Classic and curious Beatle covers

[gryphon]

I could not resist posting this little item from the BBC website

regarding covers of Beatle songs:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8238084.stm

[CRAZY-HORSE]

this is my favourite version of a Beatles song:

John Farnham "help" 1980

[video=youtube;RBdk2Cx0ny4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBdk2Cx0ny4[/video]

[Tiggi]

Good article.

I've always had a soft spot for the Banshees version of Dear Prudence, and there were other Beatles covers in their repertoire.

Trojan Records have also released a three-disc comp of Reggae stylee Beatles covers, which I haven't yet heard:




Track Listing:

Disc: 1 1. I Wanna Hold Your Hand - Glen Adams 2. A Hard Day's Night - Pat Kelly 3. And I Love Her - Byron Lee & The Dragonaires 4. You Never Know (I'll Be Back) - The Now Generation 5. Yesterday - Joe White 6. Yesterday - The Flame All Stars 7. Norwegian Wood - Willie Lindo 8. You Won't See Me - Ernest Ranglin 9. You Won't See Me - Ernie Smith 10. If I Needed Somebody - Joe White 11. Eleanor Rigby - B.B. Seaton 12. Hello Goodbye - Don Carlos 13. Lady Madonna - The Crystalites 14. Hey Jude - John Holt 15. Hey Jude - The Dynamites 16. Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da - Ken Lazarus 17. Blackbird - The Paragons, Rosalyn Sweat

Disc: 2 1. I Will - John Holt 2. Get Back - Anonymously Yours 3. Don't Let Me Down - Marcia Griffiths 4. Don't Let Me Down - Harry J Allstars 5. Give Peace A Chance - The Maytals 6. Something - The Blues Busters 7. Here Comes The Sun - Sharon Forrester 8. Carry That Weight - Dobby Dobson 9. Let It Be - Nicky Thomas 10. Let It Be - The Soulettes, The Upsetters 11. My Sweet Lord - Keith Lynn, The SPM's 12. Happy Xmas (War Is Over) - John Holt 13. My Love - Ken Boothe 14. Live And Let Die - Byron Lee & The Dragonaires 15. A World Without Love - The Techniques 16. A World Without Love - King Kouchi, The Techniques 17. Come And Get It - Ken Lazarus

Disc: 3 1. Reggae And Shout - The Black Beatles 2. And I Love Her - Alton Ellis 3. Yesterday - Dandy Livingstone 4. In My Life - Jackie Robinson 5. In My Life - The Pioneer All Stars 6. Hey Jude - Rico Rodriguez, The Rudies 7. Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da - Joyce Bond 8. Blackbird - Desmond Dekker 9. Come Together - the israelites 10. Something - Susan Cadogan 11. Here Comes The Sun - Dawn Penn 12. Isn't It A Pity? - Nicky Thomas 13. My Sweet Lord - Freddie Notes & The Rudies 14. Imagine - T.T. Ross 15. A World Without Love - Del Davis 16. A World Without Love - The Johnny Arthey Orchestra