Happy Birthday Paul, part 2

So today's the big day - when he's 64. I guess there's not much to say about Beatle Paul that hasn't already been said, so I'll just present a few of my personal favorite tracks and get out of the way.




First up, from 1967, there's the first (instrumental) take of "Hello Goodbye", or "Hello Hello" as it was still called at the time. Check out RINGO's drumming on this one - he's amazing!

HELLO GOODBYE TAKE 1

Then there's Paul's 1969 acoustic demo for MARY HOPKIN of his song "Goodbye" (Mary's version is available in yesterday's post):

GOODBYE (DEMO)

Here's a mighty silly version of "Two Of Us" from the 1969 "Get Back/Let It Be" sessions. It starts out normal enough, but then John and Paul start singing with funny voices:

TWO OF US

I can never remember exactly what "PS Love Me Do" was from, but its a lot of fun:

PS LOVE ME DO

And what McCartney tribute would be complete without McCartney's JOHN LENNON tribute? Here's Paul's live-in-Liverpool medley of Lennon/McCartney songs:

STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER / HELP / GIVE PEACE A CHANCE

And here are a couple of interesting links to wrap things up.

I don't know how they found it all, but DOWN IN THE GROOVE has posted sixty-four different versions of "When I'm 64":

DOWN IN THE GROOVE - WHEN I'M SIXTY-FOUR

And here's a link to Beatlegs Podcast #19, "Wings Year One", 20-some minutes of very cool early Wings audio:

BEATLEGS PODCAST #19: WINGS YEAR ONE

Happy Birthday Macca!