May 03, 2021

Beatles - The Alternate Versions Vol. 1 & 2

The Beatles Alternate Versions are 2 collections of alternate takes and unreleased songs. These discs offer some of the the best alternate and unreleased studio-outtakes currently available, by stroke of luck, on the underground Beatles-market. In most cases these are early takes, copied directly from the multi-track master-tapes. That means that the sound of many of the tracks presented here even surpasses that of the 'official' Beatles-releases. This set was designed to provide listening pleasure also for the more 'casual' Beatles fan. Below are the included tracks by volume:






Tracklist

1I Saw Her Standing There
2There's A Place
3Misery
4Do You Want To Know A Secret
5From Me To You
6Thank You Girl
7One After 909
8Bad To Me
9One And One Is Two
10I'm In Love
11Please Mr. Postman
12It Won't Be Long
13Hold Me Tight
14Don't Bother Me
15Can't Buy My Love
16A Hard Days Night
17Leave My Kitten Alone
18I'm A Loser
19She's A Woman
20I Feel Fine
21Honey Don't
22If You've Got Trouble
23That Means A Lot
24Ticket To Ride
25Yes It Is
26Help!
27Run For Your Life
28Norwegian Wood
29Day Tripper
30We Can Work It Out
31I'm Looking Through You
3212-Bar-Original


01 - I Saw Her Standing There (Take 2) (11 Feb 1963)
02 - There's A Place (Take 1) (11 Feb 1963)
03 - Misery (Take 1) (11 Feb 1963)
04 - Do You Want To Know A Secret (Take 7, Rough Mix) (Different Backing Vocals, No Echo) (11 Feb 1963)
05 - From Me To You (Take 2) (5 Mar 1963)
06 - Thank You Girl (Take 1) (5 Mar 1963)
07 - One After 909 (1963 Version) (Take 2) (5 Mar 1963)
08 - Bad To Me (1963 Demo)
09 - One And One Is Two (1963 Demo)
10 - I'm In Love (1963 Demo)
11 - Please Mr. Postman (Early Take) (30 Jul 1963)
12 - It Won't Be Long (Early Take) (30 Jul 1963)
13 - Hold Me Tight (Rough Stereo Mix Of Released Version) (12 Sep 1963)
14 - Don't Bother Me (Take 10) (12 Sep 1963)
15 - Can't Buy Me Love (Take 2) (Rec. Paris, 29 Jan 1964) (Note- 'official' Is Take 4)
16 - A Hard Day's Night (Take 1) (Rehearsing Opening Chord) (16 Apr 1964)
17 - Leave My Kitten Alone (14 Aug 1964)
18 - I'm A Loser (Take 2) (14 Aug 1964)
19 - She's A Woman (Take 1) (8 Oct 1964)
20 - I Feel Fine (Take 1) (The Key Is Too High For John) (18 Oct 1964)
21 - Honey Don't (Early Take) (26 Oct 1964)
22 - If You've Got Trouble (18 Feb 1965)
23 - That Means A Lot (20 Feb 1965)
24 - Ticket To Ride ('official' Take But Diif. Mix From 4-Track Master) (15 Feb 1965)
25 - Yes It Is ('official' Take But Diif. Mix From 4-Track Master) (16 Feb 1965)
26 - Help! (Take 9) (No Lead Guitar) (13 Apr 1965)
27 - Run For Your Life (Take 5 Extract 1-17) (12 Oct 1965)
28 - Norwegian Wood (Take 2) (21 Oct 1965)
29 - Day Tripper (Take 1 Instrumental Breakdown, Then 'official' Take 3 Diff. Mix) (16 Oct 1965)
30 - We Can Work It Out (Extract Of Home Demo, Then Rough Mono Mix Of Official Single) (20 Oct 1965)
31 - I'm Looking Through You (Early Acoustic) (6 Nov 1965)
32 - 12-Bar Original (4 Nov 1965)



Tracklist

1Tomorrow Never Knows
2Rain
3Paperback Writer
4For No One
5Here, There And Everywhere
6Strawberry Fields Forever
7A Day In The Life
8Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
9It's All Too Much
10The Fool On The Hill
11Ariel Instrumental
12Your Mother Should Know
13Lady Madonna
14Across The Universe
15Not Guilty
16Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da
17While My Guitar Gently Weeps
18Happiness Is A Warm Gun
19I'm So Tired
20What's The New, Mary Jane?
21Hey Jude
22Revolution No. 9
23Goodbye