George Harrison's Indian Songs for the Beatles

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Dig this one - Macca had bought the rights to LMD and PSILY, so he gets it his way round and published by himself alone!

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Mark G, Sunday, 25 June 2017 09:20 (six years ago) link

I think it's always been "McCartney-Lennon" on that record. First pressings it is.

timellison, Monday, 26 June 2017 01:46 (six years ago) link

I had a '70s pressing, same thing.

timellison, Monday, 26 June 2017 01:47 (six years ago) link

True, it was always McCartney-Lennon on PPM. But the songs on Broad Street were Revolver-era, and originally listed as Lennon-McCartney (not that Lennon hand much to do with writing "Eleanor Rigby," but still).

Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 26 June 2017 02:04 (six years ago) link

On which version of Broad Street are they "McCartney-Lennon?"

timellison, Monday, 26 June 2017 02:13 (six years ago) link

None that I've been able to find looking on Discogs.

timellison, Monday, 26 June 2017 02:24 (six years ago) link

Even the most recent UK 45 of "From Me To You" is Mc-L on both sides! ("Thank you Girl" is very Lennon song)

Mark G, Monday, 26 June 2017 06:27 (six years ago) link

On which version of Broad Street are they "McCartney-Lennon?"

― timellison, Sunday, June 25, 2017 10:13 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

wikipedia sez:

A notable switch from past album song credits is the crediting of song writing to "McCartney-Lennon" as opposed to the usual "Lennon-McCartney" on all other albums.

It doesn't specify which issue. I don't remember anything in the music press about it at the time; it wasn't until Paul reversed the credits on his Back in the U.S. live record that people made a big deal about it:

On Back in the U.S., McCartney reversed the songwriting credits for nineteen Lennon–McCartney compositions to read "Paul McCartney and John Lennon"[11] – a move that author Howard Sounes describes as the live album's "chief point of interest".[12] This gesture was a further attempt by McCartney to establish his legacy following Lennon's death in 1980,[13] having been vetoed from adopting the McCartney–Lennon credit during the Beatles Anthology project in 1995 by his former bandmates George Harrison and Ringo Starr.[14]

The revised credits on Back in the U.S. incensed Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono, who threatened to take legal action,[11] while Starr said he found McCartney's actions "underhanded".[12][15] Some commentators observed that McCartney had similarly credited his Beatles songs to "McCartney–Lennon" on the 1976 live album Wings over America[16] and that Lennon had never publicly objected to the reversal;[13][17] in addition, the compositions in question were written with little or no input from Lennon.[12][18] When compiling Back in the U.S., McCartney had decided to act in response to Ono's dropping of his co-writer's credit for "Give Peace a Chance", on the 1997 compilation Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon.[citation needed] Despite their differences on this issue, McCartney and Starr united on stage for the Harrison tribute concert shortly after the release of the live album.[19]

Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 26 June 2017 13:47 (six years ago) link

Citation here, hi.

I noticed the solo "Lennon" credit for "Give Peace a chance" at the end of the "Live Peace In Toronto" movie.

np.

Mark G, Monday, 26 June 2017 14:45 (six years ago) link

I looked at a bunch of versions of Broad Street on Discogs including a '93 CD reissue and every one is Lennon-McCartney.

timellison, Monday, 26 June 2017 16:28 (six years ago) link

I thought it was Wings Over America on which the credits are reversed.

the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 26 June 2017 16:40 (six years ago) link

Yes

timellison, Monday, 26 June 2017 16:44 (six years ago) link

aw man for a second i thought y'all were all talking about macca's awful "P.S. Love Me Do" from the late 80s.

﴿→ ☺ (Doctor Casino), Monday, 26 June 2017 16:45 (six years ago) link

did he really?

Mark G, Monday, 26 June 2017 18:22 (six years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJkRxeoBY70

﴿→ ☺ (Doctor Casino), Monday, 26 June 2017 18:23 (six years ago) link

a move that author Howard Sounes describes as the live album's "chief point of interest".

Cold.

dinnerboat, Monday, 26 June 2017 18:28 (six years ago) link

That "P.S. Love Me Do"...it's too obviously bad to be as bad as it is. It's like when your car gets broken into, and you see the broken window and you have a split second of disbelief like, "No, there's no way that's my car, because if it was, man, that'd really suck." Paul manages to sustain that split second of disbelief for 3:44. That's pretty impressive.

Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 26 June 2017 18:45 (six years ago) link


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