Ill Follow The Sun

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This would date the song as being written as far back as I seem to remember writing it just after I'd had the flu I remember standing in the parlour looking out through lace curtains of the window and writing that one. As to whether John had any part of its writing, available interviews show it was little if any at all. McCartney did state the following early on: Can't you tell, I mean ' Tomorrow may rain so I'll follow the sun.

He had a lot of stuff. There is a recording in existence available on bootlegs of the early Beatles, known then as The Quarrymen, performing the song. According to McCartney, who purchased the tape from Peter Hodgson in , the recording dates back to April of and was made in the bathroom of his home at 20 Forthlin Road during a school holiday. As to why they waited so long to bring it out, McCartney gives us a clue. The long nine-hour recording session held on October 18th, saw seven songs from beginning to completion, not to mention putting the finishing touches on a previously recorded track.

Among the songs completed on this day was "I'll Follow The Sun.

The session began at 2: Moonlight " and " I Feel Fine ," which would become their next single. While roadie Neil Aspinall was out getting some fish and chips for the group, they started working on "I'll Follow The Sun," which was at approximately 8: Eight takes of the full band arrangement many of them ending with eruptions of laughter were required before everyone was satisfied, but a couple adjustments needed to be made as the session progressed.

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Engineer Geoff Emerick explains: After a good deal of discussion, Paul came up with the idea of having Ringo just slap his legs in time, and that worked well. Enthralled, I watched engineer Norman Smith carefully position a mic between Ringo's knees; then, back in the control room, he cranked up the EQ to add some extra depth to the sound. Paul explains about this idea further. We were thinking in terms of singles and the next one had to always be different.

We didn't want to fall into The Supremes trap where they all sounded rather similar, so to the end, we were always keen on having varied instrumentation. Ringo couldn't keep changing his drum kit, but he could change his snare, tap a cardboard box or slap his knees. Another adjustment had to do with the simple guitar solo. He wasn't even supposed to play that solo: Despite the overall good vibe of the day, George Harrison seemed annoyed, perhaps because he hadn't been given much to do.

At one point he marched into the control room and complained loudly, 'You know, I'd like to do the solo on this one. I am supposed to be the lead guitarist in this band, after all. George Martin reluctantly interceded for Harrison who was finally allowed to play the solo as an overdub. An effective touch to the recording was John's descending harmony lines in the bridge, or "middle-eight" as The Beatles would call them.

According to Geoff Emerick's book "Here, There and Everywhere," George Martin took the time to write this counter-melody for John to sing and taught it to him that day. After Paul double-tracked his vocals during the first half of each verse, the song was complete. The vocals were left mostly dry, adding just a touch of reverb.

Dan L Friday 29 April David Lee Fairey Friday 26 October ForgetScowl Sunday 7 June It sounds like George on the verse. Donny Saturday 12 August David Reynolds Wednesday 18 June You can obviously hear the nasal Lennon resonance… Loading John McKee Friday 3 July I Will has been described as the follow up to this Loading Barett Sunday 13 September Javier Wednesday 28 October MikeP Saturday 29 April I CAN say I think not.

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