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The Beatles - The Alternate Abbey Road (1970)

Track listing:
  1. Come Together (Take1) 3:40
  2. Something (Take 37) 3:18
  3. Maxwell's Silver Hammer (Early Mix) 3:36
  4. Oh! Darling (Early Version) 3:27
  5. Octopus's Garden (Take 32) 2:49
  6. I Want You (She's So Heavy) (Mono Mix) 7:46
  7. Here Comes The Sun (Mono Mix) 3:05
  8. Because (Take 16) 2:14
  9. You Never Give Me Your Money (Unreleased Take) 5:46
  10. Sun King (Early Mix) 2:36
  11. Mean Mister Mustard (Mono Mix) 1:06
  12. Polythene Pam (Mono Mix) 1:18
  13. She Came In Through The Bathroom Window (Mono Mix) 1:53
  14. Golden Slumbers (Early Take) 1:33
  15. Carry That Weight (Early Take) 1:40
  16. The End (Early Instrumental Mix) 2:00
  17. Her Majesty (Take 3) 0:25
  18. Maxwell's Silver Hammer (Take 5) 3:42
  19. Octopus's Garden (Take 2) 2:49
  20. Come And Get It (Demo) 2:28
  21. Ain't She Sweet (Jam) 2:05
  22. Something (Demo) 2:59
  23. Old Brown Shoe (Demo) 3:01
  24. All Things Must Pass (Demo) 3:03
  25. The End (Take 7) 3:01

Notes

1. Come Together
Take 1
21 Jul 1969
Taken from Anthology 3

2. Something
Take 37
Reduction Mix
11 Jul 1969
As found on Unsurpassed Masters Vol. 5 (Yellow Dog YD 005) or No3 Abbey Road NW8 (Vigotone VT-116).

3. Maxwell's Silver Hammer
Take 21
RS13
9 Jul 1969
As found on Unsurpassed Masters Vol. 5 (Yellow Dog YD 005) or No3 Abbey Road NW8 (Vigotone VT-116).

Presented by the liner notes as an early mix, this version is known as Take 21 RS13 (it is however in mono, possibly presenting only one channel ?)

Date of the original recording for Take 21 (later overdubbed) taken from "The Beatles Recording Sessions" by Mark Lewisohn (1988).

4. Oh! Darling
Take Unknown
26 Apr 1969
Unknown take (take 26+overdubs ? Take 26 RS1 ?).

Probably from 26 Apr 1969.

As found on Unsurpassed Masters Vol. 5 (Yellow Dog YD 005) or No3 Abbey Road NW8 (Vigotone VT-116).

5. Octopus's Garden
Take 32
26 Apr 1969
As found on Unsurpassed Masters Vol. 5 (Yellow Dog YD 005) or No3 Abbey Road NW8 (Vigotone VT-116).

6. I Want You (She's So Heavy)
Regular
Fake Mono
22 Feb 1969
This is the regular CV version transformed in mono !

7. (Medley)

Here Comes The Sun
Regular
Fake Mono
7 Jul 1969
This is the regular CV version transformed in mono !

Because
Take 16
Vocal Track
1 Aug 1969
Vocals only version as on "No 3 Abbey Road NW8" (Vigotone VT 116).

You Never Give Me Your Money
Take 30
6 May 1969
W/ extended jam at the end

8. (Medley)

Sun King
Take 35
RS2
24 Jul 1969
RS2 on 30 Jul 1969.

Mean Mr. Mustard
Take 35
RS2
24 Jul 1969
Some rumours say it's the regular CV transformed in mono, but a safer guess (Tilleul) is that it's probably Take 35 RS2 (RS2 from 30 Jul 1969).

Polythene Pam
Take 40
RS2
28 Jul 1969
SS.AR.12.40.RS2
Some rumours say it's the regular CV transformed in mono, but a safer guess (Tilleul) is that it's probably Take 40 RS2 (RS2 from 30 Jul 1969).

She Came In Through The Bathroom Window
Take 40
RS2
28 Jul 1969
SS.AR.13.40.RS2
Some rumours say it's the regular CV transformed in mono, but a safer guess (Tilleul) is that it's probably Take 40 RS2 (RS2 from 30 Jul 1969).

9. (Medley)

Golden Slumbers
Take 13
2 Jul 1969
As on Artifacts I

Carry That Weight
Take 13
2 Jul 1969
As on Artifacts I

10. The End
Take 7
RS1
23 Jul 1969
RS1 on 30 Jul 1969

11. Her Majesty
Take 3
2 Jul 1969
SS.AR.17.03
Take 3 features a final chord that was mixed out on the released version (RS1)

12. Maxwell's Silver Hammer
Take 5
9 Jul 1969
Taken from Anthology 3

13. Octopus's Garden
Take 2
26 Apr 1969
Taken from Anthology 3

14. Come And Get It
Demo
24 Jul 1969
Taken from anthology 3

15. Ain't She Sweet
Jam
24 Jul 1969
SS.ETC.28
From Anthology 3

16. Something
Demo
25 Feb 1969
Taken from Anthology 3

17. Old Brown Shoe
Demo
25 Feb 1969
From Anthology 3

18. All Things Must Pass
Demo
25 Feb 1969
SS.ETC.26
From Anthology 3

19. The End
Take 7
Jul-Aug 1969
From Anthology 3 (New mix for Anthology)