Get Back Camera B Rolls - Vol. 4

The Beatles


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Label	Unicorn
Catalogue No.	UC S007/S008
Matrix No.'s	C.D. 1 - 3207011 C.D. 2 - 3207012
Country Of Origin	England
Release Date	2002
Total Time	C.D. 1 - 64:33 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 4 all being from January 27th 1969. 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. 7

No.

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

Total
Time

1

Roll 1090b Slate 382 contd.
0:00	Piano Instrumental After some initial dialogue from Glyn, a piano instrumental is played. I'm sure I recognise the piece, but can't place a name to it.	3:03
4:14	Piano Instrumental After a brief pause the same instrumental begins again.	1:22
8:01	The Long And Winding Road After the sound of tape being set-up, with no Beatle being heard, LAWR is played. Surely this is a playback. "All You Need Is Love" is very briefly heard over the playback.	3:35
11:51	Let It Be After a clear count-in, Let It Be is played. Directly after the previous, surely this is a playback too.	3:35
16:01	Don't Let Me Down Again, no Beatle studio chat is heard before the track starts, I am still convinced we are listening to studio playbacks. The track ends abruptly as the tape runs out.	0:11

16:12

2

Roll 1091b Slate 382 contd.
0:00	Don't Let Me Down Previous playback continues on this next tape. At the break, John says, "Hit it Bill", and then "one more."	1:07
1:08	Dig It (G.B.no. 26.27) Playback.	8:24
9:41	Shake, Rattle and Roll (G.B.no. 26.29) Playback.	2:02
11:45	Miss Ann/Kansas City/Laudy Miss Clawdy (G.B.no. 26.30) Playback.	3:37

15:22

3

Roll 1093b Slate 384 contd.
0:00	Let It Be Sound fault ... VERY over-recorded. At end Paul says, "Slows down there."	2:37
2:56	Let It Be Back into the song, but it soon breaks down and more practice is heard.	1:59
4:55	Let It Be a run through, Paul's voice is distant, and the bass is VERY over-recorded.	4:01
10:56	Dialogue/Let It Be Discussion over the drum arrangement. John sings, "Can we have our microphones, Oh mister can we please ?" More discussion, followed by an instrumental jazzy "Let It Be" on organ and bass, but the bass still over-recorded.	5:17

16:13

4

Roll 1094b Slate 384
0:00	Let It Be Still over-recorded	2:23
3:21	Let It Be Paul at start, "It's like the Hamlet advert." A run-thru that starts well, but Paul forgets words after the break. Paul, "Slow up more on the end, it's a bit ploddy."	3:35
8:51	Let It Be Uptempo jazzed up instrumental	2:21
11:26	Let It Be A relaxed run through. Paul, "That'll do for the time being."	3:45

16:12

C.D. 8

No.

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

Total
Time

1

Roll 1095b Slate 384 contd.
0:00	The Long And Winding Road A slower run-thru that breaks down as Paul discusses the arrangement.	1:30
2:40	The Long And Winding Road Another run-thru which is just a weak practice. At end Paul says, "I can't sort of think how to do this one at all, my mind is a blank. It's like the other one, slow and ballad-ey, they're plodding." (Slate 385 is called during this one).	3:01
8:20	The Long And Winding Road A short run-thru from the bridge.	1:41
10:01	Dialogue George Martin and Paul discuss speaker set-ups, and the want of a decent p.a. system. George and John join in.	3:39
14:40	The Long And Winding Road Another practice run until the tape runs out.	1:30

16:07

2

Roll 1096b Slate 385
0:00	The Long And Winding Road The above practice run continues.	1:42
4:49	The Long And Winding Road Instrumental practice.	1:07
6:30	The Long And Winding Road Interesting piece here as John takes lead vocal. Paul, "Alright, one more time, the final attempt." There then follows another short breakdown.	0:42
8:12	The Long And Winding Road As Paul stated, this is the last run-thru in this sequence.	3:30
11:42	Dialogue John talks about some of his collection, "I've got Hard Day's Night, David Frost Show, Magical Mystery Tour, sometimes I have the telly on and the film on AND the records. I have a real freak out."	1:49
13:31	Instrumentation A couple of brief instrumentals, followed by "Old Brown Shoe" chords to end.	2:39

16:10

3

Roll 1097b Slate 385
0:00	Old Brown Shoe Piano instrumentation from above, then Ringo joins in. George's vocal can be heard faintly, then after 8 minutes more clearly. This practice is over ten minutes, almost without pause.	10:05
10:06	Dialogue George talks to someone about the size of an organ.	0:47
10:52	Old Brown Shoe George runs thru again with some uncertain drumming. At end George says, "Pianos are very difficult aren't they."	2:28
13:26	Old Brown Shoe George runs thru again, an organ joins in too, to end of tape.	2:38

16:04

4

Roll 1098b Slate 388
0:00	Old Brown Shoe Contd. from above. George, "This might be a good one to have no cymbal."	1:12
1:25	Old Brown Shoe Another run-thru - more solid drumming.	2:59
4:57	Old Brown Shoe Another run-thru - some great drum flourishes in this pass.	2:58
8:18	Old Brown Shoe A practice run-thru - discussing chords etc.	1:38
10:10	Old Brown Shoe A practice run-thru - discussing chords etc.	1:28
12:25	Old Brown Shoe A practice run-thru - discussing chords etc. to end of tape.	3:23

15:48

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