One after 909
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One After is a song by the Beatles, written by John Lennon, with input from Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon–McCartney), and originally released in. Although best known as a Let It Be album track, One After was one of The Beatles' earliest songs, originally recorded in March
In general, the less-processed "Get Back" mix has a realistically harsh sound which makes the "Let It Be" mix sound like the audio equivalent of a cream finished wine in comparison. The editing of the song is also slightly different in these two mixes. The "Let It Be" version starts off clean, while the "Get Back" version opens with a clip of backstage, camera-crew chat and tuning.
I assume that this clip was spliced in entirely out of context because there is a barely audible cut right before the music begins. Both versions end with John's launching into the opening of "Danny Boy" which we know from the video is the way it happened in real time. However, the "Get Back" unworthily tries to fool us by continuing with Paul's "Thanks Mo" and John's "I hope we passed the audition" comment, both of which are actually from the very end of the rooftop concert.
One After 909
Note the contrast between the two lines of music with respect to harmonic rhythm. Picking it up at measure 13 of that section we have: The chronological spacing over a nine year period and the provenance of the many alternate versions of "One After " as well as their detailed contents clearly reflect the history of the song. The song must have been written during the late fifties.
Lewisohn's Live book lists it as a staple of the fledgling Beatles stage act starting somewhere between - and all the way through The earliest known recording of it is on the so-called " Quarrymen, Spring " tape some tracks of which, but not this song, appeared on "Anthology", volume 1. They took it into the studio with them in early thinking to possibly turn it into an official release, only to quietly pack it away. After this one recording session, there is in fact no evidence that they performed the song in concert or for broadcast ever again until they suddenly were to whip it almost six years later out for the "Get Back" sessions of January Group 1 — The Quarrymen Demos.
Notes on "One After 909"
We are especially fortunate to have two recorded versions of the song performed by the pre-Beatles reportedly in Spring, An amateur tape was clearly the source of this and the sound quality is relatively poor but the material is too important to quibble about that. In spite of the superficial primitiveness of the performance and the recording, these versions of "One After " are surprisingly close in form and arrangement to the official version of January , closer by far than the ones which come out of the sessions in the next two groups, and respectively.
But whereas these latter two songs were to undergo significant reworking before their next appearances one on the "For Sale" album and the other at the Decca audition , our song appears here pretty much "right on" from day one. Group 2 — Rehearsing at the Cavern Club, circa Fall Two takes of "One After " survive on a tape which purports to be the Beatles with their newly hired drummer, Ringo, rehearsing the likes of " I Saw Her Standing There " and "Catswalk" at their infamous Liverpudlian haunt.
Though more professional in both performance and sound quality than the Quarrymen demos, these are still rough in both categories when compared to the Beatles' official studio work.
General Points of Interest
The arrangement played here is quite different than the Quarrymen's and once you hear the outtakes from the next set, you realize that on this tape, they were warming up and perfecting the version they would next take into EMI to work on with George Martin. Several outtakes of "One After " come from the same recording session as "From Me To You" and "Thank You Girl", and in my opinion, they are the tightest and hardest rocking of all the versions of the song ever.
In comparison to both Quarrymen and Cavern takes, they had by this point added a slightly fussier intro, dropped the repeat of the bridge, and in general made the arrangement more hard driving. Approximately three and a half unique takes from this session are available to collectors. Take 1 breaks up into a bit of an argument between John and Ringo. Take 2 is complete, and with the exception of a peculiarly monotonous guitar solo about which John chides George the minute the performance is over if nicely done. The ill-fated "Sessions" album was to feature a parts of different takes from this session spliced together and heavily EQ'd.
We are fortunate to have a group of rehearsals and runthroughs of the song which are evenly spread out over the course of the month, culminating of course with the Official Version which was part of the rooftop concert. These "Get Back" outtakes are more or less sloppy runthroughs of the same arrangement heard in the Official Version. No Replies Log in to reply. There was an error. General Comment yeah, this song was written in the early 60s but never appeared on a Beatles album before this. But it wasn't recorded until Let It Be.
I think it's the best song on that album. General Comment This song weas written and performed in the studio in or , I have it in my beatles Anthology 1 record album set It is very good I must say.
I have take 3, 4 and 5 and the n the entire sequenced song, but it was never put on a album. General Comment hey does anybody know what john says after oh danny boy General Comment Is it just me or does this song remind anyone else of 'Roll Over Beethoven', the Chuck Berry song which the Beatles covered early on in their career?
It was a tribute to British Rail, actually. General Comment A brilliant move of theirs to revive this ancient song for inclusion on the "Get Back" to their roots album. It was a tribute to British Rail, actually.
- Lend Me Your Heart And Ill Lend You Mine / Think Of me When I Am Near (Valse Mauve) medley (Waltz);
- Alan W. Pollack's Notes on "One After ".
- Thirty shades of first course?
- Poesie di strada per la gioventù (Gli emersi poesia) (Italian Edition).
- One After - Wikipedia!
- One After (song) - The Paul McCartney Project.
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No, at the time we weren't thinking British, it was much more the Super Chief from Omaha. We always wrote separately, but we wrote together because we enjoyed it a lot sometimes, and also because they would say, well, you're going to make an album together and knock off a few songs, just like a job. That was something I wrote when I was about seventeen. I lived at 9 Newcastle Road. I was born on the ninth of October, the ninth month [ sic ].
It's just a number that follows me around, but, numerologically, apparently I'm a number six or a three or something, but it's all part of nine. It was a number we didn't used to do much but it was one that we always liked doing, and we rediscovered it. There were a couple of tunes that we wondered why we never put out; either George Martin didn't like them enough to or he favoured others.
It's not a great song but it's a great favourite of mine. Bill Schieve Friday 10 April Joe Friday 10 April Juliana Brown Friday 11 March Fender also supplied then with all the amps you see as well. Aaron Friday 19 April Kevin Saturday 9 May George Tuesday 21 December Chapsy Sunday 17 May I never understood this: I was born on the ninth of October — the ninth month.
ArthurFiggis Wednesday 10 October I think he is jokingly referring to the ninth month of pregnancy. At the end he get inyected again, and at last they did it Loading Jonny Music Saturday 22 August Julian Bailinson Sunday 8 May Fred Sunday 27 September Jeremy Friday 27 June Weeeeelllll… late fifties stuff. Vonbontee Thursday 3 December Condemned Thursday 24 December Jan Thursday 27 January Has always reminded me of Cynthia Lennon missing the train for India.
Joseph Brush Wednesday 23 February ManNamedLear Sunday 4 September I dig both versions of the song. I heard the version long before I heard the version.
Regarding the version, two things bother me: Do these bother anyone else? Sweet guitar solo from George. One of the Beatles best solos, IMO. Jordy Wednesday 28 March Bill Tuesday 19 February Bongo Thursday 3 July Baggio Thursday 11 September Monday 9 March