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Billy Preston joined The Beatles on keyboards from 22 January, having been recruited by Harrison partly with a view to deter bickering among the Beatles.

The group with Preston playing Fender Rhodes electric piano recorded about ten takes on 23 January.

On 27 January they made a concerted effort to perfect " Get Back ", recording about 14 takes.

By this time the song had the addition of a false ending and reprise coda.

After numerous takes the band jammed some old numbers and then returned to " Get Back " one last time in an attempt to record the master take.

This performance ( Take 11 ) was considered to be the best yet – it was musically tight and punchy without mistakes, though the song finishes without the restart.

On the session tape, George Harrison comments " we missed that end "; this is the version heard on the Let It Be ... Naked album.

On 28 January the group attempted to recapture the previous day's performance and recorded several new takes each including the coda.

Whilst these takes were good, they did not quite achieve the quality of the best take from the previous day.

The lineup for the released versions of " Get Back " was Paul McCartney, lead vocal and bass ; John Lennon, lead guitar and backing vocal ; George Harrison, rhythm guitar ; Ringo Starr, drums ; and Billy Preston, electric piano.

Harrison, the usual lead guitarist, had temporarily quit the group on 10 January, so Lennon worked out the lead guitar.