music · 30 July 1969 · 55 years ago
The Beatles continued working on their forthcoming album Abbey Road, recording overdubs on Come Together, Polythene Pam/She Came In Through the Bathroom Window, You Never Give Me Your Money and Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight. The Beatles began to assemble the "medley" that would make up side two of the album. Paul McCartney told tape operator John Kurlander to discard Her Majesty, but Kurlander tacked it onto the end of the tape, about 20 seconds after the end of The End. Hearing it like this, Paul decides to keep it, including the lengthy silence preceding it.
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