EMI today announced details of the new Beatles Apple label reissues with two titles added: "Come and Get It: The Best Of Apple Records" and "The Radha Krishna Temple," produced by George Harrison.
‘Come and Get It: The Best Of Apple Records,’ a 21-track compilation of singles which will include songs by Mary Hopkin, James Taylor, Badfinger (and the Iveys), Doris Troy, the Black Dyke Mills Band, The Sundown Playboys, Hot Chocolate, Ronnie Spector, Bill Elliot & the Elastic Oz Band, Chris Hodge, Brute Force, Jackie Lomax and more, will also be released Oct. 25th along with the rest of the reissues.
Each of the albums has been digitally remastered at EMI's Abbey Road Studios in London by the same engineers behind the Beatles' remastered catalogue releases of 2009.
The track listings for "Come And Get It" and the bonus tracks on the original albums:
COME AND GET IT: THE BEST OF APPLE RECORDS:
1 Those Were The Days / Mary Hopkin,
2 Carolina In My Mind / James Taylor
3 Maybe Tomorrow / The Iveys
4 Thingumybob / The Black Dyke Mills Band
5 King Of Fuh / Brute Force
6 Sour Milk Sea / Jackie Lomax
7 Goodbye / Mary Hopkin
8 That's The Way God Planned It / Billy Preston
9 New Day / Jackie Lomax
10 Golden Slumbers-Carry That Weight / Trash
11 Give Peace A Chance / Hot Chocolate Band
12 Come And Get It / Badfinger
13 Ain't That Cute / Doris Troy
14 My Sweet Lord / Billy Preston
15 Try Some Buy Some / Ronnie Spector
16 Govinda / Radha Krishna Temple
17 We're On Our Way / Chris Hodge
18 Saturday Nite Special / The Sundown Playboys
19 God Save Us / Bill Elliot & The Elastic Oz Band
20 Sweet Music / Lon & Derrek van Eaton
21 Day After Day / Badfinger
JAMES TAYLOR (1968) by James Taylor
This Remastered CD includes four Bonus Tracks, all previously unreleased:
• ‘Sunny Skies’ / studio demo, later re-recorded for 1970’s Sweet Baby James
• ‘Let Me Ride’ / studio demo, later re-recorded for 1971’s Mud Slide Slim And The Blue
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• ‘Sunshine Sunshine’ / solo acoustic demo of a song from James Taylor
• ‘Carolina In My Mind’ / solo acoustic demo of a song from James Taylor
MAGIC CHRISTIAN MUSIC (1970) by Badfinger
This Remastered CD includes five Bonus Tracks, all previously unreleased rare recordings by The Iveys:
• ‘And Her Daddy’s A Millionaire’ / alternative version
• ‘Mrs Jones’ / remix of an Iveys single-that-never-was
• ‘Sali Bloo’ / mono mix
• ‘See-Saw Granpa’ / mono mix
• ‘I’ve Been Waiting’ / unedited take of this psychedelic cult classic
Six more rare Iveys tracks will be available exclusively as Digital Downloads:
• ‘Dear Angie’ / mono mix
• ‘No Escaping Your Love’ / mono mix
• ‘Think About The Good Times’ / previously unreleased mono mix
• ‘Yesterday Ain’t Coming Back / previously unreleased mono mix
• ‘Arthur’ / previously unreleased stereo remix.
• ‘Storm In A Teacup’ / from Apple’s 1969 Wall’s Ice Cream EP
NO DICE (1970) by Badfinger
This Remastered CD includes five bonus tracks, all previously unreleased rare recordings; the last five of which were all produced by Mal Evans:
• ‘I Can’t Take It’ / extended version / produced by Geoff Emerick
• ‘Without You’ / mono studio demo
• ‘Get Down’ / mono studio demo
• ‘Photograph’ (aka ‘Friends Are Hard To Find’) / alternative version
• ‘Believe Me’ / alternative version
• ‘No Matter What’ / mono demo version
Two further previously unreleased tracks will be available exclusively as Digital Downloads:
• ‘Love Me Do’ / instrumental version
• ‘Get Down’ / extended stereo version
STRAIGHT UP (1972) by Badfinger
This remastered CD includes six bonus tracks, all produced by Grammy Award-winner Geoff Emerick, three of which are previously unreleased songs:
• ‘I’ll Be The One’ / originally intended as a Badfinger single
• ‘Name Of The Game’ / first version; the cancelled single, Apple 35
• ‘Baby Blue’ / US single mix; not issued on 45 in the UK
• ‘Baby Please’ / previously unreleased song
• ‘No Good At All’ / previously unreleased song
• ‘Sing For The Song’ / previously unreleased song
Seven further tracks will be available exclusively as Digital Downloads, all taken from the unreleased album in between "No Dice" and "Straight Up," produced by Geoff Emerick. One of these tracks is previously unreleased:
• ‘Money’
• ‘Flying’
• ‘Perfection’
• ‘Suitcase’ / with original ‘Pusher, Pusher’ lyric
• ‘Sweet Tuesday Morning’ / previously unreleased
• ‘Mean Mean Jemima’
• ‘Loving You’
ASS (1974) by Badfinger
This remastered CD includes five bonus tracks, all produced by Badfinger themselves. Four of these are previously unreleased versions, and one is a previously unreleased song:
• ‘Do You Mind’
• ‘Apple Of My Eye’
• ‘Blind Owl’
• ‘Regular’ / previously unreleased song
• ‘Timeless’
Five further tracks will be available exclusively as Digital Downloads, all produced by Badfinger themselves. Four of these are previously unreleased versions and the other is a previously unreleased song:
• ‘Get Away’
• ‘When I Say’
• ‘The Winner’
• ‘I Can Love You’
• ‘Piano Red’ / previously unreleased song
POST CARD (1968) by Mary Hopkin
This remastered CD includes four bonus tracks, three of which were produced by Paul McCartney, and one by Geoff Emerick. One of these is previously unreleased — a cancelled Mary Hopkin single from 1969
• ‘Turn Turn Turn’ / 1968 B-side to ‘Those Were The Days’
• ‘Goodbye’ / Mary’s second hit single, written by Paul McCartney
• ‘Sparrow’ / 1969 B-side to ‘Goodbye’, written by Gallagher & Lyle then signed to Apple
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• ‘Fields Of St. Etienne’ / previously unreleased version of this Gallagher & Lyle song, the cancelled single, Apple 16.
Four further tracks will be available exclusively as Digital Downloads, each produced by Paul McCartney: foreign language vocal versions of ‘Those Were The Days’. Two of these have never before been available in digital format (CD or download):
• ‘Le Temps Des Fleurs’ / ‘Those Were The Days’ in French (first time on digital)
• ‘An Jenem Tag’ / ‘Those Were The Days’ in German (first time on digital)
• ‘Quelli Erano Giorni’ / ‘Those Were The Days’ in Italian
• ‘Que Tiempo Feliz’ / ‘Those Were The Days’ in Spanish
EARTH SONG / OCEAN SONG (1971) by Mary Hopkin
This Remastered CD includes three Bonus Tracks, all produced by Tony Visconti:
• ‘Kew Gardens’ / 1971 B-side to ‘Let My Name Be Sorrow’
• ‘When I Am Old One Day’ / from the Earth Song / Ocean Song sessions
• ‘Let My Name Be Sorrow’ / Mary’s penultimate single for Apple Records, issued in 1971
Three further tracks will be available exclusively as Digital Downloads, each produced by Tony Visconti and two of which are being made available digitally (on CD or as downloads) for the first time:
• ‘Quand Je Te Regarde Vivre’ / ‘Let My Name Be Sorrow’ sung in French (first time on digital)
• ‘Watashi O Kanashimi To Yonde’ / ‘Let My Name Be Sorrow’ sung in Japanese (first time on digital)
• ‘Jefferson’ / original 1971 B-side to ‘Water, Paper And Clay’, Mary’s last single for Apple Records
THAT’S THE WAY GOD PLANNED IT (1969) by Billy Preston
This remastered CD includes the three bonus tracks from the 1991 CD plus the previously unreleased ‘Something’s Got To Change’
• ‘Through All Times’
• ‘As I Get Older’ / an instrumental produced by Ray Charles and the 1970 B-side to Billy’s second Apple single, ‘All That I’ve Got (I’m Gonna Give It To You)’
• ‘That’s The Way God Planned It’ / stripped back ‘rock’ version
• ‘Something’s Got To Change’ / first recorded by Ray Charles in 1967
ENCOURAGING WORDS (1970) by Billy Preston
This remastered CD includes the two bonus tracks from the 1993 release along with ‘How Long Has The Train Been Gone’ which is a previously unreleased track
• ‘As Long As I’ve Got My Baby’ / originally the planned B-side to the cancelled UK ‘My Sweet Lord’ single, Apple 29
• ‘All That I’ve Got (I’m Gonna Give It To You)’ / co-written with Doris Troy and Billy’s third Apple single in 1970.
• ‘How Long Has The Train Been Gone’ / written with Bruce Fisher and later re-recorded for Billy’s 1973 album Everybody Loves Some Kind Of Music
DORIS TROY (1970) by Doris Troy
This remastered CD includes the five Bonus Tracks that appeared on the 1992 CD reissue, plus an additional, previously unreleased, alternative version of ‘All That I’ve Got (I’m Gonna Give It To You)’, written with Billy Preston and issued by Billy as his third Apple single in 1970.
• ‘All That I’ve Got (I’m Gonna Give It To You)’ / co-written with Billy Preston
• ‘Get Back’ / Beatles cover version and the B-side to Doris’ second Apple single ‘Jacob’s Ladder’
• ‘Dearest Darling’ / a Doris original unreleased until 1992
• ‘What You Will Blues’
• ‘Vaya Con Dios’ / the B-side to ‘Ain’t That Cute’ in 1970
• ‘All That I’ve Got (I’m Gonna Give It To You)’ / newly discovered alternative version
IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT? (1968) by Jackie Lomax
This remastered CD includes six bonus tracks, three of which are previously unreleased:
• ‘New Day’ / Jackie’s second single for Apple, from 1969
• ‘Thumbin’ A Ride’ / cover of the Coasters song, produced by Paul McCartney and the B-side to ‘How The Web Was Woven’ in 1970
• ‘How The Web Was Woven’ / Jackie’s last single for Apple, produced by George Harrison
• ‘You’ve Got To Be Strong’ / previously unreleased by Jackie Lomax; also covered by Doris Troy on her Apple album
• ‘You Make It With Me’ / previously unreleased; one of the last tracks Jackie recorded for Apple
• ‘Can You Hear Me’ / previously unreleased; one of the last tracks Jackie recorded for Apple in the summer of 1969
Four further tracks will be available exclusively as Digital Downloads, three of which make their debut in the digital domain:
• ‘Going Back To Liverpool’ / unreleased until 1991
• ‘Sour Milk Sea’ / 1968 mono mix (first time on digital)
• ‘The Eagle Laughs At You’ / 1968 mono mix (first time on digital)
• ‘Little Yellow Pills’ / 1968 mono mix (first time on digital)
UNDER THE JASMIN TREE (1968) & SPACE (1969) by the Modern Jazz Quartet (a 2-on-1 CD)
This Remastered CD includes one Bonus Track:
• ‘Yesterday’ / previously unreleased version of The Beatles’ classic
THE WHALE (1970) & CELTIC REQUIEM (1971) by John Tavener (a 2-on-1 CD)
Back in the late Sixties, John Tavener was championed by John & Yoko, and befriended by Ringo Starr. Apple's recordings of The Whale, his avant-garde oratorio, and Celtic Requiem, written for soprano, orchestra and children’s choir, were his first ever full-length releases, and remain extraordinary examples of British contemporary classical music.
This remastered CD also contains two supporting pieces, ‘Nomine Jesu’ (‘In The Name Of Jesus’) and ‘Coplas’ (‘Verses’), that were originally issued on the Celtic Requiem album in 1970, and were later reworked into the major Tavener composition of 1972 Ultimos Ritos. For this new CD, Sir John has re-presented The Whale as it was originally published in the score. Instead of spanning two tracks as per all previous releases, the oratorio has now been split into its seven discrete sections, allowing the listener for the first time to follow on record the individual elements of this early and most innovative work.
RADHA KRISHNA TEMPLE (1971) by the Radha Krishna Temple (London)
The Radha Krishna Temple album , which was recorded by the London chapter of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness and was produced by George Harrison. The album is a collection of devotional chants and prayers to Krishna (another name for God) and to the movement’s own divinely-inspired spiritual masters. It spawned two Top 30 UK singles, ‘Hare Krishna Mantra’ (No. 12) and ‘Govinda’ (No. 23), and said George: “It was the greatest fun of all, really, to see Krishna on Top Of The Pops”. Krishna Consciousness can be defined as a “process of plain living and high thinking” that leads to spiritual knowledge, self-realization, as well as the greater goal of peace and happiness in the wider world.
This Remastered CD includes one Bonus Track:
• ‘Namaste Sarawati Devi’ / previously unreleased
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This is all very exciting! The only thing I am not happy with are the tracks that will be available exclusively as Digital Downloads. I am the kind of person who likes to buy physical CDs. I won't mind if the songs offered exclusively as Digital Downloads can be purchased separately. What I mean by that is that I hope you don't have to go to iTunes and buy the complete album to get them like you would have had to do with some of the George Harrison demo tracks. I bought the physical CDs and had to find an online file sharing site to get the album-only exclusives offered by iTunes because I was not going to pay for the album again just to get one song. Does anyone have any speculations as to what they will do in this regard?
If I was going to buy only one of the Badfinger CDs, which one should it be?
(I'm definitely going to get the Apple compilation but I'd like one of the Badfinger CDs too and could use some advice from some of you experts.)
Digital downloads - Sometimes it's a package deal early on, then you can get the individual tracks later on. Then of course, sometimes not. . .
Badfinger - "Straight Up" , that's my favorite by far, and I know I'm not alone . . .
Nice to see some rare tracks on COME AND GET IT: THE BEST OF APPLE RECORDS . . .
Harold Lepidus, Bob Dylan Examiner
I hope the digital only tracks will be made available separately other wise that's uncool, the Apple greatest hits is good as there are rare tracks on there, so all in all a nice treat from Apple.
Wow! Wow! Wow! I love it! At last we get The Sundown Playboys, Hot Chocolate and Trash!!! What a compilation this is!! But where is Yoko Ono, Elephants Memory and David Peel? Or the individual ex-Beatles?? (a collection with the last four would really be the greatest!)
The other re-releases also mostly includes tracks that makes me want to buy them again...
All those Badfinger extras sound great. And, I can't wait to hear STRAIGHT UP sounding clear and vibrant as opposed to the weak, muddy mess the original CD release sounds like.
BTW, if you are looking for ONE Badfinger CD to take with you on the Desert Island, it has to be STRAIGHT UP, at least of the Apple releases.
WISH YOU WERE HERE is right up there, but that was later, on Warner Brothers.
It'll be a kick to finally hear those obscure A-sides on the compo, but I still say we need a Complete Apple Singles A's & B's box (with or without the solo Fabs).
Can ya REALLY have a "best of Apple" non-Beatles collection without "No Matter What" by Badfinger ? It looks like Apple wanted to make it a bit of a combination of hits & rarities. My suggestion would have been to put all the "digital download tracks" plus the A-side/B-side rarites in a separate set, and made the hits set a bit stronger, perhaps with representation from more artists like Elephant's Memory, etc
I hope these CDs are reasonably priced, but I suppose I might as well ask the Beatles to reunite. When will the music industry wake up and realize that those of us who like to purchase CDs are TIRED of paying ridiculous $14+ prices for CDs that should be sold for $8. Reissues especially should be cheaply priced given that they're asking people to repurchase music that many of them already bought once.
As an Apple Records rock historian...I want you all to know that the David Peel "The Pope Smokes Dope" was released and remastered on Orange Records in 2007.
Apple will never re-release this.
You can buy it now.
Check the Peel Myspace for details.
Tell em Jeffery sent you..
Yeah, it's odd that EMI is offering the extra tracks as digital downloads only, when the Beatles' catalog isn't available digitally.
I bought a lot of songs from MSN at one point and these songs will not load on to my Zune, so I'm kind of bummed with digital downloads. Yet, I want these extra tracks. I'll probably pick and choose. I rather pay extra for a disc with all of them on it.
You can see that EMI is in cleanup mode. How long have the truest fans waited to see some of these materials and the bonuses? Get ready for more--hopefully Beatles related--as it has been reported that EMI has been sold to, believe it or not, CITIBANK! I am starting to believe conspiracy theories I once denounced
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