I think GD just filtered the whistling noise out which is not hard to do, even back then. The sound changes after 8 seconds because they cut to the version which appeared on "The Beatles At The Beeb Volume 5" and that doesn't start until the line "don't you know my love is true". Really they should have used the first 8 seconds from "The Beatles At the Beeb With Pete Best" which is intact.Captain_Kidd wrote: ↑Tue Dec 13, 2022 10:03 pm Your reply sent me off on some detective work: I went back to the Beautiful Dreamer ‘Oh! My Soul’, and the one on the Great Dane Complete BBC Sessions box, which also has the ‘Our romance' intro, to do some comparisons.
The Great Dane ‘Oh! My Soul’ appears to be from a different source from the BD as it lacks the 1.5khz whistle and there’s an edit into another source 8 seconds in (quite a distinct change in sound too). The sound of these first 8 seconds up to this edit is consistent throughout in ambience/hum/radio buzz which casts doubt on the idea that there's any edit piece from the BBC Slow Down.
No, it's not part of the song. Originally it began with "and here's Paul with Ooh My Soul!" and then then song as you know it. Maybe the BD tape had some bits of other songs in between and they just thought it was part of it.So, we do have two distinct sources with the ‘Our romance’ intro which would indicate that the intro’s legit. The rest of the song is the same in all cases.
Well, here you go: https://tinyurl.com/mr243acpAnd, and.. I liked the ‘Our romance’ and I want it back! Just think, “Our romance? Oh! my soul!”... works perfectly as poetry!
Whether I’m right or wrong, if you do have a go at it then it’ll be much appreciated