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Title: Penny Lane - Trumpet Ending First Heard in Britain
Post by: danielcelano on March 24, 2012, 03:04:06 AM

Which year was a version of the 7-note trumpet blast on Penny Lane first heard in the United Kingdom after it was recorded?

Title: Re: Penny Lane - Trumpet Ending First Heard in Britain
Post by: Hello Goodbye on March 25, 2012, 12:58:51 AM

Ah!  This time you added "after it was recorded."  ;)

I think it was first heard in the United Kingdom in 1980 when the UK album The Beatles Box was released.  It might have been heard earlier if someone played a 1967 promo 45 on the radio.

Title: Re: Penny Lane - Trumpet Ending First Heard in Britain
Post by: Hello Goodbye on March 25, 2012, 01:32:04 AM

The US promo 45 and the mix that appeared on The Beatles Box (and the US album Beatles Rarities) differed...


The Beatles - Penny Lane - 45 RPM - Promotional Copy WITH TRUMPET ENDING (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sH8f-HGsgJ4#ws)


Beatles - Penny Lane (Rare version with horns) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GsyA03QGGo#)


The description for Penny Lane on the Beatles Rarities album reads:  Stereo, new version compiled from the German true stereo version with the US promotional mono version's extra piccolo trumpet solo added onto the ending; not available on CD

Title: Re: Penny Lane - Trumpet Ending First Heard in Britain
Post by: TomMo on June 04, 2012, 06:40:00 PM

First time I heard it in the U.S. was on radio - the promo version with trumpet ending. Better question: Why was it edited out on the public release?