Beatles can you dig it

This being a Sunday session, which was an unusual event but deemed necessary due to the time crunch to finalize the project by the end of the month, Paul's girlfriend Linda Eastman was present on this day along with her daughter Heather. The jam goes on for nearly another two minutes with vocal interchanges between John and Paul as Ringo switches to a standard swing beat to finish off the last minute of the performance.

This being the 18th day of rehearsals, the primary focus of this day was to run through all of the songs that they had perfected the most during the month in preperation for their inclusion on the final product, in whatever form that would be. It appears, therefore, that they were proud enough of this "Dig It" jam that they seriously considered including it in the project somehow.

I thought it would make the most incredible Beatles album ever, because it was so real. Although his edited version ran the performance to its conclusion, Glyn decided to edit out two small segments that he deemed unsuitable, these being and long but both occuring after the " Matt Busby " lyric.

This editing work, as well as a stereo mix of the track, was accomplished on March 13th, at Olympic Sound Studios by Glyn Johns, George Martin possibly being present as well. The Master tape banding and compilation for this album was done by George Martin, Glyn Johns and engineer Steve Vaughan on May 28th, , although it didn't get released that year as originally planned.

Glyn Johns was once again commissioned to put together a soundtrack album and entered a control room at Olympic Sound Studios to complile and band together the master tape for the LP. Although vocalizations from Paul were heard during this segment of the performance, especially during the " like a rolling stone " lyrics, Phil Spector decided to pan this out of the mix entirely. Since McCartney was not involved in the mixing of the album and Lennon was instrumental in Phil Spector taking on this project, one can assume that Paul's vocal contributions were omitted at John's request.

Sometime in , Giles Martin and engineer Sam Okell returned to the master tapes of "Dig It" to create a new mix for inclusion on an Anniversary version of the " Let It Be " album available in various editions.

They also created an additional stereo mix of the song, this being the initial adlib version recorded on January 24th, in Apple Studios designated as "Can You Dig It? Their recording of the song from January 26th, , which appeared at in length and was included on the proposed Glyn Johns "Get Back" album from , was remastered at this time as well. Song Structure and Style. American Releases. It was distributed in a gate-fold jacket in America, as opposed to the box set with photo book that was released in the UK.

It spent four weeks in the top spot of the Billboard album chart and has sold well over four million copies in America alone. Interestingly, the original pressing of the record labels credit Ringo as "Starr," while later pressings correct this by using his proper name "Starkey.

The album first appeared on compact disc on October 10th, , and then as a remastered CD on September 9th, A newly mixed vinyl and CD edition of the album was then released on October 15th, On October 15th, , various editions of the " Let It Be " album were released that feature interesting versions of "Dig It.

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Maxwell's Silver Hammer! Yes, i love it! Come on, come on and get it! Come on and get it! Well, you can get it if you want it And if you want it you can get it, so come on! Come on! Paul: make it up, take it up, take it up John: for christ's sake, come on! Are you big enough to get it?

Paul: take it up, pick it up, take it up John: how big enough to get it? Paul: if you want it you can pick it up Big enough to John: well, if you're big enough, come on and get it!

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Paul: you can dig it, and you can dig it John: well, you can dig it in the morning Paul: you can dig it up if you want it You can dig it, and if you dig it John: and dig it everyday Paul: you can dig it up if you want it You can dig it, you can dig it John: you can dig it after chicken And you can dig it after play You gotta dig!

Like a rolling stone! Like the fbi! And the cia! And the bbc! Bb king! And doris day! Matt busby! Dig it! Paul: if you want it you can take it If you want it you can pick it up If you want it you can take it Want it you can pick it Want it you can, baby Any time of day!

Come on and dig it! Paul: oh, if you want it John: any time of day! And any time of night!