- Love Me Do (version one) {McCartney/Lennon}
(2:22)
- When the Beatles began recording for EMI,
Ringo hadn't been with the group very long so producer George
Martin hired backup drummer Andy White "just in case".
During one of their first sessions they cut this tune twice,
once with Ringo drumming and again with the other drummer and
Ringo relegated to tambourine. The first version was released on
the British single originally (and surfaced occasionally such as
on the Canadian single), but when the album came out it
contained the take with the tambourine which has become the
common version around the world. Over the years the master tapes
containing the first version disappeared so this track was taken
from a record and cleaned up as much as possible although a few
"pops" remain.
- Instrumentation:
John Lennon - lead vocal, rhythm guitar, harmonica
Paul McCartney - lead vocal, bass guitar
George Harrison - acoustic guitar
Ringo Starr - drums
- Misery {Lennon/McCartney} (1:46)
- In the early Sixties when The Beatles were
becoming stars around the world, their singles and albums were
released by several different labels. Albums from one country
seldom resembled those from another. This led to several mix-ups
over the years. This song, first released in England in March,
1963, was only released by Capitol in the U.S. once - on the
very short-lived Starline single (and that was mono).
- Instrumentation:
John Lennon - lead vocal, rhythm guitar
Paul McCartney - lead vocal, bass guitar
George Harrison - lead guitar
Ringo Starr - drums
George Martin - piano
- There's A Place {Lennon} (1:47)
- This song has the same history as
"Misery". This is the first time it has appeared on a
Capitol album in the U.S. and it is believed to be the first
time it has appeared in stereo in the U.S.
- Instrumentation:
John Lennon - lead vocal, rhythm guitar, harmonica
Paul McCartney - bass guitar, harmony vocal
George Harrison - lead guitar
Ringo Starr - drums
- Sie Liebt Dich {Lennon/McCartney/Nicolas/Montague}
(2:16)
- The Beatles honed their musicianship and
became a real group in the opening years of the Sixties by
playing in the raunchy clubs of Hamburg, West Germany. They
learned to speak the language, met longtime cohorts such as
Klaus Voormann and felt a certain affinity with the country. A
few years later their career skyrocketed and EMI easily
persuaded them to re-cut the vocal tracks of two of their first
big hits - "I Want To Hold Your Hand" and "She
Loves You" - in German for release specifically in that
country. Although the first tune has been on the Something
New album for years, until Rarities "She Loves
You" sung in German had never been released by Capitol in
the U.S. The song, once released here as a low-quality single on
a small label, has been out of print for years and has never
been released in the U.S. in stereo until now.
- Instrumentation:
John Lennon - lead vocal, rhythm guitar
Paul McCartney - lead vocal, bass guitar
George Harrison - lead guitar, harmony vocal
Ringo Starr - drums
- And I Love Her {McCartney/Lennon} (2:36)
- There are two common versions of this song -
one with Paul's voice mostly by itself and the other with Paul's
voice overdubbed. However, on the German Something New
album the song appeared (with the overdubbing) unedited since
the guitar riff at the end of the song is repeated six times
rather than four times. That extremely rare version is offered
here.
- Instrumentation:
John Lennon - acoustic guitar
Paul McCartney - double-tracked lead vocal, acoustic bass
guitar
George Harrison - acoustic lead guitar, claves
Ringo Starr - bongos
- Help! {Lennon/McCartney} (2:16)
- There are two versions, each with a
different lead vocal. The single version is more rare than the
album version so it has been included here. In addition, a
"cleaner" British version was used.
- Instrumentation:
John Lennon - lead vocal, 12-string acoustic guitar
Paul McCartney - bass guitar, background vocal
George Harrison - lead guitar, background vocal
Ringo Starr - drums, tambourine
- I'm Only Sleeping {Lennon} (2:59)
- There are two different stereo mixes of this
song. The version that has been on the English Revolver
album since 1966 is considerably different than the American
version. The British version was chosen for Rarities
because verses were rearranged and strange guitar sounds
inserted.
- Instrumentation:
John Lennon - lead vocal, acoustic guitar
Paul McCartney - bass guitar, background vocal
George Harrison - lead guitar, background vocal
Ringo Starr - drums
- I Am The Walrus {Lennon} (4:32)
- Capitol has recreated a new version of this
song by combining the two rarest versions. Previously there were
at least three versions. The shortest one is the most common in
the U.S. because it appears on the stereo album. The other two
versions both have something extra in them. The Capitol U.S.
single has a few extra beats in the middle of the song right
after the words "I'm crying" but before the words
"Yellow matter custard". The stereo version from
England has the intro riff repeated six times instead of four.
Now these two oddities have been edited together for the first
time. It is interesting to note that on every stereo version of
this song ever released the song becomes "fake stereo"
almost exactly two minutes into the tune with the bass
predominantly on one channel and the highs on the other.
- Instrumentation:
John Lennon - lead vocal, mellotron (at the beginning), piano
Paul McCartney - bass guitar, background vocal
George Harrison - tambourine, background vocal
Ringo Starr - drums
session musicians - eight violins, four cellos, three horns
choir - six boys singing "Oompah, oompah, stick it up
your jumper",
six girls singing "Everybody's got one"
- Penny Lane {McCartney/Lennon} (3:00)
- One of the rarest versions of any Beatles
song was only released in mono to radio stations in the U.S. and
Canada. It was "Penny Lane" with an extra horn riff at
the very end of the song which was later trimmed off every
version ever offered for sale. In addition, "Penny
Lane" has never been released in the U.S. in true stereo
(believe it or not). Capitol has taken a stereo version of the
song and tagged on the rare final notes which, collectors might
argue, actually creates yet another version of this classic
tune.
- Instrumentation:
John Lennon - harmony vocal, conga drum
Paul McCartney - lead vocal, bass guitar, flute, piano
George Harrison - conga drum, firebell
Ringo Starr - drums
George Martin - piano
David Mason - sped-up piccolo B-flat trumpet
Philip Jones - trumpet
Frank Clarke - string bass
- Helter Skelter {McCartney} (3:58)
- Strange as it may seem, The Beatles and
George Martin remixed many of their albums for mono rather than
simply combining the stereo mix onto one track. Some of the
songs have noticeable differences, but the later records such as
the "White Album" were released in the U.S. in stereo
only. One of the songs from that album, "Helter Skelter",
is changed considerably on the mono version included here. The
vocals are much louder, laughing is heard at the beginning,
"beeping" sounds are scattered through the song and
the drumming at the end is different. When the song fades out at
the end, it doesn't come back like on the stereo version so you
don't hear the classic Lennon statement: "I've got blisters
on my fingers".
- Instrumentation:
John Lennon - 6-string bass guitar, lead guitar, saxophone,
background vocal
Paul McCartney - lead vocal, bass guitar, lead guitar,
background vocal
George Harrison - rhythm guitar, background vocal
Ringo Starr - drums
Mal Evans - trumpet
- Don't Pass Me By {Starkey} (3:45)
- Another strange mono mix from the
"White Album", this version is especially different
than the stereo towards the end. Note the changes in the violin
and vocal sounds. Ringo's voice also seems to be at a higher
pitch than on the stereo version. Although there wasn't room for
them as part of this package, there are other songs off the same
mono album with differences, notably "Piggies" and
"Blackbird" which both contain "animal"
sounds that are somewhat changed.
- Instrumentation:
John Lennon - acoustic guitar, tambourine
Paul McCartney - bass guitar
Jack Fallon - violin
Ringo Starr - lead vocal, drums, electric piano
- The Inner Light {Harrison} (2:32)
- This song has only been released as the flip
side of the "Lady Madonna" single and has never been
on any U.S. album. There is no known stereo version of this
obscure India-influenced George Harrison tune featuring sitar.
The lyrics were "inspired" by a Japanese poem.
- Instrumentation:
John Lennon - background vocal
Paul McCartney - background vocal
George Harrison - lead vocal
Indian session musicians - bansri, esraj, sitar, tamboura,
tabla-tarang, finger cymbals
- Across The Universe (version one) {Lennon}
(3:44)
- This version has never been released in the
U.S. before. This is the original version that was almost
released as a single in 1968 ("Lady Madonna" was
chosen instead), but ended up being given to an all-star charity
album called No One's Gonna Change Our World which
benefited the World Wildlife Fund. Later, when Phil Spector
fiddled with hours of rough tapes that became the Let It Be
album, he took this song, removed the bird sound effects, added
strings and generally changed the sound and feel of it.
- Instrumentation:
John Lennon - lead vocal, acoustic guitar, wah-wah guitar,
organ through a Leslie speaker
Paul McCartney - piano
George Harrison - sitar
Ringo Starr - maracas
George Martin - organ through a Leslie speaker (with Lennon)
Lizzie Bravo and Gayleen Pease - falsetto background vocals
(on "Nothing's going to change my world")
- You Know My Name (Look Up The Number) {Lennon}
(4:17)
- This lengthy obscure track has never before
been released on a U.S. album; it only appeared as the flip side
of the "Let It Be" single. There is no known stereo
version of this of-the-wall ditty which is full of The Beatles
own special brand of humor. Unlike most of their recordings,
this tune resembles the crazy ramblings on their Christmas
records which were only released to members of their fan club
during the Sixties.
- Instrumentation:
John Lennon - lead vocal, guitar, maracas, sound effects
Paul McCartney - lead vocal, piano, double bass, sound
effects
George Harrison - xylophone, background vocal
Ringo Starr - lead vocal, drums, bongos
Brain Jones - saxophone
Mal Evans - background vocal
- Sgt. Pepper Inner Groove (0:02)
- Not actually a song, this is merely several
seconds of a high-frequency note at about 18 kilocycles per
second (inaudible to humans but dogs can hear it), along with
some laughing and gibberish that appeared as the tail end of the
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album in other
countries, but was never released before in the U.S. Paul
suggested it for the benefit of people who had a turntable that
didn't shut off. The needle would go around and around in the
groove without shutting off, and some gibberish in that groove
was deemed better than hiss. Recording these two seconds of
gibberish took a full night, from 7 p.m. to 3 a.m., more than
half the time it took to record the Beatles entire first album.
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