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Marv and Ed discuss the songs on side A of John Lennon's Rock 'n' Roll, exploring their history and arrangements.

Marv and I discuss the songs on side A of John Lennon's Rock 'n' Roll. While we wait for the (fingers crossed) eventual Ultimate Collection, we talk the original versions of the tunes, a bit about how the songs fit into Beatles/Lennon history, and some thoughts on how John chose to modify (or not) the arrangements. Part 2 (side B + the "others") next week. #madeonzencastr.

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Hosts: Ed Chen, Jon Stone

Guest: Marv

Topics covered

• John Lennon
• Rock 'n' Roll
• Beatles history
• music arrangements
• song analysis

Keywords

• John Lennon
• Rock 'n' Roll
• Beatles
• music history
• song arrangements

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Beatles

Books & works: Rock 'n' Roll, Ultimate Collection

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