Deconstructing Martha My Dear - The Beatles (Isolated Tracks)

[@MyMaria43]

wow some day many more people will begin to understand the pure genius of Paul.

[@David-iv6je]

This is one of those tracks John called "granny music." But Paul's versatility is part of what made them way better than everybody else.

[@jaelge]

@@David-iv6je: They can call it granny music if they like but I defy them to try and play it. The piano is genius. And written and performed by a fella who never had a day of formal training. The same goes for his brilliant bass playing. And to take my rant a little further, having played guitar for fifty years and working on Beatles songs all the while it's invariably Paul´s songs that gives one the most trouble.

[@David-iv6je]

@@jaelge Oh, I wasn't dissing it. I think it's brilliant. It was just one of Lennon's little wars.

[@jaelge]

@@David-iv6je: Oh, I understood, I knew you weren't. 👍

[@pedrez_]

@@David-iv6je When I'm 64 as well... Paul is a freaking genius

[@louispacetime1576]

Paul’s voice is unbelievable!!! Wow!!

[@MyMaria43]

wow the single track vocal!

[@Cbcw76]

The song that forced me to learn piano. And then banjo as a piano-replacement.

[@jimoncken6936]

This song also inspired me to learn the piano, but I never learned to play MMD! 😂 The syncopation intimidated me, I guess.

[@Cbcw76]

@@jimoncken6936 There's a bluegrass version on KZbin using the banjo to replace the piano. Very innovative, and I've used that idea because piano CAN have the chopped-off notes/tones of a banjo.

[@kalos1122]

Same here, it forced me to learn it on piano. At least the intro, now I’m learning the rest of song, then I will have to learn to sing it while playing it.

[@davidfoster5906]

Paul was the backbone of the Beatles.

[@gadd580]

I want to comment on something but it's difficult to find a suitable adjective to describe a composition like this. What can I say about a genius of this magnitude !!

[@BeatlesCentricUniverse]

Macca is indeed a musical genius!!!!

[@gailfg2211]

Exactly the genius of Paul which some people still play down or attribute his talent to others. Silly people, it seems, oh well we are individuals with different tastes. Thanks great video.

[@lougatto4643]

Hard to believe this very much underappreciated song that starts off side 2 of the White Album, could be so majestic. I love the all the Beatles but McCartney was in a league all of his own. By far the best musician in the band. Sorry John but his "granny music" is legendary. Can you believe, on the same album, he kicks off Heavy Metal with Helter Skelter! Sick talent. Never matched......

[@naysayer1238]

He's great, but that did not kick off Heavy Metal. That's silly.

[@lougatto4643]

@naysayer1238 Most musicians of note say it did. Give me a song that heavier than that prior to '68.....

[@danielmacias2097]

2:47 that part reminds me to Syd Barrett

[@mariomartellacci9462]

marvelous tune... brilliant melody...

[@DavidFernandoDAF]

My all time favourite Beatles song. THANK YOU I LOVE THIS!

[@АлексейТесленко-и5ъ]

Мне сейчас 67. А когда было 10 лет, я подобрал это вступление на ф-но и играл дома!❤❤❤

[@jerrycohen7640]

George throws in a few Hendrix style licks. Never noticed that before.

[@magicmusic8]

Can you hear Paul starting on the guitar, bridge pickup; the hard downstrokes ( "Taxman" edgy style) & George Harrison smooth melodic playing of the tune....with headphone bleed? Hendrix played in London in early 1967... According to Beatles biographers Ian MacDonald and Mark Lewisohn, "Martha My Dear" is one of the few songs by the band in which McCartney played all the instruments (except orchestral instruments played by session musicians) Source: Wikipedia Its a joy to hear them play & record regardless, thanks for uploading with bonus photos!

[@isolatedstems]

Atleast George played on it as there are photos from the session showing him there. Also according to the 2018 Deluxe booklet an early track line up was Paul's overdubbed claps and vocal on track 5, George's guitar and possibly Ringo's drums on track 6, and piano on track 7. I think this is what was released on the 2018 box set titled "Martha My Dear (Without Brass and Strings)". When I was isolating the guitar from that take I heard some mic bleed from the brass. This leads me to think that George possibly played live with the brass overdubs. From the session photos we can see George with his Les Paul and Paul on the piano. So that also makes me think Ringo recorded the drums as the guitar and drums were recorded on the same track. Also Mal Evans did place him there. So George definitely played on it with Ringo 90% playing on it. I think the guitar (recording wise) flows too nicely for Paul to have played some of it. It seems like one take from Harrison rather than two different takes played back to back. The tone is also too consistent for guitars to be swapped as Paul most likely wouldn't have used the same right handed guitar as George.

[@BeatlesCentricUniverse]

@magicmusic8 Hate to be the one to tell you: "Expert" MacDonald literally just made shit up all the time. And Lewisohn has been wrong over and over. I love the work of the scholarly Lewisohn. But Macdonald is worthless as a source of info.

[@massimilianopaolini4396]

Great Paul .

[@lestudiosarrazin4663]

Des sources historiques contradictoires indiquent que seul Paul McCartney joue sur les pistes de "Martha My Dear". Ni George Harrisson ni Ringo Starr n'auraient participé à l'enregistrement aux studios Olympic, Paul se chargeant de toutes les pistes à l'exception des instruments classiques. Il faudrait quand même lui demander ce qu'il en est, avant qu'il ne soit trop tard... Anyway, thanks for the magnificent naked tracks!

[@jimoncken6936]

Wow, those horns sound better than on the record!

[@Arganthonio]

George´s guitar is great

[@drutgat2]

George's guitar parts were always unusual, and brilliant.

[@kevink973]

Adds a little unexpected oomph when heard separately.

[@-ASG-]

I think Paul played guitar during the instrumental. You can hear a very quiet guitar play the vocal melody. You can hear it best at the beginning of the section where "Martha my dear, you have" would be sung. The lyric sheet shows that Paul initially wanted a solo on the song, and that guitar might have been intended as a solo before Paul felt that the trumpets were enough. I do wonder why it was kept in the mix then when it's so quiet that it's inaudible without separation?

[@isolatedstems]

The guitar was recorded on the same track as the drums, so if they wanted to raise the guitar volume they'd have to also raise the drum volume. The guitar bleeding into the vocal track can be chalked down to the ai letting some guitar come through. As we do have session photos showing George it was most likely George.

[@TheMoot1]

Alf Reece on tuba - great playing

[@scottmackenzie6699]

Paul giving us a hint of what his music would sound like in Wings

[@Dude-oy9dl]

You Gave Me The Answer. I'll Give You A Ring. Little Woman Love. ❤

[@kevink973]

My favorite so far, and that's saying something.

[@vitocasola4309]

Just wow! Thank you!

[@FranciscoSanchez-r4ce]

Sound like some parts are editing

[@edyorozco9282]

Gracias por compartir ❤

[@billthejazzfan6225]

there is no tuba player in this foto.

[@taro5765]

涙が出ます。

[@RongoIK]

The piano and guitar isolation is insane! What kind of service or model did you use? Are they from some unique mix? I've been trying to make DIY stems for this song for The Beatles Rock Band for a long time but the guitar and piano keep fumbling the operation :(

[@isolatedstems]

For this one I used the stripped down mix released on the 2018 boxset and inverted the left channel to cancel out the other instruments. That did most of the work then I ran it through I think lalalai's piano model and both Msvep's and lalalai's guitar models. But that was just for this one. I'd say in general I've found that Lalalai has the best piano model and Moises has one of the best guitar models, although there are times when Msvep's or Lalalai's guitar models are better. Really I just run it through all three most of the time and stich together the best sounding parts.

[@taro5765]

加わったブラスの方達のご子孫は、永遠の誇りでしょう。

[@CristhoferCQ95_YT]

only paul and george worked on this song paul plays drums bro

[@isolatedstems]

I'm going off of the 2018 White Album booklet which lists Ringo, and provides the Mal Evans quote provided in the description along with a track breakdown of who played on the track before the orchestra overdubs. With Paul's vocals and hand claps on track 5, George's guitar and possibly Ringo's drums on track 6 and Paul's piano on track 7. Although it is possible Ringo was absent the Mal Evans quote makes me really think he recorded the drum part. Although that may not be the case.

[@timreedy]

@@isolatedstems The drums sound like Paul, precise but not swinging. He couldn't quite play drums the way he plays bass and guitar, or even piano.

[@MyMaria43]

@@timreedy IMO Pau hits harder and more consistently no matter what the song where Ringo "plays the song". Don't get me wrong I am a big fan of Macca's drumming - big reason I like McCartney I, II and III>

[@eflows]

Ringo always in the pocket.

[@AlejandroSekai]

🤩🤩🤩

[@RamsMill]

M😂 E mmm

[@CristhoferCQ95_YT]

George's solo is incredible

[@jaelge]

Poor Martha, I've never seen a photo or footage where she appears to have been groomed. 😥

[@theselector4733]

That's probably why Paul sings: "When you find yourself in the thick of it" 😅

[@kevink973]

Hippie dog.

[@ハカミニコ]

I have thought Martha was very small.

[@canalesworks1247]

Old English Sheepdog is considered a giant breed.

[@sebastianmaharg]

Pretty sure Ringo did not play on this one.

[@David-iv6je]

It was Paul on drums. You can always tell. Paul was a solid amateur, Ringo was impeccable.

[@ktol8042]

@@David-iv6je Agree 100% that this is not Ringo on drums. The difference in style (and skill level to be honest) is impossible to miss.

[@HittheSwitch2002]

this song feels like sucha fuck you to band-- ok if i write granny tracks i'm gonna write em well. Paul is king. melody runs through his soul from god. I look up to the dude fORever. (sandlot ref)