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THE BEATLES
Great Scott! It’s… The Beatles [ MasterJedi MJ1502, CD3 and 4 of 6]
Outtakes. Very good soundboard.
Bernard Webb (Mythology of the Beatles):
Capital Radio DJ Roger Scott was chosen to narrate the Beatles At Abbey Road show. A keen collector of obscure rock artefacts, he was apparently given access to a different cache of Abbey Road tapes, and even flagrantly presented snippets on a nine-part American Westwood One radio show, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band: A History Of The Beatles Years 1962-1970, broadcast in 1984.
Outtakes from songs such as “Do You Want To Know A Secret”, “A Hard Day’s Night”, “I Feel Fine”, “Ticket To Ride”, “Help!”, “Day Tripper”, “We Can Work It Out” and “Paperback Writer” were all mixed into the programmes. Before his death in 1989, Scott apparently sold the tapes to benefit his estate, and virtually complete session tapes of each of the above songs soon appeared on various bootlegs.
Click here for Bernard Webb’s How Rare Outtakes From Their Sessions Found Their Way Out Of Abbey Road Studios.
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Thanks to MasterJedi for all the efforts; g-force for sharing these tracks at the Bootlegzone Forum; and to Tmangia for keeping them alive elsewhere on the net.
MasterJedi’s notes:
The complete recordings of Roger Scott - Together for the first time
Presented here for your listening pleasure are all of the available in-line copies of Beatles tapes liberated from Abbey Road Studios by British DJ Roger Scott. When needed, they have been restored to the correct speed, to the correct EQ, and to the correct channel alignment. All major dropouts have been repaired by using EQ only. Finally, the selections have been lightly supplemented by more complete Scott and non-Scott recordings where appropriate by precisely matching the speed, EQ, and noise.
A big thank you goes out to John C Winn. Without him and his amazing book “Lifting Latches”, several of these recordings would not have been identified as Scott tapes.
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Thanks also to Philip Cohen for running through the tracks.
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Discs 5-6 will be shared over the next couple of days.
Disc 3
Track 301. Can’t Buy Me Love, takes 2-3 (TIO + URT) 3:23 (5.7MB)
Track 302. A Hard Day’s Night, take 1 (Anthology + S2S) 2:41 (4.5MB)
Track 303. A Hard Day’s Night, takes 2-4 (TM + S2S) 2:54 (4.9MB)
Track 304. A Hard Day’s Night, take 5 (S2S) 2:38 (4.4MB)
Track 305. A Hard Day’s Night, takes 6-7 (S2S) 4:29 (7.5MB)
Track 306. A Hard Day’s Night, takes 8-9 (S2S + AHDNBlu) 2:57 (5.0MB)
Track 307. I’m A Loser, takes 1-2 (S2S) 2:30 (4.2MB)
Track 308. I’m A Loser, take 3 (S2S + UM) 2:52 (4.8MB)
Track 309. I’m A Loser, takes 4-6 (S2S) 4:36 (7.7MB)
Track 310. I’m A Loser, take 7 (S2S) 1:17 (2.2MB)
Track 311. She’s A Woman, take 2 (URT + UM) 3:16 (5.5MB)
Track 312. She’s A Woman, takes 3-6 (UM + TIO) 8:05 (13.6MB)
Track 313. She’s A Woman, take 7 (S2S + UM) 6:22 (10.7MB)
Track 314. I Feel Fine, takes 1-2 (TIO + S2S) 3:28 (5.8MB)
Track 315. I Feel Fine, take 5 (S2S) 2:24 (4.0MB)
Track 316. I Feel Fine, take 6 (S2S) 2:45 (4.6MB)
Track 317. I Feel Fine, takes 7 (fragment) and 9 (S2S + Red) 2:46 (4.7MB)
Track 318. Christmas Message (Hello Dolly); Speech, take 1 (CCC) 4:33 (7.6MB)
Track 319. Speech, take 2 (UCC) 3:26 (5.8MB)
Track 320. Speech, takes 3-5 (UCC) 0:49 (1.4MB)
Track 321. Another Beatles Christmas Record, different edit (UCC) 4:12 (7.1MB)
73 mins
Disc 4
Track 401. Ticket To Ride, Scott mix (AHOTBY + Audifon) 3:14 (5.4MB)
Track 402. Yes It Is, take 1 (TIO + S2S) 2:59 (5.0MB)
Track 403. Yes It Is, takes 2-7 (S2S) 3:57 (6.6MB)
Track 404. Yes It Is, takes 8-9 (S2S) 3:04 (5.2MB)
Track 405. Yes It Is, takes 10 and 14 (S2S + TIO) 3:11 (5.4MB)
Track 406. If You’ve Got Trouble (UT) 2:48 (4.7MB)
Track 407. That Means A Lot (UT) 2:31 (4.2MB)
Track 408. Help!, takes 1-3, 4 chat (TIO) 3:21 (5.6MB)
Track 409. Help!, take 5 (S2S) 2:53 (4.8MB)
Track 410. Help!, takes 6-7 (S2S) 3:14 (5.4MB)
Track 411. Help!, takes 8-9 (S2S) 2:43 (4.6MB)
Track 412. Help!, take 10 (S2S) 2:32 (4.2MB)
Track 413. Help!, takes 11-12 (S2S) 2:42 (4.6MB)
Track 414. Help!, RS2 (S2S) 2:22 (4.0MB)
Track 415. Run For Your Life, chat (S2S + ADITL) 0:39 (1.1MB)
Track 416. Norwegian Wood, take 1 (MM + UT) 2:11 (3.7MB)
Track 417. Day Tripper, take 1 (S2S) 2:10 (3.6MB)
Track 418. Day Tripper, takes 2-3 (S2S) 4:10 (7.0MB)
Track 419. We Can Work It Out, take 1 (S2S) 2:01 (3.4MB)
Track 420. We Can Work It Out, take 2 (S2S) 2:26 (4.1MB)
Track 421. Think For Yourself, studio chat (MT’05) 19:19 (32.5MB)
75 mins
URT: Ultra Rare Tracks (Swingin’ Pig)
TIO: Take It Off (HMC)
S2S: Studio 2 Sessions at Abbey Road (Yellow Dog)
FAAB: Free As A Bird CD Single (Apple)*
Boot63: The Beatles Bootleg Recordings 1963 (Apple)
Mono: Beatles in Mono CD Box Set (Apple)*
SS: Studio Sessions (Tobe Milo)
Anthology: The Beatles Anthology CDs (Apple)*
MTA: Message to Australia (Yellow Dog 2004)
TM: True Masters (Geritol)*
AHDNBlu: A Hard Day’s Night Blu Ray 5.1 soundtrack*
UM: Unsurpassed Masters (Yellow Dog)
Red: The Beatles 1962-1966 UK Red Vinyl (Pbthal)*
CCC: Complete Christmas Collection (Yellow Dog)
UCC: The Ultimate Christmas Collection (Yellow Dog 2003)
AHOTBY: Sgt Pepper: A History Of The Beatle Years (RMW)
Audifon: Anthology (Audifon)
UT: Unsurpassed Masters (Unique Tracks)
ADITL: A Day In The Life (Yellow Dog 2001)
MM: More Masters (Roaring Mouse)*
MT’05: Miscellaneous Tracks (Yellow Dog 2005)
USB: The Beatles USB Box Set (Apple)*
RT: Rare Tracks (Red Square)
MT(UC): Ultimate Collection Miscellaneous Tracks (Yellow Dog)
PST: The Peter Sellers Tape (Masterdisc)*
RB: Rockband Multitracks*
* indicates non-Scott sources used for short augmentation only
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