Beatles ’74 pt9

What this episode covers

It's November 1974, and there's new music from all four former Beatles reaching fans around the world. First up, George Harrison's <em>Dark Horse</em> tour, premiering new music from his forthcoming LP release of the same name, barrels on through Oakland, Long Beach and Los Angeles California with some unfortunately mixed results. George was facing harsh critical backlash for the quality of his voice following a bout of laryngitis some weeks earlier, and these shaky vocals, combined with the Dark Horse's seemingly spiteful lyrical re-workings of some of the public's most beloved Beatles standards, cast a strange and ominous shadow on an otherwise joyous North American tour. Meanwhile, Paul and Wings were back in the studio cutting tracks for the much-anticipated follow-up to <em>Band on the Run</em>, while also rehearsing for a world tour tentatively scheduled to begin the following year. While Wings grappled with the forces of Venus and Mars in Abbey Road Studios, their new single<em> Junior's Farm</em> became yet another top 10 hit for the band and cemented once more McCartney's ever-growing stature as an artist outside his former enterprise. One more hit single from Apple Records rounds out the month, with John Lennon offering a helping hand to buddy Ringo Starr on the swooney-crooney track<em> Only You</em>. And believe it or not, there's a lot MORE activity in the world of the former Beatles to come in the closing weeks of this major powerhouse of a year...<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>