HAVE YOU HEARD THE WORD? 1969 Beatles Bootleg Song in STEREO

[EdinSc]

Thanks! Never knew it was so long.

[Gringo557]

Great share, thanks so much!

[Alessandro Rocchi]

Thank you very much, Robert!

[DocRobert]

Thanks very much everyone! Glad you liked it.

[ToddS]

Thank You for sharing and cleaning it up. I always liked this song when i first heard it on an older Boot LP.

[WOA76]

Here's my new stereo mix of HAVE YOU HEARD THE WORD which was on my very first Beatles bootleg LP and I always thought it was an Abbey Road outtake sung by John (and so did Yoko who, in 1985, registered the title as a Lennon composition!). It turns out this song was written & recorded on 6th August 1969 by Bee Gee Maurice Gibb (sung in the style of Lennon), Billy Lawrie (Lulu's brother - Lulu had married Maurice that February), and Australians Steve Kipner & Steve Groves (aka Tin Tin) while Maurice was high on heavy painkillers, nursing a broken arm, and taking full advantage of London's IBC Studios free drinks bar! It's a really grotty recording as it was never meant to see the light of day, but Beacon Records thought otherwise and in 1970 released a mono 45 under the band name 'The Fut'. For this first-time stereo mix I cleaned up the recording to reduce distortion, and used some nice panning on the vocal tracks to create a more interesting stereo soundstage.

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Enjoy!

got this as kid 80s on Spicy Beatle record bootleg and love it even now thanks for this sounds amazing

[20YearsAgo]

Could someone please re-up this? I downloaded it and remembered liking this, but now I can't find it

[Mrbeatleg]

Could someone please re-up this? I downloaded it and remembered liking this, but now I can't find it

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[20YearsAgo]

Could someone please re-up this? I downloaded it and remembered liking this, but now I can't find it

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Thank you!

[mojofilter]

Thank you! This was nice, with some nifty panning effects. I'd like to know about the truncated version on some bootlegs, that leaves out the middle eight on purpose, with a 'pausing the tape and coming back to the song in progress' effect. Where did that come from?

P.S.: Has anyone ever uncovered what song or group is on the B-side with their blue-beat kind of instrumental?