US Release date : Monday, May 5, 1969
Get Back / Don't Let Me Down (US - Stereo)
By The Beatles • 7" Single
Last updated on October 31, 2021
US Release date : Monday, May 5, 1969
By The Beatles • 7" Single
Last updated on October 31, 2021
Previous single Apr 11, 1969 • "Get Back / Don't Let Me Down (UK - Mono)" by The Beatles released in the UK
Article May 04, 1969 • Paul McCartney joins party to celebrate the completion of "The Magic Christian" film
Session May 05, 1969 • Recording "Something"
Single May 05, 1969 • "Get Back / Don't Let Me Down (US - Stereo)" by The Beatles released in the US
Session May 06, 1969 • Recording "You Never Give Me Your Money"
Session May 07, 1969 • Mixing the "Get Back" album (2nd compilation)
Next single May 19, 1969 • "New Day / Thumbin' A Ride" by Jackie Lomax released in the US
This album was 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
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
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
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.
If we modestly consider the Paul McCartney Project to be the premier online resource for all things Paul McCartney, it is undeniable that The Beatles Bible stands as the definitive online site dedicated to the Beatles. While there is some overlap in content between the two sites, they differ significantly in their approach.
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