THE BEATLES - "THE ABBEY ROAD COMPANION"

Details: A collection of demos, outtakes and rough mixes recorded for the Abbey Road LP.

Tracklisting:

1. Because -(vocals only)
2. Come And Get It -(Paul McCartney demo for Badfinger, 24 July 1969)
3. I Want You (She's So Heavy) - (Recorded as a trio while George is in hospital. Paul sings John's song.)
4. I Need You - (Same as track 3. Unreleased Lennon original, nothing to do
   with Harrison song of the same name. Counterpart to 'I Want You'.)  
5. Something - (Original Harrison demo, recorded on his 26th birthday, 25 Feb 1969)
6. Something - (rough mix with extended piano-led jam session ending - Take 
   36, 2 May 1969)
7. Maxwell's Silver Hammer - (unedited version with full beginning)
8. Oh! Darling - (rough mix with different vocals)
9. Octopus's Garden - (rough mix)
   THE LONG ONE/ HUGE MEDLEY
10. You Never Give Me Your Honey
11. Sun King
12. Mean Mr Mustard
13. Her Majesty
14. Polythene Pam
15. She Came Through The Bathroom Window
16. Golden Slumbers
17. Carry That Weight
18. The End
   Tracks 10-18 represent the first mix-down of what was to become side 2 of 
   Abbey Road without overdubs and some songs still unfinished. The was done on
   30 July 1969 for the Beatles to see if and how it all fitted together. 
19. Her Majesty - (the one track that did not fit with 'full ending')
20. You Never Give Me Your Money - (a very early mix with different vocal/ no lead guitar, and jamming at the end)
21. Golden Slumbers - (as track 20)
22. Carry That Weight - (as track 20)
23. Because -(alternate mix with instrumental backing mixed out for the first half of the song).


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