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JANUARY 1969
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by Day reference according to A/B Road Discs
Twickenham Film Studios.
Thursday January 7, 1969 (A/B Road Disc 1)
The Long & Winding Road/Golden Slumber/Carry That Weight/The Long & Winding Road/The Castle of The King Of The Birds-Jan. 7, 1969-early morning, Jan. 7th, Paul again at the piano going through the above titled medley (7.01-7.05)
Lady Madonna-Jan. 7,1969-Paul again on the piano, but unfortunately, this take is drowned out by a conversation between George & Ringo who have now arrived. (7.06)
She Came In Through The Bathroom Window-Jan. 7. 1969-Again drowned out by conversation, but interesting because Ringo joins in with these alternate lyrics, "Monday's on the phone to Tuesday and Wednesday wants a cup of tea".(7.08)
Mister Epstein Said it Was White Gold-Jan. 7, 1969-Paul starts a riff on the guitar which sounds like the beginning of "Get Back". George says, "Mister Epstein said it was white gold, but it doesn't matter much to me", Paul then beginning vamping on that lyric.(7.13)
Low Down Blues Machine- Jan. 7, 1969-Paul then begins playing this song, and again it is based on the same chord structure as the previous "Mister Epstein". George joins in on lead guitar. (7.14)
What I say/Carry That weight/Shout-Jan. 7, 1969-This short medley combines these three songs, in a short improv (7.15)
Get Back-Jan 7, 1969-First take of "Get Back" performed at these sessions. At this point, it is basically a guitar riff (7.16)
Get Back-Jan 7, 1969- Hand claps have been added at this point, and Paul now has the "California grass" and "get back to where you once belonged" lines . (7.18)
Get Back-Jan 7, 1969- Paul has developed a few more of the lyrics on this third take, but the song is far from finished lyrically at this point.. Ringo sings along with the "Get Back" chorus. George adds some very different guitar fills, and Paul yells, "I've got blisters on my fingers" as the take almost breaks down. George however continues his guitar part, and Paul begins singing again. Ringo has now gotten on the drums. John perhaps has joined in now because you can hear Paul say "O.K. Jackie". The song turns into a 9+ minute jam, and ends because the tape runs out. (7.19)
Spoken segment-Jan. 7, 1969-A long spoken piece again about where and how to stage the show. Part of this segment was shown in the Lit It Be movie, where Paul is scolding the others. He makes reference to Brian Epstein being a father figure to them, and when "Daddy" goes away they need to be responsible. During this long spoken segment, Paul also makes the suggestion that they do the show by trespassing on someone property, thus setting themselves up to be hauled away. (not far removed from what happened with the police showing up on the roof during the actual performance, which leads one to guess that the whole thing was planned that way perhaps?) George makes the comment that he would prefer not to do his songs in concert, as they can be developed better in the studio. (track 22 unnumbered-7.26)
Thursday January 7, 1969 (A/B Road Disc 2)
For You Blue- Jan. 7, 1969-George just strumming out a very slow bluesy version of this song. Unfortunately he is playing under the ongoing conversation. (7.27)
Improvisation- Jan. 7, 1969-as the concert discussion continues, they start this improv in the style of Bo Diddley. Not much too it, just a bit of playing during their discussion (7.29)
Spoken segment-Jan 7, 1969- as the discussion continues, Paul says, "It doesn't matter what's going wrong, as long as the four of us notice it and are determined to put it right. Because that's what I'm on to". George responds, "Maybe we should have a divorce" Paul, "We'll I said that last week. It's getter near that". John, "Who'd have the children". Paul, "Dick James". John, "Oh yea". (7.32)
I've Got A Feeling- Jan. 7, 1969-An almost complete take, not too different from the finished take (7.37)
I've Got A Feeling- Jan. 7, 1969-Just John's middle section, but he changes the lyric to "everybody got a shoeshine". (7.39)
I've Got A Feeling- Jan. 7, 1969-One verse, then straight into John's middle section (7.40)
I've Got A Feeling- Jan. 7, 1969- once again just John's middle section (7.41)
I've Got A Feeling- Jan. 7, 1969- Just the beginning two verses before the take breaks down (7.43)
I've Got A Feeling- Jan. 7,
1969- A very tight performance with different guitar licks from George.
Unfortunately the tape runs out right as John begins his middle section. (7.44)
Maxwell Silver Hammer- Jan. 7,
1969- A short instrumental take on the piano by Paul (7.49)
Woman Where You Been So Long- Jan. 7, 1969-Another great oldies jam with Paul on vocal. (7.50)
Oh Julia, Julia/Oh Darling-Jan. 7, 1969-Paul again on vocal and piano on this old rhytm & Blues number, this goes right into "Oh Darling" , as Paul teaches the others the chords.The first take ends with Paul saying, "can you put these mikes on booms coming across here? Because it's in between your legs and you know what it's like with something in between your legs." (7.51-7.52)
Oh Darling-Jan. 7, 1969-another take, again with Paul calling out the chords and talking the others through the break. (7.53)
The Long & Winding Road-Jan. 7, 1969-an instrumental take which goes into an unknown improvisation (7.53)
Maxwell's Silver Hammer-Jan. 7, 1969- A short run through of the first verse with very heavy drums from Ringo (7.54)
Maxwell's Silver Hammer-Jan. 7, 1969-Paul working on the lyrics, but at this point he is lacking much of the final words. The next take, in this long rehearsal segment, breaks down at the "Back in School" verse.At this point they are hung up as to where to take the song as far as chord structure is concerned. Paul then begins singing again for the "Back in School" verse, which is still lacking the actual lyrics. In this take he asks for a solo, which George plays but really doesn't know where to take it, so Paul continues singing the next next verse, but again very sparse lyrics at this point. When he gets to the chorus, he says,"all together now" and they all begin singing the chorus, but the take then breaks down. George then asks, "where do those bits come in". Paul then sings a very fast tempo of the song, with just him on piano and Ringo keeping the beat. The next take then begins with the "Back in School" verse again but it quickly breaks down as they don't appear to know where to take the song from that point.George then says, "so it never gets to that bit?" Paul says, "no then the solo". He then begins playing it on the piano and starts whistling.. He then suggests that they whistle the solo. Another take follow, starting from the "Back in School" verse but too breaks down as Paul stops it. The rehearsla segment ends with Paul suggesting that they go and have lunch.(7.56)
Maxwell's Silver Hammer-Jan. 7, 1969-This take begins with the whistling of George & John, with Paul saying "That's lovely fellas".This take breaks down also. Paul then says to Mal Evans, "Mal, on an anvil like on steel, so it sounds silver, steel". (7.57)
Maxwell's Silver Hammer-Jan. 7, 1969-This take again begins with the "Whistling" intro. After the first verse, again the whistling. Lyrics still lacking after the first verse, but are more complete than in previous takes. When they get to the chorus, again the whistling, and the take ends. Paul then instructs the others on how the whistling should go. (7.58-7.59)