Anthology Vol.1 (1995)
Apart from the first new Beatles song in 25 years Free As A Bird this album, which was released in november of
1995, includes several unreleased material like the only studio recording of the band under the name
The QuarrymenIn Spite Of All The Danger which is the only McCartney/Harrison composition until now,
and the Buddy Holly song That'll Be The Day. Also songs to be mentioned from their legendary Decca sessions
which can't be missing and a few songs from their Hamburg days with Stu Sutcliffe on the bass and
Pete Best on the drums.
The Demo to Free As A Bird was recorded by
John Lennon at the end of 1977 but put aside for some unknown reason.
It should have been used for the musical The Ballad Of John And Yoko which has never been
realised, last but not least because of John's violent death.
In 1994 Yoko Ono handed out the demo to Paul McCartney which
the three surviving Ex-Beatles recorded as an overworked version (especially drums, guitar,
bass and completion of the words). The maxi single was released in 1995, shortly before the release
of the LP Anthology 1.
Track list:
Free As A Bird(Lennon/McCartney/Harrison/Starkey)/ Speech: John Lennon/
That'll Be The Day(Allison/Holly/Petty)/ In Spite Of All The Danger(McCartney/Harrison)/
Speech: Paul McCartney/ Hallelujah, I Love Her So(Charles)/ You'll Be Mine(McCartney/Lennon)/
Cayenne(McCartney)/ Speech: Paul/ My Bonnie(Trad.arr.: Sheridan)/
Ain't She Sweet(Ager/Yellen)/ Cry for A Shadow(Harrison/Lennon)/ Speech: John/
Speech: Brian Epstein/ Searchin'(Leiber/Stoller)/ Three Cool Cats(Leiber/Stoller)/
The Sheik Of Araby(Smith/Wheeler/Snyder)/ Like Dreamers Do(Lennon/McCartney)/
Hello Little Girl(Lennon/McCartney)/ Speech: Brian Epstein/ Besame Mucho(Velasquez/Skylar)/
Love Me Do(Lennon/McCartney)/ How Do You Do It(Murray)/ Please Please Me(Lennon/McCartney)/
One After 909 (sequence)/ One After 909 (complete)(Lennon/McCartney)/
Lend Me Your Comb(Twomey/Wise/Weisman)/ I'll Get You(Lennon/McCartney)/ Speech:John/
I Saw Her Standing There(Lennon/McCartney)/ From Me To You(Lennon/McCartney)/
Money (That's What I Want)(Gordy/Bradford)/ You Really Got A Hold On Me(Robinson)/
Roll Over Beethoven(Berry)/ She Loves You(Lennon/McCartney)/
Till There Was You(Wilson)/ Twist And Shout(Russel/Medley)/ This Boy(Lennon/McCartney)/
I Want To Hold Your Hand(Lennon/McCartney)/ Speech: Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise/
Moonlight Bay(Mudden/Wenrich)/ Can't Buy Me Love(Lennon/McCartney)/ All My Loving(Lennon/McCartney)/
You Can't Do That(Lennon/McCartney)/ And I Love Her(Lennon/McCartney)/
A Hard Day's Night(Lennon/McCartney)/ I Wanna Be Your Man(Lennon/McCartney)/
Long Tall Sally(Johnson/Penniman/Blackwell)/ Boys(Dixon/Farrell)/ Shout(Isley/Isley/Isley)/
I'll Be Back (Take 2)/ I'll Be Back (Take 3)(Lennon/McCartney)/ You Know What To Do(Harrison)/
No Reply (demo)(Lennon/McCartney)/ Mr Moonlight(Johnson)/
Leave My Kitten Alone(John/Turner/McDougal)/ No Reply(Lennon/McCartney)/
Eight Days A Week (sequence)/ Eight Days A Week (complete)(Lennon/McCartney)/
Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!(Leiber/Stoller/Penniman)
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