Remastered 2005 at Remasters Workshop
from LP
This is a restoration of the famous Beatles bootleg "20 x 4" originally issued 1977 on Ruthless Rhymes JPGR 1177. (This album is also listed in "Eight Arms To Hold You" as being on Idle Mind 1176.) It was reissued in 1979 and 1981 on JPGR REMIME OBS-204 with the last track on Side 2 omitted, in lesser sound quality. The original pressing is very, very scarce.
There is a song on this album that was titled "Penny O'Dell" by the bootleggers, which was said to be from Paul McCartney's 1974 Nashville recording sessions. This is not the case. Track 7 is a monitor mix, recorded on a portable cassette deck, by a person sitting in the control room at The Soundshop in Nashville. During a lull in the playback, he quite clearly says "Kenny O'Dell." That's whose session it was. Who knows how it ended up on a Beatles bootleg? This song is called "Homecoming Queen", written by Kenny O'Dell and Larry Henley (of The Newbeats) and it was issued in 1972 on the B-side of the single "Lizzie And The Rain Man" on Kapp K-2178.
Note that there are four tracks here from the as-yet-unreleased "No. 3 Abbey Road NW8" - which would not show up for another two years.
Side One
01 Oh! Darling - outtake with alternate vocal tracks, from Abbey Road sessions. 7-18-69 Take 21
02 Peace Of Mind - dunno who this is. You decide!
03 Blackbird - Paul & Donovan, from Mary Hopkin session for "Post Card", Trident Studios, London, 11-68
04 Things We Said Today - from BBC "Top Gear", recorded 7-14-64 and aired 7-16-64
05 Help! - this sounds like a monitor mix from 4-13-65 Take 9. It might be a fake. It's never turned up on another bootleg.
06 Every Little Thing - a monitor mix from 9-24-64 Take 4. Also never turned up elsewhere.
07 Kenny O'Dell - Homecoming Queen (monitor mix) - from The Soundshop, Nashville, 1972
Side Two
08 Imagine - John Lennon, from "Salute To Sir Lew Grade", 6-13-75
09 I Love My Suit - Ringo with Harry Nilsson and Davy Jones. Soundtrack of 1977 Japan TV ad for "Simple Life" leisure suits
10 Bye Bye Love - George with Paul Simon, from "Saturday Night Live" rehearsal, 11-17-76
11 My Carnival - Wings, WVUE-TV (New Orleans) news clip, from Sea Saint Studios on 2-13-75
12 Heather - Paul & Donovan, from "The Post Card Tape" 11-68
13 Her Majesty - unedited recording, 7-2-69 Take 3
14 Nowhere To Go + I'd Have You Anytime - George with Bob Dylan, late 11-68 at Dylan's home in Woodstock, NY
15 Bluebird + Mama's Little Girl + Michelle + Heart Of The Country - outtake from "James Paul McCartney", 03-1973 (debut)
16 Hi Hi Hi / C Moon (promo ad) - Wings, recorded specially at Abbey Road and/or Olympic Studios 11-72