Deconstructing Old Brown Shoe (Isolated Tracks)

B-Side Single 1969
Drums 0:04-3:12
Bass 3:14-6:31
Guitars, Piano and Organ 6:33-9:50
Vocals 9:53-12:41
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George Harrison-1968 Fender Rosewood Telecaster, 1967 Fender Jazz Bass, Double-Tracked Lead Vocals
John Lennon-1964 Challen Upright 861834 Piano, Hammond RT-3 Organ, Backing Vocals
Paul McCartney-1967 Ludwig Hollywood Maple, Rim Tapping, Double-Tracked Backing Vocals
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[@IagoRodriguezDopico]

I love all those Lennon "yeahs"

[@gutgolf74]

That's probably not even John, but George.

[@3155DOGMAN]

George's guitar solo is kick ass.

[@sackjoyer9229]

seriously my favorite beatles song ever ...

[@jiggersotoole7823]

I've loved it since I bought the single as a 12 year old back in 69.

[@mjjames2442]

Why so much mystery of this track, one of their best.

[@DebNKY]

It's really different from most of their work. That's maybe why I love it so. Thank you, George Harrison.

[@magneto7930]

What mystery? It's been one of my favorites since it first came out.

[@mjjames2442]

Oh, just who played bass? that’s all.@@magneto7930

[@JFFM730]

@@magneto7930theres lots of debate on who plays what instruments

[@magneto7930]

@JFFM730 oh ok, I hear you. I think the latest Abbey Road liner notes are what threw everybody off. Prior to that, all the sources said that George played bass, organ, and all the guitars, McCartney on piano, etc. That's the one I tend to believe, especially since the bass riff is identical to George's demo.

[@ronaldworley7178]

Always wondered what that sound of a dog barking was in the vocal after all these years. One of my favorite songs. Period

[@flashflame4952]

This was always a favorite of mine and I am liking even more!!

[@observatoriogeral9456]

Melhor linha de baixo que eu já ouvi. É um baixo solando.

[@wellingtonsouza5340]

É verdade mesmo que George Harrison tocou o baixo dessa música?

[@jiggersotoole7823]

​@wellingtonsouza5340 it's Paul

[@fredericfca6611]

One of my all Time fav

[@DLD2Music]

Nice!!

[@micksalisbury758]

Great Solo

[@Zoro007]

John and Paul were on a roll.... their weakness was not recognising or indeed purposely ignoring the emerging talent that was beside them. This is a long..long...long. story... going back to their childhood days when age and rank was superior....this unfortunately they carried into their formative years and blinded ( some would say quite rightly so but wrongly ) the fellow genius that sat beside them. I've always been amazed that there weren't many collaborations between them, John/Paul / George.....but John once said it was a John /Paul... Paul/John agreement on the writing front and George was initially ignored and pushed into the background.But it just shows what an immense talent was boiling away underneath and the meeting of the Four members was somewhat of a symposium...... Times have greatly changed but somewhere.. somehow... many years from now there will be a meeting of like-minded individuals who will possibly... maybe... equal these masters of music... let's hope so and keep hope alive..👍👍👍👍

[@jvblhc]

I like this much better than the John and Yoko A-Side

[@HJsCorn909]

i like both

[@jonathanunova2856]

Am I the only one absolutely mesmerized by that organ? 7:24

[@jimtryon9721]

Hi again HJ,what’s happening in the middle? It sounds like a guitar & an organ playing together or maybe a guitar trough a Leslie. And either the guitar is sliding or my ears are!!

[@HJsCorn909]

I think only the solo guitar is played through a Leslie

[@constanzaed]

👏👏👏

[@elirosen1391]

You're certain it was the Jazz Bass, not the Bass VI?

[@HJsCorn909]

Positive

[@elirosen1391]

@@HJsCorn909 Seems odd considering he used the Bass VI again for Oh! Darling a week later.

[@HJsCorn909]

Is it odd that he used it on Maxwell’s Silver Hammer?

[@elirosen1391]

@@HJsCorn909 well it's a pretty well-rooted fact that he used it on Maxwell's Silver Hammer. I thought that was the only song he used it on, while all his other bass work (from 1969) was on the Bass VI.

[@brandoprietogomez-ir6lh]

Que pena pero el bajo lo hace George Harrison con un bajo Fender Jazz bass y las guitarras también lo que toca en el disco el señor maccarney es la beteria ok

[@jimtryon9721]

George is playing slide guitar.what do you think,HJ?

[@HJsCorn909]

Not slide, just regular lead playing

[@CCJLOPEZ1969]

no.

[@joneses39]

he's definetly playing the riff with slide what a bunch of experts here

[@Henry3Studios]

No I can hear the frets

[@JoeCarpenter]

@@joneses39While George definitely liked playing slide (and was great at it), he's clearly playing without one here. In that killer riff, he's playing double-stops on the G and B strings, which reverses a full tone on the B string. Even in an open tuning (which George didn't use for slide), angling the slide a full tone...3 frets angle between 2 strings...would be impossible. Not to say...dumb. And George wasn't dumb.

[@beatlesfan2884]

Paul played bass on this song as the liner notes from the deluxe edition says so.

[@HJsCorn909]

Sometimes even the people that make it are incorrect. George has said many times that he played bass on Beatle tracks and this was one of them.

[@juliosanchez95]

@@HJsCorn909 Paul also does not play drums on this. He did it for the demo but not the final track.

[@TheFergyme]

@@juliosanchez95 It was Paul who played drums on this in toto. Ringo wasn't available as he was filming Magic Christian

[@onderov]

@@TheFergyme That's wrong assumption from the Abbey Road deluxe set book creators. The drums were played by Ringo.

[@marcusphelan57]

@@TheFergyme ...which was being filmed in London and anyway, with one week to go for the wrap up, Ringo might not have been required anymore. Ringo definitely played the drums, it's a fast shuffle which Paul has admitted he cannot play...and George would not have recorded it without Ringo.

[@MooEinstein]

8:10

[@samfrancis6352]

I agree.

[@ronaldworley7178]

Best george solo ever

[@meyou-dv8ns]

It sounds like at the very end of the song they are singing " The Vikings will lose 4 superbowls". over and over ?

[@HJsCorn909]

Nah, they're just singing "Do da, do di do"

[@elementrypenguin3116]

No, they’re singing “Cousins! Cousins Left! oh No! Cousins Left….”

[@user-od3di4jf3n]

ぜひ、ボーカルの音量を上げたバージョンを作って いただきたいです 名曲なのにジョージのボーカルが演奏に埋もれていて もったいないです

[@Huevochorizo]

Nice but, ¿what happened to ringo?

[@HJsCorn909]

He was filming the Magic Chirstan movie with Peter Sellers

[@Huevochorizo]

@@HJsCorn909 oh okay thank you

[@Henry3Studios]

I think he came in for the session. Paul has admitted that he couldn’t play the fast shuffle beat

[@pe-peron8441]

​@@Henry3StudiosIt's clearly not Ringo's beat that I'm hearing. Compare it to a random isolated track by Ringo and listen to how heavy it sounds in comparison

[@Henry3Studios]

@@pe-peron8441 no this is a beat that only a seasoned drummer could play. Plus, George and Ringo had a special bond, even after the Beatles split, so I doubt George would have recorded this until Ringo returned

[@mickeyalba]

what is George saying the end: "getting out... brown shoe..." ?????

[@HJsCorn909]

“For your sweet top lip, I'm in the queue Baby, I'm in love with you”

[@elementrypenguin3116]

I think he’s singing at the fade-out “Throughout. Through and Through”

[@televinv8062]

​@@elementrypenguin3116 always wondered what the heck they were singing at the end. The poster says it's just doo day, doo dit dooo. I like your idea. How can we find out?

[@elementrypenguin3116]

@@televinv8062 idk by but Through out , through and through fits. Nobody really knows but I think I read it some where . It fits so that’s what I’m gonna go with lol

[@televinv8062]

@@elementrypenguin3116 definitely scans perfectly 👍

[@kiethblack3870]

This is among the music they were doing as I was first entering this world. I ALWAYS WISH I HAD BEEN BORN IN '49 & NOT '69! (dag nabbit)

[@elementrypenguin3116]

Dag Nabbit, Luke!!!

[@trublu71]

Macca's bass! Nice!

[@buzonperiodista]

It’s George.

[@johnkessel289]

It's Macca playing bass and George doubling it on guitar.

[@SeboDigital]

@@buzonperiodista c´mon... It´s McCartney... Don´t judge it by simply looking the photo posted in the video! Cheers!

[@Solomongrundy68]

Guys its George. Just read his interview, Creem Magazine. It has been very well discussed.

[@Solomongrundy68]

Personal George Harrison-1968 Fender Rosewood Telecaster, 1968 Fender Jazz Bass, Hammond RT-3 Organ, Lead Vocals John Lennon-1964 Challen Upright 861834 Piano, Backing Vocals Paul McCartney-1967 Ludwig Hollywood Maple, Rim Tapping, Backing Vocals

[@MarkBarna1]

I don't here Lennon singing on this. And Paul played drums?

[@HJsCorn909]

You can hear John a lot better on the new 2023 mix. Also yes, Paul is on drums for OBS

[@Henry3Studios]

@@HJsCorn909 no it is very clearly Ringo. Paul has admitted himself that he cannot play a shuffle beat

[@SeboDigital]

@@Henry3Studios It was Paul... look for notes in the "Abbey Rd 50th anniversary". Also, look for the Mark Lewinsohn official recording log book. Cheers

[@Henry3Studios]

@@SeboDigital even the people who make those make mistakes. Ringo definitely came in for the session

[@elementrypenguin3116]

It’s BS that’s Paul on drums!

[@HJsCorn909]

Official comments in the 50th anniversary book say otherwise

[@elementrypenguin3116]

@@HJsCorn909 I know but it still sounds like Ringo to me. His fills, his hi hat work . Just sounds like him

[@Said-ic2km]

Sure !! paul on drums

[@chansonsfrancaises1503]

I don't think soi t's too good... but i'm not sure...

[@andrewweatherhead4127]

Its Ringo.

[@barrilitomusic]

@@andrewweatherhead4127you’re correct, it’s Ringo. Paul has said it in an interview that he can’t play shuffle. Besides that, the sound of the drums is Ringo’s sound unlike dear prudence, that’s Paul.

[@andrewweatherhead4127]

@@barrilitomusic yes. Also back in the ussr. Its all in the complete beatles recording sessions by mark lewison.

[@abbydees8612]

It just isn't Paul -- Lewison's book is not infallible. Paul couldn't keep a hard shuffle riff like that so in the pocket for the duration of a song as well as high-hat control. But this was something Ringo could do in his sleep.

[@reader1956]

Honestly, this song should have replaced "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" on Abbey Road. It's a much better song.

[@HJsCorn909]

I like Maxwell

[@MooEinstein]

The Beatles Record The Vocals Part In Awful way.. It's Sound Like A Demo...

[@MooEinstein]

The Vocals In Take 2 Sound Much Better And Clear

[@IamSooConstipated]

It’s because they’ve been isolated using computers. It’s not a vocal stem

[@MooEinstein]

​@@IamSooConstipated i know that a less quality in isolating vocals and instruments if that what you mean, but in the original song that also a bad quality sound with the vocals... i prefer a demos\outtakes of the anthology and super deluxe.

[@seid3366]

according to the Complete Recording Sessions by Mark Lewison: "George also re-taped his lead vocal, huddled into a small corner of the studio to lend a tight but natural echo." should the upcoming remix clear up the vocals, this song is memorable to me as the song with George's vocals sounding weird.