Unpretentious , but a beautifully structured song that reveals itself effortlessly . I'm so glad we have this song . Perfect . Cilla's voice with Paul's guitar sounding beautiful .
As usual, Paul has the entire song fully formed and lyrics memorized as well as how it should be sung. His suggestions to Cilla here show that his ideas were best as usual.
Few people remember that Cilla co-starred on "The Ed Sullivan Show" with her dear friends during their huge U.S. debut. She blew the roof off! I've got it on DVD.
I couldn’t believe it when I heard. What an absolute gem & boy he is magic with that guitar. What a treasure. As an aside I had a little shot at Paul covering an old Beatles song. I received a reply a couple of weeks later from Paul , saying glad I loved the music. I was stoked couldn’t believe it . It was his account too.
@@CalJennings Give him a break Cal. 😅Not like he was performing the song for an audience, he was just showing Celia the parts. If u could be that good in just casual playing as the mood clearly suggests, then he could step it up far more , in an actual professional performance.
when you hear this you have to admit that cilla had a lovely sultry sweet and sexy voice. Boy could she sing! Bless her!! I love this song so much. I'm learning it on guitar.
Agreed. I just wish that the final recording had been kept in this key, to get the smokey beauty of Cilla’s mezzo-range. In a higher key, her voice is more strident… still beautiful, but less alluring, in my opinion. But as George Martin says at the end “it’s far too low for you”. I would disagree, wouldn’t you?
@@Earthles77 Sorry for the late reply, TH-cam didn't tell me of your post! Yes, I agree with you and disagree with George Martin - in this key the her voice sounds absolutely lovely to me, but I can understand his way of thinking; it's likely he was considering how her voice would sit in the mix of a full band arrangement, and felt a higher pitch would give her a chance to push the vocals a bit more.
This is just AMAZING! Thank you so much for sharing such a gem. Works so well as simply an acoustic version. Paul's guitar accompaniment is just brilliant.
Superb. Good thing this was preserved. Missing Cilla. She lived in my town. Saw her once in Silk's Restaurant in Puerto Banus in the 80s while she was waiting for her RR car.
Lived round the corner from where Cilla lived for six months 86/7. Great city. Liverpooling their talents here. Priscilla White RIP. Off to Step innside, love. Px
Amazing insight into a time period of the 1960s when there was creativity+beautiful people who CARED and Loved each other to make GREAT POP MUSIC🤗👏✌️🙂💚
Cilla was in the right place (Liverpool) at the right time (Beatlemania) otherwise she would have sunk without a trace. Her speaking voice is enough to make my ears bleed, never mind her caterwauling when she 'sings'.
Man, just listen to those unusual guitar chords and timing for the lyrics and how the melody changes directions so smooth;y and perfectly. McCartney had, and has, such an unusually well developed sense of melody and just think, he had no formal music training and he was only about 25 years old here.
I love this so much. In the early days of the internet there was a live video of this session. I haven’t seen it since. This is the next best thing. Thanks for posting.
Not White Album sessions and not EMI Abbey Road Studios. Paul gave this song to Cilla in late 1967 and she recorded it at Chappel Studios in London. The single was released in the UK in February 1968.
You can learn a lot about recording singers just by listening to this. There's a lot of "flutish breathiness" (some call it "smoke" or "whisky") in Cilla's lower registers. Take the key down and she has to sing low notes for this effect to make its presence felt, take it up and it disappears and her voice becomes much cleaner and far less "jazzy" (although to be fair, there's so much character in there already with all those little nuances and ornaments she adds to the ends of notes, combined with her signature tendency to add a distinctive crescendo "push" to the volume). It turns out that (as we all learned on Ram) Paul himself was very conscious of/interested in experimenting with 'throat rasp levels' as a very rich palette from which he could draw a seemingly boundless range of (often comically extreme and exaggerated) expression. Viz Monkberry moon delight.
Monkberry moon delights vocals are so raw and powerful nothing like I heard from anyone else it must’ve taken a lot from him. 1985 one hand clapping version is also raw and powerful but crisp vocals, only Paul.
@@bigtrip6344 John's 'Twist and shout' vocals are the ones typically cited when considering the fab four's track record for doing anything 'out of character' on the vocal front. Whilst most people's go-to signature raspy vocals tended to be Louis Armstrong's, Rod Stewart's would come up next, probably followed by Slade's Noddy Holder, although the record for ultimate for grittiness undoubtedly goes to Tom Waits. Female vocalists of this type other than Cilla include Tina Turner, Elkie Books, Bonnie Tyler, Cleo Lane and Nina Simone, although with Cilla and Nina it was sometimes more of a nuance rather than being anything which dominated the character of their overall vocal performance.
Cilla was such an outgoing woman. She just was Cilla whoever she was with . I tend to underestimate Brian Epstein’s role in the talent that came out of Liverpool in the mid 60’s well before my time but I know all those faces . I love the way she interacts with everybody. Her description of the recording of Alfie was just beautiful. A remarkable video very well done . Would love to know where the Audio came from. I would pay big money for a vinyl copy of a collection of stuff like this. I love George Martin at the end. What a gem.
She had such a distinctive voice. This is one of who quiet songs .Paul is playing he guitar , not bad for a guy who many thought was just playing chords at that time.
Description is wrong this was 67 well before the White Album sessions. See : the demo version was recorded as a studio demo at Chappell Studios in London on 21 November 1967, with McCartney on guitar accompanying Black on vocals. That demo was the basis for the single, although whereas the McCartney demos were recorded in the key of D, the final arrangement of the single version was transposed up a fourth to G, to take advantage of Cilla's higher register
This song has the kind of harmonic sophistication and melody as any Burt Bacharach tune. McCartney was acutely aware what kind of song would be right for Cilla Black who was not really a rock n roll singer.
She actually did start out by singing big rock and roll songs in The Cavern Club. Bands like The Beatles , The Four Most, King Sized Taylor And The Dominoes and Rory Storm And The Hurricanes would ask Cilla onstage to join them and sing a song or two while they became her backing band. She added the ballards later on.
As far as the producer goes , What an amazing guy he was. He had been involved with the Goon Show for many years, There seemed to be a heap of people involved with George Martin & Brian Epstein that completely set the music industry alight at that time . Cilla was so talented. I was about 8 when I convinced my folks to buy one of her records “ You’re My World”
Let me tell you -- the demo of Paul playing acoustic guitar and Cilla singing in a lower register - if this had been the master it would have been a huge hit - unfortunately the recording was way over produced, Cilla over sang in a higher register and the arrangement was forgettable -- but the demo has a bosa nova feel and the simplicity of guitar and vocal is oh so enchanting.
First time hearing this version and it’s stunning!! Cilia’s voice was truly beautiful in this, and yet I felt the version that was released was nasal and not nice at all. Hearing Paul work in the background and knowing exactly what everyone should be doing at any given point shows what a true master he is. I’m going to a PM show later this year, despite losing his voice a little this will be a true high point for me. I can’t wait!
Man, Apple records could have made a killing just selling recording sessions audio. This is really wonderful stuff!! On another note: can't understand how Paul didn't end up marrying someone like Cilla who was extremely gifted!! RIP, beautiful babe✨
I know this is late but I didn't mean to put Linda down. She stayed with him until her untimely death, and in the arena of rock performers, that's a gift within itself. But Linda was a good photographer and she held her own when the two of them made music. May she forever rest in peace . . .
This is so awesome. I wish I could find the video that went along with it. I saw it on the web many years ago but it has since been removed by whoever had posted it. Regardless, the audio is very special. Thanks
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The absolute genius of Paul McCartney is astounding !!! Such a perfect song and no one better than Cilla Black to sing it. Amazing !!!!
Unpretentious , but a beautifully structured song that reveals itself effortlessly . I'm so glad we have this song . Perfect . Cilla's voice with Paul's guitar sounding beautiful .
As usual, Paul has the entire song fully formed and lyrics memorized as well as how it should be sung. His suggestions to Cilla here show that his ideas were best as usual.
Effortless beauty in her voice. And this song. So long, Cilla.
Paul with all those Bossa Nova Sharp 9 chords... Yes!! 👍👍
Few people remember that Cilla co-starred on "The Ed Sullivan Show" with her dear friends during their huge U.S. debut. She blew the roof off! I've got it on DVD.
Been a beatles fan since the beginning.. I played in bands for almost 30 years yet I discover this today.. January 2021.. Wonders never seize...
I couldn’t believe it when I heard. What an absolute gem & boy he is magic with that guitar. What a treasure. As an aside I had a little shot at Paul covering an old Beatles song. I received a reply a couple of weeks later from Paul , saying glad I loved the music. I was stoked couldn’t believe it . It was his account too.
Same, and wonders always seize, but they never cease 😉
What super rhythm guitar playing by Paul. He always was so freaking good. Going about it as if so bloody easy.
Always a natural...he often doesnt get credit...
heack of a playa that beatle bill
As revolutionary as his bass playing is, he excels at the acoustic guitar.
I thought it was a little loose and floppy as if he wasn't really into it. What a shame.
@@CalJennings
Give him a break Cal. 😅Not like he was performing the song for an audience, he was just showing Celia the parts. If u could be that good in just casual playing as the mood clearly suggests, then he could step it up far more , in an actual professional performance.
when you hear this you have to admit that cilla had a lovely sultry sweet and sexy voice. Boy could she sing! Bless her!! I love this song so much. I'm learning it on guitar.
Ooh, the way she drops her voice down to sing 'shoulder' at 3:20 so it sounds all warm and comforting just made my backbone go all tingly!
Agreed. I just wish that the final recording had been kept in this key, to get the smokey beauty of Cilla’s mezzo-range. In a higher key, her voice is more strident… still beautiful, but less alluring, in my opinion. But as George Martin says at the end “it’s far too low for you”. I would disagree, wouldn’t you?
@@Earthles77 Sorry for the late reply, TH-cam didn't tell me of your post! Yes, I agree with you and disagree with George Martin - in this key the her voice sounds absolutely lovely to me, but I can understand his way of thinking; it's likely he was considering how her voice would sit in the mix of a full band arrangement, and felt a higher pitch would give her a chance to push the vocals a bit more.
Great playing and great chords from Paul. Brilliant! Cilla's voice is just beautiful!
Utterly beautiful on so any levels.
Beautiful underated song Always loved it
Very clever key changes by Paul....effortless and seamless. Pure genius.
I think he probably borrowed them from burt
McCartney is a genius and Cilla was a fantastic singer.
This is just AMAZING! Thank you so much for sharing such a gem. Works so well as simply an acoustic version. Paul's guitar accompaniment is just brilliant.
Can't get enough of either voice. Naturally gifted.
Superb. Good thing this was preserved. Missing Cilla. She lived in my town. Saw her once in Silk's Restaurant in Puerto Banus in the 80s while she was waiting for her RR car.
Lived round the corner from where Cilla lived for six months 86/7. Great city. Liverpooling their talents here. Priscilla White RIP. Off to Step innside, love. Px
Amazing insight into a time period of the 1960s when there was creativity+beautiful people who CARED and Loved each other to make GREAT POP MUSIC🤗👏✌️🙂💚
Cilla truly had a heavenly voice
What!!!
Cilla was in the right place (Liverpool) at the right time (Beatlemania) otherwise she would have sunk without a trace.
Her speaking voice is enough to make my ears bleed, never mind her caterwauling when she 'sings'.
@@TheNeicey78
So why are you here-that curious about someone that was in the right place at the right time?
Wiw this is so great to hear, cilla has such a lovely voice and such a stunning song
Man, just listen to those unusual guitar chords and timing for the lyrics and how the melody changes directions so smooth;y and perfectly. McCartney had, and has, such an unusually well developed sense of melody and just think, he had no formal music training and he was only about 25 years old here.
Sounds like they were running the tap to make a cuppa ! I love her sweet voice in the verses
Yeah! Probably had some rich tea on a plate too 😂😂
I love the background melody Paul adds at 4:08 - 4:10. So beautiful.
This early Paul too.I just love this. Cilla was a favourite of mine.
How lucky was Cilla to have a genius song writer and producer at her disposal?
*@MARKMANIATT* How lucky were the genius song writer and producer to have Cilla at their disposal.
@ periwinkleblue2 I was just coming to say exactly the same. All lucky. Stars aligned.
I just want to know what was in the water in Liverpool back then…or maybe the air in the Cavern?
It all happend at the right time, right place.... Synchronicity...
Love this clean simple version 💜
Cillas voice is perfect awwww chuckxxxx
I love this so much.
In the early days of the internet there was a live video of this session. I haven’t seen it since. This is the next best thing. Thanks for posting.
Some fabulous pics here
I love Cilla ‘s singing voice. I would have loved to hear she and Gene Pitney do a duet together ❤️
Gene Pitney was great-one of my top favorite male singers of all time
Just two genius both together Paul on guitar and Cilla on marvelous voice , great times that stay back
Those pictures make me nostalgic. It's so good to be young.
Y sobre todo en esos años.
Paul you genius xxxxxx
3:03 the difference between "Rest" and "Put".. McCartney is a poet
great bossa nova rhythm.. love it!
Just listen to Paul from 3:48 to 4:13,brilliant.Love the bossa nova.Love Cilla too.
Superb.Thankyou.
Lulu @ 0:16
Jane Asher @ 0:20
I was gonna say!! There are loads more Jane Asher and Lulu throughout the video and I was getting really confused. Thanks :)
Absolutely beautiful
Not White Album sessions and not EMI Abbey Road Studios. Paul gave this song to Cilla in late 1967 and she recorded it at Chappel Studios in London. The single was released in the UK in February 1968.
Just love Cilla’s giggle
You can learn a lot about recording singers just by listening to this. There's a lot of "flutish breathiness" (some call it "smoke" or "whisky") in Cilla's lower registers. Take the key down and she has to sing low notes for this effect to make its presence felt, take it up and it disappears and her voice becomes much cleaner and far less "jazzy" (although to be fair, there's so much character in there already with all those little nuances and ornaments she adds to the ends of notes, combined with her signature tendency to add a distinctive crescendo "push" to the volume). It turns out that (as we all learned on Ram) Paul himself was very conscious of/interested in experimenting with 'throat rasp levels' as a very rich palette from which he could draw a seemingly boundless range of (often comically extreme and exaggerated) expression. Viz Monkberry moon delight.
hes sound like linda
Monkberry moon delights vocals are so raw and powerful nothing like I heard from anyone else it must’ve taken a lot from him. 1985 one hand clapping version is also raw and powerful but crisp vocals, only Paul.
@@bigtrip6344 John's 'Twist and shout' vocals are the ones typically cited when considering the fab four's track record for doing anything 'out of character' on the vocal front. Whilst most people's go-to signature raspy vocals tended to be Louis Armstrong's, Rod Stewart's would come up next, probably followed by Slade's Noddy Holder, although the record for ultimate for grittiness undoubtedly goes to Tom Waits. Female vocalists of this type other than Cilla include Tina Turner, Elkie Books, Bonnie Tyler, Cleo Lane and Nina Simone, although with Cilla and Nina it was sometimes more of a nuance rather than being anything which dominated the character of their overall vocal performance.
Thanks for posting!
Nice and jazzy.
I adore studio chatter...
Cilla was such an outgoing woman. She just was Cilla whoever she was with . I tend to underestimate Brian Epstein’s role in the talent that came out of Liverpool in the mid 60’s well before my time but I know all those faces . I love the way she interacts with everybody. Her description of the recording of Alfie was just beautiful. A remarkable video very well done . Would love to know where the Audio came from. I would pay big money for a vinyl copy of a collection of stuff like this. I love George Martin at the end. What a gem.
Thank you for the history with her friends the Beatles 😊
What a beautiful voice.
She had such a distinctive voice. This is one of who quiet songs .Paul is playing he guitar , not bad for a guy who many thought was just playing chords at that time.
I love them all, but only Paul could write this song.
Good song a paul
l so remember the time she was on Thank your lucky stars !!!! so sadly missed .
Wonderful
This song - to me at least is so, so Bossa Nova, it’s beautiful this impromptu studio session and not least the finished song, it’s perfect.
Wonderful song 🎵
Description is wrong this was 67 well before the White Album sessions. See : the demo version was recorded as a studio demo at Chappell Studios in London on 21 November 1967, with McCartney on guitar accompanying Black on vocals. That demo was the basis for the single, although whereas the McCartney demos were recorded in the key of D, the final arrangement of the single version was transposed up a fourth to G, to take advantage of Cilla's higher register
Loved cilla..
A unique insight into the relationship between the legendary Cilla and Paul McCartney...Hello?
There are a couple of similar gems on the white album I will and long time which are truly magical in their simplicity Paul was genius
Great !
Oh wow. This is truly great.
Miss Cilla miss those days
Woah macca proper tune! And cilla what a voice! Love the scouse twang to it all 😂
This song has the kind of harmonic sophistication and melody as any Burt Bacharach tune. McCartney was acutely aware what kind of song would be right for Cilla Black who was not really a rock n roll singer.
I totally agree, its a burt type of song. But its pauls.
She actually did start out by singing big rock and roll songs in The Cavern Club. Bands like The Beatles , The Four Most, King Sized Taylor And The Dominoes and Rory Storm And The Hurricanes would ask Cilla onstage to join them and sing a song or two while they became her backing band. She added the ballards later on.
Love her
My favorite song of all time. Barr none.
You can well imagine Lennon and McCartney structurally learning songs together by this piece of music history.
Interesting to hear the song come together, and Cilla learning the sections. "Are we back in yet?"
As far as the producer goes , What an amazing guy he was. He had been involved with the Goon Show for many years, There seemed to be a heap of people involved with George Martin & Brian Epstein that completely set the music industry alight at that time . Cilla was so talented. I was about 8 when I convinced my folks to buy one of her records “ You’re My World”
Thank you for such a fantastic video. X
I love this history soo special
this is better than the official release
What a great find! 💕
Let me tell you -- the demo of Paul playing acoustic guitar and Cilla singing in a lower register - if this had been the master it would have been a huge hit - unfortunately the recording was way over produced, Cilla over sang in a higher register and the arrangement was forgettable -- but the demo has a bosa nova feel and the simplicity of guitar and vocal is oh so enchanting.
It is a Bossa Nova song, definitely.
I absolutely agree with you. This recording was magic.
First time hearing this version and it’s stunning!! Cilia’s voice was truly beautiful in this, and yet I felt the version that was released was nasal and not nice at all. Hearing Paul work in the background and knowing exactly what everyone should be doing at any given point shows what a true master he is. I’m going to a PM show later this year, despite losing his voice a little this will be a true high point for me. I can’t wait!
Wow loved thisxxxxx💜💜💜💜💜👍👍👍👍
Aside from everything else he could do, Paul was a superb guitarist.
And still is
it was lulu seated between john and paul..I hav also read somewhere that maurice gibb was friend to all d beatles, great boys indeed..
Love this!
OMG, the camera noise in the background! Hahahaha
Man, Apple records could have made a killing just selling recording sessions audio. This is really wonderful stuff!! On another note: can't understand how Paul didn't end up marrying someone like Cilla who was extremely gifted!! RIP, beautiful babe✨
Linda was extremely gifted..
@@jives11220 ...at flogging mushroom fauxmeat
I know this is late but I didn't mean to put Linda down. She stayed with him until her untimely death, and in the arena of rock performers, that's a gift within itself. But Linda was a good photographer and she held her own when the two of them made music. May she forever rest in peace . . .
Cilla should’ve sang in a James Bond movie. 🎤🎶🎶
Cilla sounds very sultry and seductive singing this song softly.
My favourite
This is so awesome. I wish I could find the video that went along with it. I saw it on the web many years ago but it has since been removed by whoever had posted it. Regardless, the audio is very special. Thanks
oh I would love to see that, too!
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@@davdevalle thank you!!
it's like they're in the same room ….great recording ….
Some pictures of Jane Asher and Lulu here.
My issue with this video is the woman in the cover photo is not Cilla Black. It's Jane Asher.
Love this, as a Beatles fan.. Didn't realise how much different Cilla looked back then, she certainly improved as she got older..
***** Most women actually do, you might find out one day.. Tossa!
Well ... she certainly had her nose and teeth corrected. Always loved her ...
She looked better pre-nose job I think . Sexy!
Wish Paul had married her, maybe they'd have made great singer song writer kids. Lol.
Is that Cilla at 2:19? Kinda looks like Jane Asher to me.
Lulu
Fairly sure that is Lulu sitting with Paul and John.
Geoff mania It's Cilla!
Geoff mania It's Lulu defo.
Stan Stan Actually you are right...why has that photo been put up?!
It is Lulu.
Geoff mania lulu was scottish!
One of those pictures looks like Lulu rather than Cilla
Fascinating to hear that come together
Nice stills too..
Poignant!
🤯
Her and LuLu great.
Cilla was an old friend from the Cavern Club (Priscilla White) John Lennon suggested her to Brian Epstein......She was a BIG star in GREAT BRITAIN.
Paul McCartney was trying to write a Bossa Nova. He is musical by nature.
Of course, Bossa Nova was very big at that time, Sergio Mendez and Brasil 66.
Gostei
She sounds better here than on the recording