Anthology 1 (2016 remaster)

Free as a Bird

Written by Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, John Lennon, George Harrison

4:25 • Studio version • A2016

Recording :

Circa 1977

Studio :

New York

Session Recording:

February / March 1994

Studio :

Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK

"We Were Four Guys... That's All"

0:13 • Interview • 2016 • John Lennon speaking to Jann Wenner of Rolling Stone, 8 December 1970, New York City.

That'll Be the Day

Written by Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison

2:08 • Studio version • A2016

Session Recording:

Jul 12, 1958

Studio :

Phillips Sound Recording Service

In Spite of All the Danger

Written by Paul McCartney, George Harrison

2:45 • Studio version • A2016

Session Recording:

Jul 12, 1958

Studio :

Phillips Sound Recording Service

"Sometimes I'd Borrow... Those Still Exist"

0:18 • Interview • 2016 • Paul McCartney speaking to Mark Lewishon, 3 November 1994, London.

Hallelujah, I Love Her So

Written by Ray Charles

1:13 • Demo • B1.2016

Session Recording:

Circa July 1960

Studio :

20 Forthlin Road, Liverpool (Paul's House)

You'll Be Mine

Written by Lennon - McCartney

1:39 • Demo • A1.2016

Session Recording:

Circa July 1960

Studio :

Paul McCartney's Childhood Home - 20 Forthlin

Cayenne

Written by Paul McCartney

1:14 • Demo • B2016

Session Recording:

circa April 1960

Studio :

Paul's House Forthlin Road Liverpool

"First of All... It Didn't Do a Thing Here"

0:07 • Interview • 2016 • Paul McCartney speaking to Malcolm Threadgill during a hospital radio interview with the Beatles mainly conducted by Monty Lister. Recorded 27 October 1962 backstage at Hulme Hall, Port Sunlight, Cheshire.

My Bonnie

Written by Traditional

2:42 • Studio version • A5.2016

Session Recording:

Jun 22, 1961

Studio :

Friedrich-Ebert-Halle

Ain't She Sweet

Written by Milton Ager, Jack Yellen

2:13 • Outtake • A2016

Session Recording:

Jun 24, 1961

Studio :

Studio Rahlstedt, Wandsbek, Hamburg

Cry for a Shadow

Written by John Lennon, George Harrison

2:22 • Outtake • A2016

Session Recording:

June 22nd-23rd 1961

Studio :

Friedrich-Ebert-Halle

"Brian Was a Beautiful Guy... He Presented Us Well"

0:10 • Interview • 2016 • John Lennon speaking to David Wigg of the [London] Daily Express and BBC Radio 1 programme Scene And Heard (broadcast November 1971). Interview recorded October 1971 in New York City.

"I Secured Them... A Beatle Drink Even Then"

0:19 • Interview • 2016 • Brian Epstein reading an extract from his autobiography A Cellarful Of Noise. He intended to record enough material for an album but the sessions were not completed and the tapes have remained unheard until now.

Searchin'

Written by Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller

3:00 • Studio rehearsal • A2016

Session Recording:

Jan 01, 1962

Studio :

Decca Studios

Three Cool Cats

Written by Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller

2:25 • Studio rehearsal • A2016

Session Recording:

Jan 01, 1962

Studio :

Decca Studios

The Sheik of Araby

Written by Ted Snyder, Harry B. Smith, Francis Wheeler

1:43 • Studio rehearsal • A2016

Session Recording:

Jan 01, 1962

Studio :

Decca Studios

Like Dreamers Do

Written by Lennon - McCartney

2:36 • Studio rehearsal • B2016

Session Recording:

Jan 01, 1962

Studio :

Decca Studios

Hello Little Girl

Written by Lennon - McCartney

1:40 • Studio rehearsal • B2016

Session Recording:

Jan 01, 1962

Studio :

Decca Studios

"Well, The Recording Test... By My Artists"

0:32 • Interview • 2016

Besame Mucho

Written by Consuelo Velázquez

2:37 • Studio rehearsal • A2016

Session Recording:

Jun 06, 1962

Studio :

EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

Love Me Do

Written by Lennon - McCartney

2:32 • Studio rehearsal • C2016

Session Recording:

Jun 06, 1962

Studio :

EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

How Do You Do It?

Written by Mitch Murray

1:57 • Outtake • A2016

Session Recording:

Sep 04, 1962

Studio :

EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

Please Please Me

Written by Lennon - McCartney

1:59 • Outtake • C2016 • Earliest available take.

Session Recording:

Sep 11, 1962

Studio :

EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

One After 909

Written by Lennon - McCartney

2:23 • Outtake • B2016 • Sequence, takes 3, 4 and the beginning of take 5

Session Recording:

Mar 05, 1963

Studio :

EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

One After 909

Written by Lennon - McCartney

2:56 • Outtake • C2016 • Complete, takes 4 and 5

Session Recording:

Mar 05, 1963

Studio :

EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

Lend Me Your Comb

Written by Kay Twomey, Fred Wise, Ben Weisman

1:50 • Radio show • L1.2016

Concert From "Pop Go The Beatles" in London, United Kingdom on Jul 16, 1963

I'll Get You

Written by Lennon - McCartney

2:08 • Live • L1.2016

Concert From "Sunday Night At The London Palladium" in London, United Kingdom on Oct 13, 1963

We Were Performers... In Britain (interview)

0:12 • Interview • 2016

I Saw Her Standing There

Written by Lennon - McCartney

2:49 • Live • L3.2016

Concert From "Pop '63" in Stockholm, Sweden on Oct 24, 1963

From Me to You

Written by Lennon - McCartney

2:06 • Live • L1.2016

Concert From "Pop '63" in Stockholm, Sweden on Oct 24, 1963

Money (That's What I Want)

Written by Janie Bradford, Berry Gordy

2:52 • Live • L1.2016

Concert From "Pop '63" in Stockholm, Sweden on Oct 24, 1963

You Really Got a Hold on Me

Written by Smokey Robinson

2:58 • Live • L2.2016

Concert From "Pop '63" in Stockholm, Sweden on Oct 24, 1963

Roll Over Beethoven

Written by Chuck Berry

2:22 • Live • L3.2016

Concert From "Pop '63" in Stockholm, Sweden on Oct 24, 1963

She Loves You

Written by Lennon - McCartney

2:50 • Live • L2.2016

Concert From "Royal Command Performance" in London, United Kingdom on Nov 04, 1963

Till There Was You

Written by Meredith Willson

2:54 • Live • L2.2016

Concert From "Royal Command Performance" in London, United Kingdom on Nov 04, 1963

Twist And Shout

Written by Phil Medley, Bert Russell

3:05 • Live • L2.2016

Concert From "Royal Command Performance" in London, United Kingdom on Nov 04, 1963

This Boy

Written by Lennon - McCartney

2:22 • Live • L1.2016

Concert From "The Morecambe And Wise Show" in Borehamwood, United Kingdom on Apr 18, 1964

I Want To Hold Your Hand

Written by Lennon - McCartney

2:37 • Live • L1.2016

Concert From "The Morecambe And Wise Show" in Borehamwood, United Kingdom on Apr 18, 1964

Boys, What Was I Thinking...

2:06 • Outtake • 2016

Concert From "The Morecambe And Wise Show" in Borehamwood, United Kingdom on Apr 18, 1964

Moonlight Bay

Written by Edward Madden, Percy Wenrich

0:50 • Live • L1.2016

Concert From "The Morecambe And Wise Show" in Borehamwood, United Kingdom on Apr 18, 1964

Can't Buy Me Love

Written by Lennon - McCartney

2:10 • Outtake • C2016 • Takes 1 and 2. [...] the previously unreleased Paris recording of Can't Buy Me Love presented here, all vocals and instruments live, is Take 2 (with the main guitar solo "flown in" from Take 1). Paul's vocal style was more bluesy in these first two rough takes - though it should be recognised that he was not attempting a definitive vocal track - while John and George's backing vocal idea was later dispensed with too.

Session Recording:

Jan 29, 1964

Studio :

EMI Pathé Marconi Studios, Boulogne-sur-Seine, France

All My Loving

Written by Lennon - McCartney

2:19 • Outtake • L4.2016

Concert From "The Ed Sullivan Show" in New York City, USA on Feb 09, 1964

You Can't Do That

Written by Lennon - McCartney

2:42 • Outtake • D2016 • Take 6. The recording featured the combined sound of John Lennon's lead and George Harrison's 12-string guitars - George acquired the instrument in America, and its sound was prevalent throughout there sessions. The master version was Take 9 but the one presented here is Take 6: an attempt at perfecting the basic track while John delivered a guide vocal. It was usual for the Beatles to record with a live (if only guide) vocal until around the time of Revolver in 1966.

Session Recording:

Feb 25, 1964

Studio :

EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

And I Love Her

Written by Lennon - McCartney

1:52 • Outtake • E2016 • Take 2. And I Love Her is admired and enjoyed as one of Paul McCartney's earliest and warmest ballads, the master recording being the second take of a second remake, from 27 February 1964. Two days earlier, when the Beatles first taped the song, the approach was different. Presented here is the unreleased Take 2 - the first complete run-through - which is not so gentle, featuring the full-group sound of guitars, drums and, unusually, a picked electric guitar.

Session Recording:

Feb 25, 1964

Studio :

EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

A Hard Day's Night

Written by Lennon - McCartney

2:44 • Outtake • E2016 • Take 1. [...] Presented here, however, is the previously unreleased first recorded run-though, Take 1, with numerous vocal and instrumental variations from the master. The crashing guitar chord that distinguished that master version is already in place, but the bridge, later plugged by a piano played by George Martin, was filled here by a guitar solo. The Beatles recognised that Take 1 was never going to be the best take, hence the laughter as the recording began to dissolve, but it captures the essence of the productive yet fun sessions that were typical of this period.

Session Recording:

Apr 16, 1964

Studio :

EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

I Wanna Be Your Man

Written by Lennon - McCartney

1:48 • Outtake • L2.2016

Session Recording:

Apr 19, 1964

Studio :

IBC Studios, London, UK

Long Tall Sally

Written by Richard Penniman / Little Richard, Enotris Johnson, Robert Blackwell

1:45 • Outtake • L4.2016

Session Recording:

Apr 19, 1964

Studio :

IBC Studios, London, UK

Boys

Written by Luther Dixon, Wes Farrell

1:50 • Outtake • L2.2016

Session Recording:

Apr 19, 1964

Studio :

IBC Studios, London, UK

Shout

Written by O'Kelly Isley, Jr., Rudolph Isley, Ronald Isley

1:31 • Live • L1.2016

Session Recording:

Apr 19, 1964

Studio :

IBC Studios, London, UK

I'll Be Back

Written by Lennon - McCartney

1:13 • Outtake • D2016 • Take 2. I'll Be Back was recorded from start to finish in a single session. Take 16 was released but the unissued takes Two and Three are presented here. The former illuminates how John conceived his song as a waltz (the Beatles' fondness for waltz arrangement dated back to Cavern Club performances of James Ray's If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody). Take 2 broke down, however, because, to use John's own words, it was "too hard to sing", and it is segued here into Take 3 [...]

Session Recording:

Jun 01, 1964

Studio :

EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

I'll Be Back

Written by Lennon - McCartney

1:58 • Outtake • E2016 • Take 3. [...] Take 3 in which the arrangement has been altered from 3/4 to the 4/4 tempo approaching the master version - proof of the speed with which the Beatles could switch their ideas.

Session Recording:

Jun 01, 1964

Studio :

EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

You Know What To Do

Written by George Harrison

1:59 • Demo • A2016

Session Recording:

Jun 03, 1964

Studio :

EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

No Reply

Written by Lennon - McCartney

1:46 • Demo • C2016 • [...] this 3 June demo recording of the song certainly has not been heard before. It was announced at the time that John was giving No Reply to Tommy Quickly, another of Brian Epstein's artists, and - as John sings it in a staccato, jaunty style more typical of Quickly's than his own - it's feasible that this demo was recorded with that donation in mind. (All the same, if he recorded it all, quickly never issued his version.) Intriguingly, a drummer is evident, even though no recognised player - neither Ringo nor Jimmy Nicol - was present.

Session Recording:

Jun 03, 1964

Studio :

EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

Mr Moonlight

Written by Roy Lee Johnson

2:48 • Outtake • C2016 • Takes 1 and 4. The version on Beatles For Sale was a remake, taped at EMI on 18 October, but four unreleased takes were recorded on 14 August, and a combination of One and Four is presented here. The first broke down after John's laudable attempt at the shouted introduction. "Nearly!" commented Paul, a wry smile in his voice, as he encouraged his band mate to have another crack at it. Take 4, only the second complete run-through, lacked the organ track that distinguished the October remake, but George's guitar solo in the bridge proves that experimentation with new and different sounds was now a definite quest.

Session Recording:

Aug 14, 1964

Studio :

EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

Leave My Kitten Alone

Written by Little Willie John, James McDougal, Titus Turner

2:57 • Outtake • A2016 • Take 5. It was at ten o'clock, when Abbey Road regulations stated that sessions were supposed to end, that the Beatles began Leave My Kitten Alone. This had been a 1959 R&B hit for Little Willie John, covered in 1960 by Johnny Preston, both versions entering the Billboard US Hot 100 in January 1961. The Beatles taped five takes of Leave My Kitten Alone before deciding that the last was the best and so adding overdubs ... but that's where they left it. The recording was never mixed down for release on Beatles For Sale and was destined to remain unissued for more than 30 years - until now.

Session Recording:

Aug 14, 1964

Studio :

EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

No Reply

Written by Lennon - McCartney

2:29 • Outtake • D2016 • Take 2. Almost four months after the song had been recorded in demo form, the Beatles returned to No Reply and taped a definitive version, Take 8, for Beatles For Sale. Presented here, as balance engineer Norman Smith announced, is Take 2, unreleased, which underlines the more dramatic, bluesy style that John perhaps meant for his song. Laughter ensured that this particular take could not have been used, but it was clearly an important stepping-stone to the master version, John concluding "Well, we just found out what to do, anyway - it's good!"

Session Recording:

Sep 30, 1964

Studio :

EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

Eight Days A Week

Written by Lennon - McCartney

1:25 • Outtake • C2016 • Take 1, 2 and 4. Proven by the original session tape, the Beatles used Abbey Road as a creative workshop during the recording of Eight Days A Week. A sequence of unreleased, incomplete outtakes - takes 1, 2 and 4 - have been assembled for this compilation, illustrating the different approaches the Beatles considered for the song's intro.

Session Recording:

Oct 06, 1964

Studio :

EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

Eight Days A Week

Written by Lennon - McCartney

2:48 • Outtake • D2016 • Take 5, complete, features a vocal harmony ending, whereas the master version (Take 13) started and finished with guitar.

Session Recording:

Oct 06, 1964

Studio :

EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

Medley

Kansas City

Written by Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller

2:44 • Outtake • D2016 • Take 2. Medley with "Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey". With Paul singing lead vocal, the Beatles captured the song in two takes - the master, on Beatles For Sale, was Take 1; Take 2 is issued here for the first time.

Session Recording:

Oct 18, 1964

Studio :

EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey

Written by Richard Penniman / Little Richard

2:44 • Outtake • C2016 • Take 2. Medley with "Kansas City". With Paul singing lead vocal, the Beatles captured the song in two takes - the master, on Beatles For Sale, was Take 1; Take 2 is issued here for the first time.

Session Recording:

Oct 18, 1964

Studio :

EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road