Title:	Don't Pass Me By
Credits:	Richard Starkey
Recorded:	EMI Studios, London, 5 June and 6 June 1968
Producer:	George Martin
Engineer:	Geoff Emerick
Locations:	The Beatles - track 14, disc 2 Anthology 3 - track 10, disc 1

The Beatles began recording 'Don't Pass Me By' - Ringo Starr's first solo composition - on June 5, 1968 for the LP "The Beatles." Originally, the song was titled 'Ringo's Tune' and then 'This Is Some Friendly' before becoming 'Don't Pass Me By', although it was reported as early as 1963 that Ringo was working on a song with this title. The first three takes of the rhythm track - Paul McCartney on piano, Ringo on drums - were recorded this day. Take 3 was considered "best" and another piano piece and sleigh bells were overdubbed onto this take. Two tape reductions were made (take 3 into takes 4 and 5) with take five being the new "best." Paul recorded two bass overdubs and another tape reduction was done. On June 6, the bass overdubs were wiped and Ringo added two lead vocals. Another tape reduction was made (take 5 into take 7) and Paul added another bass overdub. Rough mono mixes from take 7 were prepared this day also.

The violin piece was added July 12, as was an additional bass guitar part by Paul and more piano by Ringo. Four mono mixes were prepared this day, one of which has been bootlegged and can be found on "Unsurpassed Masters 4" (CD). Four intro edit pieces were recorded July 22 with the fourth being "best." At this point, the introduction ran 45 seconds. When the song was mixed for release this edit piece was trimmed down to 8 seconds. The mono and stereo mixes were prepared October 11. The track was released on November 22, 1968 on "The Beatles."

The stereo version is slower than the mono due to the speed of the master tape during mixing. The country fiddle at the end of the song is different between the stereo and mono releases. In the mono the fiddle can be heard throughout the song, in stereo it is heard at the instrumental break and the fade-out. It has been reported that the entire verse, which begins "I'm sorry that I doubted you..." is missing from the American open-reel tape of "The Beatles."

A new mix of this track made from the instrumentation track from take 3, and Ringo's vocals which were overdubbed onto take 5 were released in both the US and the UK on October 29, 1996 on "The Beatles Anthology Volume 3." This release lacks the country fiddle part.

Ringo Starr recorded this song during his May 13, 1998 performance at Sony Studios in New York. This performance was broadcast on the VH1 television program "Storytellers" on June 28. Ringo released the performance on his album "VH1 Storytellers" on October 20, 1998.