Sunday, August 16, 2009

Eleanor Rigby by The Beatles – ****

First released: 1966

The original single version and album version from "Revolver" are the preferred versions of this song, even though McCartney has made many attempts with this to rerecord it, most notably in his "Give My Regards to BroadStreet" film and album from 1984. Nothing can beat the original. It was also included in the "Yellow Submarine" film and on many albums including "1", "1962-1966", and 1999's "Yellow Submarine Songtrack", and is a double a-side with "Yellow Submarine". A demo version appears on "Anthology 2" in 1996 featuring only the instrumental backing and sporting the title "(strings only)". It is also used for 2006's "Love".

Different live versions performed by Paul appear on 1990’s "Tripping the Live Fantastic" and 2002/3's "Back in the US/World".

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