Tuesday, April 13, 2010

I Me Mine by The Beatles – ****

First released: 1970

Historically significant as the last Beatles song until the "Anthology" reunion. Though there was at least one more session with Ringo in attendance, this was the last time Paul, George and Ringo sat down and recorded something new. The ¾ waltz was recorded officially after it was discovered that the demo version from a year earlier was to be released in the "Let it Be" movie. John does not play on this tune, which is alright, because in the film version, he is seen waltzing with Yoko Ono and not playing there, either. One of my favorite Beatles tunes. The original recording length was less than two minutes so the recording was artificially extended. The original version was finally released on "Anthology 3" in 1996. The "Naked" version is virtually identical.

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