“You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)” B-Side

The non-LP B-side of “Let It Be” was maybe the strangest thing the Beatles ever recorded. I was like “Huh?” when I first heard this, but it grew on me over the years. They had an odd sense of humor, notably on Christmas records to their fan club. It’s four different versions of the same riff, being a primal scream; John as a smarmy MC with Paul as a Bill Murray lounge singer; a Monty Python-esque take; and John harrumphing his way through with the late Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones on sax. A fifth ska/reggae version was edited out. Heads up; this one is just very, very weird.