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- Album Songs recorded during this session officially appear on the Get Back / Don't Let Me Down (UK - Mono) 7" Single.
- Studio:
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
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About
Came March 1969 and The Beatles or EMI were keen to release a new single (their last one was “Hey Jude / Revolution” released in August 1968).
Why did we spring “Get Back” on the public so suddenly? Well, we’d been talking about it since we recorded it, and we kept saying “that’s a single”. Eventually we got so fed up talking about it, we suddenly said: “O.K. That’s it. Get it out tomorrow”.
John Lennon – From New Musical Express, March 3, 1969
On this day, four mono mixes of the song “Get Back“, recorded during the “Get Back” sessions in January 1969, were made, and acetates were cut for the group to listen to.
New mono mixes would be made on April 3 and yet again on April 7, before the UK release on April 11, 1969.
Last updated on December 10, 2021
Going further
The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions • Mark Lewisohn
The definitive guide for every Beatles recording sessions from 1962 to 1970.
We owe a lot to Mark Lewisohn for the creation of those session pages, but you really have to buy this book to get all the details - the number of takes for each song, who contributed what, a description of the context and how each session went, various photographies... And an introductory interview with Paul McCartney!
If we like to think, in all modesty, that the Paul McCartney Project is the best online ressource for everything Paul McCartney, The Beatles Bible is for sure the definitive online site focused on the Beatles. There are obviously some overlap in terms of content between the two sites, but also some major differences in terms of approach.
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