Robyn Hitchcock - Three Kings, Clerkenwell, London, Britain, 11-1-2009 (Abbey Road)

From 2003 to 2011, Robyn Hitchcock held yearly benefit concerts at a small venue in London called the Three Kings, with the funds going to various causes opposing the U.S. war in Iraq. Each year, he performed one of his favorite albums by the musical acts that most influenced him. In 2009, he tackled "Abbey Road" by the Beatles. Here it is.

Hitchcock is a massive Beatles fan. I've already posted his versions of "Revolver," "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," and "The White Album," done in this series of benefit concerts. I waited on posting this one due to sound quality concerns. Namely, there was a fair amount of echo on the recording, which I find annoying. But, thanks to improving audio editing technology, I could finally fix that problem, so I did. First, I used the MVSEP program to split the vocals from the instruments. Then I used that program's "denoise" function on the vocals. Then I put the vocals and instruments back together again. I think it sounds much better now.

Hitchcock was backed by a full band, as he typically was in this series of concerts. He has a singing voice with lots of character, but he doesn't have an exceptionally high range. So, for a few of the songs that were more difficult to sing, he had other band members take the lead vocals. 

After playing the album straight though, in the correct album order, he played four more songs done by the Beatles in 1969. 

This music here is unreleased.

With this post, I believe I have posted all of the known recordings from these Three Kings benefit shows. However, there have been other occasions when Hitchcock has performed entire albums by other musical acts. So I'll keep working on posting those.

This album is an hour and 17 minutes long. 

01 talk by James Orbinski (Robyn Hitchcock)
02 Come Together (Robyn Hitchcock)
03 talk (Robyn Hitchcock)
04 Something (Robyn Hitchcock)
05 talk (Robyn Hitchcock)
06 Maxwell's Silver Hammer (Robyn Hitchcock)
07 talk (Robyn Hitchcock)
08 Oh, Darling (Robyn Hitchcock)
09 talk (Robyn Hitchcock)
10 Octopus's Garden (Robyn Hitchcock)
11 talk (Robyn Hitchcock)
12 I Want You [She's So Heavy] (Robyn Hitchcock)
13 talk (Robyn Hitchcock)
14 Here Comes the Sun (Robyn Hitchcock)
15 Because (Robyn Hitchcock)
16 talk (Robyn Hitchcock)
17 Because - Take 2 (Robyn Hitchcock)
18 You Never Give Me Your Money (Robyn Hitchcock)
19 Sun King (Robyn Hitchcock)
20 Mean Mr. Mustard (Robyn Hitchcock)
21 Polythene Pam (Robyn Hitchcock)
22 She Came in through the Bathroom Window (Robyn Hitchcock)
23 Golden Slumbers (Robyn Hitchcock)
24 Carry That Weight (Robyn Hitchcock)
25 The End (Robyn Hitchcock)
26 Her Majesty (Robyn Hitchcock)
27 talk (Robyn Hitchcock)
28 I've Got a Feeling (Robyn Hitchcock)
29 The Ballad of John and Yoko (Robyn Hitchcock)
30 Old Brown Shoe (Robyn Hitchcock)
31 talk (Robyn Hitchcock)
32 Don't Let Me Down (Robyn Hitchcock)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/NjVRqZ2g

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/en/mbFRvs1rGTzU3rb/file

For the cover image, I thought it would be interesting to post an outtake from the photo shoot that resulted in the iconic Beatles cover. This picture was probably taken a minute or less before the photo that was used for the cover.