It's So Hard ft King Curtis
Nov 28, 2012•2 min
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Episode description
"It's So Hard" is still one of the tracks of Imagine from which just 1 alternate take exists : a take without the saxophone of King Curtis.
Lennon and Curtis probably met around the Shea stadium concert, where Curtis was one of the warm-up acts, and Lennon called him in for this track.
On Imagine, the saxophone is mostly buried in the mix.
In the outtakes, we can hear King Curtis riffing away. Since it's a warmup, some King Curtis riffing are more "free stile", ad-lib than the official version.
For this mix, we synced Curtis' riffing with Take 2 (not on Imagine).
Many thanks to Rupert Pupkin, who came up with this idea !
Lennon and Curtis probably met around the Shea stadium concert, where Curtis was one of the warm-up acts, and Lennon called him in for this track.
On Imagine, the saxophone is mostly buried in the mix.
In the outtakes, we can hear King Curtis riffing away. Since it's a warmup, some King Curtis riffing are more "free stile", ad-lib than the official version.
For this mix, we synced Curtis' riffing with Take 2 (not on Imagine).
Many thanks to Rupert Pupkin, who came up with this idea !
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