Lambert Chapman LLP's Beatles Snapshots prizewinner announced

The Autumn Snapshots draw took place and Rick Patmore of Unizone Financial Management Limited won and duly selected Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band and Abbey Road as his four remastered CD's for the prize. He is seen here collecting them from Nick Forsyth and inevitably the subject turned to music;

NF: Which of the four CD's are your favourites?

RP: For me it has to be Rubber Soul and Revolver. Whilst other albums may have more well known tracks on them they have always been close to my heart.

NF: Revolver is considered by many to be the best Beatles album and certainly marked the change from the early sing along tracks to the more mature songs.

RP: That is certainly true but some of the later stuff, like some of The White Album as an example, is not up there in my favourites.

NF: The medley on side 2 of Abbey Road - well all of side 2 of Abbey Road is out of this world. I remember seeing McCartney in 1989 and he closed the show with Golden Slumbers/Carry that weight/The End and I was thinking  how can we be seeing this it's so classic. Are you going to see the O2 show on 22/12?

RP: No, I was not aware it was on. Had I known my wife would have been keen to go.

NF: What other music do you like Rick?

RP: I do like some new bands through my children. It's gone a bit full circle now with them introducing us as Parents to new bands where before they were listening to our music. I've been buying box sets of Genesis live albums recently which are remastered and have extra live tracks and demos on them which are really good.

NF: I loved Genesis, Yes, Rush and have some great tapes of live gigs that really need converting to MP3 format before the tape disintegrates. One Genesis concert was from the Duke tour which I couldn't get tickets for but  was on Tommy Vance's Friday Rock Show and includes Dancing With the Moonlit Knight, Carpet Crawlers, Ripples, Deep in The Motherlode and a great version of The Knife as an encore.

RP: I have the technology to convert that! I love the Gabriel era and have seen him since as a solo artist. His voice has gone a little so certain songs are dropped an octave but he remains a madcap entertainer on stage.

NF: Rick thanks for popping in and enjoy your Beatles albums.

The Quiz comprised of album covers, lyrics and main songwriters as follows:

Album: Revolver

Lyric: "Turn off your mind, relax and float downstream" from Tomorrow Never Knows

Main Author: John Lennon   

 

 

Album: A Hard Days Night

Lyric: "Say you don't need no diamond ring and I'll be satisfied" from Can't Buy Me Love

Main Author: Paul McCartney

 

 

Album: Abbey Road

Lyric: "And all I have to do is think of her" from Something

Main Author: George Harrison 

 

 

Album: The White Album

Lyric: "Oh, show me round your snow peaked mountains way down South" from Back in the USSR

Main Author: Paul McCartney

 

Album: Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band

Lyric: "Everyone smiles as you drift past the flowers" from Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds 

Main Author: John Lennon

 

Album: Rubber Soul

Lyric: "Carve my number on my wall" from If I needed Someone

Main Author: George Harrison

 

 

Date:3 November 2009

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