#apple-records — Public Fediverse posts
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"Junior's Farm" is a song written by Paul McCartney (though credited to Paul and #LindaMcCartney) and performed by #PaulMcCartneyAndWings. It was issued as a non-album single by #AppleRecords in November 1974; it peaked at No. 3 in the United States and No. 16 in the United Kingdom.
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The Beatles - I Am The Walrus
"I Am the Walrus" is a 1967 song featured in the Beatles' 1967 television film, as a track on the associated double EP Magical Mystery Tour and its American counterpart LP, and was the b-side to the number 1 hit single "Hello, Goodbye."https://youtu.be/HdoYM8MaD78?si=NlS8Jtft0TKqwNIF
#thebeatles #beatles #pop #iamthewalrus #psychedelic #sixies
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"Junior's Farm" is a song written by Paul McCartney (though credited to Paul and #LindaMcCartney) and performed by #PaulMcCartneyAndWings. It was issued as a non-album single by #AppleRecords in November 1974; it peaked at No. 3 in the United States and No. 16 in the United Kingdom.
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"Give Peace a Chance" is an #antiwarSong written by #JohnLennon (originally credited to #LennonMcCartney), and recorded with the participation of a small group of friends in a performance with #YokoOno in a hotel room in #MontrealQuebec, Canada. Released as a single in July 1969 by the #PlasticOnoBand on #AppleRecords, it is the first solo single issued by Lennon, released while he was still a member of #theBeatles.
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"Give Peace a Chance" is an #antiwarSong written by #JohnLennon (originally credited to #LennonMcCartney), and recorded with the participation of a small group of friends in a performance with #YokoOno in a hotel room in #MontrealQuebec, Canada. Released as a single in July 1969 by the #PlasticOnoBand on #AppleRecords, it is the first solo single issued by Lennon, released while he was still a member of #theBeatles.
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"#9 Dream" is a song written by #JohnLennon and first issued on his 1974 album #WallsAndBridges. It was released as the second single from that album months later, on #AppleRecords catalogue Apple 1878 in the United States and Apple R6003 in the United Kingdom. It peaked at number 9 on the #Billboard Hot 100, and it hit number 23 on the #BritishSinglesChart. A video for the song was made in 2003.
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"Baby Blue" is a song by Welsh #rock band #Badfinger from their fourth studio album, #StraightUp (1971). The song was written by #PeteHam, produced by #ToddRundgren, and released on #AppleRecords. As a single in the US in 1972, it went to No. 14. In 2013, the song was prominently featured in the closing moments of #theFinalEpisode of the American crime drama series #BreakingBad, and subsequently charted in the UK for the first time at No. 73.
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"Carolina in My Mind" is a song originally written and performed by the American singer-songwriter #JamesTaylor. It was Taylor's second single from his 1968 self-titled debut album. Taylor wrote Carolina in My Mind while in England recording for #theBeatles' label #AppleRecords, and the song's themes reflect his #homesickness at the time. Released as a single in 1969, the song earned critical praise but not commercial success.
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"Instant Karma!" (also titled "Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)") is a song by English musician #JohnLennon, released as a single on #AppleRecords in February 1970. The lyrics focus on a concept in which the consequences of one's actions are immediate rather than borne out over a lifetime. The single was credited to "Lennon/Ono with the #PlasticOnoBand", apart from in the US, where the credit was "John Ono Lennon". The song reached the top five in the British.
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"Whatever Gets You thru the Night" is a song written by #JohnLennon, released as a single in 1974 on #AppleRecords, catalogue number Apple 1874 in the United States and Apple R5998 in the United Kingdom. In the U.S. it peaked at No. 1 on all three record charts: #Billboard #Hot100, #Cashbox, and #RecordWorld, and at No. 36 in the UK. It was the #leadSingle for Lennon's album #WallsAndBridges; in the UK the single was released on the same day as the album.
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"Whatever Gets You thru the Night" is a song written by #JohnLennon, released as a single in 1974 on #AppleRecords, catalogue number Apple 1874 in the United States and Apple R5998 in the United Kingdom. In the U.S. it peaked at No. 1 on all three record charts: #Billboard #Hot100, #Cashbox, and #RecordWorld, and at No. 36 in the UK. It was the #leadSingle for Lennon's album #WallsAndBridges; in the UK the single was released on the same day as the album.
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"Instant Karma!" (also titled "Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)") is a song by English musician #JohnLennon, released as a single on #AppleRecords in February 1970. The lyrics focus on a concept in which the consequences of one's actions are immediate rather than borne out over a lifetime. The single was credited to "Lennon/Ono with the #PlasticOnoBand", apart from in the US, where the credit was "John Ono Lennon". The song reached the top five in the British.
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"My Sweet Lord" is a song by the English musician #GeorgeHarrison, released in November 1970 on his triple album #AllThingsMustPass. It was also released as a single, Harrison's first as a solo artist, and topped charts worldwide; it was the biggest-selling single of 1971 in the UK. In America and Britain, the song was the first number-one single by an ex-#Beatle. Harrison originally gave the song to his fellow #AppleRecords artist #BillyPreston to record.
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"Power to the People" is a song written by #JohnLennon, released as a single in 1971, credited to John Lennon/#PlasticOnoBand. It was issued on #AppleRecords (catalogue number R5892 in the United Kingdom, 1830 in the United States) and charted at number 6 on the #BritishSinglesChart, at number 10 on the #Cashbox Top 100, and at number 11 on the #Billboard #Hot100 The song's first appearance on album was the 1975 compilation #ShavedFish.
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#FortnightFridayMusic
Jan 10 2025
The prompt is ZooJames Taylor,“Knocking 'Round The Zoo”
Before #JamesTaylor became THAT guy we all know, he formed a band with now well known studio musician #DannyKortchmar and two other fellas. In 1966 the band recorded some demo tracks.
Knocking 'Round The Zoo paints a sardonic picture of his stay as a psychiatric patient at McLean Hospital, complete with a Nurse Ratched-like figure.
After The Flying Machine fell apart,
Taylor went off to England and got signed to #TheBeatles’ new #AppleRecords label, issuing his debut eponymous LP featuring re-recorded versions of Knocking ‘Round the Zoo and several other tracks from those early demos.After subsequent hit LPs Sweet Baby James (Fire and Rain) and Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon (You've Got a Friend) the Flying Machine’s recordings were issued as an album credited to James Taylor & The Original Flying Machine.
I give you both Zoo versions.
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Paul McCartney and Wings, Band on the Run, 1973 on Apple Records
The third Wings album, this time credited to Paul McCartney & Wings. Includes the title track, plus “Jet” and “Let Me Roll It.” This lineup includes Denny Laine, and Linda McCartney (as you see on the labels) but also Ginger Baker and Remi Kabaka on percussion, and Howie Casey on Saxophone.
My copy is a 1973 pressing (the US version, with “Helen Wheels” which was not on the UK pressings), via Vinyl Destination in Lowell MA.
#1970s #1973 #AppleRecords #LindaMcCartney #LowellMA #PaulMcCartney #PaulMcCartneyWings #vinyl #VinylDestination #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #Wings
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"Carolina in My Mind" is a song originally written and performed by American singer-songwriter #JamesTaylor. It was Taylor's second single from his 1968 self-titled debut album. Taylor wrote Carolina in My Mind while in England recording for #theBeatles' label #AppleRecords, and the song's themes reflect his #homesickness at the time. Released as a single in 1969, the song earned critical praise but not commercial success.
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"Give Peace a Chance" is an #antiwarSong written by #JohnLennon (originally credited to #LennonMcCartney), and recorded with the participation of a small group of friends in a performance with #YokoOno in a hotel room in #MontrealQuebec, Canada. Released as a single in July 1969 by the #PlasticOnoBand on #AppleRecords, it is the first solo single issued by Lennon, released while he was still a member of #theBeatles.
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Now spinning at my house, a cool oddity:
Space, by #TheModernJazzQuartet...wherein these jazz legends on piano, vibes, bass & drums released a 1969 album on #AppleRecords, courtesy of #TheBeatles! Perhaps more cosmic in places than usual, it still swings & enchants with elegance
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Any #Beatles fans? From my father-in-law's collection, just listed a very rare reel-to-reel album of "Yellow Submarine" on #ebay. Take a look & place a bid!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/325774744544?hash=item4bd9b01be0:g:je8AAOSw-MFk2l1C
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#NowPlaying Yoko Ono / Plastic Ono Band (Apple Records, US 1970).
It might be an unpopular opinion, but this record is my favorite album John Lennon and Ringo Starr played on.
Recorded concurrently with John Lennon's Plastic Ono Band album, Yoko Ono's record of the same name features the same musicians, namely John Lennon (guitar), Ringo Starr (drums) and Klaus Voormann (bass), along with the Ornette Coleman Quartet on one cut.