The Mellotron Group

I found this on "Big O". It's pretty self explanatory and worth  
downloading. There is a lot of good music up right now worth downloading,  including a 
couple of Jeff Beck/Eric Clapton shows.
 
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_BRAND NEW  BEATLES_ (http://bigozine2.com/roio/?p=409) 
February 14, 2010 – 4:01  am  
Utilizing the efforts of fan collective Purple Chick, a Beatles fan  
reminds us of Abbey Road with a fine compilation of the sessions. 
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THE BEATLES
The Forgotten Abbey Road Sessions [Forgotten Records  2010, 2CD]
Sessions at Abbey Road and Twickenham, January 1969.  Ex SBD mono. 
The Beatles 1969 sessions have always focused on Let It Be but it also was  
Abbey Road that was being demoed. In the end, Abbey Road appeared first 
followed  by the final album, Let It Be. An enterprising UK [?]  fan has taken 
the  best bits from the famous Purple Chick set, The Complete A-B Road 
Sessions [a  total of 83 CDs] and done a great job to show the creation of Abbey 
Road. 
It starts with George Harrison briefing the Beatles on Something. You can  
hear Lennon, a bit miffed by this song, requesting the band to move on to 
some  “rock ‘n’ roll” at the end. His own contribution to the Beatles’ final 
two  albums were overshadowed by McCartney’s output. These sessions show 
that  clearly. John and Yoko, so it has been said, were both “under the  
influence”. 
The first disc is occupied by just two songs, Something and McCartney’s Oh  
Darling. Paul’s dominance here can also be interpreted as conscientious 
effort.  He has always taken greater care with crafting his songs than Lennon, 
who was  the instinctive and inspired one. 
There’s also a lengthy session for Ringo’s Octopus’ Garden which starts 
off  with a beautiful solo piano played by Lennon [?]. It’s nice to hear 
hearty  laughter from this session. The remainder of disc 2 contains bits of the “
huge  medley” that would be the centrepiece of Abbey Road Side 2. You could 
call this  the Paul McCartney side. The exception is John’s I Want You, 
inspired funk.  That’s Billy Preston on the keys. A lovely acoustic demo of Her 
Majesty closes  this collection. 
Sound quality is great here and the compilation is an entertaining listen.  
Another excellent fly-on-the-wall moment.
- The Little  Chicken  
The compiler helter_skelter80 has this to say of his work: “This album is  
Part 1 in a Collection of the best forgotten ‘Abbey Road’ Album Sessions,  
recorded in Twickenham & Apple Studios in January 1969. Edited from the  
lossless Complete A/B Road Set, for the very first time this sets pieces  
together the finest takes of these songs that would ultimately become ‘Abbey  
Road.’ 
“This set contains none of the ‘flab’ that many of the ‘Get Back’ 
Sessions  includes, it has been carefully ‘Reworked’ and Edited from the Complete 
A/B Road  Collection to include only the best takes of the tracks that 
became Abbey Road.  No board announcements, etc, just the best of JPGR!” 
Also readers should note: 
iTunes Info: A tracklisting for both CDs is now on iTunes. Rip this to your 
 iPod (by Apple Lossless) and the tracks will automatically appear! 
EQ Info: I would advise using a Vocal Boost EQ for optimum listening. I did 
 not want to EQ the tracks myself, different people have different taste! 
This was first shared on Traders Den by helter_skelter80. Thank you. You’ve 
 done Beatles fans a great service. 
Lineage - SILVER CD > FLAC (by Purple Chick) > AIF > Pro Tools LE  > EDITED 
AIF > FLAC > YOU! 
Note: Click on the highlighted tracks to download the MP3s (these are high  
quality MP3s - sample rate of 192 kbps). As far as we can ascertain, these  
tracks have never been officially released on CD. 
Due to the size of some of the files, please be very patient when  
downloading the tracks. It could be that the server was very busy. Please try  again 
later. Kindly email us at _mybigo@bigozine.com_ 
(mailto:mybigo@bigozine.com)  if you encounter persistent problems  downloading the files. 
Disc 1
_Track 101_ (http://www.bigozine8.com/TRKS6/BEforgotten/BEforgotten101.mp3) 
. ‘Something’ Sessions [Apple Studios, Jan 28, 1969]  (2.2MB)
_Track 102_ 
(http://www.bigomagazine.com/TRKS6/BEforgotten/BEforgotten102.mp3) . ‘Something’ Sessions (5.7MB)
_Track 103_ (http://www.bigozine.com/TRKS6/BEforgotten/BEforgotten103.mp3) 
. ‘Something’ Sessions (6.2MB)
_Track 104_ 
(http://www.bigozine6.com/TRKS66/BEforgotten/BEforgotten104.mp3) . ‘Something’ Sessions [Apple Studios, Jan 29, 1969]  (3.7MB)
_Track 105_ (http://www.bigomag.com/TRKS6/BEforgotten/BEforgotten105.mp3) . 
‘Oh! Darling’ Sessions [Twickenham Studios, Jan 6,  1969] (2.3MB)
_Track 106_ 
(http://www.bigozine1a.com/TRKS6/BEforgotten/BEforgotten106.mp3) . ‘Oh! Darling’ Sessions [Twickenham Studios, Jan 7,  1969] (3.7MB)
_Track 107_ 
(http://www.bigomagazine.com/TRKS6/BEforgotten/BEforgotten107.mp3) . ‘Oh! Darling’ Sessions (6.4MB)
_Track 108_ (http://www.bigozine7.com/TRKS6/BEforgotten/BEforgotten108.mp3) 
. ‘Oh! Darling’ Sessions [Twickenham Studios, Jan 8,  1969] (2.7MB)
_Track 109_ (http://www.bigozine.com/TRKS6/BEforgotten/BEforgotten109.mp3) 
. ‘Oh! Darling’ Sessions [Twickenham Studios, Jan 9,  1969] (3.4MB)
_Track 110_ 
(http://www.bigozine6.com/TRKS66/BEforgotten/BEforgotten110.mp3) . ‘Oh! Darling’ Sessions [Twickenham Studios, Jan 14,  1969] (4.8MB)
_Track 111_ (http://www.bigozine8.com/TRKS6/BEforgotten/BEforgotten111.mp3) 
. ‘Oh! Darling’ Sessions [Apple Studios, Jan 23,  1969] (10.6MB)
_Track 112_ (http://www.bigomag.com/TRKS6/BEforgotten/BEforgotten112.mp3) . 
‘Oh! Darling’ Sessions (5.9MB)
_Track 113_ 
(http://www.bigozine1a.com/TRKS6/BEforgotten/BEforgotten113.mp3) . ‘Oh! Darling’ Sessions [Apple Studios, Jan 27,  1969] (8.7MB)
_Track 114_ (http://www.bigozine4.com/TRKS6/BEforgotten/BEforgotten114.mp3) 
. ‘Oh! Darling’ Sessions (1.7MB)
_Track 115_ 
(http://www.bigomagazine.com/TRKS6/BEforgotten/BEforgotten115.mp3) . ‘Oh! Darling’ Sessions [Apple Studios, Jan 31,  1969] (4.7MB) 
Disc 2
Track 201. ‘Octopus’ Garden’ Sessions [Apple Studios, Jan 26, 1969]  
(13.8MB)
Click _here_ 
(http://www.bigozine6.com/TRKS55/BEforgotten/BEforgotten201.mp3)  if you reside in North America
Click _here_ 
(http://www.bigomagazine.com/TRKS5/BEforgotten/BEforgotten201.mp3)  if you reside outside North America
_Track 202_ (http://www.bigozine8.com/TRKS5/BEforgotten/BEforgotten202.mp3) 
. ‘Octopus’ Garden’ Sessions (2.4MB)
_Track 203_ (http://www.bigozine.com/TRKS5/BEforgotten/BEforgotten203.mp3) 
. ‘Octopus’ Garden’ Sessions (1.3MB)
_Track 204_ (http://www.bigozine4.com/TRKS5/BEforgotten/BEforgotten204.mp3) 
. ‘Octopus’ Garden’ Sessions (2.0MB)
_Track 205_ (http://www.bigomag.com/TRKS5/BEforgotten/BEforgotten205.mp3) . 
‘I Want You (She’s So Heavy)’ Sessions [Apple  Studios, Jan 28] (3.7MB)
_Track 206_ 
(http://www.bigozine1a.com/TRKS5/BEforgotten/BEforgotten206.mp3) . ‘I Want You (She’s So Heavy)’ Sessions  (7.8MB)
_Track 207_ (http://www.bigozine8.com/TRKS5/BEforgotten/BEforgotten207.mp3) 
. ‘I Want You (She’s So Heavy)’ Sessions [Apple  Studios, Jan 31, 1969] 
(7.5MB)
_Track 208_ (http://www.bigozine.com/TRKS5/BEforgotten/BEforgotten208.mp3) 
. ‘Sun King’ Session, no vocals [Twickenham Studios,  Jan 2, 1969] (3.1MB)
_Track 209_ 
(http://www.bigomagazine.com/TRKS5/BEforgotten/BEforgotten209.mp3) . ‘Mean Mr. Mustard’ Sessions [Twickenham Studios,  Jan 8, 1969] (5.0MB)
_Track 210_ (http://www.bigomag.com/TRKS5/BEforgotten/BEforgotten210.mp3) . 
‘Mean Mr. Mustard’ Sessions [Twickenham Studios,  Jan 14, 1969] (5.6MB)
_Track 211_ (http://www.bigozine7.com/TRKS5/BEforgotten/BEforgotten211.mp3) 
. ‘Mean Mr. Mustard’ Sessions [Apple Studios, Jan 25,  1969] (3.2MB)
_Track 212_ 
(http://www.bigozine1a.com/TRKS5/BEforgotten/BEforgotten212.mp3) . ‘Polythene Pam’ Session [Apple Studios, Jan 24,  1969] (2.8MB)
_Track 213_ (http://www.bigozine8.com/TRKS5/BEforgotten/BEforgotten213.mp3) 
. ‘Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight’ Sessions  [Twickenham Studios, Jan 
7, 1969] (5.5MB)
_Track 214_ (http://www.bigozine.com/TRKS5/BEforgotten/BEforgotten214.mp3) 
. ‘Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight’ Sessions  [Twickenham Studios, Jan 
9, 1969] (6.2MB)
_Track 215_ (http://www.bigozine4.com/TRKS5/BEforgotten/BEforgotten215.mp3) 
. ‘Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight’ Sessions  [Twickenham Studios, Jan 
9, 1969] (2.8MB)
_Track 216_ 
(http://www.bigozine6.com/TRKS55/BEforgotten/BEforgotten216.mp3) . ‘Her Majesty’ Session [Apple Studios, Jan 24, 1969]  (2.9MB)