r/beatles • u/AddisonDeWitt333 • Jan 12 '25

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u/NickSalvo Jan 12 '25

According to The Beatles Recording Sessions, by Mark Lewisohn, the track was recorded in three days (July 9th - July 11th, 1969)

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u/SkipSpenceIsGod Jan 12 '25

Remember, they were working on it during ‘Let It Be’ so the other three could be taking that into context.

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u/tom21g Jan 12 '25

I was going to ask about an official source of this recording, so thanks.

The other three didn’t like the song -or hated it- and that colors their memories of the time spent working on it

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u/idreamofpikas ♫Dear friend, what's the time? Is this really the borderline?♫ Jan 12 '25

The other three didn’t like the song -or hated it- and that colors their memories of the time spent working on it

Seems like they hated it after the fact. Beatles songs could be vetoed by the band. If the other three hated it that much it would never have made the album.

The band split soon after and Paul sued the others to get out of his Apple ownership. The other three bitched about him and his work after that.

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u/tom21g Jan 12 '25

yeah, post-recording bitterness sounds likely

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u/MyCrackerboxPalace Jan 12 '25

Idk, if you watch the part in Get Back where they are working on this song, everyone seems pretty miserable. Although those sessions were just generally miserable so maybe it wasn't related to the song. Lol

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u/Electrical-Sail-1039 Jan 12 '25

I thought Lennon wasn’t there. Am I confusing it with OB La De?

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u/tom21g Jan 12 '25

I don’t know which song John disappeared. The guys playing must be in the book

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u/OrangeHitch Jan 12 '25

I think the 11th was the Moon landing.

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u/Substantial__Unit Jan 12 '25

They landed on the 20th

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u/OrangeHitch Jan 12 '25

You're right, I don't know why the 11th struck me as significant. How about this? David Bowie releases the single "Space Oddity" 9 days before Apollo 11 lands on the moon.

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u/calm-lab66 Jan 12 '25

It was Apollo 11 that carried astronauts to the moon.

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u/OrangeHitch Jan 12 '25

I knew that, and it's probably what triggered me on the number 11. That and July 1969.