I saw this in the anomalies:
3:02-3:12
Paul can be heard doing a faint falsetto "ooo" harmony above John’s more prominent "aah’s".

(Yeah, I could hear the 'ooo' but was it from John or Paul?)

As others hear it they will know, but of course thanks to you they will be afraid to admit to what they hear. I don't follow that one ...

As a lifelong Beatle fan I live for finding this stuff. Charlie, I think you have lost perspective. You LIVE for finding this stuff? No wonder you get upset when it unravels! Wow!

I just turned a bunch of people on to a new phenomenon and I take great pleasure in bringing something new and exciting to the group. You might very well think that. Others might think that "new and exciting" are hardly the words for this!

Do you actually wank while you post?  Sure seems like it. Such a schoolkid thing to say.  

Quoted from Soft_Guitar60

I saw this in the anomalies:
3:02-3:12
Paul can be heard doing a faint falsetto "ooo" harmony above John’s more prominent "aah’s".

(Yeah, I could hear the 'ooo' but was it from John or Paul?)

The faint falsetto "ooo" is hard to identify with a particular person. But the main "aah's" - sounds like Johnny to me too, as I've said.

Quoted from Soft_Guitar60

I saw this in the anomalies:
3:02-3:12
Paul can be heard doing a faint falsetto "ooo" harmony above John’s more prominent "aah’s".

(Yeah, I could hear the 'ooo' but was it from John or Paul?)

I'm glad you listened to it.  Yeah there is a falsetto voice in the b/g, sounded kind of Paulish as well.

As to the anomolies. there's no way of knowing when that was written but if all they had to go on was the normal CD then they're just assuming, like we all did.

And of course the anomoly page, while interesting and good for tracking little blurbs in their records, is no final authority on anything.

I had always assumed it was John. I thought it sounded like John. I never even thought about Paul until someone started the thread questioning it. Now, after listening to the clip I think it sounds like Paul.

Did you know you can actually play both clips together if you're quick with your mouse button!!

This is all so funny...It still sounds like John to me. It's the nasalness in the arhhhh!!!

For what it's worth, I used to teach singing. Those clips seem to re-affirm my own inclinations that it is John. Check out the coarseness. It just don't sound like Paul. Paul would have not allowed any croak in his voice I'm sure. lol.

Still...I'm not confirming nothing....That would be tooo risky on this thread! lol

Having listened to the two pieces, referencing Mark Lewisohn's book about the quadruple tracking of echo used for John's voice, and that John is hitting notes a little high for his particular register, Its John. I'm pretty certain that if 'Lucy' had been done with as much echo, as high as John's voice is, it would probably be reminiscent of Paul's as well. If you want to believe its Paul, so be it, no harm done. Easy mistake, but its clearly John's voice. Amen.

Second listen and clip 2 is more difficult to distinguish. Clip 1 does it for me though....Right near the end...That's the nasal bit for me.

This is so weird - I absolutely hear Paul 100% without a question of doubt. Obviously, that is what I hear though!

I thought these clips would dispel any doubts... wrong! LOL

Perhaps this wiill help convince you...

1. On an earlier take Paul runs through his "woke up..." sequence (the take which ends with Paul flubbing his line and laughing before he says "mess") his vocal is drenched in tape delay (echo) ala Lennon. So it wasn't just a John thing to record in this style.  

2. Paul could mimic John's vocal style - he admitted that in many interviews around the time that Free As A Bird was released.

3. Listen to the first bit of the "aaahs" (the descending scale) - it is so distinctly Paul. Admittedly, the 2nd bit (the ascending scale) is more nasaly and Lennon-esque but if you listen closely you can hear it's Paul. I swear!

Take another listen - I hope the debate continues.

LOL.....Will do Al....This is a goody...What came first? The chicken or the egg? lol

I bet Macca started and John finished just to really wind us all up!  hehehehe!

Quoted from An_Apple_Beatle

I bet Macca started and John finished just to really wind us all up!  hehehehe!

Well... funnily enough, up until recently I'd always thought there was an edit there between the first "aah", which I thought was Paul, and the 2nd "aah" which I thought was John!

It will take a lot to persuade me it's not all Paul now though... however, a cash bribe would change my opinion in a heartbeat!!

Quoted from Ydoll_Gwyn

My daughter's ears are very relevant, because she has talent in that area. I notice your daughter (at 22) is still talking about people being dream boats: that seemed to be her qualification. Nuff said on that one.

The thing that interests me is that you can't bear to be disagreed with. You SAY you like discussion: but as soon as someone challenges, you go off half-cocked. It's an interesting phenomenon to watch. After I posted my opinion on whose voice it was, I went and did some work, and then returned to find you spraying your venom everywhere. Mate, you have a social dysfunction, that's for sure.

you obviosuly cant tell the difference of their voices in the first place...but Im not trying to argue, your a Ringo fan

I think it's Paul, regardless of Mr. Charlie's evidence.  When the "ahh"s first start it's a stronger, more in the throat kind of voice, like Paul's.  But when the horns start to drown it out it sounds more nasaly like John's.  Besides, why does this matter at all and why is it making people act like such jerks?  All Ydoll Gwyn did was state his opinion and then Mr. Charlie immediately takes offense and starts calling him an a** and disregarding Ydoll's statements as invalid while upholding his own, equally or more unsupportable statements as if it's common sense and everyone should agree with them.

I swear to my life its Paul!! i wish they talked about it in the anthology!! that would be proof, I cant belive people still think its John, The second"aahh" sounds exactly like Paul