Location
Recording studio: Olympic Sound Studios, London
Timeline
Article Jan 27, 1969 • Allen Klein meets with John Lennon
Session Jan 27, 1969 • The "Get Back / Let It Be" sessions • Day 18
Session Jan 27, 1969 • Mixing the "Get Back" album (1st compilation) #3
Article Jan 28, 1969 • Allen Klein meets with The Beatles
Session Jan 28, 1969 • The "Get Back / Let It Be" sessions • Day 19
Master release
On this day, The Beatles continued their “Get Back” sessions at Apple Studios in London, marking the 7th day at their new studio and the 18th day overall for the project. The session, which ran from around noon until just after 9:00 p.m., focused primarily on the song “Get Back.”
Later that evening, as he had done on January 24 and 26, engineer Glyn Johns went to Olympic Sound Studios, where he prepared a series of rough mixes. These included material recorded earlier in the day, as well as a version of “For You Blue” recorded on January 25.
On January 30, Glyn Johns returned to Olympic Sound Studios to create acetates from those various mixes created on January 24, 26 and 27.
About Glyn Johns’ “Get Back” compilations
A few months after the end of the “Get Back” sessions, engineer/producer Glyn Johns was given the task of compiling an actual album. Glyn made four different variants of the album, two of them having been considered for release at some point.
| Compilation 1 – January 1969 | Compilation 2 – Early May 1969 | Compilation 3 – Late May 1969 | Compilation 4 – January 1970 |
| Mixed: January 24, 1969 January 26, 1969 January 27, 1969 January 30, 1969 | Mixed: February 5, 1969 March-May, 1969 March 4, 1969 April 3, 1969 April 4, 1969 April 7, 1969 May 2, 1969 May 7, 1969 May 9, 1969 | Mixed: May 15, 1969 May 28, 1969 | Additional recording: January 3, 1970 January 8, 1970 Mixed: December 15, 1969 December 21, 1969 January 5, 1970 |
| Side one 1. Get Back 2. The Walk 3. Let It Be 4. Teddy Boy 5. Two Of Us Side two 6. Don’t Let Me Down 7. I’ve Got A Feeling 8. The Long And Winding Road 9. For You Blue 10. Dig A Pony 11. Get Back | Side one 1. One After 909 2. Rocker 3. Save the Last Dance for Me 4. Don’t Let Me Down 5. Dig a Pony 6. I’ve Got a Feeling 7. Get Back Side two 8. For You Blue 9. Teddy Boy 10. Two of Us 11. Maggie Mae 12. Dig It 13. Let It Be 14. The Long and Winding Road 15. Get Back (reprise) | Side one 1. One After 909 (DDSI.30.08) 2. Rocker (DDSI.22.58) 3. Save the Last Dance for Me (DDSI.22.59) 4. Don’t Let Me Down (DDSI.22.80) 5. Dig a Pony (DDSI.23.70) 6. I’ve Got a Feeling (DDSI.22.71) 7. Get Back (DDSI.27.63 & 28.43) Side two 8. For You Blue (DDSI.25.47) 9. Teddy Boy (DDSI.24.33) 10. Two of Us (DDSI.24.69) 11. Maggie Mae (DDSI.24.49) 12. Dig It (Excerpt of DDSI.24.85) 13. Let It Be (31.64 + overdubbed guitar solor) 14. The Long and Winding Road (DDSI.26.91) 15. Get Back (reprise) (DDSI.28.43) | Side one 1. One After 909 2. Rocker 3. Save the Last Dance for Me 4. Don’t Let Me Down 5. Dig a Pony 6. I’ve Got a Feeling 7. Get Back 8. Let It Be Side two 9. For You Blue 10. Two of Us 11. Maggie Mae 12. Dig It 13. The Long and Winding Road 14. I Me Mine 15. Across the Universe 16. Get Back (reprise) |
Session activities
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Written by George Harrison
Recording • DDSI.25.47
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Recording • DDSI.27.63
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Recording • DDSI.27.71
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Recording • DDSI.27.72
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Written by Jimmy McCracklin, Bob Garlic
Recording • DDSI.27.83
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Recording • DDSI.27.84
