Alternate takes / demos | Fab forum

A A A

Please consider registering
guest

Home

Fab forum

Yesterday... and today

Alternate takes / demos

Page: 1 2

Topic RSS

Alternate takes / demos

24 October 2011
6.03pm

GniknuS

Rain? I don't mind

Apple rooftop

Forum Posts: 1365

Member Since:
1 May 2010

Offline

Certainly there is an abyss of alternate takes and demos on youtube from the Beatles both together and in their respective solo careers, but who has the time to go through it all? Post anything you think is cool here. The second video is from the youtube channel LennonPianoTapes which is pretty much the holy grail of Lennon tapes.

feature=related

feature=channel_video_title

I sat on a rug, biding my time, drinking her wine

24 October 2011
7.20pm

meanmistermustard

Apple rooftop

Forum Posts: 3427

Member Since:
1 May 2011

Offline

For some reason this outtake wasnt included on the anthology set as its one of the best there is, way more interesting than Mr Moonlight take 4 or take 1 of Kansas City.

"Well, probably we'll sell less records, less people'll go to see the film, we'll write less songs, and we'll all die of failure" (John Lennon 8/64)

6 November 2011
12.15am

GniknuS

Rain? I don't mind

Apple rooftop

Forum Posts: 1365

Member Since:
1 May 2010

Offline

I know how to breath some life into this thread, obviously with an alternate mix of Revolution 9!

feature=related

Well, there it is. But this is a cool, more raw version of I'm So Tired, with more organ which is always a good thing. Biting Lennon vocal. feature=related

I sat on a rug, biding my time, drinking her wine

6 November 2011
12.44am

meanmistermustard

Apple rooftop

Forum Posts: 3427

Member Since:
1 May 2011

Offline

The far superior unedited Not Guilty

Norwegian Wood Take 2 (not the best quality)

A longer Can You Take Me Back (a snippet appeared between Cry Baby Cry and Revolution #9 on the White Album)

"Well, probably we'll sell less records, less people'll go to see the film, we'll write less songs, and we'll all die of failure" (John Lennon 8/64)

10 November 2011
5.58am

GniknuS

Rain? I don't mind

Apple rooftop

Forum Posts: 1365

Member Since:
1 May 2010

Offline

Von Bontee referred to the full SFF in another thread, so here is the video in case anyone is interested.

I sat on a rug, biding my time, drinking her wine

10 November 2011
1.26pm

meanmistermustard

Apple rooftop

Forum Posts: 3427

Member Since:
1 May 2011

Offline

Continuing with the Strawberry Fields theme below are takes 1 – 4 and 5 -7. Take 1 has backing vocals which are absent from the one on Anthology 2. Take 7 has the original ending, on Anthology 2 there is an edit piece floated in towards the end.

"Well, probably we'll sell less records, less people'll go to see the film, we'll write less songs, and we'll all die of failure" (John Lennon 8/64)

11 November 2011
6.19pm

GniknuS

Rain? I don't mind

Apple rooftop

Forum Posts: 1365

Member Since:
1 May 2010

Offline

Nice, thanks for those.

Here's a sweet McCartney vocal. Here, There and Everywhere take 14.

I sat on a rug, biding my time, drinking her wine

11 November 2011
8.37pm

mithveaen

Sitarday's room

Moderator

Forum Posts: 4675

Member Since:
1 May 2010

Offline

Now that was amazing. Every time I listen to this song I fall in love more and more with it. heart

Here comes the sun….. Scoobie-doobie…… Something in the way she moves…..attracts me like a cauliflower… Bop. Bop, cat bop. Go, Johnny, Go. Beware of Darkness… I believe in SH...

12 November 2011
12.57pm

minime

Candlestick Park

Forum Posts: 526

Member Since:
16 February 2011

Offline

His voice is kind of drawling in that version, its strange. Like he's always behind a beat or something. But I like the harmonies. And those pictures are just adorable a-hard-days-night-john-3

26 November 2011
8.04pm

GniknuS

Rain? I don't mind

Apple rooftop

Forum Posts: 1365

Member Since:
1 May 2010

Offline

Something take 37 plus a jam session. It would have been nice if they kept John's piano on the final version.

feature=related

I sat on a rug, biding my time, drinking her wine

26 November 2011
8.27pm

meanmistermustard

Apple rooftop

Forum Posts: 3427

Member Since:
1 May 2011

Offline

If you listen real close at times you can hear Johns piano, its buried deep.

Keeping on the theme of Abbey Road tracks with extended jams here's Take 30 of You Never Give Me Your Money

And Take 7 (or 5 depending on who you believe) of She's A Woman which also a long jam, which isnt on Abbey Road.

"Well, probably we'll sell less records, less people'll go to see the film, we'll write less songs, and we'll all die of failure" (John Lennon 8/64)

6 December 2011
11.12am

Joe

Pepperland

Admin

Forum Posts: 2700

Member Since:
31 March 2008

Offline

That piano riff on the end of Something – I presume you all know it was used by Lennon on Remember (Plastic Ono Band) the next year?

Thanks for sharing these. I love McCartney's voice on She's A Woman. Really raw and bluesy. And I found it interesting that on YNGMYM there's a bass guitar at the start, but some of the notes on the final mix are missing (eg around "funny paper"). That suggests there were at least two bass overdubs on the song, which I don't think I knew before.

Please don't spoil my day; I'm miles away

6 December 2011
8.18pm

meanmistermustard

Apple rooftop

Forum Posts: 3427

Member Since:
1 May 2011

Offline

Ringo's drumming isolated from the multi-track, probably from Rock Band (ive never played Rock Band so would have no idea). I love this type of thing and have found there are tons out there. Not everyones taste tho, i admit. Any road.

feature=related

"Well, probably we'll sell less records, less people'll go to see the film, we'll write less songs, and we'll all die of failure" (John Lennon 8/64)

7 December 2011
2.09am

GniknuS

Rain? I don't mind

Apple rooftop

Forum Posts: 1365

Member Since:
1 May 2010

Offline

I love Ringo, he's so good. I don't want a drummer that has long, stupid solos, give me sweet fills all day, if I were a drummer I would just study Ringo on Rubber Soul, his fills are so incredibly different on every track.

Back on topic, I'm not a particular fan of the actual recording of #9 Dream, but it certainly is a great song in itself. Here's a demo or two.

feature=related

I sat on a rug, biding my time, drinking her wine

7 December 2011
11.54am

Zig

The Toppermost of the Poppermost

Moderator

Forum Posts: 2752

Member Since:
14 April 2010

Offline

These are all fantastic. I especially like the very first one. To me, any recording of John alone with a guitar is priceless. Thanks, Gnik!

Please keep posting these alternate takes as you find them – very much appreciated.

To the fountain of perpetual mirth, Let it roll for all its worth.

2295 6972

7 December 2011
12.26pm

meanmistermustard

Apple rooftop

Forum Posts: 3427

Member Since:
1 May 2011

Offline

Possibly the best version yet of Across The Universe, mixed by Glyn Johns in January 1970, eliminating a lot of the overdubs/effects added in 1968 and nearly all of the female backing vocals (very faint).

Pauls bass and Ringo's drums isolated from the A Day In The Life Multitracks. (I cant find a video of the ADITL isolated lead vocals which hasnt been edited by the poster.)

"Well, probably we'll sell less records, less people'll go to see the film, we'll write less songs, and we'll all die of failure" (John Lennon 8/64)

8 December 2011
4.08am

Into the Sky with Diamonds

New York

Rishikesh

Forum Posts: 929

Member Since:
10 August 2011

Offline

Meanmistermustard, you're right. That IS the best version of Across the Universe.

(At some point I'm going to pinch that and put in on the book's Facebook page and blog!)

"Into the Sky with Diamonds" (the Beatles and the Race to the Moon – a history)

12 December 2011
11.29am

Zig

The Toppermost of the Poppermost

Moderator

Forum Posts: 2752

Member Since:
14 April 2010

Offline

George's demo of "It Don't Come Easy".

To the fountain of perpetual mirth, Let it roll for all its worth.

2295 6972

12 January 2012
7.39pm

meanmistermustard

Apple rooftop

Forum Posts: 3427

Member Since:
1 May 2011

Offline

Found on a John home tape a couple of years ago. Not sure if this is all that was left or if its an excerpt and more will eventually become available to fans.

"Well, probably we'll sell less records, less people'll go to see the film, we'll write less songs, and we'll all die of failure" (John Lennon 8/64)

12 January 2012
8.48pm

vonbontee

Inside a Letterbox

Apple rooftop

Forum Posts: 1427

Member Since:
1 December 2009

Offline

(…too bad this thread is fairly useless to me here at work where Youtube is blocked & I haven't even got a sound card anyways! Just a vastness of white space. Moan moan moan.)

I like black music, disco music. I like the disco music that's out now - John Lennon, 1975

Page: 1 2

All RSS

Forum Timezone: Europe/London

Most Users Ever Online: 597

Currently Online: Tobey, aislejodi
6 Guest(s)

Currently Browsing this Page:
1 Guest(s)