Wednesday, June 08, 2005
Monday, June 06, 2005
Working Song Titles
“Seventeen” [“I Saw Her Standing There”]
“Thank You Little Girl” [“Thank You Girl”]
“Get You In The End” [“I'll Get You”]
“This Bird Has Flown” [“Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)”]
“Won't Be There With You” [“Think For Yourself”]
“Mark I” [“Tomorrow Never Knows”]
“Granny Smith” [“Love You To”]
“Laxton's Superb” [“I Want To Tell You”]
“I Don't Know” [“I Want To Tell You”]
“A Good Day’s Sunshine” [“Good Day Sunshine”]
“Untitled” [“Penny Lane”]
“In The Life Of . . .” [“A Day In The Life”]
“Not Known” [“Only A Northern Song”]
“Untitled” [“Within You Without You”]
“Bad Finger Boogie” [“With A Little Help From My Friends”]
“Too Much” [“It's All Too Much”]
“Aerial Tour Instrumental” [“Flying”]
“Accordion (Wild)” [“Shirley's Wild Accordion”]
“Hello Hello” [“Hello, Goodbye”]
“Untitled” [“The Inner Light”]
“Revolution” [“Revolution 1”]
“Ringo’s Tune (Untitled)” [“Don't Pass Me By”]
“This Is Some Friendly” [“Don't Pass Me By”]
“Untitled” [“Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey”]
“Untitled” [“Good Night”]
“Happiness Is A Warm Gun In Your Hand” [“Happiness Is A Warm Gun”]
“It’s Been A Long Long Long Time” [“Long Long Long”]
“All I Want Is You” [“Dig A Pony”]
“Bathroom Window” [“She Came In Through The Bathroom Window”]
“On Our Way Home” [“Two Of Us”]
“George’s Blues (Because You’re Sweet And Lovely)” [“For You Blue”]
“I Want You” [“I Want You (She’s So Heavy)”]
“The Ballad Of John And Yoko (They’re Gonna Crucify Me)” [“The Ballad Of John And Yoko”]
“Oh! Darling (I’ll Never Do You No Harm)” [“Oh! Darling”]
“Golden Slumbers” [“Golden Slumbers”/“Carry That Weight”]
“Ending” [“The End”]
“Here Comes The Sun-King” [“Sun King”/“Mean Mr. Mustard”]
Sunday, June 05, 2005
Unreleased Songs By The Beatles, 1968-1970
Listing all unreleased Beatles songs, arranged in order of the year they were written (Beatles compositions) or when they were first performed (cover songs).
LEGEND for available Beatles recordings
STUDIO: Studio outtake. A copy resides in the EMI archives.
DEMO: Home demo.
BBC: Recorded for the British Broadcasting Corporation. Recording date is indicated unless otherwise noted.
GBS: Get Back sessions, recorded at Twickenham Film Studios / Apple Studios, January 2-31, 1969.
LIVE: Live recording.
DECCA: Demo recorded for Decca Records.
LEGEND for unavailable Beatles recordings
BBCx: Recorded for the British Broadcasting Corporation, not aired.
LIVEx: Performed live, unavailable (specific years are indicated in brackets).
STUDIOx: Studio outtake. Tape destroyed.
LEGEND for official releases
Format: Title, year of release (catalogue number)
1968
All Things Must Pass (Harrison)
GBS – January 2, 3, 6, 8, 28 & 29, 1969
DEMO EMI Studios – February 25, 1969*
Released by George Harrison on:
LP: All Things Must Pass
*Released on:
CD: Anthology 3
Annie (Lennon)
GBS – January 6, 1969
Another Day (P. McCartney/L. McCartney)
GBS – January 9 & 25, 1969
Released by Paul McCartney on:
45: “Another Day”/“Oh Woman, Oh Why”, 1971 (US: Apple 1829, UK: Apple R 5889)
The Back Seat Of My Car (McCartney)
GBS – January 14, 1969
Released by Paul & Linda McCartney on:
LP: Ram
45: “The Back Seat Of My Car”/“Heart Of The Country”, 1971 (Apple R 5914)
Brian Epstein Blues (Lennon)
STUDIO – July 19, 1968
By George! It's The David Frost Theme (Martin)
LIVE Twickenham Film Studios, Twickenham – September 4, 1968
Bye, Bye Blackbird (Henderson/Dixon)
LIVE London Airport, Heathrow – March 26, 1968
A Case Of The Blues (Lennon)
DEMO Kenwood, Weybridge – December, 1968
GBS – January 2 & 7, 1969
Child Of Nature (Lennon)
DEMO Esher, Surrey – May, 1968
as “On The Road To Marrakesh”
GBS – January 2*, 24 & 28, 1969
Released as “Jealous Guy” by John Lennon on:
LP: Imagine
CD: Let It Be... Naked
Circles (Harrison)
DEMO Esher, Surrey – May, 1968
Released by George Harrison on:
LP: Gone Troppo
Cosmically Conscious (McCartney)
Written in Rishikesh, 1968
Released by Paul McCartney on:
CD: Off the Ground
Dehra Dun (Harrison/Leitch)
Written in Rishikesh, India
Every Night (McCartney)
GBS – January 21 & 24, 1969
Released by Paul McCartney on:
LP: McCartney
Everybody Had A Hard Year (Lennon)
Everyone Had A Hard Year (Lennon)
DEMO Kenwood, Weybridge – December 15, 1968
Incorporated into “I’ve Got A Feeling”
Give Me Some Truth (Lennon/McCartney)
Written by John and Paul, 1968
GBS – January 3 & 7, 1969
Released by John Lennon on:
LP: Imagine
Goodbye (McCartney)
DEMO – December, 1968
Released by Mary Hopkin on:
45: “Goodbye”/“Sparrow”, 1969 (US: Apple 1806, UK: Apple 10)
How Do You Tell Someone (Harrison)
GBS – January 28, 1969
Hurdy Gurdy Man (Leitch/Harrison)
Extra verse written by Harrison, released by Donovan on:
LP: Live In Japan, 1973 (Japan: Epic ECPM 25)
Isn’t It A Pity (Harrison)
GBS – January 25 & 26, 1969
Released by George Harrison on:
LP: All Things Must Pass
Junk (McCartney)
DEMO Esher, Surrey – May, 1968*
GBS – January 9, 1969
Released by Paul McCartney on:
LP: McCartney
*Released in edited form on:
CD: Anthology 3
Let It Down (Harrison)
GBS – January 2, 22, 26 & 29, 1969
Released by George Harrison on:
LP: All Things Must Pass
Little Eddie (McCartney)
GBS – January 24, 1969
Look At Me (Lennon)
DEMO Queen Charlotte Hospital, London – November, 1968
Released by John Lennon on:
LP: John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
Not Guilty (Harrison)
DEMO Esher, Surrey – May, 1968
STUDIO – August 7-9 & 12, 1968*
Released by George Harrison on:
LP: George Harrison
*Released in edited form on:
CD: Anthology 3
Oh My Love (Lennon/Ono)
DEMO Queen Charlotte Hospital, London – November, 1968
Released by John Lennon on:
LP: Imagine
The Palace Of The King Of The Birds (McCartney)
GBS – January 6-7 & 27, 1969
Penina (McCartney)
GBS – January 9, 1969
Released by Carlos Mendes on:
45: “Penina”/“Wings Of Revenge”, 1969 (Portugal: Parlophone QMSP 16459)
Pensioners Waltz (McCartney)
Lyric sheet, undated with hand-drawn "Apple" logo.
Picasso (Starkey)
GBS – January 3 & 14, 1969
Ramblin’ Woman (Harrison)
GBS – January 3 & 9, 1969
Saint Louis Blues (Handy)
STUDIO – July 30, 1968
GBS – January 8, 1969
Sour Milk Sea (Harrison)
DEMO Esher, Surrey – May, 1968
Released by Jackie Lomax on:
45: “Sour Milk Sea”/“The Eagle Laughs At You”, 1968 (US: Apple 1802, UK: Apple 3)
LP: Is This What You Want?
Spiritual Regeneration (McCartney)
LIVE Rishikesh, India – March 15, 1968
Taking A Trip To Carolina (Starkey)
GBS – January 3, 1969*
*Released in edited form on:
CD: Let It Be... Naked
Teddy Boy (McCartney)
GBS – January 9, 24, 28 & 29, 1969*
Released by Paul McCartney on:
LP: McCartney
*Released in edited form on:
CD: Anthology 3
Thingumybob (McCartney)
Released by John Foster And Sons Ltd. Black Dyke Mills Band on:
45: “Thingumybob”/“Yellow Submarine”, 1968 (US: Apple 1800, UK: Apple 4)
What’s The New Mary Jane (Lennon/Mardas)
STUDIO – August 14, 1968* & November 26, 1969
*Released in edited form on:
CD: Anthology 3
Window, Window (Harrison)
GBS – January 21, 24, 25 & 26, 1969
Tuesday (McCartney)
Unrecorded song lyrics, 1968
Blowin’ In The Wind (Dylan)
Catch The Wind (Leitch)
Happiness Runs (Leitch)
Hare Krishna Mantra (Adhikary)
Instrumental
Jingle Bells (Pierpont)
O Sole Mio (Capurro/Di Capua)
She’ll Be Coming Round The Mountain (traditional)
(Unknown)
LIVE Rishikesh, India – February 29, 1968
Can You Take Me Back (McCartney)*
Down In Havana (McCartney)
Los Paranoias (Lennon/McCartney/Starkey)**
The Way You Look Tonight (Kern/Fields)
STUDIO - September 16, 1968
*Released in edited form on:
LP: The Beatles
**Released in edited form on:
CD: Anthology 3
Cottonfields (The Cotton Song) (Ledbetter)
Goodbye Jingle (Lennon/McCartney)
Goodbye Kenny (Starkey)
Tiny Tim For President (Lennon)
A Very Vague Idea (Lennon)
STUDIO Kenny Everett interview – June 6, 1968
Gone Tomorrow, Here Today (McCartney)
You Came My Way (McCartney)
STUDIO – June 11, 1968
Heather (McCartney)
How Do You Do (McCartney)
Lalena (Leitch)
Land Of Gisch (Leitch)
Mister Wind (Leitch)
The Unicorn (Leitch)
The Walrus And The Carpenter (Carroll/Leitch)
STUDIO Trident Studios, London – November, 1968
I’d Have You Anytime (Dylan/Harrison)
Nowhere To Go (Dylan/Harrison)
DEMO Dylan home, Woodstock – November, 1968
“I’d Have You Anytime” released by George Harrison on:
LP: All Things Must Pass
1969
Badge (Clapton/Harrison/Starkey)
Released by Cream on:
LP: Goodbye
45: “Badge”/“What A Bringdown”, 1969 (US: ATCO 6668, UK: Polydor 2058-285)
Cold Turkey (Lennon)
DEMO – August 24, 1969
Released by Plastic Ono Band on:
45: “Cold Turkey”/“Don’t Worry Kyoko”, 1969 (US: Apple 1813, UK: Apple 1001)
Come And Get It (McCartney)
DEMO – July 24, 1969*
Released by Badfinger on:
45: “Come And Get It”/“Rock Of All Ages”, 1969 (US: Apple 1815, UK: Apple 20)
*Released on:
CD: Anthology 3
The Day I Went Back To School (McCartney)
GBS – January 14, 1969
Games People Play (South)
STUDIO – April 20, 1969
Give Peace A Chance (Lennon)
Remember Love (Lennon/Ono)
STUDIO – May 31, 1969
Released by Plastic Ono Band on:
45: “Give Peace A Chance”/“Remember Love”, 1969 (US: Apple 1809, UK: Apple 13)
Good Ol’ Air Canada (Lennon)
LIVE Sheraton Oceanus Hotel, Freeport – May 25, 1969
Hear Me Lord (Harrison)
GBS – January 6, 1969
Released by George Harrison on:
LP: All Things Must Pass
The Lovely Linda (McCartney)
STUDIO – December 1969
Released by Paul McCartney on:
LP: McCartney
Madman (Lennon)
GBS – January 14 & 21, 1969
Make Love, Not War (Lennon)
DEMO Ronnie Hawkins’ House, Mississauga – December 18, 1969
STUDIO Studio Eight, Television Centre, London – February 11, 1970
Released by John Lennon as “Mind Games” on:
45: “Mind Games”/“Meat City”, 1973 (US: Apple 1868, UK: Apple R 5994)
LP: Mind Games
Played at the Top of the Pops appearance (Feb. 11, 1970), captured on video by Tony Cox.
Across The Great River (Lennon)
DEMO – February 8, 1970
STUDIO Studio Eight, Television Centre, London – February 11, 1970
Released by John Lennon as “Remember” on:
LP: John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
Played to Cox on February 8, played at the Top of the Pops appearance, both captured on video by Tony Cox.
My Dark Hour (Miller/McCartney)
Released by the Steve Miller Band on:
LP: Brave New World
Rock Of All Ages (Evans/Ham/Gibbins/McCartney)
Released by Badfinger on:
LP: Magic Christian Music
Rock Peace (Lennon/Ono)
Written in October, 1969, Trident Studio
Song Of Love (Brahms/McCartney)
GBS – January 14, 1969
Sunshine Life For Me (Sail Away Raymond) (Harrison)
Written while on holiday with Donovan in Ireland, 1969
Released by Ringo Starr on:
LP: Ringo
That Would Be Something (McCartney)
STUDIO – December 1969 to February 1970
Released by Paul McCartney on:
LP: McCartney
Those Were The Days (trad. adpt. Raskin)
LIVE Hilton, Amsterdam – March 29, 1969
Wah-Wah (Harrison)
Written after the January 10, 1969 session
Released by George Harrison on:
LP: All Things Must Pass
Who Slapped John? (Vincent/Davis)
STUDIO – July 24, 1969
Ain’t That Cute (Harrison/Troy)
Give Me Back My Dynamite (Harrison/Doris Troy)
Gonna Get My Baby Back (Harrison/Troy/Starkey)
Jacob’s Ladder (trad. adapt. Harrison/Troy)
You Give Me Joy Joy (Harrison/Starkey/Troy/Stills)
Recorded during sessions at Trident Studios: December, 1969 – January, 1970
Released by Doris Troy on:
LP: Doris Troy
Derek Taylor, Where Are You (Lennon)
Get It Together (Lennon)
Radio Peace (Lennon/Ono)
DEMO Hôtel Reine Elizabeth, Montréal – May, 1969
Oh Yoko! (Lennon)
DEMO Freeport, the Bahamas – May 25, 1969
Released by John Lennon on:
LP: Imagine
Hair Piece (Lennon)
Hava Nagila (traditional)
Jerusalem Of Gold (Shemer/Newell)
Stay In Bed (Lennon)
LIVE Hilton, Amsterdam – March 1969
I Want You (Lennon/Ono)
The Maharishi Song (Lennon)
Woman Is The Nigger Of The World (Lennon/Ono)
DEMO – March, 1969
“Woman Is The Nigger Of The World” released by John Lennon on:
LP: Some Time in New York City
Get Back sessions improvisations
Title (composer) - date recorded in January 1969
All I Want Is You (Lennon) – 21
Also (Lennon/McCartney) - 29
As Clear As A Bell, Says La Scala, Milan (McCartney) – 14
Blossom Dearie They Call Me (Lennon/McCartney) – 21
Bring Your Own Band (McCartney) – 29
Bunny Hop (Lennon) - 29
Commonwealth (Lennon/McCartney) - 9
Crazy Feet (McCartney) - 25
Cuddle Up (McCartney) - 7
Definitely Inclined Towards It (Lennon) - 14
Don’t Start Running (Lennon) - 14
Early In The Morning (McCartney/Harrison) – 8
Enoch Powell (McCartney) - 9
Everybody Got A Song (Lennon) – 2
Get On The Phone (Lennon/McCartney) – 3
Get Your Rocks Off (Harrison) – 8
Hey, Hey, Georgie (Harrison/Starkey) – 23
I Left My Home In The World (McCartney) - 26
I Told You Before (Harrison) – 26, 27
I Will Always Look For You (McCartney) – 28
I’m Going To Knock Him Down Dead (Lennon) – 8
I’m Gonna Pay For His Ride (McCartney) – 6
If You Need Me (McCartney) - 23
Is It Discovered? (Harrison) – 3
Is That A Chicken Joke? (Lennon) – 21
It Blew Again (Lennon) – 23
It Was So Blue (McCartney) – 26
It’s Good To See The Folks Back Home (McCartney) - 2
Life Is What You Make It (Lennon) – 8
Love Is The Thing To Me (Preston) - 23
Lowdown Blues Machine (McCartney) - 7
Mr. Epstein Said It Was White Gold (McCartney) - 7
My Imagination (McCartney) – 6
My Rock And Roll Finger Is Bleeding (Lennon) - 21
My Words Are In My Heart (Lennon) – 3
Negro In Reserve (Lennon/McCartney) - 3
Oh Baby I Love You (McCartney) - 14
Oh How I Love The 12-Bar Blues (Lennon) – 21
Oh Julie, Julia (McCartney) - 7
On A Sunny Island (Lennon/McCartney) - 10
Over And Over Again (McCartney) - 3
Pillow For Your Head (McCartney) – 24
Quit Your Messing Around (Lennon) - 9
The River Rhine (McCartney) - 28
San Ferry Ann (McCartney) - 21
Shakin’ In The Sixties (Lennon) – 9
She Gets Heavy (Lennon) – 29
Sorry I Left You Bleeding (Lennon) – 25
Sorry Miss Molly (McCartney) - 29
Suzy’s Parlour (Lennon/McCartney/Harrison/Starkey) – 9
Talking Blues (McCartney) - 14
The Teacher Was A-Lookin’ (Lennon) - 2
Tell All The Folks Back Home (McCartney) – 8
They Call Me Fuzz Face (McCartney) – 6
Together In Love (Preston) - 23
Through A London Window (McCartney) – 10
Unless He Has A Song (Preston) - 28
Watching Rainbows (Lennon) – 14
We’re Goin’ Home (McCartney) – 2
Well It’s Eight O’Clock (Lennon) – 25
Well, If You’re Ready (McCartney) – 8
Well, Well, Well (McCartney) - 21
White Power (Lennon/McCartney) - 9
William Smith Boogie (Lennon) - 21
Woman Where You Been So Long (McCartney) - 7
You Got Me Going (McCartney) - 8
You Got To Give Back (McCartney) – 21
You Wear Your Women Out (McCartney) – 6
You Won’t Get Me That Way (McCartney) - 27
Your Name Is Ted (Harrison) - 3
Get Back sessions cover songs never released by the Beatles
Title (composer) - date(s) recorded in January 1969
Ach, Du Lieber Augustin (traditional) – 24
Agent Double-O-Soul (Starr) - 26
All Along The Watchtower (Dylan) - 3
All Shook Up (Blackwell/Presley) - 3
Almost Grown (Berry) – 8, 24
Around And Around (Berry) - 24
At The Hop (Medora/Singer/White) - 6
Baa, Baa, Black Sheep (traditional) – 8, 9
Baby Blue (Vincent/Jones) – 9
Baby Come Back (Grant) – 13
Baby Let’s Play House (Gunter) - 26
The Ball Of Inverary (traditional) - 24
The Ballad Of Bonnie And Clyde (Murray/Callander) – 8
Barbara Ann (Fassert) - 9
Be Bop A Lula (Davis/Vincent) – 7, 9
Bear Cat Mama (Davis) - 31
Besame Mucho (Velazquez/Shaftel/Skylar) - 29
Big Hunk Of Love (Schroeder/Wyche) - 31
Black Dog Blues (traditional) – 31
Blowin’ In The Wind (Dylan) - 3
Blue Suede Shoes (Perkins) – 3, 26*
Blue Yodel No. 1 (T For Texas) (Rodgers) - 28
Bo Diddley (McDaniel) – 7, 28, 29
Boogie Woogie (Smith) – 8
Brazil (Aquarela Do Brasil) (Barroso/Russell) – 10
Bring It On Home To Me (Cooke) – 3
Bring It To Jerome (McDaniel/Green) – 21
Brown-Eyed Handsome Man (Berry) – 2, 24
Build Me Up Buttercup (McCauley/D’Abo) - 13
Bye Bye Love (Bryant/Bryant) - 25
Cannonball (Hazlewood/Eddy) – 25, 29
Carol (Berry) – 22
Catch A Falling Star (Vance/Pockriss) - 10
Cathy’s Clown (Everly/Everly) - 24
Chopsticks (de Lulli) - 3
Cocaine Blues (Arnall) - 14
C’mon Everybody (Cochran/Capeheart) - 10
C’mon Marianne (Brown/Bloodworth) - 6
Crackin’ Up (McDaniel) - 3
Crying, Waiting, Hoping (Holly) - 29
Danny Boy (trad. adpt. Weatherly) - 30
Daydream (Sebastian) - 21
Death Cab For Cutie (Stanshall/Innes) - 14
‘Deed I Do (Hirsch/Rose) - 31
Diggin’ My Potatoes (Brown) – 24
Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling (Tiomkin/Washington) - 26
Domino (Kaye/Ferrari/Plante) – 8
Donna (Valens) - 9
Don’t Be Cruel (Blackwell/Presley) - 10
Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Crying (Greene) - 26
Early In The Morning (Darin/Harris) – 25
Everything’s Alright (Preston) - 23
F.B.I. (Marvin/Welch/Harris) – 7, 8
Figero, Figero (Rossini) - 8
First Call (Behn) – 7
Five Feet High And Rising (Cash) – 21, 31
Flushed From The Bathroom Of Your Heart (Clement) - 14
The Fool (Clarke) – 8, 21
Fools Like Me (Clement/Maddux) – 6, 8
Forty Days (Berry) – 21
Frère Jacques (traditional) - 6
Friendship (Porter) - 31
Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellen Bogen By The Sea (Hoffman/Manning/Wayne) - 21
Gimme Some Lovin’ (Winwood/Winwood/Davis) - 27
God Save The Queen (traditional) - 30
Going Up The Country (Wilson) – 3, 22
Gone, Gone, Gone (Perkins) - 7
Good Rockin’ Tonight (Brown) – 9, 21
Great Balls Of Fire (Hammer/Blackwell) - 26
Green Onions (Cropper/Jackson/Steinberg/Jones) – 24
Groovin’ (Cavaliere/Brigati) - 10
Hallelujah, I Love Her So (Charles) – 21
Happiness Runs (Leitch) - 23
A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall (Dylan) - 25
Hare Krishna Mantra (trad. arr. Adhikary) - 8
Harry Lime (Third Man Theme) (Karas) - 3
Hava Nagila (traditional) - 27
Hello, Dolly (Herman) - 14
Hello Mudduh, Hello Fadduh (Ponchielli/Sherman/Busch) – 8
Hey Good Lookin’ (Williams) - 31
Hey Liley, Liley Lo (trad. arr. Whyton) - 24
Hey Little Girl (In The High School Sweater) (Blackwell/Stevenson) - 29
High Heel Sneakers (Higginbottom) – 10, 21, 27
High School Confidential (Lewis/Hargrave) – 6, 26
The Hippy Hippy Shake (Romero) - 3
Hitch Hike (Gaye/Stevenson/Paul) – 3, 9
Honey, Hush (Turner) – 8, 9
Honky Tonk (Butler) - 29
House Of The Rising Sun (trad. adpt. Price) - 9
How Do You Think I Feel (Walker/Pierce) - 8
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (Jagger/Richards) – 24
I Got Stung (Schroeder/Hill) – 10, 31
I Got To Find My Baby (Berry) - 29
I Shall Be Released (Dylan) – 2, 7, 22
I Threw It All Away (Dylan) – 9
I Walk The Line (Cash) – 29
I Want To Thank You (Preston) - 23
I Want You (Dylan) - 6
I’m A Man (McDaniel) - 21
I’m A Tiger (Scott/Wilde) – 3
I’m Beginning To See The Light (Ellington) - 21
I’m Into Something Good (Goffin/King) – 21
I’m Ready (Lewis/Bradford/Domino) – 21, 22
I’m Talking About You (Berry) – 6, 10, 25
I’ve Been Good To You (Robinson) - 3
I’ve Got Rings On My Fingers (Bells On My Toes) (Weston/Scott/Barnes) - 7
In The Middle Of An Island (Acquaviva/Varnic) – 21, 31
It Ain’t Me Babe (Dylan) - 6
It’s Only Make Believe (Twitty/Nance) - 10
Jenny, Jenny (Johnson/Penniman) - 9
Jo Jo Gunne (Berry) - 28
Johnny B. Goode (Berry) – 14, 22
Knee Deep In The Blues (Endsley) - 24
Lady Jane (Jagger/Richards) - 14
Lawdy Miss Clawdy (Price) - 26
Leaning On A Lamp-Post (Gay) - 6
Let’s Dance (Sheridan/Lee) – 6, 21
Let’s Twist Again (Mann/Appell) – 23
Like A Rolling Stone (Dylan) - 26
Little Demon (Hawkins) – 24, 27
Little Piece Of Leather (Elbert) - 26
Little Queenie (Berry) - 21
Little Yellow Pills (Lomax) – 25, 26
Lonely Sea (Usher/Wilson) - 24
Loop De Loop (Hart/Lucas) – 6
Lost John (traditional) - 31
Lotta Lovin’ (Bedwell) – 7, 29
Louie Louie (Berry) - 6
Love Is A Swingin’ Thing (Dixon/Owens/Denson) – 24
Love Story (Newman) - 24
Lucille (Penniman/Collins) – 3, 7
MacArthur Park (Webb) - 8
Mack The Knife (Weill) - 10
Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues (Roberts/Katz/Clayton) – 2, 29*
Malagueña (Lecuona) - 8
Mama, You Been On My Mind (Dylan) - 9
Maureen (Dylan) - 6
Maybe Baby (Petty/Holly/Hardin) – 29
Maybellene (Berry/Freed/Fratto) - 24
Michael Row The Boat Ashore (Fisher) - 24
Midnight Special (Prisoner’s Song) (trad. arr. Ledbetter/Lomax) - 3
The Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo) (Dylan) - 2
Milk Cow Blues (Arnold) - 21
Miss Ann (Johnson/Penniman) – 26
Moon River (Mercer/Mancini) - 31
Move It (Samwell/Brown) – 9
Mr. Bass Man (Cymbal) – 8
My Baby Left Me (Crudup) - 21
My Back Pages (Dylan) - 7
New Orleans (Guida/Royster) - 21
Not Fade Away (Hardin/Petty/Holly) – 29
On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever) (Lerner/Lane) - 14
On The Road Again (Jones/Wilson) – 3, 13, 25
One Night (Bartholomew/King/Domino) - 7
One Way Out (?) - 8
Ooh! My Soul (Penniman) – 30
Over The Waves (Rosas) – 8
Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag (Brown) - 21
Party (Robinson) - 31
The Peanut Vendor (Sunshine/Gilbert/Simons) - 10
Peggy Sue Got Married (Holly) - 29
Please, Mrs. Henry (Dylan) - 3
Positively 4th Street (Dylan) - 28
A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody (Berlin) – 3, 30
Queen Of The Hop (Harris/Darin) - 21
A Quick One While He’s Away (Townshend) - 10
Rainy Day Women #s 12 & 35 (Dylan) – 28
Ramrod (Casey) - 24
Reach Out, I’ll Be There (Holland/Dozier/Holland) - 23
Right String, Wrong Yo-Yo (Berryman) – 6, 8, 31
Rip It Up (Blackwell/Marascalco) – 26*
Rock-A-Bye Baby (Canning) - 24
Rock Island Line (Ledbetter) - 24
Rule, Brittania (Thomson/Arne/Mallet) – 7, 29
S.O.S. (?) - 26
Sabre Dance (Khachaturian/Roberts/Lester/Wilson) - 3
Saint Louis Blues (Handy) - 8
San Francisco Bay Blues (Fuller) - 14
Save The Last Dance For Me (Pomus/Shuman) – 22, 27
School Day (Ring! Ring! Goes The Bell) (Berry) – 7, 24
Send Me Some Lovin’ (Marascalco/Price/Blackwell) - 6
Shake, Rattle And Roll (Calhoun) – 26*
Shazam! (Eddy/Hazlewood) – 23, 25, 28
She Said Yeah (Williams) - 24
Short Fat Fanny (Williams) – 3, 24
Shout (Isley/Isley/Isley) – 7, 8, 21
A Shot Of Rhythm And Blues - 7
Singing The Blues (Endsley) – 24, 29
Sleep On, Otis (?) - 13
Slippin’ And Slidin’ (Penniman/Bocage/Collins/Smith) - 9
Soldier Of Love (Lay Down Your Arms) (Cason/Moon) - 24
Some Other Guy (Leiber/Stoller/Barrett) – 22, 29
Somethin’ Else (Cochran/Sheeley) – 7, 21
Soul Finger (King/Cauley/Alexander/Jones/Cunningham/Caldwell) - 8
Speak To Me (Lomax) – 2, 7
Stand By Me (King/Leiber/Stoller) – 8, 24
Sticks And Stones (Turner) - 28
Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again (Dylan) - 7
Sure To Fall (In Love With You) (Perkins/Claunch/Cantrell) - 6
Sweet Little Sixteen (Berry) – 8, 24
(Take Another) Piece Of My Heart (Ragovoy/Berns) – 3, 25
Take These Chains From My Heart (Rose/Heath) - 27
Take This Hammer (traditional) – 14, 25, 31
Tales Of Frankie Rabbit (?) – 31
Tea For Two Cha-Cha (Caeser/Youmans) – 3, 28
Tennessee (Perkins) – 9
That’ll Be The Day (Holly/Allison/Petty) – 9
That’s All Right (Crudup) – 6, 21
Theme From The Beatles Cartoons – 10
Thirty Days (Berry) – 6, 7
Three Cool Cats (Leiber/Stoller) – 3, 29
Tiger Rag (traditional) – 24
To Kingdome Come (Robertson) – 7, 8
Torchy The Battery Boy (Leigh) – 3
The Tracks Of My Tears (Robinson/Moore/Tarpin) – 6, 25, 26
True Love (Porter) – 8
Turkey In The Straw (Old Zip Coon) (Farrell/Dixon) – 31
Twelfth Street Rag (Bowman) – 31
Twenty Flight Rock (Cochran/Fairchild) – 23
Use What You Got (Preston) – 23
Vacation Time (Berry) – 29
The Walk (McCracklin/Gorlic) – 27
Watch Your Step (Parker/Belmonte) – 21
The Weight (Robertson) – 3
Well, All Right (Holly/Allison/Petty/Mauldin) – 2
What Am I Living For (Jay/Harris) – 8
What Do You Wanna Make Those Eyes At Me For? (McCarthy/Johnson/Monaco/Levin) – 3
What The World Needs Now Is Love (Bacharach/David) – 7
What’d I Say (Charles) – 7, 24
What’s The Use Of Getting Sober (When You Gonna Get Drunk Again?) (Meyers) – 3
When Irish Eyes Are Smiling (Olcott/Graff/Ball) – 21
When You’re Drunk You Think Of Me (?) – 3
Where Have You Been All My Life (Mann/Weil) – 24
Whispering (Coburn/Rose/Schonberger) – 21
Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On (Williams/David) – 3
You Are My Sunshine (Davis/Mitchell) – 21
You Can’t Catch Me (Berry) – 24
You Win Again (Williams) – 8
You’re So Good To Me (Love/Wilson) – 24
(You’re So Square) Baby I Don't Care (Leiber/Stoller) – 7
You’ve Been Acting Strange (Preston) – 23
You’ve Got Me Thinking (Lomax) – 21
Your True Love (Perkins) – 3
*Released in edited form on:
CD: Anthology 3
1970
O Kristelighed (Grundtvig)
LIVE Tony Cox’s Farm, Aalborg – January 5, 1970
Glasses (McCartney)
Momma Miss America (McCartney)Valentine Day (McCartney)
STUDIO – January-February 1970
Released by Paul McCartney on:
LP: McCartney
Oo You (McCartney)
Kreen-Akrore (McCartney)
STUDIO – February 10-20, 1970
Released by Paul McCartney on:
LP: McCartney
Maybe I’m Amazed (McCartney)
STUDIO – February 22, 1970
Released by Paul McCartney on:
LP: McCartney
Man We Was Lonely (McCartney)
STUDIO – February 25, 1970
Released by Paul McCartney on:
LP: McCartney
Saturday, June 04, 2005
Unreleased Songs By The Beatles, 1965-1967
Listing all unreleased Beatles songs, arranged in order of the year they were written (Beatles compositions) or when they were first performed (cover songs).
LEGEND for available Beatles recordings
STUDIO: Studio outtake. A copy resides in the EMI archives.
DEMO: Home demo.
BBC: Recorded for the British Broadcasting Corporation. Recording date is indicated unless otherwise noted.
GBS: Get Back sessions, recorded at Twickenham Film Studios / Apple Studios, January 2-31, 1969.
LIVE: Live recording.
DECCA: Demo recorded for Decca Records.
LEGEND for unavailable Beatles recordings
BBCx: Recorded for the British Broadcasting Corporation, not aired.
LIVEx: Performed live, unavailable (specific years are indicated in brackets).
STUDIOx: Studio outtake. Tape destroyed.
LEGEND for official releases
Format: Title, year of release (catalogue number)
1965
Belle Of The Ball (Anderson)
LIVE Twickenham Film Studios, Twickenham – April, 1965
Etcetera (McCartney)
Written for Marianne Faithfull, 1965
STUDIOx Demo – August 20, 1968
If You’ve Got Trouble (Lennon/McCartney)
STUDIO – February 18, 1965
Released on:
CD: Anthology 2
Saturday Jump (composer unknown)
BBC Saturday Club – November 29, 1965
BBC Saturday Club – May 2, 1966
That Means A Lot (McCartney)
STUDIO – February 20 & March 30, 1965
Released on:
CD: Anthology 2
Released by P.J. Proby on:
45: “That Means A Lot”/“Let The Water Run Down”, 1965 (US: Liberty 55806, UK: Liberty 10215)
12-Bar Original (Lennon/McCartney/Harrison/Starkey)
STUDIO – November 4, 1965
Released in edited form on:
CD: Anthology 2
1966
The Art Of Dying (Harrison)
Lyrics completed in 1966 and contained reference to Brian Epstein, released by George Harrison on:
LP: All Things Must Pass
Hold On, I’m Comin’ (Lennon)
DEMO – 1966
Love In The Open Air (McCartney)
A Theme From The Family Way (McCartney)
Released by the George Martin Orchestra on:
45: “Love In The Open Air”/“A Theme From The Family Way”, 1966 (UK: Decca F 12536)
Woman (McCartney)
GBS – January 14, 1969
Released by Peter & Gordon on:
45: “Woman”/“Wrong From The Start”, 1966 (US: Capitol 5579, UK: Columbia DB 7834)
1967
All Together On The Wireless Machine (McCartney/Everett)
BBC Where It’s At – (broadcast) November 25, 1967
Anything (McCartney/Starkey)
STUDIO – February 22, 1967
Also known as “Drum Track (1)” (length: 22:10)
Carnival Of Light (Lennon/McCartney/Harrison/Starkey)
STUDIO – January 5, 1967
“Untitled” on the EMI tape box (length: 13:48)
Christmas Time (Is Here Again) (Lennon/McCartney/Harrison/Starkey)
STUDIO – November 28, 1967
Released in edited form on:
Flexi-disc: “Christmas Time Is Here Again”, 1967 (US: Fan Club, UK: Lyntone Records)
CD: Free as a Bird
It's Only a Dream (Harrison)
Lyric sheet given to Hunter Davies
Jessie’s Dream (Lennon/McCartney/Harrison/Starkey)
DEMO – 1967
Background music from the film Magical Mystery Tour
Jumping Round The Room (McCartney)
Precursor to “All Together Now”
See Yourself (Harrison)
Written in response to Paul’s LSD announcement, 1967
Released by George Harrison on:
LP: Thirty Three & 1/3
She’s Walkin’ Past My Door (Lennon)
DEMO – Spring, 1967
Shirley’s Wild Accordion (Lennon/McCartney)
STUDIO – October 12, 1967
Step Inside Love (McCartney)
DEMO Cavendish Ave., England – November, 1967
STUDIO (first take) – November 21, 1967*
STUDIO – September 16, 1968**
GBS – January 31, 1969
Released by Cilla Black on:
45: “Step Inside Love”/“I Couldn’t Take My Eyes Off You”, 1968 (US: Bell 726, UK: Parlophone R 5674)
*Released by Cilla Black on:
CD: The Abbey Road Decade 1963-1973
**Released in edited form on:
CD: Anthology 3
Untitled (Lennon/McCartney/Harrison/Starkey)
STUDIO – May 9, 1967
A one take, 16-minute instrumental
Untitled (Lennon/McCartney/Harrison/Starkey)
STUDIO – June 1 & 2, 1967
Unnumbered takes, instrumental jams
Breakdown (Lennon/Starkey)
Chi Chi’s Bar (Lennon/Starkey)
Daddy’s Little Sunshine Boy (Lennon/Starkey)
Doctor Story (Lennon)
Down In Cuba (Lennon)
Down In Eastern Australia I Met Her (Lennon)
I’d Like To Take You Down A Peg (Lennon)
Latin Song (Lennon)
Mellotron Improvisations (Lennon)
Pedro The Fisherman (Lennon)
Stranger In My Arms (Lennon)
The Tale Of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle (Potter)
DEMO Kenwood, Weybridge – 1966-1968
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