An early take of "Something"

This George Harrison composition started life as a demo recorded in February 1969 as a solo recording. The Beatles started work on the song May 02 1969 with John on the piano, George on guitar, Paul on bass and Ringo on the drums. The basic track was completed in 36 takes with a prolonged jam at the end of the song which brought the timing up to (almost) eight minutes.
On May 05 1969, the song was put back on the recorder and Paul re-did his bass part with George adding his superb middle guitar solo. The song remained in this state until July 11 1969 at EMI Studio 2 when vocals were added by George - double tracked in the chorus parts. A reduction of the tracks combining various instruments left two tracks open and bringing the song to take 37.
This version of "Something" can be heard on the vinyl bootleg "No. 3 Abbey Road N.W. " as well as on the CD bootleg "Unsurpassed Masters Vol. 5". Later on in August 1969 a new vocal, new guitar solo and the orchestration would be added.
As an aside, pictured above is the Canadian version of the Apple single, who had originally put "Come Together" on the whole side (A side) of the single and had relegated "Something" to the sliced Apple side (B side). These first pressings were subsequently corrected and they remain collector's items.