George Martin - Theme from The Family Way (1966)

Written by Paul McCartney for the film of the same name and recorded in November 1966 by George Martin and his Orchestra. The instrumentation used in this version is more in the vein of "For No One" (recorded in May '66) and "Penny Lane" (recorded a month later in December '66). Released as the single you see here, this was the B-side. The A-side being the same tune but slower and with classical guitar, flute and strings called "Love in the Open Air".

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• 1966
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• no
• one
• penny
• lane
• lennon

[xsolon11]

It's not the same song on the A-side.

[inshreds45]

@xsolon11 well I thought so when I first played it, but later thought it was actually an interpretation of the same theme and idea, but you are probably right.

[TheKenfig]

@inshreds45 Don't get why this single was on United Artists label when the sountrack album was on DECCA, even in the UK. I guess that UA was entitled to release it and then by mutual agreement DECCA had equal rights to the film music for the album. But why no album on UA etc ?

[inshreds45]

@TheKenfig i don't know, but an interesting observation. According to wikipedia, the album was on London in the US and Decca in the UK.

[TheKenfig]

@inshreds45 Well that isn't surprising, as that is the US 'equivalent' of DECCA as The 'Stones 60s records were on London in the US but UA of course was more associated with movies in the 60s and although UA released both AHDN and HELP ! Beatles movies, the orchestral music was released on the usual Beatles US label Capitol, mixed in with their own music on the US albums

[inshreds45]

@TheKenfig that's true.

[TheKenfig]

@ammar255 Maybe nothing less, but definitely it is much more than very good

[ammar255]

@TheKenfig

I know all Beatles music before and after the breakup.

and very good means very good, nothing less

[TheKenfig]

@ammar255 'Very good' ? That's THE understatement isn't it ? Don't you know half of Lennon's music ?

[ammar255]

@missgreeneyes56

You are right Lennon was very good but Paul was the genius