Alternative Titles Challenge

[Mi-Amigo]

Welcome to the next in the series of Challenges:

                                      THE ALTERNATIVE TITLES CHALLENGE

Some of the well-known Beatles`s songs began with different "working titles"; some UK albums initially had different suggested titles; some UK albums were released in other countries with different titles.

The Challenge is can you identify which alternative title refers to which song, UK album, or UK album released in another country?

Below, in three separate posts, are the alternative titles to:

40 SONGS; 13 UK ALBUMS; and 15 UK ALBUMS released in other countries.

Hint: some ALBUMS, released in the UK, had more than one suggested title.

RULES: please no googling, wiki, website, social media searches for the answers

You may post one answer from one catagory - Songs; or UK Albums; or UK Albums in other country - in each post but not one from each catagory. You may only post one entry per day.

Entries should state which catagory, the alternative title, and what it refers to

[for example, using the famous example "scrambled eggs", which is not in the Challenge, would read:

SONG: "scrambled eggs" = Yesterday ]

Entries for each day will be open from midnight until 11pm.

The Challenge will not be open until midnight tonight [Sat/Sun 30/31 March 2019].

Results will be announced at 11pm with a list of answers still to be found in each catagory.

[Bambino]

Tapped out

[Mi-Amigo]

RESULTS for replies submitted for Thursday 11 April 2019 - by each of the six regulars:

@Cleoriff- NOT KNOWN = Only A Northern Song - correct [for reasons given in earlier reply]

@jonsie- LAXTON`S SUPERB = I Want To Tell You - correct [John pocking fun at George not having title]

@Glory1- THE VOID = Tomorrow Never Knows - correct [John inspired by Tibetan Book Of The Dead]

@MI5- CIGGIES, SARNIES AND SONGS not THE BEATLES [aka The White Album]

@pgn- I DON`T KNOW not Something.

@Bambinosad he was "tapped out" and did not submit an answer

So three correct answers, which means there is

ONE SONG - I DON`T KNOW

THREE UK ALBUMS:

   BEATLEMANIA

   CIGGIES, SARNIES AND SONGS

   FIRST CRAZY STRETCH

I can now reveal the two hardest are - Ciggies, Sarnies And Songs; and First Crazy Stretch.

This is your Challenge, I merely set them. It is your decision whether you want to have a go at the four answers, or want to end the Challenge.

Please do not post any answers [yet] and feel free to openly discuss your opnions on here.

Thank you - the BEATLES` SIX [that`s a US album, so not one of the answers] - for taking part and hope you enjoyed it as much as I have had creating it and running it...

[Glory1]

Well, to quote @Bambino, I'm tapped out too. I had one lucky guess, thanks to the song lyrics but frankly I'd be guessing, badly, on what's left to find. So personally I'm happy to end the challenge here. But if others want to continue I'll give it a go and guess again.

[Glory1]

Forgot to say I thoroughly enjoyed this Challenge and look forward to the next.

[Cleoriff]

I may have one more which I will post at midnight...but I don't think we should wait till the end of tomorrow for the response?

I'm not even sure I'm right with this last one and if everyone is done, then let Mi-Amigo tell us quickly if its right or not then give us the remaining answers? #justsuggesting?

[Mi-Amigo]

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@Cleoriff wrote:

I may have one more which I will post at midnight...but I don't think we should wait till the end of tomorrow for the response?

I'm not even sure I'm right with this last one and if everyone is done, then let Mi-Amigo tell us quickly if its right or not then give us the remaining answers? #justsuggesting?

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I`m more than happy with that if everyone agrees. I will be online until around 1am -1.15am.

So anyone who wants a guess can do at midnight and I`ll reply straight away whether its right or not.

When you all decide to end it, whether you get the two hardest or not, I will reveal the stories behind both.

Good luck

Midnight approaches....

[Cleoriff]

Song: I think this one was another working title for a song already mentioned?

I Don't Know = I Want To Tell You

[Glory1]

Okay, here's my guess, for what it's worth.

Ciggies, Sarnies and Songs = With The Beatles

[Cleoriff]

And that's me done. Great challenge. Loved every minute of it....

Now as @Glory1  has posted as well and everyone else has said they are done...give us the answers @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Cleoriff  and @Glory1  for giving it one last shot.

Here we go.

@Cleoriff  - I DON`T KNOW was the original title of I Want To Tell You.

@Glory1- the original title of With The Beatles was BEATLEMANIA, not Ciggies, Sarnies And Songs.

CIGGIES, SARNIES AND SONGS? As far as I could find, it isn`t even on the internet!!! The only way that anyone would get this is if, in 1964, they subscribed to the UK "Beatles Monthly" magazine, which was endorsed by The Beatles and carried a double-page on the fan club. The magazine ran a competition, inviting readers to submit suggestions for the forthcoming Beatles` album. One of the entries was Ciggies, Sarnies And Songs. This was seriously considered as the title of the next Beatles` album but, although everyone knew that, at that time, all four Beatles smoked, EMI thought it wasn`t advisable to actually promote smoking to young fans in the title of an album; further to this, although everyone knew the Beatles were from Liverpool, EMI felt that few outside of Liverpool would understand that sarnies was Scouce for sandwhiches, so the title was dropped in favour of BEATLES FOR SALE.

FIRST CRAZY STRETCH: The fact that this was suggested as the title of a Beatles album did not come to light until the late 1980s/early 1990`s when bootleggers "acquired" the artwork, with the title, and used it for a compilation of much later tracks than originally intended. When the artwork was "acquired" it was discovered that it and the title were intended for OLDIES BUT GOLDIES.

I did say that these two would be almost impossible to find. I hope that you are not too disappointed not to get either of them. Overall to get all the answers that the six of you did was afeat in itself and all of you should be proud of yourselves.

Thank you once again for making this an enjoyable Challenge.

And I haven`t forgotten my promise of a little surprise...

In addition to the next Challenge which will be set on on Saturday around mid-day, I will also set up a Beatles trivia quiz on Monday which will run for five days.... more of that over the weekend on a new thread.