Release: November 1995
| 1 | Free As A Bird New song |
4:24 | Lennon-McCartney-Harrison-Starkey |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Speech - John "We were four guys..." |
0:12 | Interview to Jann Wenner (Rolling Stone), 1970 |
| 3 | That'll Be The Day Quarrymen private disk, 1958 |
2:07 | Allison-Holly-Petty |
| 4 | In Spite Of All The Danger Quarrymen private disk, 1958 |
2:44 | McCartney-Harrison |
| 5 | Speech - Paul "Sometimes I'd borrow..." |
0:17 | Interview to Mark Lewisohn, 1994 |
| 6 | Hallelujah, I Love Her So (fragment) Home tape, 1960 |
1:12 | Charles |
| 7 | You'll Be Mine Home tape, 1960 |
1:38 | McCartney-Lennon |
| 8 | Cayenne (fragment) Home tape, 1960 |
1:13 | McCartney |
| 9 | Speech - Paul "First of all..." |
0:07 (0:15) |
Interview to Malcolm Threadgill, 1962 |
| 10 | My Bonnie Tony Sheridan, Hamburg, 1961 |
2:41 | Traditional, arr. Tony Sheridan |
| 11 | Ain't She Sweet Hamburg, 1961 |
2:12 | Ager-Yellen |
| 12 | Cry For A Shadow Hamburg, 1961 |
2:22 | Harrison-Lennon |
| 13 | Speech - John "Brian was a beautiful guy..." |
0:10 | Interview to David Wigg (London Daily Express), 1971 |
| 14 | Speech - Brian Epstein "I secured them..." |
0:18 | From his autobiography "A Cellarful of Noise", 1964 |
| 15 | Searchin' Decca Audition |
2:59 | Leiber-Stoller |
| 16 | Three Cool Cats Decca Audition |
2:24 | Leiber-Stoller |
| 17 | The Sheik of Araby Decca Audition |
1:42 | Smith-Wheeler-Snyder |
| 18 | Like Dreamers Do Unreleased song - Decca Audition |
2:35 | McCartney |
| 19 | Hello Little Girl Unreleased song - Decca Audition |
1:39 | Lennon |
| 20 | Speech - Brian Epstein "Well, a recording test..." |
0:31 | From his autobiography "A Cellarful of Noise", 1964 |
| 21 | Besame Mucho Unreleased song |
2:35 | Velazquez-Skylar |
| 22 | Love Me Do First recording |
2:30 | McCartney |
| 23 | How Do You Do It? Unreleased song |
1:56 | Murray |
| 24 | Please Please Me First recording |
1:58 | Lennon |
| 25 | One After 909 (sequence) Sequence: takes 3,4,5 |
2:22 | Lennon |
| 26 | One After 909 Edit of takes 4 and 5 |
2:54 | Lennon |
| 27 | Lend Me Your Comb Live at the BBC |
1:49 | Twomey-Wise-Weisman |
| 28 | I'll Get You London Palladium |
2:08 | Lennon |
| 29 | Speech - John "We were performers..." |
0:12 | Interview to Jann Wenner (Rolling Stone), 1970 |
| 30 | I Saw Her Standing There Live at Swedish radio |
2:48 (2:40) |
McCartney |
| 31 | From Me To You Live at Swedish radio |
2:05 (2:04) |
Lennon |
| 32 | Money (That's What I Want) Live at Swedish radio |
2:52 (2:52) |
Gordy-Bradford |
| 33 | You Really Got A Hold On Me Live at Swedish radio |
2:58 (3:05) |
Robinson |
| 34 | Roll Over Beethoven Live at Swedish radio |
2:21 | Berry |
Disc Two
| 1 | She Loves You Royal Command Performance |
2:50 (2:38) |
Lennon |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Till There Was You Royal Command Performance |
2:54 (2:45) |
Willson |
| 3 | Twist And Shout Royal Command Performance |
3:05 (3:26) |
Russell-Medley |
| 4 | This Boy Morecambe & Wise Show |
2:21 | Lennon-McCartney |
| 5 | I Want To Hold Your Hand Morecambe & Wise Show |
2:36 | McCartney |
| 6 | Comedy skit (with Morecambe & Wise) Morecambe & Wise Show |
2:05 | |
| 7 | Moonlight Bay (with Morecambe & Wise) Morecambe & Wise Show |
0:49 | Madden-Wenrich |
| 8 | Can't Buy Me Love Take 2, with solo from take 1 |
2:09 | McCartney |
| 9 | All My Loving The Ed Sullivan Show |
2:18 | McCartney |
| 10 | You Can't Do That Take 6 |
2:40 | Lennon |
| 11 | And I Love Her First take 2 |
1:51 | McCartney |
| 12 | A Hard Day's Night Take 1 |
2:40 | Lennon |
| 13 | I Wanna Be Your Man Around The Beatles recording |
1:47 | Lennon-McCartney |
| 14 | Long Tall Sally Around The Beatles recording |
1:44 | Johnson-Penniman-Blackwell |
| 15 | Boys Around The Beatles recording |
1:49 | Dixon-Farrell |
| 16 | Shout Around The Beatles recording |
1:28 | Isley Brothers |
| 17 | I'll Be Back Take 2 |
1:12 (1:07) |
Lennon |
| 18 | I'll Be Back Take 3 |
1:56 (2:01) |
Lennon |
| 19 | You Know What To Do Unreleased song (Demo) |
1:57 | Harrison |
| 20 | No Reply Demo (Take 1) |
1:45 | Lennon |
| 21 | Mr.Moonlight Takes 1 and 4 |
2:46 | Johnson |
| 22 | Leave My Kitten Alone Unreleased song |
2:52 | John-Turner-McDougal |
| 23 | No Reply Take 2 |
2:26 | Lennon |
| 24 | Eight Days A Week (sequence) Sequence of takes 2,1 and 4 intros |
1:25 | Lennon |
| 25 | Eight Days A Week Take 5 |
2:47 | Lennon |
| 26 | Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey! Take 2 |
2:45 | Leiber-Stoller/Penniman |
Notes on times of sequences:
Sequences of songs (live recorded or different takes) have some talk related
to them included at the end of the previous track; in these cases, two times are
presented: first the time of the track on CD; and in parenthesis the actual time of
the song, plus the talk related to it that comes on the previous track,
minus the talk related to the next song.
| Official import (European) |
Independent import (American - Capitol) |
|
|---|---|---|
| CD | 7243 8 34445 2 6 | CDP 7243 8 34445 2 6 |
Disc 1 is unique in the whole Anthology as it is edited in "documentary
form": speeches are used to introduce the different stages in the early
history of the group.
However, this style of editing ended up spoling some tracks: My Bonnie
and Searchin' had their introductions crossfaded with speech, there
are also some speeches that overlap the very end of some songs, and
two of the home-taped tracks are heavily edited (maybe due to their "very
bad quality").
Fortunately, this style of compiling wasn't adopted for the other 5 discs
of Anthology.
The "Mono" indications on the booklet are most of the times missing (mainly
in the 1964 outtakes). In fact, the only tracks in true stereo are
Free As A Bird,
My Bonnie, Cry For A Shadow, the Around The Beatles
recording, Leave My Kitten Alone and Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!.
All the other tracks are mono.
Take 3 of I'll Be Back and Take 5 of Eight Days A Week
are mono, but have a little reverb added in stereo that gives some
"ambience". This effect was also applied to the mono outtakes on
Anthology 2.
There are also hard edits in I'll Be Back take 3 and the Eight Days A Week sequence.
