I had considered orchestrating The Long And Winding Road but I had decided against it. Dear Sir, In future no one will be allowed to add to or subtract from a recording of one of my songs without my permission. It was addressed to Allen Klein at Apple Corps Limited and dated April 14, 1970. The letter below is from the “Anthology” book. This was all taking place right before the Beatles broke up, so this tug-of-war with producers only added fuel to the Lennon/McCartney fire. Paul McCartney hated the final version of the song, as he didn’t like having female voices on any Beatle songs and the over the top orchestration, was not for his taste. This was a result of a John Lennon whim (to use Phil Spector). The Long and Winding Road was actually produced by “wall of sound” producer, Phil Spector. George Martin did produce the original song, however it was re-produced by Phil Spector, or as George Martin puts it, “over-produced”. Sir George Martin and I, Air Studios, London, 2002 Also, it’s one of the few Beatle hits not produced by their regular producer, Sir George Martin. The Long and Winding Road was truly and completely a McCartney composition. This was the beginning of my long relationship with the Beatles.Īt that point in my life, I was already considering a career in music, so my newfound fan-ship with the Beatles pushed me towards that goal and set a course in my life.Īll Beatle songs written by either Paul McCartney or John Lennon, were always credited to Lennon/McCartney. It was a greatest hits compilation, of sorts, and all that mattered was that it had The Long and Winding Road on it. That very day after school, I headed down to a record store (ironically named Penny Lane Records) and bought my first Beatles album The Blue Album, 1967-1970. “T h e l o n g a n d w i n d i n g r o a d t h a t l e a d s t o y o u r d o o r. That particular morning, the minute the alarm went off, in started the very first note out of Paul McCartney’s mouth: I was never one of those that could handle waking up to the traditional loud, buzzing alarm clock in the morning, so I always set my alarm to wake me with music. It was in the late 1970’s, while I was attending high school. I can remember the precise moment I become a Beatle fan.
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