2017.12 L.S. Bumble Bee -- The Beatles, Ron Nasty, Neil Innes, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, John Lennon

Part two of our vinyl+ "Dutch Import" series.     This week we look at the Beatles Live underground releases that eventually begat the only legitimate release "The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl" in 1977.    We then follow up with more tracks from the "NOT THE BEATLES" collection, notably the SNL "Cheese and Onions" from "The only Rutle still living in New York City", and the forgotten February 1967 gem "L.S. Bumble Bee".     Of the latter, Dudley Moore said  "Regarding "The L.S. Bumble Bee", Peter Cook and I recorded that song about the time when there was so much fuss about L.S.D., and when everybody thought that "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" was a reference to drugs. The exciting alternative offered to the world was L.S.B.!, and I wrote the music to, in some ways, satirize the Beach Boys rather than the Beatles. But I'm grateful if some small part of the world thinks that it may have been them, rather than us !"