"Cry for a Shadow"

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An-other thing about Anthology 1:  one of the songs included from the Beatles' early days (specifically, 1961) is "Cry for a Shadow," about which the liner notes are sort of frustratingly brief: "Cry for a Shadow is a rare instrumental performance by the Beatles; the composer credit, Harrison-Lennon, was the only such occurrence on disc."

The name seems to suggest that it was written in the style of the Shadows, who performed mostly instrumental music and were one of the big British bands around that time.

"Long Tall Sally"

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I listened to Anthology 1 to-day.  I noticed a few things which I'll get around to posting eventually (I might wait until I listen to the album versions of the songs I found things in), but the most exciting thing I found is in the Beatles' cover of Little Richard's "Long Tall Sally."

During the last verse (the second one that's mostly just "Gonna have some fun tonight"), the guitar part plays the melody of the backing vocals from Little Richard's "The Girl Can't Help It."  It's easier to hear in the version on Anthology 1, but it's also present in the EP version.