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The Beatles - The Twickenham Sessions (Disc 4) (1970)

Track listing:
  1. Dialogue 2:35
  2. Another Day Instrumental 5:32
  3. Castle Of The King Of The Birds 0:54
  4. Let It Be 0:38
  5. The Long And Winding Road 6:17
  6. Let It Be 3:45
  7. Her Majesty 2:03
  8. Golden Slumbers 4:46
  9. Carry That Weight 2:58
  10. The Long And Winding Road 2:44
  11. The Long And Winding Road 2:58
  12. The Long And Winding Road 2:34
  13. Oh! Darling 2:28
  14. Instrumental 2:33
  15. Instrumental 5:33
  16. Castle Of The King Of The Birds 4:05
  17. For You Blue 3:09
  18. For You Blue 2:22
  19. For You Blue 3:05
  20. For You Blue 1:01
  21. For You Blue 0:37
  22. For You Blue 1:49
  23. For You Blue 7:39
  24. Improvisation 1:41

Notes

TWICKENHAM SET DISC 4:
"THE THING THAT'S UP AHEAD"

Despite the bitter arguing about the live show plans that ended the previous days sessions, January 9th seems to be one of the most enjoyable days musically, for both the band and the listeners of this set.

As is his usual style, Paul is the first to arrive, and he bides his time until the others stroll in by journeying through the Macca song catalogue. The instrumental that follows "Another Day" is very "Rupert"-like. Next up is a smidgen of "Let It Be", followed by "The Long And Winding Road". DDSI's tape cut out after only 00:47 of the latter, and the authors concluded that Paul was playing these abridged versions simply to show off. This 4th disc presents for the first time, however, the full segment of this tune with a running time of over 6 minutes! From it, we learn a few interesting new details.

Ringo arrives during this performance and is greeted by Paul with "Goodnight!" - an obvious reference to Ringo's continued struggle with the bands early daytime schedule. While still playing on. Paul jokingly tells Ringo that they're doing the show on a farm in Scotland. "What? What?" shouts Ringo in mock anger, and Paul responds reassuringly with "Just joking, we're doing the show on a farm in Yugoslavia". As the song continues, Mal, who has been acting as scribe through out this entire "songbook" segment, suggests lyrics as Ringo harmonizes along.

Another highlight of this disc is the first presentation of the FULL segment of what would years later turn into "King Of The Birds". In DDSI, the performance is listed rather unceremoniously as "9.14 instrumental" and "9.15 instrumental"; a "ponderous, airy piano instrumental" and an "instrumental improvisation" which has Ringo "unsuccessfully trying to find a beat". This FULL segment (which runs over 9:00) begins with George's arrival. Paul starts this "Rupert" theme music, and plays solo for about three minutes, after which he is joined by Ringo, and the two continue to play for another six! Sections of this improvisation are actually quite good, with Ringo and Paul locking into each other's groove.

This disc also features, following Paul's number, an extended "For You Blue" workshop that begins after John has arrived. Obviously in reference to the show discussions of yesterday, John asks "What's the score?" George responds with nonsense more typical of Lennon.