Автографы песен Битлз

Fab forms
Northwestern to display images of rare Beatles lyrics
By Louis R. Carlozo | Tribune Reporter


Growing up in Liverpool, the Beatles took pieces of all the pop music they could find — country, Motown, rhythm and blues, rockabilly — and turned it into rock immortal. But as for their lyric manuscripts, the scraps proved the stuff of everyday ephemera: used envelopes, torn note pads, folded sheets splattered with blue-ink doodles and pink psychedelic swirls.

No one knows how many Beatles drafts went the way of the wastebasket. But seven handwritten specimens from the group's creative peak survive, thanks to John Lennon's second wife, Yoko Ono (who gathered them in the late 1960s), and composer/musician John Cage (who donated Yoko's gift to Northwestern University, along with his collection of 400 music manuscripts).

Today they're part of the Northwestern University's music library collection in Evanston, where images of the Beatle documents go on display March 23. The collection includes one specimen any fab fan would consider a prize: Paul McCartney's draft of "For No One" scrawled on a manila envelope, containing two missing choruses known to but a few folks in academia.

One of them is head music librarian D.J. Hoek. Ask him how much any of the drafts might fetch on eBay, and he says, "I won't speculate. They're exceptional."

"For No One's" manuscript especially shines: It gives an intimate glimpse into McCartney's chamber-pop jewel on 1966's "Revolver." The draft reveals he first called the song "Why Did It Die?" He also finished a pair of choruses that went unused. The first reads:



Why did it die?

You'd like to know.

Cry — and blame her

And the second:

Why let it die

I'd like to know

Try — to save it.

The document suggests McCartney spent some time tinkering with these choruses before abandoning them. He wrote the middle lines to both in black ink that appear nowhere else on the paper. (He scribbled the verses, most of which made the final cut, in pencil.)

So why, indeed, did this idea die?

"I would assume it just didn't fit the music," says Stuart Shea, author of "Fab Four FAQ" (Hal Leonard). "The meter of the lyrics doesn't seem to fit the drawing-room tempo he'd set with the verses."

The Northwestern collection also contains a curiosity unlike any other Lennon-McCartney collaboration: a finished lyric sheet for "The Word" (from 1965's "Rubber Soul") in Lennon's handwriting. For reasons unknown, McCartney took the draft and gave it a backwash of pink ink. He then made it a work of mini pop art by adding a tree, abstract shapes and highlighting, all done with colored markers.

All the lyric sheets remain in mint condition after 40-plus years. They reside in special folders, surrounded by protective plastic sheets. Each has also undergone a preservation process to remove all acid traces from the paper, which will add years to their lifespan (though the songs themselves remain timeless).

Viewers making the trek to Northwestern will see high-resolution scans that capture every detail down to the smallest tea stain — but alas, not the originals. Hoek keeps those under lock and key. "Only in extraordinary cases do we bring them out," he says, "and it's because of their value."

Facsimiles of the Beatles manuscripts go on display Sunday through April 18 at the Northwestern University Music Library, 1970 Campus Drive, Evanston. The library is open 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8:30 a.m. to noon Saturday.

'THE WORD,' 1965
The manuscript reveals: This was likely a lead sheet for John Lennon's vocal at EMI's Abbey Road studio. Lennon's drafts tend to have many revisions; this copy has none. The color of your dreams: It makes more sense that Lennon would've left this page full of colorful markings, because he attended art school. But Paul McCartney (a copious doodler going back to his Liverpool school days) did these drawings. "Word" trivia: As he did on another "Rubber Soul" track ("In My Life"), producer George Martin played harmonium, on "The Word."

'AND YOUR BIRD CAN SING,' 1966
The manuscript reveals: Lennon first called the song "You Don't Get Me." A crossed-out line in the first verse shows he briefly toyed with the phrase "you can't get me." When your pen is broken: On the line "when your bird is broken," Lennon's handwriting begins to sag with mistakes. Maybe he's bored, his pen is on the fritz, or he's just flitting back and forth between writerly and daydreaming modes. Space outs?: The doodle here could be a bird cage, but if you look closely enough, it also appears to have a face like some space creature. Meanwhile, Yoko Ono wrote "Paul McCartney" on the bottom of the sheet -- odd because Lennon penned the rough draft.

'WHY DID IT DIE?' 1966
The manuscript reveals: McCartney thought enough of the working chorus to insert long lines after certain lyrics, which seem to indicate vocal pauses while the music would continue to play. And where did it come from? McCartney took the envelope from a correspondence sent to him by Derek Taylor, the Beatles' press officer. In the end, for no one: Besides the two abandoned choruses shown here, McCartney also scrapped one full alternate verse: "But you wait/ You're too late/ As you're deciding why the wrong one wins, the end begins/ And you will lose her."

Тaxman

Тaxman 2

here there and everywhere

love you to

strawberry fields

yesterday

sgt pepper

Michelle

I Want To Hold Your Hand

а у меня такая

и такая

dont bother me

Айв гот э feeling

Гудбай для Мэри Хопкин

goodday sunshine

within you without you

only a northern song

интересно, что в начале записи песня only a northern song была без названия. Выходит, битлов уже после записи просили дать окончательный вариант текста видимо для муз.издательств.

sixty four

its all too much

help

weeps

something

2Expert:

Даже не знал,что "Сry For No One" первоначально называлась "Why Did I Die".

2Expert:

>интересно, что в начале записи песня only a northern
>song была без названия. Выходит, битлов уже после
>записи просили дать окончательный вариант текста
>видимо для муз.издательств.

А "It's All", мне кажется, приписано к рабочему названию "Too Much" позднее.

2Paulis2:

>2Expert:
>Даже не знал,что "Сry For No One" первоначально
>называлась "Why Did I Die".

Только "For No One". Где-то еще мелькала информация, что это первоначально была песенка, посвещенная какой-то working girl.

2Кирилл Егоров:

>2Expert:
>>интересно, что в начале записи песня only a
>northern
>>song была без названия. Выходит, битлов уже
>после
>>записи просили дать окончательный вариант текста
>>видимо для муз.издательств.
>А "It's All", мне кажется, приписано к рабочему
>названию "Too Much" позднее.

Да, похоже.

Что-то не вяжется название темы с её содержанием. Только лишь когда вошел в неё, то понял, что речь идет про «Рукописи песен Битлз». Я не хочу сказать, что предлагаю переименовать тему, это личное дело автора, но, по моему мнению, в данном случае правильно будет назвать это всё рукописями, что к тому же еще и облегчит сам поиск необходимой информации на сайте.

2Вад:

В словарях "автограф" определяется как "рукопись".

2) Собственноручный авторский рукописный текст. А. — важный источник установления канонического (признанного правильным) текста произведения, ценный материал для изучения творческого процесса писателя, учёного, исторического деятеля. Собирание и хранение А. является одной из функций архивов, библиотек и музеев.

БСЭ


В моем понимании "рукописью" вряд ли можно назвать один-два листочка из блокнота.

Hey Jude

Hey Jude

Пол расписывает аранжировку.

Бульдог

Морж

Дурак на холме

long long long

in my life

think for yourself

ticket to ride

Here Comes The Sun

not guilty

2Вад:

>Что-то не вяжется название темы с её содержанием.
>Только лишь когда вошел в неё, то понял, что речь
>идет про «Рукописи песен Битлз». Я не хочу сказать,
>что предлагаю переименовать тему, это личное дело
>автора, но, по моему мнению, в данном случае правильно
>будет назвать это всё рукописями, что к тому же
>еще и облегчит сам поиск необходимой информации
>на сайте.

В полных собраниях сочинений рукописи иначе как автографами не называют.

Library puts Beatles' handwritten lyrics on display by request
Lyrics among library's most valuable materials
Steven Berger



Seven of The Beatles' original lyric sheets arrived at Northwestern's Music Library in the early 1970s. Now, NU students have the opportunity to take a glimpse into music history usually confined within the library's archives.

Deering Library is the only academic library in the country with original Beatles lyric sheets, said D.J. Hoek, head of the NU Music Library. Reproductions of the original documents are now on display on the library's main floor.

The exhibit contains seven lyric sheets: "The Word" from the 1965 album "Rubber Soul" and six tracks from 1966's "Revolver": "Eleanor Rigby," "Yellow Submarine," "Good Day Sunshine," "For No One," "And Your Bird Can Sing" and "I'm Only Sleeping."

Before this year, the documents could only be viewed by appointment. But after the lyric sheets were featured as a "hidden treasure" in the library's publication last summer, requests to see them increased and the Music Library decided to display high-resolution copies.

The manuscripts are so unique that it is impossible to put a price on them, Hoek said, calling them "most likely the most valuable materials that the University Library owns."

Every piece in the collection has personal touches from its writers: penned in Paul McCartney or John Lennon's hand or scrawled on a manila envelope or a torn-out piece of notebook paper. Some of the sheets offer a glimpse into how the band's music evolved.

In one draft of "Yellow Submarine," the lines "And we live a life of ease / Every one of us has all we need" are crossed out with the plea "Disgusting!! See me." in the right margin. The same two lines are repeated directly below, with "And" changed to "As" - the way the lyrics appear in the song's final version.

"There's a lot of important history in the development of the songs that's reflected in these documents," said Music Prof. Gary Kendall, who offers a summer session course on The Beatles. "It is the only kind of hard evidence we have of how The Beatles' creative process took place."

The originals were last on display in a 2003 exhibit of Beatles memorabilia on the second floor of Deering. The library decided to use reproductions for the ongoing exhibit because of the manuscripts' high value, keeping the originals preserved in a high-security, temperature-controlled room.

In his three and a half years at NU, Hoek said he has never had what he would call a "serious" Beatles researcher ask to view the manuscripts. Requests have come instead from Beatles fans. As studies of the history of pop culture multiply, he said it is important to have the unique pieces available for researchers and fans alike.

"Whether somebody writes a big symphony or just a song that really means a lot to people, it doesn't just happen; there's a lot of work that goes into it," Hoek said. "Lyrics to songs like 'Eleanor Rigby' are just part of our culture. We never think about how that song did not exist at one point. Somebody actually had to put pen to paper."

Music sophomore Christian Gero grew up listening to The Beatles, like many children whose parents lived during Beatlemania. Though he has walked past the display, he said he did not realize what was inside the nondescript glass cases.

"It's a big part of music history in the past century," Gero said. "I didn't even know about it, but I'll definitely be there."

The exhibit will be on display through April 18.

Вад Дата: 26.03.08 15:11:43

соглашусь-ка. доступней и понятней было бы что-то вроде Рукописные тексты песен Битлз.
К тому же автограф(т.е. собственноручное авторство, особенно чистовиков) их некоторых рукописных песен не всегда авторский, а как бы мэлэвансовский...))

пошарил по журналам, кое-что нашёл.
She said.

In my life. 1.

In my life. 2.

Day tripper.

Lucy

30.04.2008 | 15:47
Подарок «битла» уйдет с молотка

Торговый дом «Кристис» (Christie’s) выставляет на аукцион одну из самых ценных реликвий в мире современной музыки — рукопись текста песни Джона Леннона «Дайте миру шанс» (Give peace a chance).

По мнению экспертов, оригинальное произведение побьет прежний рекорд «ливерпульской четверки» — продажу в 2003 году оригинала их песни «Человек ниоткуда» (Nowhere Man) за 450 тысяч фунтов (900 тысяч долларов).

Владелица музыкального раритета, сценаристка Гейл Ренард, получила его в подарок от Джона Леннона 39 лет назад,сообщает ИТАР-ТАСС. В 1969 году музыкант вместе с Йоко Оно провел известный «протест в постели» в отеле Монреаля, где была записана песня «Дайте миру шанс».

Воспользовавшись сменой охраны в гостинице, Гейл постучала в дверь номера артистов, чтобы передать подарок дочери Оно — Киоко. Леннон разрешил ей находиться в номере вместе со всеми поддерживающими эту акцию. «Битл» подарил ей несколько вещиц, сказав, что со временем они будут достаточно ценными.

Музыкант пообещал всегда заботиться о девочке и даже посодействовал и ее первому писательскому опыту — попросил главного редактора журнала «Битлз мансли» (Beatles Monthly) опубликовать репортаж Ренард о протесте в отеле.

Через месяц после этой акции песню «Дайте миру шанс» уже исполняли участники массовой манифестации протеста против войны во Вьетнаме у Белого дома, что, по словам Леннона, стало «одним из величайших моментов в его жизни».

http://news.ntv.ru/131350/

Очевидно, текст написан для исполнения - нет припева