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The Beatles - Back-Track

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Scan submitted/created by [Beatleg Extension]
HQ Scans:
Publisher: Unknown
Reference :BT6267 2
Date :1988
Made In :Korea
Quality :Ex-Mono/Stereo (AAD)
Booklet & packaging :No booklet, but single folded liner card with extensive recording information.
Total duration: 63:44

Comments
Several versions of this disc appear to exist. The best version available has a blue cover with a butcher type outtake photo, and includes liner notes. The title is listed as .

Core collection    Track identified    Version validated    Lyrics available    Version details available    Audio excerpt available    Participants list available   
1.
Besame Mucho(Velazquez/Skylar)
02:32
Song
First EMI Session
6 Jun 1962
The Beatles
the same on ULTRA RARE TRAX 1, track 10.
2.
How Do You Do It(Murray/Edmond)
01:59
Song
(unidentified)
4 Sep 1962
The Beatles
Picked by George Martin as an "obvious hit". Rejected by the Boys however. Went on to be a number 1 for Gerry and the Pacemakers. Sounds slightly better than the Anthology I version.

the same on ULTRA RARE TRAX 1, track 6
3.
I Saw Her Standing There(Lennon/McCartney)
03:06
Song
Version validated
Lyrics available
Version details available
Take 2
11 Feb 1963
SS.PPM.01.02
A complete take.
the same on ULTRA RARE TRAX 1, track 1
4.
There's A Place(Lennon/McCartney)
00:12
Song
Take 3
11 Feb 1963
The Beatles
the same on ULTRA RARE TRAX 2, track 2
5.
There's A Place(Lennon/McCartney)
01:54
Song
Take 4
11 Feb 1963
The Beatles
the same on ULTRA RARE TRAX 2, track 3
6.
Misery(Lennon/McCartney)
01:51
Song
Version validated
Take 1
11 Feb 1963
SS.PPM.02.01
The Beatles
the same on ULTRA RARE TRAX 2, track 8
7.
The One After 909(Lennon/McCartney)
02:56
Song
Take 2
5 Mar 1963
The Beatles
Different from "Sessions" version. Ends with John saying to George, "What kinda' solo was that?"

the same on ULTRA RARE TRAX 1, track 2
8.
From Me To You(Lennon/McCartney)
01:50
Song
Take 2
5 Mar 1963
The Beatles
the same on ULTRA RARE TRAX 1, track 9
9.
Can't Buy Me Love(Lennon/McCartney)
02:12
Song
Take 2
29 Jan 1964
The Beatles
Alternate version. Recorded at Pathe Marconi, Paris studio. Certainly the best sounding, UNEDITED version available. The Anthology version is in mono, has added reverb and an edited in solo from another take!

the same on ULTRA RARE TRAX 2, track 1
10.
A Hard Day's Night(Lennon/McCartney)
02:34
Song
Take 3b
16 Apr 1964
SS.AHDN.01.03
The Beatles
Take 3a was a false start (does not appear here).

This version was performed live. The Anthology version once again has further reverb introduced.

the same on ULTRA RARE TRAX 2, track 11
11.
Leave My Kitten Alone(John/Turner/McDougal)
02:51
Song
(unidentified)
14 Aug 1964
The Beatles
Somewhat "dull" sounding compared to the copy in Anthology I.

the same on ULTRA RARE TRAX 2, track 9
12.
She's A Woman(Lennon/McCartney)
03:17
Song
Take 2
Sep - Oct 1964
The Beatles
the same on ULTRA RARE TRAX 1, track 3
13.
If You've Got Trouble(Lennon/McCartney)
02:26
Song
Take 1
Sessions
18 Feb 1965
The Beatles
the same on ULTRA RARE TRAX 1, track 5
14.
I'm Looking Through You(Lennon/McCartney)
03:12
Song
Version validated
Take 1
24 Oct 1965
SS.RS.10.01
The Beatles
the same on ULTRA RARE TRAX 1, track 4
 
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)(Lennon/McCartney)
Song
Version validated
Take 4
False Start 1
21 Oct 1965
SS.RS.02.04.FS1
The Beatles
 
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)(Lennon/McCartney)
Song
Version validated
Take 4
False Start 2
21 Oct 1965
SS.RS.02.04.FS2
The Beatles
16.
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)(Lennon/McCartney)
02:31
Song
Version validated
Take 4
21 Oct 1965
SS.RS.02.04
The Beatles
several false starts

At the end of the track you'll hear John exclaim, "I showed ya!"

the same on ULTRA RARE TRAX 2, track 12
17.
We Can Work It Out(Lennon/McCartney)
02:10
Song
Mix
20 Oct 1965
The Beatles
Appears to be from a demo laquer. Keyboard volume varies throughout track.

the same on ULTRA RARE TRAX 2, track 10
18.
Day Tripper(Lennon/McCartney)
00:29
Song
Version validated
Take 2
False Start
16 Oct 1965
SS.PM2.01.02
The Beatles
false start

the same on ULTRA RARE TRAX 2, track 5
19.
Day Tripper(Lennon/McCartney)
03:05
Song
Version validated
Take 3
16 Oct 1965
SS.PM2.01.03
The Beatles
the same on ULTRA RARE TRAX 2, track 6
20.
Paperback Writer(Lennon/McCartney)
02:37
Song
Version validated
Take 2
13 Apr 1966
SS.PM2.03.02
The Beatles
Recorded in the middle of the night (the session ended at 2.30 am).
This version features only the basic tracks of guitars, drums and vocals.

Same on ULTRA RARE TRAX 1, track 12
21.
Strawberry Fields Forever(Lennon/McCartney)
03:17
Song
Overdub
8 Dec 1966
The Beatles
Appears to be from a demo laquer. Faster than regular version.

the same on ULTRA RARE TRAX 1, track 8
22.
Penny Lane(Lennon/McCartney)
03:05
Song
Mix
29 Dec 1966
The Beatles
begins with Paul's count and ends with the trumpet solo omitted from the commercial release

the same on ULTRA RARE TRAX 1, track 7
23.
The Fool On The Hill(Lennon/McCartney)
02:44
Song
Demo
Take 1
25 Sep 1967
The Beatles
Paul performs this demo solo, with only piano accompaniment

the same on ULTRA RARE TRAX 1, track 11
24.
I Am The Walrus(Lennon/McCartney)
04:23
Song
(unidentified)
Sep 1967
The Beatles
Appears to be from a test laquer.
"bare bones" version

the same on ULTRA RARE TRAX 2, track 7
25.
That Means A Lot(Lennon/McCartney)
02:24
Song
Take 1
20 Feb 1965
The Beatles
Appears to be from a test laquer. Recorded as a demo for P.J. Proby. The Anthology II version is quite a bit better.

the same on ULTRA RARE TRAX 2, track 4
26.
Do You Want To Know A Secret(Lennon/McCartney)
02:01
Song
Mix
11 Feb 1963
The Beatles
Vocals are very far forward in mix.
27.
Aerial Tour Instrumental(Lennon/McCartney/Harrison/Starkey)
02:06
Song
Take 8
RM4
8 Sep 1967
SS.MMT.05.08.RM4
Demo of Flying. Appears to be from a demo laquer. Features strange "New Orleans" ending.

Core collection    Track identified    Version validated    Lyrics available    Version details available    Audio excerpt available    Participants list available   

Song Song Studio chat Studio chat
TV/Radio chat/jingle TV/Radio chat/jingle Interview Interview
Cover by another artist Cover by another artist Film Music/Orchestral Film music/orchestral
Concert intro/announcement Concert intro/announcement Advertising Advertising
Song by another artist Song by another artist Medley title Medley title
Book chapter Book chapter
Other type of track Other


Reviews

Review by: Russell J, doktordouce@aol.comOn 15 May 2000
I have the blue cover version. I believe you get the same amount of material as 2 of the Ultra Rare tracks, but I think the Yellow Dog unsurpassed are the standard. None the less great stuff! Real outtakes, not sanatised like on the Anthology releases. You buy, you like, no worry.
Review by: pohlar prod,On 15 Jun 2000
Put yourself back in time to 1988-1989. The shock of hearing this, (or Ultra Rare Trax Volumes 1 and 2, which it essentially duplicated), was overwhelming! After almost two decades of vinyl bootlegs, most of which were shoddy, this was like seeing colour for the first time after living in a black and white world. In some ways, this single disc could work as a 'best of' Anthology. I still listen to it, and still would recommend it. The Anthology official releases have nullified parts of this bootleg, and have made much material "common", yet this single disc still packs a wallup. There is no fat on this disc.
Review by: scott, scotlandyard40@hotmail.comOn 17 Jul 2001
I "had" the blue cover version and it was the best material I ever had. Why? It contains 27 tracks of Beatles covers that the average citizen has never heard because they are near the perfect album productions that the world has enjoyed since the 1960s. In other words, to the musical lay person, the songs sound like they were just moments away from the songs I grew up listening to on records I bought from the music store. But you get the extra feature of "seeing" the polish brighten the music.
If anybody out there has a source for this material please let me know as I "had" this music and I would like to have it again.
Thank you,

Scott
Review by: ChuckCOn 20 Dec 2001 at 03:59 CET
I have Red cover version & it sounds great. Many of the
tracks that appeared on the Anthology are still different
here.
Review by: Beatles_4_EverOn 20 Dec 2001 at 05:06 CET
I agree with the comments made by pohlar prod. This one disc changed for many of us the way we hear these great outakes. Growing up in the "vinyl" world and to finally get this stuff on cd's was great enough....but 27 tracks!!!!! It was if somebody finally plugged the bass amp in and we hear the music in a whole different light. With all the hoopla over the Anthology series for me, I like these cd's far better. In fact alot of my old vinyl bootlegs are better then Anthology. Sound may not be the greatest but at least they were true outakes and not the polished up chopped up stuff EMI spoon feeds us.
Buy this cd.....it's worth every penny.
Review by: mojofilterOn 16 Jan 2003 at 01:21 CET
just a great cd to listen to....need i say more
Review by: onosideboardsOn 03 Sep 2003 at 23:51 CET
i haven't been into beatlegs for more than a few years, and i only just got this disc. i find it boring and unnecessary to anyone who has the Studio 2 Sessions set. so maybe the folks who've been into bootlegs for a long time like this, but i think newbies should just go for the newer, bigger sets instead.
Review by: LDiazOn 23 Mar 2004 at 15:32 CET
This was the first CD boot I bought back in '88.
At the time, this was a great disc.
Many great quality tracks on one disc.
Review by: juniorsfarmOn 28 Aug 2004 at 07:07 CET
This was one of the first Beatle boots I bought on CD in '89 or '90. Red copy. I had bought a few previous to this and they were horrible vinyl transfers (and expensive since this is when CDs were starting to be THE thing), and this one was like winning the lottery. I thought 'That Means Alot' was one of the greatest songs ever, and still can't understand why it wasn't included on anything from the 'Help' era. As an EP track, it would have been perfect. I saw this on Ebay a few months ago for $25,000 or $75,000 using Buy It Now. Either it was a joke or the guy must have been out of his mind. I asked the Seller if I bought it for 75K if he would cut me a deal on shipping. No reply. Still my favorite CD Boot.
Review by: MedicineJar1976On 03 Mar 2006 at 15:54 CET
Years ago I got this off a guy that owned a record shop in Toronto Canada I got Back-Track 1-3 on 3 Maxell 90 mins tapes I still have them to this day, I was staying with a friend and he had a Sony sound system with Pro Logic so it was 2 front 2 back and a center and he had it set up beautfuly...we poped in this tape copy from the guys CD and I will never forget hearing 3. I Saw Her Standing There Take 2 with the bit of chat it was like being there with his set up I think we stoped the tape went out and buy 6 bank tapes and pop and made copys of them so we woulsdn t damage the orginals....so my orginal tapes were possably played3 tapes cd-tape tape to tape...
I still have this tapes in a box 10+ years later.....

Love to have a copy of the orginal CDs
Review by: acespacelyOn 27 Apr 2006 at 15:17 CET
I remember when this came out. I heard it on the radio and drove 30 minutes to the joint that had it. $55. I enjoyed the BackTrack volumes.
Review by: Mr._StarlightOn 08 Dec 2006 at 07:54 CET
The Blue cover and red cover versions are the same, there is no difference at all the disc all came from the same press run. The party that made this item had half the covers printed in blue and half printed in red, the wholesalers had the same amount of red and blue covers. One back tracks 2 some had white and blue covers with out the photo which said advance copy, this was nothing more then trying to sell a second copy to a collector. But one does need to remember that all of this stuff pre-dates the Yellow Dog releases
Review by: jedrick63On 15 Aug 2007 at 23:19 CET
This was my first CD boot, after many years of vinyl, and I still listen to it.
Review by: zappmaccaOn 16 Aug 2007 at 02:32 CET
Same as jedrick63, this was my first boot cd as well. I remember seeing Ultra rare volumes 1 & 2 at a record show for $40.00 a piece, or $75.00 for the pair. Having not heard them, or knowing of their outstanding quality, I passed them up. Then not too much later I found a copy of Backtrack at a boot dealer at my local fleamarket for $35.00. Snapped it right up. By that time I had read the reviews for Ultra Rare, but I still couldn't believe how good it was when I first played it. Sure brings back a lot of good memories. Like my first vinyl boot, Hot Az Son, the equavilent of Sweet Apple Tracks, in 1972. But that's a whole 'nother story......
Review by: gordonfpOn 26 Mar 2008 at 16:46 CET
I've got to rate this a 10 because it was the 1st CD Beatles boot I acquired, and I was literally blown away. I had both the "Sessions" and "Not For Sale" boots on LP, but I wasn't prepared for the audio quality of many of these takes. It opened my eyes to not only the quality of this material, but the possibilites of digital sound on the Beatles' recordings (which, sadly, has yet to be realized). Anyway, like others here, this boot brings back really good memories. It was pricey (as all boots were), but worth every penny, and, even after the Anthology series made many of these redundant, the quality of some of these outshines even the Apple/EMI releases


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Filename: back
Originally filled by: mr_rhumba rumcd@open.org
Date of creation: 06 Oct 2001 23:59:59
Last filled by: François Vander Linden, beatleg@easynet.be
Last Revision Date : 07 Oct 2001 00:00:00
Online on : 15 Nov 2001
Type of media: Bootleg CD
Back-Track
BACK-TRACK
BACK-TRACK PART 2
BACK-TRACK PART 3
BACK-TRACK PART 3
BACK-TRACK PART 4
BACK-TRACK PART 5
BACK-TRACK PART 6
Revision history
ver 2 (21 apr 1997)
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added comments, correct tracklisting


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