Money (Berry/Gordy/Bradford)
Quotes
“(John) later said he sang ‘Money’ ‘like a madman.’ This could suggest he gave it his usual full-on blistering voice – but actually he meant he was crazed. Far from belting it out, he audibly pulls back, playing safe, ending up neither one thing nor the other, in no-man’s-land. Where was the Lennon soul, edge, bite?…Only once in John Lennon’s life would he be heard timid, and it was here today.” – Mark Lewisohn, from Tune In
BBC Performances
See THERE WILL BE A SHOW TONIGHT: The BBC Performances for complete information on BBC performances and recordings
- Saturday Club – recorded May 21, 1963, broadcast May 25, 1963
- Pop Go The Beatles – recorded June 1, 1963, broadcast June 18, 1963 and released on Bootleg Recordings 1963 (2013)
- Saturday Club – recorded June 24, 1963, broadcast June 29, 1963
- Pop Go The Beatles – recorded August 1, 1963, broadcast September 3, 1963
- From Us To You – recorded December 18, 1963, broadcast December 26, 1963 and released on On Air: Live At The BBC Volume 2 (2013)
- Saturday Club – recorded January 7, 1964, broadcast February 15, 1964
Personnel
- John Lennon – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, screaming, handclaps
- Paul McCartney – bass guitar, backing vocals, handclaps
- George Harrison – lead guitar, backing vocals, handclaps
- Ringo Starr – drums, handclaps
- George Martin – piano
Release history
- With The Beatles (1963)
- All My Loving (EP) (1964)
- Rock N’ Roll Music (1976)
- Anthology 1 (1995) [live in Sweden, October 1963]
- On Air: Live At The BBC Volume 2 (2013) [live at the BBC, December 1963]
- Bootleg Recordings 1963 (2014) [RM 7 undubbed; live at the BBC, June 1963]
