• When the Saints go Marching in [Trad.]
• You are my Sunshine [Jimmy Davis/Carl Mitchell]
• Jingle Bells [Trad.?]
• She'll be Coming Round the Mountain [Trad.?]
• Blowin' in the Wind [Bob Dylan]
• Hare Krishna Mantra [?]
• Catch the Wind
  sung by Donovan

Catch the Wind may or may not be tacked onto the end. Is this boot also known as Nothing but Aging?.

Here's the English translation of the Italian TV voiceover:

"In the middle of February, The Beatles, with their wives or girlfriends, Mia Farrow, who happens to be Frank Sinatra's wife, Donovan, another idol of English teenagers, and the famous California group The Beach Boys, all went to a four point institution in India to meditate with the maharishi Mahesh Yogi.

Before Ringo and Mia Farrow left, we went to visit all of them in a place called Rishakesh, Surlayamaya, and we will tell you the story.

It is a story with some questions and suspense, and some uncertainty of where the world of The Beatles is heading. Two songs are also included.

In the film you don't see the tigers, but at night you hear their roars in the forest. It was probably a conscious decision by their impeccable organization not to show them in the film.

The trip begins at the outskirts of a place called Bombay, India. The Beatles now arrive with their wives and guitars. They then form a circle around their teacher and they all decide how to spend the afternoon.

Sitting on the Ganges River is a wonderful way to meditate. It makes one think of the ocean. We are now going down to the sacred river for the ceremony, which includes the offering of old and new songs. Two of the songs you will hear have been written in these days, though they are incomplete. They also took baths in the sacred water to purify themselves.

Well, there you have it. The Beatles and the Ganges together, a big part of the history of India and some songs as well. The result is a beautiful vacation, and little meditation. The Beatles are intelligent, and once they are relaxed and have frsh minds, they will, of course, find other dimensions."

1. Laleña
2. "now this time we can all let it hang out ..." - speech
   not listed

   Happiness Runs

   Two Lovers

   listed as A Poem by Yeats

   Hey Gyp (Dig the Slowness)

   listed as Hey Gyp

   To Try for the Sun

   Someone Singing

   Rules and Regulations

   Mellow Yellow

Laleña has the clapping faded in and is four seconds shorter than the collectors' tape version. For these three performances, the record has a more bassier echo than the tape which, although has more hiss and sounds a bit tinny, is of overall better quality.

On the bootleg, Two Lovers appears after Happiness Runs and no obvious edit can be heard. But the tape has Time is on the Run (The Main Thought) immediately after Happiness Runs with no obvious edit either. The video copy that the tape was dubbed from may not be a complete performance, but on the other hand, the original bootlegger may have been messing around with the material too. This may explain why Time is on the Run is inexplicably missing from the bootleg track list.

Atlantis, Giggle in a Bubbly Bath, Angel's Thoughts, Come to me now Joyfully, To Love me and Medley are from The Smothers Brothers Comedy Concert Hour broadcast of 23rd March 1969.

Atlantis has definitely been messed about with. On the bootleg, it is split into the intro, which is not from the Smothers performance, and the actual song ("way down ...") which is from the show. Both parts are mastered too slow and the bootleg prematurely fades out the song, chopping off almost an entire minute. The reason for this is presumably, because the bootlegger didn't want any of the Smothers Brothers introduction on the record and also because (s)he was coming to the end of the first side of the record.

Giggle in a Bubbly Bath is mastered slightly too slow but by the time we get to Angel's Thoughts, it is almost at the right speed. For these performances the tape is again the winner. Although there is significantly more crackle on the tape, the sound `behind' the crackle is of a better fidelity and the performance complete.

Medley has been cut to shreds, leaving all the non-Donovan snippets out and leaving a mess of tiny pieces, mastered too slowly.

duration: 37.47 ???
producer(s): ???
comment: bootleg

Side 1

1. Jennifer Juniper (Bootleg Version) (1.30)
2. Giggle in a Bubbley Bath (1.49)
3. Angel's Thoughts (1.00)
4. Come to me now Joyfully (1.10)
5. To Love me (2.28)
6. The Sun is a Very Magic Fellow (Bootleg Version) (3.00)
7. Lord of the Reedy River (Bootleg Version) (2.00)
8. The Ferry Man's Daughter (2.41)
9. Laleña (Bootleg Version) (3.05)

1. Happiness Runs (Bootleg Version) (2.15)
2. Two Lovers (1.36)
3. Hey Gyp (Dig the Slowness) (Bootleg Version) (1.35)
4. To Try for the Sun (Bootleg Version) (4.24)
5. Someone Singing (2.35)
6. Rules and Regulations (Bootleg Version) (3.15)
7. Mellow Yellow (Bootleg Version) (3.24)

Commentary

This is a re-issue of the 1974 Joker release, now with a full colour cover of Donovan wearing a yellow shirt and jeans, looking rather rough, clasping his hands together with a guitar strung around his neck.

The back of the album has exactly the same picture, with the track listing superimposed on the left hand side.

Medley, Natural High is the Best High and Atlantis are missing from this release of the material, making this a pretty unimportant buy.

The titles in italics have McCartney lead vocal and Donovan is present. Most releases then continue with some Abbey Road (Beatles) out-takes.