More Guest Musicians
Not Always a Beatle Part 2
During the 1964 World Tour, Ringo was replaced, due to a severe bout with tonsillitis, by
Jimmy Nicol
June 4th thru 11th, 10 shows in 5 cities.
Ringo reunited with John, Paul, & George in Australia.
Brian Jones
of the Rolling Stones was the Alto Sax on,
You Know My Name, Look up The Number
He was rumored to be playing on
Lady Madonna
but according to Mark Lewisohn's book
The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions
the players were;
Harry Klein & Bill JackmanBaritone Sax
Bill Povey & Ronnie Scott Tenor Sax
last minute Jazz locals
rounded up by session "fixer" Laurie Gold
a Heavy
Brass section was used on Paul'sGot To Get You Into My Life
the line up was;
Eddie Thornton* Super Olds trumpet
Peter Coe* & Alan Branscombe Tenor Sax
Ian Hamey & Les Condon Trumpets
*
members of a local Jazz combo The Blue FlamesThe boys knew them from frequenting the local clubs.
Numerous musicians were recruited from the
London Symphony Orchestra
The crescendo from
A Day In The Life
& the world wide broadcast of
All You Need Is Love
featured nearly the whole lot of them.
Alan Civilcan be credited with the French horn 
in
For No One
from the Revolver Album
David Mason played the
Piccolo Trumpet
in McCartney's
Penny Lane
Although he has played for the LSO for more than 30yrs
in numerous studio sessions & he is still most famous for his work with
Mason’s trumpet, which was also appeared on two other Beatles tracks
("All You Need Is Love" and "Magical Mystery Tour"),
was reportedly sold at auction for $10,846.
The first use of strings on a Beatle recording was on
Yesterdayconsisting of a double tracked quartet
Tony Gilbert * 1st violin
Sidney Sax* 2nd violin
Kenneth Essex viola
Francisco Garbarro cello
Eleanor Rigby
also featured a string section
2 alumni from the Yesterday session*
Tony Gilbert & Sidney Sax violins
along with
John Sharpe & Jurgen Hees violins
Steven Shingles & John Underwood violas
Derek Simpson & Norman Jones cellos
This session was utilizing an extremely
close mic technique,
so close in fact the mics almost touched the strings!
this was unheard of at the time.
Give a listen to the strings only track found on the Beatles Anthology II, disc 1, track 21
the presence is remarkable.
This session, like Yesterday,
features only Paul, no other Beatles present.
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