Tuesday, January 13, 2009

The Beatles - The Get Back Journals: Discs 1-2

Label: Vigotone, VIGO 101/102

DISC ONE:
(total time: 68:19):

The disc is comprised of the material which originally appeared on VEGEMITE and later as SWEET APPLE TRAX VOL. III. Many of the songs would later appear on SONGS FROM THE PAST VOL. 4 & 5. There are 30 tracks on this disc with the highlights being The One After 909, Two Of Us, Child Of Nature, Your True Love, Bring It On Home To Me and Hitch Hike.

1. "CHILD OF NATURE"
2. REVOLUTION
3. I SHALL BE RELEASED (Dylan)
4. SUN KING/DON'T LET ME DOWN
5. "THE TEACHER WAS A LOOKIN"
6. SUN KING
7. TWO OF US
8. CRACKIN' UP (McDaniel)
9. ALL SHOOK UP (Blackwell-Presley)
10. YOUR TRUE LOVE (Perkins)
11. BLUE SUEDE SHOES (Perkins)
12. THREE COOL CATS (Leiber-Stoller)
13. BLOWIN' IN THE WIND (Dylan)
14. LUCILLE (Collins-Penniman)
15. I'M SO TIRED
16. OB-LA-DI, OB-LA-DA
17. THE 3RD MAN THEME (Karas)
18. "NEGRO IN RESERVE"
19. DON'T LET ME DOWN
20. ONE AFTER 909
21. "BECAUSE I KNOW YOU LOVE ME SO"
22. ONE AFTER 909
23. "IF TOMORROW EVER COMES"
24. "I'VE BEEN TICKLED THAT YOU LOVE ME SO"
25. "WON'T YOU PLEASE SAY GOODBYE"
26. BRING IT ON HOME TO ME (Cooke)
27. HITCH HIKE (Gaye-Paul-Stevenson)
28. YOU CAN'T DO THAT
29. HIPPY HIPPY SHAKE (Romero)
30. TWO OF US (rehearsal session)

DISC TWO:
(total time 65:19):

This disc continues with the rest of the VEGEMITE songs and ALL THINGS MUST PASS rehearsals. A number of odds and ends make up the rest of the disc - the best songs being Let It Be, Oh! Darling and Thirty Days. 24 tracks on this disc.

1. TWO OF US
2. (rhythm instrumental)
3. SHORT FAT FANNY (Williams)
4. MIDNIGHT SPECIAL (PRISONER'S SONG) (Ledbetter-Lomax)
5. "WHEN YOU'RE DRUNK YOU THINK OF ME"
6. WHAT'S THE USE OF GETTING SOBER (Meyers)
7. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO MAKE THOSE EYES AT ME FOR ?
(Monaco-McCarthy-Johnson)
8. MONEY (THAT'S WHAT I WANT) (Bradford-Gordy)
9. GIVE ME SOME TRUTH (Lennon)
10. ALL THINGS MUST PASS (rehearsal session) (Harrison)
11. (organ instrumental)
12. ALL THINGS MUST PASS (rehearsal session) (Harrison)
13. LET IT BE (rehearsal session)
14. MAXWELL'S SILVER HAMMER
15. SPEAK TO ME (riff) (Robertson)/WHEN I'M SIXTY-FOUR
16. (gospel instrumental)
17. OH! DARLING
18. MAXWELL'S SILVER HAMMER (rehearsal session)
19. GIVE ME SOME TRUTH (Lennon)
20. FROM ME TO YOU
21. DON'T LET ME DOWN/DEVIL IN HER HEART (Drapkin)
22. THIRTY DAYS (Berry)
23. (instrumental jam)
24. SCHOOL DAYS (riff) (Berry)

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