Recorded in 1969
Written by Paul McCartney • Unreleased Improvisation
Last updated on January 5, 2025
Timeline This song was recorded in 1969
This song was recorded during the following studio sessions:
The "Get Back / Let It Be" sessions • Day 9
Jan 14, 1969
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