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The Beatles - No. 3 Abbey Road N.W. 8

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Scan submitted/created by [Ronald, a0a0@gmx.net]
HQ Scans:
Publisher: Vigotone
Reference :VT-116
Date :1994
Made In :
Quality :Very Good
Booklet & packaging :
Total duration: 57:40

Comments
Tracks 1-8: Paul and Donovan recorded during the sessions for Mary Hopkins "Postcard" LP, November 1968-January 1969.

Tracks 9-18: Largely early mono mixes and takes recorded April-August 1969 at EMI for the "Abbey Road" album.

Core collection    Track identified    Version validated    Lyrics available    Version details available    Audio excerpt available    Participants list available   
1.
How Do You Do(Mitchell)
2:04
Song
Postcard Sessions
1968
The Beatles
2.
Blackbird(Lennon/McCartney)
2:46
Song
Version validated
Postcard Sessions
Nov 1968
The Beatles
3.
The Unicorn(Leitch)
1:04
Song
Postcard Sessions
1968
The Beatles
4.
Lalena(Leitch)
3:26
Song
Postcard Sessions
1968
The Beatles
5.
Heather(McCartney)
2:03
Song
Version validated
Postcard Sessions
Nov 1968
The Beatles
6.
Mr Wind(Leitch)
1:31
Song
Postcard Sessions
1968
The Beatles
7.
The Walrus And The Carpenter(Carrol/Leitch)
1:07
Song
Postcard Sessions
1968
The Beatles
8.
Land Of Gisch(Leitch)
0:48
Song
Postcard Sessions
1968
The Beatles
9.
Octopus's Garden(Starkey)
2:44
Song
Take 32
26 Apr 1969
The Beatles
Early mix.
10.
Her Majesty(Lennon/McCartney)
0:44
Song
Take 3
02 Jul 1969
The Beatles
 
Golden Slumbers(Lennon/McCartney)
Song
Take 13
2 Jul 1969
The Beatles
 
Carry That Weight(Lennon/McCartney)
Song
Take 13
2 Jul 1969
The Beatles
12.
You Never Give Me Your Money(Lennon/McCartney)
5:53
Song
Identified
Take 30
6 May 1969
The Beatles
Paul's vocal, piano, guitar and drums only, with jam at end
13.
Oh! Darling(Lennon/McCartney)
3:20
Song
Identified
Take Unknown
26 Apr 1969
The Beatles
Formerly listed as "Take 26, 18 Jul 1969" but according to many sources, it's an unknown take (although take 26 seems the best assumption) from 26 Apr 1969.

By the second middle eight, Paul's voice has given out, and he sings the remainder in a weak falsetto.

Pitch correction: +1.4%
14.
Maxwell's Silver Hammer(Lennon/McCartney)
3:36
Song
Early Mix
Jul 1969
The Beatles
15.
Something(Harrison)
5:30
Song
Reduction Take 37
11 Jul 1969
The Beatles
16.
Because(Lennon/McCartney)
2:14
Song
Identified
Take 16
Vocal Track
1 Aug 1969
The Beatles
Vocals only version (Similar to the version on Anthology 3).
These vocals were overdubbed onto take 16.
17.
A Huge Melody (Part 1)(unknown)
10:56
Other type of track
Early Assembly
30 Jul 1969
The Beatles
 
You Never Give Me Your Money(Lennon/McCartney)
Song
Identified
Take 40
RS2
30 Jul 1969
The Beatles
Take 40 is a reduction mix from take 30.
Acetate discs were cuts on 31 Jul 1969 featuring the two Abbey Road medleys.
 
Sun King(Lennon/McCartney)
Song
Identified
Take 35
RS2
24 Jul 1969
The Beatles
Take 35 (24 jul 1969), RS2 (30 Jul 1969).
 
Mean Mr. Mustard(Lennon/McCartney)
Song
Identified
Take 35
RS2
24 Jul 1969
The Beatles
Take 35 (24 jul 1969), RS2 (30 Jul 1969).
 
Her Majesty(Lennon/McCartney)
Song
Identified
Take 3
RS1
2 Jul 1969
The Beatles
RS1 on 30 Jul 1969
 
Polythene Pam(Lennon/McCartney)
Song
Identified
Take 40
RS2
28 Jul 1969
SS.AR.12.40.RS2
The Beatles
RS2 on 30 Jul 1969
 
She Came In Through The Bathroom Window(Lennon/McCartney)
Song
Identified
Take 40
RS2
28 Jul 1969
SS.AR.13.40.RS2
The Beatles
RS2 on 30 Jul 1969
18.
A Huge Melody (Part 2)(unknown)
5:05
Other type of track
Early Assembly
30 Jul 1969
The Beatles
 
Golden Slumbers(Lennon/McCartney)
Song
Identified
Take 17
RS2
3 Jul 1969
The Beatles
RS2 on 30 Jul 1969
 
Carry That Weight(Lennon/McCartney)
Song
Identified
Take 17
RS2
3 Jul 1969
The Beatles
RS2 on 30 Jul 1969
 
The End(Lennon/McCartney)
Song
Identified
Take 7
RS1
23 Jul 1969
The Beatles
Instrumental

RS1 on 30 Jul 1969
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: François Vander Linden, beatleg@infonie.beOn 25 Jun 1999
This is a good bootleg.
The "Postcard Tape" songs are fine because we hear unreleased McCartney songs: "Heather" is a beautiful song, really. "How Do You Do" is sung by Paul and sounds childish so it may have been written by Paul too...
Then, there are the Abbey Road songs... sound quality is OK... nothing to complain with.... except for "Because". Why give us the vocal-only version of "Because" again ? Everybody knows it ! Of course, apart from an early mix (featuring half of the a-capella version and then the last half of the "regular" version -- sounds like a fake) of this song, there is nothing else available but ... in this case, couldn't it be replaced with something else ?
Review by: Starshyne, btlfan3@hotmail.comOn 01 Apr 2001
This is my all time favorite beatleg album. I just love hearing the Paul and Donovan songs. They are so great to hear. And besides those amazing songs, you also get some pretty good Get Back session stuff. If you don't have this disc...what have you been waiting for? GET IT!
Review by: Thomas, omar-@sol.dkOn 08 Apr 2001
Finally a bootleg covering the 1969-period without any Get Back-session-crap! This is definitely one of my favorite beatlegs, because it has so many early Abbey Road-mixes in a fair sound quality. I would rate this 10, if the over-booted Because acapella-thing was excluded; it doesn't belong in this fine collection of outtakes and early mixes.
Review by: vidcom, vidcom@netzero.netOn 17 Jun 2001
Not bad but It could have been so much better. The McCartney / Donovan stuff was thrown in as filler in my opinion. There is an unfortunate dropout in "Golden Slumbers" but nevertheless it's great to hear an alternate version. The version of "Oh Darling" is interesting. You can hear John getting into it!
This disc is worth a listen!
Review by: Kurt Max, kurtmax@mediaone.netOn 08 Dec 2001
Very nice CD. The Donovan stuff is a little loose but has the casual feel of sitting with them in your living room. The Abbey Road melodys have a bit of distortion but are still great. This is among the best Abby Road boots.
Review by: GenusOn 21 Apr 2002 at 11:34 CEST
The different sequencing of the Medleys gives one an insight of the Beatles building songs, ideas etc, a bit of distortion in parts of the last songs but altogether fantastic. The rest has all been said before. Definately one to add to your collection.
Review by: bipbop13On 09 Jul 2002 at 09:44 CEST
I must have got a bad copy. Something lasts only about 25 seconds then cuts off. Also a couple of the songs have bad speed problems. I don't know what happened. Let me know if this has happened to anyone else!!
Review by: MayfieldOn 09 Jul 2002 at 19:27 CEST
your copy is bunk, but that's no reason to give a great disc a bad review. Something is awesome. I only wish one day that the tracks are found with a better tape source, ie golden slumbers
Review by: alessandromarinhoOn 10 Jul 2002 at 06:58 CEST
The only good thing about this album is the McCartney - Donovan sessions, really cool to hear them both in duet like that! Those could be easily Paul's songs, I just wiosh he had released them somewhere along his career.Maybe a re-release of these cool songs instead of the confusing Driving rain would be a great idea!The other songs can be found on several bootlegs nowadays.Nevertheless, I have to agree with François, when It comes to certain songs, the bootleggers seem to have only the same old take, Because is always this one with no instrumental, something is always take 37 and so on.Come on, don't you guys have other sources with other takes to give us?We had It with them already!
Review by: kurtmaxOn 13 Apr 2004 at 02:34 CEST
Very good.
Review by: liverpaulOn 01 Jun 2004 at 03:34 CEST
Good bootleg. I like the McCartney-Donovan stuff. Worth getting...
Review by: pimentonOn 16 Dec 2004 at 15:23 CEST
For bootlegers only the first part McCartney-Donovan, the rest, the same songs of "abbey road companion" "another way of crossing" etc...Nice covers.
Review by: sam004On 12 Mar 2005 at 04:54 CEST
I have also found a dropout at about 1:20 on track 11 'Golden Slumbers' According to Sulpy this exists on all bootlegs of this track.
Review by: jmnic63On 30 Aug 2005 at 03:02 CEST
I've been collecting for years and every Abbey Road Bootleg I listen to has got the same takes, which is fine, I just wish that for once we could get a better quality take, i.e. Golden Slumbers and two, an alternate take of Because. I give this a 7/10 for repitition. The Paul/Donovan recordings are for completest only.
Review by: TenniruOn 22 Dec 2005 at 05:15 CEST
This is every Abbey Road non-Anthology outtake available to the public, plus the McCartney/Donovan jam.
Now, beware. This tape has seen it's fair share of battering before making it to CD, and as the result it has a good deal of tape hiss and has a lot of distortion, as if it was played too loud into another tape receiving too low. (Maybe it was.)
Listenable? In most parts, if you're not an audiophile.

Most of the McCartney/Donovan pieces are fragments and breakdowns, all acoustic. The vocals are muttered a distance away from the mic and quietly, although hearing Paul and Donovan sing Blackbird together is absolutely beautiful, even if you can barely hear them. The Unicorn is clearly unfinished, but you can make out what it is designed to be.

Lalena, a Donovan track, is haunting despite some Paul laughter and the over-loud guitar. It's already one of Donovan's best pieces, but when Paul McCartney sings it with him... woah.

Heather sounds like it's an early Mother Nature's Son, using the same guitar piece. Now it's a (rather weak) song, probably about his adoptive daughter Heather Eastman (not Mills!).

Donovan's Mr. Wind is very evocative of Mellow Yellow. It's also a very nice song; maybe the most enjoyable part of this session.

The Walrus And The Carpenter is just Donovan talking to Paul.

Land Of Gish is a rather nice (but SHORT) song, but hurt by some inxplicable "THUD" noises.

Octopus' Garden is a rousing wakeup to the Abbey Road sessions, nearly a year later. It is a diffirent mix, with the piano farther to the foreground, and lacks the "gargling" piece during the solo.

Her Majesty is identical to what we saw hidden on the album, except the last chord is intact (it was cut off on the CV.)

Golden Slumbers starts just as Paul sings "..get back home" for the first time. It goes into the chorus, which is plauged by a tape issue as it keeps speeding up and slowing down. It fixes itself up by the time it reaches Carry That Weight, with a very strong vocal performance by Paul alone (although I think Linda McCartney is somewehre in the background). There is a dropout during it's chorus, though. After repeating the title, he goes into a quick piano solo (this whole part sounds quite diffirent than the CV) and sings the part of "You Never Give Me Your Money" quietly. A few more piano taps and it's back to the grind. The lack of orchestra feels evident, but Paul's piano kind of makes up for it. It ends abruptly; the segue into The End has been imagined, but isn't there yet.

You Never Give Me Your Money is, in my humble opinion, superior to what was released (in all ways but sound quality.) It features just the drums, a solo Paul on the piano, bass, and guitar. He sings beautifully through the whole song. An odd, underwater-y distortion appears on Paul's piano after "nowhere to go", which sounds fascinating, as Paul sings a beautiful wordless piece... over the guitar solo. The "One sweet dream" section seems to have more prominent George guitar.
Instead of fading out, the performance goes into an amazing jam featuring some incredible guitar bits. Incredible. After the tempo changes completely and George plays an incredibly awesome riff, Paul hits some notes, George plays a last chord, and the take ends.
It is MARVELLOUS.

Oh! Darling is nearly identical to the CV, except Paul's voice breaks halfway through and he sings it in a light voice for the rest.

Maxwell's Silver Hammer is performed a bit faster than the CV, and the arrangement is rougher. It has the anvil, but no moog.

Something has a far more prominent piano in place of a lot of George's guitar. It's a grand piano with sustain in full swing, followed by an organ. After the song is supposed to end, it drifts into another jam, with a one-note bassline and a one-chord piano solo as George noodles about. It's nice, but does not fit in Something.

Because. The first half is Anthology, second half official.

(From here on, the quality takes a nosedive...)

A Huge Melody is You Never Give Me Your Money through Bathroom Window, plus Her Majesty mixed in properly. It's rougher, but quite similar to the CV. Paul's loud voice near the end is distorted; it almost sound like it's a radio signal screwing up.

The last bit (Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End) is very close to the released piece, but no orcehstra; it retains the piano-tapping we see earlier on this bootleg. Carry That Wright has everyone on the vocals, not just Paul. The End is largely identical, but HEAVILY distorted, and it's just the rhythm track; the guitar solos that makes The End great are not there. Nor are the closing lyrics.

In conclusion... if you can't listen to something that sounds like it was played WAY too loud on an earlier generation and has a lot of hiss, stay away. If you can, get this baby.

Another note: Notice how the photo on the front of this bootleg is the same as on the infamous "Have You Heard The Word" one from the 70s? Ah, how far we've come, thank god.
Review by: Miles LongOn 22 Mar 2006 at 06:07 CEST
Fantastic album. I can see why people will always be speculating each track and picking them apart (in a good way).
Paul's piano playing is great. I agree with the person that said we can hear all this without all the Get Back stuff.
I'm a huge fan of Abbey Road. I think it is their best album. Richly produced, well arranged and arguably the most well-rounded Beatles album we have from them. This disc only adds to that.
I wish they included that "You Never Give Me Your Money jam" on the 1969 album!
Review by: GlassOnion67On 26 Jun 2006 at 20:17 CEST
Great until the Huge Melody parts.
Review by: cyberbeatlesOn 24 Sep 2006 at 15:09 CEST
Overall, I like this album especially the McCartney/Donovan session. It's worth a listen.


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Filename: vt116
Originally filled by: Neale Judd njudd@gda.net.au
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
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Type of media: Bootleg CD

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