Recording studio: EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Previous session Mar 11, 1969 • Recording "Thumbin' A Ride", "Going Back to Liverpool"
Album Mar 21, 1969 • "Is This What You Want? (Stereo)" by Jackie Lomax released in the UK
Album Mar 21, 1969 • "Is This What You Want? (Mono)" by Jackie Lomax released in the UK
Session Mar 26, 1969 • Mixing "Get Back"
Single Mar 28, 1969 • "Goodbye / Sparrow" by Mary Hopkin released in the UK
Article April - May 1969 • The “Get Back” LP rumours – April to May 1969
Next session Circa April - Early May 1969 • Recording "Charity Bubbles", "Goose"
Some of the songs worked on during this session were first released on the "Get Back / Don't Let Me Down (UK - Mono)" 7" Single.
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.
Mixing • Mono mixing - Remix 1
Mixing • Mono mixing - Remix 2
Mixing • Mono mixing - Remix 3
Mixing • Mono mixing - Remix 4
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 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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