Here’s the Fab Four and their take on the wonderfully chorus-free Chains, written by genius couple Gerry Goffin and Carole King for the Cookies in 1962: https://youtube/watch?v=aG9pvAUBKlU Chains is the first time George took lead vox on a record – he introduced the song to the band after buying the Cookies’ 7” from Brian Epstein’s record shop in Liverpool in early 1963. The Beatles played this live for about a month before recording it during the sessions for their first LP, Please Please Me, and then promptly dropped it by the end of ‘63. Keep a close ear out for John’s guitar going a tad wonky in the third verse (and be just as forgiving when you note similar clams when our own long player comes out later this year!).
Posted on: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 10:53:21 +0000
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