As you may or may not know, when John appeared on the BBC's tv chart show Top Of The Pops in 1970, the MU restriction about performers miming was still in place. Therefore John had to add live vocals to a prerecorded backing tape.
So you've all seen the video? Yeah, of course you have. In mono.
But here is the video synched to a demixed stereo version. On the left you have the original acetate that John was miming to (thanks to the chap who gave me this... 11 years ago now so I've forgotten your name!) and on the right all the live audio that wasn't on the acetate. This includes: John's vocal with slapback echo, the distant sound of Alan White's live drumming (which has different fills to the single... watch and listen closely) and some guy in a yellow jacket banging a tambourine out of time. In fact, both Al and Yellow Guy go out of time towards the end but John (with the aid of headphones) manages to stay in synch.
One thing I love about this clip is watching Klaus Voorman's face. You can see him getting a huge amount of pleasure out of watching John perform live. It must have been extraordinary for him to be up there with John, having seen him as an unknown all those years ago on a rickety stage in Hamburg.
Enjoy!
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(btw, this is an interlaced video... on VLC Player set the "deinterlace" option to "Yadif (2x)"
