The Alternate Digital Collection
Studio Outtakes Collected 8a 1968 2018

BEATLES: (STUDIO) OUTTAKES COLLECTED  8a:1968 (1) January - May (remaster 2019)

 BR 048/1-2
 2 CD
 77:45+79:25

 ***** Excellent remastered Stereo / Mono

CD1: November 1967 - February 1968:

  1-10: Step Inside Love+Xmas (Nov.'67) m:

  1. home demo Paul - 2:15 
  +  in studio with Cilla Black:
  2. rehearsal/demo+talks t 1 - 2:53
  3. rehearsal/demo+talks t 2 - 4:36
  4. rehearsal/demo+talks t 3 - 3:25
  5. rehearsal/demo+talks t 4 - 3:48
  6. take 1 +talks - 3:22
  7. take 2 +talks - 3:04
  8. take 3-4 - 3:09
  9. talks+playback - 2:17
  
10. Christmas Time Is Here Again (best full mix) - 6:46
+
11. THE REMO FOUR - In The First Place - 3:20

January-May 1968: John at home, m:

12. Julia (1) - 4:20
13. Julia (2) - 4:13
14. Julia (3) - 3:02
15. Happiness Is A Warm Gun - 0:52
16. Cry Baby Cry (guitar) - 0:52
17. Cry Baby Cry (piano 1) - 0:48
18. Cry Baby Cry (piano 2) - 0:47
19. Across The Universe/Cry Baby Cry (piano/mellotron) - 0:41
20. Hey Bulldog/Set Me Free/Across The Universe - 8:06
21. You Know My Name (piano) - 1:05
22. She's Walking Past My Door - 1:39
23. The General Erection (poem) - 0:32
24. The Magic Dog (poem) - 0:32

February 1968, in studio: Across The Universe:
25. take 2 (from monitor, at end) m - 3:33
26. take 2 (monitor playbacks) m - 4:03
27. take 2 (stereo, from monitor, at end m) - 3:33

CD2: February - May 1968:

1-4: Across The Universe (continued):

  1. take 6 ('Ritchie', John solo) m - 3:49
  2. take 6 ('Ritchie', John+girls) m - 3:51
  3. take 6 ('Ritchie', John+girls+chorus) s - 3:51
  4. 'Wild Life' version (speed corrected) - 3:55
 
5-15: Lady Madonna:

  5. Control room rehearsals m - 1:16
  6. take 2 (instr. piano+drums) - 2:23
  7. take 3 - 2:31
  8. take 3 backing vocs m - 0:51
  9. take 4 +laughs - 2:13
10. monitor playbacks m - 2:28
11. take 5 (+laughs+overdubs) - 2:19
12. take 5 (monitor playbacks starts) m - 0:56
13. take 5 (3x monitor playbacks) m - 7:15
14. take 3-5 (+sax, Anth.mix) - 2:20
15. takes 5 (+sax) - 2:16
+
16. The Inner Light, take 6 (instr.backing track) - 2:44

17-20: Hey Bulldog:

17. instr. backing track (+count) - 3:19
18. Rockband mix - 3:44
19. movie mix (mono) - 3:14
20. movie mix (remastered stereo) - 3:12
+
21. instrumental jam - 1:14

 

22-32: March 1968: singalong in Rishikesh (medley):

22. When The Saints/ - 1:35
23. You Are My Sunshine/ - 0:20
24. Jingle Bells/ - 0:23 
25. She'll Be Coming Around The Mountain/ - 1:09
26. Happiness Runs/ - 1:54
27. -natural sounds/ - 0:25
28. Blowing In The Wind/ - 1:34
29. Hare Krishna Mantra/ - 1:24
30. O Sole Mio/Now Or Never/ - 0:21
31. Catch The Wind (Donovan) - 1:13
32. Spiritual Regeneration/Happy Birthday - 2:19

33-34: John at home (Kenwood):

33. The Maharishi Song m - 3:18
34. The Happy Rishikesh Song m - 1:51
+
35. All Together Now (movie mix) - 1:49