THE BEATLES 'NOT GUILTY' Very Rare 1-Sided 7" ACETATE WHITE ALBUM APPLE MINT
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Taken from my private collection - NO RESERVE PRICE - I would be prepared to end the auction early for a realistic offer.
Bought by myself at the Barcelona Record Fair in the early 80's whilst trading at the event and placed in and amongst my private collection where it has remained until now.
In the early 1980s, Geoff Emerick made a stereo mix of 'NOT GUILTY', editing roughly a minute from the running time, for EMI's aborted Sessions album. The mix was eventually released in 1996 on Anthology 3. I bought the ACETATE based on this info and have no reason to believe it still not to be true. The Acetate would have most likely have been cut for reference purposes BUT I have never ever come across another one to date, if anyone else has any further info on the acetate i would gladly appreciate further details!
The 1-SIDED white label is hand-written and puts the song length as 3:55 , however it is actually aprox 2:55 which further lends me to believe it is the Geoff Emerick mix but I cannot be 100% guaranteed of this but it was certainly enough to convince me to buy it at the time for a considerable amount of Pesetas!
I have only played the Acetate the once and it is virtually MINT!
Please feel free to ask any questions where I will gladly attempt to answer them as thoroughly as possible.
Background Info:
Not Guilty
Written by: Harrison
Recorded: 7-9, 12 August 1968
Producer: George Martin
Engineer: Ken Scott
Released: 28 October 1996
George Harrison: vocals, guitar
Paul McCartney: bass
Ringo Starr: drums
Chris Thomas: harpsichord
Available on:
Anthology 3
One of The Beatles finest 'lost' recordings, Not Guilty was recorded during the White Album sessions, but remained unreleased until Anthology 3 in 1996.
Not Guilty was written by George Harrison. A demo was recorded in May 1968 at Kinfauns, his home in Esher, Surrey, where The Beatles convened to try out their bumper crop of songs written during or immediately after their trip to India. Actually, I wrote that in 1968. It was after we got back from Rishikesh in the Himalayas on the Maharishi trip, and it was for the White Album. We recorded it but we didn't get it down right or something. Then I forgot all about it until a year ago, when I found this old demo I'd made in the Sixties. The lyrics are a bit passé - all about upsetting 'Apple carts' and stuff - but it's a bit about what was happening at the time. 'Not guilty for getting in your way/While you're trying to steal the day' - which was me trying to get a space. 'Not guilty/For looking like a freak/Making friends with every Sikh/For leading your astray/On the road to Mandalay' - which is the Maharishi and going to the Himalayas and all that was said about that. I like the tune a lot; it would make a great tune for Peggy Lee or someone. George HarrisonRolling Stone, April 1979
Lyrically, the song is largely in defence of the 1960s counterculture, although references to Harrison's frustration at his often marginal role within the group can be detected.
Not guilty
For getting in your way
While you're trying to steal the day ...
I won't upset the apple cart
I only want what I can get
I'm really sorry that you've been misled
But like you heard me said:
Not guilty
At the time of its recording, relations within the group were becoming increasingly strained, with The Beatles often working alone and choosing not to help each other. For Lennon and McCartney this was less of an issue, but Harrison needed the rest of the group's support to have his songs considered.
Part of the problem may have been the complexity of the song, with numerous time signature changes and half-bars which derailed many of The Beatles' attempts. However, the result was far from disastrous, and would arguably have made a better inclusion on the White Album than a number of other songs.
Not Guilty was eventually re-recorded by Harrison for his self-titled 1979 album, in a mellower version featuring acoustic guitar and Fender Rhodes electric piano, the latter played by Steve Winwood.
In the studioThe song was recorded at Abbey Road in August 1968. The group taped over 100 takes of Not Guilty, but even the best of these failed to win a place on the White Album.
The Beatles began work on Not Guilty on 7 August 1968. They recorded 46 takes of the rhythm track, comprising guitar, bass, electric piano and drums. The first 18 of these were devoted to the introduction alone; beyond that, just five takes were complete.
The next day the group recorded takes 47-101 of the rhythm track. The electric piano was replaced by a harpsichord to emphasise the rhythmic chord patterns. Take 99 was deemed the best of the day.
On 9 August a reduction mix was made to free up space on the tape. Take 99 became 102, and onto this a range of overdubs were added.
In a session lasting more than six hours, extra lead guitar, bass and drum parts were recorded. The distinctive lead guitar riffs and solo were recorded by Harrison in the studio control room, with his amplifier stack turned up high in the studio below.
George asked us to put his guitar amplifier at one end of the echo chambers, with a microphone at the other end to pick up the output. He sat playing the guitar in the studio control room with a line plugged through to the chamber. Brian Gibson, engineerThe Complete Beatles Recording Sessions, Mark Lewisohn
Work on Not Guilty finished on 12 August, with the recording of a second lead vocal by Harrison. As with the previous lead guitar overdub, he opted to tape his performance in the control room.
George had this idea that he wanted to do it in the control room with the speakers blasting, so that he got more of an on-stage feel. So we had to monitor through headphones, setting the monitor speakers at a level where he felt comfortable and it wouldn't completely blast out his vocal. Ken Scott, engineerThe Complete Beatles Recording Sessions, Mark Lewisohn
A rough mono mix was made at the end of the session, but the song was later rejected for the White Album.
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