THE BEATLES - THE TRUTH ABOUT 'HER MAJESTY'

The song was originally placed between "Mean Mr. Mustard" and "Polythene Pam"; McCartney decided that the sequence did not work and the song was edited out of the medley by Abbey Road Studios tape operator John Kurlander. He was instructed by McCartney to destroy the tape, but EMI policy stated that no Beatles recording was ever to be destroyed. The fourteen seconds of silence between "The End" and "Her Majesty" are the result of Kurlander's lead out tape added to separate the song from the rest of the recording. This is a recreation of where the song had to be originally placed onto the record.

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Music

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• beatles
• her majesty
• emi
• capitol
• abbey road
• paul mccartney
• john lennon
• george harrison
• ringo starr
• mustard
• polythene pam