Download & Listen to COMP TOGETHER - ILX Covers The Beatles (Available Now!)

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The Bee Gees made their own version of Sgt. Pepper. Then there was that weird collection of Beatles covers called All This And WWII. Booker T. & The M.G.s covered Abbey Road and who can forget Tiffany's version of "I Saw Him Standing There".

Now, it's ILX's turn.

Beginning on June 1, the 35th anniversary of the release of Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, we'll start accepting claims for an ILX compilation of Beatles covers tentatively titled ILX Covers The Beatles. The deadline for song claiming will be Dec. 1. Tracks will be accepted until Jan. 1, 2013. The release of this compilation is scheduled for Monday, Feb. 25, 2013, which would have been George Harrison’s 70th birthday.

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Here are the rough guidelines:

• Like other ILX comps, send your song as an MP3, WAV or FLAC. If you would rather work out some sort of dropbox deal, let me know in an email. The email address for all correspondence is ilx.beatles.compATgmailºcom.

• Unlike other comps where we claim our songs in this overview thread, let’s keep the songs we’re covering private. That way, when we release the comp, it can be a big surprise. I’ve got grandiose plans of releasing two versions - one in which the tracks are separated and named, and one “LOVE” version, where all tracks are mixed together into one big beautiful monstrosity.

Send me the name of the song you want to do as well as a second and third choice. First come, first served. I'll get back with you on what's been taken/not taken.

And if you let loose with which song you’re going to do, no worries. You’re just not going to get any revelations from me.

• As I said, we’ll start taking dibs on songs beginning on June 1. Let’s do it at 1400 GMT that day. That’s 7 a.m. San Francisco time, 10 a.m. at the Ed Sullivan Theater, 3 p.m. in Liverpool and midnight, June 2, in Sydney. Any claims on songs before then will not be accepted.

• Only songs performed by the Beatles and released originally by the Beatles will be accepted. No Badfinger, no Wings, no Wilburys, no “Besame Mucho”. If the song you want to cover is “Twist & Shout”, that’s fine since it was released on Please Please Me. I would encourage submissions to be written by Lennon, McCartney, Harrison or Starkey, but if the group thought it was a good idea to release their version of “Boys”, then who can I be to say we shouldn’t either.

Even though Anthology was an official release, I’d prefer we stay away from songs such as “All Things Must Pass” or “Teddy Boy” which were released later as a solo effort.

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Looking forward to hearing comments. Yeah yeah yeah!

dibs on Revolution No. 9

what a massively awesome undertaking, pplains!

cool idea. would like to do it, just have to think of a good song to mangle.

dibs accepted at ilx.beatles.comp address, silly butt.

June 1 is soon enough to get started, but you have until Dec. 1 to pick a song (if you can get it done in a busy month.)

Hahaha, okay, I want in. I will have to think of which shitty song I can DESTROY.

Only reason to be picky about when to start accepting dibs is to be fair to both sides of the Atlantic. I don't want a bunch of Britishes upset at some dumb Arkansas guy for accepting the first claims at 000 GMT.

But that said, the Beatles did land in Arkansas once for refueling. They installed a statue in Walnut Ridge to commemorate the event.

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This could be incentive to get me playing the guitar again . . .

xp 'Some limey longhairs called The Beetles stopped off here to urinate once'

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lol I was going to make fun of ppl for not being able to read and then realized I glossed over the start date

Today was the first time I ever actually bothered to look up that Beatles statue. It kinda bothers me because the band landed up there in 1965 or '66, long before they grew their hair out and started walking across streets.

I hate the beatles but it would be tempting to desecrate their carnival music

that's the spirit!

I figure very few of us will be able to beat them, so

Even though Anthology was an official release, I’d prefer we stay away from songs such as “All Things Must Pass” or “Teddy Boy” which were released later as a solo effort.

How about Beatle-composed Anthology songs that released during the Beatles' tenure, but by other artists?

I've long wanted to cover "Step Inside Love"

Is it really a good idea to be running two ILX comps at once? Can you not wait a bit?

Seems like when ILX does 2 at once, neither happens.

ok, I've read the first post now.

So firstly, I shall put my claim in June 1st in private, I shall see about getting a mod to edit my first post here.

And also it'll be well away from being run at the same time as the current one, any road up.

I'm up for it too. Have ideas of songs and doubt anyone would fight me for it / them.

Argh see now I'm going to get the anxiety that everyone else is choosing the song I would want to do.

There's such a narrow range of songs that would even fit me and I imagine it's the off the beaten track songs that will go first.

I can imagine the queue for "get one of those for your trousers" will be longer than the queue for "Hey Jude"

I should have put quotes around "off the beaten track."

It's just that there are really only 1 or 2 songs I'd want to do, and I'd be gutted if I lost out to someone who was all just "I h8 the Beatles & their cultural domination so I'm just going to pick this one to wreck it."

Because yeah yeah I hate the cultural domination and critical supremacy of the Beatles but some of their songs are so beautiful, especially when they catch me unaware.

Oh, I am conflicted. I should sit this thread out.

Wow, what a cool idea. Yeah, I want to do this. Gonna start thinking about my top three picks! Bravo pplains.

WCC, hopefully the June 1 starting gun at a particular time helps in getting you the song you want. I really don't imagine getting 90 submissions all at once there.

But to be fair to anyone else who would have wanted to do those two songs as well, I think this is fair. At least it's daylight in most of ILX-land.

And I know we've got the Animal Collective comp running now too. Anyone is welcome to forget about this project until that's over. Remember, you've got six months to even claim a song and almost eight months to record it.

Just adding this again since I really should have made it bold in the OP:

• As I said, we’ll start taking dibs on songs beginning on June 1. Let’s do it at 1400 GMT that day. That’s 7 a.m. San Francisco time, 10 a.m. at the Ed Sullivan Theater, 3 p.m. in Liverpool and midnight, June 2, in Sydney. Any claims on songs before then will not be accepted.

In a week, this will be a moot point anyway.

glad i have a few months to decide whether there's a beatles original worth doing more than "A Taste Of Honey"

I was thinking this morning how perverse this is gonna get if someone does "Please Mr. Postman".

Looking forward to hearing this! My housemate is a happy hardcore producer, maybe I can persuade him to contribute (does sampling count?)

Hey yeah, I didn't realise how long the submission period was when I was worried about not being able to finish the other compilation. That's plenty long enough to finish the other one before starting this.

ARGH WHY YOU GOTS TO THROW TIME ZONES INTO IT THO I can never get my head around time zones. We're in British Summer Time now, right? Argh. Pressure.

I think I've found two alternate songs but I just have no way of judging how popular things are among the ILX compilation crowd. Not that I would plan on doing either of these songs, but we seem like the kind of people where several people would fight over Rain but no one would be interested in doing Strawberry Fields.

British summer time - 3 pm, 1 June.

I even put the one in front of "June" for ya.

Thanks! Appreciated that :D

I'm in on this. Already looking forward to the LOVE-style megamix.

so hows this gonna work? you keep receiving submissions until the entire catalog is full or until 1/1/13, which ever comes first?

Or is it like, one submission per ILX username?

I'm prolly not gonna do this, but I was just wondering.

Yeah, for now, we're just going to take one submissions per ILX user. No socks.

Beginning June 1, I'll take submissions at ilx.beatles.compatgmaildotcom. (Trying to avoid setting off the email filter here.)

From then until Dec. 1, you can stake your claim on what title you're recording. You have until 1/1/13 to submit the finished track.

I don't know off the top of my head how many Beatles songs we're talking about here. At least 120. If we get anything close to that before 12/1, I'll certainly alert everyone on this thread. I will also likely shit my pants.

So if we clear your submission a week from tomorrow, you record it and get it ready over the weekend, and then send it to me on Monday, June 4, you're good.

If we clear your submission on 11/30 and you have it back to me by 12/31, then again, we're good.

You don't have to claim your song on June 1 and you don't have to wait until 1/1 to send it in. The only incentive to get in your stakes early is to take advantage of the "first-come, first-serve" procedure here.

I'm going to add a track to this, but I'm going to wait until the last minute, so I don't claim a song over anyone else.

I would love to hear multiple versions of the same song, myself.

no medleys or intra-beatles mashups allowed then? like elanor rigby lyrics over daytripper riff?

If multiples exist, they must be performed in different keys. You know, to keep it interesting for the listener. Get those capos warmed up.

I agree that multiple versions would sound cool, but I'm more interested in covering a lot of ground, seeing what songs get taken first, and how it's going to sound when it's put all together. You really want to hear six versions of "Helter Skelter" in that Love mix?

But that said, if someone wants to go all Beatallica and throw in a few riffs from other songs into their mix, that's cool. Lord knows the Beatles themselves pulled that trick a couple of times. Just as long as it's under the umbrella of one song title.

So yeah. No one gets to claim Stars on 45.

i'll do this, have no idea what song

Ooh, i wanna do "Wild Honey Pie"!

Oh, crap, sorry guys. Just jumped to the bottom w/o reading.

I have a Beatles cover I made 20 years ago, one of the few surviving tapes I have from that long ago, that I just listened to for the first time in eons. I recalled it being a rather dull, straightforward cover. I forgot it featured a cheap vintage keyboard simulating a guitar and a Roland 808 in lieu of Ringo. Would you all rather have this or a newly made recording?

I could get into this. See if I can recruit my gf for vox....

As long as no one claims the song first and you're the one who made the recording, the cover can be 100 years old for all that it matters.

Yeah dude go for the vintage recording!

I'm in I'm in I'm in, I need to record this summer

I'm in on this sucker as well.

I'm asking for claims and submissions (I feel like an insurance adjustor writing that) to be sent to ilx.beatles.comp @ gmail . com, but I'm not going to be a stickler if someone sends me a webmail through my user name here. Just be aware that I don't check that address so often anymore and submissions made to the beatles.comp address will be taken first.

After Friday, it won't be a big deal. I foresee a quick deluge of claims followed by a summer of relaxin'.

inspired by this idea so I have already started recording the track (you can't fight inspiration, can you ?)... hope I'll get it first !
anyway, good idea and fun project !

I will say this: I've gotten a few submissions from people who have later admitted they jumped the gun, and I haven't seen one repeat.

And the ones I am seeing, let's just say that this likely won't follow No. 1 to the letter.

So do we not have to wait til Friday to request a song?

You do.

The ones who have contacted me prematurely to select a song won't be assigned one officially until I go through the first ones who come in on Friday at the ilx.beatles.comp email address. Those first ones on Friday will be given first choice.

On Monday, 6/4, at no official time, I'll write back to any of the early claimants and if no one has claimed their song over the weekend, I'll confirm their choice. Or they can resend me their request on Friday to get in line to be a little more sure.

oh I totally intend to resubmit; I just assumed early submissions wouldn't be counted

I think everyone gets the gist. It sounds more complicated than it is and will be moot in less than a week.

I know this is different than the way these things are handled, where you make a claim on the thread, but I think the element of surprise of seeing MOMUS - HONEY DON'T for the first time will be worth it.

Me doing "You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)," including all the funny voices.

I think I'm going to have a go at this!!

You're all going to be 'blown away' by my all-flatulence version of 'Tomorrow Never Knows'!
(j/k - not really)

Yeah, I see why Mad Men spent the $250K.

half tempted by this, awesome idea

I know that it's June 1 ~~somewhere~~, but just a reminder that claims for your covers will be accepted here, beginning 23 hours and 48 minutes from whatever the time-stamp is underneath this post.

And that link doesn't work, mother fuc

ilx.beatles.comp @ gmail . com

just sent an email, although I'm guessing someone already claimed it!

Won't accept it for another 23 hours or so!

Yeah, nearly did as well, forgot the date..

d'oh!

after actually reading the thread rather than skimming, now i feel like an idiot. but let my misery serve as a warning for the rest of you: don't be like me!

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Someone should do Maxwell's Silver Ban Hammer.

They're doing "Please Mr Postflag" instead.

this could become an unintended distributed-denial-of-service attack on the ILX server at 1400 GMT

why?

Send them to gmail. They deserve it.

One hour and 18 minutes...

Question: are we allowed to do several tracks in the form of a 'medley', or are we only allowed to do one track and one track only?

I agree that multiple versions would sound cool, but I'm more interested in covering a lot of ground, seeing what songs get taken first, and how it's going to sound when it's put all together. You really want to hear six versions of "Helter Skelter" in that Love mix?

But that said, if someone wants to go all Beatallica and throw in a few riffs from other songs into their mix, that's cool. Lord knows the Beatles themselves pulled that trick a couple of times. Just as long as it's under the umbrella of one song title.

So yeah. No one gets to claim Stars on 45.

― pplains, Thursday, 24 May 2012 21:07 (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

think that covers it..

sent my claim.

no jumping the gun!

this could become an unintended distributed-denial-of-service attack on the ILX server at 1400 GMT

― Lee971 (Lee626), Friday, June 1, 2012 1:52 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

why?

― Mark G, Friday, June 1, 2012 2:17 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

All around the world there are ILXors poised with their fingers (or other appendages) over the 'send' button.

AND WE'RE OFF.

haha enjoy your DoS

(although if 15 ppl can take down Google by sending emails to the same address, lol)

I imagine someone in Google's GMail control centre is right now going "WTF?! ILX? Is this the next stuxnet/Flame?"

Argh I hope mine went through! Stress! Pressure! (my chosen song title feeling v appropriate right now)

I'M NUMBER ONE
I'M NUMBER ONE

I sure hope those seven emails didn't kill google.

I'm going to get the spreadsheet worked up and check back every hour or so. Still plenty of love to make out there.

whoa, I totally forgot about this, but luckily happened to check ILX at a few minutes past 10 and got my claim in. btw, i only chose one song, and if i don't get it i will switch into sabotage mode and attempt to prevent the entire project from happening using only a broadsword and an unlimited-ride amtrak pass

Still plenty of love to make out there.

my life motto....

xp I don't think the Amtrak network goes as far a Europe.

I put my message into my lovely hi-spec email sender, to send "after 3:00"

Needless to say, it did nowt.

Now to sit on this for 6.95 months only to suddenly remember when this thread is bumped and dash something off in a blind panic...

yeah, I thought the AC ILX cover release was far but this is something else !

Yay I got my chosen song!

::does happy dance::

Actually that's inappropriate I should do a solemn and stoned George Harrison dance.

^^ SPOILER

w@@t

my spur-of-the-moment choice - ACCEPTED

N/A's Fab Four re-endition of PUMPING BLOOD will certainly be guaranteed to raise a smile!

(I used that joke on my reply email to him too. This morning has been HILARIOUS.)

I'm in too !
so see you guys in 6 months ?

in the meantime, to keep this alive, pplains, maybe you could make an update of the tracks taken (or available, whatever is more convenient) ? like every month or something ? that would also prevent people from sending you requests for songs that are not available anymore !

wouldn't that spoil the surprise of the final tracklist?

but no one, but pplains, would know WHO makes WHICH song !
and maybe ALL their songs will be taken so no spoiler ! (ok, the probability is not high).

There's probably some way vague hints can be left.

Eleven submissions in the first hour. Leaning heavily toward "blue album" material.

If you submitted before 1400 GMT (a little more than an hour ago), I may not get back to your email until this weekend. So if you really want yours, resubmit it to be fair to everyone.

ILX.BEATLES.COMP @ gmail.com

can you put me and chris down for "birthday"?

Please see preceding post.

I can't take submissions here. If they show up in bold at an address I specifically set up to handle this comp, we might have a chance.

you should probably just autopost the submission guidelines every other minute

It wouldn't hurt since it all gets lost in the vapors.

- SUBMIT your song choice to ILX.BEATLES.COMP @ gmail.com. Songs assigned in the order that claims are received.

We're up to 14 so far.

Or have a 'review post' stage that says "Are you submitting a request? You want to do that? Really?" ...

I've only had to give one person their second choice so far. Looking good!

Actually more than excited about this now!

pplains did you not count my claims? I guess I sent it before it was time.

There were quite a few early claims. I'm just trying to be fair.

COMP TOGETHER - ILX Covers The Beatles

And first-come, first-serve goes to ilx.beatles.comp senders. If requests get sent anywhere else, I likely won't get to them until this weekend.

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cool?

I resubmitted.

sorry I didn't really read the thread.

submitted

crut you better not have taken ob la di ob la da

Yay got my number one!

Was bounced down to my third choice song, but then resubmitted with a completely different one that I'll actually have to think about...

(every drone rock person here probably put "It's All Too Much" down)

did not actually think i'd get my #1 and I got it. scared!

I got my #1 as well.

Is there a spreadsheet hiding somewhere? How do you know you've been (or haven't been) awarded your first pick? Didn't get a confirmation email or anything

As a drone rock person I put 'Within You, Without You' as my Number 1 which I didn't get.

Lee, did you email me at ilx.beatles.comp at gmail.com? Between that and Arkansas Bride, I haven't had time to check any other addresses.

I've been trying to look every hour or so.

sent it to the first one. it's in my outbox.

Please send it to the ilx.beatles.comp one for now.

Just got the 20th submission.

- Five songs from one album.

- One instrumental claimed.

- No Ringo songs.

- No covers.

meant sent it to that email addy, yes.

i'll resend

I'm actually kinda scared I got my FAVOURITE song. Like, so much to live up to. Almost wish I'd got a 2nd or 3rd choice so it wouldn't matter so much to me if I mucked it up.

But not enough to change now, mind.

Lee, just saw yours and your first choice is okay.

I just set this email address up and already, gmail is sending hotmail addresses to my spam folder. I'll try to keep an eye out for that, but beware.

AOL users, you too, just in case.

aol users deserve it imo

I just sent one in. I apologize for only picking one song, but that's cuz if I don't get it I'll have to reconsult on other options with my partner in crime.

- One instrumental claimed.

Hmm Flying, What others are there?

Side 2 of Yellow Submarine soundtrack?

cry for a shadow ? is that what that early track is called?

Got my first choice, which means I have like six months to figure out how to actually play and record this thing.

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Got my first choice, which didn't surprise me. Equally pleased and worried.

12-Bar Original

Cool, got my choice too. Now the how part...

22 songs in 8 hours. ilx.beatles.comp @ gmail.com. have a great weekend!

CONFIDENTIAL TO Soccer mom, hopeless and lost, in utter despair: That song has already been taken. Also, I don't have your email.

You can submit songs via ILX webmail through my pplains name, but I likely won't see it for awhile and I can't respond to robot @ ilxor.

Got my #2 choice, lots and lots of chords, luckily I cheated and found them on the interwebs rather than sitting down and working it all out myself, fuck that.

pp, I figured out after the fact to send it to the correct email, so you have already responded and approved mine. We're good.

good resource: http://www.icce.rug.nl/~soundscapes/DATABASES/AWP/awp-beatles_canon.shtml

haw, dan p. didn't even make the connection.

wait what connection

I believe that was directed at the other dan p

DJP and Dan Peterson should start a funk based Beatles cover band called The Dan P Connection.

I had to tell Soccer mom, hopeless and lost, in utter despair "Sorry dude, Dan Peterson requested your weird song first."

I'm unutterably stupid. How does one figure what songs have been claimed and what haven't? Or is it simply submit and pray?

Submit three choices and I'd bet you'd do fine.

Roger.

Two more songs, and we'll have as many tracks as the White Album.

Also, from the first four albums (UK), we have only ONE song claimed.

ilx.beatles.comp @ gmail. com

I've already bitten off more than I can chew.

I've been a little intimidated myself, even though I haven't even officially picked a song. Crüt's link up there, about which chords with which songs and the arrangements and the oh my makes me feel like I'm going to try to re-write Shakespere.

Just gotta remember that no one's going to top the most successful band in history with a four-track in their bedroom. I sure as hell hope that no one notices that I can't play a minor chord on my bass. None of that was our intention going into this anyway, I don't think.

yeah this is basically going to be me setting aside an hour or two and seeing what happens. and whatever happens, you all will have to listen to!

Good Lord, I just forced myself to listen to that Phish White Album show for the first time and I think ILX is going to be just fine with this.

ilx.beatles.comp @ gmail.com

I'm keeping an eye out for any two or more songs that sync together. For example, if someone claims "Mean Mr. Mustard" and someone else gets "Polythene Pam", I'll let those two ILXors know about the other.

27 songs and holding for now.

ilx.beatles.comp @ gmail.com

Just got the first submission.

After hearing it, I am so much more psyched for this comp.

l been busy on my track, need to redo the lead guitar break to my satisfaction, then it's all about the mix..

iirc I am in on this thing and have confirmed studio time!
("studio" being my friend MP's basement...)

Everyone's got plenty of time. One ILXor just beat the crowd early.

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This is kinda weird.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsK5afhO-cE

Maybe you can make it weirder.

ilx.beatles.comp @ gmail . com.

There's five for a kick-off!

whereas...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbmVpWiSCVY&feature=related

They didn't even try to pass that other guy off as Eric Clapton or Klaus Voorman.

The second submission was sent last week. I can't wait to line these up and hear them all together.

Here's a list of albums that haven't been represented yet by ILXors:

PLEASE PLEASE ME
WITH THE BEATLES
A HARD DAY'S NIGHT
PAST MASTERS I

Still plenty of choices from the other albums too. Let me know which one you want to do. ilx.beatles.comp @ gmail.com

submission sent!

Tickled pink about the tracks I've heard so far.

Remember, you've got another four months to claim a song (12/1) and five months (1/1) to get the song sent to me. The comp will be released to the world in Feb. 2013.

I still haven't picked mine out yet. I'll think of one, spend a month working it out in my head, get bored, move on to another one.

ilx.beatles.comp @ gmail.com

I'm a little late, but I just noticed a new submission from earlier this month.

Not a song claim, but the entire song itself!

Fortunately, no one had staked it yet and anyway, it's been the highlight of my morning.

I would still advise you to claim a song first to make sure we don't have any repeats. Still lots of time.

ilx.beatles.comp @ gmail.com

just had a little jam session with a drummer friend in the basement where we tried out an arrangement of my beatles tune. needs some work, but it'll be good!

and when i say "good" feel free to read that as "Better Than The Beatles"

Tomorrow is the 72nd birthday for John Lennon. Next up on the birthday calendar will be George's 70th in February.

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And that's also the day that the ILX Beatles Comp will be released to the world.

So far, we've got 29 songs claimed. We've even got four tracks finished and already sent in.

Here are the deadlines coming up: Dec. 1 will be the last day to claim a song. We're doing this privately, so email your claim to ilx.beatles.comp @ gmail.com. I'll only be able to honor the claims that come in through that email address.

Give me three requests. You'll get your top request as long as no one else has claimed it first. I'll confirm your request, usually within a day or so, if not the hour.

After Dec. 1, no more claims will be accepted. The next deadline will be Jan 1 to get your recorded track sent in.

And then on Feb. 25, we'll have our big release party online.

So again, tell me what song you want to do at ilx.beatles.comp @ gmail.com. The more the merrier, a splendid time guaranteed for all.

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mine just needs Bass and a guitar solo

Any chance of a sneak peek at the track listing?

my new band just tried out our contribution yesterday...it sounded prettay prettay good. it also may have been ten minutes long.

Any chance of a sneak peek at the track listing?

Here are the original albums that are represented so far. (Doesn't represent every song submitted though.)

Beatles For Sale
Help!
Rubber Soul
Revolver
Sgt. Pepper
Magical Mystery Tour
White Album
Yellow Submarine
Abbey Road
Let It Be

So if you're hankering for a Please Please Me cover, the floor is all yours.

I'll also add that the white album is the most-represented so far. Of course, it has 30 songs on it, so there's plenty to pick from.

There's almost a small dark part of me that wishes we could've just done that album instead of everything, but it's better to have more to pick from and besides, I didn't want to seem like I was ripping off Phish.

Sent this on Sunday but ... no reply.

hey, how did i miss this?

Has anyone done "Your Mother Should Know"?

I haven't even started work on mine yet - it's been so long since i've made any recordings and am so unfamiliar with modern multitrack recording software.

What cheap or free multitrack recording app should I use? I have a 4-year-old Windows 7 laptop and a iPod touch 4, plus some guitars and keyboards.

Check out Reaper, it works as freeware and bugs you only once - on starting - to register, and it's dead cheap if you do register. It's not got pretty knobs or anything, but is a great piece of software for recording, you can make it as simple or complex as you like.

Sent this on Sunday but ... no reply.

― a worthy pioner! (weatheringdaleson), Thursday, October 25, 2012 2:37 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Got it!

If anyone wants to request a song, send your dibs to ilx.beatles.comp @ gmail.com. Only way I can keep track of everything.

Dec. 1 the last day for submitting your claims. Jan. 1 the last day to send in your final recording.

I'm taking off the week of Thanksgiving specifically to work on my song

One month from today (Dec. 1) to let me know which song you want to do.

Two months until all submissions need to be sent in.

ilx.beatles.comp @ gmail.com

The rough guidelines, once more with feeling:

Here are the rough guidelines:

• Like other ILX comps, send your song as an MP3, WAV or FLAC. If you would rather work out some sort of dropbox deal, let me know in an email. The email address for all correspondence is ilx.beatles.compATgmailºcom. Only claims to this email address will be accepted.

• Unlike other comps where we claim our songs in this overview thread, let’s keep the songs we’re covering private. That way, when we release the comp, it can be a big surprise. I’ve got grandiose plans of releasing two versions - one in which the tracks are separated and named, and one “LOVE” version, where all tracks are mixed together into one big beautiful monstrosity.

Send me the name of the song you want to do as well as a second and third choice. First come, first served. I'll get back with you on what's been taken/not taken.

And if you let loose with which song you’re going to do, no worries. You’re just not going to get any revelations from me.

• Only songs performed by the Beatles and released originally by the Beatles will be accepted. No Badfinger, no Wings, no Wilburys, no “Besame Mucho”. If the song you want to cover is “Twist & Shout”, that’s fine since it was released on Please Please Me. I would encourage submissions to be written by Lennon, McCartney, Harrison or Starkey, but if the group thought it was a good idea to release their version of “Boys”, then who can I be to say we shouldn’t either.

Even though Anthology was an official release, I’d prefer we stay away from songs such as “All Things Must Pass” or “Teddy Boy” which were released later as a solo effort.

http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo264/midiman56/EmoBeatles.jpg

About to hit the two-week mark before we close the book on claiming songs for the comp. Dec. 1 is the deadline for emailing which song you'd like to record at ilx.beatles.comp @ gmail.com.

The deadline for sending in your recorded material isn't until Jan. 1, 2013.

Get-on-with-it bump

Deadline is Saturday!

cool pic btw

I was going to record my contribution today, but didn't.
I may deadline surf on this one.

ayo, me and chr1s aren't going to be able to do our vers of "happy birthday" because i am lazy and a procrastinator and SOME PEOPLE have to go play fancy All Tomorrow's Parties festivals in the England

Remember, the recorded tracks don't have to be in until Jan. 1. I'm just asking for anyone to claim a song to record before Dec. 1.

xp maybe he can request it during shellac's set, and then your contribution can be the recording of albini berating him for doing so.

ayo, me and chr1s aren't going to be able to do our vers of "happy birthday" because i am lazy and a procrastinator and SOME PEOPLE have to go play fancy All Tomorrow's Parties festivals in the England

― U.S. State Department, Office of Rare Psych (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, November 26, 2012 4:05 PM (23 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Dude we have until Jan 1st! C'mon we can do it! Maybe! People need to hear us do "Happy Birthday".

you can hear a lo-fi snippet of a run-through of my cover here: http://forcesatwork.tumblr.com/post/36597009803
any guesses!?

started working on mine last night. my idea is so dumb. i'm worried it might be too dumb.

Don't think that's going to be possible for this comp, n.

It's going to make Lulu sound like the Beatles.

i might have to get drunk to record it properly

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgbnh9L4kd1qd4f1p.jpg

Since Lennon is such a huge icon for 1st year University students, I love photos of Lennon where he resembles just about any pissed-up 1st year University student...

Lennon J@gg3r

DEADLINE for emailing me which song you want to record is Saturday, Dec. 1. For some of you, that may be RIGHT NOW.

ilx.beatles.comp @ gmail.com

We've got a solid line-up, but more are welcome.

Remember, audio files are due at the same address on Jan. 1. The plan is to release it on Soundcloud, etc., by Feb. 23.

http://cdn.ph.upi.com/sv/i/para/upi/UPI-5201344439943/2012/7/13444470517391/On-this-day-in-1969-the-Beatles-crossed-Abbey-Road.jpg

SEND 'EM IN!

I'm about 2/3rds done, hopefully will be 3/3rds done by the end of next week.

ayo, me and chr1s aren't going to be able to do our vers of "happy birthday" because i am lazy and a procrastinator and SOME PEOPLE have to go play fancy All Tomorrow's Parties festivals in the England

―U.S. State Department, Office of Rare Psych (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, November 26, 2012 4:05 PM (23 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalinkp

Dude we have until Jan 1st! C'mon we can do it! Maybe! People need to hear us do "Happy Birthday".

―chr1sb3singer,Monday, November 26, 2012 4:30 PM (5 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

You're right we can't cheat the public

So do it at ATP, it's allowed innit?

And the deadline for submissions is closed.

Already have heard some of the song tracks submitted early and based on those alone, we're going to have a treat next February.

Thanks for participating. You'll see this thread get revived as we get closer to 2013.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-K0wuB1unfJk/Ts0XY8RENAI/AAAAAAAAie8/fxxsCJg_ufk/s526/which-beatle-would-you-kiss-favorite.jpg

i think i've completed my contribution! woo. might fool around w/ the mixing, but it's kind of a gussied up rehearsal/basement recording, so there's only so much I can do. i may have also messed up the lyrics a little bit... who's excited?!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaM6gTUTooc

lol, good clip. van dyke's look there is all time.

OK, I've mostly finished mine. will send it within this week since I'll leave for a couple weeks after !

Yay!

Going on two weeks until the deadline to send your finished songs.

totally just sent mine in.

I managed to combine my propensities to procrastinate and overschedule into a gigantic ball of hell; I will not be able to work on this at all until after the stated deadline. I could have it done by the 15th though.

Sadly I'm not going to be able to do my contribution, due to a major computer death situation and no way to sorting out a replacement for some time. Not happy.

Or I could use my Philips PMC-100. Google it, it's a cheesy 80s classic. In fact, I might.. What connector would I need to feed sound into an iPad into Garageband?

I can't help you on the iPad side as I don't have one, but...

my Philips PMC-100

...no joke I am so jealous, this is rad as fuck!

Really? It's cheesy as fuck, makes dinky rhythm noises and farting sounds - but has an oddly powerful sequencer inside it. I bet if I shoved it through my effects pedals it could be interesting.

Never saw one of those before. Looks amazing. Use it!

rob m, just get an external audio card, plug an 1/8" jack into iPad and some sort of adapter to hook to your audio card

Thanks for the advice and the support - I'll have a go this week.

Sent earlier today, after much mixing consternation (pplains, did you receive it ok?)

Just sent mine, too. Thank god there was a deadline. I could have messed with this forever.

gotta finish this up!!

I won't be able to finish this because I'm having a baby any day now

i'll get mine in today probably. or tomorrow.

emailed

Blimey, the door is nearly Shut!

I thought I'd be able to pull this off but it's just been flake outs and fuck ups and I have to bail out. Apologies.

I'm pretty happy with how my track turned out.

http://www.b24.net/stories/annetteimages/Kamenitsa%20plane%20crash.jpg

Sorry PP

I heard the deadline was extended?

You've got until 1/15.

.. this afternoon..

(not really)

the two week extension really helped, pplains. i'm actually finally managing to make progress on my track, should have it done on time!

I totally have my track done and am just making you all wait. I'll go right and get it.

It's in my car...

/tires screech as the car peels out

But it will be ready by 1/15. Midnight, right?

we'll be waiting.

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ld4npx014v1qdcvu8o1_500.gif

I'm afraid he will be the most disappointed of the Fabs when he hears what I have in store.

"How do you sleep?"

it's all in the mind

DONE

this comp is going to be better than the beatles.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4a/Joe_Diffie_-_Bigger_Than_The_Beatles.jpg

(Don't forget Tuesday. Have a good weekend!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UKBC8KmLaM

thanks to a burgeoning chest cold, mine may end up a good bit gruffer than expected

even better.

xp As long as it's a Ringo or John vocal, no problem. And if you're doing 'Twist & Shout' you've hit the jackpot.

haha um well

that is not the case

in fact, I may have to drastically rethink my arrangement because I'm not sure I'm physically capable of doing it right now

autotune !

An autotuned 'Because', beautiful

ahah. my brain just explosed trying to imagine that !

exploded

"it gets me hiiiiIEIEUIEEIEUERGZZZ-Z-Z-Z-GEIRgh!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbPyIxiCvP0

guess pplains is TOO FAMOUS now to get this done

The release of this compilation is scheduled for Monday, Feb. 25, 2013, which would have been George Harrison’s 70th birthday.

but you are correct that he is too famous now to get this done

HEY YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD BE COOL? ABBEG ROAD WITH A GOOGLE MAP LOGO BRB

We're still on for 2/25. I had planned the extra month in case a Love remix was in the cards, but I don't think that will happen. The songs are too good on their own.

Soundcloud, some sort of zip file thing, any other formats?

Pono

"The songs are too good on their own."

pplains, clearly not talking about my contribution. Look forward to hearing the others, though.

What's going on with pplains and fame ? I haven't followed ilx a lot lately!

If I'm reading this right, he's got a tumblr where screenshots from movies are Photoshopped to look like Google Street View images, and last week it was mentioned on reddit.

woo !

That is so great. Are you going to do A Hard Day's Night for the compilation sleeve?

is it still on for the 25th Feb?

jeez, this project started... 9 months ago !!

yet I still did mine in about an hour

This is going to be so awesome.

I've got the megaupload activated, I'll get them on Soundcloud this weekend and yes, we'll be all set for Monday.

Wound up with 16 or 17 tracks. Shortest one is just over a minute. Longest one is like 8:25.

Whoa, nice! I figured there might be a delay just because these things always take longer than you expect. Looking forward to hearing it!

also, i think the casual use of the phrase "I've got the megaupload activated" would blow people's minds in 1953

i can imagine william gibson writing that in an early draft of Neuromancer and giving himself a grin in the mirror, like, "you magnificent bastard, you've done it again"

Shortest one is just over a minute. Longest one is like 8:25.

ts: "Wild Honey Pie" vs "Revolution 9"

an 8 minutes "wild honey pie" would be interesting !

now I regret I didn't have that idea...

a one minute Revolution 9 could be great

ok, let's start a COMP TOGETHER vol.II !!

Here's a list of the artists as I have them named on the comp. If anyone sees a mistake in how you're credited, please let me know.

ADAM BRUNEAU
ISMAEL KLATA
EPISTANTOPHUS
Paul MarioKartney
WEATHERINGDALESON
MARK GROUT
SNOBALL
Forces at Work
ALEXTC
TARFUMES THE ESCAPE GOAT
CRUTSIS
DARIN
p.plains
Scare Quotes
Anthony Miccio
The Roswell Incident
ZS

I tried to update the name in my database when I got a submission, but not always maybe.

da croupier not full name plz

sorry. should've thought of that before posting the list.

lol @ Paul MarioKarntey
As for me it's AlXTC, please.
thanks !
(damn, I still have this 8 minutes wild honey pie in mind... maybe for another ILX project !)

weatheringdaleson -- all lower case thx

haha, i think mine is the longest one. i wish it was twice as long! looking forward to this. thx to pplains for doing it.

Hi, I don't see "Alsatian Davies" there...

Got 'em.

Keeping a spreadsheet is hard, I don't know how jaymc does it.

snoball is all lower case, thanks!

oh lol I completely forgot about this, oops

I'll just be Ismael for this one please. If one name is good enough for Prince or Madonna ...

so we should call you...isma.....

oh never mind, i'm sorry

The Roswell Incident is credited properly, but the track still sucks.

(boy i hope I did this right.)

Just in time to celebrate what would have been George Harrison's 70th birthday, it's time to MEET THE BEATLES.

(AS COVERED BY ILX.)

https://i1.sndcdn.com/artworks-000041423560-wvvvm0-t500x500.jpg?271c828

Two ways you can listen and own this compilation: Download the zip file of all 17 songs here or better yet, stream the whole thing at Soundcloud.

https://soundcloud.com/ilx-beatles-comp/sets/comp-together-ilx-covers-the

A guaranteed time is splendid for all!

This is one chill covers comp.

Great cover! I am so looking forward to this.

i like this pete worst cut, whoever made it!

the instrumental ending to within you without you is so gnarly

good stuff so far - maybe there should be a new thread to announce the release so that people who didn't record songs find out about it?

Good idea. Maybe I can petition a mod to alter the thread title.

WYWY has the second-most plays on my iTunes from this list.

The first is Paul MarioCartney since it's short and I damn near crack up anytime I hear it.

.. or put it on ILE

That is tremendous. And beautifully sequenced. Well done all!

(maybe even a new thread for this, and a fanfare)

yeah this is sounding awesome so far! kudos, y'all.
[early fave is tarfumes' -- maybe the best cover i've heard of that one! better than sonic youth!]

yeah wywy is definitely a stunner - tarfumes did you play the drums on that? great chops

also like the galaxie 500-esque version of tomorrow never knows a lot

I really should have remastered mine once the extension was announced. It's too quiet.

Loving these so far. Paul MarioKartney is brilliant, "Her Majesty" took an amazing left turn, a da croupier's made me a little frightened (in a good way).

(and thanks, tylerw & n/a!)

This whole thing is so great.

Tarfumes! <3 <3 Drumming is amaaaaazing

heyy, if your track is under another name than your posting name, can you let everyone know who you are? maybe that's upthread, not sure.
i'm forces at work, i know scare quotes is n/a ...
and yeah, i've found that my only idea when it comes to covering a song is: "what would galaxie 500 sound like if they played this song."

weinventyou here on the internet

ah yes, i knew that one too -- that "long long long" is quite lovely.

I am Pete Worst.

i figured that was you, crutis. great work as usual.

xpost

oh, you were forces at work! i liked that one a lot, it has a nice after the goldrush/recording in a smoky room in the basement kind of feel, in the best possible way.

It's funny it nearly all turned out so mellow. I'm glad I didn't the chance to do the miami bass wywy I had planned.

Long Long Long and Good Night are my favourites, I think.

I was tickled with how deconstructive the content was. Most of these don't even really sound like Beatle songs.

Put this in another board's hands and every song would've sounded like The Rutles.

I told ZS in an email that he should've tagged his Long Long Long with eight minutes of a Blue Nun bottle spinning around.

crut haack

whole thing is a good mix of irreverent goofs and inspired bliss outs.

holy shit tarfumes

^^this

ZS's "Long Long Long" is a great aural companion piece to his gif creation over the years.

I hate to ID favorites because they're all inspired, but had "holy shit awesome" moments at Strawberry Fields, Long Long Long and of course WYWY.

Spreading the word and loving the results!

Thanks for the cat-herding and beauteous tracks, all. Wish mine measured up.

Just noticed, it's in 'chronological' order, innit?

And beautifully sequenced. Well done all!

lol

haven't listened to everything yet but so far it's great and fun.
after enjoying the name, loving the Paul MarioCartney's track !
also the gary glitter'd one !

I was real tempted to sequence it in order of appearance on their respective albums -- have WYWY start "side 2", hide "Her Majesty" as an untitled track.

But with both Tomorrow Never Knows and Good Night on there, I got thrown off that idea and just went in order of release. Still came out pretty cool. We can thank serendipity for that one.

Thanks, serendipity. Which one is his track?

It's in the lead-out groove, you kinda have to look for it.

available

Shoutin' out thanks to BROWNIE for the recognizable-as-a-Beatles-tune portion of my track.

OUR BROWNIE? had no idea!

"I'd like to thank my producer..."

It's funny how nobody, other than the peerless Paul MarioCartney, took on a really big track. Three from the Blue Album, nothing from the Red Album. Only one single.

I know this is ILM, but if you released the originals it'd make for a pretty obscure Beatles comp for a lot of people.

Pretty much the same thing for the songs that were claimed, but due to a variety of legitimate reasons, weren't submitted:

She's A Woman
Yes It Is
Honey Pie
And Your Bird Can Sing
Eleanor Rigby
Cry For A Shadow
I Want You (She's So Heavy)
You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)
Only A Northern Song
Martha My Dear
Birthday
You Like Me Too Much
Oh Darling
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
It's All Too Much

Ilooking forward to volume II

I don't even KNOW "cry for a shadow" !

that's like that super early instrumental, right?

i thought about and your bird can sing, but decided it would be too hard. probably would've come out sounding exactly like my tomorrow never knows.

"and your bird" with a chamber orchestra playing it brandenburger concerto style could be neat !

geir would hate this lol

a chamber orchestra feat. a funky rythm section.

that's like that super early instrumental, right?

Yep, I think it's part of the Tony Sheridan sessions. It's the only song credited to Lennon/Harrison.

I feel really bad about not submitting my youve got to hide your love away because it would've come out sounding like work that motherfucker

Ilooking forward to volume II

― Ismael Klata, Friday, 1 March 2013 17:15 (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yes.

Unfortunately, Kevin Shields is mixing them../..

a 8min cover of "wild honey pie" by kevin shields produced by daft punk is my new dream !

paul mariocartney is still making me lol. amazing.

haha, me too. It cries out for a game to be made for it.

I was a stickler for the whole calling your song and then submitting it, just because I knew any other way, I would get way too disorganized and probably leave off somebody (like I did in my Husker Du poll.)

But that said, when this showed up in my inbox unannounced, I really had no choice but to accept it on the spot, now did I?

http://i.imgur.com/v1R8m35.jpg

Our Alice loved that one.

yeah, mariocartney is the best thing on this.
love when the track accelerates !

Whoever's responsible for the Paul Mariocartney track: thank you.

hon men's: "you won't see me", "Tomorrow Never Knows" and "Baby you're a rich man"

Good Night is my favourite though. For all that it stays close to the original, it's prettier. I love the primitive-sounding orchestration, it sets it off so well.

wow, somehow i totally totally missed this entire project. listening now, first couple tracks are off to a great start, y'all.