The Beatles - Leave My Kitten Alone (feat.

…and after nearly six months, we’re back with a brand-new collaboration cover!
With the release of the new “Now & Then” single, there has been a resurgence and nostalgia trip for The Beatles’ Anthology documentary and albums. We thought this was as good of a time as any to present one of the highlights from the albums.
Recently, fellow RUclipsr, ‪@Parlogram‬ , said that this song was recorded for Beatles For Sale, but was dropped in favor of “Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby”, which rightfully gave George Harrison a vocal vehicle on the album. I feel there were other covers on the album that this song should’ve replaced, as it contained one of John’s best vocals prior to Help! That showcased his vocal range beautifully. Andrew also did a video on the lost Sessions album from 1985.
I called on my frequent collaborators ‪@sampopkin‬, ‪@davidmontis7259‬ and ‪@mendips09‬, to help with this one. Even though on the original recording, George Martin plays a barroom style piano and Ringo plays a tambourine, they’re so buried on the master we’ve come to know and tolerate, so we nixed those parts. We also tried to give more of a “what if” arrangement had the band played it throughout 1965 at notable concerts such as the NME Poll Winners’ show, Palais des Sports in Paris, Shea Stadium, Atlanta Stadium (the only time they could hear themselves) and the Hollywood Bowl. The song might’ve been mostly good for my range, but I couldn’t hit those high notes John hits towards the end, so I had to stay in my range.
I also do not have a Rickenbacker 325 as I have little patience for them, so I used my trusty Rickenbacker model 1997 Rose Morris reissue. With the biting lead guitar that George played, Sam had little doubt George used his Gretsch Tennessean, so he rightfully used his. Grant has a Hofner Cavern bass in his instrument arsenal, so he used that. David played his trusty Ludwig Ringo kit.
This cover marks a change in how we do collaborations: from this point moving forward, I will be mixing all audio and I’ll also be taking over the video editing for basic four-piece setups such as this one. This is a trial and error for me, so forgive me if it isn’t perfect. We all gotta start somewhere, don’t we?
We had a lot of fun doing this one. Nice to do a nice R&B rocker, and a rare Beatles track. I’d like to do more of these as collaborations in the future. Another might be coming sooner than you think!
Jake’s gear:
1996 Rickenbacker model 1997
2013 Vox AC15C1-PL purple tolex
NO PEDALS
Sam’s gear:
1967 Gretsch Tennessean
Vox AC30C2X
Grant’s gear:
Hofner 500/1 V61 “Cavern”
David’s gear:
Ludwig Classic Maple 5x14 Black Oyster Snare
Ludwig Classic Maple 13X9 Black Oyster Rack Tom
Ludwig Classic Maple 16x16 Black Oyster Floor Tom
Ludwig Classic Maple 22x14 Black Oyster Bass Drum
14” Zildjian Avedis Hi Hat
18” Paiste PST7 Crash
Vintage 20” Zildjian Avedis Ride
Pearl/Ludwig/Yamaha Hardware
See y'all next week for two more videos before I take my hiatus for the holiday season. Check back here Monday!

[@Paul-tk2my]

Great solo. Vocal not bad but needs a bit more drive

[@Luke_D9]

Awesome cover Jake! Killer job on the vocals and rhythm guitar! Also really cool to see that the bands back again!

[@joeburnsphd9387]

Wow - that's a DEEP cut - well done.

[@JacobKMusics]

Another one is on the way...sooner than you think...

[@joestarr05]

ROCK AND ROLL!!! 🤘