Get Back/Let It Be sessions: Day 20
Apple Studios, Savile Row, London
Producer: George Martin
Engineer: Glyn Johns
One day after their rooftop session, the Beatles reconvened to make a take of "Two of Us" for the cameras, and saw The Beatles perform the songs which had been judged unsuitable for the previous day's rooftop concert.
Primary among them were The Long And Winding Road, Let It Be and Two Of Us. The group completed "Let it be" song early on in the session, various other songs were also performed during the day: a version of Lady Madonna featuring the lines "Lord and lady docker, in your private yacht/All the people wonder why you have such a lot", a version of Step Inside Love, also Paul sang on I Want You (She's So Heavy).
After a lunchtime break, The group did eventually record most of the takes of "The Long And Winding Road"; "Let It Be" - recording a total of 22 takes.
The full list of songs recorded on this day:
Two Of Us (seven takes)
Hey Good Lookin' (Hank Williams)
Take This Hammer (Lonnie Donegan)
Lost John (Lonnie Donegan)
Five Feet High And Rising (Johnny Cash)
Bear Cat Mama (Jimmie Davis)
Black Dog (Koerner, Ray & Glover)
Right String, Wrong Yo-Yo (Carl Perkins)
Run For Your Life
Step Inside Love (two takes)
Friendship (Cole Porter)
Turkey In The Straw (trad)
Tales Of Frankie Rabbit (Lennon-McCartney)
'Deed I Do (Fred Rose/Walter Hirsch)
I Got Stung (Elvis Presley)
Let It Be (22 takes)
The Long And Winding Road (19 takes)
Lady Madonna
I Want You (She's So Heavy)
Build Me Up Buttercup (The Foundations)
Party (Elvis Presley)
Twelfth Street Rag (Euday L Bowman)
Oh! Darling (two takes)
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