With a project as huge as "Covers The Beatles", there were always going to be a bunch of B Sides and Rarities left over from the recording sessions, right?

These tracks have the unfortunate honour of not making it onto the final product, and the reasons vary drastically. Some were submitted too late, some were not on the track list but sent in anyway, some were unused versions of a song which was sent in about a hundred times (looking at you, U.S.S.R.), some inexplicably end halfway through (We Can Work It Out), some had poor audio quality, some later had vocals added or removed, and some were just plain shite.

The following 16 songs are but a handful of the countless unused submissions.

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Q: What the bloody hell is Hanging Dong?
A: Hanging Dong is a fluid, ever-changing collaborative project operating on 4chan's music board. Each album is made by a random group of anonymous posters, although there are a handful of loyal regulars who maintain a presence from album to album.

Q: How are the albums made, exactly?
A: Threads are created and people roll for naming suggestions (hence the often absurd and nonsensical song and album titles). The name Hanging Dong was in fact decided by a winning roll, and it just happened to stick. Once songs are named, each one is claimed anonymously and then sent into the Dong master upon completion, to be compiled into the final product. Some Hanging Dong albums have a structure, like a binding concept or theme, but usually it's very loosely organised and done on spontaneity.

Q: Where do I begin with the discography?
A: Death By Memes is the essential Dong record. Most albums are heavily experimental and something of an acquired taste, but there is also a Best Of compilation to filter out the crap.

Q: What do I do if I want to contribute to a future album?
A: Email hangingdongmu@gmail.com, or follow the official Hanging Dong Facebook page which is linked on this Bandcamp, somewhere to the right. Upcoming projects are posted there in advance, but failing that you can always just keep a sharp eye out on the /mu/ catalog.

Q: Has Hanging Dong been a successful project?
A: Moderately so, given that the majority of what you'll hear on this Bandcamp page is self-indulgent, meme-fuelled, pretentious, concentrated autism shite. We recently hit 100,000 plays on this site, so many thanks go to our lovely contributors. The Beatles project was reviewed by Anthony Fantano over on TheNeedleDrop, and he has acknowledged Death By Memes a couple of times. And he's, uh, the biggest music critic in the world these days, I guess?

Q: Where can I download the albums if the Bandcamp limit has been reached?
A: Either email hangingdongmu@gmail.com or visit the Facebook page. Never, ever purchase Hanging Dong music. If there is a price attached to any song or album, please do not buy it. For one thing, there is no bank account linked to the project in the first place and so the money wouldn't actually go to anyone. Not to mention, it would be impossible to split the earnings between the contributors even if there was one. Hanging Dong music will always be free, so don't waste your money. Some gobshite did in the past, which is why I need to even say all this (who would even want to pay for musical shitposts?).