Song Remix Ideas

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

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

Yesterday
This mix is identical to the original album mix from "Help!", except the violins, violas, and cellos 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 Paul McCartney's vocal, and his acoustic guitar playing.

Wait
This mix is identical to the original album mix from "Rubber Soul", except Ringo Starr's maracas and tambourine 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 "I'll Be Back", 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 Adobe Audition 3.0, but I was just never able to get them to both fit.

Drive My Car
This mix is identical to the original album mix from "Rubber Soul", except the guitar solo from "Taxman", the horn section from "Savoy Truffle", the drums from "What You're Doing", and the instrumentation from "The Word" 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 "Love". 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.

Think for Yourself
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".

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
This mix is identical to the original album mix from "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", except the drum roll from "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!", the clavioline from "Baby, You're a Rich Man", and the horns, guitars, bass and drums from "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" which are included in the "Love" remix of the song are included in this mix.

However the sound effects from "Tomorrow Never Knows" are omitted, as are the strings from "Good Night". 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.

Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [Reprise]
This is a clean edition of the album mix from "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" without the cross fade from the next song "A Day in the Life", and without the animal sound effects from the end of the previous song "Good Morning, Good Morning".

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 cross fade from "A Day in the Life" starts.

Lady Madonna
This mix is identical to the original single mix from "Past Masters", except the final Ronnie Scott tenor saxophone solo which plays in the "Love" mix of the song, but not in the single mix, is played in this mix.

Across the Universe
This mix is identical to the world wildlife fund mix 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 "Let It Be... Naked". 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.

Back in the U.S.S.R.
This is a clean edition of the album mix from "The Beatles [White Album]" without the cross fade from the next song "Dear Prudence". It's a shame that a clean edition of this song has never been officially released.

The song's appearances on "1967-1970" and "Love" doesn't count, because the song fades out before the cross fade from "Dear Prudence" starts. Why couldn't they just separate the cross fade instead of having the song fade out before the cross fade starts? Don't tell me they don't still have the master copy of both tracks without the cross fade, right?

Dear Prudence
This is a clean edition of the album mix from "The Beatles [White Album]" without the cross fade from the previous song "Back in the U.S.S.R.". It's a shame that a clean edition of this song has never been officially released.

Glass Onion
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 "Anthology 3" 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.

Get Back
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.

Let It Be
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 "Let It Be" 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.

Something
This mix is identical to the original album mix from "Abbey Road", except the string overdubs that were added by producer George Martin 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.

Octopus's Garden
This mix is identical to the original album mix from "Abbey Road", except the sound effects and vocal elements from "Yellow Submarine", and the elements from "Lovely Rita" and "Helter Skelter" which are used in the "Love" remix of this song are also featured in this mix.

However the string arrangements from "Good Night" and the elements from "Sun King" 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.

Gnik Nus
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 Abbey Road, an audio editing program like Adobe Audition which is what I used, or Audacity, 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 a cappella 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.

Because
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 "Free as a Bird", along with the new recording of a wood pigeon 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.