The Beatles - The Beatles And Esher Demos (4 LP, 2018) [24-96]

The end of May, 1968: the Beatles meet up at Kinfauns, George Harrison’s bungalow in Esher. Just back from India, gearing up to go hit Abbey Road and start their next album, the lads bang out some rough acoustic tunes into George’s newfangled Ampex reel-to-reel tape deck. The result is one of their weirdest and loveliest unreleased recordings: the Esher demos. There’s nothing else in their music quite like this. Most of the 27 songs ended up on the White Album, yet there’s none of that record’s tension and dread.



The Beatles

A1. Back In The U.S.S.R.
A2. Dear Prudence
A3. Glass Onion
A4. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
A5. Wild Honey Pie
A6. The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill
A7. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
A8. Happiness Is A Warm Gun
B1. Martha My Dear
B2. I'm So Tired
B3. Blackbird
B4. Piggies
B5. Rocky Raccoon
B6. Don't Pass Me By
B7. Why Don't We Do It In The Road?
B8. I Will
B9. Julia
C1. Birthday
C2. Yer Blues
C3. Mother Nature's Son
C4. Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
C5. Sexy Sadie
C6. Helter Skelter
C7. Long, Long, Long
D1. Revolution 1
D2. Honey Pie
D3. Savoy Truffle
D4. Cry Baby Cry
D5. Revolution 9
D6. Good Night

Esher Demos

E1. Back In The U.S.S.R.
E2. Dear Prudence
E3. Glass Onion
E4. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
E5. The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill
E6. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
F1. Happiness Is A Warm Gun
F2. I'm So Tired
F3. Blackbird
F4. Piggies
F5. Rocky Raccoon
F6. Julia
F7. Yer Blues
G1. Mother Nature's Son
G2. Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
G3. Sexy Sadie
G4. Revolution
G5. Honey Pie
G6. Cry Baby Cry
G7. Sour Milk Sea
H1. Junk
H2. Child Of Nature
H3. Circles
H4. Mean Mr. Mustard
H5. Polythene Pam
H6. Not Guilty
H7. What's The New Mary Jane