Friday, January 3, 1969
The "Get Back / Let It Be" sessions • Day 2
For The Beatles
Last updated on March 26, 2025
Friday, January 3, 1969
For The Beatles
Last updated on March 26, 2025
The "Get Back / Let It Be" sessions
January 1969 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Let It Be (Limited Edition)
Recording studio: Twickenham Film Studios, London, UK
Session Jan 02, 1969 • The "Get Back / Let It Be" sessions • Day 1
Session January 1969 • The "Get Back / Let It Be" sessions
Session Jan 03, 1969 • The "Get Back / Let It Be" sessions • Day 2
Session Jan 06, 1969 • The "Get Back / Let It Be" sessions • Day 3
Session Jan 07, 1969 • The "Get Back / Let It Be" sessions • Day 4
AlbumSome of the songs worked on during this session were first released on the "Let It Be... Naked" Official album
It’s just we all used to sag off every school day. You know, and go back to my house, and the two of us would just sit there and write. There’s a lot from then, you know? There’s about 100 songs from then that we never reckoned, ’cause they were all very unsophisticated songs. “They said our love was just fun, the day that our friendship begun”.
Paul McCartney talking to Michael Lindsay-Hogg about the old Lennon-McCartney songs – January 3, 1969 – Transcript from Peter Jackson’s film “The Beatles: Get Back“, 2021
This was the second day of rehearsals at Twickenham Film Studios, as part of the “Get Back” sessions. Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr were the first to arrive, with Paul spending time at the piano working on several unfinished tracks – “The Long And Winding Road“, “Oh! Darling“, “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” and “Let It Be” – all of which would later appear on the “Abbey Road” and “Let It Be” albums. During this early part of the day, Ringo briefly introduced two original compositions — “Taking A Trip To Carolina” and “Picasso” — while George Harrison introduced a Dylanesque piece called “Ramblin’ Woman.”
Once John Lennon joined them, they spent some time playing rock ‘n’ roll classics alongside early Lennon-McCartney songs such as “Won’t You Please Say Goodbye“, “Thinking Of Linking“, “I’ll Wait Till Tomorrow“, “Because I Know You Love Me So” and “One After 909“.
The group then turned its attention to newer material, bringing “Don’t Let Me Down” close to its final arrangement, followed by work on “I’ve Got A Feeling” and “Two Of Us” — all three songs had been rehearsed the previous day. George also led them through 37 attempts at “All Things Must Pass” in search of a workable arrangement, while John introduced “Gimme Some Truth, ” a work-in-progress which would be revisited later in the sessions.
The day concluded with repeated runs through “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer,” a song Paul introduced that day. Although considerable effort went into it here, “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” was ultimately remade for “Abbey Road.“
Between rehearsals, they discussed plans for the upcoming live performance, debating whether to include older songs, what type of audience should be involved, and where the concert should take place.
The Beatles reconvened at Twickenham on January 6, following the week-end break.
“Don’t Let Me Down,” “I’ve Got A Feeling,” “Two Of Us,” and “Sun King” had all been rehearsed the previous day, and the group continued developing those tracks during this session.
About the rehearsals of “Don’t Let Me Down” for this day:
“It hurts just to rehearse it,” John stated concerning his vocal delivery on “Don’t Let Me Down.” Nonetheless, they ran through ten versions of the song at this rehearsal, the final arrangement becoming quite complete by this time. John inserted a segment of “Happiness Is A Warm Gun” into one of the rehearsals of the song as a humorous ad lib. As seen in Peter Jackson’s “Get Back” series, John was concerned about the song’s length. “I wonder how long it is? Do you wanna time it, Mal? Because it’s probably about a half minute long.” Assistant Mal Evans then produces a stop watch in order to accurately time a run-through of the song. “Three minutes 40 seconds, incredible,” Paul states after they complete a rehearsal of the song, to which John replies, “That’s fine then.”
From beatlesebooks.com
About the rehearsals of “I’ve Got A Feeling” for this day:
Being proud of how far they had gotten with “I’ve Got A Feeling,” they did run through it six times to tighten up their performance a bit further. Paul, however, was concerned about the song’s bridge, stating: “The bit that I find the weakest now is…” and then demonstrating his high register singing on the lyrics “All these years I’ve been wandering around” etc. After John replies, “Yeah, that’s just power, y’know,” Paul suggests that he provides harmony to that part of the song. “Just sing the next harmony down so it’s not too low for you,” he asks. After various attempts, John explains, “That’s very high for me…It’s a bit early for that. Early in the morning, y’know. I’m not 18 anymore!” Shortly thereafter, John’s harmony in the bridge was dropped in favor of Paul’s screeching solo vocal.
From beatlesebooks.com
They only did a few run-throughs on “Two Of Us“.
George Harrison: Let’s go through that one “two of us on our way home” just before we have lunch.
John Lennon: Lovely tune
Paul McCartney: Glyn [Johns] was saying to do it on two acoustics…
From Peter Jackson’s film “The Beatles: Get Back“, 2021
They also recorded four versions of “Sun King“.
“Don’t Let Me Down“, “I’ve Got A Feeling” and “Two Of Us” would continue to be worked on, on January 6. “Sun King” would be brought back for one quick version on January 10, and then shelved for the time being.
John introduced “Gimme Some Truth” to the band and they began rehearsing it. They would return to it on January 7. The song would ultimately be left aside by The Beatles, and John would release it on his 1971 solo album, “Imagine“.
I was meeting with Paul [McCartney] and I said to him, “You know that John Lennon song ‘Gimme Some Truth’?”. He says, “Uh, the one on the Imagine album? Yeah, I know that one”. “Did you know that you actually co-wrote that with John?” He says, “What are you talking about?”
I showed him this footage from the Get Back sessions where Paul and John are working on ‘Gimme Some Truth’. Paul’s come up with that ‘money for rope’ thing which John loves. Paul looked at me and said, ‘I have no memory of that. I had no idea I was involved with that song’.
Then he says, “It’s a great song. I’ve always loved that song so if I get some credit for it, great”.
He had no idea he’d written some of ‘Gimme Some Truth’. I don’t want to take anything away from John but ‘Gimme Some Truth’ is clearly a Lennon/McCartney song. There were other songs that Paul took credit on on his albums that they’d worked on together too so it’s not a credit thing but it’s interesting to see.
Peter Jackson – About Paul McCartney’s contribution to “Gimme Some Truth” – From ‘The Beatles: Get Back’ Reminded Paul McCartney He Co-Wrote a John Lennon Solo Song (cheatsheet.com), November 17, 2021
The previous day, George Harrison had introduced his new song, “All Things Must Pass,” performing it solo without input from the other Beatles. However, on this day, the band extensively rehearsed the song together, with John on organ, Paul on bass, and Ringo on drums. During the session, George received an electric shock when he touched his microphone, prompting Paul to jokingly call out to the technicians:
Gonna be in trouble over this. If this boy dies, you’re gonna cop it.
Paul McCartney
The Beatles would continue working on “All Things Must Pass,” with varying degrees of involvement, on January 6, January 8, January 28 and January 29.
At the beginning of the day, Paul had introduced “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” and he decided to return to it at the end of the day:
This was their second day of rehearsals at Twickenham and, with John late in arriving, Paul ran through a number of work-in-progress songs on piano for the others to hear, “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” being one of them. Lyrically, Paul only had the first verse, the chorus, and the first half of the second verse written at this time, and the arrangement still needed refining. Later that day, after John arrived, Paul led them through a total of ten rehearsals of the song, which he was referring to as “the corny one.” A small segment of one of these rehearsals, with Paul on bass and calling out the chords for John and George, made it into the released “Let It Be” movie. Paul then switched to piano at George’s suggestion and, with George on a Fender Bass VI, they rehearsed a little more before leaving it for another day.
From beatlesebooks.com
Paul suggested bringing in a hammer and anvil for the song — a request that would be fulfilled by Mal Evans when they returned to rehearsing it on January 7.
Time was spent discussing various aspects of the live show, including whether to include older songs, the potential audience, and possible venues.
George Harrison: Are we not going to do any ‘oldies but goldies’ on this show?
Paul McCartney: Don’t know. We could do.
George Harrison: It would, you know. And also from the selling point of view… […] Just to hit the first initial thing of us singing all completely new ones: they need something to identify with… So, it would be nice to just start the show, or end the show, with a couple of…
John Lennon: We’ll rock some up like Joe Cocker did. I’ve been doing ‘Help!’ pretty good, so…
Yoko Ono: Yeah, ‘Help!’ is nice.
George Harrison: I tell you which is a good one… [George and Paul then played “Every Little Girl”]
From Peter Jackson’s film “The Beatles: Get Back“, 2021
John also brought the idea of making one last album before splitting the band:
George Harrison: That band – uh, that band Bonnie & Delaney, for Apple, are more together than we’ve ever been. You know, as a band.
John Lennon: Yeah.
George Harrison: [inaudible] You know, everyone’s who has ever been to see them playing, and sounding, their lives change. It’s really exciting when you hear a real groove on—
John Lennon: You see, I think when we’ve done a month of this and that, and we do an album, that somehow we should either use what we’ve – the togetherness, to do the album. You know.
George Harrison: Yeah, to do a new one.
Paul McCartney: Yeah?
John Lennon: Yeah. But you know what I mean. We – we’re – we don’t fit. We’ve sort of run out of touch with it. If we get into the swinging of playing, let’s do an album after this album. You know, about a month later. That is, if we all— [inaudible]
Paul McCartney: But I mean, you know—
John Lennon: I mean, if we spend two – a month on this—
Paul McCartney: We are.
John Lennon: —just get to a good peak playing, and then we split.
Paul McCartney: No, well, we should – we should sort of organise our career, man.
George Harrison: Yeah.
Paul McCartney: Get our career together. And this, you know, this is like the idea of this. It’s to get us so we quite enjoy this. Of doing it again. And then what would we like to do next? Well, I would like— [inaudible] —to do a live show, lads?
George Harrison: Yeah. I think – I think when we learn to, like [inaudible] then we’d dig it. And we know ‘em all, what – you know, if somebody could say “that one” [and we could play them] when we were asked, that’d be great.
Paul McCartney: Well, we can do it, but— [inaudible]
George Harrison: It’s just that choice. It’s like hard work, really, to do it. And uh, it’s – you know, it’s a drag to try and, you know – ‘cause I want to remember all the words—
Paul McCartney: Right.
George Harrison: —and really, really get ‘em the way I want it to get ‘em, and to get the guitar, [and not keep being] made to perform when I don’t want to play the guitar. And then you’ve got to play the guitar… when you’re not ready for it. But that… that’s alright.
Paul McCartney: I don’t know, you know, I mean—
George Harrison: I mean, we’ve got to do that in order to get the good bit.
Paul McCartney: Right, yeah.
George Harrison: We’ve got to get through that bit of shit of the meeting until we get it together again.
Paul McCartney: [receptive] You know, I can see it just – so we’re just working.
George Harrison: But – and also there’s so much to get out, you know…
Paul McCartney: Yeah, right.
George Harrison: [sincere] And there’s nobody better to get it out with than us. For me, anyway, really. In my heart of hearts.
Paul McCartney: [long pause; reserved] Yeah.
George Harrison: It should be where – you know, if you write a song, I feel as though I’ve wrote it. And mine versus – vice versa. You know, I mean – or to be involved, really, as much, as if… That was the good thing about the last album, [because] it’s the only album so far I’ve tried to get involved with.
Paul McCartney: Yeah.
George Harrison: [inaudible]
Paul McCartney: Mm.
George Harrison: The last one.
From a moral to this song — January 3rd, 1969 (Twickenham Film Studios,… (tumblr.com)
At one point, George Harrison mentioned keyboardist Billy Preston — a longtime friend of The Beatles whom they had first met in 1962, when he was performing in Little Richard’s touring band. Later that month, George would invite Preston to join the “Get Back” sessions when the group moved from Twickenham Film Studios to their new setup at Apple Studios.
The best jazz band I saw was Ray Charles’ band. I mean, that jazz really moves me in a fantastic way. It’s, like, fantastic. Billy Preston is too much. I’m sure you’ll dig it when you see.
Billy plays piano with the band, then he does his own spot where he sings and dances and plays organ solo, then Ray Charles comes on. He’s better than Ray Charles, really, because he’s, like, too much! Because he plays organ so great now. Ray Charles doesn’t bother with the organ now. He just, ‘I’ll leave it to the young guy, Billy’. It’s too much.
George Harrison
The performances are sequentially numbered using the nomenclature from the book "Drugs, Divorce and a Slipping Image" by Doug Sulpy. DDSI 2.01 is, for example, the first performance from January 2nd, while DDSI 31.65 is the sixty-fifth performance from January 31st. This numbering is at times different from the DDSI numbers used on the bootleg collection "A/B Road Complete Get Back Sessions", likely because "Drugs, Divorce and a Slipping Image" was updated since the release of this collection.
Recording • DDSI.3.01 • 0:32
Paul McCartney : Piano
Recording • DDSI.3.02 • 0:55
Paul McCartney : Piano
Recording • DDSI.3.03 • 0:06
Paul McCartney : Piano
Unknown
Recording • DDSI.3.04 • 0:06
Paul McCartney : Piano
Recording • DDSI.3.05 • 3:09
Paul McCartney : Piano
Written by Samuel Barber
Recording • DDSI.3.06 • 3:21
Paul McCartney : Piano
Written by Samuel Barber
Recording • DDSI.3.07 • 0:48
Paul McCartney : Piano
Written by Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar
Recording • DDSI.3.08 • 1:24
Paul McCartney : Piano
Film Included in Peter Jackson's film "The Beatles: Get Back", 2021
Written by Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar
Recording • DDSI.3.09 • 0:43
Paul McCartney : Piano
Written by Euphemia Allen
Recording • DDSI.3.10 • 0:30
Paul McCartney : Piano
Unknown
Recording • DDSI.3.11 • 0:40
Paul McCartney : Piano
Written by Barry Gray
Recording • DDSI.3.12 • 1:14
Paul McCartney : Piano
Written by Dave "Curlee" Williams, Roy Hall
Recording • DDSI.3.13 • 0:48
Paul McCartney : Piano
Unknown
Recording • DDSI.3.14 • 0:36
Paul McCartney : Piano
Recording • DDSI.3.15 • 1:09
Paul McCartney : Piano
Unknown
Recording • DDSI.3.16 • 2:30
Paul McCartney : Piano
Taking A Trip To Carolina
Recording • DDSI.3.17 • 0:45
Performed by : Ringo Starr
Film Included in Peter Jackson's film "The Beatles: Get Back", 2021
Unknown
Recording • DDSI.3.18 • 1:23
Please, Mrs Henry
Recording • DDSI.3.19 • 1:36
Performed by : George Harrison
Written by George Harrison
Recording • DDSI.3.20 • 1:43
Performed by : Paul McCartney • George Harrison
Is It Discovered
Recording • DDSI.3.21 • 1:33
Performed by : George Harrison
Improvisation
Recording • DDSI.3.22 • 2:20
Picasso
Recording • DDSI.3.23 • 1:22
Performed by : Ringo Starr
Taking A Trip To Carolina
Recording • DDSI.3.24 • 1:13
Performed by : Ringo Starr
Recording • DDSI.3.25 • 2:08
Performed by : Paul McCartney
All Things Must Pass
Recording • DDSI.3.26 • 1:43
Performed by : George Harrison
Recording • DDSI.3.27 • 2:36
Your Name Is Ted
Recording • DDSI.3.28 • 3:00
Performed by : George Harrison
Crackin' Up
Recording • DDSI.3.29 • 2:12 • George Harrison only
Performed by : George Harrison
Improvisation
Recording • DDSI.3.30 • 2:53
Performed by : George Harrison
Written by Ellas Bates McDaniel / Bo Diddley
Recording • DDSI.3.31 • 0:33
Written by Otis Blackwell, Elvis Presley
Recording • DDSI.3.32 • 1:05
Performed by : Paul McCartney • Ringo Starr • John Lennon • George Harrison
Written by Carl Perkins
Recording • DDSI.3.33 • 1:44
Performed by : Paul McCartney • Ringo Starr • John Lennon • George Harrison
Written by Carl Perkins
Recording • DDSI.3.34 • 1:33
Written by Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
Recording • DDSI.3.35 • 2:48
Performed by : Paul McCartney • Ringo Starr • John Lennon • George Harrison
Written by Bob Dylan
Recording • DDSI.3.36 • 0:33
Written by Richard Penniman / Little Richard, Albert Collins
Recording • DDSI.3.37 • 2:28
Recording • DDSI.3.38 • 2:33
Recording • DDSI.3.39 • 1:46
Film Included in Peter Jackson's film "The Beatles: Get Back", 2021
"Get On The Phone" improvisation
Recording • DDSI.3.40 • 0:57
Recording • DDSI.3.41 • 0:15
Recording • DDSI.3.42 • 0:33
Written by Anton Karas
Recording • DDSI.3.43 • 1:51
Performed by : Paul McCartney • Ringo Starr • John Lennon • George Harrison
Film Included in Peter Jackson's film "The Beatles: Get Back", 2021
Improvisation
Recording • DDSI.3.44 • 0:31
My Words Are My Heart
Recording • DDSI.3.45 • 0:10
Written by Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, John Lennon, George Harrison
Recording • DDSI.3.46 • 0:43
Recording • DDSI.3.47 • 3:40
Recording • DDSI.3.48 • 0:10
Recording • DDSI.3.49 • 3:16
Recording • DDSI.3.50 • 0:06
Recording • DDSI.3.51 • 0:17
Recording • DDSI.3.52 • 0:09
Recording • DDSI.3.53 • 0:35
Recording • DDSI.3.54 • 2:45
Recording • DDSI.3.55 • 0:19
Recording • DDSI.3.56 • 4:38
Recording • DDSI.3.57 • 4:49
Recording • DDSI.3.58 • 0:26
Recording • DDSI.3.59 • 3:30
Recording • DDSI.3.60 • 2:49
Recording • DDSI.3.61 • 2:34
Unknown
Recording • DDSI.3.62 • 0:29
Written by Alan Wilson
Recording • DDSI.3.63 • 0:52
Performed by : Paul McCartney
On The Road Again
Recording • DDSI.3.64 • 0:18
Performed by : George Harrison
Recording • DDSI.3.65 • 4:21
Recording • DDSI.3.66 • 2:30
Performed by : Paul McCartney • Ringo Starr • John Lennon • George Harrison
Film Included in Peter Jackson's film "The Beatles: Get Back", 2021
Recording • DDSI.3.67 • 4:06
Recording • DDSI.3.68 • 1:05
Performed by : Paul McCartney • Ringo Starr • John Lennon • George Harrison
A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody
Recording • DDSI.3.69 • 0:12
Performed by : John Lennon
Recording • DDSI.3.70 • 0:26
Performed by : Paul McCartney • George Harrison
Film Included in Peter Jackson's film "The Beatles: Get Back", 2021
Recording • DDSI.3.71 • 0:53
Performed by : Paul McCartney • John Lennon
Film Included in Peter Jackson's film "The Beatles: Get Back", 2021
Written by Sam Cooke
Recording • DDSI.3.72 • 2:01
Performed by : Paul McCartney • Ringo Starr • John Lennon • George Harrison
Written by Marvin Gaye, Clarence Paul, William Stevenson
Recording • DDSI.3.73 • 1:58
Performed by : Paul McCartney • Ringo Starr • John Lennon • George Harrison
Recording • DDSI.3.74 • 2:15
Performed by : Paul McCartney • Ringo Starr • John Lennon • George Harrison
Written by Chan Romero
Recording • DDSI.3.75 • 4:16
Performed by : Paul McCartney • Ringo Starr • John Lennon • George Harrison
Recording • DDSI.3.76 • 2:21
Recording • DDSI.3.77 • 1:46
Recording • DDSI.3.78 • 2:37
Recording • DDSI.3.79 • 3:34
Recording • DDSI.3.80 • 3:28
Recording • DDSI.3.81 • 2:38
All Along The Watchtower
Recording • DDSI.3.82 • 1:01
Performed by : George Harrison
Sun King
Recording • DDSI.3.83 • 0:47
Performed by : George Harrison
Improvisation
Recording • DDSI.3.84 • 0:26
Improvisation
Recording • DDSI.3.85 • 0:35
Written by Larry Williams
Recording • DDSI.3.86 • 2:58
Performed by : Paul McCartney • Ringo Starr • John Lennon • George Harrison
Midnight Special (Prisoner's Song)
Written by Traditional
Recording • DDSI.3.87 • 2:09
Performed by : Paul McCartney • Ringo Starr • John Lennon • George Harrison
When You're Drunk You Think Of Me
Written by ?
Recording • DDSI.3.88 • 0:12
Performed by : Paul McCartney • Ringo Starr • John Lennon • George Harrison
What's the Use of Getting Sober (When You Gonna Get Drunk Again)
Written by Busby Meyers
Recording • DDSI.3.89 • 0:09
Performed by : Paul McCartney • Ringo Starr • John Lennon • George Harrison
What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For?
Written by Joseph McCarthy, Howard Johnson, James V. Monaco
Recording • DDSI.3.90 • 1:35
Performed by : Paul McCartney • Ringo Starr • John Lennon • George Harrison
Film Included in Peter Jackson's film "The Beatles: Get Back", 2021
Written by Janie Bradford, Berry Gordy
Recording • DDSI.3.91 • 1:35
Paul McCartney : Bass
Written by John Lennon
Recording • DDSI.3.92 • 1:39
Performed by : Paul McCartney • John Lennon
Film Included in Peter Jackson's film "The Beatles: Get Back", 2021
Written by George Harrison
Recording • DDSI.3.93 • 1:58
Written by George Harrison
Recording • DDSI.3.94 • 2:16
Written by George Harrison
Recording • DDSI.3.95 • 3:14
Written by George Harrison
Recording • DDSI.3.96 • 3:42
The Weight
Recording • DDSI.3.97 • 0:25
Performed by : George Harrison
I'm A Tiger
Recording • DDSI.3.98 • 0:22
Performed by : George Harrison
Written by George Harrison
Recording • DDSI.3.99 • 3:19
Improvisation
Recording • DDSI.3.100 • 0:32
Written by George Harrison
Recording • DDSI.3.101 • 1:59
Written by George Harrison
Recording • DDSI.3.102 • 6:37
Written by George Harrison
Recording • DDSI.3.103 • 0:06
Written by George Harrison
Recording • DDSI.3.104 • 3:27
Written by George Harrison
Recording • DDSI.3.105 • 3:13
Written by George Harrison
Recording • DDSI.3.106 • 4:17
Written by George Harrison
Recording • DDSI.3.107 • 3:48
Written by George Harrison
Recording • DDSI.3.108 • 1:22
Written by George Harrison
Recording • DDSI.3.109 • 5:28
Written by George Harrison
Recording • DDSI.3.110 • 5:37
Written by George Harrison
Recording • DDSI.3.111 • 4:25
Written by George Harrison
Recording • DDSI.3.112 • 2:37
Written by George Harrison
Recording • DDSI.3.113 • 2:32
Written by George Harrison
Recording • DDSI.3.114 • 6:22
Written by George Harrison
Recording • DDSI.3.115 • 2:22
Written by George Harrison
Recording • DDSI.3.116 • 0:34
Improvisation
Recording • DDSI.3.117 • 1:04
Written by George Harrison
Recording • DDSI.3.118 • 2:00
Written by George Harrison
Recording • DDSI.3.119 • 0:40
Written by George Harrison
Recording • DDSI.3.120 • 1:53
Written by George Harrison
Recording • DDSI.3.121 • 1:13
Written by George Harrison
Recording • DDSI.3.122 • 0:37
Written by George Harrison
Recording • DDSI.3.123 • 1:13
Written by George Harrison
Recording • DDSI.3.124 • 3:32
Written by George Harrison
Recording • DDSI.3.125 • 1:43
Unknown
Recording • DDSI.3.126 • 0:08
Back In The U.S.S.R.
Recording • DDSI.3.127 • 0:54
Performed by : George Harrison
Recording • DDSI.3.128 • 0:37
Performed by : Paul McCartney • George Harrison
Film Included in Peter Jackson's film "The Beatles: Get Back", 2021
Piece Of My Heart
Recording • DDSI.3.129 • 2:12
Performed by : George Harrison
Sabre Dance
Recording • DDSI.3.130 • 1:30
Performed by : John Lennon
Piece Of My Heart
Recording • DDSI.3.131 • 1:29
Performed by : George Harrison
Written by Paul McCartney
Recording • DDSI.3.132 • 2:52
Performed by : Paul McCartney • Ringo Starr
One After 909
Recording • DDSI.3.133 • 0:25
Performed by : George Harrison
Written by Smokey Robinson
Recording • DDSI.3.134 • 1:59
Performed by : Paul McCartney • John Lennon • George Harrison
Written by George Harrison
Recording • DDSI.3.135 • 0:24
Written by George Harrison
Recording • DDSI.3.136 • 0:50
Written by George Harrison
Recording • DDSI.3.137 • 3:45
Written by George Harrison
Recording • DDSI.3.138 • 3:55
Written by George Harrison
Recording • DDSI.3.139 • 5:31
Written by George Harrison
Recording • DDSI.3.140 • 0:20
Written by George Harrison
Recording • DDSI.3.141 • 2:10
Recording • DDSI.3.142 • 0:51
Recording • DDSI.3.143 • 15:08
Recording • DDSI.3.144 • 1:05
Recording • DDSI.3.145 • 7:59
Recording • DDSI.3.146 • 1:06
Recording • DDSI.3.147 • 1:42
Recording • DDSI.3.148 • 2:46
Recording • DDSI.3.149 • 1:17
Recording • DDSI.3.150 • 0:25
Recording • DDSI.3.151 • 9:03
Drugs, Divorce and a Slipping Image - The Complete, Unauthorized Story of The Beatles' 'Get Back' Sessions
The definitive guide to the Get Back sessions, released in 1994 and updated in 2007. In the author's own words:
New, completely revised edition! This new volume isn t just a compilation of material from the 1994 book Drugs, Divorce and a Slipping Image (also later published as 'Get Back') and 'The 910's Guide To The Beatles Outtakes Part Two: The Complete Get Back Sessions' (2001). I've re-listened to the entire canon of available Get Back session tapes, come up with a bunch of new conclusions (and even a handful of new identifications!), and pretty much re-written half the book from scratch. In addition, great effort has been made to improve readability of the book. Songs have now been put into groups (generally by Nagra reel, or series of them), rather than describing each performance separately, as was done in the original. In every way, this is the book we wished we could have written in 1994.
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