Anthology 1 (2016 remaster)

4:25 • Studio version • A2016

Recording :

Circa 1977

Studio :

New York

Session Recording:

February / March 1994

Studio :

Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK

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

2:08 • Studio version • A2016

Session Recording:

Jul 12, 1958

Studio :

Phillips Sound Recording Service

2:45 • Studio version • A2016

Session Recording:

Jul 12, 1958

Studio :

Phillips Sound Recording Service

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

1:13 • Demo • B1.2016

Session Recording:

Circa July 1960

Studio :

20 Forthlin Road, Liverpool (Paul's House)

1:39 • Demo • A1.2016

Session Recording:

Circa July 1960

Studio :

Paul McCartney's Childhood Home - 20 Forthlin

1:14 • Demo • B2016

Session Recording:

circa April 1960

Studio :

Paul's House Forthlin Road Liverpool

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.

2:42 • Studio version • A5.2016

Session Recording:

Jun 22, 1961

Studio :

Friedrich-Ebert-Halle

2:13 • Outtake • A2016

Session Recording:

Jun 24, 1961

Studio :

Studio Rahlstedt, Wandsbek, Hamburg

2:22 • Outtake • A2016

Session Recording:

June 22nd-23rd 1961

Studio :

Friedrich-Ebert-Halle

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.

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.

3:00 • Studio rehearsal • A2016

Session Recording:

Jan 01, 1962

Studio :

Decca Studios

2:25 • Studio rehearsal • A2016

Session Recording:

Jan 01, 1962

Studio :

Decca Studios

1:43 • Studio rehearsal • A2016

Session Recording:

Jan 01, 1962

Studio :

Decca Studios

2:36 • Studio rehearsal • B2016

Session Recording:

Jan 01, 1962

Studio :

Decca Studios

1:40 • Studio rehearsal • B2016

Session Recording:

Jan 01, 1962

Studio :

Decca Studios

0:32 • Interview • 2016

2:37 • Studio rehearsal • A2016

Session Recording:

Jun 06, 1962

Studio :

EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

2:32 • Studio rehearsal • C2016

Session Recording:

Jun 06, 1962

Studio :

EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

1:57 • Outtake • A2016

Session Recording:

Sep 04, 1962

Studio :

EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

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

Session Recording:

Sep 11, 1962

Studio :

EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

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

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

Session Recording:

Mar 05, 1963

Studio :

EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

1:50 • Radio show • L1.2016

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

2:08 • Live • L1.2016

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

0:12 • Interview • 2016

2:49 • Live • L3.2016

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

2:06 • Live • L1.2016

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

2:52 • Live • L1.2016

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

2:58 • Live • L2.2016

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

2:22 • Live • L3.2016

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

2:50 • Live • L2.2016

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

2:54 • Live • L2.2016

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

3:05 • Live • L2.2016

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

2:22 • Live • L1.2016

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

2:37 • Live • L1.2016

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

2:06 • Outtake • 2016

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

0:50 • Live • L1.2016

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

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

2:19 • Outtake • L4.2016

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

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

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

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

1:48 • Outtake • L2.2016

Session Recording:

Apr 19, 1964

Studio :

IBC Studios, London, UK

1:45 • Outtake • L4.2016

Session Recording:

Apr 19, 1964

Studio :

IBC Studios, London, UK

1:50 • Outtake • L2.2016

Session Recording:

Apr 19, 1964

Studio :

IBC Studios, London, UK

1:31 • Live • L1.2016

Session Recording:

Apr 19, 1964

Studio :

IBC Studios, London, UK

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

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

1:59 • Demo • A2016

Session Recording:

Jun 03, 1964

Studio :

EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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