7.2.2007 | 9:36 am

Bootleg: John Lennon & Paul McCartney – A Toot and a Snore in ’74

It was just another Sunday night in the studio. March 31, 1974 to be exact, right in the middle of John Lennon’s infamous “lost weekend.” Kicked out of the house by Yoko, he was producing Harry Nilsson’s Pussy Cats and doing a lot of coke. “You want a toot, Steve? A snort? It’s going around,” he asks Stevie Wonder (!) at the beginning of these sloppy, drug-addled sessions, notable not only because they capture Lennon at his lowest point but because Paul McCartney was sitting in.

For possibly the first (and definitely last) time since their days in the Beatles, the two greats were in the same room, recording songs. And most of these tracks actually sound pretty good, especially when Wonder takes the lead vocals in the “Cupid / Working for the Chain Gang / Take This Hammer” medley. Stay away from the band’s multiple attempts at “Stand By Me,” though. Tracks after the jump…

John Lennon & Paul McCartney – A Toot and a Snore in ’74

1. A Toot and a Snore: mp3
2. Bluesy Jam Session: mp3
3. Studio Talk: mp3
4. Lucille: mp3
5. Nightmares: mp3
6. Stand By Me: mp3
7. Stand By Me (take 2): mp3
8. Stand By Me (take 3): mp3
9. Medley: Cupid / Working on the Chain Gang / Take This Hammer: mp3

There’s more info on this session here and here.

Related: The Beatles – “Revolution No. 1 (Take 20)”

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  • Bushwick is Beautiful

    fucking beautiful. i remember seeing this cd titled “a toot and a snore” in japan 10 years ago, ive always wondered if was real or not. i believe on that cd, it listed yoko as being on these sessions. we now know that was not true, thankfully.

  • Phil

    Never knew this existed. Thanks

  • Chad

    Yeah, I consider myself a fairly serious Beatles fan, and I’d never even heard of this until just now. You the man, Dave.

  • gnomead

    thank you very much!

  • Blogger Rocker

    Wonder!!!

  • Anonymous

    I thought I knew everything about The Beatles and the music of the members, but this is new to me! THANKS!

  • Anonymous

    more stuff from these sessions exists too….May Pang has them

  • tnk

    Yes, it would be nice if the full thing turned up one day…

  • marko

    In fact, there were one more occasion…on 19th may 1979. on Eric Clapton’s and Petty Boyd’s wedding party Paul,George and Ringo had played few tunes together first time after Beatles breakeup, but John was missing!John phoned Eric few days later and sad that he would come but he didn’t know for party ’cause nobody invited him!!As Eric says in his autobiography “the great chance for the Beatles to play for one more time and for last time.”

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  • MrQuick

    what I hear is quite horrible