Monday, April 7, 2008

The Beetles: Acoustic Masterpieces 1968 (Soundboard) FLAC

The Esher Demos
Recorded at 'Kinfauns' - Esher, England
May 1968 (exact date unknown)
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Source: George Harrison's Reel to Reel > Reels > Cass(2) > Silver > EAC > WAV > FLAC
(CD 1998 BIRTHDAY RECORDS BR 029)

Tracklist:
1. Cry Baby Cry
2. Child Of Nature
3. The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill
4. I'm So Tired
5. Yer Blues
6. Everybody's Got Something To Hide...
7. What's The New Mary Jane
8. Revolution
9. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
10. Circles
11. Sour Milk Sea
12. Not Guilty
13. Piggies "edited out"
14. Julia
15. Blackbird
16. Rocky Raccoon
17. Back In The USSR
18. Honey Pie "edited out"
19. Mother Natures Son
20. Obla-Di Obla-Da
21. Junk "edited out"
22. Dear Prudence
23. Sexy Sadie

Notes from the cover:
In late May 1968 (the exact date not known) The Beatles came together at 'Kinfauns'. George Harrison's home in Esher. One by one, first John, then George, then Paul, they recorded 23 of their newest compositions by double-tracking themselves on George's Reel to Reel tape machine.

These songs, most of whom were written during the Beatles' two month stay on a meditation course in Rishikesh, India, Feb. - April 1968 were subsequently recorded for the 'White Album'. But not all of them made it onto vinyl and thus remain unreleased (at least as Beatles versions).

Judging by the outcome of this session, it must have been a very sunny and relaxing day. Spring certainly was in the air (and a bit of pot maybe too). Just accompanied by their acoustic guitars John, Paul and George recorded very charming and joyful early versions of their newest tunes. Sometimes slightly out-of-sync with their own double tracking but who cares? Spontanaity counts!

Had this session been recorded 25 years later it would have been a bonafide Mtv Unplugged performance. But as it is, this 1968 session remained in the vaults until now!!

We proudly present this tape to you in the correct running order and in the best possible sound (two generations away from the master tape).

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11 comments:

Anonymous said...

Finally in flac! Many thanks 2.0.

This is a must have for fans of the Beatles White Album.

Anonymous said...

Cool record. Thanks.
Ilya.

Anonymous said...

Wow!
Many Thanks for this and all that you share.

Anonymous said...

Thanks.....for this and all the other great shows that you post.
Just Wondering? Why did the three tunes get edited??

THANKSWITHAHANDSHAKE!!!!

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Anonymous said...

THX a lot lot lot !!!!!!!!

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For a tour, I aprreciate the same kind of music, and for the DL is finished, i particulary appreciate, for I'm a "poor" audiophile (Arcam & B&W material) the quality of your rips : plextor, eac, flac !!!!!
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THX

Anonymous said...

Hi, thanks for this record! It's really cool. Only nr. 13 (Piggies) doesnt work; it's only 8k. Maybe a repost of some sort?
Thanks!

Anonymous said...

Great stuff. Tracks 13, 18 and 21 are missing however--shows up when you click on file properties but don't transpose to be burned or converted from flac to wav...innaresting.

Anonymous said...

Just noticed in the info file the above tracks were "edited out". Funny how they show up after extraction though...Thanks again.

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skinnylickingood said...

Awesome post!! Shows you why they were as good as they were if these were the 'demos' for the White Album. Better than most bands finished product these days! Thanks!