

BLUE KANGAROO BK 6901 CD
Sound Quality:
Very good-excellent
Source:
Apple studios Jan. '69
Total Time:
61:57 remastered
Artwork:
First generation (8-9)
Track 4 has about 2 minutes of digital ticking
in the middle
For more information about the DDSI numbers see Get Back (the unaughorized chronicle of the Beatles Let It Be Disaster) by Doug Sulpy and Ray Schweighardt.
| No. | Title | DDSI |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Get Back | 24.71 |
| [There You Are Eddie] | 24.72* | |
| [Get Back] | 24.73* | |
| [Get Back] | 24.74* | |
| [Get Back] | 24.75* | |
| [Get Back] | 24.76* | |
| [Little Demon] | 24.76* | |
| Maybellene | 24.76* | |
| [You Can't Catch Me] | 24.76* | |
| Brown-Eyed Handsome Man | 24.76* | |
| Short Fat Fanny | 24.77* | |
| [Get Back] | 24.78* | |
| 2 | Get Back | 24.79 |
| [Get Back] | 23.22 | |
| [Get Back] | 23.23 | |
| [Get Back] | 23.24 | |
| [Get Back] | 23.25 | |
| [Get Back] | 23.26 | |
| 3 | Get Back | 23.27 |
| I'll Get You | 23.28 | |
| Get Back | 23.29 | |
| [Dig A Pony] | 22.53 | |
| I've Got A Feeling | 22.54 | |
| [I've Got A Feeling] | 22.55 | |
| [I've Got A Feeling] | 22.56 | |
| [I've Got A Feeling] | 22.57 | |
| [I've Got A Feeling] | 22.58 | |
| 4 | Ocopus's Garden | 26.5 |
| [Ocopus's Garden] | 26.6 | |
| [Ocopus's Garden] | 26.7 | |
| [Ocopus's Garden] | 26.8 | |
| {Little Piece Of Leather} | 26.12 | |
| Ocopus's Garden | 26.9 | |
| [Unknown] | 26.10 | |
| [Octopus's Garden] | 26.11 |
* Doug Sulpy in his "The 910's Guide To The Beatles's Outtakes" (revised edition) wrongly places DDSI 24.72 - 24.78 into track 2 of '69 Rehearsals vol.1. This should be track 1.
Many thanks to A. Bergsma (bergan@dds.nl) for this tracklisting and DDSI numbers.
| Apple Studios, 3 Savile Row | ||
|---|---|---|
| January 23 1969 (?) | ||
| Slate 323 | ||
| John: Shall we do 'Get Back'? | ||
| Get Back | 1.00 | Largely instrumental, with heavy slide guitar from John |
| Little Eddie | 0.16 | Paul: (singing) There you are Eddie, Eddie, Eddie, you dog...Eddie you dog, Eddie you dog. |
| Paul: I love those films that stay on one thing only and don't jump. Lindsay-Hogg: So long as you've got a movie about smokers and nose bleeders and nail biters... Paul: Well, we are rather uncouth. | ||
| Get Back/Ticket To Ride/(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction | 0.35 | Paul calls out 'yeah' while John and Billy Preston pick out various riffs. |
| Get Back | 2.48 | Similar to released version, but with numerous ad-libs throughout from Paul. John is still learning his guitar solo and harmony vocal. Ends with a loose reprise . |
| John: I dreamed right through it. | ||
| Get Back | 0.49 | Paul ad-libs the verse, singing very quickly. |
| Maybellene/You Can't Catch Me/Brown-Eyed Handsome Man | 1.23 | Paul begins singing a Chuck Berry number, causing John to try and remember the words to You Can't Catch Me. Paul finishes, and John then sings the final song. |
| Short Fat Fanny | 1.20 | John, joined by Paul and George, make another pass at the song (it was sung during the Twickenham rehearsals by George) |
| John: (singing) Ephram B.Zimbalis thought he was a loner... | ||
| Slate 325 | ||
| Get Back | 1.54 | Another run-through, with John still struggling to learn his part. |
| Roll 434 Slate 305 | ||
| John: I mucked up the solo. | ||
| Get Back | 0.17 | This attempt breaks down with John in mock tears at missing his note. |
| John: That's not it...I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I thought I was playing
the tune. Paul: Ladies and Gentlemen, introducing Jo Jo | ||
| Get Back | 1.35 | This time, John gets the first solo right, but mucks up the second. |
| George: You jump on the second time you do it.
John: It doesn't matter for the last one caus I don't have to go with the tune. I'll just...(thrashes wildly at the strings in imitation of a solo) | ||
| Slate 307 | ||
| Get Back | 0.19 | Another failed attempt to play the solo |
| Paul: It wasn't difficult this morning... John: We're not as hip as we were this morning Paul ...I'm not eighteen anymore...now I remember why I stopped getting solos. George: I remember those shows...those tours we did. Paul: That one with Jimmy Nichol...he was sitting up on this rostrum and he was just eying all the women...he was a disaster and he'd just say 'ONE TWO!' and we'd have to start. | ||
| Get Back | 2.40 | John gets the first solo, but struggles with the timing of the second. But he gets the harmony vocal notes right. |
| John: First time I get it right and the mike wasn't on.
| ||
| Get Back | 0.22 | John again tries the solo, but now struggles with the phrasing of the last line of his vocal, which they try 3 times. |
| Get Back | 0.33 | By now, John is clowning around with his vocal, inducing the others, including most notably, Billy Preston, to sing too. |
| Get Back | 0.27 | Another attempt at the solo, joined by everyone. |
| John: I've got to admit, I haven't got a clue. | ||
| Get Back | 1.30 | A more coherent attempt at the song. |
| A crewman calls: Roll 1025 on B camera, Slate 306 continues...Fuck Off (it is unclear what provokes this outburst) | ||
| I'll Get You | 0.10 | Paul ad-libs a few lines, but does not take it any further. |
| Paul: I think I'm getting Hong Kong flu. John: Oh, are you...take drugs. | ||
| Slate 308. | ||
| Paul: Oh, the boys are ready for action...the boys is ready. John: I can't play standing up. Paul: Neither can I. John: O.K. Barney. | ||
| Get Back | 0.07 | A false start, as they are interrupted by Glyn Johns. John and Paul humourously rebuke him, in heavy scouse accents. |
| John: Look, don't interrupt,,,its a song we're recording.
Paul: Hey son, hey. John: We're bloody stars you know. Paul: Look, fuckface, don't comment. John: Bloody cheek. | ||
| Apple Studios, 3 Savile Row | ||
| January 22 1969 | ||
| All I Want Is You | 0.16 | The tape begins running in time to hear only the final refrain. It runs straight into |
| I've Got A Feeling | 3.23 | John and Paul joke around during the first verse. John struggles on the short guitar phrase in the middle, and forgets the words to his section, much to Paul's amusement. |
| John: I just seem to have lost it...it wasn't any trouble until you told me. | ||
| I've Got A Feeling | 3.25 | Another take, in which John comes closer to getting the phrase right. |
| Paul: I still haven't worked out what the song's saying...and I want to get some of that Vegas sound. | ||
| I've Got A Feeling | 0.15 | Paul sings the song in a lounge singer style. |
| I've Got A Feeling/Bee Beep/Roadrunner | 1.37 | George and Billy Preston have been working on the riff that underpins the song, and Paul and John now ad-lib vocals over that riff, imitating the camera crew's sync beep. At the end, Paul repeats a line from 'Roadrunner'. |
| George: I like that
John: (singing) I had a dream this afternoon, yeah baby...I've got a feeling, a feeling I can't hide. I had a dream this morning, keep me satisfied. Paul: Beep beep John: Look out, hot dof, oh yeah. | ||
| I've Got A Feeling | 1.16 | The run through the song from the second verse, stopping when John forgets to sing. |
| I've Got A Feeling | 0.50 | John and Paul play around with the harmonies on the line 'oh yeah'. |
| Apple Studios, 3 Savile Row | ||
| January 26 1969 | ||
| Ringo: Have you heard the Octopus one?
George: No. | ||
| Octopus's Garden | 0.31 | Ringo (singing): I'd like to be, underneath the
sea, in an octopus's garden garden in the shade. it would be nice,
paradise, in an octopus's garden in the shade...That's all I've
got...I'll really need a few more bits than that..
Everybody laughs. George: I see you've learnt A minor. You need something like...(plays a few chords) Ringo: Nice start, but I really can't catch up with you. |
| Octopus's Garden | 0.40 | One verse intro on piano, with Ringo singing two verses after that. |
| Ringo (singing): My friends would be there, Frank Bill and Sir, in an octopus's garden...lost me rhythm...what can we go into? So come with me, and we will see, fishes of every dissuasion...fish and chips for tea? | ||
| Octopus's Garden | 0.37 | Ringo and George run through the verse, and try unsuccessfully to add a middle eight. |
| Octopus's Garden | 0.26 | Another attempt which sees George trying to teach Ringo the middle eight. |
| George: Just stay on F so it gets back to... Ringo: Where we started. | ||
| Octopus's Garden | 0.38 | George and Ringo sing a wordless middle eight and two verses. |
| Mal Evans: We should be up on the roof today.
Lindsay-Hogg: Yeah, its a lovely day. George: Try going to A, change to A minor, then C, A minor, to, er...see how it goes | ||
| Roll 478, Slate 358. | ||
| (The 'Let It Be' film used edited segments of this session from this point) | ||
| Ringo: Everytime I see him, he always says hello...and come
inside...and then, puts thekettle on.
George: (singing) Puts his sturdy arms around me, and he always trys to charm me... Ringo: Hey, I got to go, ha ha | ||
| Octopus's Garden | 0.19 | George plays the end of the middle eight to show Ringo how it goes. |
| George: See, that last bit...C, then A minor, that one quick, and then this D minor. | ||
| Octopus's Garden | 0.25 | George sings a wordless middle eight again to show Ringo how it goes. |
| Octopus's Garden | 0.58 | With George Martin now watching, George and Ringo run through the song, with vocal accompaniment from the film crew. The words for the middle eight are still to be worked out, but the tune is now complete. John and Yoko can be heard arriving during the song |
| George: See, it goes quick F, quick G and then to A...Hi Sailor.
John: Hi Ned...I thought I'd do a dance step...(singing to Ringo's tune) He's a little piece of leather, very well put together...what am I playing Ritchie? Ringo: Um, you're the bass. John: Not bass. Ringo: Alright, you're the drums John: Oh, drums, right...I think Paul would like to be drums, with his strong left arm...I'm not getting on this kit without a ciggie. | ||
| Octopus's Garden | 0.45 | Ringo and George perform, with Joh joining in on drums. |
| Octopus's Garden | 0.17 | George again shows Ringo the middle eight. Paul can be heard arriving with Linda and Heather. |
| Paul: Have you listened to the dubs?
Ringo: Yeah, terrible. Paul: Oh, really? George Martin: Its very rough dubbed, just remember. George: They were rough...I though 'Get Back' was the worst Ringo: I thought 'Get Back' was the only one that was any good. John: Hey, did you dream about me last night? Paul: I don't remember. John: Very strong dream, but I thought you must have been there...I mean, I was touching you. Paul: Don't worry about it. John: There's noting to worry about. George Martin (to Ringo): Play your song again | ||
| Octopus's Garden | 0.33 | Ringo and John play the song, but Paul is not interested, discussing the mixes with George. |