Label: BJ 12919 / 12920 Disc 11 - Length: 72:45 1. Get Back 2. Get Back 3. Get Back 4. Get Back 5. I've Got a Feeling 6. "You Won't Get Me That Way" / The Walk 7. I've Got a Feeling 8. "The River Rhine" / The Long and Winding Road 9. I've Got a Feeling 10. I've Got a Feeling 11. I've Got a Feeling 12. Dig a Pony 13. Dig a Pony 14. Get Back 15. Love Me Do 16. Get Back 17. Don't Let Me Down 18. I've Got a Feeling 19. Don't Let Me Down 20. I've Got a Feeling Disc 12 - Length: 72:06 1. One After 909 2. Old Brown Shoe 3. Old Brown Shoe 4. Old Brown Shoe 5. I Want You (She's So Heavy) 6. Something 7. Get Back 8. Teddy Boy 9. All Things Must Pass 10. All Things Must Pass 11. I Want You (She's So Heavy) 12. I Want You (She's So Heavy) 13. "Nothing Listed!" 14. I've Got a Feeling 15. Don't Let Me Down 16. Get Back 17. One After 909 18. She Came In Through the Bathroom Window 19. Two of Us 20. Let It Be 21. The Long and Winding Road Notes Disc 11 Interesting items abound, including two unique versions of "I've Got a Feeling" (tracks 10 & 11) where John sings everything (with a little assistance from Billy Preston), as Paul is temporarily away from the session. We also get to hear (finally!) the 1969 version of the band's first single, "Love Me Do", which is slowed to a blues tempo with the Beatles' hearts in the right place, even if all the notes aren't. Track 16 is the version of "Get Back" that had its coda appropriated for use on the single, the "Get Back" album, and the tail end of the "Let It Be" film. It's heard in its natural context for the very first time here. Tracks 17 and 19 were bothused for the single version of "Don't Let Me Down". Disc 12 The Beatles spent most of the latter portion of the January 28th session working on songs they'd never get a chance to complete during the "Get Back" period. Early versions of "Something" and "I Want You" are especially interesting. Much of the January 29th session (heard on tracks 13 through 21 and all of disc 13) was spent taking inventory of all the perfected songs, and running through them once or twice to make certain they could be played at the show the following day. Their vocal performances are notably tame during the "rooftop rehearsal", as they attempt to save their voices.
© 2001 David Laurie