Beatles’ ‘Rooftop Performance’ to Be Released as a Streaming Audio Album
variety.comChris Willman Music WriterFew Beatles fans had complaints about Peter Jackson’s recent “The Beatles: Get Back” documentary, but to the extent they did, there were some grumblings that the faithful wanted a way to hear the entire rooftop concert that makes up the last portion of the docu-series without the spoken interjections of the interceding British policemen or man-on-the-street interviews.Now, they’ll be getting their wish, along with the luxury of being able to listen to the entire mini-concert in their homes or cars on demand.
The audio of the full 1969 performance is being released to streaming services as “The Beatles: Get Back — The Rooftop Performance,” starting at midnight ET/9 p.m.
PT tonight. (Or at 5 a.m. GMT Friday, for those Apple Scruffs that happen to be in the vicinity of the London locale whee it was recorded.) Three songs from the show, which many Londoners could hear but only a few could see, made it onto the 1970 “Let It Be” album: “I’ve Got a Feeling,” “One After 909” and “Dig a Pony.” But this marks the first audio release of the full 42-minute performance the Beatles’ last public concert as a group, and their only one after 1966.
But the new streaming release allows fans to finally officially enjoy live versions of two other tracks that were performed on the rooftop, “Get Back” and “Don’t Let Me Down,” outside the context of the documentary.
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