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1. The Fab Faux - Abbey Road Side 2 (mostly)

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This Fab Faux recording of most of side two of 'Abbey Road' is a live, in-the-studio performance for a two-camera video shoot. It was originally recorded for The Howard Stern Show and only the audio has been broadcast - until now. Howard and company were kind enough to let us video tape the session.

In the end, there were only three minor guitar fixes and each section was recorded in no more than three takes (most were two).
There are NO added overdubs within this performance.
The audio is pure - and mixed by Joe Chinnici.

Thanks to video director/editor Robert Noonan and assistant videographer, Luke Noonan.

Special thanks to Carl, Frank, Jeremy and Barre - our incredible crew.

Thanks to all at Sirius Radio and especially Howard Stern.

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Heidi Green Photography 1 year ago

perfection
Brian 1 year ago

It's always great to hear again why I travel to all these cities to see the Fab Faux! Unbelievable!
Randy Reichardt 1 year ago

Absolutely brilliant and totally inspirational. Thank you for posting this.
Charles Rinaldo 1 year ago

The best live internet recording/video I have ever seen and heard. Just way to Kool!

cw
john vignari 1 year ago

Amazing and rich with pure Love for the Beatles! Thank you.
Jim Caleca 1 year ago

Brilliant is an understatement. It gave me chills.. Thanks for sharing this!
gr8mtn 1 year ago

Said about the Fab Faux in this month's Rolling Stone Magazine: "sometimes a tribute band sounds better than the original.". With all respect to the originals, these guys can play.
Dawna 1 year ago

Saw these guys in person about 3 months ago in San Francisco. Closed my eyes and thought the Beatles were really in the room. Amazing sound!
John Arevalo 1 year ago

See? Being in a cover band can be glorious! Absolutely brilliant!
Jeff Haynes 1 year ago

Wowza! Gives me a nice warm fuzzy glow!
Timothy Kolk 1 year ago

I've watched it twice now. Just now over breakfast with my son.
Lucien Athanase 1 year ago

An absolute delight. My congratulations and my great respect for this performance. These 18 minutes are an absolute pleasure to do good today ... Encore!
John Zytaruk 1 year ago

Holy crap that's inspiring! Fantastic work. I'm grinning like an idiot...
DonD 1 year ago

Exquisite! That's the only word I could think of to describe this. I only hope I spelled it right.
Exquisite.
DonD 1 year ago

If these musicians are considered to be a Cover Band then we need to start calling the NY Philharmonic a Cover Band. Maybe they didn't write this 20th century classic but their performance of it is nothing short of brilliant.
Kate Crenshaw 1 year ago

Your perfection is spellbinding! Now you've prompted all the longing and passion of my youth again. Until I can see the Fab Faux live someday, I will keep replaying this video.
Henry Platts 1 year ago

Wow. Just wow.

Brilliant!
Bob6stringer 1 year ago

Amazing, amazing. A bunch of us at MAcjams.com are discussing it there, too.
Neil Porter 1 year ago

Astounding performance - absolutely amazingly well done ....... now ...... about those "three minor guitar fixes" :)
Brilliant!
David Lowrey 1 year ago

Perfection!
The Fab Faux 1 year ago

Wow. What an incredible response. Thanks to all for taking a look. Your kind words make it all worthwhile.

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J. Pike 1 year ago

You are a gift to us! We've seen you 5 times now, and each time, it just gets better and better...Wait...That reminds me of a song.....
It's "Getting Better All The Time..."
Thanks Boys!
Dennis Blair 1 year ago

The Beatles started my musical career 46 years ago. Although I don't play professionally any longer I still play one of my axes almost everyday. The Fab Faux are by far the finest Beatle cover band I have ever heard. If there is a better one let them come forward. The vocals are always the hardest part to perfect but I say they nailed them pretty good. The Beatles were the greatest band to ever perform in history and this will always be a special video to me and will be shared with all my musician friends. P.S. Andrew Gold does a good job on the Beatles also. Dennis Blair
Bruce Sautkulis 1 year ago

No matter where I've seen these guys, from the Village (over 10 years ago) to the Beacon, to a Memorial Day concert in Port Washington on the beach and most recently to a Long Island High School, there isn't a venue that the Fab Faux hasn't EXCELLED in.....once again all us Fuaxnuts agree, can't wait to see them soon, wherever that may be ! Keep up the great work.......awesome as ever !!
Duane Schulz 1 year ago

I've seen you guys 3 times, average trip @ 3,000 miles round trip, and I'm speechless again. See you in Jacksonville, Oregon [come to Portland next!]. Great, great work.
Bryan Carter 1 year ago

We need the Fab Faux at Abbey Road on the River in Louisville for Memorial Day weekend! Fantastic!
Chayse Irvin 1 year ago

W i c k e d h o t !!!!!!
Chayse Irvin 1 year ago

Man!
Jim Gilleran 1 year ago

I've seen the Faux twice once in Bpt, CT and again in North Hampton, MA and the video is what you get on stage. Amazing!!!
Will Strange 1 year ago

That's one tight band. Awesome.
Jan Portugal 1 year ago

MORE!!! MORE!! Please. I have it on loop mode, I've sent it to all my friends and we all want more. How about Abby Road Part 1? Does it exist? The only improvement you've made to the music is the addition of your reverence. Best thing I've heard this year. Thank you.
Frogcircus 1 year ago

More than brilliant!
Rezzonator Music 1 year ago

V cool indeed!
and great vocals...
My only criticism was maybe the crickets were too intense-;) too much coffee?...
victor IRELAND 1 year ago

Captured the Spirit and the Soul. They live on!
J. Pike 1 year ago

What a gift you give us! Love your live shows (Paramount 5/15, Queens Center, and many others!), and seeing 'the Magic' up close in this video is extraordinary! Thank You so much for sharing your talents and keeping this music alive. Seems like I hear something new each time. BRAVISIMO!
William Phelps 1 year ago

They're FABulous.....and the Beatles too!
Jason Levine 1 year ago

This is just pure, musical magic. Absolutely brilliant, guys.
Bert Huysentruyt 1 year ago

Breathtaking...
Doctor Castille 1 year ago

Oh wow. Incredible. After recently working with several other Youtube musicians (collectively known as The Quarrybastards) to try to recreate this same medley, I can attest to the difficulty in even approaching the music. And we had the luxury of as many takes as needed - doing it LIVE, like these guys did...Oh Wow !!
John Friedlander 1 year ago

Oh man (and WO-man!), what a gift to the world this music is -- thanks so much for keeping it LIVE and ALIVE!
Juan Patino 1 year ago

Speechless. That should be humanly impossible. Speechless.
Laurie Vigneux 1 year ago

Best 18 minutes I've spent in a long time. Happy 68th, Sir Paul, Fab Faux ~ I have chills, you guys are incredible! :)
Len Moskowitz 1 year ago

Wow, wow, wow! Shivers up and down me spine! Amazing!
Michael 1 year ago

Fantastic.
Mr. Muller 1 year ago

This really shows why people play music in the first place. We all wanted to be the Beatles. I've never been so happy.
exiledsurfer 1 year ago

Wonderful. If there is a god, and if god created man in his own image, then man is closest to god when he is being creative. And, if the beatles played music, man is closest to the beatles when he is playing their music. Absolutely wonderful, boys, absolutely wonderful. :)
NJoTX 1 year ago

Of course, I spent the entire time listening for differences, and there were very few. Paul's high notes are definitely the toughest to match. Glad you didn't try to look like them.
Brian Harding 1 year ago

I have been in a Beatles Band for thirty years and this is absolutley fantastic. Well done guys, brilliant. Thank heavens my band played all of Abbey Road first, live in 1988, 'cos we could never have achieved this standard, albeit with an extra guitarist.
Reed Mitchell 1 year ago

I was glued to my seat! Wonderful. Saw you guys at the Keswick near Philly and you were simply amazing.
Rachael Sage 1 year ago

wow, this is amazing!!! I really need to practice more before I go into the studio haha. *inspired* & ironically, on my way to Liverpool to play my 1st gig there tomorrow :) xoxo
Ned Pedersen 1 year ago

Like so other Beatles fans here, I was captivated and thrilled by this start-to-finish studio take of Side 2. It was indeed a rush. Amazing attention to sonic detail, and a flawless ensemble performance. I'm waiting for Paul and Ringo to post their applause.
dwight brugo 1 year ago

Wow, what a surreal and out of body experience it was for me to see and hear this.
My Wicked Twin 1 year ago

Really great performance and vocals!
Chris Rowe 1 year ago

Goosebumps!
Allan Cerbelli 1 year ago

Fk'ing Phenomenol!!
SteveFromBayShore 11 months ago

Holy crap. That was great.
John Mascaro 11 months ago

Wow!
Roberto Carlos González 11 months ago

Impresionante..!
Alberto Casanova 6 months ago

Amazing work, guys. I was syntetised strings in "The End" and i was surprised when i saw the pretty girl playing the cello. Great work. Thanks!
Bruce Floyd 6 months ago

Very much looking forward to your show in Gainesville, especially after watching this video. Sweet!
Dean Delker 6 months ago

The keyboard/vocalist/tambourine/acoustic guitar/electric guitarist looks a bit like Urban Meyer, the Gators ex-football coach.
Bellevue American Music 3 months ago

Terrific performance, extremely well done. Thank you for sharing!

ps The audio world needs to move past SM58's. It can be so much more...
Doug Organ 2 months ago

Damn! Nailed it. Especially the vocals.
Francine Guilbault 2 months ago

WOW amazing!
Dana Preis 2 months ago

love it!
Claude Sirois 1 month ago

Great
lancpudn 1 month ago

Outstanding, makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up. The power of music and fantastic muscians. You guys ROCK
Linda Chorney 3 weeks ago

Fucking Fab!!
Linda Chorney 3 weeks ago

P.S> Were the crickets in the studio?