“I Me Mine” (Alternate Version)

January 3, 1970 marked a milestone in Beatles history. George, Paul and Ringo went into the studio to record “I Me Mine” as a last minute addition to the still-unreleased “Get Back” LP and movie. (Our track here is the “Let It Be...Naked” version without the strings added later by Phil Spector.) It was the final time until the 1990’s they recorded as anything resembling a group. They were all, either quietly or in John’s case very publicly, working on solo projects. Lennon privately quit a few months earlier; he had the Plastic Ono Band, and likely wouldn’t have participated on a Harrison-written track anyway. Paul was recording his first album in secret, George was assembling material for his “All Things Must Pass” LP, and even Ringo was working on a solo album of standards. Shortly after this session, a second attempt was made by Glyn Johns to assemble the “Get Back” LP but the group again rejected it. Spector was asked a few months later to make sense of the tapes, albeit without consent and/or full knowledge of George Martin or Paul McCartney. Just another of the many things which led to the band’s breakup.