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  • Re: "Penina": Unreleased Beatles Song

    From andrew white@21:1/5 to Norbert K on Fri Dec 3 02:50:17 2021
    On Tuesday, 30 April 2019 at 14:01:59 UTC+1, Norbert K wrote:
    On Wednesday, November 8, 2000 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-5, Len McCarthy wrote:
    It was a song that Paul wrote while on holiday (in Spain,I think) while staying at a hotel called "Penina". He gave it to the house musician


    It's a pretty weak song, in the standard I-VI-IV-V quasi-50s mode. It
    has a jazzy, bossa-nova type groove. The melody's very meandering. The
    only memorable part is the hook which consists of "Penina" over and
    over. *Definitely* Paul's worst song of the 60s.

    Len
    It's a throwaway, I agree. The bit I've heard from the Get Back sessions is extremely rough.

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  • From [email protected]@21:1/5 to All on Fri Dec 3 07:15:35 2021
    On Wednesday, November 1, 2000 at 2:07:10 PM UTC-5, wr wrote:
    I read somewhere that the Beatles recorded a song called "Penina."
    I think it was a McCartney song from '67 or 68. Has anyone heard of
    it? If it exists, why wasn't it on the Anthology?
    wr
    http://crossroadspub.com/BeatleR.htm

    Is there a link to a recording of the song anywhere in this thread?

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  • From Bruce@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Fri Dec 3 08:16:21 2021
    On Friday, December 3, 2021 at 10:15:37 AM UTC-5, [email protected] wrote:
    On Wednesday, November 1, 2000 at 2:07:10 PM UTC-5, wr wrote:
    I read somewhere that the Beatles recorded a song called "Penina."
    I think it was a McCartney song from '67 or 68. Has anyone heard of
    it? If it exists, why wasn't it on the Anthology?
    wr
    http://crossroadspub.com/BeatleR.htm
    Is there a link to a recording of the song anywhere in this thread?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5KKM0twuCI

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  • From [email protected]@21:1/5 to Bruce on Fri Dec 3 09:07:00 2021
    On Friday, December 3, 2021 at 11:16:22 AM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
    On Friday, December 3, 2021 at 10:15:37 AM UTC-5, [email protected] wrote:
    On Wednesday, November 1, 2000 at 2:07:10 PM UTC-5, wr wrote:
    I read somewhere that the Beatles recorded a song called "Penina."
    I think it was a McCartney song from '67 or 68. Has anyone heard of
    it? If it exists, why wasn't it on the Anthology?
    wr
    http://crossroadspub.com/BeatleR.htm
    Is there a link to a recording of the song anywhere in this thread?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5KKM0twuCI

    Thanks! It's okay. Who knows what they might have polished it up into.

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