Soul Sessions 

Front Cover  

Label: Silent Sea,
2-CD set: SS 032 / 033
Date: ?,
Sound quality: good to excellent,
Total Playing Time CD1 : 73:13,
Total Playing Time CD2 : 71:40.


A collection of alternates takes and mixes from the Rubber Soul recording sessions in 1965.

Track list:

DISC 1

"Rubber Soul" Era Demos

1  We Can Work It Out  Lennon / McCartney 0:43 Demo, incomplete - October 1965. 
2  Michelle  Lennon / McCartney 0:58 Home recording - Instrumental - 1965.

"Rubber Soul" Era Sessions

3  Day Tripper  Lennon / McCartney 2:10 Take 1, RS'82? - breakdown - 16 Oct 1965.
4  Day Tripper  Lennon / McCartney 1:09 Take 2, RS'82? -  false start - 16 Oct 1965.
5  Day Tripper  Lennon / McCartney  3:11 Take 3, RS'82? - 16 Oct 1965.
6  We Can Work It Out   Lennon / McCartney 2:05 Take 1, RS'82? - breakdown - 20 Oct 1965.
7  We Can Work It Out   Lennon / McCartney 2:21 Take 2, Rough Mix - 20 Oct 1965.
8  We Can Work It Out   Lennon / McCartney 2:31 Sequence, RS'82?.
9  12-Bar Original   Lennon / McCartney
 Harrison / Starkey
 
1:55 Rehearsal excerpt - 4 November 1965. RS'82? - 
10  12-Bar Original  0:35 Take 1, RS'82? -  breakdown - 4 November 1965.
11  12-Bar Original  6:51 Take 2, RS'82? - 4 November 1965.
12  Norwegian Wood 
 (This Bird Has Flown)
 Lennon / McCartney 2:11 Take 1, RS'82? - 12 Oct 1965.
13  Norwegian Wood 
 (This Bird Has Flown)
 Lennon / McCartney 2:37 Take 2, RS'82? - 21 Oct 1965.
14  Norwegian Wood 
 (This Bird Has Flown)
 Lennon / McCartney 2:29 Take 4, RS'82? - 21 Oct 1965.
15  Girl   Lennon / McCartney 2:06 Take 2 - 11 Nov 1965. Monitor Mix.
16  I'm Looking Through You   Lennon / McCartney 3:12 Take 1, RS'82(a)?  - 24 Oct 1965.
17  I'm Looking Through You   Lennon / McCartney 2:50 Take 4, RS'82? -  - 10 Nov 1965.
18  In My Life   Lennon / McCartney 1:12 Take 3, Rough Mix - 18 Oct 1965.
19  Run For Your Life   Lennon / McCartney 0:19 Take 1, RS'82? - false start - 12 Oct 1965.
20  Run For Your Life   Lennon / McCartney 2:00 Take 5, Rough Mix - 12 Oct 1965.
"Think For Yourself" vocal overdub session excerpts - Beatle Speech
21-23   "... about the good things that we can have..."  4:10 8 Nov 1965.
24-25   "... I know your mind's made up...."   3:07
26-34   "... and you've got time to rectify..."   8:31
35-38   "... lukewarm baby got a custard face..."   3:38
Mixing The "Rubber Soul" Outtake
39  12-Bar Original  Lennon / McCartney
 Harrison / Starkey
 
6:46 Take 2, RM1 - Recorded on 4 Nov 1965.
40  12-Bar Original  2:54 Take 2, RS '95? - 4 Nov 1965. From Anthology.
 

 

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DISC 2
The Mono "Rubber Soul" Album
1  Drive My Car   Lennon / McCartney 2:34 Regular Mono - Take 4, RM1 ?
2  Norwegian Wood  (This Bird Has Flown)  Lennon / McCartney 2:05 Regular Mono - Take 4, RM1 ?
3  You Won't See Me  Lennon / McCartney 3:30 Regular Mono - Take 2, RM1 ?
4  Nowhere Man  Lennon / McCartney 2:47 Regular Mono - Take 4, RM1 ?
5  Think For Yourself  George Harrison 2:24 Regular Mono - Take 1, RM1 ?
6  The Word  Lennon / McCartney 2:50 Regular Mono - Take 3, RM1 ?
7  Michelle  Lennon / McCartney 2:43 Regular Mono - Take 2, RM2 ?
8  What Goes On

 Lennon 
 McCartney / Starkey

2:54 Regular Mono - Take 1, RM1 ?
9  Girl   Lennon / McCartney 2:36 Regular Mono - Take 2, RM1 ?
10  I'm Looking Through You   Lennon / McCartney 2:35 Regular Mono - Take 4, RM1 ?
11  In My Life  Lennon / McCartney 2:32 Regular Mono - Take 3, RM1 ?
12  Wait  Lennon / McCartney 2:19 Regular Mono - Take 4, RM2 ?
13  If I Needed Someone  George Harrison 2:27 Regular Mono - Take 1, RM1 ?
14  Run For Your Life  Lennon / McCartney 2:23 Regular Mono - Take 5, RM1 ?
The Mono "Rubber Soul" Era Single
15  We Can Work It Out  Lennon / McCartney 2:15 Regular Mono - Take 2, RM2 ?
16  Day Tripper   Lennon / McCartney 2:52 Regular Mono - Take 3, RM2 - 
16 Oct 1965.
Mixing The "Rubber Soul" Alternate Takes
17  I'm Looking Through You  Lennon / McCartney 2:54 Take 1, RS'82(b)? - 24 Oct 1965.
18  Norwegian Wood  (This Bird Has Flown)  Lennon / McCartney 2:02 Take 1, RS'82(b)? - 12 Oct 1965.
19  I'm Looking Through You  Lennon / McCartney 2:59 Take 1, RS'84? - 24 Oct 1965.
20  Norwegian Wood  (This Bird Has Flown)  Lennon / McCartney 2:00 Take 1, RS'95? - 12 Oct 1965 - 
Taken from Anthology 2.
Other "Rubber Soul" Era Mixes
21  We Can Work It Out  Lennon / McCartney 2:15 Take 2, RS1? - 20 Oct 1965.
22  Day Tripper   Lennon / McCartney 2:52 Take 3, RS1? - 16 Oct 1965.
23  The Word   Lennon / McCartney 2:45 Take 3, RS1? - 10 Nov 1965.
24  Michelle   Lennon / McCartney 2:38 Take 2, RM1? - 3 Nov 1965.
25  I'm Looking Through You  Lennon / McCartney 2:29 Take 4, RS1? - 10 Nov 1965.
26  Girl   Lennon / McCartney 2:31 Take 2, RS'77? - 11 Nov 1965.
27  Norwegian Wood  (This Bird Has Flown)  Lennon / McCartney 2:04 Take 4, RS'77? - 21 Oct 1965.
28  In My Life  Lennon / McCartney 2:25 Take 3, RS'88? - 18 Oct 1965.