u2019t Care About Time\u201d inspired \u201cIf I Needed Someone.\u201d (Turner, 98) More about this coming up in Lanea Stagg\u2019s \u201cFresh, New Look.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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    However, \u00a0\u201cIf I Needed Someone\u201d isn\u2019t at all derivative<\/em> of these two Byrds compositions. Instead, George\u2019s second original song on the Rubber Soul<\/em> LP is actually a study written around the D chord. George marveled that \u201ca million other songs\u201d had also been written around the D chord. He said, \u201cIf you move your fingers about, you get various other melodies\u2026it amazes me that people still find new permutations of the same notes.\u201d (Margotin and Guesdon, 306 and Turner, 98) And yet, the influence of the Byrds\u2019 jingle-jangle sound \u2013 enhanced by Ringo\u2019s work on tambourine \u2013 gives \u201cIf I Needed Someone\u201d a unique timbre.<\/p>\n

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    1. George\u2019s New Guitar \u2013 <\/strong>On the 1965 North American Tour, at the end of the Minneapolis press conference, a special presentation took place. The co-owners of a local music store named B-Sharp gifted George with a Rickenbacker Fireglo (red sunburst) 360\/12 (12-string electric guitar). Both Andy Babiuk in Beatles Gea<\/em>r (pp. 168-169) and Chuck Gunderson in Some Fun Tonight! The Backstage Story of How The Beatles Rocked America: The Historic North American Tours, 1964-1966<\/em> (p. 91) give us the backstory for this presentation. They say that when Liverpool\u2019s Remo Four had visited the shop some weeks before The Beatles landed in Minneapolis, the group spotted the instrument and commented, \u201cGeorge [Harrison] would love this!\u201d Right then and there, owners Randy Resnick and Ron Butwin decided to give the Rickenbacker to George when The Beatles arrived in Minneapolis on 21 August. George was thrilled! And as a result, both Butwin and Resnick were given VIP seats in the Twins dugout for the concert in Metropolitan Stadium. It is this <\/em>new guitar that George uses on \u201cIf I Needed Someone.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      1. Toughness in Romantic Relationships<\/strong> \u2013 As we\u2019ve discussed previously, all of the songs about women on Rubber Soul<\/em> are 180-out from the early Beatles\u2019 head-over-heels attitudes in \u201cShe Loves You,\u201d \u201cFrom Me to You, \u201cAsk Me Why,\u201d \u201cDo You Want to Know a Secret,\u201d and \u201cI Want to Hold Your Hand.\u201d On Rubber Soul<\/em>, love has become complicated. \u201cDrive My Car\u201d featured a hard-charging female determined to get to the top and only interested in a man who can \u201cdrive her car.\u201d \u201cGirl\u201d shone a light on a callous woman who \u201cput you down when friends are there\/you feel a fool.\u201d The girlfriend in \u201cYou Won\u2019t See Me\u201d doesn\u2019t \u201ctreat me right,\u201d and even the enchanting \u201cMichelle\u201d doesn\u2019t realize that her suitor exists! In \u201cIf I Needed Someone,\u201d however, the problem isn\u2019t rejection of the male. It\u2019s his (rather reluctant) rejection of her with the wistful caveat that \u201cHad come some other day\/Then it might not have been like this\/But you see now I\u2019m too much in love.\u201d Rubber Soul\u2019s relationships<\/em> are clearly not simple or sweetly romantic. As Wilfred Mellers points out, \u201cIn all these songs, there\u2019s a toughness, beneath lyricism or comedy that is not evident in other songs.\u201d (p. 61)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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        A Fresh New Look<\/strong><\/p>\n

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        Note from Jude Kessler: It has been my distinct pleasure to work hand-in-hand with author Lanea Stagg<\/strong> almost daily for the last ten years. Together we produce the monthly podcast \u201cShe Said She Said\u201d on Apple Podcasts, Podbean, and Spotify. In our five years with that show, we\u2019ve been blessed to interview Julia Baird, May Pang, Ken Mansfield, Roag Best, Helen Andersen, Chas Newby, Leslie Cavendish, and so many others in The Beatles family as well as a host of Beatles experts and authors. From 2012-2019, Lanea and I co-chaired the Authors and Artists Symposium for Walnut Ridge, Arkansas\u2019s \u201cBeatles at the Ridge.\u201d And in 2016, we worked together to chair the GRAMMY Museum of Mississippi\u2019s Beatles Symposium. Lanea is not only the author of the Recipe Records Series<\/strong>, but is also the author of two successful children\u2019s books, <\/em>Little Dog in the Sun and <\/em>Little Dog About Town. She has been a Guest Speaker at the Chicago Fest for Beatles Fans, Abbey Road on the River, and the Monmouth University <\/em>White Album Conference. Her articles have appeared on the All Music website and in 2021, she worked with Angie and Ruth McCartney to feature her recipes @GourmetNFTOfficial<\/strong>. I was so thrilled to be able to sit down and chat with Lanea about George Harrison\u2019s second song on <\/em>Rubber Soul.<\/em><\/p>\n

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        Jude Southerland Kessler:<\/em><\/strong> In the \u201cWhat\u2019s New\u201d segment of this blog, we discussed the strong influence of the Byrds on this George Harrison number. What elements of the \u201cjingle-jangle folk rock\u201d movement has Harrison employed in \u201cIf I Needed Someone\u201d? <\/em><\/p>\n

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        Lanea Stagg:<\/strong> It is a very curious musical event when one band gives another \u201cthe nod\u201d by borrowing another band\u2019s riff, or other sound.\u00a0 When we hear that curiosity today, we don\u2019t really think of this as \u201ca nod,\u201d but more as stealing!<\/p>\n

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        George\u2019s song, \u201cIf I Needed Someone,\u201d actually contained \u201cthe nod\u201d to California band the Byrds, who were comprised of Roger McGuinn (known as \u201cJim\u201d at that time), David Crosby, Gene Clark, Michael Clarke, and Chris Hillman.\u00a0 But\u2026the Byrds (as Jude noted in the \u201cWhat\u2019s New\u201d segment) had created their sound based upon influence from The Beatles\u2019 music, specifically from the film A Hard Day\u2019s Night<\/em>. McGuinn was very taken with the sound of Harrison\u2019s 12-string Rickenbacker, so he acquired one as well. Chris Hillman stated in 2008 for Central Coast Magazine<\/em>, \u201cMcGuinn saw George playing a Rickenbacker 12-string in A Hard Day\u2019s Night<\/em>. McGuinn had been playing a Gibson acoustic 12-string when he saw Harrison,\u201d and the rest became history.<\/p>\n

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        When George met up with the Byrds in California, they discussed their sounds. The Byrds had released \u201cThe Bells of Rhymney\u201d in June 1965, \u00a0and George was very fond of the jangly 12-string Rickenbacker riff. George incorporated the riff as \u201ca nod\u201d back to the band.<\/p>\n

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        I recommend listening to \u201cThe Bells of Rhymney,\u201d and it won\u2019t take long to recognize the riff. The song is a very old story, and quite sad, about a coal mining disaster in Wales. Harrison loved the sound McGuinn used with the Rickenbacker, and he \u201cborrowed\u201d the riff for \u201cIf I Needed Someone.\u201d<\/p>\n

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        In a 2004 interview for Christian Music Today<\/em>, Roger McGuinn said, \u201cGeorge Harrison wrote that song [\u201cIf I Needed Someone\u201d] after hearing the Byrds\u2019 recording of \u2018Bells of Rhymney.\u2019 He gave a copy of his new recording to Derek Taylor, The Beatles\u2019 former press officer, who flew to Los Angeles and brought it to my house. He said George wanted me to know that he had written the song based on the rising and falling notes of my electric Rickenbacker 12-string guitar introduction. It was a great honor to have in some small way influenced our heroes, The Beatles.\u201d<\/p>\n

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        Curiously, \u201cIf I Needed Someone\u201d was not on the U.S. release of Rubber Soul<\/em>. It wasn\u2019t released in the U.S. until June of 1966 when it appeared on the LP Yesterday and Today<\/em>. So, it was a BIG DEAL for George to send a copy of his recording to Roger McGuinn!<\/p>\n

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        So, here we have George writing a song where he was inspired by the Byrds, and in \u201cturn, turn, turn<\/em><\/strong>,\u201d the Byrds were first inspired by The Beatles.<\/p>\n

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        Kessler:<\/em><\/strong> Lanea, many music experts have tagged \u201cIf I Needed Someone\u201d as the precursor to \u201cWithin You Without You\u201d and \u201cLove You To.\u201d Some have even noted that it might have served as a springboard for John Lennon\u2019s \u201cTomorrow Never Knows.\u201d What musical connections do you see between this 1965 composition and George\u2019s later Indian-inspired melodies? <\/em><\/p>\n

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        Stagg:<\/strong> Musicology is not for the faint of heart! With so many elements to digest in a song \u2013 especially a Beatles\u2019 piece \u2013 the casual ear might miss a tasty morsel.<\/p>\n

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        I find this to be the case in George\u2019s \u201cIf I Needed Someone.\u201d First, we hear the satiny smooth jingle-jangle of the Ric as well as a steady bass, which is greeted with George\u2019s declaration: \u201cIf I needed someone to love\/You\u2019re the one that I\u2019d be thinking of.\u201d The frosting on this delicacy is the harmony by John and Paul as well as Ringo\u2019s tambourine. That all happens in 20 seconds!<\/em><\/p>\n

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        What develops further in this song is quite full. As mentioned earlier in the \u201cWhat\u2019s Changed\u201d segment, the song is built around the D chord. This produces a rather dronish sound\u2026which conjures up the possibility of adding a sitar (which George was learning to play). However, here he chose not to.<\/p>\n

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        Musician\/songwriter Rande Kessler stated that George \u201cwas enjoying a playfulness around only a few chords, climbing and descending a small scale to produce a lilting, droning, chanting effect. It is almost a repetitive \u201chumming\u201d sound that is sung along with his Ric 12-string, more or less emulating a sitar. The melody doesn\u2019t stray far from the original chord, and the bridge simply floats a variation that brings the melody back to the beginning. To me, \u2018Within You Without You\u2019 essentially takes that same lilting chord-orbit that George started with and uses the sitar to play along with the chanting melody\u2026as an evolution from \u201cIf I Needed Someone\u201d and its sitar-sounding capoed Ric 12-string.\u201d<\/p>\n

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        In Hunter Davies\u2019s The Beatles Lyrics, <\/em>George states: \u201c[Rubber Soul<\/em>] is my favorite. We certainly knew we were making a good album. We were suddenly hearing sounds that we weren\u2019t able to hear before, everything was blossoming at the same time, including us, because we were still growing.\u201d<\/p>\n

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        Kessler:<\/em><\/strong> Many music experts have referred to this song as \u201ca tribute to Pattie Boyd\u201d (who became Pattie Harrison in January 1966). And yet, George\u2019s response to the flirtatious \u201cother\u201d in this song is rather coy and complicated. I see a bit of a parallel between \u201cif I Needed Someone\u201d and another 1965 hit written by The Lovin\u2019 Spoonful entitled \u201cDid You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?\u201d. Do you? And do you think that this song serves as a tribute to Pattie Boyd?<\/em><\/p>\n

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        Stagg:<\/strong> Many sources state this song is a tribute to Pattie Boyd. However, if I were Pattie Boyd, I would hope not! George Harrison is clearly leaving the door open for one, or perhaps more, potential love interests\u2026in case things do not work out with Pattie.<\/p>\n

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        George does proclaim, \u201cI\u2019m too much in love,\u201d and therefore, announces to the ladies that his heart has been stolen away by the gorgeous Miss Boyd. Remember, George was only 22-years-old when he penned \u201cIf I Needed Someone.\u201d He had been swarmed by women for years, and I\u2019m sure had played a lot of games. Perhaps he was unsure if Pattie would continue to be in love with him, especially knowing the challenges attached to being a \u201cBeatle wife.\u201d He had seen how difficult that was for John. So, perhaps George is keeping one foot in the door\u2026just in case!<\/p>\n

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        \u201cIf I Needed Someone\u201d is the beginning of George\u2019s effort to pen meaningful lyrics. The song was released on the UK Rubber Soul<\/em> LP almost one year after the release of The Beatles\u2019 album Beatles for Sale<\/em>, where George gave a cover performance of Carl Perkins\u2019s \u201cEverybody\u2019s Trying to Be My Baby.\u201d We envision George singing, \u201cEverybody\u2019s trying to be my baby,\u201d over and over\u2026and perhaps he really was experiencing the deluge of women trying to be his baby! Was that part of the inspiration for his 1965 lyrics: \u201cCarve your number on my wall\u2026\u201d? Could George have written a follow-up to his experiences during that year where there was ALWAYS someone trying to be his baby?\u00a0 George was enveloped in Beatlemania and the avalanche of women trying to get to him.<\/p>\n

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        While Lennon and McCartney were able to create intricate lyrics as easily as taking a breath, George had to work harder at it. His early songs were rather unpolished and at times, even bland. On Rubber Soul,<\/em> he penned lyrics for not only \u201cIf I Needed Someone,\u201d but also \u201cThink for Yourself.\u201d \u201cThink for Yourself\u201d is a rather somber statement to fans as opposed to the syrupy songs they were used to from Lennon\/McCartney. The tune is peppy, but the lyrics, not so much.<\/p>\n

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        The boys were faced with many choices, and it feels as if George is choosing to \u201cmake up his mind\u201d to pick up on Pattie and leave the other birds behind.<\/p>\n

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        Kessler:<\/em><\/strong> Lanea, \u201cIf I Needed Someone\u201d is ranked #54 in Spignesi and Lewis\u2019s <\/em>100 Best Beatles Songs \u2013 a rather impressive rating! The song is so appealing that it has been covered by the Kingsmen, Cryin\u2019 Shames, Hugh Mackels, Michael Hedges\u2026and the Hollies. However, George Harrison despised the Hollies\u2019 version of his song. He said, \u201cI think it\u2019s rubbish the way they\u2019ve done it. They\u2019ve spoilt it.\u201d (Womack, <\/em>Long and Winding Roads, The Evolving Artistry of The Beatles, 125) What do you hear in the Hollies\u2019 version of \u201cIf I Needed Someone\u201d that supports or refutes George\u2019s appraisal?<\/em><\/p>\n

        Stagg:<\/strong>\u00a0 I concur with George Harrison. Hearing the version released by the Hollies is a let-down, and if I were George, absolutely would not consider it a compliment!<\/p>\n

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        While the Hollies perform the song in their unique and typical sound, they come off sounding tinny, and George\u2019s beautiful riff was now played on what sounded like a plastic guitar! The Beatles\u2019 brilliant performance of harmonies on George\u2019s song really cannot be matched or recreated. The Hollies lack the crisp, clean, and more pure harmonies that The Beatles flawlessly added to George\u2019s song. I think George was right, and I would send the Hollies back to the \u201cBus Stop!\u201d<\/p>\n

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        Head here more information on Lanea Stagg and her Recipe Records Series<\/em> and children\u2019s books<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

        To hear our \u201cShe Said She Said\u201d podcast, head here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

        Follow Lanea on Facebook here <\/a><\/strong>and on Instagram<\/strong> @LaneaStagg<\/p>\n

        [i]<\/a> Instrumentation information from Jerry Hammack\u2019s The Beatles Recording Reference Manual, Vol. 2<\/em>, 71.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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