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The Beatles - The Twickenham Sessions (Disc 5) (1970)

Track listing:
  1. Two Of Us 1:48
  2. Baa Baa Black Sheep 3:57
  3. Don't Let Me Down 3:19
  4. Suzy Parker 2:22
  5. I've Got A Feeling 4:21
  6. No Pakistanis 4:08
  7. Let It Be 2:21
  8. Instrumental 5:47
  9. Penina 1:42
  10. Instrumental 0:38
  11. Across The Universe 1:06
  12. Tennessee 2:32
  13. Across The Universe 0:14
  14. House Of The Rising Sun 3:12
  15. Commonwealth Song 3:31
  16. Enoch Powell 0:24
  17. Get Off White Power 5:54
  18. Get Off White Power 3:01
  19. For You Blue 1:00
  20. For You Blue 2:48
  21. For You Blue 0:32
  22. Hitch Hike 0:35
  23. For You Blue 1:53
  24. For You Blue 2:39
  25. Let It Be 1:44
  26. That'll Be The Day 2:02
  27. I've Got A Feeling 1:50
  28. Jenny Jenny 0:42
  29. Slippin' And Slidin' 1:43
  30. Let It Be 3:50

Notes

TWICKENHAM SET DISC 5:
"DANCE STEPS LIKE THE SHADOWS"

Disc 5 continues with performances from January 9th.

In segment 1 of Disc 5, we are treated to the best possible sound quality of material that will be recognizable to those who owned the infamous Sweet Apple Trax LP. George, who is not very pleased with the idea of a live show at all, regardless of the venue, throws a jab as Paul talks about the stage and equipment set up, with his interjection that they still have to learn their dance steps "... like the Shadows".

Segment 2 seems to indicate that songs 9.57 & 9.58 in DDSI are mistakenly numbered. The tape for this disc reveals that the 9.56 version of "Get Back" flows through 2 different "Get Back"'s straight into 9.59. Only portions of this segment were on Sweet Apple Trax, and again, all segments are included here in the best available quality.

It begins with an early version of "No Pakistanis/Get Back". It should be noted that DDSI goes into wonderful detail about the origins of the subject matter of "No Pakistanis" (as well as that of "Commonwealth/Enouch Powell/Get Off" from Segment 3). To summarize, they all stem from the morning newspaper/TV reports about, and the reactions to, Parliament member Enoch Powell's re-patriotation movement (The sending back to their country of origin, all non-white citizens of the British Empire living on visas in England).

When the song ends, Michael asks Paul about "the one he was doing earlier", and Paul responds with a riff resembling the guitar part of "Let It Be". Paul goes on to say that it would be "nice after this one", implying that he would use the riff again in " ... Pakistanis". George, once again reprising his role as musical arranger for the band, says that "it would be great in that, but being that it's such a nice bit", Paul should use it elsewhere. This discussion is followed by a demonstration of the riff in question, some experimentation, and then a free-form jam loosely based on "Get Back".

Segment 3 offers not only an upgrade of previous Sweet Apple Trax material, it also offers previously unavailable run-throughs of "For You Blue". After a few oldies and some stream-of-consciousness jams, George finally gets the band's attention to tackle "For You Blue". The first attempt is cut short by Paul because he cannot hear George, but it is followed by a rather tight run through. A discussion about the arrangement of the tune takes p[ace as Paul continuously pounds out the bass line, Inevitably, the song starts again, but breaks down at the start of the first verse. Paul, however, keeps going. Soon they all fall back into a brief jam that a]most borders on morphing into "Mean Mr. Mustard"! Apparently Paul picks up on this as he advises "Let's pick and choose John ... must discrepenate"[sic]. George starts again (on acoustic), joined by Ringo and Paul. George stops, and is still discussing his choice of instruments as Paul begins doing an Elvis vocal goof.

Next is another example of the lack of respect George's material received from the others, especially John. George asks if they should perform other people's tunes as well as their own for the show. John says he doesn't know any and that he can hardly bare doing George's, " ... never mind strangers"'!. George comes back with a masked dig, saying that others' songs are "much better than ours"' to which Lennon replies "That's why I don't learn them!" With that, George starts again, while Paul continues voicing goofy lines over him. Any hope of a serious attempt is long gone.

Segment 4 offers a great deal of previously unavailable material, excepting small fragments which were "teased" on the vinyl Code Name Russia, or which appeared on the Orange CD series Rockin' Movie Stars. This segment features a number of "Let It Be" performances. The musical arrangement finds Paul on piano and John on bass, with the recording mixed under and over conversations picked up by Michael's "spy mikes". John is clearly not pleased about having to play bass, and he restlessly rifts through all sorts of oldies. After John's order to "get on your fucking instruments", Ringo and George finally join in during the "Jenny Jenny" medley. This eventually leads to a group attempt at "Let It Be".