January 30, 1969 BEATLES Concert on Apple roof top

the day after the rooftop performance

and then on Friday January 31, the basic studio versions of the following were taped (not a bad day's work, huh!):

Two of Us (3:27)
Recorded: January 31, 1969 at Apple Studios, London, England
John Lennon - lead vocal, acoustic guitar
Paul McCartney - lead vocal, acoustic guitar
George Harrison - lead guitar
Ringo Starr - drums

Let It Be (4:03)
Recorded: January 31, 1969 at Apple Studios, London, England with overdubs added April 30, 1969 and January 4, 1970
Re-produced and remixed by Phil Spector in March, 1970
John Lennon - bass guitar, harmony vocal
Paul McCartney - lead vocal, piano
George Harrison - lead guitar, harmony vocal
Ringo Starr - drums
Session musicians - orchestra (overdubbed by Phil Spector)

The Long and Winding Road (3:38)
Recorded: January 31, 1969 at Apple Studios, London, England.
Re-produced and remixed by Phil Spector on April 1, 1970
John Lennon - bass guitar
Paul McCartney - lead vocal, piano
Session musicians - choir, strings, harp, drums (overdubbed by Phil Spector)

 

Yeah, looks like my basement. Except I have fewer musical instruments and no Beatles...

More proof that he died over two years earlier?

 

About the "bass guitar" John is playing on LiT and tL&WR (couple of posts above), what is this instrument exactly? It's not a 4-string ordinary "bass", but a lower tuned 6 strings. Is this tuned like a bass (one ocatve lower than a 6-string guitar)? Ain't this the same instrument Wes Montgomery played occasionnally and that was called a "tenor guitar" (I have never seen it - just saw the reference on record covers).

I think George Harrison also played the bass part on the same Fender-looking 6-string model on the live Hey Jude.

 

Speaking of the rooftop performance, I always wondered why they had another keyboard set up behind George?