People: if you want to hear the real version of Paul on vocals (during "Get Back" sessions at Apple Studios) look this up: "The Beatles - I want you. Thirty days sessions" (youtube doesnt allow posting links here)
If we all knew the miles and miles of taping they did in the studio that this could very easily be them. I've heard John sing Paul's Get Back. It's alot faster and alot more rockier. They did try out each others songs(in the studio) just for a kick. I've heard Paul sin While guitar gently weeps. That one sounds great with him. Sounds like them to me or maybe someone just dubbed drums into the mix, to mess the listener up, it's possible. it's hard to say but it's very interesting indeed.
i just relistened to every version that is on the "A/B Road" session tapes collection
Also known as The Nagra Reels.
the most complete collection the let it be sessions i own, it has in all 550 tapes, each about 16 minutes long, i have the pc version, and thisversion is surely not on there, but one where billy preston back repeats what john sings after every line like on help.
on that collection ther are also ''covers'', well kinda, of lady jane, by the stones (2 minutes, but mostly joking and fun making of it), some runs on a quick one while he's away by the who (the longest about 5 minutes), a cover of the lonely sea by the beach boys, mostly the riff on guitar with wordless vocals by paul i guess (about 1.30 long), a strictly instrumental cover of the satisfaction riff with some preston notes on the keys, also about a minute long.
i have that take for many, many years on my abbey rd. outtake bootleg. it is very obvious to here pauls voice !! a well known version for old beatles fans.
While the vocal is not clear enough to be distinctly identifiable as Paul, it could very well be what it says it is. The Beatles did make a recording of "I Want You" with Paul on vocals on February 22, 1969. This is mentioned in the book The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions. Whether this is that recording it's hard to say for certain, but the instrumentation sounds right, and the vocal sounds like it could conceivably be Paul, though I wouldn't necessarily bet money on it.
Hey, thanks for the reply but you're still only asserting, not proving. Mortimer was a New York folk-harmony acoustic band. McCartney offered them "Two of Us" because that was their style -- far from the sound of this track! Stefan Granados' Those Were The Days book is the only place where someone from Mortimer is interviewed, that refers to "Two of Us" but says nothing about any other Beatle covers. Even Doug Sulpy thinks this track is authentic. (Or he did.) Still looking for proof!
@SecretTimeWarp I'd like to see documentation of that. When was this "proven" to be Mortimer? Yes, there is a track on the vinyl Rough Notes lp (the source of every copy of this track) called I Need You which was identified as the band Mortimer. But that track didn't sound like the Beatles and this does. Sounds like Paul to me singing too. So please explain that this was "proven" to be Mortimer. I think you're just presuming that it's them. Give us proof.
@chillroom "I Want You" and "I Need You" were sourced from the exact same acetate. Side A and side B. You're just hearing different singers on the two tracks. Even here, the singer doesn't ALWAYS resemble Paul - it just sounds like him in spots. The instrumentation is completely unlike the Beatles' styles.
@SecretTimeWarp And the idea that this doesn't sound like the Beatles? Yes, that I Need You is known as a fake, but despite all these other assertions that the drummer couldn't possibly be Ringo, etc., this sounds exactly like the Beatles! Drumming, guitar, bass and vocal! I suspect this was an acetate cut in February 1969 and not logged at EMI. Paul seems to be singing the "She's so heavy" part. I'll accept it if I'm wrong, but proof is required.
@fisherm53 it may or may not be a fake (i personally think it really is the beatles)...but the speed of the song really should not be the issue. The beatles usually did many, many takes often playing a song faster or slower each time to try and find the speed at which it clicked or just felt right....as far as the vocals.....john wrote the song so of course it would be him doing most or all of the singing
The only vocals that I hear Paul doing here are for a few seconds at each of 2:57 and 4:09 in the "She's So Heavy" portion. All the rest of the vocals are clearly definitely John. No question.
Well, that might be Paul. But that isn't Ringo or John. Totally different style of drumming. Another person, IMHO. And that guitar. There's something wrong with it. Too crisp and tinged and "clicky": It's somebody else. Which probably means that Paul is somebody else, too. That pesky William Campbell, perhaps?
@TerraceYouth How does your saying you're a drummer prove anything? It still sounds like the Beatles and I still say I will gladly change my mind if I see some proof.
@chillroom How?? Because I know what to listen for. I also understand thru my own experience what level this guy’s at. Because I understand how complicated or easy any one particular drum rudiment can be. You do not. All you know is it sounds cool or it sounds crummy. It's like anything else. The people with the experience get respect., and for a good reason. Just like on a job. If you have experience, they'll hire you right on the spot. Because you've been around.
@TerraceYouth This has become useless because I am asking for proof and all you do is assert that you "know better." For the record, I too am a musician (keyboards, bass, drums, vocals) AND I am a dj AND I have collected Beatle material for 40 years. I need something specific. Mortimer was given "The Two of Us" by Macca to record (because he thought the song fit their sound), which they did but never released. There is NO evidence that they recorded "I Want You." Supply proof or shut up.
The guitar and drums sound like they are from the Get Back/Let it Be sessions, where they would just roll tape and play live. I believe this song was first worked on during that time, so I'm pretty sure it's legit.
@PicciProductions that actually makes sense, Paul had gone to see Jimi Hendrix several times in concert, and The Experience did several Beatles songs in their live sets, and im fairly sure Jimi was invited to the studio, so why not Mitch too?
This I believe was recorded around the time of the "Get Back" sessions.
And to clear up the muddy waters, the bass sounds more like Paul's Rickenbacker to me, but of course, I could be wrong. I just don't remember the Hofner sounding this clear and full before. This is definitly Paul on lead vocals.
now that i've spanked your little ass ... Paul ALSO sings I'm So Tired you little Bill Gates never been laid freak. Here's the authority, queer clown: Gambaccini: "So you sang other's songs." Paul: Yeah, I also did a little of the drumming, very litt Rle. On USSR, Ringo was struggling in fact he left ... but yeah, John did a mean version of Can't Buy Me Love and I tried - oh, all sorts of things, She's So Heavy, Revolution, I'm So Tired." dude - i'd love to break your jaw!
@caesarcerf Yeah, because it's in print that he sang those songs at some point means that this shitty garage band, cover version must be it right? Really, you are only embarassing yourself by believing in this so blindly. There is no proof and it shows your obvious and sad LACK of Beatle knowledge. The drums are so off the mark from ANYTHING Ringo ever played. The voice is CLEARLY not McCartneys that you have to be a RETARD to think so but you've proved that already you angry, sad little man.
@caesarcerf I can't believe losers like you really exsist. You are one of the stupidest and most hateful people I've ever had the displeasure of talking to online and that's really saying something. I'll let you go on spewing garbage from your ass and having fits of rage because someone disagrees with your uneducated and brainless point of view. I feel really, really sorry for you. Your words reflect just how miserable you really are. Have a nice life douche bag.
finally fool - didn't i see you saying the "Alien Autopsy," was "for real." You're a little kid, intellectually. You've been soundly defeated. Also, Glenn John's who was at Twickenham/Abbey Road, (it's not clear to me if they'd already left the film studio for Abbey Road in disgust) said, "the sound was terrible but it was them, talking, joking spiel, singing each other's songs. the worst sound in history but it was them." and you are you - a father who was your Mum's thousandth customer.
Priso- nfag This is version was noted in Mark Lewishon's book "The Beatles Recording Sessions 1962-1970" it is an Abbey Road session with Paul on lead vocals and bass. now, the gentleman is correct and George Martin your woman-free lout called Lewishon the world's greatest authority and a man whom he, Martin relied on for details. This is McCartney. That is a Hofner bass, as only he could play such double-stopped riffs. You do play the skin flute.
prisonass you clown do you know what abalancwd mic cable is... no, huh? the rehearsals of this era come from 16mm film cameras. more importantly McCartney himself has stated he us the vocalist. dude you need to get your hand od your dick and your mind on girks not fake "internet research." p.s. the rehearsals were made in Twickenham NOT Abbey Road, you freak.
@caesarcerf You have a way with words. Either you never passed the 4th grade or you are still in it. They were still recoring with the studio equiptment you moron. You think they cut the "Let it be" album from the sound off the cameras? You're an ignorant twit. "McCartney stated that this is him huh? Where's your source on that big man? Give me a link to somewhere on the web where it states that. Come on. Do it. Oh, that's right, you're full of shit, I forgot.
prison-gap who are most? firstlt, you sexless twit the sound is poor because it is a second generation bootleg you boorish twit. secondly ALL of the Let It Be era rehersals are from unbalanced FILM cameras.
John & Paul could sound very much like each other, as on "Let Me Roll It", for example. But this is certainly John singing his own song. Why would Paul sing a song about Yoko? And learn what an out-take is.
It's Paul, but by golly it doesn't sound like the lads. I think it may be Paul with and early Wings-era combine... perhaps some kind of a run through or audition take, that went particularly well and tight, and was kept by Paul. Just a thought, but I don't think it's Rich, George, and John playing on that.
you idiotic children. today's fools like my3snappy ... dude you bloody idiot. the "let it sessions led directly into what would later become abbey road," there was no real break ...George Harrison
you fucking childish clowns. this certainly IS the beatles and Paul, who loved this song and took a stab at it. why have opinions without facts? this has been around since VINYL days on bootleg.
a great recording, a very fine rehearsal.
**Please - don't offer opinions where a written record exists. this is real and it is ANCIENT HISTORY.
@caesarcerf It's you who are trying to present this awful recording as fact. Do a little internet searching and you'll see that this recording is believed by MOST to be a fake. Yes, some like yourself, believe it is real but this HAS NOT been proven as authentic and it never will be because well....IT ISN'T THE FRICKEN BEATLES. The sound quality is so poor that thinking it came from Abbey Road studios is laughable. It's obviously a bad Beatles cover band but think as you will. I'm sure you will.
@caesarcerf Funny how you decided not to address the FACTS I presented. The recording date is impossible, the trio of Paul-John-Ringo is impossible (since this guy is playing both John's AND George's parts), and if you've listened to even two fingers' worth of Get Back sessions, you'd realize that Paul loves to Wooo ~ yet not even once here.
Of course, there's also the common sense that this isn't Paul singing. If you think he sang LEAD on I'm So Tired, then you don't know John's voice, either
@prismgap This is version was noted in Mark Lewwellon's book "The Beatles Recording Sessions 1962-1970" it is an Abbey Road session with Paul on lead vocals and bass; also he noted there is a version of While my guitar gently sleeps whith Paul on lead vocals from the white Album sessions.
@lk63 That's all well and fine but I can tell you for a fact that isn't The Beatles. What is well known though is that this IS indeed a fake. I'm not saying a session where Paul sang lead doesen't exsist but this is certainly not it. Anyone with an ear and a love for the Beatles would know that. That's not McCartney's voice nor is it Ringo's drums etc etc. Not the Beatles.
Alright, guys 'n gals, after more listens there is no way this is Paul. And there's no way it was recorded at Twickenham in Feb, none of the Abbey Road tunes were this close to their final versions at that time. And the Abbey Road solo is George's, so John could hardly be approximating it without him. THIS IS NOT THE BEATLES. Probably some (very good) garage psych band from Manchester, circa 1970.
This vocal doesn't sound like either John OR Paul (not one classic Paul high-pitched woooooo? Unlikely.). What's more, if anything, the half-wah guitar is what GEORGE~who supposedly isn't on this recording~was using in early '69. Making it more likely that if it WERE a Fab power trio, it was actually without JOHN (the composer). Believe me, I'd LOVE to believe this is the Beatles. But I don't think so.
It's strange how this sounds a bit like Paul and John singing lead. It could be john with the tone of his voice altered by the speed of the tape or something. Maybe the whole things a fake.
whether john sings lead on get back or paul on i want you they clearly had to share ideas and give consent for the other ones's song to be the final version hence."lennon-mccartney"...competition breeds collaboration...whether 50-50 like she loves you and yellow submarine or 70-30 like - we can work it out, michelle, birthday or a day in the life or 80-20 like - come together or helter skelter or 100-0 like yesterday or youve got to hide your love away. - they needed each other.
This first appeared on a bootleg LP around 1981. My unproven theory is that it may have come from an old Apple acetate disc. Perhaps discs were cut as souvenirs because of the novel nature of this recording. And 1 copy eventually found its way on to a bootleg years later. I wish the owner of this recording would once again make it available for bootlegging, so that we can hear a digital version from the Source! The drumming is peculiar. Perhaps Ringo loosened up since it wasn't a "serious" take.
I think this is authentic because author Mark Lewisohn specifically mentions it in his 1988 book, "The Beatles Recording Sessions". ML is known as a thorough researcher, so it's unlikely he would acknowledge its existence without confirming it. He did have access to the session tapes, after all. This bootleg recording appeared 7 years before ML wrote his book. I don't think anyone at that time could have known that Paul had sung a lead vocal on this track, so why generate an outfake in 1980?
Not sure about this one....but there was a mistake in the description. Paul did take the lead vocals on Day Tripper, and John wrote that. So even if this is real, it wouldn't have been the only time Paul sang lead on a Beatles song he didn't write.
@nyshortline I think it's Paul's voice. I'm not sure, but I think it's him singing with his ''Get Back'' voice. And he sounds a little high. Oh by the way, Paul's a fucking great bassist!
That could easily be John on vocals and sounds like Paul on bass. It has his bass sound. Could easily be John on guitar. The drumming, though, is not typical of Ringo. The vocal bit that does sound a bit like Paul is in the chorus.
Never heard this before but quite obviously the boys recording an early take of the song- vocals by John. As gatocarter says, the word "Heavy" sounds like it's sung by Paul.
Interesting that two comments saying it's a cover get the big thumbs up. Call yourselves Beatles fans?!!
It is the Beatles. Paul just sings the "Heavy" part. I have a cleaner version of this on a boot. It's been in circulation for years. It's definately a '69 Abbey Road outtake. Hadn't been perfected yet, obviously.
That's definately John on vocals and Paul on bass-but yeah,the drums don't sound very Ringo-like.If it's not him perhaps it's Paul drumming with the bass overdubbed??
it's the beatles man, they play the song's different while rehersing. come together wasn't supposed to be the way it is now until paul made the bass riff to it and told john to slow it down. and that bass is paul man. i doubt they'd sing it hard during a rehersal too
that's Paul for sure singing HEAVY . that's his style. If it wasn't them, wouldn't the imposters try to sound more like the original? You can tell the arrangement is still in it's infancy. Only Paul would " flourish" on the word Heavy like that. I've heard tons of Beatle bootlegs, and this doesn't sound any different.
Paul sang lead vocals for 'If I Fell'! Well technically, it's a harmony song, but of the 2 vocals, Paul took on the more 'lead' one. It was written by John! He gave the main vocal to Paul because he couldn't reach the high notes.
I think this does sound like Paul, the voice is real distinct. I do agree that the drums are kinda outta Ringo's style, though. But you never know...
Ok, actually I'm not too sure if it really is Paul singing. It kinda sounds like it, but the rest of the musical style is generally too fast for them? I wouldn't know, but if this IS Paul, then that would be soooo cool.
This was posted before, with alternate title... and BETTER sound quality. It sounded more like John singing on that one. This one sounds like Paul, kinda. Too grungy though.
Drums way too fast for even Ringo.
Having said that... I still love this one regardless.
Heck... even if its done by the same group that recorded Peace of Mind.
Thanks for posting. Although this still sounds like John on lead vocals, but if this was Paul it wouldn't be the first time he had taken lead vocal on a Beatles original that he didn't write, as he sang lead on Day Tripper. Cheers.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Paul sing lead on Love Me Do, which was written by John? I heard that, either for the purposes of playing live or simply to ease recording, Paul took the lead so John could play harmonica.
Not sure if this is Paul, or even legit. It would be awesome if it was, though.
i gotta "get back" sung by lennon in a bootleg, i gotta more than 370 beates´s bootgles and i dont know this version, but what ever, if this version is by the beatles, its no paul, im sure
Not the Beatles for sure, but a really great version! Paul would never sound so dry and average. He always throws a scream or falsetto into an alternate take or practice session. Could Ringo drum like this? Sure. Is this Ringo? No. Whoever it is got a really good feel for it though.
@Flasoo8 During many sessions in the later period ('67-'70) Paul would pick up the drumsticks when Ringo wasn't available (eg Back in the USSR). So it's possible that Paul would've put down this drumtrack. John and Paul often would experiment together.
Anyone who says this isn't the beatles isn't a beatles fan. Of course it's them. And i personally think this is an awesome recording, the drums are simply fab.
Ha ! That's not McCartney's voice. At the begininning, it even sounds closer to John's if any Beatle's... Listen to "heavy " at 2:57, and "she's so" at 3:49. If you know the Beatles, you can be sure it's not them with these few words only. And then, even more significant, that's NOT Ringo's drumming style.
This being said, the track rips ! Whoever it is playing, they know their stuff.
Listen to more tracks in the Abbey Road/Let it Be era, definitely Paul on vocals, and the Drums compared to the orignal? Same. The Instruments also sound JUST like the beatles, Ringos Drums, Paul's Bass, John's guitar
@Unknown360DD Listen to more bands of that era, lots of them sounded like that anyway. Put nickel strings on your bass plugged in a tube amplifier and you're set... What really counts is the playing, and the playing/singing are not the Beatles'. The tremolos/tone don't match. Drumming as well. Then again, I might *not* be wrong, but I don't expect everyone to think the same :)
According to Lewisohn, this was recorded on 22/02/1969 at Trident. Lewisohn had access to the tapes & the paperwork, & states they did 35 takes, & McCartney did sing one take. It sounds like the fabs to me.
If you have your ears on, it's obvious that Ringo isn't playing the drums and Paul McCartney is not singing. So, whatever you're left with, it's not the Beatles. Plenty of bands sounded like the Beatles and didn't make a killing off it. LIke Badfinger. In fact, experts believe that this song might be White Trash, an Apple Records artist at the time, who covered "Golden Slumbers" as their first single instead. Sounds more like them than the Beatles.
oh hell, it may be John singing lead or alternating between the 2 maybe, but the more I hear it I KNOW it's BEATLES. Don't you think that if anyone else sounded that close that they would let you know and make a killing off of it?
daffybeatle says George is absent, well ok then, 2 or more tracks Paul plays bass and guitar with John, Paul sings lead and maybe someone was sitting in for Ringo, they were friends with Ginger Baker you know. It's just too close to not be Beatles, and besides this would not be the first time that the "Beatles" were only a couple of them actually playing with other people sitting in.
sorry everybody, but the only people who will convince me that this is NOT the Beatles are the Beatles. If Sir Paul walks up to me and tells me this isn't them I'll believe him, other than that, this has to be them, listen through headphones blocking out all other sound, noone can sound that close. The voices , the bass, the drums and George and John playing guitar, it's just too close to be anyone else.
Most experts think this is not the Beatles. Note that the drummer sounds more like Ginger Baker -- Ringo never played such a busy drum pattern his whole life. And if it's Paul, why does it sound nothing like him on the chorus, and how can he resist screaming the screaming parts, as he was wont to do. People think this sounds like Paul's bass playing, but the singer is obviously playing the lead guitar , as his playing matches the vocals exactly. This first surfaced on bootlegs in the 1970s .
I think it's John and Paul but it does not sound like Ringo it might be Mitch Mitchell. Strange take. If the bass sound was not so dead on I'd have doubts whteher it was any of them Tho the voice seems 2 be a beatle
On Saturday February 22, 1969 at Trident Studios (not at EMI), "I Want You", the working title of what would later become "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" was recorded. This take was a one time experimental take with Paul singing lead vocal per John Lennon's request. 35 takes of the basic track were recorded on this day with a John Lennon guide vocal.
Yep, this is Paul alright.
DavidRavenMoon 3 weeks ago
does no one says something about pattie in the background? i mean... what's on her head ???? ^^ good cover!
7MJbeatlesMJ7 2 months ago
People: if you want to hear the real version of Paul on vocals (during "Get Back" sessions at Apple Studios) look this up: "The Beatles - I want you. Thirty days sessions" (youtube doesnt allow posting links here)
Mechanismomusica 5 months ago
If we all knew the miles and miles of taping they did in the studio that this could very easily be them. I've heard John sing Paul's Get Back. It's alot faster and alot more rockier. They did try out each others songs(in the studio) just for a kick. I've heard Paul sin While guitar gently weeps. That one sounds great with him. Sounds like them to me or maybe someone just dubbed drums into the mix, to mess the listener up, it's possible. it's hard to say but it's very interesting indeed.
carljo011 7 months ago
This a fucking awesome cover. I don't think anything else should be said.................
thearachnid09 7 months ago
i just relistened to every version that is on the "A/B Road" session tapes collection
Also known as The Nagra Reels.
the most complete collection the let it be sessions i own, it has in all 550 tapes, each about 16 minutes long, i have the pc version, and thisversion is surely not on there, but one where billy preston back repeats what john sings after every line like on help.
OropherThranduil 8 months ago
@OropherThranduil
on that collection ther are also ''covers'', well kinda, of lady jane, by the stones (2 minutes, but mostly joking and fun making of it), some runs on a quick one while he's away by the who (the longest about 5 minutes), a cover of the lonely sea by the beach boys, mostly the riff on guitar with wordless vocals by paul i guess (about 1.30 long), a strictly instrumental cover of the satisfaction riff with some preston notes on the keys, also about a minute long.
OropherThranduil 8 months ago
Doesn't sound like paul. Kinda like george but idk.
raveman52 9 months ago
Wonder why this version didn't get on the "Anthology"?
mrmjb1960 9 months ago
paul say heavy
gabbhyta 10 months ago
I don't actually think this is Paul.
sms23lvr 10 months ago
wow i love how crisp this sounds, especially the bass, and the tempo is alot higher
endurocatfish 10 months ago 5
This is on The Abbey Road album. The song before here comes the sun
DaSoggyWaffles 10 months ago
i have that take for many, many years on my abbey rd. outtake bootleg. it is very obvious to here pauls voice !! a well known version for old beatles fans.
hamsterstavros 11 months ago
While the vocal is not clear enough to be distinctly identifiable as Paul, it could very well be what it says it is. The Beatles did make a recording of "I Want You" with Paul on vocals on February 22, 1969. This is mentioned in the book The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions. Whether this is that recording it's hard to say for certain, but the instrumentation sounds right, and the vocal sounds like it could conceivably be Paul, though I wouldn't necessarily bet money on it.
evsxrk 11 months ago
@SecretTimeWarp Not true. Where is this proof?
chillroom 11 months ago
this is John - listen to 1:35. Thats the way John used to scream.
Borna909 11 months ago
I think this Paul no doubt about it.
jajud 11 months ago
I believe Paul sang I'm so tired to
residentevlidead 1 year ago
Hey, thanks for the reply but you're still only asserting, not proving. Mortimer was a New York folk-harmony acoustic band. McCartney offered them "Two of Us" because that was their style -- far from the sound of this track! Stefan Granados' Those Were The Days book is the only place where someone from Mortimer is interviewed, that refers to "Two of Us" but says nothing about any other Beatle covers. Even Doug Sulpy thinks this track is authentic. (Or he did.) Still looking for proof!
chillroom 1 year ago
@SecretTimeWarp I'd like to see documentation of that. When was this "proven" to be Mortimer? Yes, there is a track on the vinyl Rough Notes lp (the source of every copy of this track) called I Need You which was identified as the band Mortimer. But that track didn't sound like the Beatles and this does. Sounds like Paul to me singing too. So please explain that this was "proven" to be Mortimer. I think you're just presuming that it's them. Give us proof.
chillroom 1 year ago
@chillroom "I Want You" and "I Need You" were sourced from the exact same acetate. Side A and side B. You're just hearing different singers on the two tracks. Even here, the singer doesn't ALWAYS resemble Paul - it just sounds like him in spots. The instrumentation is completely unlike the Beatles' styles.
SecretTimeWarp 1 year ago
@SecretTimeWarp And the idea that this doesn't sound like the Beatles? Yes, that I Need You is known as a fake, but despite all these other assertions that the drummer couldn't possibly be Ringo, etc., this sounds exactly like the Beatles! Drumming, guitar, bass and vocal! I suspect this was an acetate cut in February 1969 and not logged at EMI. Paul seems to be singing the "She's so heavy" part. I'll accept it if I'm wrong, but proof is required.
chillroom 1 year ago
@SecretTimeWarp I'd like to see documentation of that. When was this "proven" to be Mortimer?
chillroom 1 year ago
@stonegrooved This only appeared once on a vinyl bootleg and you can still hear the vinyl here.
chillroom 1 year ago
Come On ! It's realy Paul! open your ears !!!
o0musiic0o 1 year ago
this is completely Paul, I asked a very reliable source who would know, its def Paul McCartney!
reneperezz 1 year ago
This is such a fake...its WAY too fast...the drumming is very sloppy....
fisherm53 1 year ago
@fisherm53 it may or may not be a fake (i personally think it really is the beatles)...but the speed of the song really should not be the issue. The beatles usually did many, many takes often playing a song faster or slower each time to try and find the speed at which it clicked or just felt right....as far as the vocals.....john wrote the song so of course it would be him doing most or all of the singing
inkey2 1 year ago
The only vocals that I hear Paul doing here are for a few seconds at each of 2:57 and 4:09 in the "She's So Heavy" portion. All the rest of the vocals are clearly definitely John. No question.
skboren 1 year ago
Well, that might be Paul. But that isn't Ringo or John. Totally different style of drumming. Another person, IMHO. And that guitar. There's something wrong with it. Too crisp and tinged and "clicky": It's somebody else. Which probably means that Paul is somebody else, too. That pesky William Campbell, perhaps?
TerraceYouth 1 year ago 10
@TerraceYouth The track may be a bit fast, but it does sound like Ringo, I don't know how you can say it doesn't. No offense.
chillroom 1 year ago
@chillroom I can say it becasue I'm a drummer. Are you?
TerraceYouth 1 year ago
@TerraceYouth How does your saying you're a drummer prove anything? It still sounds like the Beatles and I still say I will gladly change my mind if I see some proof.
chillroom 1 year ago
@chillroom How?? Because I know what to listen for. I also understand thru my own experience what level this guy’s at. Because I understand how complicated or easy any one particular drum rudiment can be. You do not. All you know is it sounds cool or it sounds crummy. It's like anything else. The people with the experience get respect., and for a good reason. Just like on a job. If you have experience, they'll hire you right on the spot. Because you've been around.
Where have you been?
TerraceYouth 1 year ago
@TerraceYouth This has become useless because I am asking for proof and all you do is assert that you "know better." For the record, I too am a musician (keyboards, bass, drums, vocals) AND I am a dj AND I have collected Beatle material for 40 years. I need something specific. Mortimer was given "The Two of Us" by Macca to record (because he thought the song fit their sound), which they did but never released. There is NO evidence that they recorded "I Want You." Supply proof or shut up.
chillroom 1 year ago
It is Paul,but according to Mark Lewisohn's book it's 22nd February,not 21st
hedgeolly 1 year ago
Sounds NOTHING like Paul in vocals. COMPLETE FAKE!
rongarvin 1 year ago 2
The i want you part is Lennon.Shes so heavy is Paul.
JohnHess65 1 year ago
@JohnHess65 You're correct. Thank you. I don't know how all these people think this is Paul all the way through. It is 98% John.
skboren 1 year ago
I have the Bootleg album with this on it... this is a rough copy... It shouldn't sound so bad.... but IT IS PAUL.
jrrcor 1 year ago
Ouch.. Makes the Bootleg bunch sound ok...
chrssgreen 1 year ago
The guitar and drums sound like they are from the Get Back/Let it Be sessions, where they would just roll tape and play live. I believe this song was first worked on during that time, so I'm pretty sure it's legit.
mraybeck 1 year ago
how is this not paul?
GarsinX 1 year ago
whats the deal with the pic?
5150sdh 1 year ago
it does sound like paul playing bass and a bit like his voice, but the drumming sounds like mitch mitchell almost
PicciProductions 1 year ago
@PicciProductions that actually makes sense, Paul had gone to see Jimi Hendrix several times in concert, and The Experience did several Beatles songs in their live sets, and im fairly sure Jimi was invited to the studio, so why not Mitch too?
mrdumbname 1 year ago
patty boyd is fuckin hott
reneperezz 1 year ago
@reneperezz yes yes yes yes yes yes YES YES YES YES YES
mrdumbname 1 year ago
For a REAL Get Back sessions version of the song, search on this:
The Beatles - "I Want You" (Let It Be/Get Back Session)
You'll hear the difference from the note-by-note cover version of Abbey Road we have here.
my3snappy 1 year ago
on this version, you can also hear the songs original concept much better; Mel Torme's 'Coming Home Baby'
TheDirteeSanchez 1 year ago
On the Apple dvd, George Martin said John and Paul fought over this song, that Paul really wanted to sing this one....
TheDirteeSanchez 1 year ago
This I believe was recorded around the time of the "Get Back" sessions.
And to clear up the muddy waters, the bass sounds more like Paul's Rickenbacker to me, but of course, I could be wrong. I just don't remember the Hofner sounding this clear and full before. This is definitly Paul on lead vocals.
fretlessfrailer 1 year ago
now that i've spanked your little ass ... Paul ALSO sings I'm So Tired you little Bill Gates never been laid freak. Here's the authority, queer clown: Gambaccini: "So you sang other's songs." Paul: Yeah, I also did a little of the drumming, very litt Rle. On USSR, Ringo was struggling in fact he left ... but yeah, John did a mean version of Can't Buy Me Love and I tried - oh, all sorts of things, She's So Heavy, Revolution, I'm So Tired." dude - i'd love to break your jaw!
caesarcerf 1 year ago
@caesarcerf Yeah, because it's in print that he sang those songs at some point means that this shitty garage band, cover version must be it right? Really, you are only embarassing yourself by believing in this so blindly. There is no proof and it shows your obvious and sad LACK of Beatle knowledge. The drums are so off the mark from ANYTHING Ringo ever played. The voice is CLEARLY not McCartneys that you have to be a RETARD to think so but you've proved that already you angry, sad little man.
prismgap 1 year ago
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prismgap 1 year ago
@caesarcerf I can't believe losers like you really exsist. You are one of the stupidest and most hateful people I've ever had the displeasure of talking to online and that's really saying something. I'll let you go on spewing garbage from your ass and having fits of rage because someone disagrees with your uneducated and brainless point of view. I feel really, really sorry for you. Your words reflect just how miserable you really are. Have a nice life douche bag.
prismgap 1 year ago
@caesarcerf .....LOL....you think paul sang "I'm so TIred"????? Ultra LOL......your music credibility just imploded
inkey2 1 year ago
@inkey2 There IS a Get Back outtake of Paul singing I'm So Tired.
chillroom 1 year ago
finally fool - didn't i see you saying the "Alien Autopsy," was "for real." You're a little kid, intellectually. You've been soundly defeated. Also, Glenn John's who was at Twickenham/Abbey Road, (it's not clear to me if they'd already left the film studio for Abbey Road in disgust) said, "the sound was terrible but it was them, talking, joking spiel, singing each other's songs. the worst sound in history but it was them." and you are you - a father who was your Mum's thousandth customer.
caesarcerf 1 year ago
Priso- nfag This is version was noted in Mark Lewishon's book "The Beatles Recording Sessions 1962-1970" it is an Abbey Road session with Paul on lead vocals and bass. now, the gentleman is correct and George Martin your woman-free lout called Lewishon the world's greatest authority and a man whom he, Martin relied on for details. This is McCartney. That is a Hofner bass, as only he could play such double-stopped riffs. You do play the skin flute.
caesarcerf 1 year ago
prisonass you clown do you know what abalancwd mic cable is... no, huh? the rehearsals of this era come from 16mm film cameras. more importantly McCartney himself has stated he us the vocalist. dude you need to get your hand od your dick and your mind on girks not fake "internet research." p.s. the rehearsals were made in Twickenham NOT Abbey Road, you freak.
caesarcerf 1 year ago
@caesarcerf You have a way with words. Either you never passed the 4th grade or you are still in it. They were still recoring with the studio equiptment you moron. You think they cut the "Let it be" album from the sound off the cameras? You're an ignorant twit. "McCartney stated that this is him huh? Where's your source on that big man? Give me a link to somewhere on the web where it states that. Come on. Do it. Oh, that's right, you're full of shit, I forgot.
prismgap 1 year ago
prison-gap who are most? firstlt, you sexless twit the sound is poor because it is a second generation bootleg you boorish twit. secondly ALL of the Let It Be era rehersals are from unbalanced FILM cameras.
caesarcerf 1 year ago
John & Paul could sound very much like each other, as on "Let Me Roll It", for example. But this is certainly John singing his own song. Why would Paul sing a song about Yoko? And learn what an out-take is.
i45funker 1 year ago
Yes it is the Beatles, but thats John singing .
bobbysbackingtracks 1 year ago
It's Paul, but by golly it doesn't sound like the lads. I think it may be Paul with and early Wings-era combine... perhaps some kind of a run through or audition take, that went particularly well and tight, and was kept by Paul. Just a thought, but I don't think it's Rich, George, and John playing on that.
giles422 1 year ago
How come you don't recognize Paul??? After all he gave to you! hahah
nohaymasquever 1 year ago
you idiotic children. today's fools like my3snappy ... dude you bloody idiot. the "let it sessions led directly into what would later become abbey road," there was no real break ...George Harrison
caesarcerf 1 year ago
you fucking childish clowns. this certainly IS the beatles and Paul, who loved this song and took a stab at it. why have opinions without facts? this has been around since VINYL days on bootleg.
a great recording, a very fine rehearsal.
**Please - don't offer opinions where a written record exists. this is real and it is ANCIENT HISTORY.
caesarcerf 1 year ago
@caesarcerf It's you who are trying to present this awful recording as fact. Do a little internet searching and you'll see that this recording is believed by MOST to be a fake. Yes, some like yourself, believe it is real but this HAS NOT been proven as authentic and it never will be because well....IT ISN'T THE FRICKEN BEATLES. The sound quality is so poor that thinking it came from Abbey Road studios is laughable. It's obviously a bad Beatles cover band but think as you will. I'm sure you will.
prismgap 1 year ago
@caesarcerf Funny how you decided not to address the FACTS I presented. The recording date is impossible, the trio of Paul-John-Ringo is impossible (since this guy is playing both John's AND George's parts), and if you've listened to even two fingers' worth of Get Back sessions, you'd realize that Paul loves to Wooo ~ yet not even once here.
Of course, there's also the common sense that this isn't Paul singing. If you think he sang LEAD on I'm So Tired, then you don't know John's voice, either
my3snappy 1 year ago 2
Not the Beatles, sorry.
prismgap 1 year ago
@prismgap This is version was noted in Mark Lewwellon's book "The Beatles Recording Sessions 1962-1970" it is an Abbey Road session with Paul on lead vocals and bass; also he noted there is a version of While my guitar gently sleeps whith Paul on lead vocals from the white Album sessions.
lk63 1 year ago
@lk63 That's all well and fine but I can tell you for a fact that isn't The Beatles. What is well known though is that this IS indeed a fake. I'm not saying a session where Paul sang lead doesen't exsist but this is certainly not it. Anyone with an ear and a love for the Beatles would know that. That's not McCartney's voice nor is it Ringo's drums etc etc. Not the Beatles.
prismgap 1 year ago
Alright, guys 'n gals, after more listens there is no way this is Paul. And there's no way it was recorded at Twickenham in Feb, none of the Abbey Road tunes were this close to their final versions at that time. And the Abbey Road solo is George's, so John could hardly be approximating it without him. THIS IS NOT THE BEATLES. Probably some (very good) garage psych band from Manchester, circa 1970.
my3snappy 1 year ago
this is paul mccartney like elizabeth is the queen of england...a fact
popmalevoo 1 year ago
But I don't think it's Paul
beatlesnumber9 1 year ago
This vocal doesn't sound like either John OR Paul (not one classic Paul high-pitched woooooo? Unlikely.). What's more, if anything, the half-wah guitar is what GEORGE~who supposedly isn't on this recording~was using in early '69. Making it more likely that if it WERE a Fab power trio, it was actually without JOHN (the composer). Believe me, I'd LOVE to believe this is the Beatles. But I don't think so.
my3snappy 1 year ago
It's strange how this sounds a bit like Paul and John singing lead. It could be john with the tone of his voice altered by the speed of the tape or something. Maybe the whole things a fake.
Stube437 1 year ago
It's been common knowledge amongst hard core fans and collectors for years that this is Paul. I fail to understand the disagreements.
Great bass on this one. A pity the source has always been this acetate.
iangordoncraig 1 year ago
this is not beatles duuuh
bufonoise 1 year ago
Sounds like paul too me !
spazzcat03 1 year ago
that's John singing! not paul
igueluddington 1 year ago
what's with the ladies
ericthemaster62 1 year ago
uh this not paul.
Butown 1 year ago
its John...no question
whisfoxvictor 1 year ago
whether john sings lead on get back or paul on i want you they clearly had to share ideas and give consent for the other ones's song to be the final version hence."lennon-mccartney"...competition breeds collaboration...whether 50-50 like she loves you and yellow submarine or 70-30 like - we can work it out, michelle, birthday or a day in the life or 80-20 like - come together or helter skelter or 100-0 like yesterday or youve got to hide your love away. - they needed each other.
newt0830 1 year ago
This first appeared on a bootleg LP around 1981. My unproven theory is that it may have come from an old Apple acetate disc. Perhaps discs were cut as souvenirs because of the novel nature of this recording. And 1 copy eventually found its way on to a bootleg years later. I wish the owner of this recording would once again make it available for bootlegging, so that we can hear a digital version from the Source! The drumming is peculiar. Perhaps Ringo loosened up since it wasn't a "serious" take.
TheDumbag 1 year ago
I think this is authentic because author Mark Lewisohn specifically mentions it in his 1988 book, "The Beatles Recording Sessions". ML is known as a thorough researcher, so it's unlikely he would acknowledge its existence without confirming it. He did have access to the session tapes, after all. This bootleg recording appeared 7 years before ML wrote his book. I don't think anyone at that time could have known that Paul had sung a lead vocal on this track, so why generate an outfake in 1980?
TheDumbag 1 year ago
this isnt ringo on drums the little snare rolls he could never do it sounds like mitch mitchel but it doesnt at the same time
damphear2 1 year ago
I'm pretty sure its the Beatles, but that does sound more like Mitch Mitchel on drums. Sounds a little wild too be Ringo.
SuperGogetem 1 year ago
just listen to the room on those on those guitar stabs. thats abbey road man.. def the beatles.
phlizmo 1 year ago
Not sure about this one....but there was a mistake in the description. Paul did take the lead vocals on Day Tripper, and John wrote that. So even if this is real, it wouldn't have been the only time Paul sang lead on a Beatles song he didn't write.
freklfacejpgr 1 year ago
Here's my take on it: I think it's Paul singing the whole thing with his "Lady Madonna" voice. Any thoughts?
nyshortline 1 year ago
@nyshortline I think it's Paul's voice. I'm not sure, but I think it's him singing with his ''Get Back'' voice. And he sounds a little high. Oh by the way, Paul's a fucking great bassist!
FriedChickenofDeath6 1 year ago
@FriedChickenofDeath6 VERY true.
nyshortline 1 year ago
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yaremus 1 year ago
The Beatles. Paul is playing bass. John is singing the verse and Paul the chorus at 2:57 and 3:49
yaremus 1 year ago
That could easily be John on vocals and sounds like Paul on bass. It has his bass sound. Could easily be John on guitar. The drumming, though, is not typical of Ringo. The vocal bit that does sound a bit like Paul is in the chorus.
yaremus 1 year ago
it's a fake, brothers and sisters. or if this is not a fake "here's another clue for you all - the walrus was Paul"
300MPHOB 1 year ago
Never heard this before but quite obviously the boys recording an early take of the song- vocals by John. As gatocarter says, the word "Heavy" sounds like it's sung by Paul.
Interesting that two comments saying it's a cover get the big thumbs up. Call yourselves Beatles fans?!!
tichenor 1 year ago
It is the Beatles. Paul just sings the "Heavy" part. I have a cleaner version of this on a boot. It's been in circulation for years. It's definately a '69 Abbey Road outtake. Hadn't been perfected yet, obviously.
gatorcarter 1 year ago
this is awesome!!!!!!!!!! the original is great too.
thearachnid09 1 year ago
Poor attempt at sounding athentic, though it sounds fun.
arnosluismans 1 year ago
That's definately John on vocals and Paul on bass-but yeah,the drums don't sound very Ringo-like.If it's not him perhaps it's Paul drumming with the bass overdubbed??
I need answers god damn it!!
dirtyuncleberty 1 year ago
it's the beatles man, they play the song's different while rehersing. come together wasn't supposed to be the way it is now until paul made the bass riff to it and told john to slow it down. and that bass is paul man. i doubt they'd sing it hard during a rehersal too
mikecappa 1 year ago
possibly a wings session?
JoGeogiRiPaul 1 year ago
I would say that is certainly The Beatles & Macca on vocals
stalkek 1 year ago
it is Paul at 2:57 and 3:49 and if you say it is'nt you dont know the Beatles
jajud 1 year ago
@jajud Listened again and YES! It is The Beatles. John sings in the verse and Paul at 2:57 and 3:49
yaremus 1 year ago
they play well, but it's obviously not the fabs!
lolafinch 1 year ago
LOL. This sucks.
SuperBossy01 1 year ago
nice song
i love it
666bruxinha 1 year ago
Hey man why are you lying in your video description, I did the lead vocals on this version. Get it right...
DreadfulRay 1 year ago
the "driving me mad" at 1:20 really sounds like John. doesn't sound like Ringo on drums.
SergeantReese 1 year ago
also I agree with allisosalazar
mikeolson100 1 year ago
that's Paul for sure singing HEAVY . that's his style. If it wasn't them, wouldn't the imposters try to sound more like the original? You can tell the arrangement is still in it's infancy. Only Paul would " flourish" on the word Heavy like that. I've heard tons of Beatle bootlegs, and this doesn't sound any different.
mikeolson100 1 year ago
I think are both!, some parts Lennon and others Paul!
allisonsalazar 1 year ago
For me is John singing, with some Whoo very tenore style by Paul
nonnel64 1 year ago
Would you please upload this song to limewire, I love it!
discordian1407 1 year ago
I`ve already listened to this version, I think WINGS are playing the song circa 1971 (rehearsals for the university tour)
sirguzman1983 1 year ago
No one plays bass like Paul.. you tell it`s him at :55 ..
Thirsty2 1 year ago 23
i don`t know if this are the beatles,but i can clearly hear, that it`s from 60`s
k0stil 1 year ago
The Beatles recording sessions says they were in trident on Feb 22, 1969 ; says they had 35 takes of the track -" with one experimental take by Paul"
texman00 2 years ago
Paul sang lead vocals for 'If I Fell'! Well technically, it's a harmony song, but of the 2 vocals, Paul took on the more 'lead' one. It was written by John! He gave the main vocal to Paul because he couldn't reach the high notes.
I think this does sound like Paul, the voice is real distinct. I do agree that the drums are kinda outta Ringo's style, though. But you never know...
hemery835 2 years ago
Ok, actually I'm not too sure if it really is Paul singing. It kinda sounds like it, but the rest of the musical style is generally too fast for them? I wouldn't know, but if this IS Paul, then that would be soooo cool.
hemery835 2 years ago
This was posted before, with alternate title... and BETTER sound quality. It sounded more like John singing on that one. This one sounds like Paul, kinda. Too grungy though.
Drums way too fast for even Ringo.
Having said that... I still love this one regardless.
Heck... even if its done by the same group that recorded Peace of Mind.
gkdeppe 2 years ago 2
Thanks for posting. Although this still sounds like John on lead vocals, but if this was Paul it wouldn't be the first time he had taken lead vocal on a Beatles original that he didn't write, as he sang lead on Day Tripper. Cheers.
PoohShoes 2 years ago
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Paul sing lead on Love Me Do, which was written by John? I heard that, either for the purposes of playing live or simply to ease recording, Paul took the lead so John could play harmonica.
Not sure if this is Paul, or even legit. It would be awesome if it was, though.
StanDellone 2 years ago
You're right. the song was mainly written by John. At the time, John was THE overwhelming beatle
deskfruit 2 years ago
Definitively not Paul here signing sounds like a cover band ...
cjorata 2 years ago
i gotta "get back" sung by lennon in a bootleg, i gotta more than 370 beates´s bootgles and i dont know this version, but what ever, if this version is by the beatles, its no paul, im sure
PamMrs92 2 years ago
Badfinger, maybe? Fooling around during a rehearsal with the tape on?
marvy1118 2 years ago
i think it's a recording from a rehearsal for the UNICEF concert (15-Dec 69) John with Keith Moon,Eric Clapton,Klaus Voorman
BoneStudio22 2 years ago
Its no paul, nor even the beatles. Its not the ringo style of drumming
mecetnoca 2 years ago 4
no shit and paul sings worse then that and last the solo's in the song are too LONG
wescoolya 2 years ago
@mecetnoca Are you serious.... This is legit... It is Paul....
jrrcor 1 year ago
They were tight in the studio, but if you listen to some of their later live stuff this sounds like them.
tubeontime 2 years ago
Sorry folks.NOT PAUL, IS john on vocal. This bootleg has been around since late seventies vinyl. Nothing new here...Great track though...
PrettyLittleHead 2 years ago
If these are the Beatles,probably is John on vocal not Paul
mietta 2 years ago
There are some reasons to question this but, who ever they are they sound great!
hofnerman1 2 years ago
Not the Beatles for sure, but a really great version! Paul would never sound so dry and average. He always throws a scream or falsetto into an alternate take or practice session. Could Ringo drum like this? Sure. Is this Ringo? No. Whoever it is got a really good feel for it though.
Flasoo8 2 years ago 7
@Flasoo8 During many sessions in the later period ('67-'70) Paul would pick up the drumsticks when Ringo wasn't available (eg Back in the USSR). So it's possible that Paul would've put down this drumtrack. John and Paul often would experiment together.
Arjan3975 1 year ago
@Flasoo8 Yeahh right. You can hear it's Paul singing!
YOUNGHLOVE 1 year ago
Anyone who says this isn't the beatles isn't a beatles fan. Of course it's them. And i personally think this is an awesome recording, the drums are simply fab.
TheRedSpecials 2 years ago
Not the Beatles, but its a good cover.
DejectedPanda 2 years ago
Sounds like Mitch Mitchell on drums or, as some have said, possibly Ginger Baker. Just doesn't sound quite like Ringo at all.
SergeantReese 2 years ago 2
i think it was a ringo. People dont give ringo enough credit for how good he was, and you can tell he holds back on the albums
jeffbebe123 2 years ago 4
Its the Beatles, more uptempo and it soumnd like John on a guide vocal so less sneering
slappyabromowitz 2 years ago
This is crap.
snownuke 2 years ago
Ha ! That's not McCartney's voice. At the begininning, it even sounds closer to John's if any Beatle's... Listen to "heavy " at 2:57, and "she's so" at 3:49. If you know the Beatles, you can be sure it's not them with these few words only. And then, even more significant, that's NOT Ringo's drumming style.
This being said, the track rips ! Whoever it is playing, they know their stuff.
nehansan 2 years ago 5
Listen to more tracks in the Abbey Road/Let it Be era, definitely Paul on vocals, and the Drums compared to the orignal? Same. The Instruments also sound JUST like the beatles, Ringos Drums, Paul's Bass, John's guitar
Unknown360DD 2 years ago
@Unknown360DD Listen to more bands of that era, lots of them sounded like that anyway. Put nickel strings on your bass plugged in a tube amplifier and you're set... What really counts is the playing, and the playing/singing are not the Beatles'. The tremolos/tone don't match. Drumming as well. Then again, I might *not* be wrong, but I don't expect everyone to think the same :)
nehansan 2 years ago 3
Much more lively guitar lines than the turgid album version used.
And McCartney's bass is cooking!
Thanks for posting this tearing take!
voidforpurpose 2 years ago
According to Lewisohn, this was recorded on 22/02/1969 at Trident. Lewisohn had access to the tapes & the paperwork, & states they did 35 takes, & McCartney did sing one take. It sounds like the fabs to me.
unluckyadie 2 years ago
If you have your ears on, it's obvious that Ringo isn't playing the drums and Paul McCartney is not singing. So, whatever you're left with, it's not the Beatles. Plenty of bands sounded like the Beatles and didn't make a killing off it. LIke Badfinger. In fact, experts believe that this song might be White Trash, an Apple Records artist at the time, who covered "Golden Slumbers" as their first single instead. Sounds more like them than the Beatles.
reedrow 2 years ago 5
if you have your ears on???!! ...i didnt even realise they came off!! wow the stuff you learn!
alaggon 2 years ago
you mean they sound beatlesque, because i don't know of any band that really sounds like the beatles when not poor quality is draining the sound.
OropherThranduil 2 years ago
oh hell, it may be John singing lead or alternating between the 2 maybe, but the more I hear it I KNOW it's BEATLES. Don't you think that if anyone else sounded that close that they would let you know and make a killing off of it?
piggyjo 2 years ago
daffybeatle says George is absent, well ok then, 2 or more tracks Paul plays bass and guitar with John, Paul sings lead and maybe someone was sitting in for Ringo, they were friends with Ginger Baker you know. It's just too close to not be Beatles, and besides this would not be the first time that the "Beatles" were only a couple of them actually playing with other people sitting in.
piggyjo 2 years ago
sorry everybody, but the only people who will convince me that this is NOT the Beatles are the Beatles. If Sir Paul walks up to me and tells me this isn't them I'll believe him, other than that, this has to be them, listen through headphones blocking out all other sound, noone can sound that close. The voices , the bass, the drums and George and John playing guitar, it's just too close to be anyone else.
piggyjo 2 years ago
Most experts think this is not the Beatles. Note that the drummer sounds more like Ginger Baker -- Ringo never played such a busy drum pattern his whole life. And if it's Paul, why does it sound nothing like him on the chorus, and how can he resist screaming the screaming parts, as he was wont to do. People think this sounds like Paul's bass playing, but the singer is obviously playing the lead guitar , as his playing matches the vocals exactly. This first surfaced on bootlegs in the 1970s .
reedrow 2 years ago 2
It's paul he did a take on it.Lennon alsodid a take on get back
DcAcsincity 2 years ago
This is real. Mark Lewishon's book said John had Paul sing because of the experimental nature of the song.
Pectoralz 2 years ago
Please upload this to limewire!
discordian1407 2 years ago
an experimental take with paul on lead vocals
see page 170 of mark lewishon
the beatles recordings session book.
luciferion2000 2 years ago
actually paul also sang the lead on day tripper which was john's song.
letosvet1 2 years ago
I think it's John and Paul but it does not sound like Ringo it might be Mitch Mitchell. Strange take. If the bass sound was not so dead on I'd have doubts whteher it was any of them Tho the voice seems 2 be a beatle
Vazmusic 2 years ago
I think it's them! Too close to call but who else could copy the music so nearly identical. Maybe Mal sang at the end?
apolonio0907 2 years ago
On Saturday February 22, 1969 at Trident Studios (not at EMI), "I Want You", the working title of what would later become "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" was recorded. This take was a one time experimental take with Paul singing lead vocal per John Lennon's request. 35 takes of the basic track were recorded on this day with a John Lennon guide vocal.
StrangerInside2009 2 years ago
Read the info of the video people it clearly says george was abcent and the one who sings is paul... go paul!!! :D
jacobygreenwood 2 years ago
what does George being absent have to do with anything?? John sung this song originally not George so I don't get why that has to do with anything...
thebeatles8267 2 years ago
Of course it's Lennon- I've been listening to them for 45 years, it's obvious. Sounds like just him on guitar, though- no George, no Billy Preston.
auramac 2 years ago 3
This really does sound like Paul. If it really is a Beatles singing it's Paul.
woodstockfest 2 years ago
I honestly don't know who is singing. It could be anyone of them, it could be George...?!
vulcanicspice 2 years ago
It sounds like the Dave Clark Five.