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From '' X Tapes 1976 - 1981 ''
Label: Bin Liner Records – RUBBISHLP006
Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Pink / Black
Country: UK
Released: May 23, 2005
Tracklist
A1 On The Dole
A2 Again And Again
A3 Nightmares
A4 Come Together
Written-By [Uncredited] – Lennon-McCartney
A5 Lay Me In The Moonlight
A6 In Love
A7 Wimpy Bar Song
B1 Nuffin Doing
B2 I Don't Want To Be Like Jimmy
B3 Dog Days
B4 End Of The World
B5 Er
B6 Out With Me All Night
B7 Stop
Musician – Gareth Martin, Graham Robinson, Greg Horton, Marc Jefferies
Vocals – Sue Slack
Vocals [Uncredited], Lead Guitar [Uncredited] – Marc Jefferies
Vocals [Uncredited], Rhythm Guitar [Uncredited] – Gareth Martin
Bass [Uncredited] – Graham Robinson
Drums [Uncredited], Vocals [Uncredited] – Greg Horton
Photography By – Antony McAvoy
Artwork – Jesse Holborn
Notes
Pressing of 500 copies, the vinyl is 1/2 pink and 1/2 black.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Bin Liner Records
Copyright © – Bin Liner Records
℗ & © 2005 Bin Liner Records
© 1976 The Plague
℗ 1976 The Plague
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English punk rock band founded in 1976 in London and disbanded in 1981. They reformed in 2005.
Marc Jefferies - Vocals, lead guitar
Gareth Martin - Vocals, rhythm guitar
Graham Robinson - Bass guitar
Greg Horton - Drums, vocals
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"Come Together" is a song by The Beatles written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon--McCartney.
The song is the opening track on the album Abbey Road. It reached the top of the charts in the US, and peaked at number four in the UK.
Origin and meaning
The song's history began when Lennon was inspired by Timothy Leary's campaign for governor of California titled "Come together, join the party" against Ronald Reagan, which promptly ended when Leary was sent to prison for possession of marijuana.
It has been speculated that each verse refers cryptically to each of The Beatles (e.g. "he's one holy roller" allegedly refers to the spiritually inclined George Harrison; "he got monkey finger, he shoot Coca-Cola" to Ringo, the funny Beatle; "he got Ono sideboard, he one spinal cracker" to Lennon himself; and "got to be good-looking 'cause he's so hard to see" to Paul); however, it has also been suggested that the song has only a single "pariah-like protagonist" and Lennon was "painting another sardonic self-portrait".
Covers
John Lennon solo
Aerosmith
The Smoking' Mojo Filters
Noel Gallagher and Paul Weller played with McCartney on a version of the song for the 1995 HELP charity record, under the name The Smokin' Mojo Filters.
In 2005 Weller recorded a new version of the song as part of a double A-sided single
Other notable covers
The Supremes covered the song on their 1970 album, New Ways But Love Stays
Diana Ross covered the song on her 1970 album Everything Is Everything
Chairmen of the Board (1970)
Herbie Mann performed a 10 minute cover on his 1970 album Muscle Shoals Nitty Gritty
Tina Turner covered the song for the 1976 musical documentary All This and World War II. Prior to that, her cover was featured on her and then-husband Ike's album of the same name. This version peaked at No.57 on the U.S. Hot 100 and No.21 on the R&B charts in 1970
The Brothers Johnson
Kate Bush performed this song with the KT Bush Band in 1977
Eurythmics
Michael Hedges
Michael Jackson, who owned the rights to the song, also covered "Come Together" for the concert portion of the film Michael Jackson: Moonwalker (1987)
Shalamar covered the song on their 1990 album Wake Up
Boris Grebenshchikov & Joanna Stingray (1990s)
Soundgarden
Robin Williams and Bobby McFerrin recorded in 1997 a unique version for the Beatles' tribute album In My Life
Defunkt
Axl Rose and Bruce Springsteen played "Come Together" before Lennon's induction into the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame in 1994
Gotthard
Christos Dantis
Marcus Miller
Pride and Glory
Delbert McClinton
Enrique Bunbury
Catupecu Machu
Black Label Society
Spiralmouth
Tom Jones
Elton John
Alkinoos Ioannidis (Εκτός τόπου και χρόνου) 2000
Wolfgang
Craig David
Toxic Audio
Avishai Cohen
The Lynne Arriale Trio
The Plague
Sugababes
Warren Hill
The Roots
Victoria Beckham and Damon Dash sampled the song as an intro to one of Dash's mixtapes
The Punkles
The Rutles' song "Eine Kleine Middle Klasse Musik" is a pastiche of this song
Vyvienne Long
Labyrinth
Joe Cocker
Erik Truffaz with the Sly Johnson
Carly Smithson, Kris Allen and Crystal Bowersox
Olly Murs, Matt Cardle
Twin Atlantic
Jeff Healey
Meat Loaf
Pain of Salvation
Schizophonic
Brisbane bands Hungry Kids of Hungary, with Ball Park Music
RMM's Tropical Tribute to The Beatles, features the cast of the album performing the song
Nguyen Le
Marike Jager
Del Amitri
Godsmack
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Available on Spotify:
open.spotify.com/album/6tt12ROPhbaTLs4gXKQxmc
Apple Music:
music.apple.com/us/album/x-tapes/1701870167
Deezer:
deezer.com/us/album/474500125
and Amazon Music:
amazon.com/music/player/albums/B0D1VNY5YJ
#punk
#punkcover
From '' X Tapes 1976 - 1981 ''
Label: Bin Liner Records – RUBBISHLP006
Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Pink / Black
Country: UK
Released: May 23, 2005
Tracklist
A1 On The Dole
A2 Again And Again
A3 Nightmares
A4 Come Together
Written-By [Uncredited] – Lennon-McCartney
A5 Lay Me In The Moonlight
A6 In Love
A7 Wimpy Bar Song
B1 Nuffin Doing
B2 I Don't Want To Be Like Jimmy
B3 Dog Days
B4 End Of The World
B5 Er
B6 Out With Me All Night
B7 Stop
Musician – Gareth Martin, Graham Robinson, Greg Horton, Marc Jefferies
Vocals – Sue Slack
Vocals [Uncredited], Lead Guitar [Uncredited] – Marc Jefferies
Vocals [Uncredited], Rhythm Guitar [Uncredited] – Gareth Martin
Bass [Uncredited] – Graham Robinson
Drums [Uncredited], Vocals [Uncredited] – Greg Horton
Photography By – Antony McAvoy
Artwork – Jesse Holborn
Notes
Pressing of 500 copies, the vinyl is 1/2 pink and 1/2 black.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Bin Liner Records
Copyright © – Bin Liner Records
℗ & © 2005 Bin Liner Records
© 1976 The Plague
℗ 1976 The Plague
------------------------
English punk rock band founded in 1976 in London and disbanded in 1981. They reformed in 2005.
Marc Jefferies - Vocals, lead guitar
Gareth Martin - Vocals, rhythm guitar
Graham Robinson - Bass guitar
Greg Horton - Drums, vocals
------------------------
"Come Together" is a song by The Beatles written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon--McCartney.
The song is the opening track on the album Abbey Road. It reached the top of the charts in the US, and peaked at number four in the UK.
Origin and meaning
The song's history began when Lennon was inspired by Timothy Leary's campaign for governor of California titled "Come together, join the party" against Ronald Reagan, which promptly ended when Leary was sent to prison for possession of marijuana.
It has been speculated that each verse refers cryptically to each of The Beatles (e.g. "he's one holy roller" allegedly refers to the spiritually inclined George Harrison; "he got monkey finger, he shoot Coca-Cola" to Ringo, the funny Beatle; "he got Ono sideboard, he one spinal cracker" to Lennon himself; and "got to be good-looking 'cause he's so hard to see" to Paul); however, it has also been suggested that the song has only a single "pariah-like protagonist" and Lennon was "painting another sardonic self-portrait".
Covers
John Lennon solo
Aerosmith
The Smoking' Mojo Filters
Noel Gallagher and Paul Weller played with McCartney on a version of the song for the 1995 HELP charity record, under the name The Smokin' Mojo Filters.
In 2005 Weller recorded a new version of the song as part of a double A-sided single
Other notable covers
The Supremes covered the song on their 1970 album, New Ways But Love Stays
Diana Ross covered the song on her 1970 album Everything Is Everything
Chairmen of the Board (1970)
Herbie Mann performed a 10 minute cover on his 1970 album Muscle Shoals Nitty Gritty
Tina Turner covered the song for the 1976 musical documentary All This and World War II. Prior to that, her cover was featured on her and then-husband Ike's album of the same name. This version peaked at No.57 on the U.S. Hot 100 and No.21 on the R&B charts in 1970
The Brothers Johnson
Kate Bush performed this song with the KT Bush Band in 1977
Eurythmics
Michael Hedges
Michael Jackson, who owned the rights to the song, also covered "Come Together" for the concert portion of the film Michael Jackson: Moonwalker (1987)
Shalamar covered the song on their 1990 album Wake Up
Boris Grebenshchikov & Joanna Stingray (1990s)
Soundgarden
Robin Williams and Bobby McFerrin recorded in 1997 a unique version for the Beatles' tribute album In My Life
Defunkt
Axl Rose and Bruce Springsteen played "Come Together" before Lennon's induction into the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame in 1994
Gotthard
Christos Dantis
Marcus Miller
Pride and Glory
Delbert McClinton
Enrique Bunbury
Catupecu Machu
Black Label Society
Spiralmouth
Tom Jones
Elton John
Alkinoos Ioannidis (Εκτός τόπου και χρόνου) 2000
Wolfgang
Craig David
Toxic Audio
Avishai Cohen
The Lynne Arriale Trio
The Plague
Sugababes
Warren Hill
The Roots
Victoria Beckham and Damon Dash sampled the song as an intro to one of Dash's mixtapes
The Punkles
The Rutles' song "Eine Kleine Middle Klasse Musik" is a pastiche of this song
Vyvienne Long
Labyrinth
Joe Cocker
Erik Truffaz with the Sly Johnson
Carly Smithson, Kris Allen and Crystal Bowersox
Olly Murs, Matt Cardle
Twin Atlantic
Jeff Healey
Meat Loaf
Pain of Salvation
Schizophonic
Brisbane bands Hungry Kids of Hungary, with Ball Park Music
RMM's Tropical Tribute to The Beatles, features the cast of the album performing the song
Nguyen Le
Marike Jager
Del Amitri
Godsmack
------------------------
Available on Spotify:
open.spotify.com/album/6tt12ROPhbaTLs4gXKQxmc
Apple Music:
music.apple.com/us/album/x-tapes/1701870167
Deezer:
deezer.com/us/album/474500125
and Amazon Music:
amazon.com/music/player/albums/B0D1VNY5YJ
#punk
#punkcover
