Thinking of possible "Carnival of Light" release, what's your favorite Beatles bootleg? I couldn't find a thread on this topic

I think now my favorite is the first take of "Good Night" with John Lennon singing instead of Ringo.

My personal holy grail is still that hour long reel(s?) of studio chat and oddities that Lewisohn said was compiled during the white album sessions and taken home by Paul...I think you hear bits of it on the anthology dvd in the white album part. would have made a great extra on the white album remaster (rargh!)

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so, I've just listened to the songs on your link and in fact, it's not the version of revolution I was talking about.
The one I had was the one where it's starts roughly like rev1 and by the end it turns into a kind of trans with sound collages like on rev9 with some extra beatles singing parts going "mama papa"... it was around 10min long.

I recently got a 2 dvd set called "Get Back" that's pretty awesome. Someone took the time to sync audio that's been circulating for years with matching footage of the guys in the studio recording Abbey Road/Let It Be stuff, hanging out in the control room, jamming in a raucous Velvets-y stylee with Yoko on vocals, etc. Great viewing.

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that's definitely this one then, and it *is* marked take 20. I thought that this take was the basis for 'Revolution 9' and was faded in and out with the other stuff, but I might have got that wrong - it doesn't seem to have the rawer 'Awll-rright's on this take. It definitely uses the same feedback loop in the second half.

that's the one !
it's such a great version (much better than all the others, in my opinion).
thanks a lot !

Front page of that same blog has John & Yoko live on stage with Zappa & the Mothers in '71. Pretty cool!

Went back to read in Lewisohn about the White Album outtakes iago g.'s mentioned above. I guess it goes by the name "Beatles Chat" but he doesn't explain much about it other than describing a few items included.

I did come across mention of a 6-track original version of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (completely different performance from the final version) featuring backwards guitar and organ and a more subdued Harrison lead vocal. Would love to hear that!

Sorry, Adam, I should have been more specific about its contents--it is first mentioned on page 12 of Lewisohn's The Beatles Recording Sessions, and described as "three tapes of out-takes and studio chatter [...] compiled at the Beatles' request" and then there are a few mentions throughout the book of the kinds of things on there. For instance, ML states that John runs through the original expletive-laden Sexy Sadie when it was still called Maharishi

That's on the "Purple Chick" white album page...

I think now my favorite is the first take of "Good Night" with John Lennon singing instead of Ringo.

Does this actually exist? I've read about it, but have never been able to get my hands on it.

yeah, ditti.

Hasn't been bootlegged, just I've kind of reached the point where my collection of studio outtakes is nearing saturation point and I'm also reading "Recording Sessions" for the first time ever so whenever I come across something that sounds nice I make a note of it and hope it eventually leaks. It's fun to dream, and besides, we recently got that 11-minute long "Revolution" so anything is possible now...

"Good Night" hasn't leaked but damn, that would be a wonderful listen! Also supposedly one of those really long "Helter Skelter" jams features Lennon on lead vocals...

There was an extended version of the pre-dubbed 'I am the Walrus' on a 'Miscellaneous Tracks' bootleg posted a few months ago (good cover photo - in the hollyhocks at St Pancras Old Church) which is well well seeking out.

The bass and drums is great, especially in the last 45 seconds or so.

Yeah, must have.

I do have an excellent predub of that from the original "Unsurpassed masters" from when.

I think it was this one. I'd been looking for the long 'Think For Yourself' - getting the other stuff was just a happy accident

That's the one. Is the 'I Want You (She's So Heavy)' version the fabled take with Paul's vocal?

Kinfauns demos are amazing, they sound like they're all having fun. maybe for the last time, as it all seemed to go downhill soon as they got into the actual studio.

This extended take of She's A Woman is fun - lots of crazy guitar and Paul shrieking in the final stretch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLNKKKAw9uI

going down these outtakes rabbit holes is fun and can just take hours. we're so spoiled that these are everywhere now.