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The Beatles - White Album

#21
Top_Ten said:
I'm no Beatles expert, but I did just read the Geoff Emerick book. He goes into quite a bit of detail about recording Paul's bass, and I don't recall any mention of John or George playing bass at all. On the other hand, apparently Paul played a lot of the guitar parts that George couldn't pull off!
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By "George couldn't pull off", you mean "George couldn't reproduce exactly as Paul wanted." Watch the Let It Be movie for an example. I love Paul, but the fact that he told George and John what to play with increasing frequency was a big part of the Beatles breaking up.
 
#23
Thanks, Alvaro...that's not the link I had in mind. I trying to remember if it was a book or a magazine that listed the bass anomolies on "The Long & Winding Road". I'm pretty sure it was Martin that called it "musical sabotage".
 
#24
oggdawg said:
By "George couldn't pull off", you mean "George couldn't reproduce exactly as Paul wanted." Watch the Let It Be movie for an example. I love Paul, but the fact that he told George and John what to play with increasing frequency was a big part of the Beatles breaking up.
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I think by Let It Be...it was Yoko telling the Beatles what to play.

Paul was even taking the solos on George's tunes ("Taxman"). That solo was Paul's version of Hendrix...could be Hendrix was not as much a hero to George...so he couldn't pull off that sorta solo(?).

...and don't forget Ringo. Pretty sure Paul was even taking over the drums during "The White Album" daze.
 
#25
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Originally Posted by becker4567 View Post
the folks who think the White Album is a real Beatles album don't really know much about the Beatles during that time period.


Sorry, but....what the hell does this have to do with anything?. Its a f£$%^Ng good abum, who cares about the personal circumstances in which it was recorded? :scowl:
 
#27
Paul only played drums on the first two tracks on the White Album, then Ringo came back. John was a terrible bass player, only played on one or two tracks (with terrible results).

George played bass on a handful of Beatles tracks, one being She Said She Said. He definitely didn't play on "most of his own tracks," that's BS. I dunno where people get their Beatles info but I always see some really silly stuff in these types of threads.

John exaggerated a lot of the personal circumstances of the Beatles after they broke up to get back at Paul via the media. He was a bitter man.

Edit: According to George Harrison, he wanted Paul to play guitar on Taxman as he couldn't figure something satisfactory out. They were still getting along during Revolver. He asked Lennon for lyrics help, too.

Edit 2: As far as the original question goes, it was probably a Ric or Jazz plugged directly into the console.
 
#28
JimK said:
Thanks, Alvaro...that's not the link I had in mind. I trying to remember if it was a book or a magazine that listed the bass anomolies on "The Long & Winding Road". I'm pretty sure it was Martin that called it "musical sabotage".
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If you listen to the bass played by John on "Let It Be: Naked," it doesn't sound bad at all. Just what the songs called for, IMHO. Certainly not McCartneyesque, but it doesn't detract from the song. It was Ian McDonald's book "Revolution in the Head" that called it sabotage. Spector's adding of choir and orchestra is more like saboage to me.
 
#29
mccartneyman said:
If you to the bass played by John on "Let It Be: Naked," it doesn't sound bad at all. Just what the songs called for, IMHO. Certainly not McCartneyesque, but it doesn't detract from the song. It was Ian McDonald's book "Revolution in the Head" that called it sabotage. Spector's adding of choir and orchestra is more like saboage to me.
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He plays bass on two songs. Let It Be, and Long and Winding Road. I guess Let It Be is ok, but the bass on Long and Winding Road is terrible.
 
#37
Here's a good book about a handfull of Paul's bass lines, and they touch on some of his recording techniques.
Unfortunately not enough about the white album, but still......
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#40
So Low Bass said:
It's GREAT... the Bb over the Eb chord.

The "let it Be" on Naked is totally different recording than the 45 or album.... piano, vocal, bass, and drums. I'll always wonder why John didn't use a real bass. I STILL think he's playing the VI on Weeps too.
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John used the 3/4 size Rick, too. I think he favored shorter scale. Course he coulda copped Paul's Hofner, too. Maybe he just liked the sound of the VI.
 

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