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Paint It Black by The Rolling Stones

My Get Back - Holly Golightly

2025

Rough cut, deep groove

The Beatles - The Night Before (1965) Paul McCartney from: "Help!" (LP)

Pop/Rock

@Archive (left click = play) (320kbps) (2009 Remaster)

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Personnel: Paul McCartney: Lead Vocals / Bass / Co-Lead Guitar George Harrison: Co-Lead Guitar / Rhythm Guitar / Backing Vocals John Lennon: Electric Piano / Backing Vocals Ringo Starr: Drums / Maracas

Produced by George Martin

Recorded: @ EMI Studios in London, England UK on February 17, 1965

Metrosoul – Metrosoul 2 Day

This was my 9th time seeing Glasgow, Scotland's chamber pop band Belle & Sebastian (and I've seen them in 6 different states). They're one of my all-time favorites, and I did not want to miss their Miami show. Leader/singer/occasional guitarist Stuart Murdoch was in extra good spirits this night (he usually is), as was the rest of the band (guitarist Stevie Jackson looked quite dapper in his suit).  As always with their live shows, it was one for the ages.

On this tour, the 30th anniversary show, they were doing two nights in most cities, doing their debut Tigermilk on one night and then If You're Feeling Sinister on the next night. In Miami, they only did one night, ...Sinister, but I wasn't going to complain.

They played ..Sinister from beginning 'til end and it was pure joy to hear classics like "Seeing Other People," "Me and the Major" (with Stevie Jackson blowing a mean harmonica), "Get Me Away From Here I'm Dying" and "Judy and the Dream of Horses" (see the pic below of Stuart with the horse head on during this one) to name but a few (there's but honestly not a band song on the record, in fact, most are classics). 

They then came back out and did a sort of greatest hits/requests set and we got to hear "Dog on Wheels" (real early single), "I'm a Cuckoo," "The Boy with the Arab Strap' (always a fan favorite), and ended it with a gorgeous rendition of "Sleep the Clock Around" (another one of my all-time faves). 

....but it didn't end there. 

They came out for two more "Piazza New York Catcher" and "Funny Little Frog" before bidding adieu to the very appreciative Miami crowd. This bunch never puts on a bad show. They didn't when I first saw them in 2001, and they didn't on this night. 

Do not miss this band, ever.