Get Back Camera B Rolls - Vol. 2

The Beatles


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Label	Unicorn
Catalogue No.	UC S003/S004
Matrix No.'s	C.D. 1 - 3207007 C.D. 2 - 3207008
Country Of Origin	England
Release Date	2002
Total Time	C.D. 1 - 65:06 C.D. 2 - 64:42
Comments:	Exactly what it says on the label, it is the complete recorded sound during the "Let It Be" sessions of January 1969 as recorded by Camera B. For a brief explanation of how these recordings were made, see The Box Set Main Page This is Volume 2 all being from January 26th 1969. Quite often this pair of c.d.'s are described accurately in Sulphy's book, but there are still pieces in a different sequence of events, and the listings on the c.d. cover is not right too. It seems to list as per the book, but some things are not on the tapes at all. The timings I give for each recorded titled musical piece are for the actual musical content. If there are any discussions, tunings or comments that accompany the piece, they can be spotted by the start time given of the next titled entry. (I hope you can follow that !) The collection comes in a nice solid box, housing 12 double c.d.'s in picture sleeves, therefore a total of TWENTY-FOUR c.d.'s !

Note: For an explanation of "G.B." numbers see GB and DDSI - An explanation

C.D. 3

No.

Full Detail
(preceded by Start Time, ending with track timing)

Total
Time

1

26th January 1969 Roll 1073b Slate 359 contd.
0:00	Dialogue As per Sulpy's book, George is talking about a song for Sinatra. But after talking about "Isn't It A Pity" and a fragment of "Get Back" is heard in the background, the next chat is about the mixing desk. "Isn't It A Pity" and "Window Window" listed on the cover are not on the disc.	0:00
0:00	Let It Down (G.B. no. 26.3)	0:27
0:00	Let It Down (G.B. no. 26.4)	0:00
4:09	Octopus's Garden (G.B. no. 26.5, 26.6 and 26.7) Ringo demo's the above and George helps him with the composition. Ringo and George are then heard composing to the end of this track.	11:52

16:01

2

Roll 1074b Slate 359/365
0:00	Dialogue At start voice says "Slate 359", then what sounds like an edit followed by "Slate 365". "Let It Be" can be heard briefly being discussed, then they can all smell food.	1:34
1:35	Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling	0:35
2:53	Let It Be (G.B. no. 26.33) Before it starts John says, "Shall we do it once more, then have dinner ?" Paul starts "Let It Be", but quickly stops. John then sings some joke versions of it.	1:00
4:10	You Really Got A Hold On Me	0:08
4:20	Let It Be (G.B. no. 26.34) Joke lyrics in the 3rd verse.	3:37
8:23	Dig It (G.B. no. 26.27) Heather wails over almost all of this long piece.	7:40

16:03

3

Roll 1076b Slate 367/370
0:00	Blue Suede Shoes (G.B. no. 26.31)	0:58
1:09	You Really Got A Hold On Me (G.B. no. 26.32)	3:22
7:10	Dialogue John, "They're going to call us when he's ready .. 10 minute break" John then asks Mal for some "honey and lemon"	0:40
7:50	Agent Double O-Soul	2:13
11:00	S.O.S.	0:54
12:00	Improvisation	4:10

16:10

4

Roll 1077b Slate 370/371
0:00	Jam Pauses at 5:22 then gets going again. At 7:57 Ringo ups the beat, but just for a few seconds.	16:14

16:14

C.D. 4

No.

Full Detail
(preceded by Start Time, ending with track timing)

Total
Time

1

Roll 1078b Slate 372 contd.
0:00	Improvisation	6:00
6:40	Dialogue Heather on drums and talking to Ringo.	0:58
7:38	Let It Be Paul speaks it in a gospel style.	1:00
8:51	Let It Be Start of 2nd verse is messed up, at instrumental break, Paul says "Billy"	3:46
13:01	Let It Be Sounds like Paul is singing this and directing it to Heather as he sings, "You will be a good girl, Let It Be, and though you may be told off, you will still be able to see" (it cuts off at end of tape)	3:15

16:13

2

Roll 1079b Slate 372
0:00	Dialogue/Warm up Paul checks everyone is ready, and Glyn ... "Take", "Do one chorus and then a verse"	1:33
1:34	Let It Be George says, "Out of tune". John's bass is out of tune.	1:04
4:01	Let It Be Paul, "That'll do for now on this one, eh ? ... we'll do this another time. It slowed down after the solo." John, "Can't say as I noticed."	3:54
12:00	Let It Be Paul starts again with an excellent opening refrain, but it's a half-hearted attempt, as clearly the others are bored, and it fails after about 1 minute.	1:00
13:00	Improvisation Idle improvisation to the end.	2:56

15:56

3

Roll 1080b Slate 373
0:00	I Told You Before Improvisation with Heather wailing over the top.	6:29
6:30	Dialogue/Tuning George runs through some chords, and then some practice doodling.	3:45
10:15	I Told You Before Instrumenal to the end of the track.	5:46

16:01

4

Roll 1081b Slate 373
0:00	I Told You Before continued from previous tape.	1:27
1:28	Dialogue John, "Let's have a break on it, cos it's two days and we need a break on it, ... don't we Mother Mary." Paul, "Shall we learn the chorus of 'Long And Winding Road' ?" John, "What key is it in ... e-flat ?? .... 'kin hell, he must be mental !"	4:47
6:15	Long And Winding Road Paul starts singing and playing properly, but odd instrumentation comes in behind him. He keeps on going though on a run-thru.	3:10
9:26	Long And Winding Road To end of tape, Paul sings various lines and discusses chords. There is some great singing and piano work during this practice.	6:37

16:03

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