The Day After

Much has been written about the music produced during the 1960s by The Beatles. There's a blog (don't remember the name or location) that analyzes, dissects and deconstructs every single one of the Fab 4's recorded works. You rarely hear their music on the radio today, with its peculair key, tonal and chordal signatures. Last night my buddy JJ asked me to listen to something: an old Beatles song his dad had taped off local radio. Dad was one of those "radio buffs" who owned an Otari reel to reel tape machine. Holy smokes! The old guy had recorded the "WTRY version" of "The Night Before," which clocks at 1:59, and is unlike any version of the song available on record. One summer in the mid-60s that version beat out all other Beatle songs as the one most popular with listeners in a phone-in contest that went on for a week or more. The first commercial version of the tune appeared on the "Help" album, a weak sister of the song WTRY touted as an "exclusive." WTRY's CART copy disappeared.

----------
This message is from a Virgin Mobile customer. Enjoy.