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  • This is one of my favorite songs. Read what the real hidden messages in beatles song were. google truth contest and click on The Present and go to the beatles section.

  • Wtf? Just checking Apple's artists and decided listening to the first one I saw. good shit indeed

  • Actually, this really could be: The Beatles -- featuring a "new" singer Jackie Lomax. Recorded around the time of the "White Album?" When things were grim. Could it be the other Beatles were "auditioning" Lomax as a possible Lennon replacement? I'm just asking the question. By the way, Ringo's drums are brilliant, as is Nicky Hopkins' piano. This is a lost killer "Beatles" track -- with a hat tip to Jackie Lomax. I think he did a fine job. Take Lennon's place? Mmm not sure.

  • @lastrada52 No, John would never have been booted out. Paul and George were both nearly replaced (by Klaus and Eric Clapton respectively) because they couldn't get on with each other. It would make no sense for them to decide they were going to try it without John, because the problem was Paul. Also, they needed John's songwriting abilities.

  • @tomwantshelp - Do you think the The Beatle name would have meant anything if 2 -- Paul & George were booted? What you say is feasible. But I don't think the logic came from Lennon. Maybe a "management" decision. On paper = great. Reality = a disaster. The Beatles were "magic" together. Not even Ringo could have been replaced. Van Halen could replace David Lee Roth & The Who "could" replace Keith Moon. But not The Beatles. Each one "was" a "Beatle." It's too bad it had to happen.

  • @lastrada52 They wouldn't have got rid of BOTH of them, only one. When George left during the Get Back sessions, John proposed making Clapton a Beatle if he didn't return in a few days. It was also proposed that the other three would abandon Paul and form a band with Klaus on bass.

    In any case, the Beatle name would mean nothing without Lennon (it could have withstood George leaving, maybe they could have credibly continued without Paul) because it was his band.

  • @tomwantshelp - That makes sense. I remember that era when George walked out on those sessions. I liked all four Beatles -- but I believe George came closest to a true Beatle sound on some of his solo tracks. With Paul, to my ears -- only "Maybe I'm Amazed," "Everynight," and "No More Lonely Nights," ever sounded Beatlesque to me. Until -- he created "Dance Tonight," that was clever -- but it seemed like an "answer" to George's "I Got My Mind Set On You" video. Do you agree?

  • @tomwantshelp - YouTube doesn't allow for lots of character space -- though they are more generous than most. I would add McCartney's "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" to that list of Beatle-like songs he did solo. But, with the possibility of Lennon giving him some shit about it. I doubt The Beatles would have done "Jet" and many of those Band On the Run tracks. It just doesn't sound...Beatles to me -- as a band effort. (Just an opinion).

  • George and Paul both produced different tracks on the first non Beatle - Apple release

  • Just met Jackie tonight. Great guy, check out his website. He's playing shows near LA coming up New Year's!

  • This whole album is a gem, and at the affordable re-issue price, pretty hard to pass up. I recommend checking THIS guy out. Peace Jack xxx.

  • Man, this is just fucking awesome...

    Love ringo's drumming in this.

  • Thanks for posting this masterpiece. I'm certainly not going to get involved with any Beatle discussion. This is, and always has been, one of my top 3 favorite records of all time, since I first heard it about 40 years ago. To me, it doesn't matter so much who did what...the combination of the arrangement, the work of all the true musicians playing together, and the really unique vocal sound of Jackie Lomax makes this song so tremendous.

  • Yeah this the one...swing out...yeah...music forever lives...Ev`rything swings here,,,

  • this song would have been better on the white album with harrison singing lead

  • always reminds me of george's other work, savoy truffle.

  • @hfield07 Hi5 me too

  • does anybody know if George played the second half of the solo that seems lower in volume than the first half? it seems more like his playing than clapton. It repeats around the 3:13 mark

  • @lupica747 totally agree..,.certainly isn't Clapton style so that leaves George. and the tone is Georgeish...

  • @lupica747 The second part is George, Trust me.

    

  • For 43 yrs.I thought it was Klaus Vourmann on bass-who knows?

  • At any given time on any given day, someone somewhere is arguing about the Beatles...

  • In addition to Jackie Lomax, the single features George Harrison and Eric Clapton on guitars, Paul McCartney on bass, Ringo Starr on drums, and Nicky Hopkins on piano The song is notable for being among the few non-Beatles songs to feature at least three members of the band. wow

  • this was George's answer to 'Get Back.' It is basically a commercial for the Maharishi and TM ... 'very simple process takes you there ... ' George and Eric Clapton played guitar on the track and much of the album, "Is This What You Want?" By far, the best non-Beatle album on Apple ... a close second would be James Taylor...who, as far as I'm concerned, never matched the Apple album.

  • For some reason this song kind of reminds me of Savoy Truffle? very harrison

  • @DetroitJJ Truly "underground" radio, playing music that you would never hear anywhere else. The FM stations that cropped up afterwards were merely cheap imitations. How about Dan Carlisle? When I moved to the Bay Area, I discovered him working on another great station, KSAN. Then one day, without warning to anyone (staff included) they went CW!

  • fantastic!

  • @DetroitJJ WABX!

  • This song gives me spinals

  • I'm so pissed off about this, not only is this one of the best harrison tracks EVER, this exceeds virtually everything mccartney has ever done. I would love to know who elected paul leader to decide this wasn't beatle worthy, I want a face I can punch to make this right. this should have been a beatle song, and now I'll never hear a decent version with george on vocals, that's not fair to george, that's not fair to me and that's not fair to everyone else with a set of ears.

  • @ledZeppelin7680

    Yes, it's a great song, but come on, it hardly exceeds much of what McCartney has ever done (rolling eyes).  Blame John for insisting on including that 9 minute waste of time he and Ono farted out called Revolution #9.

  • @BrownBrown90 pretty much everything paul does is children's music, and he's always been so proud of that. and the entire group was involved with revolution 9. it was just another one of their backmasking gimmicks, it wasn't a song, it was a product.

  • @ledZeppelin7680 :O its not children's music!.. I love all his songs. get back, let it be, i've just seen a face, eleanor rigby, the list goes on and on! :)) ....And Paul wasn't involved with revolution 9, it was just john, george, and yoko.. I also wouldn't say it was a gimmick, it was what they felt was art at the time.. they were proud of it and felt they were being innovative...even though personally i'm not a big fan...and I think it's scary as hell :S

  • @tar1424 paul played organ on the song, and ringo did backwards percussion. it was a gimmick like a lot of their stuff was, the difference is this is one of the few times where paul wasn't the one coming up with the corporate bullshit. his music was and always will be children's music.

  • @ledZeppelin7680 mccartenys children music??? sorry your wrong. paul had the most talent and could play all the instruments. he wrote some their best songs. 

  • @BEARARMZ you're* you know, I gather you don't fully understand the situation right now, but imagine my amusement when I call his music children's music, and then children like you argue that it isn't.

  • @ledZeppelin7680 paul was ahead of his time if you actually look up some stuff. he wanted to make an electronic version of yesterday. he introduced john to activisism about the vietnam war. he is a genius

  • @BEARARMZ LMAO half the planet was apposed to the vietnam war, and you're trying to tell me paul was the only person around who knew what activism was?he ''wanted'' to make an electronic version of yesterday? really now, well I ''want'' to end all cruelty to animals but somehow I don't think that'll be winning me any nobel prizes.

  • @ledZeppelin7680 lame. i said mccartney not the whole world. because of paul, john went into his whole "rebelious " phase. look up yesterday, yes he did want to make an electronic version of yesterday. idk how that would sound but its true. paul could make commercial and non commmercial songs.mccartney came up with alot of ideas including sgt peppers, he was the best beatle

  • @BEARARMZ LMAO, and I suppose john was just a goodie two shoes when he was running around liverpool fighting people, drinking excessively, fucking random women and smashing mail boxes. john was always opposed to conformity, and growing up in england during the 40's, how can you not be anti war? citing something somebody ''wanted'' to do as an achievement is honestly the most moronic thing I've ever heard.

  • woulda been great to hear an angsty lead lennon vocal on this-

  • @kangalic Absolutely! Unfortunately John wasn't feeling like he wanted to be part of things at this point in time. This would have been a great Beatle song...

  • this whole album is good by any standards, great production ( I have the vinyl) good songs, name backing, a good outing from Harrison at this period !

  • wow... paul mccartney, george harrison, ringo starr, eric clapton & nicky hopkins... what a backing group...

  • It's a good song.

    

  • not bad.

  • It would have been great to hear a Harrison vocal with this great backing track. The Lomax vocal is fine, but it's mixed too loud.

  • sounds like savoy truffle a little to me. even though its not by the beatles it still sounds like them with different singer.(probably because it is)

  • Interesting how this sounds as much like "Between The Buttons"-era Stones as it does the Beatles. Maybe Hopkins played on that too, I don't remember....

  • @narozzz

    It's very likely

  • This is about as bad as it gets with 1960's failures. What were they thinking with those vocals lol. Ok playing by good players but a lot of effort into something that just doesn't work.

  • This sounds more than a little like Savoy Truffle.

  • Damn! Just heard this great "obscurity" on Pandora for the first time in over 40 years! Forgot this great "amalgam" of the best of the best existed! I well remember the debut of this Lomax tune and haven't heard it even once since then-- 'till now. 40+ years done and gone along with all the great tunes of the times! This is like from another lifetime! Thanks for posting this great rarity--but makes me feel old!

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  • this isn't that bad. Although Georges is better. ( In my opinion) :)

  • Jackie, thanks for being YOU:) And thank you also for the great music....happy new year xx

  • George Harrison song...with a dream teamJackie Lomax singer/rythm guitar

    George Harrisson rythm guitar

    Eric Clapton lead guitar

    Paul McCartney bass

    Nicky Hopkins Piano

    Ringo Starr Drum

  • Jackie Lomax singer/rythm guitar

    George Harrisson rythm guitar

    Eric Clapton lead guitar

    Paul McCartney bass

    Nicky Hopkins Piano

    Ringo Starr Drum

    Dream team, awesome song

  • This is so much better than The Beatles outtake version.

  • @bryang1105 That's because the Beatles never took it in the studio for professional recording. The only known outtake is the Esher demo from 1968.

  • This couldn't possibly sound more like Savoy Truffle.

  • @randomartist01 I agree!

  • @randomartist01 they're practically identical twins

  • THIS SONG WAS WRITTEN BY GEORGE HARRISON AND DOES IN FACT HAVE CLAPTON AND HARRISON AND OTHERS ON THE ORIGINAL STUDIO VERSION.....

  • I bought this 45 in October 1968 purely on a lark - never heard it before - took it home and the first play lit me up like a Christmas tree - wore the record out within a year, and I'm now on my third copy. Getting pummelled by Eric and George side by side is such a joy - Eric really puts on a clinic here - and the whole band is getting off too! It's too bad the Beatles never worked this tune up the way this all-star crew did!

  • @slant40 well....anything of Harrisons lennon & McCartney dreaded doing (based on interview and books I have read) I

  • Harrison should have given this song to Janis Joplin or Joe Cocker.

    Would have been a hit.

  • Eric and George sharing the guitar solo spot!

    Good place to compare their repective styles.

  • pretty awful compared to george's vocals.

  • Paul, Ringo, Eric.. And George's tune.. Classic set-up! Soon on CD, yay!

  • this was written by george

  • this is such a good song, too bad it never got as popular as it should have. A forgotten gem. can't wait to hear it remastered on apple this oct.

  • Thankyou for posting..

  • You can't beat this time period for music.

  • What a cool song! Aside from the Beatles, Badfinger are the only other Apple band that I like. I may have to pick up the Lomax album they're reissuing. Apple sure had quite a roster!

  • @Jethrofinger Agreed. The Beatles and Badfinger (and a bit of Mary Hopkin) are the only bands on the apple I really dig. I've recently gotten into this song, and I just love it to pieces! Great voice.

  • I think it is more alike the Harrison song "What You Value"

  • Oh snap! Thanks for posting. And Nicky's piano work here is right off the same vine as his work on the Stones' "Jigsaw Puzzle."

  • pinche rola beatleeeeeeeeeee¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ esta fantastica no tiene madres¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ si checan se escucha en 2 voz al Harrison y la bataquita de Ringo a toda madre¡¡¡¡¡

  • This is as close to a "lost" Beatles song as you're going to get. Harrison (first) and Clapton (second) both do solos on this. Ringo is drumming. Paul is on bass. Piano Nicky Hopkins. Can you IMAGINE being at this session???

    Notice at the end Lomax is going "get back, get back . . . you don't belong" . . .

    Now where have I heard that before?

    You gotta wonder if that was swimming around in McCartney's head subconsciously . . . and a few months later . . .

  • Reminds me a little of "Savoy Truffle".

  • @jimberrier come to think of it...you made a good point....throw some saxophones in there and you would have a companion tune to Savoy truffle

  • why ,,Apple``??

    is jackie after the produce of apple????i dont know....

  • @mamahyperplasie what...?  He's on the Apple record label

  • @Housemaster

    i think before.sour milk sea is earlyer than apple(sorry im german`)

  • @mamahyperplasie

    why? 

  • george harrison's legacy lives on!

  • @morevolume I think Harrison is the most "cool" rock star ever......the way he speaks, carries himself, the 120 room mansion etc

  • The whole album will be released on cd later this year! Yeah!

  • Great Song, I heard the Beatles Demo, this is much better, I never heard this version before , I will look up the album version on Youtube later

  • PERSONNEL:

    Jackie Lomax - vocal

    George Harrison - guitar, guide or backing vocal

    Paul McCartney - bass

    Ringo Starr - drums

    Eric Clapton - lead guitar

    Nicky Hopkins - keyboard

    Eddie Clayton - percussion

  • @onlyonesecret1 and harrison as producer

  • Eric is playing the first solo and George is playing the second solo.

  • Quite the backing band this guy's got... He must've fainted when they signed him :-)

  • you dont belong there.......yes,its like get back!!!!

  • @mamahyperplasie I've wondered as well if this wasn't the inspiration for Get Back.

  • @riverdale999 "Get back" was written around a session jam, and George Harrison threw in a couple lines. hence the similar lyrics.

  • @riverdale999

    yo!

  • Como encuentro parecido entre Richard Ashcroft y Jackie Lomax.

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  • Thank you for posting - best sound quality version of this on yourtube. Never realized Clapton, Preston, McCartney etc. were on this until today. Oddly enough the single version has a whole different band (I was told).

  • @stans06 It's actually Nicky Hopkins ("Revolution" and IMAGINE). Not Preston. If it were Preston that early on, can you imagine how much easier the Get Back sessions would have been from the beginning?

  • @darkhoarse820 The sessions' frictions were dramatized, if you've seen the cutting room floor stuff the lads were stoned and happy.

  • No, the album version was different. What you're hearing is the single version, cut at Abbey Road with Harrison, Clapton, McCartney, Ringo, and Nicky Hopkins. However, Harrison decided to take Lomax to LA to finish the record. They did re-record "Sour Milk Sea" with LA musicians, but subsequent reissues replaced the album version with the single version, which I think is actually better, I always thought the album version was quite dull.

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  • @Mikemaniax I have the LP "Is This What You Want" and always found it hard to believe, given the drumming style, that the drummer on "Sour Milk Sea" was Ringo. Hearing the version on this video, though, proves to me that the single version was, indeed, different from the LP version. It is absolutely Ringo's drumming here, and it's very much in the mode of his drumming circa '68. Does this mean Clapton is not on the LP version either? The difference between the two versions is obvious.

  • @thurberdrawing I guess not. I don't hear any guitar playing on the album that sounds anything like Clapton.

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  • this is like "get back",the lyrics,...i think a little

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  • @carlos7217 i don't hear the "get back" part, but i do hear Savoy Truffle in the verses which would make even more sense since george harrison wrote both songs

  • Ik hoor Beatles invloeden ......

    Kan ook kloppen is op hun Apple - label

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