The Beatles January 1969

Title: Filming "Let It Be" Day 14 (Let It Be/Get Back)
Type: Feature Film
Filming Location: Apple Studios, Twickenham, England
Filming Date: January 24th 1969
Broadcast Date: May 13th 1970 (New York); May 20th 1970 (London); November 2021 (Get Back)
Country Of Broadcast: UK/USA
Duration: 03:12 Minutes
Quality: B+
Source: "The Savile Row Sessions" (Adam Bound)
Other Sources: "The Beatles Get Back Chronicles Vol 2" (FAB Productions)

Notes: The day began without Billy Preston, who rehearsed a TV Show appearance and whose absence shifted the band`s focus away
from refining "Get Back." Instead, they concentrated on "Two of Us," initially attempting an electric arrangement reminiscent
of earlier Twickenham sessions. Ultimately, they settled on an acoustic, folk-rock approach. Though still in the rehearsal
phase, Glyn Johns preserved several takes on multi-track tape. One of these would later feature on the 1996 collection
"Anthology 3," and another was selected by Johns for one of the unreleased "Get Back" albums.

The session also marked the recording debut of two songs. Paul McCartney`s "Teddy Boy", written in India the previous year and
briefly played on January 9, was captured in a version later edited with recordings from January 28 for "Anthology 3". The
song was also included in early mixes of the "Get Back" album before Paul re-recorded it for his 1970 solo debut "McCartney."

John Lennon`s improvisational "Dig It" also took shape as a blues-rock piece with ad-libbed lyrics, featuring four versions
that day. A snippet of John`s speech from this session "That was "Can You Dig It" by Georgie Wood, and now we`d like to do
"Hark The Angels Come" would eventually appear on the "Let It Be" album.The day was rich in variety, with Paul experimenting
with unreleased compositions like "Every Night" and "Hot As Sun" and playing "There You Are, Eddie," a song written the previous December for Beatles biographer Hunter Davies.

John played "Polythene Pam" for the only time during these sessions. He also revisited two Quarrymen-era songs: "Maggie Mae,"
later included on the "Let It Be" album, and "Fancy My Chances With You," featured on the bonus disc of "Let It Be Naked" in 2003.

Thanks to The Paul McCartney Project for the notes.