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Re: Do You Remember? (52782)

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Posted by Wayne-MrSlantR40 on Mon Aug 30 19:22:42 1999, in response to Re: Do You Remember?,
posted by Bill Newkirk on Sun Aug 29 23:00:01 1999.

Actually, "A Taste Of Honey" was released in 1964 as part of The Beatles' "Souvenir of Their Visit To America", on V-J (Vernon-Jackson?) Records - VJEP-1-903 (Master 64-3915, V-J used the year as part of the master # prefix). There are four songs on this 45 - "Misery", "A Taste Of Honey", "Anna" and "Ask Me Why". Methinks they were all recorded sometime in 1963 - all of the Beatles' non-Capitol work dates from that year except "Twist And Shout"/"There's A Place" (Great B-side - only 1:49), which may have been from very early 1964. I just put the EP on to play and EEK! Hissing Noise! Sounds like air brakes. That earned it a trip to the Discwasher and the second go round, it's MUCH better.

I acquired "Abbey Road" the very same day I took my final trip on the Myrtle Avenue El - October 3, 1969. So, "Come Together", "Something", "Maxwell's Silver Hammer", "Here Comes The Sun", "Because" and "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" ALL remind me of either THAT trip or one of two trips that would follow shortly after - Oct. 18, 1969 and Nov. 8, 1969. The Nov. 4, 1969 trip has its own set of memory songs - i.e. "Take A Letter, Maria" (the "KK" train song), "Suspicious Minds" (Eastern Parkway), "You Can't Always Get What You Want" (the R40M "EE" with Brake Test numbers), Tony Joe White's "Roosevelt And Ira Lee" (a dim Slant R40 on the "F", #4249). I had a lot of fun in the subway in 1969. And lots of songs to associate with those trips.

Wayne


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