LP • Released in 1969
1:59 • Studio version • A • Stereo
Paul McCartney : Bass, Electric piano, Lead guitar, Piano, Vocals Ringo Starr : Cowbell, Drums, Maracas, Tambourine John Lennon : 12-string acoustic guitar, Backing vocals, Handclaps, Rhythm guitar George Harrison : Lead guitar George Martin : Producer Geoff Emerick : Recording engineer Phil McDonald : Recording engineer
Session Recording & overdubs: Jul 25, 1969 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Session Overdubs: Jul 28, 1969 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Session Overdubs & mixing: Jul 30, 1969 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Abbey Road (50th anniversary boxset)
Official album • Released in 2019
1:59 • Studio version • D • Stereo • 2019 Stereo Mix
Paul McCartney : Bass, Electric piano, Lead guitar, Piano, Vocals Ringo Starr : Cowbell, Drums, Maracas, Tambourine John Lennon : 12-string acoustic guitar, Backing vocals, Handclaps, Rhythm guitar George Harrison : Backing vocals, Lead guitar George Martin : Producer Geoff Emerick : Recording engineer Giles Martin : Producer Phil McDonald : Recording engineer Sam Okell : Mix engineer
Session Recording & overdubs: Jul 25, 1969 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Session Overdubs: Jul 28, 1969 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Session Overdubs & mixing: Jul 30, 1969 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Abbey Road (50th anniversary boxset)
Official album • Released in 2019
2:06 • Alternate take • E • Take 27
Paul McCartney : Bass, Vocals Ringo Starr : Drums John Lennon : Acoustic guitar George Harrison : Lead guitar George Martin : Producer Geoff Emerick : Engineer Giles Martin : Producer Phil McDonald : Engineer Sam Okell : Mix engineer
Session Recording: Jul 25, 1969 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Abbey Road (50th anniversary boxset)
Official album • Released in 2019
16:10 • Alternate take • F • From the original mix of "The Long One"
Session Recording: Jul 30, 1969
Abbey Road (Stereo - 2009 remaster)
Official album • Released in 2009
1:59 • Studio version • A2009 • Stereo • 2009 stereo remaster
Paul McCartney : Bass, Electric piano, Lead guitar, Piano, Vocals Ringo Starr : Cowbell, Drums, Maracas, Tambourine John Lennon : 12-string acoustic guitar, Backing vocals, Handclaps, Rhythm guitar George Harrison : Backing vocals, Lead guitar George Martin : Producer Geoff Emerick : Recording engineer Phil McDonald : Recording engineer Guy Massey : Remastering Steve Rooke : Remastering Allan Rouse : Project co-ordinator
Session Recording & overdubs: Jul 25, 1969 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Session Overdubs: Jul 28, 1969 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Session Overdubs & mixing: Jul 30, 1969 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Official album • Released in 1996
3:37 • Outtake • B • Stereo • Recording from the first day of the Savile Row sessions. The performance of She Came In Through The Bathroom Window is a rehearsal, Paul running the Beatles through one of his latest compositions. The song did not surface again in these Get Back sessions but, uptempo, would become a part of the Abbey Road medley, for which it was recorded in July 1969.
Glyn Johns : Recording engineer
Session Recording: Jan 21, 1969 • Studio Apple Studios, 3 Savile Row, London
Official album • Released in 2016
3:37 • Outtake • B2016 • Stereo • Recording from the first day of the Savile Row sessions. The performance of She Came In Through The Bathroom Window is a rehearsal, Paul running the Beatles through one of his latest compositions. The song did not surface again in these Get Back sessions but, uptempo, would become a part of the Abbey Road medley, for which it was recorded in July 1969.
Glyn Johns : Recording engineer
Session Recording: Jan 21, 1969 • Studio Apple Studios, 3 Savile Row, London
Let It Be (50th anniversary boxset - SHM - Japanese edition)
Official album • Released in 2021
2:48 • Studio rehearsal • G • Jan 21, 1969 (EMI Tape E90489-8T) previously available in full on ‘Anthology 3’ (at a slightly faster speed, possibly adjusted on this new 2021 mix to try and match the edit at 0:59); only a fragment of the end of this sequence was recorded by the NAGRA Roll 411 A, so it is difficult to compare the edits and cuts made in the official releases. Drastically edited compared to ‘Anthology 3’, only the first 58 seconds have been left here (including Paul’s count-in that appears for the first time). Still, there is an edit at 0:59 with different electric guitar chords and slower speed with what appears to be the end of another short rehearsal edited perfectly right after the phrase “Tuesday’s on the phone to me” (in ‘Anthology 3’ the track continues from the phrase “She said she’d always been a dancer” and until the end of the rehearsal, two minutes and five seconds later); so now we have a previously unavailable 32-second segment (0:59-1:31) before there is another edit on this track at 1:32. It is possible that this insert was recorded even before the full rehearsal, but without the NAGRA tape available in this short sequence it is difficult to know and not even if we put the two official sources (‘Anthology 3’ and ‘Let it Be 50th’) together will we be able to get the whole segment. ‘Anthology 3’ includes 10 seconds at the end that were omitted here, with Paul’s dialogue suggesting playing some notes as classical music (they only left John’s reply “What’s that?” here); the rest of the track (1:32-2:48) is available on the NAGRA Roll 411 A that began recording again precisely from these words of McCartney.
Session Recording: Jan 21, 1969 • Studio Apple Studios, 3 Savile Row, London
Details & description coming from Mike Carrera - published on The Daily Beatle
Let It Be (50th anniversary boxset)
Official album • Released in 2021
2:48 • Studio rehearsal • G • Jan 21, 1969 (EMI Tape E90489-8T) previously available in full on ‘Anthology 3’ (at a slightly faster speed, possibly adjusted on this new 2021 mix to try and match the edit at 0:59); only a fragment of the end of this sequence was recorded by the NAGRA Roll 411 A, so it is difficult to compare the edits and cuts made in the official releases. Drastically edited compared to ‘Anthology 3’, only the first 58 seconds have been left here (including Paul’s count-in that appears for the first time). Still, there is an edit at 0:59 with different electric guitar chords and slower speed with what appears to be the end of another short rehearsal edited perfectly right after the phrase “Tuesday’s on the phone to me” (in ‘Anthology 3’ the track continues from the phrase “She said she’d always been a dancer” and until the end of the rehearsal, two minutes and five seconds later); so now we have a previously unavailable 32-second segment (0:59-1:31) before there is another edit on this track at 1:32. It is possible that this insert was recorded even before the full rehearsal, but without the NAGRA tape available in this short sequence it is difficult to know and not even if we put the two official sources (‘Anthology 3’ and ‘Let it Be 50th’) together will we be able to get the whole segment. ‘Anthology 3’ includes 10 seconds at the end that were omitted here, with Paul’s dialogue suggesting playing some notes as classical music (they only left John’s reply “What’s that?” here); the rest of the track (1:32-2:48) is available on the NAGRA Roll 411 A that began recording again precisely from these words of McCartney.
Session Recording: Jan 21, 1969 • Studio Apple Studios, 3 Savile Row, London
Details & description coming from Mike Carrera - published on The Daily Beatle
Official album • Released in 2003
0:05 • Studio version • C • From the "Fly On The Wall" bonus disc
Paul McCartney : Piano, Vocals Paul Hicks : Mixing engineer, Producer Guy Massey : Mixing engineer, Producer Steve Rooke : Mastering Allan Rouse : Mixing engineer, Producer
Session Recording: Jan 07, 1969 • Studio Twickenham Film Studios, London, UK