The Beatles - Turn Me On Dead Man: The John Barrett Tapes (1999)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 625 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 275 MB
1:57:28 | Pop Rock | Label: Vigotone
A superb-sounding double CD of alternate mixes and (just a few) actual alternate takes, named after the late Abbey Road engineer John Barrett, who catalogued and copied many Beatles vault tapes in the early '80s. At first glance, this appears to be a goldmine of unreleased Beatles goodies, spanning "From Me to You" to the Let It Be sessions, but read the fine print carefully. Most of the takes are in fact stereo and mono mixes that happen to be rare or commercially unavailable, not performances that are commercially unavailable. To some fans, these different mixes are revelations; to many, however, they are barely or completely indistinguishable from the familiar versions on official Beatles albums.