| No. |
Full Detail
(preceded by Start Time, ending with track timing) |
Total
Time |
| 1 |
| Roll 1152b Slate 501 |
| 0:00 |
The Long And Winding Road
Continued from previous reel.
Paul, "O.K., do it again."
Followed by some practice sequences. |
1:28 |
| 3:10 |
The Long And Winding Road
Take 14
Paul sings a bum note and cuts the take short.
Paul, "Have you got a screwdriver for this mike ?" |
1:03 |
| 6:22 |
The Long And Winding Road
Take 15
Breaks down.
Paul, "Don't syncopate, just come straight in." |
0:08 |
| 6:41 |
The Long And Winding Road
Followed by more chord discussions. |
3:24 |
| 13:02 |
The Long And Winding Road
Take 16
False start and break down. |
0:13 |
| 13:46 |
The Long And Winding Road
Paul, "Do it again. Can we keep going ?" |
3:29 |
| 17:23 |
The Long And Winding Road
Paul, "There were a couple of cock-ups in that, weren't there ?"
"Break for lunch, be back at a quarter to 4." |
3:31 |
| 22:08 |
Lady Madonna
Loose outtake jam (probably warming up after lunch ?).
Paul changes words, plus there is a pause about 1:32 in. |
3:45 |
| 25:53 |
The Long And Winding Road
Some apres-lunch practice run throughs. |
2:19 |
| 28:12 |
The Long And Winding Road
Take 17
Breaks down after Billy's organ solo.
Paul, "OK, start again." |
2:38 |
| 31:33 |
The Long And Winding Road
Take 18
Tape reel runs out just as this take starts. |
0:20 |
| 31:53 |
| 2 |
| Roll 1153b Slate 501 |
| 0:00 |
The Long And Winding Road
Take 18 continued from previous reel.
Glyn, "We're going to need one more actually,
Paul, you were 'popping' a bit." |
2:36 |
| 4:51 |
The Long And Winding Road
Take 19
They all agree that's enough, that's the one. |
3:36 |
| 9:09 |
I Want You (She's So Heavy)
John leaps in with a very loud strident opening and they all follow in nicely.
Few lyrics, but a nice jazzy jam. Paul on vocal. |
5:28 |
| 14:36 |
Let It Be
Practice and discussion.
After four minutes of practice Paul says, "Shall we do it ?" |
6:59 |
| 21:35 |
Let It Be
Take 20
Breaks down, some whistling.
John, "What the f*ck's going on ?"
Glyn, "You're popping" (to Paul)
John, "I'll never get Maggie Mae done if you go on like this." |
0:52 |
| 22:51 |
Let It Be
Paul hesitates on some lyrics and stumbles.
John shouts in the break, "F*cked it". |
3:51 |
| 27:24 |
Improvisation (Instrumental)
Paul had said, "Ready to go ?" but the others go into this improv.
During it Paul sings one line of "Build Me Up Buttercup".
Paul gets back to Let It Be to which John makes up some rude words.
John, "Daddy wants wee-wees." |
2:33 |
| 29:57 |
Let It Be
Take 21
To end of reel. |
1:53 |
| 31:50 |
| No. |
Full Detail
(preceded by Start Time, ending with track timing) |
Total
Time |
| 1 |
| Roll 1154b Slate 502 |
| 0:00 |
Let It Be
Take 21 continued from previous reel.
But, breaks down almost straight away.
Paul sings in a heavy loud scouse accent.
John shouts, "Get off your bum." |
0:27 |
| 1:21 |
Let It Be
Take 22
During guitar solo Paul says, "Let it be."
After this take John sings, "There once was a woman who loved a moondog."
They then discuss perhaps just getting the backing down.
Apparently John still hasn't 'been', "Daddy wants to wee-wee" he says.
As they prepare for the next take, John says,
"Are we supposed to giggle in the solo ?"
Paul, "Yeah". |
3:48 |
| 6:48 |
Let It Be
Take 23
During guitar solo Paul sings, "There will be an answer Let It Be."
John (in posh voice), "I lost a bass note somewhere, but I don't think it mattered
if that was it, I suddenly found myself letting it be." |
3:46 |
| 10:56 |
Let's Have A Party
John starts then Paul sings a bit too.
The tape drops out during this. |
1:41 |
| 12:50 |
Dialogue
Nothing discernible for quite some time (about 7 minutes !).
A playback of Let It Be can be heard faintly.
It sounds like maybe cameras are being set-up.
Michael, "Listen, which ones are we going to do today ?"
Paul, "Let's get Let It Be now."
Michael, "How close are we to Let It Be ?"
Glyn, "We've got so many takes, there's got to be a good one."
Glyn, "OK, one more take, with John's bass line corrected."
Michael, "What would you like to do next ?"
He then lists all yesterdays tracks, ending with "Teddy Boy maybe ?".
Paul, "Teddy Boy is actually as far as it's going to get."
They then discuss getting Let It Be filmed as a take.
George, "It's 25 to 6, so what one are we going to do now ?"
George, "Play a song, or you going to pack up ?"
They then discuss the newspapers reports on the rooftop concert. |
11:50 |
| 24:20 |
Instrumental
They return to the studio proper and start warming up again. |
1:04 |
| 28:33 |
Let It Be
Take 24
George fluffs his solo, Paul sings "Let It Be yeah" during it.
The verse after the solo, Paul completely messes up just as the reel ends.
John, "Keep the first half, Glyn." |
3:14 |
| 31:47 |
| 2 |
| Roll 1155b Slate 502 |
| 0:00 |
Let It Be
Take 25
Breaks down at first chorus, John is not happy.
John, "What the sh1tting hell is going on here ?"
Paul and John then lark about with a bit of mock German followed by a German count-in ... |
0:45 |
| 1:31 |
Let It Be
Terrible guitar solo again. No quote from Paul during it.
John, "I think that was rather grand, I'd take one home with me."
Glyn, "Yeah, that was fine."
John, "Don't kid us Glyn, give it to us straight."
John, "Let's hear it." (He wants a playback)
Paul, "Let's do one more to cover ourselves."
John, "We've got so many of the bastards."
George, "One last one then." |
3:49 |
| 7:33 |
Let It Be
Take 26
Paul breaks down in the verse after the solo.
Paul, "Shall we do something else for a while, then come back or leave it ?"
John, "Snakes and ladders ?"
Paul, "OK"
John, "What else is there ?" |
2:54 |
| 11:59 |
Oh Darling
Paul starts into this as the others are discussing what to do.
Second verse the others gradually join in, by third verse John is singing too. |
3:14 |
| 15:13 |
Oh Darling
Restarts immediately.
Some interesting bass from John, but all through it's a tremendous vocal from Paul.
After a brief bossa-nova version John shouts, "OK, WHAT SHALL WE DO ?" |
2:41 |
| 18:52 |
Instrumental Jam
John, "Come on then, who's got one ?"
"Slate 503"
Paul, "Let's do Let It Be again."
Paul then practices some Let It Be, trying some different words. |
1:10 |
| 27:24 |
Let It Be
Take 27 - "Sync to second clap please"
After a fine performance Paul says, "One more time, very fair, one more."
Paul, "Second clap" .... this makes George laugh .... |
3:50 |
| 31:29 |
Let It Be
George laughs over the start.
The final reel of this terrific box set runs out, so that's ...
END OF CAMERA B RECORDINGS FOR THE 31st JANUARY 1969. |
0:32 |
| 32:01 |
