Beatles, The - Nagra Gold (8 CD Box Set Collection) [SBD]

 

The Beatles

'Nagra Gold' (8 CD Box Set Collection)

The Nagra Tapes - Golden Anniversary Edition

Studio Soundboard Recordings

Encoded: 320 Kbps MP3

2 PDF Booklets:

Nagra Gold Sleeve Notes (Artwork + NFO 100 Pages)

CD Track Listings (8 Pages)

Download the Booklet (Nagra Gold Sleeve Notes Artwork + NFO 100 Pages):

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This is a new collection of re-edited material from the Nagra tapes (Get Back sessions of January 1969). It marks the 50th anniversary of the sessions.

All tracks have been edited to cover up errors, repair break-downs and deliver the music as a set of complete, presentable performances. Songs are topped and tailed, those annoying camera bleeps erased, and good but fragmented sections of songs stitched back together to create whole, flowing performances.

The tracks are sequenced in order of recording, so we start on the morning of day 1 - with just John and George strumming through their new material - and continue through the various twists and turns of the sessions, George's absence, on to the rooftop gig, and the very end of proceedings on January 31.

There are a total of 171 tracks in the collection, spanning 20 working days, and every track is identified and explained in the 100-page booklet, which also includes a selection of images from the exact times the songs were being recorded.

And - as an added attraction - disc 7 contains a Beatles rehearsal album called "Sleep of the Beatles", which was found buried in the Nagra rubble - you can now hear it properly, for the first time.

Track Lists:  (Artwork / Booklets Included)

CD 1 – Days 1-2

d1-01 – Let It Down-I Shall Be Released-Sun King (4:53)

d1-02 – On The Road To Marrakesh (1:46)

d1-03 – Don’t Let Me Down (original middle 8) (3:15)

d1-04 – I’ve Got A Feeling (early attempt) (2:36)

d1-05 – Don’t Let Me Down (fast version) (2:48)

d1-06 – Two Of Us (lightning middle 8) (2:42)

d2-01 – Maxwell’s Silver Hammer (piano demo) (3:01)

d2-02 – Adagio (Paul’s Piano Piece) (3:01)

d2-03 – Let It Be (piano demo) (1:41)

d2-04 – I’m So Tired (2:18)

d2-05 – Don’t Let Me Down (gentle version) (2:44)

d2-06 – I’ve Got A Feeling (full band rehearsal) (3:40)

d2-07 – Lennon-McCartney’s 1950s Songbook (Twickenham) (5:29)

d2-08 – Hippy Hippy Shake (1:59)

d2-09 – Two Of Us (working electric version) (2:33)

d2-10 – All Things Must Pass (acoustic demo) (3:29)

d2-11 – All Things Must Pass (slow version) (3:39)

d2-12 – Maxwell’s Silver Hammer (group practice) (2:38)

CD 2 – Days 3-5

d3-01 – Hear Me Lord (electric demo) (2:07)

d3-02 – Carry That Weight (improvised verse) (1:11)

d3-03 – Castle Jam (instrumental) (2:40)

d3-04 – Don’t Let Me Down (electric blues version) (2:18)

d3-05 – Don’t Let Me Down (Paul’s vocal) (2:42)

d3-06 – Across The Universe (practice) (3:00)

d3-07 – All Things Must Pass (keyboard version) (3:29)

d4-01 – The Long And Winding Road (piano demo) (2:32)

d4-02 – Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight (piano demo) (2:26)

d4-03 – Get Back Is Born (1:51)

d4-04 – I’ve Got A Feeling (beat version) (3:31)

d4-05 – Oh! Darling (demo) (2:01)

d4-06 – Maxwell’s Silver Hammer (band version) (2:06)

d4-07 – Across The Universe (harmony version) (3:10)

d4-08 – Give Me Some Truth (part version) (0:57)

d4-09 – Don’t Let Me Down (Hawaiian guitar version) (2:44)

d4-10 – She Came In Through The Bathroom Window (group version) (3:30)

d5-01 – I Me Mine (guitar demo) (1:39)

d5-02 – Early In The Morning/Honey Hush (2:15)

d5-03 – Two Of Us (trial concert) (2:50)

d5-04 – Don’t Let Me Down (trial concert) (3:06)

d5-05 – I’ve Got A Feeling (trial concert) (3:38)

d5-06 – One After 909 (trial concert) (2:45)

d5-07 – Mean Mr Mustard (band arrangement) (2:16)

d5-08 – All Things Must Pass (John on piano) (3:14)

d5-09 – Let It Be (hypno percussion) (2:36)

d5-10 – I Me Mine (band practice) (1:29)

d5-11 – I Me Mine (full arrangement) (1:42)

CD 3 – Days 6-9

d6-01 – Another Day / Castle Of The King Of The Birds (demo) (2:32)

d6-02 – For You Blue (skiffle arrangement) (2:23)

d6-03 – Two Of Us (rock version) (2:55)

d6-04 – Suzy Parlour (1:58)

d6-05 – She Came In Through The Bathroom Window (cabaret version) (2:13)

d6-06 – Get Back (hard jam) (1:51)

d6-07 – Get Back (race version) (3:03)

d6-08 – Across The Universe (slow version) (3:43)

d6-09 – Mama, You Been On My Mind (2:01)

d6-10 – Let It Be (group practice) (2:10)

d7-01 – Get Back (solo piano) (1:40)

d7-02 – Get Back (rock version) (2:50)

d7-03 – Get Back (rhythm version) (3:22)

d7-04 – Get Back (John’s vocal) (3:31)

d7-05 – Two Of Us (drop-out middle 8) (2:52)

d7-06 – Wild Ono Jam (5:03)

d7-07 – I’ve Got A Feeling (Threetles jam) (3:23)

d7-08 – Don’t Let Me Down (Threetles jam) (3:42)

d8-01 – Get Back (unison vocals) (2:37)

d9-01 – Paul, Songwriter (4:43)

d9-02 – Back Seat Of My Car (piano demo) (2:27)

d9-03 – Madman (3:06)

d9-04 – Watching Rainbows (3:01)

d9-05 – Get Back (Mustard arrangement) (1:13)

d9-06 – Oh! Darling (echo version) (2:07)

CD 4 – Days 10-13

d10-01 – Dig A Pony (session work)/All I Want Is You (2:15)

d10-02 – Dig A Pony (rough version) (3:41)

d10-03 – Don’t Let Me Down (Apple rehearsal) (2:33)

d10-04 – She Came In Through The Bathroom Window (electric piano version) (2:40)

d11-01 – I’ve Got A Feeling (country version) (3:04)

d11-02 – Don’t Let Me Down (Billy’s break) (3:09)

d11-03 – I’ve Got A Feeling (jamming with Billy) (3:05)

d11-04 – Don’t Let Me Down (jamming with Billy) (2:38)

d12-01 – Feeling Jam (instrumental) (1:12)

d12-02 – Get Back (chugging rhythm) (2:36)

d12-03 – Billy’s Blues (3:12)

d12-04 – Oh! Darling (group practice) (2:08)

d12-05 – Billy’s Tea-Time Rag (4:15)

d12-06 – Fantasy 45-A: Get Back (2:42)

d12-07 – Fantasy 45-B: Get Back Part II (2:12)

d13-01 – Two Of Us (John’s arrangement) (2:32)

d13-02 – Two Of Us (acoustic version) (3:25)

d13-03 – Teddy Boy (early attempt) (2:54)

d13-04 – Polythene Pam (0:36)

d13-05 – Her Majesty (0:42)

d13-06 – There You Are, Eddie (2:30)

d13-07 – Lennon-McCartney’s 1950s Songbook (Apple) (5:14)

d13-08 – Two Of Us (slow version) (3:28)

d13-09 – Dig It (Mark I) (2:32)

d13-10 – Get Back (rapid version) (1:14)

d13-11 – Get Back (extended fade) (2:49)

CD 5 – Days 14-16

d14-01 – Two Of Us (middle 8 sessions) (3:30)

d14-02 – For You Blue (lap steel version) (2:10)

d14-03 – For You Blue (take 9) (2:32)

d14-04 – Let It Be (drop-out version) (3:50)

d15-01 – George’s Selection (2:57)

d15-02 – Let It Be (churchy arrangement) (3:49)

d15-03 – Dig It (Mark II) (2:31)

d15-04 – Glyn Johns’s Oldies Selection (Beatles Sunday) (6:50)

d15-05 – You Really Got A Hold On Me (3:32)

d15-06 – Jam in G (3:39)

d15-07 – I Told You Before (3:05)

d15-08 – The Long And Winding Road (with lead guitar) (3:26)

d15-09 – The Long And Winding Road (cha-cha version) (1:46)

d15-10 – The Long And Winding Road (acoustic guitar version) (2:33)

d16-01 – Castle Of The King Of The Birds (full version) (2:43)

d16-02 – Old Brown Shoe (piano demo) (2:43)

d16-03 – Let It Be (musical jam) (2:20)

d16-04 – Old Brown Shoe (drums forward) (3:02)

d16-05 – Jam in E (2:39)

d16-06 – Get Back (galloping rhythm) (1:56)

d16-07 – Oh! Darling (full band version) (3:35)

d16-08 – Get Back (water-water blues) (2:47)

CD 6 – Day 17

d17-01 – The Long And Winding Road (River Rhine blues) (3:07)

d17-02 – I’ve Got A Feeling (feeling blue) (2:32)

d17-03 – I’ve Got A Feeling (John’s vocal) (3:43)

d17-04 – Dig It (Mark III) (0:46)

d17-05 – Dig A Pony (minimalist) (3:47)

d17-06 – Get Back (ritardando) (3:59)

d17-07 – Love Me Do (1:54)

d17-08 – Old Brown Shoe (finished) (3:03)

d17-09 – I Want You (She’s So Heavy) (funky version) (5:13)

d17-10 – Unless He Has A Song / Sticks and Stones (3:40)

d17-11 – Something (writing stage) (2:27)

d17-12 – Get Back (Hammond solo) (2:18)

d17-13 – Two Of Us (low-energy version) (3:35)

d17-14 – All Things Must Pass (vocal turns) (3:30)

d17-15 – How Do You Tell Someone? (1:57)

d17-16 – I Want You (She’s So Heavy) (guitar version) (3:21)

CD 7 – Day 18

d18-01 – One After 909 (Sleep Of The Beatles) (2:54)

d18-02 – Don’t Let Me Down (Sleep Of The Beatles) (3:22)

d18-03 – Dig A Pony (Sleep Of The Beatles) (3:36)

d18-04 – I’ve Got A Feeling (Sleep Of The Beatles) (3:35)

d18-05 – Get Back (Sleep Of The Beatles) (3:29)

d18-06 – For You Blue (Sleep Of The Beatles) (2:12)

d18-07 – She Came In Through The Bathroom Window (Sleep Of The Beatles) (3:04)

d18-08 – Two Of Us (Sleep Of The Beatles) (3:40)

d18-09 – All Things Must Pass (Sleep Of The Beatles) (3:01)

d18-10 – Let It Be (Sleep Of The Beatles) (3:46)

d18-11 – The Long And Winding Road (Sleep Of The Beatles) (3:30)

d18-12 – Dig It (Mark IV) (Sleep Of The Beatles) (3:21)

d18-13 – She Came In Through The Bathroom Window (acoustic guitar version) (1:51)

d18-14 – Let It Down (group version) (3:43)

d18-15 – Let It Down (George and Billy) (2:35)

d18-16 – Something (development) (2:39)

d18-17 – One After 909 (final practice) (3:04)

d18-18 – Buddy Holly Medley (6:57)

d18-19 – Teddy Boy (slide guitar version) (4:52)

d18-20 – Two Of Us (nasal voices) (3:32)

CD 8 – Days 19-20

d19-01 – Get Back (show day, version 1) (3:11)

d19-02 – Get Back (show day, version 2) (3:10)

d19-03 – Don’t Let Me Down (show day, version 1) (3:24)

d19-04 – I’ve Got A Feeling (show day, version 1) (3:40)

d19-05 – One After 909 (show day) (2:57)

d19-06 – Dig A Pony (show day) (3:58)

d19-07 – I’ve Got A Feeling (show day, version 2) (3:41)

d19-08 – Don’t Let Me Down (show day, version 2) (3:24)

d19-09 – Get Back (show day, version 3) (3:21)

d20-01 – American Roots Medley (6:41)

d20-02 – Two Of Us (final attempt) (3:43)

d20-03 – The Long And Winding Road (final rehearsal) (3:24)

d20-04 – I Want You (She’s So Heavy) (Paul vocal) (4:23)

d20-05 – Let It Be (final rehearsal) (3:32)

d20-06 – Oh! Darling (final version) (2:44)

d20-07 – Let It Be (end performance) (4:04)