Re: What if...(Abbey Road/ Let It Be) ?

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
 "Magic Rat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> All the conversation about the original Spector/ Naked Let It Be albums
> sparked a thought.  A couple of months ago, there was an article in Goldmine
> based on the idea that the Rolling Stones released a triple album in 1970
> (ala All Things Must Pass).  So, here's my take on some alternate history:
> 
> What if most of the Let It Be album stayed in the can.  Instead, the Beatles
> returned to the studio to record some new songs to fill out the little that
> they had to work with?  Instead of getting side 2 of Abbey Road, we got a
> mis of the two albums looking something like this:
> 
> Side 1
> 
> Get Back
> Come Together
> Oh! Darling
> Old Brown Shoe
> Octopus' Garden
> I Want You (She's So Heavy)
> 
> Side 2
> 
> Across The Universe
> Here Comes The Sun
> Let It Be
> Something
> Don't Let Me Down
> The Long and Winding Road

I've put together a "What If" Beatles album from 1969 too, but with a 
different twist: What if the Get Back sessions, really DID kill the 
band, and after the sporadic recording petered out after April 1969, the 
band NEVER reformed to make Abbey Road? My take is that EMI, looking to 
"wrap up" the Beatles Era, recoup some of that paid-for studio time, and 
have one more Xmas cash-in, would have taken whatever was finished or 
near-finished in the vaults and released it as the Beatles' "final" LP.

Here's my proposed "final" Beatles LP (if they broke up before AR):

The Beatles: "All Things Must Pass" (plus Get Back and 12 other songs)
LP cover: the original Get Back parody idea - nice closure

SIDE ONE:

Two of Us
I've Got A Feeling
Something (GH demo)
Don't Let Me Down
Octopus' Garden (as on A3)
Old Brown Shoe
Across The Universe

SIDE TWO:

Get Back
Ballad of J&Y
For You Blue
Let It Be
All Things Must Pass (GH demo)
The Long And Winding Road
You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)

-- 
Sean Murdock
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

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