'What Goes On' was of one of John Lennon's earliest compositions and originally written for his pre-Beatles group, The Quarrymen. On this excerpt from the unreleased 1963 demo acetate, Lennon sings lead to acoustic guitar, backed by Paul McCartney on harmony. The recording reveals Lennon's original lyrics to the first verse with the familiar 'What goes on...' hook. The recording also contains a second verse which too has different/unpublished lyrics.
This demo recording has never been released and the original tape is presumed lost. However the song appeared in a different style with re-written verses on The Beatles' 1965 album 'Rubber Soul'.
We are currently auctioning this acetate on Ebay... (*parlogramの原文まま)