BEATLES SING BEACH BOYS JANUARY 24 1969

[MrRobinsonsFather]

I was looking through this website and came across this page
http://www.beatlesbible.com/1969/01/24/get-back-let-it-be-sessions-day-13/

During the Get Back sessions on the 24 of  January 1969 the Beatles played the Beach Boy's "Lonely Sea" & "You're So Good To Me"
This was at a time when they were playing a lot of loose covers (eg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=We8XUO0nCSQ ) so I wouldn't expect it to be anything amazing but for hardcore Beach Boys fans it would be so cool to listen to.

[AndrewHickey]

The 'version' of Lonely Sea is just John noodling some chords that sound vaguely like the chords to Lonely Sea -- it's not even sure that that's what he was trying to play.
I've never seen it claimed that they played You're So Good To Me before. Most of the Get Back sessions are faily widely booted, and I went through a phase a decade or so ago of listening to them, and I never noticed that song. I suspect, then, that it will have been maybe Paul playing the bass riff for a few seconds or one of them singing a line into a mic.
Almost all the songs listed there are like that, rather than anything that could be considered a performance even in the loosest possible sense.

[MrRobinsonsFather]

Hmm I thought as much, still its cool to see some reference in the Get Back sessions on those songs

[Andrew G. Doe]

The 'version' of Lonely Sea is just John noodling some chords that sound vaguely like the chords to Lonely Sea -- it's not even sure that that's what he was trying to play.
I've never seen it claimed that they played You're So Good To Me before. Most of the Get Back sessions are faily widely booted, and I went through a phase a decade or so ago of listening to them, and I never noticed that song. I suspect, then, that it will have been maybe Paul playing the bass riff for a few seconds or one of them singing a line into a mic.
Almost all the songs listed there are like that, rather than anything that could be considered a performance even in the loosest possible sense.

A friend of mine, also a BB fan, has listened to all the Nagra Reel material. He assures me that neither title is present, even vaguely.

[AndrewHickey]

The 'version' of Lonely Sea is just John noodling some chords that sound vaguely like the chords to Lonely Sea -- it's not even sure that that's what he was trying to play.
I've never seen it claimed that they played You're So Good To Me before. Most of the Get Back sessions are faily widely booted, and I went through a phase a decade or so ago of listening to them, and I never noticed that song. I suspect, then, that it will have been maybe Paul playing the bass riff for a few seconds or one of them singing a line into a mic.
Almost all the songs listed there are like that, rather than anything that could be considered a performance even in the loosest possible sense.

A friend of mine, also a BB fan, has listened to all the Nagra Reel material. He assures me that neither title is present, even vaguely.

Yeah, I've just found this listing for a boot of the relevant portion of that day -- http://cdtrrracks.com/The%20Beatles/A-B%20Road%201-24-69%20%28Disc%202%29/ . No You're So Good To Me listed.

The thing that people call The Lonely Sea is just some guitar noodling that could be anything at all.

[MrRobinsonsFather]

I was getting exited thinking I found some special information, and it turns out ..............

[Micha]

The REAL stunner on that list is "Ach du lieber Augustin" - and they did play that!

[Awesoman]

Speaking of whatever, has anyone actually heard the alleged recording of McCartney and the Beach Boys playing "On Top of Ol' Smokey"? Supposedly they were goofing around in the studio when Paul came to visit them.

[Cabinessenceking]

Speaking of whatever, has anyone actually heard the alleged recording of McCartney and the Beach Boys playing "On Top of Ol' Smokey"? Supposedly they were goofing around in the studio when Paul came to visit them.

what year would that be?

[hypehat]

Smile Era, right? It was reported in one of the teen rags at the time.

[Awesoman]

Yeah, during the same session they recorded "Vegetables".

[Andrew G. Doe]

Speaking of whatever, has anyone actually heard the alleged recording of McCartney and the Beach Boys playing "On Top of Ol' Smokey"? Supposedly they were goofing around in the studio when Paul came to visit them.

what year would that be?

Night of April 10th/11th, 1967, at Sound Recorders, after a session for "Vegetables".

[Awesoman]

So does a recording of this exist?

[Andrew G. Doe]

Nope.

[bgas]

Maybe it's on one of Bruce's acetates?

[Andrew G. Doe]

Be a damn good trick. Tape wasn't rolling.

[JohnMill]

There is however a "Get Back" session where they talk a bit about Mike Love's fashion sense particularly his fondness for ushankas and also mention John Phillips' fondness for the same type of headgear.