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7.17am
25 August 2012
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OK, so here in the George forum there was a discussion about Beatles songs in which another group member besides Paul played bass. I figured I’d start a similar thread here in which another group member besides George played lead guitar on a song. Here goes:
John:
“You Can’t Do That “
“Nowhere Man ” [with George]
“Revolution “
“Revolution 1 ” [?]
“Get Back”
“For You Blue “
“The Ballad of John and Yoko”
“The End ” [with Paul and George]
Paul:
“Ticket To Ride “
“The Night Before “
“Another Girl “
“Taxman “
“And Your Bird Can Sing ” [with George]
“Strawberry Fields Forever ” [? — the part right after the last chorus]
“Sgt. Pepper ‘s Lonely Hearts Club Band”
“Sgt. Pepper ‘s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)”
“Good Morning, Good Morning”
“Back in the U.S.S.R.”
“Birthday ” [?]
“Helter Skelter “
“The End ” [with John and George]
I’m sure there are more, so feel free to add/comment.
5.27pm
11 June 2011
Offline Minus She’s A Woman (he can play a lot of kick-ass stuff BUT not simultaneously with the bass 
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10.18pm
3 October 2012
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Very good, Beatle fans, the only song missing is ‘All Too Much’.
1.14am
18 November 2011
Offline Legend has it that Paul sneaked back into the studio to re-record I’m Looking Through You by himself after the band had gone home for the night. It’s a good song, but it does sound a little “rushed”, and it wouldn’t be unlike Macca to do such a thing 
If you listen to the electric guitar on that track, it does sound a lot more like Paul’s “flashy” style than George’s more “subdued” playing (Not to suggest George was an inferior player, he just had a different style). If one listens to the Anthology II version, the electric guitar sounds much more George-ish.
The acoustic guitar also sounds a lot more like the Epiphone Texan than the “chingy” J-160E.
P.S. That is most assuredly George on She’s A Woman . The band has gone on the record stating that Paul’s first guitar bits were on Help ! (the album) and George can clearly be heard playing the solo in between takes of I Feel Fine (I believe it’s before Take Six begins).
1.28pm
1 December 2009
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I read that somewhere too (Paul playing all the instruments himself) and don’t think it’s “legend” as much as one person’s speculation. I don’t know that Paul was confident enough to try a complete track himself as early as 1965. They were incredibly rushed to complete that album and had already discarded one totally usable version. Besides, the credits clearly credit Ringo with organ, which suggests that they had it all worked out.
GEORGE: In fact, The Detroit Sound. JOHN: In fact, yes. GEORGE: In fact, yeah. Tamla-Motown artists are our favorites. The Miracles. JOHN: We like Marvin Gaye. GEORGE: The Impressions PAUL & GEORGE: Mary Wells. GEORGE: The Exciters. RINGO: Chuck Jackson. JOHN: To name but eighty.
1.22pm
26 March 2012
Offline Paul certainly has a very unique lead guitar style and a rather unusual technique (probably borne from the days of learning upside-down). Lots of bends and trills and strange figuring, with a far more fierce and improvisatory sound than one would expect from such a meticulous and melody-oriented musician.
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1 May 2011
Offline EMI were meticulous in ensuring all sessions were documented during the beatles recording sessions as they were with every artist who used the studios, it was the least expected of their staff. If Paul had sneaked back in it would have been noted somewhere. Wouldnt surprise me if it was one of those “Paul was the beatles” people who started the story.
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2.42pm
26 March 2012
Offline meanmistermustard said
EMI were meticulous in ensuring all sessions were documented during the beatles recording sessions as they were with every artist who used the studios, it was the least expected of their staff. If Paul had sneaked back in it would have been noted somewhere. Wouldnt surprise me if it was one of those “Paul was the beatles” people who started the story.
http://wgo.signal11.org.uk/htm…..i.htm#ilty
This is the only place I’ve seen the theory that Paul recorded I’m Looking Through You largely, or entirely, by himself. I’ve never really bought into it: I doubt even Paul McCartney would have the steel to put together a track without the help of his fellow Beatles circa 1965, and there’s no credible source suggesting he might have done so. The only evidence is that the track is recorded sloppily, but I’d probably put that down to the deadline hanging over the Rubber Soul sessions, and I’ve never considered it to sound particularly slapdash anyway.
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5.50pm
14 December 2009
Online Thanks for that link; that’s exactly where I read that before! I don’t believe there’s any basis for such a supposition at all either; I have no idea what the guy’s basing that on.
Paul: Yeah well… first of all, we’re bringing out a ‘Stamp Out Detroit’ campaign.
6.59am
25 August 2012
Offline Ben Ramon said
Paul certainly has a very unique lead guitar style and a rather unusual technique (probably borne from the days of learning upside-down). Lots of bends and trills and strange figuring, with a far more fierce and improvisatory sound than one would expect from such a meticulous and melody-oriented musician.
It’s a very ‘stinging’ sound, if you ask me. But it made for a nice complement to George’s more fluid style and John’s more jagged style.
2.11am
5 March 2015
Offline According to Peter Frampton, George told him that Paul played the famous lick on Paperback Writer .
Frampton got the impression that George seemed a bit hurt that Paul did things like that. But you can see Paul’s side of the story, too.
3.35pm
18 May 2016
Offline My opinion:
Beatles 65′: (1)
She’s A Woman (unison with George (which would explain the double tracking))
Help !: (3)
Ticket To Ride (solos, George does the main riff)
Rubber Soul : (3)
Michelle (rhythm, George does lead)
Yesterday And Today: (3)
And Your Bird Can Sing (high harmony, George does low harmony)
Revolver : (5)
I’m Only Sleeping (outro with George)
Here, There, And Everywhere (rhythm, George does lead)
Tomorrow Never Knows (Taxman scrambled, slowed down from D to C, and reversed)
Sgt. Pepper ‘s Lonely Hearts Club Band: (4)
Sgt. Pepper ‘s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Rhythm and Lead, Lead with George)
Getting Better (possibly, with George)
Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite (second half of organ solo)
Good Morning, Good Morning
Magical Mystery Tour : (2)
The Fool On The Hill (possibly)
Strawberry Fields Forever (Take 25 section, Take 7 section has George on lead)
The Beatles: (13)
Back In The U.S.S.R.
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (possibly, slowed down an octave to give it a bassy sound)
While My Guitar Gently Weeps (bass doubling in choruses)
Why Don’t We Do It In The Road (rhythm and lead)
Mother ‘s Nature Son
Cry Baby Cry (Can You Take Me Back section only)
Yellow Submarine : (1)
Abbey Road : (4)
Maxwell’s Silver Hammer (possibly)
The End (with John and George)
Hey Jude : (1)
Let It Be : (2)
Two Of Us (rhythm, George does lead)
Maggie Mae (rhythm, George does lead)
4.01pm
9 March 2017
Offline In honor of Paul’s 75th birthday, I am going to list out every Beatles song where he plays guitar and what part he plays.
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Help ! (1965) 5
The Night Before (high octave during guitar solo, Epiphone Casino)
Another Girl (lead guitar, Epiphone Casino)
Ticket To Ride (licks at the end of bridge and guitar solo, Epiphone Casino)
I’ve Just Seen A Face (lead acoustic guitar)
Yesterday (acoustic guitar)
Non-album track (1965, unreleased until 1996) 1
If You’ve Got Trouble (haven’t listened to the song in it’s entirety, but he plays a guitar part using his Epiphone Casino not the solo though, that’s George on his Fender Stratocaster)
Rubber Soul (1965) 3
Drive My Car (intro, solo, and two note slide outro, Epiphone Casino)
Michelle (acoustic guitar)
I’m Looking Through You (acoustic guitar)
Non-album single (1966) 1
Paperback Writer (lead guitar, Epiphone Casino)
Revolver (1966) 5-6
Taxman (lead guitar, Epiphone Casino)
I’m Only Sleeping (outro, Epiphone Casino, played with George on his Fender Stratocaster)
Here, There, And Everywhere (rhythm guitar and possibly lead guitar, Epiphone Casino)
And Your Bird Can Sing (high harmony lead guitar, Epiphone Casino)
Got To Get You Into My Life (most likely guitar solo, Epiphone Casino)
Tomorrow Never Knows (guitar solo recycled from Taxman , Epiphone Casino)
Non-album single (1967) 1
Strawberry Fields Forever (1st part of guitar solo, 2nd part done by John on his Gibson acoustic)
Sgt. Pepper ‘s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) 3
Sgt. Pepper ‘s Lonely Hearts Club Band (lead guitar from March 3rd, Fender Esquire)
Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite (guitar solo AKA 2nd half of 1st instrumental break)
Good Morning Good Morning (guitar solo, Fender Esquire)
Magical Mystery Tour (1967) 1/2
Flying (possibly lead guitar, Epiphone Casino)
The Beatles (1968) 10-13
Back In The USSR (lead guitar)
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (acoustic guitar doubling bass part)
Wild Honey Pie (all guitars)
While My Guitar Gently Weeps (electric guitar doubling bass during the choruses, possibly Paul possibly George)
Martha My Dear (rhythm guitar, not sure whether George, Paul, or both)
Blackbird (acoustic guitar)
Rocky Raccoon (acoustic guitar)
Why Don’t We Do It In The Road (acoustic guitar slaps and most likely electric guitar as well)
I Will (acoustic guitar)
Birthday (possibly lead guitar with John)
Mother Nature’s Son (acoustic guitar)
Helter Skelter (lead guitar, Fender Esquire)
Cry Baby Cry (acoustic guitar during Can You Take Me Back)
Non-album single (1969) 1
The Ballad Of John And Yoko (possibly lead guitar with John, Epiphone Casino)
Abbey Road (1969) 3-5
Maxwell’s Silver Hammer (lead guitar with George on his Les Paul, Epiphone Casino)
Polythene Pam (possibly lead guitar)
She Came In Through The Bathroom Window (possibly lead guitar)
The End (guitar solo, positions 1, 4, and 7)
Her Majesty (acoustic guitar)
Let It Be (1970) 2-3
Two Of Us (acoustic lead guitar)
Across The Universe (possibly acoustic guitar)
Maggie Mae (acoustic lead guitar)
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