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VOL. 37

January 7-9, 1969
VOL. 38

January 9, 1969
VOL. 39

January 10-14, 1969
January 7, 1969: Twickenham Studios, London, England
1. (104)      Be-Bop-a-Lula  [Gene Vincent]
2. (105)      Lotta Lovin’ [Gene Vincent] - Somethin’ Else  [Eddie Cochran]
3. (111)      She Came In Through the Bathroom Window  (Lennon/McCartney)

4. Paul, George & Ringo – filming a break-up

January 8, 1969: Twickenham Studios, London, England
5. (N)          Improvisation  (Lennon/McCartney/Harrison/Starr) (John on piano)
6. (1)           I Me Mine  (Harrison)
7. (4)           I Me Mine  (Harrison)
8. (7)           Stand By Me  [Ben E. King]
9. (8-11)     Hare Krishna  (traditional) – Two of  Us (Lennon/McCartney)
10. (13-17) Twist and Shout  [Isley Brothers] – Don’t Let Me Down  (Lennon/McCartney) – I’ve Got
                         a Feeling  (Lennon/McCartney) – One After 909  (Lennon/McCartney)
 11. (18,20) Too Bad About Sorrows  (Lennon/McCartney) – Just Fun  (Lennon/McCartney) – She
                         Said She Said  (Lennon/McCartney)
12. (31)      Mean Mr. Mustard   (Lennon/McCartney)
13. (33)      All Things Must Pass (Harrison)
14. (34)      Fools Like Me  [Jerry Lee Lewis]
15. (35)      You Win Again  [Hank Williams]
16. (N)       She Came In Through the Bathroom Window   (Lennon/McCartney)
17. (N)       Maxwell’s Silver Hammer  (Lennon/McCartney)
18. (53)      I Me Mine  (Harrison) - Domino
19. (63)      I Me Mine  (Harrison)

20. George, Ringo & John – the winter of discontent at Twickenham

January 9, 1969: Twickenham Studios, London, England
21. (20)      For You Blue   (Harrison)
22. (25)      Two of Us  (Lennon/McCartney)
23. (30,31) Don’t Let Me Down (Lennon/McCartney) – Suzy’s Parlour  (Lennon/McCartney/
                         Harrison/Starkey)
 

January 9, 1969: Twickenham Studios, London, England
1. (32)        I’ve Got a Feeling (Lennon/McCartney)
2. (46)        She Came In Through the Bathroom Window  (Lennon/McCartney)
3. (57)        Get Back (No Pakistanis)  (Lennon/McCartney)
4. (60)        Penina  (McCartney)
5. (70)        Across the Universe  (Lennon/McCartney)
6. (71)        Shaking in the Sixties  (Lennon/McCartney/Harrison/Starkey)
7. (72,73)   Move It   [Cliff Richard] – Good Rockin’ Tonight  [Elvis Presley]
8. (74)        Tennessee  [Carl Perkins]
9. (76)        House of the Rising Sun  [Animals]
10. (77)      Commonwealth  (Lennon/McCartney/Harrison/Starkey)
11. (78,79) Enoch Powell  (Lennon/McCartney/Harrison/Starkey) - Get Off (White Power)   (Lennon/
                         McCartney/Harrison/Starkey)
12. (81,82) Get Off   (Lennon/McCartney/Harrison/Starkey) – Honey Hush [Joe Turner]
13. (84)      For You Blue (Harrison)
14. (85-87) Ramblin’ Woman (Harrison) – I Threw It All Away [Bob Dylan] – Mama You Been on My
                         Mind  [Bob Dylan]
15. (88)       Let It Be   (Lennon/McCartney)
16. (92)       That’ll Be the Day   [Buddy Holly]
17. (94-97)  Jenny Jenny  [Little Richard] – Slippin’ and Slidin’  [Little Richard] – Let It Be  (Lennon/
                         McCartney)  – Let It Be  (Lennon/McCartney)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

January 10, 1969: Twickenham Studios, London, England
1. (2)           Two of Us  (Lennon/McCartney)
2. George – the row with Paul
3. (?)           Two of Us  (Lennon/McCartney) – fight between Paul & George
4. (3)           Get Back   (Lennon/McCartney)
5. (5)           Hi-Heel Sneakers  [Pinetop Perkins]
6. (6)           I’m Talking About You  [Chuck Berry]
7. (N)          I’ve Got a Feeling  (Lennon/McCartney)
8. (N)          Don’t Let Me Down  (Lennon/McCartney)
9. (14,15)    Maxwell’s Silver Hammer  (Lennon/McCartney)
10. (16-20)  In the Middle of An Island  [Tony Bennett] - Don’t Be Cruel  [Elvis Presley] – On a
                        Sunny Island  (Lennon/McCartney/Starkey) – The Animal and Famous Persons Jam
                        (Lennon/McCartney/Starkey)– Aquarela Do Brasil   [Ari Barroso] – Peanut Vendor
                        [Duke Ellington] – Groovin’ [Rascals] – I Got Stung  [Elvis Presley] – It’s Only Make
                        Believe [Conway Twitty] –  Through a London Window  (Lennon/McCartney/Starkey)

11. George & John – petty arguing and George quitting (January 10)

January 13, 1969: Twickenham Studios, London, England
12. (N)        Get Back  (Lennon/McCartney)
13. (12)       Get Back  (Lennon/McCartney)

January 14, 1969: Twickenham Studios, London, England
14. (10)       Improvisation  (McCartney/Starkey)
15. (19,20)  The Back Seat of My Car  (McCartney)
16. (22,23)  Song of Love   (McCartney/Brahms)
17. (25)       Hello Dolly  [Louis Armstrong] 
18. (27)       Madman  (Lennon)
19. (28)       Mean Mr. Mustard  (Lennon/McCartney)
20. (29)       Watching Rainbows   (Lennon)
21. (31)       Improvisation  (Lennon/McCartney/Starkey)
22. (32)       Take This Hammer  [traditional]
 


 

VOL. 40

January 15-22, 1969
VOL. 41

January 22-24, 1969
VOL. 42

January 24-26, 1969
January 15, 1969: Twickenham Studios, London, England
1. (2)           Oh! Darling  (Lennon/McCartney)

2. Paul – getting George back (January 15)
3. George – having a meeting and deciding to make a record

4. George Martin & George – recording at Apple Studios (January 22)
5. George Martin & George – bringing Billy Preston in

January 22, 1969: Apple Studios, London, England
6. (0)          Somethin’ Else  [Eddie Cochran]
7. (1)          Daydream  [Lovin’ Spoonful]
8. (2,3)       You Are My Sunshine  [Jimmie Davis] – Whispering [Louis Armstrong]
9. (3b)        Improvisation  (Lennon/McCartney/Harrison/Starkey)
10. (4)        I Shall Be Released  [Bob Dylan]
11 (6)         Act Naturally  [Buck Owens] 
12. (c.11)    I’ve Got a Feeling  (Lennon/McCartney)
13. (25,26) Milk Cow Blues  [Elvis Presley] –  Mannish Boy  [Muddy Waters]
14. (27)      My Baby Left Me  [Elvis Presley] – That’s Alright Mama  [Elvis Presley]
15. (28)      Hallelujah I Love Her So  [Ray Charles]
16. (32)      All I Want Is You (Lennon/McCartney/Harrison/Starkey)
17. (33)       In the Middle of An Island  [Tony Bennett] - Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellen Bogen
                          By the Sea  [Max Bygraves]
18. (34)       Improvisation  (Lennon/McCartney/Harrison/Starkey) / Blue Suede Shoes  [Elvis
                        Presley] – Good Rockin’ Tonight  [Elvis Presley] 
19. (35)       Forty Days  [Chuck Berry]
20. (36)       Too Bad About Sorrows  (Lennon/McCartney)
21. (37)       I Dig a Pony  (Lennon/McCartney)
22. (41)       You’ve Got Me Thinking   [Jackie Lomax]
23. (50)       I Dig a Pony  (Lennon/McCartney)
24. (51)       I Dig a Pony   (Lennon/McCartney)
25 (52,53)   Improvisation  (Lennon/McCartney/Harrison/Starkey) – Save the Last Dance for Me
                        [Drifters] 
26. (54)       Don’t Let Me Down  (Lennon/McCartney)
27. (61)       I’ve Got a Feeling  (Lennon/McCartney)
28. (N)        Don’t Let Me Down  (Lennon/McCartney)
29. (N)        Going Up the Country  [Canned Heat]
30. (N)        dialogue
 

January 22, 1969: Apple Studios, London, England
1. (N)          Don’t Let Me Down  (Lennon/McCartney)

January 23, 1969: Apple Studios, London, England
2. (8)          Get Back  (Lennon/McCartney)
3. (31)        Get Back (Geh Raus)  (Lennon/McCartney)
4. (N)         Improvisation  (Lennon/McCartney/Harrison/Starkey)
5. (N)         Twenty Flight Rock  [Eddie Cochran]
6. (N)         Get Back  (Lennon/McCartney)
7. (N)         Oh! Darling  (Lennon/McCartney)
8. (35)        I Dig a Pony  (Lennon/McCartney)
9. (36)        I’ve Got a Feeling  (Lennon/McCartney)

January 24, 1969: Apple Studios, London, England
10. (N)        Get Back  (Lennon/McCartney)
11. (17)       Child of Nature  (Lennon)
12. (N)        Two of Us (Lennon/McCartney)
13. (22)       Teddy Boy   (McCartney)
14. (29)       Two of Us  (Lennon/McCartney) 
15. (36)       Two of Us  (Lennon/McCartney)
16. (37,38)  Maggie Mae  (traditional) - I Fancy Me Chances  (Lennon/McCartney)
17. (41)       Maggie Mae (master)  (traditional)  
18. (48)       Her Majesty  (Lennon/McCartney)
19. (49)       There You Are Eddie  (McCartney)
20. (55)       I Lost My Little Girl  (Lennon/McCartney)
21. (61-63)  Diggin’ My Potatoes  [Leadbelly/Washboard Sam/Lonnie Donegan] – Hey Liley, Liley O
                         (traditional) – Rock Island Line   [Leadbelly/Lonnie Donegan]
 

January 24, 1969: Apple Studios, London, England
1. (65-67)  Michael, Row the Boat Ashore  [traditional/Lonnie Donegan] – Rock-a-Bye Baby
                       (traditional) –  Singing the Blues   [Guy Mitchell] 
2. (72)       Dig It  (Lennon/McCartney/Harrison/ Starkey)
3. (80)       Get Back  (Lennon/McCartney) – Little Demon  [Screamin’ Jay Hawkins] – Maybellene
                        [Chuck Berry] – You Can’t Catch Me  [Chuck Berry] – Brown-Eyed Handsome Man
                        [Chuck Berry]
4. (81)        Short Fat Fannie  [Larry Williams]
5. (87)        Bad Boy  [Larry Williams]
6. (88,89)   Sweet Little Sixteen  [Chuck Berry] – Around and Around  [Chuck Berry]
7. (90)        Almost Grown  [Chuck Berry]  
8. (91)        School Days  [Chuck Berry]  
9. (92)        Stand By Me  [Ben E. King] – Where Have You Been All My Life?  [Arthur Alexander]
10. (95)      Get Back  (Lennon/McCartney)

 January 25, 1969: Apple Studios, London, England
11. (1)         On the Road Again   [Canned Heat]
12. (8)         Bye Bye Love   [Everly Brothers] 
13. (9)         Two of Us  (Lennon/McCartney)
14.               For You Blue (master)  (Harrison) 
15. (N)        Let It Be  (Lennon/McCartney)
16. (N)        Let It Be  (Lennon/McCartney)

January 26, 1969: Apple Studios, London, England
17. (0)         dialogue: George’s songs
18. (1)         Isn’t It a Pity  (Harrison)
19. (2)         Window, Window  (Harrison)      
20. (11)       Octopus’ Garden  (Starkey)
21. (c.)        dialogue: the Maharishi
22. (18)       I’m Talking About You  [Chuck Berry] 
23. (22,23)  High School Confidential  [Jerry Lee Lewis] – Great Balls of Fire  [Jerry Lee Lewis]
24. (N)        Let It Be  (Lennon/McCartney)
 
 
 
 


 
 


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