This page will become a repository for all sorts of P&G related quotes and stuff.
Feature #1: Paul McCartney plugs “I Don’t Want To See You Again” in 1964.
Clip One (14 sec, 313 K) features Paul giving an on-air plug for P&Gs new disc for an Indianapolis radio station on September 3, 1964.
Clip Two (14 sec, 313 K) is Paul’s introduction to the song on the rare promotional EP, “The Beatles Introduce New Songs”, which also featured John introducing Cilla Black’s “It’s For You”.
Clip Three (8 sec, 184 K) is Paul’s closing comments from “The Beatles Introduce New Songs”. All in all, a fascinating little glimpse into promotion for P&G’s third single.
Feature #2: An Open End Interview With Peter And Gordon, summer 1964.
Clip One (33 sec, 699KB) features P&G answering the question “How do feel about coming to America”? These questions are not verbatim what the silly DJs were supposed to ask, and a little bit of the responses are cut off. If you wanna read the word for word transcript, see the Press Releases section.
Clip Two (13 sec, 264 KB) has P&G’s answer to the question “how has America treated you”?
Clip Three (28 sec, 589 KB) lets you hear P&G’s answer to the question that has been burning in your heart for years: “what is the difference between United States and British radio”?
Clip Four (32 sec, 695 KB) - Finally, the sixty-four thousand dollar question: “how did you get to record “A World Without Love’”?
Clip Five (15 sec, 317 KB) - “How about ‘Nobody I Know’”? Unfortunately, all of these clips run a tiny bit too fast. Maybe I’ll fix them, maybe I won’t, but for now, here they are, a little too fast. Take it, leave it, or go find the disc yourself! :)
Feature #3: Paul McCartney Talks About “Woman” and Gordon, 1969.
These clips were recorded during the “Get back” project in January, 1969. A bit of background information (as well as a transcript) is recommended before you dive right into these, or they might not make any sense.
Clip One (36 sec, 793 KB) is the first 30 seconds or so of the conversation, and ends as Paul begins to play “Woman” backing himself on piano.
Clip Two (37 sec, 832 KB) is Paul’s short pass at “Woman”. He obviously has a bit of trouble remembering the words! In all fairness to Paul, he had probably not heard the song in two and a half years. Unfortunately, this section is part of a different (and notably more degraded) camera reel than all of the other clips here. The beep heard here is a synchronization signal for the film crew.
Clip Three (33 sec, 717 KB) is the next part of the conversation, after Paul completes his impromptu performance, and before he begins another.
Clip Four (45 sec, 915 KB) features Paul’s second version of “Woman”, this time with an interesting impersonation of Gordon’s accent! Also, there is about twenty more seconds of talk after the song.
Clip Five (37 sec, 810 KB) is the remainder of the conversation, including talk of Gordon’s solo career. Sorry about the massive size of these clips. I will likely cut them up a bit, for easier downloading, but I wanted to get them up now, and am (as always) too lazy to edit them at this very moment
Feature #4: P&G do Hullabaloo! "Yesterday", September 27, 1965.
Real Audio Clip!(3:04, 457 KB) This time, I've been able to make a Real Audio clip (different from the others, which are .wav files) of the audio from a rare TV appearance. If you don't have Real Audio, you can get it for free at their web site, http://www.real.com . This clip features P&G plugging McCartney for once, as the Beatles had just released this track as a US single, and P&G would never release a version of it.
Feature #5: P&G sell toothpaste! Maclean's Radio Ad, 1965.
Clip One(25 sec, 563 KB) is the commercial, in its entirety, minus some extra plugging by the on air DJ after the commercial ends. It is an enormously silly little song for "the new kind of toothpaste that is wild", and I certainly hope that Peter and Gordon were paid very well for it...
Real Audio Clip!(1:25, 221 KB) - features the whole of the ad, including the on air DJ plugging the toothpaste, as well as a special bonus! The next ad on the file is a radio ad for the Beatles last ever concert, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. Especially prophetic is the DJ's announcement that you must get your tickets now "for the last show on their biggest American tour". A very interesting little Beatles tidbit, and, well, if you don't like it, I don't care!