The Beatles - Blackbird Rehearsal Session at EMI Studios (June 11th, 1968) [All Available Footage]

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Published 2024-06-10
Disclaimer: Due to copyright restrictions, I have had to mute certain portions of this video. Most of the video is still intact, but the random dropouts in the first minute and from around 9:30 to 11:00 are audio I had to mute. I tried to dispute this, but it was sadly rejected. I will get a link to the unaltered version in the comments.

Here is a collection of all the available footage from the Beatles' rehearsal session for Blackbird at Studio 2 in EMI. This footage was mainly shot for use in the Apple promotional video, but thanks to a variety of sources, we have a lot of the outtakes and audio as well! A huge thanks to ‪@kq8923‬ , ‪@juancena3073‬ , and ‪@ledzepfilm‬ who helped me in syncing and accurately assembling this. I hope you all enjoy! :)

Track Listing:
1. Introduction (silent early clips) 0:00
2. Blackbird Rehearsals 0:00
3. Dialogue / Helter Skelter 2:21
4. Blackbird Rehearsals 4:26
5. Mother Nature's Son Rehearsal 7:49
6. Blackbird Rehearsals 9:26
7. Outro 11:30

Sources Used:
- Now and Then (Mini-Documentary)
- McCartney 3, 2, 1
- Get Back
- Revolver TV Apple Promo
- Watermark-less Apple Promo Clips (YouTube leaks)
- Blackbird Outtake Clips (YouTube leaks)
- Anthology 8
- The White Album (Mini-Documentary)
- If These Walls Could Sing
- Revolution 2000 (ABC Documentary)
All Comments (21)
  • @alephn0l375
    still praying every day hoping some unknown footage like this exist for pepper sessions
  • @Jim-uj3ty
    Paul is just bursting with creativity and musicality.
  • @ClueSign
    Helter Skelter, that sweet little acoustic tune!
  • @MicheleJane
    Those of us who are of age being Beatle freaks back then in the 60's would've loved to have seen videos like this back then. Pretty special to see now.
  • @danaarden8373
    Sad. You see the roots of The Beatles’ fracture and break up right there. Paul’s trying as hard as he can to “lure” or “temp” John into joining him but John’s owned by Yoko now and if she can’t be part of the process, she’s not going to let John be either.
  • @DrVonChilla
    "Blackbird" was the very first finger-picked song I ever learned on the guitar. 40+ year later, my now-arthritic fingers can STILL play it, using sheer force-of-will. 😃
  • @JMDewald
    Only McCartney could make bowling shoes top tier epicness.
  • @glenrichardson6396
    It must have been great being Macca. You’ve just written an incredible song, you’ve got your ‘fancy woman’ sitting adoringly at your feet and your feet are sporting the best shoes ever made. Not too shabby.
  • @JAGAE
    oh wow ... i never knew Helter skelter was in that same Session ;) Blackbird/HelterSkelter .. what a contrast it is
  • @rayberry4261
    When Paul was in the talent line God just gave it all to him that day.
  • @PogieJoe
    It's passion projects like this that make the Beatles fandom so awesome
  • @JonnyRollin
    How many geniuses can fit into one studio and good to know,they struggle with guitar tuning,like us mere mortals-Thanks for this fascinating footage.
  • @signe2023
    Paul practicing Blackbird & Helter Skelter genius man!
  • @zuider77
    This is a fantastic part of music/Beatles history and it's wonderful to see it all collected together.
  • @caolruadh1
    Notice how all the other staff, sound technicians etc are all wearing shirts, ties and suits. A very different world back then.
  • @Planktilious1
    And thus became the music that all music would be judged upon. Amen.
  • @DrewBlankMusic
    The Helter Skelter snippet was amazing. Thanks for sharing !