For such an unwieldy title, its a fun thing to hear. So why do Georges vocals just get wider and wider thru the first verse? It was a mistake I wound up quite liking! This one uses parts of the MFSL copy, the mono and the Anthology take. That said, I'm not sure WHY I tried to use the Anthology end; it doesnt exactly work to my ears. But its the best sounding version out there, at least until the new CDs...

Again, we bring the bass to you! And why not? Such is the awesomeness of this mighty bass part, even John Lennon complimented it! (but did Yoko?). We also get John singing this one all by himself, and a slightly less frantic ending...
Let me know if you are enjoying these, there's always more.

I don't know, I think I should have been a bass player. I always seem to pick out the bass lines when doing a remix. Maybe it's just because Macca is such a damn good bassist. Either way, this Madonna features bass to the fore, John and Georges twin guitar engine mixed up, and err...lots of listening to the music playing in her head.

A fairly successful attempt at adding an instrumental verse and chorus to the first of the track; then adding one of my all-time favorite out-takes to this mix as John starts giving us 'the message'. Sounds pretty good, I think!

Just an experiment; one that, as with many remixes, works sometimes and doesnt QUITE other times. At least it's a different way of hearing a song we've all heard countless times.

It's always seemed odd to me why The Beatles dug such a corn-pone song. If you've ever wondered the same, feel free now to travel thru time with the boys, first performing the song in Germany at the Tony Sheridan sessions, then (crossfade) during "Abbey Road" recording, and finally in the end, ukes to the fore during filming of Anthology.
Interesting to realise, the only constants of these 3 versions are Paul and George.

One some of you may have heard elsewhere, and one of my earlier ones. To quote George Martin, "Very simple, but very effective". I just like it!

This is a song that I never really cared for, so I figured, chop 'er up, let's see what happens! Well, what happened is, I now actually appreciate the song! Favorite bit in this mix: Pauls final chorus. Basically, it's just moving things in and out of the mix to get to HEAR more of whats there.

For a lark, I took the backing of the Fabs "RL", and added Johns acoustic guitar demo to it. Its pretty short, and doesnt quite work, but don't tell me YOU haven't thought of it...

This is actually a composite of two different (or was it 3?) mixes I did of this one. I was never pleased with the whole things, so finally decided to boil them down to one. You'll notice Johns voice drop out in the last verse slowly; this was so you could better hear Paul and Georges contributions to the verse and last chorus.
BTW, this IS totally different to the other Real Love remix. THAT one uses a different Lennon vocal, for instance.

Take some 5.1 extractions, add some original Lennon demo, and voila. You have our "FAAB" remix. Interestingly, you can now hear more clearly how much Paul actually 'boosted' Johns vocals in some parts.

More to come....

After hearing George claim Paul played the "Walrus" in the video for When We Was Fab (he didn't), I got to thinking....what if not just Paul, not just Ringo (who IS on the record) but also John were on the ultimate Beatle tribute?
Well, think no more, I said. So, we end up with Mr. Starr AND John counting the song in, harmonies from JP&G, some 'fab' punctuations from Lennon, some atmosphere from "Within You Without You", and confused studio chat, making up a truly gear "When We Was Fab". Not to mention, the entire track itself is remixed. Let me know what you think, leave a comment or two!

A much more experimental-sort of remix. I used 3 different versions here, the UK stereo, the Japanese mono, and the Anthology take. How these all fit together, well. You be the judge.

This is one dear to my heart. The last (?) Beatles single, original of which is...umm...well, too damn fast, for one. Who got the stupid idea to speed it up? Well, forget it, we've slowed it back to 'demo' speed, and brought in Johns vocals and piano from the "Working Class Hero" version of the song for some verses. Ultimately not as busy sounding as the 45 version, it's one of my favorites.

Oh man, not ANOTHER remixer doing "SLY"? Well, yes. I've heard a few, and everybody of course uses what I did: the right channel of the German version. Problem is, especially when doing a 'wide' stereo of this one, is that the 2 performances don't quite match. Pauls bass work is much busier, and Georges lead work is on a different guitar (the new Rick 12-string?). So this isn't quite as wide as others, and I also used one more trick that did it: I filtered the snare and cymbals, to bring them out much more from the original mono. Pan those right, and I felt that really did it. How 'bout you?

Why DID they leave this off "Beatles For Sale"?. Its one of the great jems of "Anthology"....except for the indifferent mix. So, taking the DVD, getting some extractions from a friend, and voila, a stereo mix. And yes, theres a bit of cheating to make it the full-length song, but so what.

This is only part (obviously) of the complete remix I did for the Abbey Road LP. But I've always liked this, especially the "Pam" part. Look out for some buried (yet amazingly perfectly-placed) yeah-yeah-yeahs from another familiar song, and some comments from John mixed out of the final version, but present in the rough mix and later, Georges "Octopuses Garden" solo from "Love".

"Help!" is one of my favorite songs ever, so this is one of the more 'regular' mixes. Things dropped out here and there that I thought enhance (not BETTER) the song. You be the judge.

This is one I started long before "Love", but added one little bit from the DVD extractions....look out for Ringos "Ahhhh..." after the first chorus ends!