12-Bar Original

12-Bar Original

The Beatles

“12-Bar Original” is an instrumental 12-bar blues by the Beatles. It was initially recorded on November 4, 1965, but did not see a commercial release until Anthology 2 in 1996. The commercial release, with a run-time of 2:54, is an edit of the initial take (Take 2), which had a run-time of 6:36.

When asked about whether there were any unreleased Beatles recordings, John Lennon referred to this song as “some lousy 12 bar.