Mixing the "Get Back" album (1st compilation) #4

On January 24, 26 and 27, …

On side A went all the numbers from reel E69738.

• Get Back (false start)—DDSI 23.78
• Get Back—DDSI 23.79
• I’ve Got a Feeling (fragment)—DDSI 23.80
• Help! (fragment)—DDSI 23.81
• Teddy Boy—DDSI 24.33
• Two of Us (fragment)—DDSI 24.48
• Two of Us—DDSI 24.69
• Dig a Pony—DDSI 22.70
• I’ve Got a Feeling—DDSI 22.71

Side B contained most of reel E69739, although Glyn omitted two redundant takes of “Get Back.”

• The Long and Winding Road—DDSI 26.91
• Let It Be—DDSI 26.74
• Don’t Let Me Down—DDSI 22.60
• For You Blue—DDSI 25.46
• Get Back—DDSI 27.63
• The Walk—DDSI 27.83 – January 27

The Beatles were undoubtedly given copies of these acetates the next day, and a tape dub of one disc was passed along by Derek Taylor to California DJ Tom Donahue. The entire tape was aired on WBCN in Boston on September 22, as well as on WBAI in New York and KCOK in St. Louis, and copies multiplied rapidly. Reviews appeared in college newspapers and Rolling Stone magazine. Before the year was out, the first Beatles bootleg was born, titled Kum Back, using this material. The rooftop reels were apparently kept at Apple and mixed into stereo there February 5, although Glyn chose only one of these mixes for his Get Back LP lineups.

Winn, John C.. That Magic Feeling: The Beatles’ Recorded Legacy, Volume Two, 1966-1970 (pp. 795-796). Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed. Kindle Edition.

THE MASTER REELS:
I have noted Doug Sulpy’s DDSI identifacation numbers.
The mixes used on the acetate are in green text.

OLYMPIC STUDIOS
E69738 Z
Originally listed by Lewisohn as 10 March 1969
Listed by Barrett as 11 March 1969
Actually mixed in 90 minutes on 24 January 1969
23.78 Get Back (false start) (not listed by Barrett)
23.79 Get Back (noted by Barrett as ‘G. MARTIN 10 Mar 1969’)
23.80 I’ve Got A Feeling (fragment) (not listed by Barrett)
23.81 Help (fragment) (not listed by Barrett)
24.33 Teddy Boy
24.48 Two Of Us (fragment) (not listed by Barrett)
24.69 Two Of Us (with a false start not numbered by Sulpy)
22.70 Dig A Pony
22.71 I’ve Got A Feeling (not listed by Barrett)
(Noted by Barrett as ‘GLYNN JOHNS G. MARTIN MIXES!’
A playback of this reel can be heard on Nagra reels 453-454A.
The acetate appears to include all the audio from this reel)

E69739 ZOriginally listed by Lewisohn as 10 March 1969
Listed by Barrett as 11 March 1969
Actually mixed in 90 minutes on 26 January 1969
26.91 The Long And Winding Road
(This take formed the basis of the released version)
26.74 Let It Be
22.60 Don’t Let Me Down
(A playback of this portion of the reel can be heard on Nagra reel 502A)

22.58 Rocker
22.59 Save The Last Dance For Me
(In Recording Sessions, Lewisohn seems to indicate that these two performances are mixed here. He originally dated the mixes as 10 March 1969 and sequenced them in this position among the other mixes. There should be room for them on the reel however, no other evidence has surface to inticate they are on this reel. Barrett does not list them. No playbacks are heard on the Nagra reels)

Probably mixed 27 January 1969
25.46 For You Blue (with two false starts)
27.63 Get Back
(This is the take that formed the main portion of the single mix. It could also be assumed that this mix also includes the end fragment found on the obscure bootleg, O.P.D. and disc 8 of The Get Back Journals 1. For details see – here)
27.71 Get Back (Barrett only list “Get Back” once)
27.72 Get Back
(Apparently, Glyn felt these two mixes of “Get Back” were inferior and chose to exclude them from the acetate)
27.83 The Walk (listed by Barrett as “When You Walk”)
(Lewisohn makes no note of this mixing session but a playback of this portion of the reel can be heard on Nagra reel 1113B at the beginning of the 28 January session. Surely the mix was done the previous evening)

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