Sunday, July 18, 2010

Penny Lane by The Beatles – ****

First released: 1967

The first appearance of the "new" Beatles came this hit with "Strawberry Fields Forever". Both were originally intended for "Sgt. Pepper", but ended up on the non-soundtrack side of "Magical Mystery Tour". Very slick and very good. It's also on "1967-1970" and 2000's "1". A bit of brass on the promo single was removed from the official version, but the original version was restored for the version that appears on the US Rarities album. A demo version appears on 1996's "Anthology 2". Paul performs a live version for 1993’s "Paul is Live".

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