The Alternate Abbey Road

A lovely collection of covers of the album better known as The One That Should Technically Be Their Last But Isn't And Doesn't Really Feel Like It Anyway.

Image courtesy of the visual quoteurs at Music Philosophy.

In terms of subtexts, there's far less jazzy noodling this time, with more funky, vocoder-laden surprises and curious combinations (Steven Tyler and Frankie Howerd, George Benson and Helen Merrill, alongside the more traditional pairing of Brian Sewell and Latin American rhythms). I've tried to preserve the segues in the original second half, although I am not entirely sure how successfully.

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The Alternate Abbey Road


Read The Alternate Abbey Road Tracklist

01 Come Together - The Supremes
02 Something (edit) - Issac Hayes
03 Maxwell's Silver Hammer - Frankie Laine
04 Oh! Darling - Four Stiltons
05 Octopus's Garden - Ofra Harnoy
06 I Want You (She's So Heavy) - Sarah Vaughan
07 Here Comes the Sun - Sharon Forrester
08 Because - George Benson and Helen Merrill
09 You Never Give Me Your Money - Will Malone and Lou Reizner
10 Sun King - Booker T and the MGs
11 Mean Mr. Mustard - Frankie Howerd and Steven Tyler
12 Roy Wood - Polythene Pam
13 She Came in Through the Bathroom Window - Joe Cocker
14 Golden Slumbers - Claudine Longet
15 Dobby Dobson - Carry That Weight
16 The End - Arr. Pucho López
17 Her Majesty - Brian Sewell

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