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The Beatles - The Twickenham Sessions (Disc 3) (1970)

Track listing:
  1. Revolution 0:56
  2. Be-Bop-A-Lula 1:52
  3. Somethin' Else 1:33
  4. School Days (Ring Ring Goes The Bell) 0:24
  5. She Came In Through The Bathroom Window 0:19
  6. F.B.I. 0:33
  7. She Came In Through The Bathroom Window 3:17
  8. Improvisation - Honey Hush 4:07
  9. Honey Hush 0:18
  10. Stand By Me 2:20
  11. Hare Krishna Mantra 2:28
  12. Two Of Us 3:08
  13. You Got Me Going 0:59
  14. Don't Let Me Down 3:13
  15. I've Got A Feeling 3:34
  16. The One After 909 3:34
  17. Too Bad About Sorrows 0:36
  18. Just Fun 3:14
  19. She Said She Said 0:33
  20. She Came In Through The Bathroom Window 1:54
  21. One Way Out 3:34
  22. All Things Must Pass 2:17
  23. All Things Must Pass 1:32
  24. Mean Mr Mustard 4:37
  25. All Things Must Pass 4:29
  26. Fools Like Me 1:46
  27. You Win Again 1:42
  28. Improvisation 1:17
  29. She Came In Through The Bathroom Window 1:46
  30. Jam 1:29
  31. I Me Mine 2:13
  32. Sweet Little Sixteen 0:13
  33. Malaguea 1:35
  34. Almost Grown 0:56
  35. What Am I Living For? 2:42
  36. Rock And Roll Music 1:29
  37. I Me Mine 1:47
  38. I Me Mine 1:36

Notes

TWICKENHAM SET DISC 3:
"COME ON HARRISON, LIFT US OUT OF THIS MYRRH"

This third CD of the set again features many songs that never appeared on bootleg vinyl. Those that have surfaced (in bits formerly found on Watching Rainbows, From A Whisper, and Almost Grown) appear here in superior quality.

The disc opens with the winding down of the Jan 7th sessions; a flurry of oldies and improvisations, capped off with a rather decent performance of "Bathroom Window".

The 8th is the one day that George and Ringo beat Paul to the studios. but the first segment here is the daily, sacrificial, oldies warm-up. Pleased with their run through of "Two Of Us" (a portion of which can be seen in the movie), they then turn in strong performances of "Don't Let Me Down", "I've Got A Feeling" and " ... 909". Paul then solicits requests as to what to rehearse next.

At this point it seems that the DDSI tape did not include a number of performances prior to the "8.21-All Things Must Pass".

Ringo wishes to do "Bathroom Window", and this is met with the bass line, drum pattern, and some singing of the tune. Paul continues on, turning the bass line into something similar to "One Way Out" (a song popularized by the Allman Bros). More tuning and doodling follows, with the group seeming to focus around a specific, yet unidentified tune, John asks Paul how he gets that tone and swirling effect. Paul tells him to use the Leslie, or that he could get the same effect by shaking his head! Paul restarts the same unknown tune, this time singing undecipherable words! George wants to tape, and Glyn replies that he should have a machine in, hopefully, five minutes. Paul continues with the same number, which seems familiar to Ringo, and even George joins in on the vocals! ("... with anyone, I want to roam alone, she fell in love, ... la-la-la la-la ...") and then we finally get to (song 8.21 in DDSI), "All Things Must Pass".

The disc moves on to a segment that was prominently featured on the Watching Rainbows LP, however it appears here in master quality! It features a diversion b+." John into "Mean Mr. Mustard" and a complete version of "All Things Must Pass" with John on piano.

Next up is a previously unavailable bit, which includes the teaching of "I Me Mine" to the band (this is most likely the missing first part of DDSI song 8.39). We then jump ahead to another diversion of rambling oldies in the middle of the "I Me Mine" rehearsals, as the band waits for recording equipment to be set up. The disc ends with a few more attempts at George's number, in which he accuses Ringo of "doin' the 'McArthur Park' thing again".

It should be noted here that later in the afternoon on the 8th, a long, intense discussion about the live show takes place. Despite Paul and George re-affirming Ringo's wish about not traveling abroad earlier in the sessions, it seems now that they will be traveling after all. The show idea has grown into the band taking a voyage on a boat filled with British fans to some exotic destination. John, unlike previous conversations, is very vocal in his approval of such an excursion. Ringo really doesn't want to go; he'd rather do the show in England, but he doesn't outright refuse. Paul is enthused, not just by the idea, but by the fact that it looks like they are finally close to a group decision. George hates the idea, and argues against it, from both a personal and a practical perspective. Ringo, too, is still trying to talk them out of it. They are all asked to sleep on it, so they can make their plans the following day.