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13 non-standard instruments employed on Beatles records
1. Harp (She’s Leaving Home )
2. Flugelhorn (Dear Prudence )
3. Piccolo trumpet (Penny Lane )
4. Timpani (Every Little Thing )
5. Sitar (various, most notably Norwegian Wood(This Bird Has Flown))
6. French Horn (For No One , Sgt. Pepper ‘s Lonely Hearts Club Band)
7. Matchbox (I’m Looking Through You )
8. Anvil (Maxwell’s Silver Hammer )
9. Chicken (Good Morning)
10. Flute (You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away )
11. Comb and paper (Lovely Rita )
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Offline 1. Harp (She’s Leaving Home )
2. Flugelhorn (Dear Prudence )
3. Piccolo trumpet (Penny Lane )
4. Timpani (Every Little Thing )
5. Sitar (various, most notably Norwegian Wood(This Bird Has Flown))
6. French Horn (For No One , Sgt. Pepper ‘s Lonely Hearts Club Band)
7. Matchbox (I’m Looking Through You )
8. Anvil (Maxwell’s Silver Hammer )
9. Chicken (Good Morning)
10. Flute (You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away )
11. Comb and paper (Lovely Rita )
12. Brass Instrumentation (Got To Get You Into My Life )
Side note: As a joke, I was debating whether to put umbrella played by Ringo, but I decided against it since it is only featured on the official music video on “Help “.
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13 non-standard instruments employed on Beatles records
1. Harp (She’s Leaving Home )
2. Flugelhorn (Dear Prudence )
3. Piccolo trumpet (Penny Lane )
4. Timpani (Every Little Thing )
5. Sitar (various, most notably Norwegian Wood(This Bird Has Flown))
6. French Horn (For No One , Sgt. Pepper ‘s Lonely Hearts Club Band)
7. Matchbox (I’m Looking Through You )
8. Anvil (Maxwell’s Silver Hammer )
9. Chicken (Good Morning)
10. Flute (You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away )
11. Comb and paper (Lovely Rita )
12. Brass Instrumentation (Got To Get You Into My Life )
13. Svarmandal (Within You, Without You)
Quite disappointed in that list myself. “Chicken” was not an instrument but a sound effect, and too many brass instruments which were quite common on pop/rock records from the ’50s onwards.
A lack of imagination, folks, in my opinion. No dilruba, tamboura or tabla.
13 Paul bass parts that make the song
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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.
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3. Taxman
4. The Word
5. Baby You’re A Rich Man
7. Nowhere Man
9. Something
Love one another.
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And in the end
The love you take is equal to the love you make
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3. Taxman
4. The Word
7. Nowhere Man
9. Something
10. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
11. Hey Bulldog
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Offline 13 Paul bass parts that make the song
3. Taxman
4. The Word
7. Nowhere Man
9. Something
10. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
11. Hey Bulldog
12. Hello, Goodbye
And in the end
The love you take is equal to the love you make
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3. Taxman
4. The Word
7. Nowhere Man
9. Something
10. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
11. Hey Bulldog
12. Hello, Goodbye
13. Rain
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13 songs on which Paul does not play bass
1. Eleanor Rigby (no bass)
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Offline 13 songs on which Paul does not play bass
1. Eleanor Rigby (no bass)
2. Revolution 9 (no bass)
3. Golden Slumbers (bass played by George)
And in the end
The love you take is equal to the love you make
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1. Eleanor Rigby (no bass)
2. Revolution 9 (no bass)
3. Golden Slumbers (bass played by George)
4. Two Of Us (bass played by George)
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Offline 13 songs on which Paul does not play bass
1. Eleanor Rigby (no bass)
2. Revolution 9 (no bass)
3. Golden Slumbers (bass played by George)
4. Two Of Us (bass played by George)
5. Helter Skelter (bass played by John)
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Offline 1. Eleanor Rigby (no bass)
2. Revolution 9 (no bass)
3. Golden Slumbers (bass played by George)
4. Two Of Us (bass played by George)
5. Helter Skelter (bass played by John)
6. She’s Leaving Home (double bass played by Gordon Pearce)
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