The Get Back Sessions Produce a releaseable album in 1969.

Here's my take on this scenario, Let it Be (Or Get Back, doesn't matter how it's titled) is released in 1969 sometime between June and September (The release of Abbey Road IOTL). The Beatles basically decide to just get the album out and move forward from the tumultuous project. The "Let it Be/Get Back" released ITTL resembles Let it Be...Naked in terms of quality and song selection (I'll explain a little more on that later). Abbey Road comes out in April or May 1970, with Maybe I'm Amazed as a track. It's also one of Abbey Road's singles. Abbey Road is highly praised. After they're done recording that, they take a little break. George releases his solo album (Albeit with a different title and a few songs not incluced, due them being held over for the next Beatles Album), John does stuff with Plastic Ono Band, Paul releases a solo album containing some of his songs and some Beatles compositions that were turned down (Basically, a combo of McCartney and Ram, released in late 1970 or so), Ringo just waits. In 1971, they come together to record another album.

I'll get the track listing of that album up. In the meanwhile, please tell me if any of this is realistic and plausable, albeit with some butterflies. I can safely say that Maybe I'm Amazed is still written ITTL, after the stressful Let it Be sessions and the grueling editing period.
 
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We'll probably see another Beatles album in 1974/1975, probably consisting of some songs from Band on the Run/Venus and Mars, along with some stuff by John, stuff by George, stuff by Ringo, and/or some new songs that would be written. Check out this page too for ideas: http://beatles-whatif.blogspot.com/

P.S. The fantasy Beatles album on this website and how it came about is a scenario that could likely occur in Real Life if they stayed together. As such, I'll be using this story as a basis for my viewpoint. Here is the link: http://thedeletebin.com/2008/04/20/fantasy-albums-the-beatles-1971-comeback-album.
 
We'll probably see another Beatles album in 1974/1975, probably consisting of some songs from Band on the Run/Venus and Mars, along with some stuff by John, stuff by George, stuff by Ringo, and/or some new songs that would be written. Check out this page too for ideas: http://beatles-whatif.blogspot.com/

P.S. The fantasy Beatles album on this website and how it came about is a scenario that could likely occur in Real Life if they stayed together. As such, I'll be using this story as a basis for my viewpoint. Here is the link: http://thedeletebin.com/2008/04/20/fantasy-albums-the-beatles-1971-comeback-album.

Intresting. Well, in my case the following happens:

In 1973, the Beatles reunite for their new album, Mind Games. Track Listing would be:

Side One:
  1. Band on the Run
  2. Mind Games
  3. Photograph
  4. Mrs Vandebilt
  5. You're Sixteen
  6. I'm the Greatest
Side Two:

  1. Intution
  2. Back Off Boogaloo
  3. My Love
  4. Jealous Guy
  5. Happy Xmas (War is Over)
  6. Live and Let Die
Songs were recorded in solo sessions between 1972 and 1973 and were put together into one album to keep the Beatles name going. Songs like Woman is the Nigger of the World and Give Ireland Back to the Irish remained on solo projects because the band feared a ban from radio-airplay on these songs.

Band on the Run, Photograph, You're Sixteen and My Love all charted at No.1 on the US charts. All charted in the top 10 in the UK charts between 1972 and 1973. Live and Let Die and Happy Xmas (War is Over) also charted on the Top 10.

Despite sucess in the US, the Beatles had not gained any No.1 since 1970 (Let It Be), and were angered. But they carried on anyway, with a live album......
 
Intresting. Well, in my case the following happens:

In 1973, the Beatles reunite for their new album, Mind Games. Track Listing would be:

Side One:
  1. Band on the Run
  2. Mind Games
  3. Photograph
  4. Mrs Vandebilt
  5. You're Sixteen
  6. I'm the Greatest
Side Two:

  1. Intution
  2. Back Off Boogaloo
  3. My Love
  4. Jealous Guy
  5. Happy Xmas (War is Over)
  6. Live and Let Die
Songs were recorded in solo sessions between 1972 and 1973 and were put together into one album to keep the Beatles name going. Songs like Woman is the Nigger of the World and Give Ireland Back to the Irish remained on solo projects because the band feared a ban from radio-airplay on these songs.

Band on the Run, Photograph, You're Sixteen and My Love all charted at No.1 on the US charts. All charted in the top 10 in the UK charts between 1972 and 1973. Live and Let Die and Happy Xmas (War is Over) also charted on the Top 10.

Despite sucess in the US, the Beatles had not gained any No.1 since 1970 (Let It Be), and were angered. But they carried on anyway, with a live album......

I would put Band on the Run on a 1975 release by The Beatles. Some people say My Love is a McCartney song, not one that could be done by The Beatles.
 
Even with a less bitter breakup, unless you change other factors, I can't see the whole band staying together in 1970. I think, given a few changes, Lennon, Harrison and Starkey could remain together that year. If you look at everyone else involved in Plastic Ono Band and All Things Must Pass, you will see a lot of the same names. They were both recorded at Abbey Road studios, and they were both produced by Phil Specter. Harrison and Lennon up until at least 1971, had a close enough relationship to make collaboration plausible. And Harrison working with Ringo is easy enough to imagine, considering the fact that he actually cowrote It Don't Come Easy, as well as the fact that everyone in the band maintained good relations with Ringo. The problem is that, by late 1969 at the latest, the rest of the group and Paul McCartney were at an impasse. Having Johns do a better job cobbling together an album by May 1969 doesn't change those other factors. And it's hard to see Lennon sticking around. Though until October 1969, he was more ambivalent about leaving than might be imagined. If, for example, Paul let him release Cold Turkey as a Beatles single, he might feel compelled to stay on a little longer. But then again, he might not.

Realistically speaking, the earliest I could see a Beatles reunion would be in 1973-1974 were it not for the hundred pound gorilla in the room. John's immigration status and deportation battle. If Lennon is still married to Yoko, eventually, if the band has any kind of rest period, which seems all but inevitable, he will go to the United States, and he will try to stay there. The reason for John Lennon leaving England is a combination of the racist reaction to Yoko in that country, and the custody battle surrounding Yoko's daughter by her previous husband. Once there, he can't leave if he wants to go back, and that makes making a Beatles reunion album, next to impossible logistically.

Without that problem, and with a less tense breakup, I could see a reunion between 1973-1974. But it's not inevitable either.
 
I would put Band on the Run on a 1975 release by The Beatles. Some people say My Love is a McCartney song, not one that could be done by The Beatles.

My Love would be recorded without the rest of the band, it's just added to the album.

Why 1975 for Band on the Run though. It might have been put on 1974, but in my scenaro, Paul would not want to wait too long.
 
My Love would be recorded without the rest of the band, it's just added to the album.

Why 1975 for Band on the Run though. It might have been put on 1974, but in my scenaro, Paul would not want to wait too long.

Combine songs from Band on the Run and songs from Venus and Mars, along with some new songs, and some Beatles solo efforts from OTL, we get a double album, that might be as revered as Exile on Main Street by The Rolling Stones! Then, you have a tour in 1976, like Wings did. BTW, I love Venus and Mars/Rockshow, I think it would be a great Beatles tune if they had recorded it, and if you make a small adjustment to the key, and still have it as the opening song for the tour, then it'll be very stunning for all the fans in the audience; seeing The Beatles on stage again for the first time in 10 years. Also, make sure The Long and Winding Road is performed on this tour the way that it was performed on the Wings Over America Tour. Great arrangement.
 
Slightly off subject, but if John had his way the track listing of Abbey Road would have been much different. John wanted Lennon and Mccartney tracks on separate sides of the album. This would facilitate the inclusion of Her Majesty as a separate proper song as it would no longer need to be excised from the lennon medley section.

Side A
Here Comes the Sun 3.05
Something 3.03
Come Together 4.20
Lennon medley:
Because 2.45
Sun King 2.26
Mean Mr Mustard 1.06
Polythene Pam 1.12
I Want You (She's So Heavy) - 4 min edit


Side B
Octopus's Garden 2.51
Maxwell's Silver Hammer 3.27
She Came In Through The Bathroom Window 1.57 with cold start
Her Majesty - Extended version
McCartney Medley:
Oh Darling 3.26
Golden Slumbers 1.31
You Never Give Me Your Money 4.02
Carry That Weight 1.36
The End - Extended (Anthology Version)

I have crudely remixed the Abbey Road album with this track listing and it still flows well, the medleys still work!.

This, together with my previously listed 1969 Let It Be/Get Back album forms the last Beatles releases and introduction to solo careers of the 70s
 
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