Sunday, July 4, 2010

One After 909, The by The Beatles – ****

First released: 1970

The Beatles recorded a version of this in 1963 and promptly shelved it. Then in 1969, they decided to dust it off and do a new version. It's a great song despite Paul's admitted misgivings about the lyrics (see the film). It's a highlight of "Let it Be". The 2003 "Naked" version cuts off the "Danny Boy" ending. The original version was scheduled to be on the aborted 1985 "Sessions" LP and finally made an official home on "Anthology 1" in 1995, where a demo version also appeared called (sequence). Also known as just "One After 909". The Beatles attempted it as early as 1960 when they did some home recordings. A demo snippet is featured on 2003's "Fly on the Wall".

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