1962
“Please Please Me”
11th September 1962
an out-take
Interview
27th October 1962
The Beatles’ first radio interview
“A Taste Of Honey”
29th October 1962
recorded for “People And Places” TV show
“Seventeen”
31st December 1962
“I Saw Her Standing There” recorded live in Hamburg, Germany
1963
“Seventeen”
11th February 1963
Take 1 of “I Saw Her Standing There”
“A Taste Of Honey”
11th February 1963
Take 6
“Misery”
11th February 1963
Take 1
“Misery”
11th February 1963
another out-take
“From Me To You”
5th March 1963
Takes 1-2
“Bad To Me”
mid 1963
John’s demo of the song he gave to Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas
Interview
30th July 1963
a radio interview recorded for “Non Stop Pop” BBC show
“She Loves You”
24th October 1963
recorded live in Stockholm, Sweden
US Introduction To The Beatles
December 1963
introduction to first airplay of a Beatles song in the States
1964
“This Boy”
16th January 1964
recorded live in Paris, France
“Can’t Buy Me Love”
19th April 1964
recorded for “Around The Beatles” TV special
“One And One Is Two”
early 1964
Paul’s demo
“I Want To Hold Your Hand”
9th February 1964
from The Ed Sullivan Show
“You Can’t Do That”
31st March 1964
recorded for BBC radio show “Saturday Club”
“A Hard Day’s Night”
16th April 1964
Take 2
Medley: “Love Me Do” / “Please Please Me” / “From Me To You” /
“She Loves You” / “I Want To Hold Your Hand”
19th April 1964
medley of The Beatles’ singles to date, performed live for “Around The Beatles” TV special
“Leave My Kitten Alone”
14th August 1964
Take 4
“Twist And Shout”
23rd August 1964
recorded live at the Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles
“Boys”
7th October 1964
performed live in Waltham Green, Fulham, England
“She’s A Woman”
8th October 1964
Take 1
1965
“Help!”
13th April 1965
Take 10
“The Night Before”
26th May 1965
from the last show recorded live for the BBC
“Ticket To Ride”
26th May 1965
the last song from the last show recorded live for the BBC
“I’m Down”
14th August 1965
performed live in New York City
“Baby’s In Black”
19th August 1965
performed live in Houston, Texas
“I’m Down”
30th August 1965
closing song performed live at the Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles
“We Can Work It Out”
October 1965
demo version, end accidentally wiped by John
“Michelle”
October-November 1965
an instrumental demo by Paul
“Day Tripper”
16th October 1965
Take 1, with just the backing track
“Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)”
21st October 1965
Take 4
“Girl”
11th November 1965
backing track only
1966
“Rain”
14th-16th April 1966
vocal monitor booth out-take
“I’m Only Sleeping”
6th May 1966
mono mix
“For No One”
9th May 1966
Takes 1-2
“Rain” Backwards / Comments From John
1966
John discusses the use of backwards speech in “Rain”
“If I Needed Someone”
1st July 1966
recorded live in Tokyo, Japan
“Nowhere Man”
29th August 1966
from the Beatles’ last ever concert in San Francisco, California
“Strawberry Fields Forever”
19th September-6th November 1966
Takes 5-6 of the demos John recorded in Spain while filming “How I Won The War”
“Strawberry Fields Forever”
7th-23rd November 1966
vocal overdub of a demo John recorded at his home in Weybridge, Surrey
“Strawberry Fields Forever”
7th-23rd November 1966
Takes 2-7 of the demos John recorded at his home in Weybridge, Surrey
“Strawberry Fields Forever”
November-December 1966
mellotron and vocal overdubs
“Strawberry Fields Forever”
9th December 1966
mono mix of Take 25
1967
“Penny Lane”
January 1967
one of the overdub sessions that comprised the final version
“A Day In The Life”
20th January 1967
Take 5
“Good Morning Good Morning”
1967
John’s original home demo
“Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (reprise)
1st April 1967
original mono mix featuring different effects
“You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)”
May 1967
John’s original home demo
“All You Need Is Love”
25th June 1967
recording live for TV, as broadcast on “Our World” BBC special
“Jessie’s Dream”
1967
an unreleased mellotron-based song featured in the “Magical Mystery Tour” movie
“Flying”
8th September 1967
an out-take featuring a jazzy ending
“Step Inside Love”
1967
Paul’s original home demo of the song he wrote for Cilla Black
1968
“Momma, You’re Just On My Mind”
circa 1968
from a studio jam session
“Across The Universe”
February 1968
studio rehearsal
“Lady Madonna”
3rd February 1968
monitor mix
“Cry Baby Cry”
30th May 1968
John’s demo version played on electric guitar, recorded at Esher
“Child Of Nature”
30th May 1968
John’s Esher demo of what eventually became “Jealous Guy”
“I’m So Tired” / “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da”
May-June 1968
jam session in the studio
“Brian Epstein Blues”
19th July 1968
John improvising lyrics about Brian during the “Sexy Sadie” sessions
“Sexy Sadie”
July-August 1968
one of the many out-takes
“Happiness Is A Warm Gun”
23rd-25th September 1968
an isolated track of the many that comprised the final version
“Happiness Is A Warm Gun”
23rd-25th September 1968
an isolated track featuring the second lead vocal
“I’m So Tired”
8th October 1968
an out-take
“I’m So Tired”
8th October 1968
an alternate backing track
“Everyone Had A Hard Year”
late 1968
John’s original demo of “I’ve Got A Feeling”
“Goodbye”
late 1968
Paul’s acoustic guitar demo of a song he wrote for Mary Hopkin
1969
“Gimme Some Truth” / “The Castle Of The King Of The Birds”
circa 1969
studio jam session
“Third Man Theme”
circa 1969
studio jam session
“All Things Must Pass”
January 1969
a rehearsal by The Beatles during the “Get Back” sessions
“Commonwealth”
January 1969
recorded during the “Get Back” sessions... it even mentions New Zealand!!! :-)
“Hi Ho Silver”
January 1969
recorded during the “Get Back” sessions
“Lost My Little Girl”
January 1969
recorded during the “Get Back” sessions
“Midnight Special”
January 1969
recorded during the “Get Back” sessions
“Move It” / “Good Rockin’ Tonight”
January 1969
medley recorded during the “Get Back” sessions
“Tennessee”
January 1969
recorded during the “Get Back” sessions
“Watching Rainbows”
14th January 1969
only known performance, recorded during the “Get Back” sessions
“Get Back”
January 1969
studio rehearsal
“I’ve Got A Feeling”
January 1969
studio rehearsal
“I’ve Got A Feeling”
January 1969
studio rehearsal, different version
“Rocker” / “Save The Last Dance For Me” / “Don't Let Me Down”
22nd January 1969
recorded during the “Get Back” sessions
“On Our Way Home”
24th-31st January 1969
studio rehearsal of “Two Of Us”
“George’s Blues”
January 1969
studio rehearsal of George’s “For You Blue”
“Let It Be”
25th-31st January 1969
studio rehearsal
“Kansas City” / “Miss Ann” / “Lawdy Miss Clawdy”
26th January 1969
medley recorded during the “Get Back” sessions
“The Long And Winding Road”
26th-31st January 1969
studio rehearsal
“The Walk”
27th January 1969
from a jam during the “Get Back” sessions
“Get Back”
28th January 1969
the original studio version before Phil Spector's production
“One After 909”
28th-30th January 1969
an out-take
“The Long And Winding Road”
31st January 1969
Take 19
“You Never Give Me Your Money”
6th May 1969
an out-take
“Her Majesty”
2nd July 1969
Take 3, including the final chord missing from “Abbey Road”
“Golden Slumbers”
2nd July 1969
an alternate version
“Golden Slumbers” / “Carry That Weight”
July 1969
studio rehearsal
“Something”
11th July 1969
Take 37
“She Came In Through The Bathroom Window”
July 1969
studio rehearsal
“Oh! Darling”
17th-22nd July 1969
a discarded lead vocal track
1970
“I Me Mine”
3rd January 1970
an out-take from the final Beatles recording session
1995
“Real Love”
1995
an early Beatles mix
