The Songs Lennon and McCartney Gave Away

Track list

Side 1

1. I'm the Greatest

   3:23 • Studio version

2. One and One Is Two

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   Studio version • A

   Performed by : The Strangers With Mike Shannon

3. From a Window

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   Studio version • A

   Performed by : Billy J. Kramer with The Dakotas

   SessionRecording : May 29, 1964

4. Nobody I Know

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   Studio version • A

   Performed by : Peter Asher • Gordon Waller

5. Like Dreamers Do

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   Studio version • A

   Mike Smith : ProducerPerformed by : The Applejacks Mike Leander : Music director

6. I'll Keep You Satisfied

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   Studio version • A

   George Martin : ProducerPerformed by : Billy J. Kramer with The Dakotas

   Recording : Oct 14, 1963 • Studio : EMI Studios, Abbey Road, London, UK

7. Love of the Loved

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   Studio version • A

   Cilla Black : Vocals

8. Woman

   Written by Paul McCartney

   2:25 • Studio version • A

   Performed by : Peter Asher • Gordon Waller

   SessionRecording : December 1965

9. Tip of My Tongue

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   Studio version • A

   Performed by : Tommy Quickly

10. I'm in Love

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Studio version • A

    Performed by : The Fourmost

Side 2

1. Hello Little Girl

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   1:51 • Studio version • A • The Beatles were present at the recording session.

   George Martin : ProducerPerformed by : The Fourmost

   Recording : Jul 03, 1963 • Studio : EMI Studios, Abbey Road

2. That Means a Lot

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   Studio version • A

   Ron Richards : ProducerPerformed by : P.J. Proby

3. It's for You

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   Studio version • A

   Paul McCartney : Piano Cilla Black : Vocals

   SessionRecording : Jul 02, 1964 • Studio : EMI Studios, Abbey Road Studios • London • UK

4. Penina

   Written by Paul McCartney

   Studio version • B

   Performed by : Carlos Mendes

5. Step Inside Love

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   2:21 • Studio version • A

   George Martin : Producer Cilla Black : Vocals Mike Vickers : Music director The Breakaways : Backing vocals

   SessionRecording : Feb 28, 1968 • Studio : EMI Studios, Abbey Road

6. A World Without Love

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   Studio version • A

   Performed by : Peter Asher • Gordon Waller

7. Bad to Me

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   Studio version • A

   Performed by : Billy J. Kramer with The Dakotas

8. I Don't Want to See You Again

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   Studio version • A

   Performed by : Peter Asher • Gordon Waller

9. I'll Be on My Way

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   Studio version • A

   Performed by : Billy J. Kramer with The Dakotas

10. Cat Call

    Written by Paul McCartney

    3:00 • Studio version • B • Stereo

    Paul McCartney : Cat calls Chris Barber : Cat calls, Trombone Brian Auger : Cat calls, Organ Barry Jenkins : Cat calls Vic Briggs : Cat calls Viv Prince : Cat calls Madeleine Hirsiger : Cat calls Ottilie Patterson : Cat calls John Ryan : Cat calls Gustav Karl Lovenz Schneeweiss-Moody : Cat calls Pat Halcox : Cat calls, Trumpet John Crocker : Alto sax (?), Cat calls Ian Wheeler : Alto sax (?), Cat calls, Harmonica John Slaughter : Cat calls, Guitar Stu Morrison : Banjo, Cat calls Jackie Flavelle : Bass, Cat calls Graham Burbidge : Cat calls, Drums Giorgio Gomelsky : Producer

    SessionRecording : Jul 20, 1967 • Studio : Chappell Recording Studios, London UK

From Wikipedia:

The Songs Lennon and McCartney Gave Away is a conceptual compilation album containing the original artist recordings of songs composed by John Lennon and Paul McCartney in the 1960s that they had elected not to release as Beatles songs. The album was released in the UK in 1979.

With the exception of “I’m the Greatest”, a Ringo Starr album track written for him by John Lennon in 1973, all songs were recorded and released as singles during the active Beatles years in the 1960s.

There are three songs written by Paul McCartney when the Beatles were together that are not in this compilation: “Thingumybob”, recorded by Black Dyke Mills Band; “Goodbye“, recorded by Mary Hopkin; and “Come and Get It“, recorded by Badfinger.

A similar but less comprehensive compilation, The Stars Sing Lennon & McCartney, had been released on EMI’s mid-price Music for Pleasure label in 1971.

Background

Lennon and McCartney started writing songs together in the late 1950s and by 1963 were prolific composers who wrote songs for the Beatles and also for other artists. There were broadly three categories of Lennon–McCartney songs that were not released by the Beatles:

In the earliest days of their songwriting partnership, Lennon and McCartney expressed a desire to emulate the success of composing duos such as Goffin & King and Leiber & Stoller in having their compositions recorded by other artists, so this was an aspect of the songwriting craft that they were interested in pursuing.

With the encouragement of the Beatles’ manager Brian Epstein, they supplied some of their songs deemed unsuitable for the Beatles to fellow artists, several of whom were also managed by Epstein and were friends of the Beatles. Once the Beatles’ initial success in early-mid 1963 mushroomed into a phenomenon, there was great interest in songs written by the Beatles “in-house” writing duo. Artists began clamouring to secure original Lennon–McCartney songs knowing that there would automatically be media and public interest in such songs.

The quality of the songs and the subsequent commercial success of such songs added to the demand by artists for even more compositions. […]

Artwork

McCartney’s profile in the artwork for the front cover reused a portion of the illustration from the Beatles’ album Revolver, and Lennon’s profile is a drawing that duplicated the back-cover photograph from his album Imagine. […]