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   CLUB SANDWICH 72

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Club Sandwich 72

            Do you read books about the Beatles, and, if so, what do you like and dislike?
            fromjean Nickolds, Leeds, England; Sue Sanders, London, England

            I don't really bother these days. My system is to open new books at random and read one page. If I find a mistake on that one page then I assume that there must be more, that I haven't found the only mistake.
            People write such wild stuff these days — I recently read that I was supposed to have given John a painting and he was supposed to have come around to my house and put his foot through it. Well, I never did give John a painting, and if I did he never put his foot through it. So, no, I don't really read them.
            There's so much fantasy in books now, and they're mostly "written by people who weren't around when the things happened. The funny thing, though, is that when George, Ringo and I got together recently at George's house, to be on camera together for the first time in the Anthology, even we couldn't remember anything the same! Even the three of us who definitely were around when the things were happening now have completely different recollections of events. In fact, the director of the Anthology suggested that it was the perfect way to end the series: the three of us sitting there disagreeing on what had happened. "It was in June." "No it wasn't, it was in February." "No it wasn't, I remember it being quite hot so it must have been August." It was hilarious!

            Is it true that you and John Lennon recorded together in LA in 1974? John once mentioned something about you and he playing on 'Midnight Special'. How did this happen and do you have a tape?
            from Joe Albritton, Burke, VA, USA; Terry Freed, Camp Hill, PA, USA; Jordi Melgosa Olmedo, Barcelona, Spain; Nick Detaranto, PA, USA; Olivia M Jacson, San Diego, CA, USA

            It's very difficult to remember those days because it was all a bit crazy and everyone was getting "out of it", but, yes, John was doing some recordings in LA and I showed up. It was a strange session. The main thing that I recall, apart from the fact that Stevie Wonder was there, is that someone said "What song shall we do?" and John said "Anything before '63. I don't know anything after '63." Which I understood because it's the songs from your formative years that you tend to jam. I'm always doing old Bo Diddley tunes, or Elvis songs like 'That's All Right Mama'. Anyway, it wasn't a very good session, and I don't think we recorded much of interest, but I ended up on drums, for some reason. And no, I don't have a tape of it. Club Sandwich 72

            If you could go back to 1962, would you still choose to become famous or would you opt for an "ordinary" life?
            from Sian Lambert, England; Susan Marie Balding, Greer, SC, USA

            No thank you! I had "an ordinary life" for 20 years and this one's better.

            Is it true that you contributed to George Harrison's tribute song to John Lennon, 'All Those Years Ago'? There was a lot about this in the press at the time but I can't actually hear you on the recording.
            from Cecilia Franks, Lincoln, England

            Yes - me, Linda and Denny Laine are in the backing harmonies. We were making the album Tug Of War at the time and we wanted George Harrison to add a guitar overdub onto 'Wanderlust', so George Martin, me, Linda and Denny arranged to go up to George's house. When we got there, though, he said "First I've got this track that I'd like you to sing harmonies on" so we agreed to do that and then do the guitar overdub afterwards. We did our bit, but then, what with one thing and another, he never got around to doing the guitar overdub.

            Rumour has it that you contributed some of the lyrics to Scott HcKenzie's 'San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair)'. Is this true? Club Sandwich 72
            from Eileen Joyce, Okemos, MI, USA

            No, not that I recall. Although you can always contribute to lyrics unwittingly, by saying something in a conversation that someone else remembers and puts into a song. But I never sat down with anyone and consciously helped out, no.

            Is it true that you can be heard munching vegetables on the Beach Boys track 'Vegetables'? The CD liner notes say so.
            from Paul Douglas, Dudley, England

            Do they? Well, I was certainly at a few Beach Boys sessions, and if someone gave me, say, an apple, I would have munched it, and if there'd been a microphone nearby I suppose it might have gone down on tape. But I don't remember doing it knowingly.