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- US release date:
- May 05, 1969
- Publisher:
- Capitol
- Reference:
- 2490
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This album has been recorded during the following studio sessions
Get Back sessions - January 27, 1969 - Day 16
Jan 27, 1969
Get Back sessions - January 28, 1969 - Day 17
Jan 28, 1969
Mixing "Get Back", "Don't Let Me Down"
Apr 03, 1969
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Track list
Side 1
1.
3:14 • Studio version • B • Stereo
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass, Lead vocal
- Ringo Starr :
- Drums
- John Lennon :
- Backing vocal, Lead guitar
- George Harrison :
- Rhythm guitar
- George Martin :
- Producer
- Glyn Johns :
- Engineer
- Billy Preston :
- Electric piano
- Jerry Boys :
- Second engineer
- Session Recording:
- Jan 27, 1969
- Studio :
- Apple Studios, 3 Savile Row, London
- Session Recording:
- Jan 28, 1969
- Studio :
- Apple Studios, 3 Savile Row, London
- Session Mixing:
- Apr 03, 1969
- Studio :
- Olympic Sound Studios, London
Side 2
1.
3:30 • Studio version • B • Stereo
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass, Harmony vocals
- Ringo Starr :
- Drums
- John Lennon :
- Rhythm guitar, Vocals
- George Harrison :
- Harmony vocals, Lead guitar
- George Martin :
- Producer
- Glyn Johns :
- Recording engineer
- Billy Preston :
- Electric piano
- Session Recording:
- Jan 28, 1969
- Studio :
- Apple Studios, 3 Savile Row, London
- Session Mixing:
- Apr 03, 1969
- Studio :
- Olympic Sound Studios, London
About
From 5 May 1969: US single release: Get Back (beatlesbible.com):
Nearly a month after its release in the United Kingdom, The Beatles’ first single of 1969 was issued in the United States.
‘Get Back’, with ‘Don’t Let Me Down’, as its b-side, was issued as Apple 2490. As in the UK, it was credited to The Beatles with Billy Preston. It was the only time such a credit featured on a Beatles release.
The delay in the US release may have been due to a last-minute remix ordered by Paul McCartney on 7 April 1969, four days before the official UK release date. Copies were late in arriving in British record stores, and Apple, and the distributors Capitol, may have wished to avoid such a fate in America.
Get Back began its 12-week chart run on 10 May 1969. Two weeks later it reached number one, where it remained for five weeks.The single was The Beatles’ first in the US to be released in true stereo rather than mono. By 1969 there was a strong move towards releasing music in stereo only, which The Beatles wholly adopted for all their releases by the end of the year.
Last updated on October 31, 2021
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