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My sources tell me,

"As another condition of his rejoining the Beatles, Harrison had the others agree to drop the plan of making a return to public performance. From now on, the filming would simply capture the band making a new album. The band subsequently revisited the idea of playing a concert however, merely to provide a suitable ending for Lindsay-Hogg's film. On 30 January, the Beatles and Preston performed on the rooftop of the Apple building before a small audience of friends and employees. Only Harrison was against this, calling it "silly", but went along with it for the sake of the film. The performance was cut short by the police after complaints about noise. The complete concert has circulated among bootleg collectors for many years. Three numbers recorded at the rooftop concert – "Dig a Pony", "I've Got a Feeling" and "One After 909" – were subsequently issued on the Let It Be album, while several portions of dialogue from the performance appear between tracks that were taped in the studio."

Sources also tell me,

"The rehearsals quickly disintegrated into acrimony. On the first day, both Lennon and Harrison complained about the venue they were using to rehearse in. Although the very first song to be worked on, I've Got A Feeling, had been semi co-written by John and Paul in the days leading up to the start, Lennon quickly ran out of ideas himself, and showed little interest in the songs McCartney and in particular Harrison were offering. Unable to generate much enthusiasm or focus their attention, the Beatles' playing was largely ragged and unprofessional, not helped by the fact that they were severely out of practice at playing as a live ensemble. McCartney tried to organise and encourage his bandmates, but his attempts to hold the band together and rally spirits were seen by the others as controlling and patronising. Matters came to a head on 6 January, when Harrison had a heated argument with McCartney during a rehearsal of "Two of Us", which later became one of the most famous sequences in the Let It Be film. What is not shown in the film is another, allegedly much more severe argument Harrison had with Lennon on 10 January. Harrison had become fed up with Lennon's creative and communicative disengagement from the band and the two had a blazing row. According to journalist Michael Housego of The Daily Sketch, this descended into violence with Harrison and Lennon allegedly throwing punches at each other, although in a 16 January interview for the Daily Express, Harrison said, "There was no punch-up. We just fell out." After lunch, Harrison announced that he was "leaving the band now" and told the others "see you round the clubs".[7] He promptly drove to his Esher home, Kinfauns, where he documented his frustrations with the group in a new composition, "Wah-Wah"."

;-)

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Thanks! for sharing- GK.

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Another thought;
The Beatles, still, the only band that matters!

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wouldn't it be interesting to see the movie?

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David Harper wrote:

wouldn't it be interesting to see the movie?

Yes, it would. I've seen it. You can also see it. It's on YouTube, in 9 parts. Number nine, number nine....

Lol

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