The Beatles - Christmas Record 1968

[hotgirlsarehot]

Anyone else stare at the cover art, and see a short haired woman with a widow's peak with blue eyes, red lips, blowing ice breath?

[Griwhoolda]

I love Ringo's speaking voice!

[glimmer2158]

2:49 George sounds like he's really stoned.LOL

[huntergruntetr123]

@glimmer2158 his voice is still the hottest out of the 4

[WazziBerry]

I like the tiny tim part. :)

[CroxleyEducator]

This was the last one to have any 'Beatle unity' , even if in truth they were fast growing apart (this brilliant montage by Kenny Everitt helped to disguise the fact). They were no longer in the same room to record it, but the illusion was maintained.....for now.

[MichalFokt]

@CroxleyEducator Their last christmas record made together was in 1967, the next two were, as you say, montages. In the 1969 George was cut to only one sentence...

[The8347135]

0:31 I've Got a Feeling?

[johnbarry1965]

Did anybody notice Lennon's jibe at the other Beatles "beast friends"

[TheFpuff]

Ploud?

[Stube437]

Geroge's has got his ukele it out and alas John has got his Yoko out.

[jacksterner]

Nice to see these xmas records on youtube. They rate right up there with THE BONZO DOG BAND and MONTY PYTHON. (Not to mention ELECTRIC LUCIFER). Say, didn't TINY TIM do another song for their xmas bonus records?; an actual xmas song? I'm still a little dubious as to whether this is really Tim.

[Griwhoolda]

@jacksterner This is definitely Tim.

[oliaiguambfigues76]

1968 Christmas record sounds a lot like 'Revolution 9'.

[danutcase66]

The 'Happy Christmas' song at the beginning (The guitar) sounds like 'I've got a feeling' on the Let it Be album.

[googoogajoob258]

These are great thanks for posting them! But is there anymore that you haven't posted?

[DrWinstonBoogie]

@googoogajoob258 I have also a Christmas outtake from 1964.

[scilscil]

@DrWinstonBoogie you should post it

[DrWinstonBoogie]

@scilscil I already did it last week :)

[huntergruntetr123]

ahah omg!?? who does tiny tim's voice!!! XD

[WhovianRentPhan13]

@huntergruntetr123 I think it was Georgie, but I'm not sure.

[huntergruntetr123]

@WhovianRentPhan13 ahah yeah.. i think its george too! but im not so sure either.. :)

[Maestrojosh87]

@huntergruntetr123 THE Tiny Tim.

[Vincek88]

@huntergruntetr123 Well, that IS Tiny Tim doing his voice. Look him up; he was pretty much a freak in 1968, but he was basically the same guy some ten years earlier!

[4FabBEATLES]

they're all so witty and funny as well as the world's best band. nobody can mess around and make a christmas record like the Beatles

[huntergruntetr123]

omg.... 2:40 to 2:47 sounds just like Disney's electrical parade!! i swear!!! omg!!!

[Vincek88]

@huntergruntetr123 Same tune! 'Baroque Hoedown' from the duo Jean-Jacques Perrey and Gershon Kingsley, early users of the Moog.

[huntergruntetr123]

@Vincek88 ahah yeah!!! i have that on my ipod!! XD

[Ewesgirl]

Thanks for posting this. I had the last two of these when I was in the fan club as a child. I wish I'd kept all that stuff, but got rid of so much stuff over the years.

[DrWinstonBoogie]

@Ewesgirl Thanks for your comment. I do enjoy listening to those Christmas Special at every year during Christmas time. For me it's like an holiday tradition since 2001 when I heard them for the first time.

[thebeatles4ever3]

i ike their 63' 64' and 65' christmas record! but after that they are stupid i think. the beatles were starting to go there different ways

[1982pencil]

@thebeatles4ever3 I agree, though the '66 christmas record is pretty amusing. In this one, George is basically like "honestly, I don't give a f**k."

[FlamingoKicker]

LOL...that Christmas ditty Paul sings here is better than that one he officially released years later called "Having a Wonderful Christmastime" in my humble opinion.... :-)

Oh well, can't please everyone

[cudfather]

6:09 Nowhere Man version :D

[Koolkitties]

woah audiopoop

[Ashley5ash]

1:47 - Helter Skelter sped up: Was not expecting that.

3:38 - Ringo on the phone: I love how Ringo is arguing (or something) with himself! I couldn't stop laughing!

4:38 - John's story: Mind=blown

6:17 - Tiny Tim: I lost it! HAHAHAHA!

[LpFBTS]

oh my gosh was that paul singing nowhere man ? he goes super high :0

[booziesuzie]

I love the John part of this. Pure class :D

[DrWinstonBoogie]

Thank you so much your comments. I appreciate it very much like all the others on my Beatles videos.

[Oddmartian2]

Who was doing Tiny Tim's voice?

[thegreenapple33]

@Oddmartian2 oh, i dont know, maybe tiny tim?!

[Oddmartian2]

@thegreenapple33 Ah okay, I thought maybe someone was impersonating him lol...

[ClassicRocker679]

@Oddmartian2 It was really him.

[erploco]

One of the best. Kenny Everett was out of sight. Happy Crimble!

[ertraccia]

What a psychedelic Xmas!

[DarkAngelGirl7]

awesome!

[Uetti]

No one noticed the great similarity between the christmas song Paul is singing here and what would become, just a month later -January 1969-, I've Got A Feeling?

It seems for me that this festive tune he's singing on his bits of the record might be the very demo, embryonal version of what would become his rocking tune on the Let It Be album.

[ZombiezuRFER]

Can anyone give a dialog of the stories?

[ZombiezuRFER]

Tiny Tim really murdered nowhere man, but it was dang funny too!

[sharpiemini258]

well if u ask me i think its insane! hahah ringo:)

[Thejbirdy]

I've been on this line for 2 years!!

Hahaha

[crawhip2]

They forgot Happy Halloween (sarcasm)

[Sarinhaa27]

Very Good

[caesarcerf]

by far the best thing on this xmas fan club only record, is lennon whose pastiche of the criticism he and yoko (jock and yono!) is quite frankly, true comedic genius. it starts at 1:53 and is unbelievably clever.

[MaxVoltage]

ringo is hilarious!

[kringles4]

Thank you for posting...I have always loved the Macca Christmas song to start this one.

Ram on,

Joe.

[DrWinstonBoogie]

Of course you're talking about the greatest singer songwriter of all time even with little christmas ditty like he does here... He's the best. Happy Christmas.

[crawhip2]

Some of the after 1966 songs had occult symbolism i.e when songs are played backwards (Al Crowley 'trick' or treat).

p.s (Neewollah Yppah)