I have always thought that Ringo's triplets at the end of "Long Tall Sally" were just f*cking amazing. Hearing the rest of the tracks shows just how gifted Ringo truly was.
Totally agree. The ending of that song is very very hard to pull off perfectly on drums, he switches to the toms in between and at that speed, it requires a lot of endurance.
Lennon didn’t actually play the solo on the original record. It was George that played it. At the time of the recording, this solo was just out of Lennon’s ability
@@LazyLizzy706No Lennon played the first solo live before they even recorded it. You can also cleary hear Harrison's rhythm guitar part under the 1st solo and Lennons rhythm part during 2nd solo.
@@victorlinge92Hmm but when you listen to the stereo mix, the rickenbacker is panned to the right consistently throughout the whole song. The Gretsch is on the left during the solos. You can hear the Rick during the first solo and the Gretsch playing the solo. So either Lennon used George’s Gretsch during the first solo, or George actually played it. I’m gonna assume George played it. If you deconstruct the first solo on the original recording, I don’t think Lennon played it because he wasn’t that great on the guitar during that time. But it’s an opinion at the end of the day anyway 😊
Just in time! I'd just gotten to this one on my latest pass. The piano isolation is fantastic. It's so fascinating that Chuck played straight boogie while Johnny Johnson swung all the way to the triplet and while with Richard it's just the opposite - the band shuffles but the piano is driving straight rock long before the even beat came into vogue. I love these mixed time feel songs. Is that George Martin or Paul on piano? And those two Ringo fills at the beginning! Oh man! Can't wait for I Call Your Name. I think it's gonna be yet another variation on this idea, with Ringo playing the role of Chuck, Richard and the Beatles' pianist - the straight man against the shuffle creating the tension behind the rhythmic magic. On the ska-like solo, Ringo is playing surprisingly straight. I think it's about 54% swing percentage while the skanks and general feel are a full-on shuffle. Also the opening of Matchbox has this effect, with the rhythm guitar on the straighter side. All in all, the Long Tall Sally EP has got to be the most overlooked and under-rated Beatles masterpiece. The remaining track, Slow Down, doesn't have the mixed groove thing but it's single groove is just torrid!
Paul's ability to scream like a banshee *on pitch* right after singing a gorgeous falsetto is frickin' otherworldly. And Ringo, my lord, he was on fire. Hearing the instrumentals together after deconstructing the individuals is such a treat--thanks for including that!
Great upload as usual! Anyone else having trouble streaming this on VLC player?? I can't get it to stream there anymore. I like to have all these downloaded because you know someday it will be taken down. Also it makes life easier to play along and learn on something other than youtube. Any help would be awesome or suggestions of other methods to download youtube audio
Thanks. Don't know much about VLC downloading unfortunately. If this ever gets all taken down, I'll provide a link to the files over on my second channel @Vince19Drums .
