Covered With Soul Vol. 15 – Beatles Edition 2
October 11 marks the 50th anniversary of The Beatles’ first single, Love Me Do, entering the UK charts. Just seven years later, the group would, for all intents and purposes, be finished. In real money, imagine Love Me Do came out in October 2005; next April Paul will announce the break-up of the band. In that time, the group re-invented itself several times and changed pop music. After 12 years, Coldplay still sound the bloody same.
The first of the two Beatles editions of the Covered With Soul series was very well received. Here then is the second mix. Daringly, I kick it off with what I think is the weakest of the 23 tracks; it is also one of the most interesting simply because You Can’t Do That doesn’t get covered much.
Also quite fascinating is the notion of Little Richard covering I Saw Her Standing There, a song he obviously helped inspire. His recording from 1970 turns the rock & roll stomper into a Southern Soul number.
Naturally there are several covers here that give the original songs a thorough working over. Bobby Taylor gives Eleanor Rigby the sort of treatment Isaac Hayes would give Bacharach/David songs (or, indeed, Harrison’s Something, which here is brilliantly reworked by Martha Reeves and the Vandellas). Roy Redmond gives Good Day Sunshine a Southern Soul twist, while Chris Clark turns Got To Get You Into My Life — Paul’s first attempt at writing a soul song — into a Motown number.
Billy Preston was the only non-Beatle to be credited on a Beatles record (Get Back). His version of Blackbird is a highlight on this mix.
As always, the mix is timed to fit on a standard CD-R, and includes a homebrewed cover. Password is in the comments section.
1. Diana Ross & The Supremes – You Can’t Do That (1964)
2. Al Green – I Want To Hold Your Hand (1969)
3. Little Richard – I Saw Her Standing There (1970)
4. Stevie Wonder – We Can Work It Out (1970)
5. Bobby Taylor – Eleanor Rigby (1969)
6. Junior Parker – Taxman (1971)
7. Roy Redmond – Good Day Sunshine (1967)
8. Chris Clark – Got To Get You Into My Life (1967)
9. Four Tops – The Fool On The Hill (1969)
10. Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – Something (1970)
11. Cissy Houston – The Long And Winding Road (1970)
12. The Five Stairsteps – Dear Prudence (1970)
13. The Meters – Come Together (mid-’70s)
14. The Undisputed Truth – With A Little Help From My Friends (1973)
15. Herbie Mann & Tamiko Jones – Day Tripper (1967)
16. Billy Preston – Blackbird (1972)
17. Shirley Scott & The Soul Saxes – Get Back (1969)
18. The Temptations – Hey Jude (1969)
19. Randy Crawford – Don’t Let Me Down (1976)
20. Esther Phillips – And I Love Him (1965)
21. Una Valli – Yesterday (1968)
22. Aretha Franklin – Let It Be (1970)
23. Booker T. & The MG’s – Lady Madonna (1969)
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More great Beatles stuff:
Beatles Recovered: A Hard Day’s Night
Beatles Recovered: Beatles For Sale
Beatles Recovered: Help!
Beatles Recovered: Rubber Soul
Beatles Recovered: Revolver
Beatles Recovered: Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Beatles Revovered: Magical Mystery Tour
Beatles Recovered: White Album
Beatles Recovered: Yellow Submarine
Wordless: Any Major Beatles Instrumentals
Covered With Soul Vol. 14 – Beatles Edition 1
Covered With Soul Vol. 15 – Beatles Edition 2
Any Major Beatles Covers: 1962-66
Any Major Beatles Covers: 1967-68
Any Major Beatles Covers: 1968-70
Any Bizarre Beatles
Beatles Album tracks and B-Sides Vol. 1
Beatles Album tracks and B-Sides Vol. 2
Beatles Reunited: Everest (1971)
Beatles Reunited: Live ’72 (1972)
Beatles Reunited: Smile Away (1972)
Beatles Reunited: Photographs (1974)
PW: amdwhah
Thanks a lot
I downloaded your file, but was sad to see that it’s a Window .exe file. Is there a way for us Mac users to access it?
Same question as Julie, my dear … sad to miss out on this one. (Still lovin’ it, though – thank you!)
It should be a *.rar file which you can extract with the small programme you can get here: http://www.techspot.com/downloads/5169-winrar-for-mac.html
Another fine-looking set of Fabs covers! Where do you turn all these up!? Looking forward to hearing it, many thanks.
I’ve tried downloading with the links provided but my download manger doesn’t like these sites when you try and go for the ‘free’ download. I’ve always found that Mediafire has worked wonders for free downloads. Just sayin’.
Still love this site though. Thanks for the great work you do.
They are working fine with me, using JDownloader and manually, Tim. Mediafire habe a rigorous deletion policy, so I don’t use them anymore.
Any chance we can get you to re-up the #1 compilation in this collection?
It isn’t showing up anymore at RareFile… (but #2 is still available).
It is up again now: http://www.halfhearteddude.com/2012/09/covered-with-soul-vol-14/
thank you!
loved the first one, any chance i could find the 2nd. i know its an old post but damn u hit the mark on diss one
i Just answered my own ? my bad. love ur mixes though
Hi, I loved to have found your site.
I really thank you for the records I was able to get.
I would like to ask you if it would be possible to repost (Covered With Soul Vol. 15 – Beatles Edition 2), because I wasn’t able to download any of the links.
thank you very much
Hi there,
all of the 3 links are displayed as invalid. Could You please re-up. ;-)
New link is up.
Thank you very much !
Just trying to organize my wonderful halfhearted mixes and this one is down. This one looks killer and I’m not sure how I missed it the first time around.
New link is up.
Thanks Dude. I always enjoy reading the blog and listening to the mixes. Hours of enjoyment on both counts.
Love these – thanks a lot!