i loved all the times they tried to work out “two of us” electrically before they brought out the acoustic guitars and realized they should’ve been playing it that way all along
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Friday, 17 December 2021 11:16 (two years ago) link
I think they were asking for non-Get Back recordings?
― ma dmac's fury road (PBKR), Friday, 17 December 2021 12:40 (two years ago) link
There’s also this in-studio footage:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bA1mSTa5xIA
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 17 December 2021 13:03 (two years ago) link
I recently completed a Beatles marathon listening session, using a playlist I put together which lists their work chronologically by the date on which recording first started for each song. [...]― mike t-diva
― mike t-diva
Just wanted to say thanks for this!
― anatol_merklich, Friday, 17 December 2021 17:48 (two years ago) link
I think Ringo turns up briefly on Shot of Love.
― JoeStork, Friday, 17 December 2021 17:55 (two years ago) link
On "Heart of Mine."
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 17 December 2021 17:55 (two years ago) link
Mediocre track and Dylan and his producer knew it at the time. The song was always a bit of fluff, but they cut a good master before Ringo stopped by and they more or less jammed with him on this song. Dylan openly admitted that they chose a take with Ringo despite the inferior quality simply because he played on it.
― birdistheword, Friday, 17 December 2021 18:41 (two years ago) link
Or I should say, Ringo, Ronnie Wood and Duck Dunn...like it was an all-star recording, hence the speculated "appeal," but it was worse than what they had.
― birdistheword, Friday, 17 December 2021 18:42 (two years ago) link
Oh God, I've just acquired the Mono box set. What took me so long? I wasn't prepared for the gut punch of hearing Help! the way I heard it growing up (albeit without the scratches). Who knew a mix could be a madeleine? It does sound so good though – much more muscular than the stereo version I've put up with for years.
― Alba, Friday, 17 December 2021 20:12 (two years ago) link
Woohoo! Revolver absolutely sings in mono too. Has an adrenaline lacking in the fussy stereo.
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 17 December 2021 21:13 (two years ago) link
Welcome to the church, Alba.
― war mice (hardcore dilettante), Friday, 17 December 2021 21:34 (two years ago) link
That mono box is truly amazing. I'm glad Apple wound up pressing a lot more copies, it may be out-of-print but it's not too hard to find for a reasonable price.
― birdistheword, Friday, 17 December 2021 21:39 (two years ago) link
Presumably you're talking about the CD version there. The vinyl mono box goes for astronomical sums.
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Friday, 17 December 2021 22:01 (two years ago) link
Ah, yes, that's what I meant! Too bad about the vinyl, but maybe they'll bring those back in-print? (It's weird that it's easier to get Giles's remixes on vinyl than the original mono.)
― birdistheword, Friday, 17 December 2021 23:10 (two years ago) link
I'm late to the party, just watching Get Back now. Just got to the part where Paul sings "I'm So Tired" and literally screamed. This thing is uncut heroin.
― J. Sam, Saturday, 18 December 2021 00:03 (two years ago) link
Just rewatched the rooftop concert and one of the best moments of the entire 8 hours is when Paul looks over his shoulder and sees the cops, gives a little hoot, and starts putting extra sauce on everything.
― ma dmac's fury road (PBKR), Saturday, 18 December 2021 02:57 (two years ago) link
About 3/4 of the way through watching it & have to jam out for the night. It’s been so great. I can’t imagine Suzy Creamcheese being all over this - can’t fathom why it hasn’t been widely panned, it’s so ramshackle and would have to be dull as fuck for a non-fanatic (not to mention so many off-key performances) - but I want the 56 hours of raw tapes, fuck it, gimme it all. I really understand now why George got fed up & left - the whole Beatle thing is John & Paul playing and performing for and at and to each other, & the other 2 are so often cut out of the bubble of those guys’ love and rivalry.
― war mice (hardcore dilettante), Saturday, 18 December 2021 04:48 (two years ago) link
Also LOVING Mal Evans just writing down lyrics & changes to lyrics constantly so nobody has to break the creative flow. Underrated contributor.
― war mice (hardcore dilettante), Saturday, 18 December 2021 15:55 (two years ago) link
yeah that was awesome. note takers consistently underrated team members.
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 18 December 2021 18:18 (two years ago) link
A small point of confusion which no doubt has a trivial explanation: when they first go on the roof they have to climb a six foot plus high wall, actually bodily dragging Michael lindsay-hogg up it. Then when it comes to the performance they just walk out of a door...
― big online yam retailer (ledge), Saturday, 18 December 2021 18:25 (two years ago) link
I think someone pointed out that that higher roof was part of the building next door and therefore they would be trespassing to be on it
― Josefa, Saturday, 18 December 2021 18:50 (two years ago) link
You could be right - Ringo just says "what happens if we do it on top of the other roof" but it's not clear what roof he's talking about, maybe they just climbed up to get to the highest vantage point even though the gig location was always going to be the larger part of the roof lower down. I think it probably is the building next door they climb up to, the red brick structure they climb up beside - and perform in front of - is no longer there in google maps, and the building next door has been redeveloped, but the greenhouse is still there.
― big online yam retailer (ledge), Saturday, 18 December 2021 20:09 (two years ago) link
For me the strange thing about the gig is that as far as they can tell they're performing to almost no-one. There's no way they can see down to the street, almost everyone directly in front of them is a cameraman or techie of some kind.
― big online yam retailer (ledge), Saturday, 18 December 2021 20:15 (two years ago) link
Xp to self just seen another view (live tweeting here) and the roof they climb up to is definitely the building next door.
― big online yam retailer (ledge), Saturday, 18 December 2021 20:23 (two years ago) link
Was Pink Floyd at Pompeii an attempt to do the same playing-to-no-audience thing on a larger scale I wonder. It’s.. not an idea that took off much beyond that iirc.
― piscesx, Saturday, 18 December 2021 22:19 (two years ago) link
Well, Nilsson did it, and fifty years later, Nick Cave
― Mark G, Saturday, 18 December 2021 22:58 (two years ago) link
I would imagine that after Beatlemania hit the gigs would have felt like performing to no-one anyway
― assert (matttkkkk), Saturday, 18 December 2021 23:02 (two years ago) link
the interviews with people who were on the street cinfirmed what ive always suspected: that the concert was extremely underwhelming. the most enthusiastic reaction is like ‘oh, that’s the beatles? oh. yeah, they’re alright. can’t hear or see anything though’
― flopson, Saturday, 18 December 2021 23:23 (two years ago) link
right that was my reaction too. they played great but it felt faintly ridiculous. more than a little bit spinal tap tbh.
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 19 December 2021 00:15 (two years ago) link
“I’m moderately in favour of this sort of thing, generally!”
― war mice (hardcore dilettante), Sunday, 19 December 2021 03:28 (two years ago) link
God, part 2 is fucking slog to get through, even with Billy Preston coming in halfway.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Sunday, 19 December 2021 05:42 (two years ago) link
I broke it into 1 hour chunks, it was fine
― Mark G, Sunday, 19 December 2021 10:22 (two years ago) link
Yeah my viewing has been extremely episodic, after my forensic analysis of roofs last night I still haven't finished part 3. My wife came down and said "god you're not still watching the beatles are you?" then complained that don't let me down was making her feel sick.
― big online yam retailer (ledge), Sunday, 19 December 2021 11:03 (two years ago) link
Roofing issues: From reading a couple of interviews, it seems it wasn't quite the spontaneous 'just stepping out onto the roof now guys' it appears. A consulting engineer was brought in to check that the roof would take the weight of people and equipment, and a wooden platform was put down. The rooftop sequence does make me slightly nervous, particularly when the filming cuts to people perched precariously on neighbouring roofs and window ledges. Did lol at the footage of poor MLH being ungraciously dragged up the wall.
MLH issues: It was probably a bit unfair for Tony Richmond (cinematographer) to say “So Michael stopped it. Which was probably a silly thing to do. It would have been fantastic to have seen him taken away by the police, and down the stairs, and up Savile Row, because nothing would have happened.” It seems that MLH had no work permit at the time so may well have faced personal consequences.
― Luna Schlosser, Sunday, 19 December 2021 13:31 (two years ago) link
Had no idea he played on Rattle & Hum.
― pplains, Sunday, 19 December 2021 16:19 (two years ago) link
Gopnik:
ker.com/magazine/2021/10/18/paul-mccartney-doesnt-really-want-to-stop-the-show
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 19 December 2021 16:29 (two years ago) link
My affection for Old Brown Shoe has grown immensely since watching them having an absolute gas learning & tracking it.
― war mice (hardcore dilettante), Sunday, 19 December 2021 16:29 (two years ago) link
same!
and I already liked it plenty
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 19 December 2021 16:34 (two years ago) link
1967-70 was the first album I ever bought, aged 11, in the summer of 1973. The only track I never connected with was Old Brown Shoe. But, yeah, I guess it’s alright.
― mike t-diva, Sunday, 19 December 2021 17:41 (two years ago) link
it's a mystery how that B-side appeared on that collection
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 19 December 2021 17:44 (two years ago) link
Wasn't Harrison the band member most involved in putting those comps together?
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 19 December 2021 17:52 (two years ago) link
I don't think so, mainly because there's no George songs on the red album.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 19 December 2021 17:55 (two years ago) link
Those comps were Allen Klein’s doing.
― A Pile of Ants (Boring, Maryland), Sunday, 19 December 2021 18:10 (two years ago) link
Never had the red album but wow, that’s odd about Taxman. Revolver only gets two tracks compared with six for Rubber Soul wtf?
― Alba, Sunday, 19 December 2021 18:13 (two years ago) link
Exactly. I have no problem with six from Rubber Soul but they should have at least put four more from Revolver: Tomorrow Never Knows and Got to Get You Into My Life are massive omissions, and I'd also pick Taxman and For No One, and I'd also include John's B-side Rain. I guess they wanted to keep all the songwriting royalties to themselves, but Twist and Shout and Money should have made it too, IMHO. Otherwise, there are originals like I'm Down that I definitely would have included.
Regardless, the red album should have been expanded for CD release. Way too skimpy, it's much less than 70 minutes, and it was priced as a premium 2 CD set (usually above $30 retail in the U.S.) which made it feel like a rip-off.
― birdistheword, Sunday, 19 December 2021 18:32 (two years ago) link
And I Saw Her Standing There, how does that get missed?
― birdistheword, Sunday, 19 December 2021 18:33 (two years ago) link
I think there's a direct correlation between lack of Revolver tracks on the red album and Revolver's elevated status in the 80s and beyond. Those compilations set up Revolver to be the one planet in The Beatles solar system w/the most discoverable landscape.
― bookmarkflaglink (Darin), Sunday, 19 December 2021 18:45 (two years ago) link
George was at his most successful in relation to John and Paul in 1973; there was probably a demand for "more George" and "Old Brown Shoe" was a more likely candidate for a compilation than "The Inner Light" or "Savoy Truffle". Do people really think it's worse than the Ringo song?
― Halfway there but for you, Sunday, 19 December 2021 18:56 (two years ago) link
Though by 1976, George's star had dimmed sufficiently for The Best of George Harrison to feature a whole side of Beatles songs.
― Halfway there but for you, Sunday, 19 December 2021 18:58 (two years ago) link
Is that the right Gopnik article above, or did you mean a close read of the Beatles in Get Back
― Luna Schlosser, Sunday, 19 December 2021 19:18 (two years ago) link