jagdriver wrote: 
Many years ago I played bass in a band with friends of mine, and we had a keyboard player who used a Leslie amp.  It did sound really cool but it was a beast to move around.  I had to schlep around my Sunn 2000S bass amp (the top was even quite heavy) and its huge cabinet with two 15"s in it, then help the keyboard player move that Leslie monster.  He eventually sold it once he got an offer near what he paid for it, but I remember running mikes through it to try to mimic that sound.
Both of those amps are probably pretty valuable these days.

 Proclivities wrote: 
It was definitely Geoff, responding to Lennon's request that he sound like monks from on top of Mt. Everest, who came up with the idea of running John's mic through a Leslie (rotating) speaker cabinet.

 jagdriver wrote: 
Yes, it was probably Mr. Emerick, more than anyone else, who showed them that kind of stuff.  Thanks.

 Proclivities wrote: 
Corrected your typo.

 jagdriver wrote: 
That's an interesting article.  I remember an interview with Lennon where he talked about how he and McCartney would spend all this time just noodling around with the tape recorders after George Martin had shown them a bunch of studio "tricks".

Paul McCartney Brings ‘Tomorrow Never Knows’ Back to the Future

As Romeotuma always says 'This song is soooo good for the ears...' You're not wrong there.

Thank you! Yes, this is a great song from a classic album...

Romeotuma - so you're the fifth (sixth?) Beatle now? Because it's starting to look a lot like your "why I am awesomesauce" thread in here.

I'm with you, Romeo. A classic is a classic, no matter what art form.

Thank you!  Yes, this song and this album are both classic...

Thanks for the additional information on this song, romeotuma. I was rather dazzled by that violin playing, for starters. Their passion (which simply exhausted me!) and their almost impish interplay - I was prepared to be irritated, but by the end, I was in awe. And knowing that "Blackbird" was improvisational just put the icing on the cake for me.

Thank you, Cynaera... this is one sweet cover...

Thanks, Romeo. Beside the wonderfully varied and vital music on RP, the reason I tune in is to learn something about the music I love and am being introduced to. Comments like yours make this a very fulfilling experience, day in and day out. It's grease for the grind.

Thank you! Hope all is well with you... love this song...

 

 jagdriver wrote: 


I wish them both blessings in their golden years...  Ringo, too...

I can't believe we have been as long as we have without John Lennon...  and George Harrison is gone too...  miss them... 

 

 dmax wrote: 
She's a multi-millionaire in her own right and doesn't need Paul to "show the funny papers."

BTW - Paul is engaged again. Wife #3. Hope he remembers to get a pre-nup...

Wow, I did not know that...

The Beatles recorded 26 takes of "You Never Give Me Your Money" on 6 May 1969... 

 

Paul McCartney played drums on "Dear Prudence", because Ringo had gotten mad and quit the band briefly while they were recording this song...

 

"While My Guitar Gently Weeps" is ranked #134 on the Rolling Stone list of the greatest songs of all time and #7 on their list of the greatest guitar songs of all time... love it...

 

"Dear Prudence" is about actress Mia Farrow's sister, Prudence Farrow, whom The Beatles hung out with in India to study the teachings of the pimp Maharishi Mahesh Yogi...
 

The aim of the Voice of Peace, rumoured to have been established with the financial aid of ex-Beatle John Lennon, was to communicate a message of peaceful co-existence to the volatile Middle East. The station's output was a popular music format presented by a team of professional, mostly British, DJs broadcasting live from the ship.