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The Beatles - File Under: Beatles (1970)

Track listing:
  1. Come And Get It 1:46
  2. Shake, Rattle & Roll 2:03
  3. Leave My Kitten Alone 2:46
  4. I'm So Tired 2:17
  5. Not Fade Away 2:51
  6. I Me Mine 1:42
  7. Third Man Theme 1:50
  8. Bad To Me 1:27
  9. Christmastime Is Here Again 6:40
  10. Goodbye 2:09
  11. Blue Suede Shoes 2:44
  12. If You've Got Troubles 1:47
  13. Negro In Reserve 0:45
  14. That Means A Lot 2:06
  15. Get Back 2:55
  16. One After 909 2:46
  17. I Dig A Pony 3:55
  18. Dialogue 3:25

Notes


from original vinyl

From the EMI 1976 Boardroom Tapes

1) Paul's demo Jul 24 1969
2, 4, 5, 7, 11 & 13, 15, 17 & 18) Get Back sessions Jan. 1969
3) Take 4, flase start
6) Let It Be Jan 1970
8) John's Demo
9) Nov 28 1967
10) Paul's Demo Nov - Dec 1968
12 & 14) Help sessions Feb - Mar 1965
16) Mar 5 1963

From "The battle to release Beatles studio outtakes" by DinsdaleP:

While all this was going on, EMI executives first dipped their toes into the uncharted waters of unreleased Beatles studio material. According to one employee, EMI "listened to all the material that had not been released". Considering what they came up with, this statement is laughable, unless we take it very literally. Apparently they only considered song titles which hadn't been released, ignoring four hundred hours or so of rehearsals, demos, alternate takes, arrangements, and mixes of familiar songs. So their initial skimpy research only came up with about ten titles considered worthy of attention. According to Mark Lewisohn, EMI "began doing in-house compilation cassettes" of this material - one of which found its way into private collectors' hands by late 1978. The tape was played in 1980 at a Beatles convention, and eventually released on a bootleg entitled File Under: Beatles.

The material was all apparently dubbed directly from the session tapes, with no attempts at remixing or editing, and was more of a rough assembly of potential songs for a Beatles outtake LP. The titles were as follows:

Leave My Kitten Alone
a new discovery
One After 909
probably considered only because they were startled to find a 1963 recording of a 1970 release
If You've Got Troubles
the long rumored Ringo outtake, presumed to be from Rubber Soul
Christmas Time (Is Here Again!)
the full 6:39 take 1 of music only
That Means A Lot
also thought to be a Rubber Soul outtake
Come And Get It
another new find; Paul's demo for Badfinger, though as late as 1985 EMI thought Ringo played on
it too
Rip It Up / Shake Rattle And Roll
one of many rumored oldies recorded in Jan 1969
Not Fade Away / Bo Diddley
another oldies medley from Jan 69
and an alternate take of Dig A Pony from 23 Jan 69
a strange choice, considering how close this take sounds to the released version

Shalom Records (GN 70075-1) 1983 issue