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Recorded in 1969

As Clear As A Bell

Written by Paul McCartneyUnreleased Improvisation

Last updated on January 5, 2025


Timeline This song was recorded in 1969

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This song was recorded during the following studio sessions:

Other improvisations recorded during the "Get Back" sessions

On January 14, 1969, during the Beatles’ “Get Back” sessions, Paul McCartney was at the piano and improvised a track named “As Clear As A Bell“:

In the course of this discussion Paul mentions La Scala, a famous opera house in Italy, and this causes him to improvise a bit of light opera, once again in falsetto (“As Clear as a Bell Says La Scala, Milan”)

From “Drugs, Divorce and a Slipping Image – The Complete, Unauthorized Story of The Beatles’ ‘Get Back’ Sessions” by Doug Sulpy