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The Beatles - Artifacts I (Disc 4) (1968)(Speed Corr) (1970)

Track listing:
  1. The Inner Light (Take 5) 2:33
  2. Lady Madonna (Alternate Take) 2:10
  3. She Can't Talk To Me (Hey Bulldog) (Demo) 0:53
  4. Across The Universe (Mono Mix) 3:46
  5. Blowin' In The Wind Harekrishna 2:59
  6. Thank You, Guru Dev Happy Birthday Mike Love 2:14
  7. The Happy Rishikesh Song (Demo) 1:55
  8. Dear Prudence (Esher Demo) 4:36
  9. Back In The Ussr (Esher Demo) 2:55
  10. Piggies (Esher Demo) 2:02
  11. Jubilee (Esher Demo) 2:30
  12. Child Of Nature (Esher Demo) 2:30
  13. Sour Milk Sea (Esher Demo) 3:26
  14. Circles (Esher Demo) 2:14
  15. Ob La Di Ob La Da (Take 5) 2:55
  16. Revolution (Alternate Mix) 3:28
  17. Brian Epstein Blues 1:08
  18. While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Take 1) 3:25
  19. Hey Jude Las Vegas Tune St. Loius Blues 7:28
  20. Not Guilty (Mono Mix) 4:15
  21. What's The New Mary Jane (Take 4) 6:06
  22. Everyone Had A Hard Year (Demo) 1:46
  23. Heather (With Donovan) 2:09
  24. Don't Let Me Down (Demo Version 2) 2:12
  25. Goodbye (Demo) 2:20

Notes

1. The Inner Light (Harrison)
Take 5
12 Jan 1968
EMI Take 5, instrumental track, external

Recorded at EMI, Bombay !

2. Lady Madonna (Lennon/McCartney) Take 4
6 Feb 1968
EMI take 4
Stereo

3. She Can Talk To Me (Lennon/McCartney)
Demo
Feb 1968
Excerpt of demo of what was later to become "Hey Bulldog".

4. Across The Universe (Lennon/McCartney)
Take 8
RM2 ('Hums Wild')
8 Feb 1968
SS.PM2.13.08.RM2
An alternate mix with the extracts of the ' Hums Wild' Sounds effect recorded on the 04 Feb 1968 edited in. No Orchestration or Animal Sounds at this stage .
The take on some discs is preceeded by John saying "You're right, Richie" and two exhales.

Unnumbered RM for John. Referred to as the "Hums Wild" mix

On this CD, the intro was edited off where John says "You're right richie" (available on Ultra Rare Trax vol. 3, Challenger One CD2, Ticket To Ride from Oil Well and many others)

5. The Rishikesh Tape (unknown)
3:00
Excerpt
Mar 1968

Instrumental (unknown)
Mar 1968
Recorded in India.
Sourced from VHS of Italian TV program

Blowin' In The Wind (Dylan)
Mar 1968
Recorded in India.
Sourced from VHS of Italian TV program

Hare Krishna Mantra (Trad. arr. Makunda Das Adhikary)
Mar 1968
Recorded in India.
Sourced from VHS of Italian TV program

6. Spiritual Regeneration (McCartney)
India
14 Mar 1968
AKA "Spiritual Regeneration/Happy Birthday Mike Love"

Recorded in Rishikesh, India

Mike Love's birthday is March 14th, it can safely be assumed that they sang this song to him on that day.
Sourced from a radio program narrated by Wolfman Jack, with his voice edited out. An unedited tape appears on the LP "Indian Rope Trick"

7. Happy Rishikesh Song (Lennon)
May 1968
John Kenwood demo

8. Dear Prudence (Lennon/McCartney) Esher Demo
May 1968

9. Back In The U.S.S.R. (Lennon/McCartney)
Esher Demo
May 1968
HR117

10. Piggies (Harrison)
May 1968
Esher Demo.

11. Junk (McCartney)
Esher Demo
May 1968
AKA "Jubilee"

Esher Demo. Was later to become known as "Junk" and re-recorded for Paul's first solo album "McCartney".

12. Child Of Nature (Lennon)
Esher Demo
May 1968
Later to be given new lyrics and re-recorded as "Jealous Guy" on John's "Imagine" album.

13. Sour Milk Sea (Harrison)
May 1968
Esher Demo.

14. Circles (Harrison) Esher Demo
May 1968
Esher Demo.

15. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (Lennon/McCartney)
Take 5
5 Jul 1968
Early stage of Take 5.

There are 3 variations of this recording: this one is from 1968 before a lot of of overdubs. The second is the SESSIONS mix from 1984, which segues into XMAS TIME IS HERE AGAIN. A third has been fabricated by a bootlegger who edited the cold ending of this take onto the end of the SESSIONS mix to avoid the segue and make it seem like this take ended cold. Naughty but nice.

16. Revolution (Lennon/McCartney) Take 15
Reduction Mix
10 Jul 1968
Alternate mix.
Reduction mix take 15.

Sourced from "Unsurpassed Masters Vol. 7" which is sourced from the Lost Lennon Tapes with the record's intro (stereo) edited on to omit Elliot Mintz' voiceover. After the intro, the audio becomes mono

17. Brian Epstein Blues (Lennon) Outtake
19 Jul 1968
Outtake (external) from "Sexy Sadie" session.

18. While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Harrison)
Take 1
25 Jul 1968
SS.WHI.07.01
Unedited take 1.

Unedit mix.

Sourced from "Unsurpassed Masters Vol. 7" where they used a dub of the master tape, but it is faded in after the playing has started, and the tape stops just before George says "Let's hear that back!". The only place to hear that is on the "Abbey Road Show 1983" bootlegs.

This is the same take as on "Anth3", but not the same mix.

19. (Medley) (unknown)

Hey Jude (Lennon/McCartney)
Take 7
30 Jul 1968
EMI Rehearsal.
Stereo

Las Vegas Tune (McCartney) Outtake
30 Jul 1968
EMI Rehearsal.
Stereo

St. Louis Blues (Handy)

The Beatles Outtake
30 Jul 1968
EMI Rehearsal.
Stereo

20. Not Guilty (Harrison)
Take 102
Unedited Stereo Mix
12 Aug 1968
Unedited stereo mix

21. What's The New Mary Jane (Lennon/McCartney)
Take 4
14 Aug 1968
EMI Take 4.

This is the edited and remixed in 1984 for SESSIONS album version.

22. Everyone Had A Hard Year (Lennon) Demo
Oct 1968
Early recording of what was later to become John's part of "I Got A Feeling".

23. Heather (McCartney)
Postcard Sessions
Nov 1968
A track recorded by Paul and Donovan and others during the making of Mary Hopkin "Post Card" album.

24. Don't Let Me Down (Lennon/McCartney)
Demo
Dec 1968
Demo Version 2.

25. Goodbye (Lennon/McCartney) Demo
Feb 1969
Paul non EMI demo.