The Beatles - The Beatles Uncovered, Volume 4 (1963-2023) (A MIKE SOLOF GUEST POST)

A few days ago (as I write this in early November 2023), the Beatles released a "new" song called "Now and Then." It's a long story, but the short version is that it's based on a demo John Lennon recorded in the late 1970s, before he died in 1980. The three surviving Beatles worked on it some around 1995, but they weren't satisfied, and never finished. Finally, thanks to advances in technology, the two surviving Beatles Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr finished it recently. So it's a fitting time to post another guest post by Mike Solof, featuring more of his unique mixes of Beatles songs.

I'll let Mike do most of the explaining via his notes contained in a PDF file that's included in the download zip. But I just want to make two more comments. One, I noted to him that his earlier volumes didn't include any early Beatles songs, and I wanted to hear some of those. Happily, he obliged, and there are a bunch of songs from 1963 to 1965 here. Second, speaking of the "new" song "Now and Then," Mike has included a mix of that song that's different from the released version in interesting ways.

This album is exactly an hour long.

01 Long Tall Sally [Mike's Mix] (Beatles)
02 Bad Boy [Mike's Mix] (Beatles)
03 I Call Your Name [Mike's Mix] (Beatles)
04 Yes It Is [Mike's Mix] (Beatles)
05 Now and Then [Mike's Mix] (Beatles)
06 I Am the Walrus [Mike's Mix] (Beatles)
07 I'm Down [Mike's Mix] (Beatles)
08 Matchbox [Mike's Mix] (Beatles)
09 This Boy [Mike's Mix] (Beatles)
10 Watching the Wheels [Mike's Mix Version 2] (John Lennon)
11 Hear Me Lord [Mike's Mix] (George Harrison)
12 Hey Bulldog [Mike's Mix] (Beatles)
13 You're Sixteen [Mike's Mix] (Ringo Starr)
14 I Saw Her Standing There [Mike's Mix] (Beatles)
15 I Feel Fine [Mike's Mix] (Beatles)
16 Lady Madonna [Mike's Mix] (Beatles)
17 Because [Mike's Mix] (Beatles)
18 A Day in the Life - Inner Groove [Mike's Mix] (Beatles)

https://www.upload.ee/files/15905641/TBeatls_UncovrdVolum4_atse.zip.html

For the album cover, Mike found another artistic representation of the Beatles. I have no idea what the original source is.