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  • Artist: The Beatles
  • Rating: StarStarStarStarHalf Star
  • Release Date: October 29, 1996
  • Total Time: 145:10
  • Type: Compilation (best of)
  • Genre: Rock

Review

The final installment of the Anthology series has two discs of previously unreleased material from the White Album era through the group's demise in early 1970. In terms of sheer listenability, this may be the strongest volume of the three, if only because it focuses almost solely upon studio recordings rather than mixing live concerts/broadcasts and outtakes. Also, by this time the Beatles had perfected their approach to recording, meaning that even the early/alternate versions of many of their cuts were often of outstanding quality. There's some prime stuff here: "unplugged" White Album demos from mid-1968, radically different versions of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" and "Helter Skelter," a stringless "The Long and Winding Road," three beautifully sung and played Harrison solo demos from early 1969, and several songs the Beatles never released, like "All Things Must Pass," "Not Guilty," "Teddy Boy," "Come and Get It," and "Junk." Not everything here is so great that the casual consumer will be fascinated, of course. As on previous Anthology sets, some of these alternates are only very slightly different from the official versions; the oldies covers from the Let It Be era are off-the-cuff jams that aren't up to the group's usual level of brilliance. It's still a fascinating collection, both for the insight it affords you into the group's creative process at the end of their career, and for the considerable excellence of the music itself. ~ Richie Unterberger, Rovi

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Anthology 3
Compilation album by The Beatles
Released 28 October 1996
Recorded May 1968–3 January 1970, EMI Studios and Apple Studios, London
Genre Rock, rock and roll
Length 145:33
Label Apple, Capitol, EMI
Producer George Martin
The Beatles chronology
Anthology 2
(1996)		 Anthology 3
(1996)		 Yellow Submarine Songtrack
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars [1]
Robert Christgau (choice cut) [2]
Rolling Stone 4/5 stars [3]

Anthology 3 is a compilation album by The Beatles released in October 1996 by Apple Records as part of The Beatles Anthology series. The album includes rarities and alternative tracks from the final two years of the band's career, ranging from the initial sessions for The Beatles (also known as The White Album) to the last sessions for Let It Be and Abbey Road in later 1969 and early 1970.

Following "Free as a Bird" in Anthology 1 and "Real Love" in Anthology 2, a third John Lennon solo demo entitled "Now and Then" was to be reworked by the three surviving members of The Beatles for Anthology 3. However, it was decided against due to complications and sound quality issues involving Lennon's recording. In its place is "A Beginning", an orchestral instrumental track initially intended for The White Album. "A Beginning" was composed by producer George Martin and intended to be the intro track to the Ringo Starr penned "Don't Pass Me By".

Similar to the previous Anthology albums, the cover image painted by Klaus Voorman features a collage of The Beatles-related imagery designed to appear as a wall of peeling posters and album covers. An updated picture of Voorman can be seen in George Harrison's hair in a segment of the Revolver album cover.

The album was certified 3x Platinum by the RIAA, and was the group's third double album in a row to reach #1 on the US charts, equalling a record set by Donna Summer back in the 1970s.

The Anthology albums were made available on the iTunes Store on 14 June 2011.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks written by Lennon–McCartney and in stereo except where noted.

Disc one
  1. "A Beginning" (George Martin) – 0:50
    • Recorded on 22 July 1968 at Abbey Road Studios, London
  2. "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" (Kinfauns Home Demo) [Mono] – 2:15
  3. "Helter Skelter" (Edited Take 2) [Mono] – 4:38
    • Recorded on 18 July 1968 at Abbey Road Studios, London
  4. "Mean Mr. Mustard" (Kinfauns Home Demo) – 1:58
  5. "Polythene Pam" (Kinfauns Home Demo) – 1:26
    • Tracks 4 & 5 recorded on 29 May 1968 at Kinfauns
  6. "Glass Onion" (Kinfauns Home Demo) – 1:51
  7. "Junk" (Kinfauns Home Demo) (Paul McCartney) – 2:25
  8. "Piggies" (Kinfauns Home Demo) [Mono] (George Harrison) – 2:01
  9. "Honey Pie" (Kinfauns Home Demo, Edited from 2:01) – 1:19
    • Tracks 6–9 recorded on 28 May 1968 at Kinfauns
  10. "Don't Pass Me By" (Takes 3 & 5) (Richard Starkey) – 2:42
    • Recorded on 5 June 1968 at Abbey Road Studios, London
  11. "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" (Take 5) – 2:56
    • Recorded on 3 July 1968 at Abbey Road Studios, London
  12. "Good Night" (Rehearsal & Take 34) – 2:38
    • Recorded on 28 June & 22 July 1968 at Abbey Road Studios, London
  13. "Cry Baby Cry" (Take 1) – 2:47
    • Recorded on 15 July 1968 at Abbey Road Studios, London
  14. "Blackbird" (Take 4) – 2:19
    • Recorded on 11 June 1968 at Abbey Road Studios, London
  15. "Sexy Sadie" (Take 6) – 4:06
    • Recorded on 19 July 1968 at Abbey Road Studios, London
  16. "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (Demo) (Harrison) – 3:27
    • Recorded on 25 July 1968 at EMI Studios, London
  17. "Hey Jude" (Take 2) – 4:21
    • Recorded on 29 July 1968 at Abbey Road Studios, London
  18. "Not Guilty" (Take 102) (Harrison) – 3:22
    • Recorded on 7 August 1968 at Abbey Road Studios, London
  19. "Mother Nature's Son" (Take 2) – 3:17
    • Recorded on 9 August 1968 at Abbey Road Studios, London
  20. "Glass Onion" (Take 33) [Mono] – 2:08
    • Recorded on 11 September 1968 at Abbey Road Studios, London
  21. "Rocky Raccoon" (Take 8) – 4:13
    • Recorded on 15 August 1968 at Abbey Road Studios, London
  22. "What's the New Mary Jane" (Take 4) – 6:12
    • Recorded on 14 August 1968 at Abbey Road Studios, London
  23. "Step Inside Love"/"Los Paranoias" – 2:30
    • Recorded on 16 September 1968 at Abbey Road Studios, London
  24. "I'm So Tired" (Takes 3, 6 & 9) – 2:14
    • Recorded on 8 October 1968 at Abbey Road Studios, London
  25. "I Will" (Take 1) – 1:55
    • Recorded on 16 September 1968 at Abbey Road Studios, London
  26. "Why Don't We Do It in the Road?" (Take 4) – 2:15
    • Recorded on 9 October 1968 at Abbey Road Studios, London
  27. "Julia" (Take 2) – 1:57
    • Recorded on 13 October 1968 at Abbey Road Studios, London
Disc two
  1. "I've Got a Feeling" (Savile Row) – 2:49
    • Recorded on 24 January 1969 at Apple Studios, Savile Row, London
  2. "She Came in Through the Bathroom Window" (Rehearsal) (Savile Row) – 3:37
  3. "Dig a Pony" (Savile Row) – 4:18
    • Tracks 2 & 3 recorded on 22 January 1969 at Apple Studios, Savile Row, London
  4. "Two of Us" (Savile Row) – 3:27
    • Recorded on 24 January 1969 at Apple Studios, Savile Row, London
  5. "For You Blue" (Savile Row) (Harrison) – 2:23
    • Recorded on 25 January 1969 at Apple Studios, Savile Row, London
  6. "Teddy Boy" (Savile Row) (McCartney) – 3:18
    • Recorded on 24 & 28 January 1969 at Apple Studios, Savile Row, London
  7. Medley: "Rip It Up" (Robert Blackwell-John Marascalco)/"Shake, Rattle and Roll" (Jesse Stone)/"Blue Suede Shoes" (Carl Perkins) (Savile Row) – 3:10
  8. "The Long and Winding Road" (Savile Row) – 3:41
    • Master track with Phil Spector alterations removed - Tracks 7 & 8 recorded on 26 January 1969 at Apple Studios, Savile Row, London
  9. "Oh! Darling" (Savile Row, Edited from 6:37) – 4:08
    • Recorded on 27 January 1969 at Apple Studios, Savile Row, London
  10. "All Things Must Pass" (Demo) (Harrison) – 3:05
    • Recorded on 25 February 1969 at Abbey Road Studios, London
  11. "Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues" (Savile Row) (Ruth Roberts, Bill Katz, Stanley Clayton) – 1:56
    • Recorded on 29 January 1969 at Apple Studios, Savile Row, London
  12. "Get Back" (Live at the "Rooftop Concert") – 3:09
    • Recorded on 30 January 1969 on the Apple Building Rooftop, Savile Row, London
  13. "Old Brown Shoe" (Demo) (Harrison) – 3:03
    • Recorded on 25 February 1969 at Abbey Road Studios, London
  14. "Octopus's Garden" (Takes 2 & 8) (Starkey) – 2:49
    • Recorded on 26 April 1969 at Abbey Road Studios, London
  15. "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" (Take 5) – 3:50
    • Recorded on 9 July 1969 at Abbey Road Studios, London
  16. "Something" (Demo) [Mono] (Harrison) – 3:19
    • Recorded on 25 February 1969 at Abbey Road Studios, London
  17. "Come Together" (Take 1) – 3:40
    • Recorded on 21 July 1969 at Abbey Road Studios, London
  18. "Come and Get It" (Demo) (McCartney) – 2:30
  19. "Ain't She Sweet" (Jam) (Milton Ager-Jack Yellen) – 2:09
    • Tracks 18 & 19 recorded on 24 July 1969 at Abbey Road Studios, London
  20. "Because" (A cappella version) – 2:24
    • Recorded on 1 August 1969 at Abbey Road Studios, London, vocal arrangement by Martin
  21. "Let It Be" (Savile Row) – 4:05
    • Recorded on 25 January 1969 at Apple Studios, Savile Row, London
  22. "I Me Mine" (Take 16) (Harrison) – 1:48
    • Recorded on 3 January 1970 at Abbey Road Studios, London, Lennon was not present
  23. "The End" (Remix) – 2:51
    • Recorded: 23 July; 5, 7, 8, 15 & 18 August 1969 at Abbey Road Studios, London

Chart positions

Year Chart Position
1996 The Billboard 200 1[4]
Preceded by
Best of Volume I by Van Halen		 Billboard 200 number-one album
16–22 November 1996		 Succeeded by
The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory by Makaveli

See also

Notes

  1. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r241266/review
  2. ^ "CG: The Beatles". Robert Christgau. http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=1382&name=The+Beatles. Retrieved 5 August 2011. 
  3. ^ [1][dead link]
  4. ^ "Anthology 3 - The Beatles". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/column/chartbeat/ask-billboard-jay-sean-meets-the-beatles-1004021149.story#/album/the-beatles/anthology-3/191237. Retrieved 17 October 2009. 
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