Description
The Beatles – Unsurpassed Demos ( Yellow Dog )
1 Back In The U.S.S.R. 3:02
2 Dear Prudence 4:33
3 Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da 2:55
4 Bungalow Bill 2:40
5 While My Guitar Gently Weeps 2:36
6 I’m So Tired 3:06
7 Blackbird 2:30
8 Piggies 2:05
9 Rocky Raccoon 2:42
10 Not Guilty 3:09
11 Singalong Junk 2:34
12 Julia 2:51
13 Yer Blues 3:27
14 Mother Nature’s Son 2:22
15 Everybody’s Got Something To Hide ‘Cept For Me And My Monkey 3:01
16 Sexy Sadie 2:22
17 Sour Milk Sea 3:31
18 Revolution 3:59
19 Honey Pie 2:00
20 Cry, Baby, Cry 2:22
21 What’s The New Mary Jane? 2:36
22 Circles (= Colliding Circles) 2:17
23 Child Of Nature (= Jealous Guy) 2:34
24 Julia (Instrumental) 2:50
Different pressing to Unsurpassed Demos.
The first issue of the acoustic demos for the “White Album”, recorded on 4-track Ampex at George’s house, “Kinfauns” in Esher, Surrey between May 20 and 29, 1968. Exceptions: Tracks 12 & 24 recorded at John’s home, “Kenwood.”
As with all YD issues, the speed is all over the map, except on Track 17, which is the only one to run at A=440 in their entire series – it must have been purely by accident.
Excess noise reduction was used on these tracks prior to CD mastering. It sounds more like a non-NR tape being played back with Dolby C engaged, than anything a computer could do. FFT noise reduction was still a long way off in 1991.
Track 12 – 2-track, 2nd “morning moon” version
All tracks mono.
