WHAT IF: This Unreleased Beatles Song On 'Revolver'?

In the 1970s, 150 hours of Beatles rehearsal tapes recorded for the "Let It Be" documentary were stolen and leaked onto the black market. 30 years later these 'Nagra reels' were recovered by British and Dutch police during an intercontinental sting called "Operation Acetone." In 2021, some of these recordings were used for Peter Jackson's "Get Back" docuseries. A holy grail of rare and abandoned Beatles music remains on the cutting room floor.

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2 months ago
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[desoxido]

This other song that never heard before sounds very much like “Think For Yourself”and “if I needed someone” combined.

[bobbysands]

Would have been an amazing song if it got the entire Beatle treatment, with the other guys singing and Martin producing. It's mind-blowing how many songs these guys wrote. Their "throw-aways" are better than anything written today.

[z]

amazing song, Dahni Harrison should record this in memory of his father.

[eliortegajr]

It's missing...something. It's like when you get in the car and you find yourself not sure where to go. Nice little short melody. Thanks for doing what you do.

[luiszuluaga]

I don’t profess to know all of my music theory but George Harrison certainly appreciated diminished chords and descending progressions that circled an easy to digest note down the middle or as a reference point. Lots of beautiful tension in his music.

[peterjlake]

Wow! As a George fan, I'd never come across this before. Shame it wasn't developed into something more. He always spoke with such wisdom and objective truth of how we fail in living as human beings.

[timuren]

I'm surprised that George never put that song on one of his albums it is really well done.

[MrMichaelk]

George was really emerging as a brilliant songwriter during the final years as a Beatle (think “Something”, one of the most beautiful Beatles songs ever written.). It was even more apparent in his final years on this Earth, the Traveling Wilburys being the prime example. Think what both he & John might have created had they both lived longer. It becomes mind boggling! Thank you so much for this beautiful addition to “almost Beatles songs”!

[mikek]

"Old Brown Shoe" is one of my all-time favorites; such a great song.

[aBeatleFanever]

In the video, Brad Lyda said... On this day (January 28th) we see George Harrison... pitch a trio of new Harrisongs: Old Brown Shoe, Something and All Things Must Pass.
While the 28th was the first day that George brought in "Something"... he had done a run through of "Old Brown Shoe" the day before (on January 27th). And George had done his first run through of "All Things Must Pass" on the very first day of this project (back on January 2nd). In fact, ATMP was the second song that anyone played on that first day. They had worked on "All Thing Must Pass" on four of the first five days of the "Get Back" project - and had done 58 takes of the song through January 8th.

George had brought in 5 other songs before January 28th including... Let It Down, Hear Me Lord, For You Blue, I Me Mine and Isn't It A Pity.
I've heard many people say that the main reason George quit the group on January 10th - was because John & Paul were not spending any time on George's songs. But that just was not the case. Through January 9th (the first 6 days of the project)... the group had spent time on five of George's songs - with 58 takes of "All Things Must Pass", 41 takes of "I Me Mine", 18 takes of "For You Blue", 8 takes of "Hear Me Lord" and 1 of "Let It Down".

[ignatiusj.reilly]

As a Beatles fanatic & a lover of all things George, this truly is beautiful. I love it, sir.

[brianevans]

All these years on and I come across a song of the Beatles I haven’t heard before, I think George would like this version, just amazing thank you. Brian. (73) Liverpool. UK

[rickyfoofighter]

This is amazing. And you've produced it splendidly. I think this song would've worked really well on Revolver. Keep up the amazing work

[iursits]

It made me think also about If I Needed Someone

[jaywilson]

Hearing similarities to "Think for Yourself" in the melodic structure.

[josephcontreras]

I love hearing about unreleased work in progress beatles songs. Like real love I love that song.

[hanorabrennan]

2 months before I was kicked out of school. Saw John the following year in Hyde Park and got such a cheeky smile from him! Kindred spirits recognition.

[paulknight]

1:23 "About the good things that we can have
If we close our eyes"

[thebluesandothercolors]

Simply excellent. I was not previously aware of this outtake. However, i must counter that "I Want To Tell You" is one of Revolver's most exquisite tracks and explores similar lyrical and thematic territory. The sparseness of IWTTY is one of the most unique and psychedelic aspects of Revolver.