The Beatles January 1969

Title: Filming "Let It Be" Day 17 (Let It Be/Get Back)
Type: Feature Film
Filming Location: Apple Studios, Twickenham, England
Filming Date: January 27th 1969
Broadcast Date: May 13th 1970 (New York); May 20th 1970 (London); November 2021 (Get Back)
Country Of Broadcast: UK/USA
Duration: 06:33 Minutes
Quality: B+
Source: "The Savile Row Sessions" (Adam Bound)
Other Sources: "The Beatles Get Back Chronicles Vol 2" (FAB Productions)

Notes: The session began with George Harrison introducing his new composition, "Old Brown Shoe," which he had written the
previous night. He performed it on the piano, and later in the day, he rehearsed the track with Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and
Billy Preston after John Lennon stepped out to grab some food. This was the band`s first attempt at the song, which would later be released as the b-side to "The Ballad of John and Yoko."

The session progressed with rehearsals of Paul`s "Let It Be" and "The Long And Winding Road," but the takes of these songs were
not particularly successful and not captured on multi-track. They then shifted focus to John`s "Don`t Let Me Down."
Despite several takes, none were considered refined enough to move forward.

There were also attempts at "Oh, Darling," a track that would later appear on the "Abbey Road" album, one of which was released in an edited form on "Anthology 3" in 1996.

The latter part of the session was dedicated to "Get Back," with the band recording 32 takes. They experimented with different
tempos and styles, including a playful mock German version and a take featuring Japanese characters. One of John Lennon`s
famous ad-libs "Sweet Loretta Fart, she thought she was a cleaner, but she was a frying pan" was recorded during the warm-up and
made its way onto the "Let It Be" album. One of the takes from this session would later be used for the single version,
released in April 1969, as well as the version on the "Let It Be" album in 1970. However, this take lacked the iconic coda, which was recorded on January 28.

As the session came to a close, the band made several attempts at "I`ve Got A Feeling," one of which would be mixed by Glyn Johns for his "Get Back" album in March 1969.

Thanks to The Paul McCartney Project for the notes.