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Rod Stewart, Mine For Me, 1974 from LP "Smiler", Mercury Super De Luxe, England
"It was just the result of another drunken night, i suppose. It's nice to write for someone like Rod, because he's got such a distinctive voice." (cit: Paul McCartney 1974) Backing vocals by Paul. A little gem.
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Mike McGear, Same, 1974, WB Germany, WB 56 051
Some bread crumbs for his brother Mike McGear . As member of Merseyside comedian pop group "The Scaffold" ("Lily the pink") he abandoned his real name in favour of his famous Beatle-brother. Purpose? Effect on his career? As kind of redemption Paul, Linda (here solidly united as "McGear") and the Wings produced and played these nice simple songs here. Linda plays the Moog Synthesizer astonishingly well. Outstanding: Brian "Sax" Jones playing superb saxophone tunes. As session musician he once played with Bill Haley and the Comets, The Undertakers and many more. His biography was published in 2018: https://www.briansaxjones.com/
Astonishing: with every turn of this LP, it gets better! There is plenty of humor in it! Also involved in this totally crazy album was the "Gysmorchestra" (invented by Lol Cream and Kevin Godley, 10cc) as credited in the liner notes. Hey, this one was totally underrated in 1974!
Listen to the beautiful tune "The man who found god on the Moon" B5 with credits for "Buzz Aldrin on Moon"!
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Ringo Starr, Private Property, 1981
Paul McCartney gave this one away to Ringo for his LP "Stop and smell the roses". Bouncy and catchy. Paul played piano and bass.
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Ringo Starr, I'm The Greatest, 1973
From John to Ringo with love and humor. John Lennon, piano and harmony vocals. Klaus Voorman, bass and drawings (wonderful booklet!). George Harrison, guitars. Billy Preston, organ. "I'm the greatest and you better believe it baby..."
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Ringo Starr, Six O'Clock, 1973
From Paul to Ringo for 1973 "RINGO". Paul piano/synth. Klaus Voorman, bass. Beautiful song. A little forgotten gem.
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Ringo Starr, Good Night Vienna, 1974
From John to Ringo for 1974 LP "Good Night Vienna". Trashy, energetic march song. High level of fun and alcohol in the studio. Full of ironic self-importance and self-mocking bombast. John Lennon: "OK, with gusto... boys, with gusto..." (Reprise B6)
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Ringo Starr, Attention, 1981
From Paul to Ringo's "Stop and smell the roses" with love in gratitude for his madness-drumming. Delightful early 50ies retro tune. Nice and easy. Paul, bass/piano.
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Keith Moon, Two Sides Of The Moon, 1975, Track England, 2442 134
One for Moon the Loon: John Lennons composition "Mover Over Ms. L." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bD8Pc8-5F2E
Still crazy after all these years!
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Cilla Black, Step inside love, 1968, Ariola Germany, 14043 AT
Credited to Lennon/McCartney. Composed by McCartney. Produced by George Martin. Jazz guitarist Judd Proctor played the guitar. You have to look here, implicitly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGddBXNR3s8
How would this song have sounded as an official Beatles version? Listen to the McCartney impromptu performance during the White Album sessions in 1968. It was posted in combination with "Los Paranoias" on 1996 LP "Anthology 3": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWStkIuZSSU
Cilla Black, Step inside love, 1968, Ariola Germany, 14043 AT
The making of a jazzy version of "Step inside love" by Cilla Black and Paul McCartney here: https://www.audioheritage.org/vbulle...l=1#post444379
Marvellous! Funny! A lot of humor!