PAUL: It's finished.

RINGO: We finished it.


This could mean Paul was somehow involved with this song.

Quoted from Bobber

PAUL: It's finished.

RINGO: We finished it.


This could mean Paul was somehow involved with this song.

Yep, ... and Ringo insisted Paul to sing it: Paul (melody) and Ringo (lyrics)? My first source was this one (where it's said that Ringo "wrote" it mostly in 1963):

http://website.lineone.net/~johnpaulgeorgeringo/book3.htm

I'm still looking for this other interview where Paul sang it partially and then he claimed that he wrote the melody (July 14th, 1964).

I guess it's going to be very difficult to find clips of both, ... however, sure there are bootlegs.

I haven't got it here, but wasn't there something of New Zealand on the Uncut-cd of the Beatles Press Conferences?

I've not got that one, but it has to be, yep.
There's a serie of bootlegs  (about 6 or 8 discs, I think) including almost everything they said in interviews and press conferences.

Quoted from raxo

Even a better album:

You Know What To Do (Harrison) instead of Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby
Don't Pass Me By (Starkey) instead of Honey don't

I quoted myself wrongly above! Here it is again, with the quote from Raxo!

Agreed. And even still better, they never should have done any cover versions, but recorded now 'lost' songs instead!  

HOW BORING OF ME!

Anyway, Ringo was pushed aside with his appreciable song. That's bad enough. But, keeping him waiting around five years to get it recorded..!  

I remembered later that What Goes On was tried to be recorded on March 5th, 1963 with Ringo on vocals, ... they tried it out at evening but they gave up on it for the time.

Another one that could have been on Guys For Sale ... it'd fit quite well too, acording to the arrangement and George guitar work-very similar to some tracks of the album. If you listen to it without thinking it's on Rubber Soul it seems that belongs to Guys For Sale era.

Quoted from raxo

I remembered later that What Goes On was tried to be recorded on May 3rd, 1963 with Ringo on vocals, ... they tried it out at evening but they gave up on it for the time.

Another one that could have been on Guys For Sale ... it'd fit quite well too, acording to the arrangement and George guitar work-very similar to some tracks of the album. If you listen to it without thinking it's on Rubber Soul it seems that belongs to Guys For Sale era.

So, there's a demo of it? Which didn't make Anthology in that case.

Quoted from GreenApple

So, there's a demo of it? Which didn't make Anthology in that case.

"Tues. 3/5/63  RECORDING SESSION: EMI Studio #2  The engineer is Norman Smith.  
...
WHAT GOES ON  (Takes UNK)  S:  Ringo  W:  Lennon .6/McCartney .2/Starkey .2  One source claims Beatles tried this song out this evening, but gave up on it for the time.  It's not in studio logs.  Unreleased if recorded"

Acording to this site:
http://website.lineone.net/~johnpaulgeorgeringo/book1.htm

Tho it's not the first time I read something like that about this song ... it seems that it was composed by John and Ringo and Paul helped at the end with the lyrics. Maybe the lyrics were not finished by 1963 and they finished by 1965 for Rubber Soul.

One thing, too usual, about their first years of recording career it's that some takes of sessions (reels or anything) didn't survive ...  

Quoted from raxo

One thing, too usual, about their first years of recording career it's that some takes of sessions (reels or anything) didn't survive ...  

Pity!


Anyway then, just on a small note about other vaguely related things; Wasn't Norman Smith the sound engineer for early Pink Floyd?

Here's an excerpt from Top Gear in early 1964, where the Beatles are talking about Don't Pass Me By. Paul is singing a line from the song. I found it in BBC Upgraded, that The End uploaded in our very own bootlegforums!

http://s55.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0RVLIGNZH7WT52V6PAK60K8CMT

Awesome ... Opnieuw bedankt, Bobber!

I get the impression that Ringo's voice is more suited to the earlier rock and roll numbers like Honey Don't, Matchbox and I Wanna Be Your Man. Does anyone else get that impression?

Was Taking A Trip To Carolina ever finished? I really like that one.