![]() ![]() McCartney's recollection of the "middle eight" being re-written before they recorded it professionally is confirmed by this early rough recording, because the lyrics of this middle section appears to say " Well, don't leave me alone, I need you/ Now hurry and follow me, my dear." According to McCartney, who purchased the tape from Peter Hodgson in 1995, the recording dates back to April of 1960 and was made in the bathroom of his home at 20 Forthlin Road during a school holiday. The electric guitar arrangement features Paul, John and George on guitar with Stuart Sutcliffe on bass and presumably Tommy Moore on drums. ![]() There is a recording in existence (available on bootlegs) of the early Beatles, known then as The Quarrymen, performing the song. ![]() Can't you tell, I mean ' Tomorrow may rain so I'll follow the sun.' That's another early McCartney, you know.written almost before The Beatles, I think. McCartney did state the following early on: "John and I wrote this one some while ago, but we changed the middle eight bars before we actually recorded it." Lennon, though, disclaims this in a 1980 quote, saying about the song, "That's Paul again. I seem to remember writing it just after I'd had the flu.I remember standing in the parlour looking out through lace curtains of the window and writing that one."Īs to whether John had any part of its writing, available interviews show it was little if any at all. He continues, "So, 'I'll Follow The Sun' was one of those very early ones. This would date the song as being written as far back as 1958. I was about 16," McCartney stated in an interview. "I wrote that in my front parlour in Forthlin Road. While "I'll Follow The Sun" may only have been recorded because of an album deadline, it is anything but 'filler' material. The result became what producer George Martin described as his favorite song on the "Beatles For Sale" album. The fact that the song was written many years prior to 1964 proves that Paul was born with the gift of writing memorable melodies. "There were certain songs I had from way back that I didn't really finish up," McCartney relates, "but they were in the back of my mind.'I'll Follow The Sun' was one of those." The decision was made to include some of their favorite cover songs, but they still needed to write more material themselves.īeing under this kind of pressure led them to purge their memories for songs they may have written years ago but never got around to doing anything with. They had squeezed in a few recording dates but had only completed seven contenders for the sixteen required songs. They had just completed their first extensive American tour and were in the middle of an international tour as well. The problem was that the group was too busy. Their last album " A Hard Day's Night" had just reached the record shops three months earlier, but it was predicted, and rightfully so, that Beatles fans already owned this album and were eagerly awaiting new material for the end of the year. ![]() They were contracted to have a new single and an entire new album complete and in the stores in time for the Christmas shopping season. In mid October of 1964, The Beatles were in a jam. ![]()
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