LOVE as Prelude Music

Although I've listened to LOVE many times, it was only relatively recently that I listened and really appreciated how ingenious it is! The simultaneous combination of different Beatles songs is very clever, indeed. I often play tracks from Beatles albums as background music as preludes to my Beatles programs, and LOVE strikes me as a perfect candidate for such preludes. However, many of the tracks segue without pause, making it difficult to know when to stop. This blog, then, will be an observation of LOVE, paying particular attention to the macro-scale structure, timings, and 'conclusivity' of each collage on the album, with the intent of using this information to help fashion effective preludes.


Collage #1: Track 01-07, 17:02
01. "Because" (with some "A Day in the Life")
02. "Get Back" (with bits of "A Hard Day's Night", "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)", "The End", and "A Day in the Life")
03. "Glass Onion" (with bits of "Hello Goodbye", "Magical Mystery Tour", and "Penny Lane")
04. "Eleanor Rigby"/"Julia"
05. "I Am the Walrus"
06. "I Want to Hold Your Hand"
07. "Drive My Car"/"The Word"/"What You're Doing" (with bits from "Taxman", and "Savoy Truffle")
Conclusion: fade out (inconclusive)

Collage #2: Tracks 08-10, 7:48
08. "Gnik Nus"
09. "Something"/"Blue Jay Way" (with bits from "Nowhere Man")
10. "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite"/"I Want You (She's So Heavy")
Conclusion: abrupt cut on "I Want You", followed by wind sound effects

Single Song #1: Track 11, 2:18
11. "Help!"
Conclusion: exactly like the original

Collage #3: Track 12, 2:31
12. "Blackbird"/"Yesterday"
Conclusion: exactly like the original

Collage #4: Tracks 13-17, 
13. "Strawberry Fields Forever" (with bits of "Piggies", "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", "In My Life", "Hello Goodbye")
14. "Within You Without You"/"Tomorrow Never Knows"
15. "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" (with bits of "Good Night")
16. "Octopus's Garden" (with bits of "Good Night", "Sun King", "Lovely Rita", "Helter Skelter", and "Yellow Submarine")
17. "Lady Madonna" (with bits from "Why Don't We Do It in the Road?", "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da", "Hey Bulldog", "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", and "I Want You (She's So Heavy)")
Conclusion: reasonably conclusive

Collage #5: Track 18, 4:18
18. "Here Comes the Sun"/"The Inner Light" (with bits from "Oh! Darling", and "I Want You (She's So Heavy)")
Conclusion: semi-conclusive

Collage #6: Track 19, 4:45
19. "Come Together"/"Dear Prudence"/"Cry Baby Cry"
Conclusion: semi-conclusive

Collage #7: Tracks 20-21, 4:09
20. "Revolution"
21. "Back in the USSR"
Conclusion: jet sound effects fade out

Collage #8: Tracks 22-23, 8:55
22. "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (edit the very end and this could stand alone)
23. "A Day in the Life"
Conclusion: very conclusive piano chord

Collage #9: Tracks 24-25, 5:22
24. "Hey Jude"
25. "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)"
Conclusion: semi-conclusive

Collage #10: Track 26, 3:38
26. "All You Need is Love" (with bits of "Good Night")
Conclusion: quote from "Good Night"