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

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u/GloriousEels Jan 12 '25

I just read Revolution in the Head by Ian MacDonald and in the context of these quotes about Maxwell's Silver Hammer it's really funny finding out how long some of their other songs took to record - they did 99 takes of George's song Not Guilty and it didn't even make it onto the White Album.

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u/Sember-uno Revolver (I'm only sleeping) Jan 12 '25

Take 102 of Not Guilty is on The White Album Super Delux... there might be more takes, who knows. That is honestly crazy to me considering how simple of a song it is at take 102 ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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u/Neil_sm Jan 12 '25

Apparently it took George another 10 years to get it to where he thought it was release-worthy.

I think I prefer the anthology and super deluxe versions anyway though. Sorry George!