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Rare photography by Peter Asher and extensive liner notes documenting the band's brief but historic association with Apple Records. Mortimer: On Our Way Home - Album Review - Louder Than War

The album's highlight was an unexpected gift: gave the band a new, unreleased song titled " On Our Way Home ". Mortimer recorded it in late April 1969, intending for it to be their debut Apple single. The Beatles themselves would later record the same song for the Let It Be album, retitling it " Two of Us ". Corporate Turmoil and the Vault Mortimer - On Our Way Home (1969; 2017) [Z3K]

The band began recording their second album at London's between February and April 1969. Peter Asher , Apple’s A&R chief and producer for James Taylor, was assigned to produce the project. Rare photography by Peter Asher and extensive liner

The story of Mortimer's album, On Our Way Home , is a "lost classic" tale of near-miss stardom, a Paul McCartney gift, and the corporate upheaval of the late 1960s. A Chance Meeting and a Beatle's Blessing The Beatles themselves would later record the same

Previously unreleased bonus tracks and outtakes such as "Christine Tildsley".

Mortimer, a harmony-heavy trio from New York consisting of , Tony Van Benschoten , and Guy Masson , formed in the mid-1960s. After some success as "The Teddy Boys," they moved to London in 1968. Their luck changed when they were heard by George Harrison , who was so impressed by their acoustic sound and vocal blend that he personally championed their signing to the Beatles' Apple Records . The Lost Album (1969)

The original 1969 tracklist, featuring the title track "On Our Way Home".