>>>FWIW I was working with Joe when 'Bathroom Window' was recorded and seem to remember that at one stage McCartney actually offered him first use but then changed his mind. IAC we'd certainly heard the song a while before the Beatles released it.
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>>I sort of remember that Joe's version was the first one out... but then I heard that one really early on, 'twas on the radio, but didn't get my hands on Sgt Pepper until '76, and only then I heard their version.
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>Wasn't the Beatles version on Abbey Road ?
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I guess it was, since the Beatles wrote it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She_Came_In_Through_the_Bathroom_Window