I Will Always Be In Love With You

lennonon · Post by **lennonon** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 5:17 pm

Here's one. This song, recorded on either the Liverpool 1960 or Hamburg tape recorder session (depending on who you listen to - I think it's the Pool) , sounds to me, quite clearly, to be George singing. A mate of mine recently chose to debate the point, saying it's John.

I don't think so. Additionally, I believe it's little Macca playing the guitar solo on his Zenith (especially at the end). It sounds acoustic to me and I think George was already in some state of electrification - + it seems to be Paulie's rhythm to me. SOmething just Maccaish about it.

It's most easy to hear this on the Anthology DVD while the tape recorder runs. I have a nice cleaned copy of the sessions and I can post an mp3 of this track if anyone is interested.

I think it's George.

Cheers.

winston · Post by **winston** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 7:56 pm

Intriguing to say the least, please post an mp3.

paulv63 · Post by **paulv63** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 4:31 am

Yeah, we'll get to the bottom (or toppermost) of this.

britye · Post by **britye** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 9:00 am

yes, Please post it

lennonon · Post by **lennonon** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 2:00 pm

Hopefully this will post, else I'll have to downsample it further, or try a diff't format, but I am curious what you gents have to say. That's Stu on bass, too, y'know...

Didn't work...take 2...coming up....

lennonon · Post by **lennonon** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 2:14 pm

Trying again....

lennonon · Post by **lennonon** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 2:28 pm

Sorry...I'm here on a Mac making mp3's with tons of diff't programs trying to get it sorted out and all....

If this doesn't work I'm open for suggestion. I've tried converting with Quicktime and Itunes, but neither seem to have taken

2:30 - Nope - this didn't work either...Anyone post mp3's here or do I need a host?

Ps - perhaps some kind moderator can edit out all my tries here....feel a bit silly....

stuart · Post by **stuart** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 6:03 pm

You can upload the mp3 to the web, and it will play in QuickTime through our browsers

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I'm a fellow mac user myself.

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 6:53 pm

http://www.yousendit.com allows uploading mp3s (100 % free, no need to register), the links work for a few days only...

lennonon · Post by **lennonon** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 9:27 pm

Thanks Stuart. I had the mp3 on my desk top and it loaded as a link (which I've since removed from the posts) and when clicked on, it opened a page of text gibberish, even though it was a QT file.

Well - it's HERE at least until I figure out what went wrong. Thanks for the site Sheena.

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=4530705C38162F8E

paulv63 · Post by **paulv63** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 3:39 am

George 100%.

winston · Post by **winston** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 4:52 am

It is George singing that song in my opinion. It's definitely not John.

lennonon · Post by **lennonon** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 7:44 am

Thanks Paul & Brian.It IS George but my friend was so insistent?!??? My friend tought it sounded like John sounds on "Hello Little Girl" and the few others he sings definitively on this tape. No way.

Can anyone make out any developing guitar styles or playing on the solos/breaks? Think it's George? Paul? JOHN????

apollo11 · Post by **apollo11** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 8:18 am

If it is George, my hat goes off to him. He was never a very expressive singer, and there are all sorts of interesting parts to this vocal. Especially since he was so young here, it is hard for me to see him singing with so much expression and character. At the end where he goes low, he has never done that in his entire professional career. He has never really done the bluesy vocals, either, because I don't think he had the true ability at vocals to pull it off convincingly.

Very tough to call, but I would say the ability and style more matches Lennon than Harrison.

winston · Post by **winston** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 8:30 am

In all the years that I have listened to John I have never heard him get that pitchy. George on the other hand tended to be a bit lazy about pitch at times, particularly near the end of his phrasing. The singer in this song exhibits that trait. Also John hardly ever let his scouser accent creep into his singing voice, whereas George did.

These reasons among others point to the singer being George IMO.

Please don't read into this explanation that I am being critical of George. He was an enormous talent and I have the deepest respect for his work.