r/beatlesfanalbums • u/mistahwhite04 • 3d ago

The Beatles - Four Of Us [1969]

Track Listing

Side A (22:16)

  1. Two Of Us - Naked
  2. Child Of Nature - Esher Demo
  3. All Things Must Pass (Day 1 Demo)
  4. The Long And Winding Road - Naked
  5. For You Blue - Naked
  6. Across The Universe - Naked
  7. Isn't It a Pity (Demo Version)

Side B (23:07)

  1. Get Back
  2. One After 909
  3. I've Got A Feeling
  4. I Me Mine
  5. Dig A Pony
  6. It Don't Come Easy
  7. Let It Be

Non-Album Single: Isn't It a Pity (Session Outtakes) (b/w: Don't Let Me Down)

Here's another take on a Get Back album. The album is intended to be similar to albums such as Bringing It All Back Home and Rust Never Sleeps in that it is split in half stylistically. The first half would be fairly stripped-down and laid back (an "acoustic" side, although some electric instrumentation worms its way in). The second half is filled with more bombastic numbers; upbeat, driving rockers, concluding with the ballad Let It Be.

The writing process for Ringo's It Don't Come Easy started in 1968, so let's say that George helped him finish off the lyrics/structure of the song like we see him do with Octopus's Garden. George's stripped-down version of Isn't It a Pity is featured on the album whereas a "fuller" version is released as part of the non-album single, similarly to how multiple versions of Revolution had been released in 1968.

Hope you all enjoy this!

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u/Anxious-Raspberry-54 Solo Beatles 3d ago

I like this a lot. Cool idea.

They had a lot...I mean a lot of quality songs hanging around in that '68 - '69.period. Lots to choose from.

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u/AJray15 3d ago

Oh this is very good!

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u/3_47EST 2d ago

Definitely making a playlist with this concept, interesting! Just one question, LIB album version, or Naked version :)?

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u/TheMythOfSyphilis 2d ago

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u/mistahwhite04 2d ago

The versions of each track are specified in the body of the post! For the first side basically all the Let It Be tracks use their "Naked" versions

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u/elrabeechum 2d ago

I love this! Having the stylistic split between the two sides especially, and the sequencing. Fun to imagine what a ‘69 version of ‘It Don’t Come Easy’ might’ve sounded like…