BDJ's Cellar Full of Remixes

We all know this delightful track from the Abbey Road Album. Paul's thumping bass dominates the lower regions of the soundscape, while Ringo hits his snare drum always just a millisecond late. But what if Harrison had recorded this song just a few months later, as a solo artist ? And what if he had run into BDJ's Tearoom orchstra in studio 2 ? The answer is here......

Harrison and friends go back to the Cavern days, for this rock-your-socks-off version of Here Comes the Sun.

George Harrison and heavy metal ? This is why (not), and the Voodoo Glow Skulls help George through this track at lightning speed.

George Harrison teams up with the famous reggae ensemble Riddim for a Jamaica flavoured rendition of Here Comes The Sun.

Two of Harrison's most famous songs in this re-mix: If I Needed Someone vs Here Comes The Sun. Result: a strangely melancholic song, with a spectacular double-tracked Rickenbacher.

Almost an 'Unplugged' version of this classic rocker. The Swingle Singers really let their hair down. This mix is made possible thanks to the new vocal isolations.

It is said the Beatles were in a gloomy mode during the get Back sessions at Abbey Road. This mix proves the opposite. A cheerful fab Four record a reggae version of Get Back, never heard until the BDJ engineers extracted it from the reverse side of a Nagra tape. Note that the intro and outtro chat is really form the actual get Back session.

On the White Piano, John Lennon, on the Black Keyboard it's Paul McCartney. Together, they produce the final true Lennon-McCartney composition. After 10 years of Beatles, each wrote a song that defined the decade. Their ultimate genius is demonstrated here, in the seamless fusion of Words and Music of their best songs. Sound from the Anthology and Lennon Legend DVD's.

There's a lot of seeing and looking on Rubber Soul. These Macca songs bear a strong resemblance, both in music and lyrics. So here's a mash of You Won't See Me with I'm Looking Through You. Both songs express rather angry feelings towards Macca's (ex?) lover, a sentiment Lennon also used on various occasions. This mix is almost a 1 on 1 overlay of one over the other, just a semi-tone adjustment of...

I'm looking Through You is known in 2 versions: the Rubber Soul track, and the Anthology version. The Rubber Soul version is a bit more perky, but the stereo is in the classic 'instruments right, voices left' mode. So, the BDJ engineers set to work to produce a - true - stereo I'm looking Through You. They used 3 diferent versions: the Rubber Soul track, a US release, and the unpublished Take 4. R...

This Boy must have been one of the most succesful B-sides of the Beatles. It was the flip side of I Want To Hold Your Hand, their first no. 1 in the US. They performed the song during the famous Ed Sullivan Shows, on during various concerts. It showcases their vocal abilities, and John gets to rip his vocal chords to great effect during the middle eight. There is no good quality stereo release of...

A day before the release of Rockband, BDJ proudly presents the first ever remix featuring material from the Rockband soundtrack. Never heard before bits are mixed with chunks of Take 1, and other bits from the recent BBC radio broadcast "The Record Producers, George Martin". Result: a brandnew experience, with no audio from the Abbey Road album whatsoever...

We all know Mean Mr Mustard as a part of the big B-side Medley of Abbey Road. Surprisingly, Mean Mr Mustard was composed long before Abbey Road, during the Beatles stay with the Maharishi in India. They probably did not think of it very highly, because they did not record it on the White (double) album, nor on Let It Be. Apparently, they were in such dire straits to fill the B-side of Abbey Road t...

Following Paul's first song, it is now George's turn in BDJ studios. Not quite his first recorded song, but - interestingly - the first known Harrisong that was never recorded by the Beatles. George Harrison's second solo composition, You Know What To Do was recorded as a demo at Abbey Road on 3 June 1964. The demo remained unissued until 1995 when it was released on Anthology 1. Here, for the fir...

Sir Paul has said that I Lost My Little Girl was the first song he ever wrote. Most staff at BDJ studios find that hard to believe; the song is quite complex (note the variation in vocals between verse 1 and 2), it contains a 'full stop' after the middle eight etc. Furthermore, the group played the song during the Let It Be session (1969) with Lennon on vocals. This suggests that the song was on t...

Your Mother Should Know is a typical McCartney song, which takes him back to the days when his father played the piano in a band. The production of the song is a bit strange, distracting from the attractiveness of this throwaway; the vocals start banked to the left, then move to the right, then end in the middle. This was great fun when stereo was just invented. While remixing the vocals in the mi...

This Harrisong was briefly heard in the film A Hard Days Night, before being faded out to make room for some silly dialogue. All in all, the production indeed sounds as if the other Fab 3 were not Too Happy To Dance With George on this tune. Paul's bass playing is one of the poorest tracks he ever recorded, and Lennon is not on it at all..... In later years, Harrison would turn to Eric Clapton to...

Willy Deville was born the day that Paul met John, and he died excactly 40 years after the photshoot for the Abbey Road album. His life thus spans the career of the Beatles, and BDJ was inspired to mix this tribute to Willy. Coverart is the pedestrian crossing at Abbey Road as it looked today on the Webcam; a sight Willy didn't live to see.

There's always been a hymn-like aura surrounding Because. The vocals sound more like '1000 monks singing on a hill-top' then in Tomorrow Never knows (where Lennon wanted that sound). Lennon claiming that he was inspired by van Beethoven doesn't help either to make this a poppy song. So, BDJ to the rescue, to bring Because down to earth. Some great instrumental sections by the famous Satellite King...

If I Fell is one of my favourites, and I took it to the limit (or slightly beyond) of pleasant harmonies in the Clapton remix (see below). To make amends, here is a modern arrangement that I made of the song, so not a remix in the true sense. Started with nylon guitar and piano, upright bass and simple percussion. Couldn't resist to mix in strings amd woodwind towards the end, but still avoiding t...

A nice & crisp, clean version of this Lennon track. Straight from the heart, a lot more emotion & fun than the released version. This remix is composed of 4 different outtakes. A slightly different version is on Tuned To A Natural E 6. Come on, listen to me !

It's Party Time in BDJ's cellar ! A massive 4m50s remix of this Ringo classic, arguably his best composition. Get ready to shake yer booty, and don't forget your bottle of water, since dehydration is a serious risk with this mix.

The Beatles started, and ended, their career with Phil Spector. Phil's (over)production of the Let It Be album is well documented. It is less well known that the Beatles performed a Phil Pector song on their first recording session: the Decca Audition, January 1st, 1962. That recording suggests that Lennon (lead vocals) was not at his best; his voice is too low, and too soft. Perhaps he did not li...

Eddie Izzard gives a wonderful perfomance of mr kite in 'Across the Universe'. Actually, he does two (the second is in the deleted scenes section). Here, he joins forces with lennon, to create a super splendid rendition of this fine track.

Michael Jackson, Paul McCartney. The less said about this mix, the better.