{"id":1336,"date":"2023-12-14T00:22:04","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T07:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.useriscontent.com\/blog\/?p=1336"},"modified":"2023-12-16T00:35:03","modified_gmt":"2023-12-16T07:35:03","slug":"wednesday-afternoon-rabbit-hole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.useriscontent.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/14\/wednesday-afternoon-rabbit-hole\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday Afternoon Rabbit Hole"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Asher (wish he had his own podcast!) recommends a book Beatles publicist Derek Taylor wrote in this excellent Tetragrammaton (Rick Rubin) episode&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QiZ-N7ELWLo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QiZ-N7ELWLo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The book, \"As Time Goes By\" is a fun read. Derek was very close with the Beatles, even being called 'the fifth Beatle' at times. On the last page he sums up what he'd been up to since leaving Apple records and mentions having produced Harry Nilsson's \"A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night\", which I'd never heard of. It turned out to be cover songs from the American Songbook, classics arranged by Gordon Jenkins.<br \/>\nNilsson covers a song I love that is not as well known, \"This Is All I Ask\". The whole album is excellent, and I'll link to it further down, but check out this last verse and wait til he gets to the word 'sing'. Whoa!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"This Is All I Ask\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XjZ0KrR6G8E?start=148&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The whole album is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kM5q-W_y2JbvfyY9SZVWfEztSwFZ6on0o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\">I know \"This Is All I Ask\" through the Nat King Cole version which is spectacular. It's written and arranged by Gordon Jenkins!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"This Is All I Ask\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lZ6tigDl6U0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\">I was hoping I'd find a live version. It's not in this set but, check it out! A 1963 BBC Nat King Cole special! <span class=\"x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"xz74otr\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t6c\/1\/16\/2764.png\" alt=\"?\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nat King Cole: &quot;An Evening With Nat King Cole&quot; - LIVE!\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9OIimLXLNh0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Derek Taylor book is on Archive. \"<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/astimegoesbylivi0000tayl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">As Time Goes By<\/a>\"<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"item-title\"><span class=\"breaker-breaker\">As time goes by; living in the sixties with John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Brian Epstein, Allen Klein, Mae West, Brian Wilson, the Byrds, Danny Kaye, the Beach Boys, one wife and six children in London, Los Angeles, New York City, and on the road<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1345 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.useriscontent.com\/blog\/..\/media\/nilssonTaylorJenkins.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"372\" height=\"549\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From \"Goodbye : in search of Gordon Jenkins\" by Bruce Jenkins.<\/p>\n<p>Oh look! A few days after the recording session (March 1973) the BBC recorded a studio concert of most of the material! Fantastic! (Click on image to watch on YT).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TYbNaFnU4Eg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.useriscontent.com\/blog\/..\/media\/nilssonJenkins-650x390.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.useriscontent.com\/blog\/..\/media\/nilssonJenkins-650x390.jpeg 650w, https:\/\/www.useriscontent.com\/blog\/..\/media\/nilssonJenkins-768x461.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.useriscontent.com\/blog\/..\/media\/nilssonJenkins.jpeg 922w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>There's an <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/TYbNaFnU4Eg?si=-JHn5mxRPh8WRIGa&amp;t=1665\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interesting bit of interplay<\/a> between Nilsson and Jenkins where Jenkins seems to be throwing a little shade Harry's way. Harry handles it beautifully, but I have to wonder what led up to it.<br \/>\nI've just ordered the Jenkins book and will update if there are any insights to share.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Asher (wish he had his own podcast!) recommends a book Beatles publicist Derek Taylor wrote in this excellent Tetragrammaton (Rick Rubin) episode&#8230; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QiZ-N7ELWLo The book, \"As Time Goes By\" is a fun read. Derek was very close with the Beatles, even being called 'the fifth Beatle' at times. On the last page he sums &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.useriscontent.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/14\/wednesday-afternoon-rabbit-hole\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \"Wednesday Afternoon Rabbit Hole\"<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[454,453,457,455,458,451,452,456],"class_list":["post-1336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-john","tag-beatles","tag-derek-taylor","tag-gordon-jenkins","tag-harry-nilsson","tag-nat-king-cole","tag-peter-asher","tag-rick-rubin","tag-this-is-all-i-ask"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.useriscontent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.useriscontent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.useriscontent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.useriscontent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.useriscontent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1336"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.useriscontent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1354,"href":"https:\/\/www.useriscontent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1336\/revisions\/1354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.useriscontent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.useriscontent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.useriscontent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}