Another Beatles Christmas Record
| Another Beatles Christmas Record | |
|---|---|
| The Beatles | |
| publication | 1964 |
| length | 4 min 5 s |
| Genre (s) | Pop rock |
| Author (s) | Lennon , McCartney , Harrison , Starkey |
Another Beatles Christmas Record ( : German Another Beatles Christmas Record is) an approximately four-minute so-called flexi-disc with Christmas greetings to the Beatles that the fan club sent the band on December 18, 1964 exclusively to its members. The record was never on sale and the recording is no longer available.
Emergence
After the first Christmas record of the Beatles The Beatles Christmas Record was very well received by the members of the fan club, it was decided that the band would from now on have their fan club release such a record every year. The recordings for Another Beatles Christmas Record took place on the evening of October 26, 1964 at Abbey Road Studios in London . The recordings were preceded by the sessions for the songs Honey Don't and What You're Doing . In total, the Beatles recorded five takes before Another Beatles Christmas Record was complete.
content
The recording starts with a very weird version of Jingle Bells , which is followed by thanks from Paul McCartney . He jokingly adds: “We hope you've enjoyed listening to the records as much as we've enjoyed melting them” (“We hope you enjoyed listening to the records as much as we enjoyed melting them down ").
Afterwards, John Lennon thanked the fans in particular for buying his book In His Own Write . Then George Harrison thanks fans for watching the Beatles movie A Hard Day's Night and announces that the next movie will be shot in color. Ringo Starr thanks the fans for being fans and reports on the past Beatles tour as well as the overwhelming reception at the airports that they are greeted with.
After the thanks, John Lennon plays the piano and sings the song Can You Wash your Father's Shirts , in which the remaining three Beatles join in. After this song, the Beatles send Christmas greetings together.
publication
The recording was sent on a flexi disk to the number of members of the British Beatles fan club, which has now grown to 65,000. The US-American members of the fan club did not receive the admission, instead they got the admission of the year 1963 as an insert of the official magazine of the fan club there. Another publication of the recording took place on December 18, 1970, when the recording appeared together with all other Christmas recordings on the album The Beatles Christmas Album , which was only sent to fan club members.
Literature / sources
- Russell, Jeff (1989). The Beatles Album File And Complete Discography, London: Blandford Press, pp. 237 f, ISBN 0-7137-2065-4
- Lewisohn, Mark (1988). The Beatles Recording Sessions, New York: Harmony Books. ISBN 0-517-57066-1
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bruce Spizer: The Beatles on Apple Records . New Orleans: 498 Productions, 2003. p. 209.