I was listening to "Birthday" by the Beatles today. You know Paul played the drums on that track, and he slows down horribly in the drum break in the middle of the song. Why didn't they get a session player for THAT take, I wonder?

I also have inside info on the drums for "They're coming to take me away, ha ha" by Napoleon XIV ( Jerry Samuels, from Phily)
*** His drummer couldn't play the figure in perfect time for the duration of the record, so Jerry (a master editor from the Brill Bldg in NYC) recorded a few bars and cut the tape to make a loop. ( A REAL, literal loop, not like those digital referances that Acid uses today). This song was arguably, the first RAP #1 song. Nothing but spoken words and rhythm - no chords at all. It was also the quickest song to reach #1 in the label's history.

He later re released that song along with the 2 sequals:
** They're coming to get me again, Ha ha"
and Josephine's rebuttle:
** I'm glad they took you away, ha ha"

I produced 2 songs on his reissue on Rhino. It was a blast. He wrote some very creative (but really WEIRD) stuff in the sixties.