The Beatles

Songs the Beatles didn’t do: artinya, lagu-lagu yang ditulis ketika the Beatles belum bubar, tetapi tidak pernah muncul dalam rekaman resmi The Beatles versi EMI. Daftar ini terbatas pada lagu-lagu yang dianggap sudah selesai, yakni yang sudah dipublikasikan; direkam oleh pihak lain; didaftarkan hak ciptanya; atau ada dalam daftar EMI untuk direkam. Nama pencipta hanya disebutkan jika ada dalam dokumentasi hak cipta atau tertulis dalam produk rekaman. Dalam beberapa hal, disebutkan juga dugaan nama penciptanya.
L A G U 

• Sour milk sea (Harrison) Single by Jackie Lomax, 26 August 1968 (another of the first 4 Apple singles), with George playing guitar and producing. A demo by George has been bootlegged.
• Circles Demo by George, recorded at the same time as many demos for songs heard on the white album. This one was never heard again.
• Not guilty (Harrison) Attempted by the Beatles 7 to 12 August 1968. Bootlegged, and an edited version (made for the unreleased “Sessions” LP) is on the CD “Anthology 3″. A demo by George has also been bootlegged. Recorded by George years later.
• What’s the new Mary Jane Attempted by some of the Beatles 14 August 1968, with more added to the same recording 26 November 1969. Came close to being a Plastic Ono Band single with “You know my name”. John lead vocals. A specially edited version is on the CD “Anthology 3″.
• Etcetera Demo made by Paul at EMI, 20 August 1968, and taken away. No version has come out, including bootlegs.
• Badge (Harrison–Clapton) On an album by Cream, February 1969, with George on rhythm guitar as L’Angelo Mysterioso.
• Paul piano intro (Lennon–McCartney) Slow piano piece by Paul, used at the beginning of the “Let it be” film, recorded January 1969. The entire soundtrack has been bootlegged.
• Jazz piano song (McCartney–Starkey) Fast instrumental by Paul and Ringo on one piano, used in the “Let it be” film, recorded January 1969
• Suzy Parker (Lennon–Starkey–Harrison–McCartney) Rock guitar song with John lead vocal, used in the “Let it be” film, recorded January 1969. Suzy Parker was a celebrity; the song lyric really sounds more like “Suzy’s parlor”.
• Teddy boy (McCartney) A Beatles rehearsal version of 24 January 1969 was on the “Get Back” album compiled in May 1969. Paul recorded it on his first album.
• All things must pass (Harrison) George recorded a demo of the complete song in February 1969, which is on the CD “Anthology 3″. The Beatles had tried it in January but never got back to it. George of course recorded it in 1971.
• Goodbye (Lennon–McCartney) Single by Mary Hopkin, March 1969, produced by Paul. A demo by Paul has been bootlegged.
• Come and get it (McCartney) Single by Badfinger, December 1969, produced by Paul. A nearly identical demo version by Paul has been bootlegged
• Penina (McCartney)On obscure recordings by Carlos Mendes (Portugal, 1969) and Jotte Herra (Holland, 1970). Paul sings part of it during the “Get Back” sessions, bootlegged.

Songs the Beatles didn’t do: artinya, lagu-lagu yang ditulis ketika the Beatles belum bubar, tetapi tidak pernah muncul dalam rekaman resmi The Beatles versi EMI. Daftar ini terbatas pada lagu-lagu yang dianggap sudah selesai, yakni yang sudah dipublikasikan; direkam oleh pihak lain; didaftarkan hak ciptanya; atau ada dalam daftar EMI untuk direkam. Nama pencipta hanya disebutkan jika ada dalam dokumentasi hak cipta atau tertulis dalam produk rekaman. Dalam beberapa hal, disebutkan juga dugaan nama penciptanya.
L A G U 

• Sour milk sea (Harrison) Single by Jackie Lomax, 26 August 1968 (another of the first 4 Apple singles), with George playing guitar and producing. A demo by George has been bootlegged.
• Circles Demo by George, recorded at the same time as many demos for songs heard on the white album. This one was never heard again.
• Not guilty (Harrison) Attempted by the Beatles 7 to 12 August 1968. Bootlegged, and an edited version (made for the unreleased “Sessions” LP) is on the CD “Anthology 3″. A demo by George has also been bootlegged. Recorded by George years later.
• What’s the new Mary Jane Attempted by some of the Beatles 14 August 1968, with more added to the same recording 26 November 1969. Came close to being a Plastic Ono Band single with “You know my name”. John lead vocals. A specially edited version is on the CD “Anthology 3″.
• Etcetera Demo made by Paul at EMI, 20 August 1968, and taken away. No version has come out, including bootlegs.
• Badge (Harrison–Clapton) On an album by Cream, February 1969, with George on rhythm guitar as L’Angelo Mysterioso.
• Paul piano intro (Lennon–McCartney) Slow piano piece by Paul, used at the beginning of the “Let it be” film, recorded January 1969. The entire soundtrack has been bootlegged.
• Jazz piano song (McCartney–Starkey) Fast instrumental by Paul and Ringo on one piano, used in the “Let it be” film, recorded January 1969
• Suzy Parker (Lennon–Starkey–Harrison–McCartney) Rock guitar song with John lead vocal, used in the “Let it be” film, recorded January 1969. Suzy Parker was a celebrity; the song lyric really sounds more like “Suzy’s parlor”.
• Teddy boy (McCartney) A Beatles rehearsal version of 24 January 1969 was on the “Get Back” album compiled in May 1969. Paul recorded it on his first album.
• All things must pass (Harrison) George recorded a demo of the complete song in February 1969, which is on the CD “Anthology 3″. The Beatles had tried it in January but never got back to it. George of course recorded it in 1971.
• Goodbye (Lennon–McCartney) Single by Mary Hopkin, March 1969, produced by Paul. A demo by Paul has been bootlegged.
• Come and get it (McCartney) Single by Badfinger, December 1969, produced by Paul. A nearly identical demo version by Paul has been bootlegged
• Penina (McCartney)On obscure recordings by Carlos Mendes (Portugal, 1969) and Jotte Herra (Holland, 1970). Paul sings part of it during the “Get Back” sessions, bootlegged.

Entah kapan tepatnya para remaja atau musikus rock Barat mulai melawat ke Timur guna mempelajari agama, budaya, musik, dan tentunya juga filsafatnya.
Namun yang jelas, paroh kedua tahun 60-an, budaya Timur mulai digandrungi remaja Barat yang ujung-ujungnya berimbas pada para musisi rocknya ketika menulis lirik mereka.

Suatu ketika dua pentolan The Beatles, John Lennon dan George Harrison, diundang menjadi nara sumber suatu acara populer berjudul The Frost Report (digawangi presenter kenamaan David Frost), yang membahas tentang Trancendental Meditation. Di antara yang diundang itu, adalah Juan Mascaro, seorang sarjana Sansekerta, profesor di Cambridge. Orang ini memberikan George sebuah buku rangkuman yang ditulisnya, berjudul The Lamps of Fire (1958), yang berisi kata-kata bijak ajaran Tao (dengan nabinya Lao Tse), Tao Te Ching; dan berharap agar George mau menulisnya dalam bentuk lagu. Maka muncullah lagu Beatles berjudul: The Inner Light (1967) yang dijadikan muka B dari single hit The Beatles, “Lady Madonna”. Tidak tanggung-tanggung, bahkan bentuk musiknya pun kecuali liriknya yang Inggris, semuanya bernuansa India.

Sebelumnya, John, anggota Beatles yang dikenal bengal, mempelajari karya Timur tadi lewat jalan yang lain. Adalah “nabi” yang mempopulerkan LSD di Amerika, Timothy Leary, yang menulis The Psychedelic Experience (1964) sebuah karya puitik yang isinya mengambil dari buku Budhisme Tibet kuno, “Book of the Death”, mengungkap tentang kematian ego, bukan raga. Baris-baris ajaran Tibet itulah yang kemudian dicuplik oleh John dalam lagunya yang sangat revolusioner, bahkan juga judulnya (oleh Ringo, anggota Beatles yang lain), “Tomorrow Never Knows” (album “Revolver”, 1966)

Agaknya motivasi George untuk menulis lirik Timur di atas terinspirasi oleh Syd Barret, si penulis lirik Pink Floyd, juga band Inggris, yang mencuplik Bab Duapuluh Tujuh (Fu, perubahan/sukses) dari kitab I Ching (Book of Change, yang telah berusia 5000 tahun, terjemahan Richard Wilhelm, 1924) dan dimasukkan di album perdana mereka “The Piper At The Gates of Dawn” (1966), dengan judul “Chapter 27″. Ketika kemudian peran Syd Barret digantikan oleh Roger Waters, Roger mencomot baris-baris puisi kitab kuno Cina periode zaman Tang, terjemahan Arthur Whaley, dalam lagunya, “Set The Controls For The Heart of The Sun” (album “A Saucerful of Secrets”, 1968).

Contoh lain tentang kegandrungan seniman rock atas dunia Timur (baik karena pengaruh LSD atau bukan), bahwa ketika dedengkot dan vokalis band Yes, Jon Anderson, sedang main di Jepang, dia sempat membaca “Autobiography of Yogi” karangan Parahamsa Yogananda yang penuh dengan ajaran-ajaran Timur. Terinspirasi oleh isi buku itu, 8 bulan kemudian album “Tales From Topographic Oceans” (1973), sebuah double album sepanjang 80 menit yang hanya berisi 4 lagu saja, muncullah. (gono)

Dikutip dari Koran Tempo  30 Juli 2006

GET BACK TAPES
 
This is the morass of any project attempting to list unreleased Beatles songs. Firstly, do you want to call rehearsals and partial, off-the-cuff renditions Beatles versions? And then there’s the problem that more Get Back stuff is still leaking out, and who can keep up with it. But I’ll toss out a few lists of songs more or less performed. I’ll skip the fact that much of “Abbey Road” appears here too. For much more detail, see the book “Drugs, Divorce and a Slipping Image”.

Known or possible old Lennon–McCartney originals: all are fragments and the titles are speculative in most cases : Hot as sun [with words], I lost my little girl, I fancy me chances [?], If tomorrow ever comes (I’ll wait till tomorrow), Just fine, Thinking of linking, Too bad about sorrows, Wake up in the morning (Because I know you love me so), Won’t you please say goodbye

Improvisations or work songs never finished: Commonwealth/White power/Can you dig it medley (Paul and John), How do you tell someone (George), I look out the window (George), I’m going to pay for his ride (Paul), Madman (John), Negro in reserve (John and Paul), Pillow for your head (Paul), Shakin’ in the sixties (John), Taking a trip to Carolina (Ringo), There you are Eddie (Paul), Watching rainbows (John)

Songs Paul finished later : Another day, Back seat of my car, Every night, Suicide, Teddy boy

Songs John finished later : Child of nature [as Jealous guy], Give me some truth  

Songs George finished later : All things must pass, Let it down, Hear me lord, Isn’t it a pity

Note : on the unreleased “Get Back” albums, “The Walk” is the Jimmy McCracklin hit written by McCracklin- Gorlic, and the opening instrumental sometimes called “Rocker” is pretty much “Down the road apiece” by Raye and recorded by Chuck Berry.

Print sources  Mark Lewisohn, “The Beatles Recording Sessions” and “The Beatles Chronicle”. L.R.E. King, “Do You Want to Know a Secret” and “Fixing a Hole”. Doug Sulpy and Ray Schweighardt, “Drugs, Divorce and a Slipping Image”. Doug Sulpy, ed., issues of “The 910″ (journal).

ORIGINAL SONG TITLES
The Beatles’ wrote and recorded so many songs that sometimes they never named them. Or they just didn’t like the names later on. Well, I’m going to list all the original, working, and alternate titles I can find, so here is goes: Please Please Me, Rubber Soul, Yellow Submarine, Solo Songs, With the Beatles, Revolver, Let it Be, A Hard Day’s Night, .Sgt Pepper, Abbey Road, Beatles for Sale, Magical Mystery Tour, Singles (Past Masters), Help!, The White Album, Misc and Bootleg   

Please Please Me (almost known as “Off the Beatle Track”)  

• I Saw Her Standing There – “Seventeen”

Help!

• Yesterday – “Scrambled Eggs”
• It’s Only Love – “That’s a Nice Hat”
• I’ve Just Seen a Face – “Auntie Gin’s Theme”

 Rubber Soul

• Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) – “This Bird Has Flown” 
• Think for Yourself -”Won’t Be There With You”

Revolver (almost titled “Abracadabra”)

• Tomorrow Never Knows – “Mark I”, “The Void”
• Love You To – “Granny Smith”
• I Want to Tell You – “Laxton’s Superb” (misspelled “Laxstone Superbe) then “I Don’t Know”
• Good Day Sunshine – “A Good Day’s Sunshine”
• Eleanor Rigby – “Daisy Hawkins”
• She Said, She Said – “He Said, He Said”
• And Your Bird Can Sing – “You Don’t Get Me”
• For No One – “Why Did it Die?”

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band (jokingly referred to as “One Down, Six to Go”…almost known as “Dr. Pepper”)

• With a Little Help From My Friends – “Bad Finger Boogie”
• A Day in the Life – “In the Life Of…”
• Within You Without You – “Untitled”

Magical Mystery Tour

• Flying – “Aerial Tour Instrumental” 
• Hello, Goodbye – “Hello Hello
• ” Baby, You’re a Rich Man – “One of the Beautiful People” 
• Strawberry Fields Forever – “It’s Not Too Bad

The White Album (almost known as “A Doll’s House”)

• Revolution I – “Revolution”
• Don’t Pass Me By – “Ringo’s Tune (Untitled)” then “This is Some Friendly”
• Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except for Me and My Monkey – “Untitled” then “Come On Come On”  
• Good Night – “Untitled”
• Happiness is a Warm Gun – “Happiness is a Warm Gun in Your Hand”
• Long Long Long – “It’s Been a Long Long Long Time”
• Rocky Raccoon – “Rocky Sassoon”
• Sexy Sadie – “Maharishi, What Have You Done? You Made a Fool of Everyone”
• Back in the USSR – “I’m Backing the UK”

Yellow Submarine

• Only a Northern Song – “Not Known”
• It’s All Too Much – “Too Much”
• Hey Bulldog – “Hey Bullfrog”

Let It Be

• Dig a Pony – “All I Our Way is You”
• Two of Us – “On Our Way Home”
• For You Blue – “George’s Blues (Because You’re Sweet and Lovely)”
• Get Back – evolved from “Commonwealth”, “No Pakistanis”, “Get Off White Power” etc etc  
• Dig It – “Can You Dig It?”

Abbey Road (almost known as “Everest”)

• She Came in Through the Bathroom Window – “Bathroom Window”
• I Want You (She’s So Heavy) – “I Want You”
• Oh! Darling – “Oh! Darting (I’ll Never Do You No Harm)”
• The End – “Ending”
• Sun King – “Here Comes the Sun King”

Singles (Past Masters)

• Thank You Girl – “Thank You Little Girl”
• I’ll Get You – “Get You in the End”
• The Inner Light – “Untitled”
• The Ballad of John and Yoko – “The Ballad of John and Yoko (They’re Gonna  Crucify Me)
• Hey Jude – “Hey Jules”

Misc and Bootleg

• Shirley’s Wild Accordion – “Accordion (Wild)” Cat Call – “Catswalk”
• Badge – “Bridge”
• Cry for a Shadow – “Beatle Bop”
• Child of Nature – “On the Road to Marraskesh” (alt. title)

Solo Songs

• Isn’t it a Pity – “George’s Demo” Junk – “Jubilee”
• Jealous Guy – “Child of Nature”
• Aisumasen (I’m Sorry) – “Call My Name”
• Meat City – “Just Give Me Some Rock n’ Roll”
• Mind Games -”Make Love, Not War”
• #9 Dream – “Walls and Bridges”, “So Long Ago” “Dream Away’, 9th Dream”
• It Don’t Come Easy – “Gotta Pay Your Dues”
• “Stop and Smell the Roses” (the Ringo album) was almost called “Can’t Fight  Lightning”