Description
The Beatles – The Alternate Abbey Road ( PEAR )
August 1972 – “One To One” rehearsal
1 Come Together
Take 37
2 Something
Take 21 – Piano notes at the start, different vocals, no synth and guitar overdubs
3 Maxwell’s Silver Hammer
Early version – different vocal
4 Oh! Darling
Take 32 – no sound effects, different vocal
5 Octopus’s Garden
Experimental take – lead vocal by Paul (22/02/69)
6 I Want You (She’s So Heavy)
Live – 18th November 1976, George with Paul Simon live on the Saturday Night Live show
7 Here Comes The Sun
Isolated vocal for the first minute of the song, made for the 1983 Abbey Road Video show
8 Because
Alternate take with instrumental jam at the end
9 You Never Give Me Your Money
Alternate take, starts with organ note, no sound effects
10 Sun King
Alternate take, different ending
11 Mean Mr. Mustard
Original
12 Her Majesty
Alternate take, different beginning
13 Polythene Pam
Alternate take
14 She Came In Through The Bathroom Window
Alternate take, different vocals, no chorus, no strings, more piano
15 Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight
Alternate take from the Anthology video
16 The End
Acetate – as used for Anthology in an earlier stage, this lasts a few seconds longer
17 Something
Alternate take
18 Oh! Darling
Alternate take
19 Because
Original Abbey Road mix
20 A Huge Melody (Part 1)
Original Abbey Road mix
21 A Huge Melody (Part 2)
Alternate take, with final guitar chord
22 Her Majesty
Medley of Abbey Road tracks
23 Abbey Road Medley
Instrumental of “Because” with comments by all four Beatles
24 The End of The Beatles