Get Back / Don't Let Me Down
Single by The Beatles • 11 April 1969 • Parlophone R 5777
Get Back / Rooftop (Jan 1969) — London winter sky over Savile Row. Live, raw.
About this release
Get Back / Don't Let Me Down is a single on Parlophone (catalogue R 5777), released 11 April 1969. 'The Beatles with Billy Preston' — the only artist ever co-credited on a Beatles A-side.
Recorded during the band's Get Back / Rooftop (Jan 1969) period, produced by George Martin with Glyn Johns, Alan Parsons (2nd) engineering. The track(s) were committed at Apple Studios rooftop, 3 Savile Row, London on Apple's mobile 8-track to studio downstairs via the Hand-built Apple desk.
What's distinctive
2 tracks; average length 3:21. Lennon dominates the lead vocals (1/2). Lead writing credit: Lennon–McCartney (1 of 2). Estimated total takes across the release: 44.Tracklist
Side A
Side B
Pattern analysis
Lennon 1
McCartney 1
Era technical context
| Microphones | AKG D19 (Ringo kick), STC 4038, U47 (vocals) |
|---|---|
| Outboard | Live to tape — minimal |
| Guitars | Fender Rosewood Telecaster (Harrison), Epiphone Casino (Lennon), Hofner 500/1 (McCartney), Fender Rhodes electric piano (Billy Preston) |
| Amplifiers | Fender Twin Reverb |