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CDr In the beginning, there was "Sessions"... and it was not very good.
At least, that was the opinion of the surviving Beatles, once they got wind that EMI had assembled this collection of unreleased items from the Beatles' recording sessions between 1962 and 1969. Indeed "Sessions" was a haphazardly assembled collection, with a short running time, no regard to chronological order for its track listing, and with some unconscionable editing and mixing of tracks by the otherwise impeccably credentialed Geoff Emerick. This was the usual EMI way, however, and it stood to reason that this effort wasn't going to be much different than its other attempts at repackaging the Beatles' work. The fact didn't deter EMI. Catalog numbers were assigned throughout the free world in December of 1984, an unexciting sleeve was prepared, and a single to promote the package was selected ("Leave My Kitten Alone"). "Sessions" was set for release in January of 1985. However, the mighty hand of Apple and their respective lawyers swung down just in time, and "Sessions" was shelved. Ten years later, with those pesky lawsuits between the Beatles and EMI out of the way and everybody being the best of buddies, the Beatles own version of "Sessions", the much-expanded "Anthology" was issued. The unloved, unwanted "Sessions" still resides in EMI's vaults, though unfortunately many of Emerick's mixes and edits that were produced for it were used in Anthology. The original version of "Sessions" can be heard on Spank's wonderful package of the same name (SP-103). However, what we've done here for your listening pleasure is assemble an alternate version of "Sessions". We have utilized a recent cache of tapes that have come to light from the archival efforts of the late John Barrett of EMI, whose work was one of the catalyst for the compilation of the original album. These different versions include alternate mixes he produced for 1983's "The Beatles At Abbey Road" show, as well as mixes done for his own use, most of which were superior to the ones Emerick produced! In addition, we've also added as bonus tracks some material from that "At Abbey Road" production, also taken from Barrett's tape, and some mixes previously unissued on CD. All in all, it's a most enjoyable collection of material often heard but not in the forms included here. Enjoy ! Issued with a 32 page booklet and slipcase-style box. 1 Come And Get It (Demo) 2 Leave My Kitten Alone (Take 5) 3 Not Guilty (Take 102) 4 I'm Looking Through You (Alternate Version) 5 What's The New Mary Jane (Take 4) 6 How Do You Do It? 7 Besame Mucho 8 The One After 909 (Take 4 With Edit Piece Take 5) 9 If You're Got Trouble (Take 1) 10 That Means A Lot (Alternate Mix) 11 While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Take 1) 12 Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues (Get Back Session) 13 Christmas Time (Is Here Again) (Reconstruction) 14 Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (Take 5) 15 A Hard Day's Night (Take 2, Take 3 & Take 9) 16 She's A Woman (Take 1, Incomplete) 17 12-Bar Original (Take 2) 18 Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (Take 1) 19 I'm Looking Through You (Take 1) From private collection WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET. All shipments with tracking number Original of those years We can combine items in the same shipment HAVE A NICE SHOPPING |