Assembled from the finest quality master tapes available, "From Kinfauns To Chaos" documents an ending and a beginning, the end of the Beatles as a cohesive assemblage, and the beginning of John and Yoko as a collective unit. This two - CD set features the most complete, best sounding version to date of the May, 1968 "White Album" demos recorded at George's "Kinfauns" Bungalow on disc one. Disc Two highlights a june, 1968 mixing session for the "slow" version of "Revolution", "Revolution #1".
Disc 1:
1. Julia
recorded in a higher key and features the verses in a different order
2. Blackbird
features a double-tracked vocal, no break, natural bird sounds and a slightly slower pace than the studio version
3. Rocky Raccoon
this early version is significantly shorter lacking the opening and closing verses
4. Back In The USSR
lacks the final verse "show me round your snow peaked mountains"
5. Honey Pie
this version also appeared on Anthology 3 in excellent stereo but missing the final verse
6. Mother Nature's Son
lacks the picked intro of the finished version
7. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
Paul occasionally loses time when he double tracked his vocal but this an otherwise spirited take. Not surprisingly this version is closer in feel to the Sessions version than the finished take
8. Junk
appeared on Anthology 3 in stereo but lacking some guitar bits and vocals heard here
9. Dear Prudence
John lets out a "whoops!" as he flubs his double track vocal and finishes with a spoken outro
10. Sexy Sadie
features an undeveloped ending
11. Cry Baby Cry
lacks the "cry baby cry" intro and has a different ending
12. Child Of Nature
earliest incarnation of "Jealous Guy" - an early highlight of the Lost Lennon tapes radio series
13. Te Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill
animal noises courtesy of the other Beatles
14. 'm So Tired
with an extra spoken passage: "when I hold you in your arms"
15. Yer Blues
some early lyrics of note here: John is only "insecure" here an not "suicidal" like Dylan's Mr. Jones
16. Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
lyrically the same but otherwise completely different in feel
17. What's The New Mary Jane
what's noteworthy is that there's a demo for this song at all
18. Revolution
lacks the "you say you'll change the constitution" verse
19. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
features alternate early lyrics
20. Circles
George dug this one up 14 years later for his Gone Troppo LP
21. Sour Milk Sea
George gave this to Jackie Lomax to record for one of Apple's first releases
22. Not Guilty
George only waited 11 years to get back to this one on his George Harrison LP
23. Piggies
piggies "cut their porkchops" instead of "eat their bacon" here
Disc 2:
June 4th 1968
This is a tape of Yoko making personal notes and comments, and in the background you can hear The Beatles recording.