Difference between revisions of "Mr. Moonlight (song)"

14 tracks
Side one "No Reply" "I'm a Loser" "Baby's in Black" "Rock and Roll Music" "I'll Follow the Sun" "Mr. Moonlight" Medley: "Kansas City / Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!" Side two "Eight Days a Week" "Words of Love" "Honey Don't" "Every Little Thing" "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party" "What You're Doing" "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby"

“	The first of the cover versions was 'Mr. Moonlight,' John sining lead on this obscure 1962 Dr. Feelgood and the Interns track. Take four was marked down as 'best', although it did not have the Hammond organ and percussion instruments which are so distinctive of the finished record. For the moment 'Mr. Moonlight' featured prominent guitar work by John and George. [...] The Beatles were still undecided about how to perform this number. Although take eight was deemed to be 'best', by take six they had still to think of the addition of Paul playing the Hammond organ.	„
—Mark Lewisohn, The Beatles Recording Sessions, 1988

“	John took the vocal spotlight for their next number, a cover of an obscure song called "Mr. Moonlight" His searing vocal introcution sent shivers down my spine, even though it took him several tries to nail it. The stumbling block again was Harrison's guitar solo — not the notes he was playing, but the odd, sped-up tremolo sound he was using, in faithful imitation of the Dr. Feelgood version that had been a minor hit a couple of years previously. Lennon thought the unconventional sound was terrific — and, personally, so did I — but George Martin insisted that it was simply too weird. After some discussion, it was decided to overdub a cheesy organ solo instead. Even though I loathed the sound, I was most impressed to see Paul playing it — up until that point, I'd had no idea that he could even play keyboards.	„
—Geoff Emerick, EMI Recording Engineer, Here, There and Everywhere, p.93, 2006