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Kris Schuett's Collection

The Beatles   05/??/1968

George Harrison's House, Esher, Surrey, England
Media x74   1 disc
J-Card Comment The Beatles
Unplugged
IU 9541-1
By Invasion Unlimited

#2-#24 : May 20-29 of 1968 at Kinfauns.
(George's comfortable little one-story house in Esher,outside of London)
#25 : Recorded on June 11th 1968 at Abbey Road Studio.

#26-#27 : Recorded in India,1968.

1. John's Voice 0'08''
2. Cry Baby Cry 2'27''
3. Child Of Nature 2'41''
4. The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill 2'48''
5. I'm So Tired 3'07''
6. Yer Blues 3'34''
7. Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey 2'58''
8. What's The New Mary Jane? 2'37''
9. Revolution 4'07''
10. While My Guitar Gently Weeps 2'36''
11. Circles 2'13''
12. Sour Milk Sea 3'29''
13. Not Guilty 3'09''
14. Piggies 2'02''
15. Julia 3'39''
16. Blackbird 2'30''
17. Roccky Raccoon 2'41''
18. Back In The U.S.S.R. 2'55''
19. Honey Pie 2'00''
20. Mother Nature's Sun 2'12''
21. Ob-La-Di,Ob-La-Da 2'55''
22. Junk 2'33''
23. Dear Prudence 4'38''
24. Sexy Sadie 2'20''
25. Helter Skelter 0'53'' <<<MISSING>>>
26. Spiritual Regeneration 2'27''
27. Rishikesh No.9 3'09''


In late-May 1968 (the exact date not known) The Beatles came together at "Kinfauns" George Harrison's home in Esher. One by one,first John,then George,then Paul,they recorded 23 of their newest composisions by double-tracking themselves on George's Reel-to-Reel-tape-machine.

These songs,most of whom where written during the Beatles' two-month-stay on a meditation-cource in Rishikesh,India,February-April 1968,were subsequently recorded for the "White Album". But not all of them made it onto vinyl and thus remain unreleased (at least as Beatles-versions).

Judging by the outcome of this session,it must have been a very sunny and relaxing day. Spring certainly was in the air (and a bit of pot maybe too). Just accompanied by their acoustic guitars John,Paul and George recorded very charming and joyful early versions of their newest tunes. Sometimes slightly out-of-sync with their own double-tracking but who cares? Spontanity counts!

Had this session been recorded 25 years later it have been a bonafide MTV-Unplugged-performance!

But as it is,this 1968 session remained in the vaults until now!!

We proudly present this tape to you in the correct running-order and in the best possible sound (two generations away from the actual master-tape).
Enjoy!
The short acoustic bit of "Helter Skelter" was recorded on 11th June,1968 at Abbey Studios.
The last two tracks were recorded in India.
The light atmosphere of these musical snippets set the tone for the "Kinfauns" -session.
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Owned by Kris Schuett · Last Updated May 23, 2023