Song Remix Ideas

This is a concept track list of ideas of remixes for songs recorded by. Also included are some clean editions of songs that have never been previously released without the from the preceding or the next songs on the albums of which the songs were originally released.

This page is still under construction and will be updated and revised over time.

This mix is identical to the original album mix from , except the s, s, and s found in the original mix are not included in this mix.

I've always been curious to know what the song sounded like without the string instruments, ever since I discovered that the string instruments were muted through one channel at the end of the stereo mix of the song.

So this mix features just 's vocal, and his playing.

This mix is identical to the original album mix from , except 's and  overdubs found in the original mix are not included in this mix.

I've always been curious to know what the song sounded like without the maracas and tambourine overdubs, since I discovered that this song was recorded during the sessions for The Beatles' previous album Help! but was released on Rubber Soul instead.

Upon discovering that, it became clear to me why 'Wait' sounded more like The Beatles' earlier 1964-5 tracks than the other songs on Rubber Soul did. To make the song blend in better with the other more recent songs, maracas and tambourines were added to the initial recording.

Also back in early 2008, I erroneously misremembered and imagined the lyrics from 'Wait' and '', and the music from 'I'll Be Back' as being part of the same song, as I was unfamiliar with either of those songs at the time. I have tried to combine those two songs in the past, with, but I was just never able to get them to both fit.

This mix is identical to the original album mix from Rubber Soul, except the guitar solo from , the from , the drums from , and the instrumentation from  are featured in this mix.

The added instrumentation from those songs are the same as the ones that were added to the 'Drive My Car/The Word/What You're Doing' medley from . None of the lyrics from 'What You're Doing' and 'The Word' appear in this mix however, since this is intended to be a remix of 'Drive My Car' alone.

This mix is identical to the original album mix from Rubber Soul, except the horn section and guitar riffs from 'Savoy Truffle' have been added to the end of some of the lines of each of the verses, notably the last lines of the verses. It's been years since I noticed the similarities between the riffs of 'Think for Yourself' and 'Savoy Truffle'.

Since 'Savoy Truffle' has more instrumentation than 'Think for Yourself', I always imagined that if there was a mix featuring one of the two songs with instrumentation added in from the other song, that 'Think for Yourself' would be featured with some instrumentation from 'Savoy Truffle'.

This mix is identical to the original album mix from , except the drum roll from , the from , and the horns, guitars, bass and drums from  which are included in the Love'' remix of the song are included in this mix.

However the sound effects from  are omitted, as are the strings from . This mix fades out the same way the album mix does, and the extended intro found in the Love remix is omitted from this mix. So aside from the overdubs taken from those other songs, it pretty much plays the same way the original mix does.

This is a clean edition of the album mix from Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band without the from the next song , and without the animal sound effects from the end of the previous song .

It's a shame that a clean edition of this song has never been officially released. The remix from Love doesn't count, because the song fades out before the crossfade from 'A Day in the Life' starts.

This mix is identical to the original single mix from , except the final  solo which plays in the Love mix of the song, but not in the single mix, is played in this mix.

This mix is identical to the from Past Masters, except the bird sound effects, and Lizzie Bravo and Gayleen Pease's backing vocals which are featured in the world wildlife fund mix are omitted from this mix. The tape is also slowed down so that it is playing at the same speed that it was recorded. This is also the case with the naked mix from . This mix also fades out the same way the naked mix does.

Pity they never released a mix of this song that is identical to the world wildlife fund mix, but at the correct speed and stripping the bird sounds and backing vocal overdubs. There's nothing wrong with the bird sounds and groupie backing vocals, but it would be nice to hear what it sounded like without those additional overdubs.

This is a clean edition of the album mix from  without the crossfade from the next song ''. It's a shame that a clean edition of this song has never been officially released.

The song's appearances on  and Love don't count, because the song fades out before the crossfade from 'Dear Prudence' starts. Why couldn't they just separate the crossfade instead of having the song fadeout before the crossfade starts? Don't tell me they don't still have the master copy of both tracks without the crossfade, right?

This is a clean edition of the album mix from The Beatles [White Album] without the crossfade from the previous song ''. It's a shame that a clean edition of this song has never been officially released.

This mix uses take 33 of 'Glass Onion', the same take that the album mix uses, and the same take that the second version on  uses. But it doesn't feature any of the overdubs that are exclusive to either mix.

The sound effects from the 20th September 1968 which consist of an organ, a telephone ringing, the sound of smashing glass, and BBC football commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme shouting 'It's a goal!' which are featured in the mix on Anthology 3 were omitted from this mix.

Also departed from this mix are the string overdubs that were recorded on the 10th October 1968 and featured in the album mix. This mix presented here is more stripped down in comparison to the mixes found on The Beatles and Anthology 3. It is also presented in stereo, unlike the mix found on Anthology 3 which is in mono.

In late 2007, I incorrectly guessed that 'Glass Onion' was from the as '', or from a later recording session. I was surprised to discover that it was actually from the.

Since the intention behind the  album was to reinvigorate the band by returning to simpler configurations, I had become curious to know how 'Glass Onion' would have sounded if it had been one of the songs included as part of that concept.

This mix is mostly identical to the naked mix from Let It Be... Naked except that the coda that was recorded on the 28th January 1969 and featured in the single mix from Past Masters is included in this mix. So this mix is mostly identical to the single mix as well, except the tape echo effect from the single mix is omitted from this mix.

This mix is mostly identical to the single mix from Past Masters except that the 'more stinging' 4th January 1970 overdub guitar solo which is featured in the album mix of the song from  is also featured in this mix.

Unlike the album mix where the 4th January 1970 overdub guitar solo is the more prominent of the overdub guitar solos, in this mix, both the 30th April 1969 and 4th January 1970 overdub guitar solos play at roughly the same volume.

I have always wanted to know what the song would have sounded like with both overdub guitar solos playing together at the same volume, and retaining all the instrumentation and backing vocals found on the original single mix.

This mix is identical to the original album mix from , except the string overdubs that were added by producer are omitted from this mix. While I don't necessarily think that not having the string overdubs would make the song better, I have nonetheless wondered what the song would sound like without them. A contributing factor may be because of the more simpler arrangement that Paul McCartney uses when playing the song live.

This mix is identical to the original album mix from Abbey Road, except the sound effects and vocal elements from , and the elements from  and  which are used in the Love'' remix of this song are also featured in this mix.

However the string arrangements from  and the elements from  which are included in the Love remix are not featured in this mix. The opening and ending of this mix is the same as the opening and ending of the album mix, so basically all the original instrumentation and sound effects are still there, and the track duration remains the same.

This mix is easily the easiest to replicate out of all the ideas for song mixes listed here. To recreate this mix of 'Gnik Nus', all you need to do is to get a copy of The Beatles' album , an audio editing program like which is what I used, or, and turn 'Sun King' around, so that it's in reverse.

Since the unedited mix of 'Gnik Nus' had never been officially released, the only officially released mix of 'Sun King' backwards is featured as a portion of the vocals included as a reversed for the 2006 album Love, I'd been curious to know what the Abbey Road mix of the song sounded like. In February 2010, I got my wish.

Before I read the booklet that comes with the 2006 album Love, I erroneously assumed that 'Gnik Nus' was a proper track and not just a backwards portion of the vocals from 'Sun King'. Even though I did notice the uncanny resemblance between the vocals found in both songs. Since Love is a remix album, and since 'Gnik Nus' isn't a proper track, I had always wanted to know what the original Abbey Road mix of 'Sun King' sounded like backwards and had been considered a proper track.

This mix is identical to the original album mix from Abbey Road, except that the bird sounds that were used in the world wildlife fund mix of 'Across the Universe', as well as , along with the new recording of a that were included in the Love'' remix of 'Because' are also included in this mix.

While the album and Love mixes of the song are roughly the same length, this mix is 24 seconds longer, as the mix features the reversed final chord from 'A Day in the Life' which is also featured in the Love mix. The reversed final chord from 'A Day in the Life' starts after the same number of seconds after the vocals stop in both the Love remix and in this mix. Because the vocals start and stop earlier in the Love remix than in the album mix, the effects from the Love remix when added to this mix appear later than they do in the Love remix.

In late 2007 or early 2008, I erroneously misremembered and imagined the reversed final chord from 'A Day in the Life' which is featured in the Love remix as being featured in the original album mix of the song. For this reason I was inspired to come up with a concept remix of the song that was identical to the one that I had imagined back in late 2007 or early 2008.