The tape, reportedly obtained exclusively from KXOA Radio, Sacremento, Calif. by KQV's Steve Rizen, Bob McGrae, one-time announcer at the Cavern Club, Liverpool, England - the club made famous by the Beatles.

     McGrae, whose radio feature is bought regularly by KXOA, is the only voice heard on the tape, other than segments of Sergent Sadler's patriotic song about Vietnam GIs, released in England about a month ago.

     He quotes the following:

     Beatle John Harrison - "It's terrible. I;m only sorry for the people who bought and put it at number one in America."

     Beatle Paul McCartney - "It's a dreadful record."

     Beatle Ringo Starr - "I don't care what happens to it."

     Pete Townsend of a group called "The Who" - "It's an enlistment song and I hate any kind of American recruitment that doesn't actually come out with it and say 'Join the Army.' "

     Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones - "Terribly sick song, I hoped it wouldn't sell in England. It sold over two million in America which shows what a war-mongering race they are. The last verse is so bad you won't believe it when you hear it, all about hoping is son is killed."

    McGrae, who does not quote the sources of the comments concludes the tape with "in my own personal opinion, it seems to be propaganda."

     If what is quotes is true, the Beatles stand to upset all the good they've done - being accepted by other professionals for such compositions as "All My Love" and others; and starring in the critically acclaimed film, "A Hard Day's Night," among other things.

     There is the possibility, too, that McGrae is trying to stir up controversy.

Discovered In Trade Paper

     Rizen said he read of the tape in a trade, mimeographed paper of sparse circulation called "Gavin's Sheet." He said the publisher is Bill Gavin, "an oft-listened to man in the radiom industry."

     Rizen, with the go ahead from KQV program director John Rook, auditioned the tape, "edited out a few distasteful words" and first played it last Tuesday. The last time he played it was Friday on his 6-10 a.m. daily show.

     Rizen, who said "he has quit playing the tape and turned down requests by other stations for copies of it, said he played it in the first place "because I felt listeners deserved to hear what the Beatles and other singers are saying about a patriotis American song.

     "It also provides a mental stimulus; it gives young Americans something to think about," Rizen concluded.

     The senior English class at Keystone Oaks High School requested that Rizen play the tape Friday at 9:00 a.m. to coincide with the start of their class so they could put it in for discussion.