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What if Let It Be/Get Back was never released?
20 October 2019
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QuarryMan
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I do wish they’d treated it more as a concert than an opportunity to record takes for the album.

I've been up on the mountain, and I've seen his wondrous grace,
I've sat there on the barstool and I've looked him in the face.
He seemed a little haggard, but it did not slow him down,
he was humming to the neon of the universal sound. 

22 October 2019
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William Shears Campbell
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Was the Rooftop Concert actually meant to be a concert, or was it just them wanting to play on the roof?

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22 October 2019
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Yes, they were originally going to return to touring but they decided to do just a single show instead, which they ultimately decided to do on the roof.

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23 October 2019
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Dark Overlord said
Yes, they were originally going to return to touring but they decided to do just a single show instead, which they ultimately decided to do on the roof.

  

Were they going to tour? I thought it was a return to live performances but more a few performances in an exotic location(s) than heading back to 1966. George certainly would never have gone for touring from the off.

The famous plan was they would hire a boat and take the fans with them which George hated the thought of as he would never be able to escape. 

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28 October 2019
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I think they should have played live TV performances in the years after they stopped touring, and done the rooftop gig as a finale. 

I've been up on the mountain, and I've seen his wondrous grace,
I've sat there on the barstool and I've looked him in the face.
He seemed a little haggard, but it did not slow him down,
he was humming to the neon of the universal sound. 

28 October 2019
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They kind of did with their semi-live performances All You Need Is Love in 1967 and Hey Jude /Revolution in 1968, but it would’ve been cool to see them do a full 30 minute show during this time.

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28 October 2019
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They should’ve headlined the first Liverpool International Pop Festival in the summer of 1970, featuring Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Miles Davis, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Janis Joplin, Ravi Shankar and others.

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