Location
Recording studio: Olympic Sound Studios • London • UK
Timeline
Previous session Dec 05, 1969 • Mixing "Hey Jude", "Revolution"
Article December 10- 22?, 1969 • Paul and Linda McCartney on holiday in Antigua
Album Dec 12, 1969 • "No One's Gonna Change Our World" by Various Artists released in the UK
Session Dec 15, 1969 • Mixing the "Get Back" album (4th compilation)
Single Dec 19, 1969 • "The Beatles Seventh Christmas Record" by The Beatles released in the UK
Session Dec 21, 1969 • Mixing the "Get Back" album (4th compilation)
The "Get Back" timeline
March - May 1969 • Mixing the Get Back album (2nd & 3rd compilations)
April - May 1969 • The “Get Back” LP rumours • April to May 1969
May 13, 1969 • Photo shoot of the "Get Back" LP album
May 28, 1969 • Mixing the "Get Back" album (3rd compilation)
June - July 1969 • The "Get Back" LP rumours • June to July 1969
August 1969 • The “Get Back” LP rumours • August 1969
September - December 1969 • The "Get Back" LP rumours • September to December 1969
Dec 15, 1969 • Mixing the "Get Back" album (4th compilation)
Master release
On this day, engineer Glyn Johns began work on a new version of the “Get Back” LP. His previous attempts had been rejected, but Apple Records asked him to give it another try — this time ensuring the album aligned with Michael Lindsay-Hogg’s forthcoming documentary, which was then nearing completion. Meanwhile, manager Allen Klein was still weighing a proposal he had made to the Beatles a few weeks earlier to bring in producer Phil Spector.
To align the record with the film’s musical content, Johns removed “Teddy Boy,” which no longer appeared in the latest cut of the documentary, and added “Across The Universe” and “I Me Mine.” That first session, held from 1:00 to 2:30 pm, was remarkably brief, and no detailed notes survive about what was actually mixed. Johns would return to the project on December 21.
Once the film had been reedited to Klein’s specifications, John and Paul asked me to change some of the material on my version of the album.
Glyn Johns – From “Sound Man: A Life Recording Hits with The Rolling Stones, The Who, Led Zeppelin, The Eagles, Eric Clapton, The Faces…“, 2014
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 January 8, 1970 |
| Side one 1. Get Back (false start) — DDSI 23.78 2. Get Back — DDSI 23.79 3. I’ve Got a Feeling (fragment) — DDSI 23.80 4. Help! (fragment) — DDSI 23.81 5. Teddy Boy — DDSI 24.33 6. Two of Us (fragment – false start) — DDSI 24.48 7. Two of Us — DDSI 24.69 8. Dig a Pony — DDSI 23.66 9. I’ve Got a Feeling — DDSI 22.71 Side two 10. The Long and Winding Road — DDSI 26.91 11. Let It Be — DDSI 26.74 12. Don’t Let Me Down — DDSI 22.60 13. For You Blue — DDSI 25.46 14. Get Back — DDSI 27.63 15. The Walk — DDSI 27.83 | 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 solo 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) |
| Bootlegged on “Kum Back“ | Bootlegged on “O.P.D.“ |
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Staff
Production staff
- Glyn Johns : Engineer, Producer
