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The Beatles - Revolution (1970)

Track listing:
  1. Mellotron Music No. 1 1:33
  2. Girl 2:07
  3. We Can Work It Out / Lucy From Littletown 2:47
  4. Michelle 1:00
  5. We Can Work It Out 2:15
  6. It's Not Too Bad (Demo #1) 0:49
  7. It's Not Too Bad (Demo #2) 1:18
  8. It's Not Too Bad (Demo #3) 1:28
  9. Good Morning, Good Morning 1:04
  10. Mellotron Music No. 2 0:31
  11. Revolution 3:30
  12. Across The Universe (Hums Wild) 3:54
  13. Revolution 9 7:48
  14. Mellotron Music No. 3 0:24
  15. Julia (Demo) 3:23
  16. Stranger In My Arms 3:37
  17. Revolution 1 23:41
  18. Hey Jude (Tv David Frost Show) 7:11
  19. Revolution (Tv David Frost Show) 3:26

Notes

1. Mellotron Music No. 1 (Lennon)
Demo
May 1968
May 68 John's home demo

2. Girl (Lennon/McCartney)
Mix
Nov 1965
Nov 65 Monitor mix

3. (Medley) (unknown)
(unidentified)
(date unknown)


We Can Work It Out (Lennon/McCartney)

Demo
Oct 1965
Paul's demo
Lucy From Littletown (Lennon)

Home Recording
Sep 1965
John's poem recorded over Paul's demo of WE CAN WORK IT OUT

4. Michelle (Lennon/McCartney)
Instrumental Demo
Sep 1965
Paul's instrumental demo

5. We Can Work It Out (Lennon/McCartney)
Take 2
20 Oct 1965
SS.PM1.02.02
Prior to vocals and harmonium overdubs.

Single-tracked vocal

6. It's Not Too Bad (Lennon/McCartney)
Demo
Sep 1966
John's demo #1 of "It's Not Too Bad"

7. It's Not Too Bad (Lennon/McCartney)
Demo
Sep 1966
John's demo #2 of "It's Not Too Bad"

8. It's Not Too Bad (Lennon/McCartney)
Demo
Sep 1966
John's demo #3 of "It's Not Too Bad"

9. Good Morning Good Morning (Lennon/McCartney)
Home Recording
Demo
Feb 1967

10. Mellotron Music No. 2 (Lennon)
Demo
May 1968

11. Revolution (Lennon/McCartney)
(unidentified)
10 Jul 1968

12. Across The Universe (Lennon/McCartney)
Take 8
RM2 ('Hums Wild')
8 Feb 1968
SS.PM2.13.08.RM2
An alternate mix with the extracts of the ' Hums Wild' Sounds effect recorded on the 04 Feb 1968 edited in. No Orchestration or Animal Sounds at this stage .
The take on some discs is preceeded by John saying "You're right, Richie" and two exhales.

In stereo (fake stereo or another version ?)

13. Revolution 9 (Lennon/McCartney)
Alternate Mix
Jun 1968
Rough mix from acetate

14. Mellotron Music No. 3 (Lennon)
Demo
MAY 1968

15. Julia (Lennon/McCartney)
Home Recording
Demo
1968

16. Stranger In My Arms (unknown)
Home Recording
Demo
May 1968

17. Revolution 1 (Lennon/McCartney)
Take 20
4 Jun 1968
Recorded on June 4, 1968. Yoko Ono's personal experiences and observations taped during an overdub and playback session at EMI, which resulted in a rough mono mix of Take 20.

18. Hey Jude (Lennon/McCartney)
TV
David Frost Show
4 Sep 1968

19. Revolution (Lennon/McCartney)
TV
David Frost Show
4 Sep 1968