Beatles Anthology 1 30th Anniversary New Masters Edition

The Beatles Anthology, the culmination of the 20th century's greatest musical legacy, traces the history of The Beatles from their origins to their breakup through rare recordings. This newly edited, expanded, and revised 30th anniversary edition features all new tracks, newly remixed and newly discovered recordings, and newly mastered tracks! The Beatles Anthology Project, a comprehensive history of The Beatles from their origins to their breakup, was launched in 1995 after many years of planning. It encompassed a wide range of projects, including a trilogy of rare albums, books, and video works, including TV broadcasts, and has garnered attention from Beatles fans worldwide. The trilogy of albums chronicles the band's history from pre-debut to their breakup, featuring previously unreleased studio outtakes, TV recordings, and live concert recordings. The project also features two new songs, "Free as a Bird" and "Real Love," based on recordings left behind by John Lennon. The final new track in the trilogy, "Now and Then," remained unreleased at the time, but was finally released in 2023 for the first time in 27 years. It still garnered attention as "The Beatles' final new song." Unreleased Beatles songs were previously planned for release on the album "Sessions," but were shelved. Unofficially released in the 1980s on albums like "Ultra Rare Tracks" and "Understanding Past Masters," this "Anthology" project, a trilogy of albums and a video, garnered attention at the time as a culmination of previously unreleased audio and video material. However, the "Anthology" project is a carefully curated collection, and there are still many unreleased recordings from Abbey Road Studios and live recordings and video footage from around the world, many of which are still unreleased. Future releases, including new discoveries, are anticipated. Anthology 1: Anniversary Edition This 30th anniversary edition of Anthology 1 features a newly edited and expanded version of 115 tracks, including numerous unreleased tracks from the 1995 release, including outtakes, demos, TV shows, and live performances. Compared to the original, the sound quality has been improved, and the album has been completely updated and remastered, featuring uncut editing and AI-based demixing, converting mono to true stereo. This includes newly discovered and never-before-seen tracks. Anthology 1 covers the band's early years, from their pre-debut days in Liverpool to their legendary Decca audition, the Beatlemania sensation, their first US appearance, and their first starring role in a film, all the way up to the end of 1964, when they took the world by storm. Disc 1, like the original, begins with the new song "Free as a Bird." The newly remixed version features John's vocals, enhanced for a more realistic sound, and a higher-quality performance. The album begins with the Quarrymen's performance at Woolton Church, the site of the Beatles' first meeting between John and Paul, the earliest known recording. The first two tracks, "That'll Be the Day" and "In Spite of All the Danger," feature significantly improved audio quality compared to previous releases. The legendary Decca Audition, renowned for its historical value, features a complete set of 15 tracks, including five from the original mono recording. Recorded in a newly remixed stereo format, the original mono recordings are also enhanced with rare live recordings from the Cavern Club and Hamburg Star Club, both previously unavailable. Disc 2 features the band's first recordings for EMI, studio outtakes from their debut albums "Please Please Me" and "With the Beatles," early BBC radio broadcasts, and recently unearthed recordings from the 1963 EMI House performance, all recorded in high-quality audio from new sources. Additionally, the live radio broadcast from Stockholm, Sweden, a familiar early live recording, has been demixed from mono to true stereo, highlighting the even more powerful performance. Disc 3 features the historic "Royal Variety Performance," featuring all tracks in stereo demix for the first time, including John's legendary comments. Studio session recordings from the albums "A Hard Day's Night," which served as the soundtrack for his first starring film, and "The Beatles for Sale," many of which were originally mono, are also included in stereo demix. Compared to the originals, these upgraded recordings are clearly new masters from new sound sources. This 30th anniversary edition features new masters for all tracks, including newly discovered and never-before-seen recordings. This newly edited and expanded edition includes 115 tracks, including numerous unreleased tracks, outtakes, demos, TV shows, and live performances. The Beatles / Anthology 1: Anniversary New Masters Edition CD1 includes the latest upgraded soundtracks, including a new remix of "Free as a Bird," stereo demixes of the original recordings, and new remixes. The Beatles / Anthology 1: Anniversary New Masters Edition CD1 includes: 1. Free as a Bird (new remaster) The Dakota, New York, USA & Hogg Hill Mill Studio, Icklesham, UK February/March 1994 2. Puttin' on the Style 3. Baby Let's Play House Live at St. Peter's Church Field, Woolton, Liverpool, UK 6 July 1957 4. "We were four guys...that's all" 5. That'll BE THE DAY 6. IN SPITE OF ALL THE DANGER Percy Phillips Studio, Kensington, Liverpool, UK 12 July 1958 (stereo) 7. "Sometimes I'd borrow...those still exist" (interview) 8. HALLELUJAH, I LOVE HER SO 9. YOU'LL BE MINE 10. CAYENNE 11. WILD CAT 12. I'LL FOLLOW THE SUN Private Recordings, 20 Forthlin Road, Liverpool, UK May 1960 13. "First of all...It didn't do a thing here" (interview) 14. MY BONNIE 15. AIN'T SHE SWEET 16. CRY FOR A SHADOW Tony Sheridan Recording Sessions, Hamburg, Germany 22/23 June 1961 (stereo) 17. "Brian was a beautiful guy...he presented us well" (interview) 18. "I secured them...a beatle drink even then" (interview) 19. MONEY (THAT'S WHAT I WANT) 20. THE SHEIK OF ARABY 21. MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE 22. THREE COOL CATS 23. SURE TO FALL (IN LOVE WITH YOU) 24. SEPTEMBER IN THE RAIN 25. TAKE GOOD CARE OF MY BABY 26. TILL THERE WAS YOU 27. CRYING, WAITING, HOPING 28. TO KNOW HER IS TO LOVE HER 29. BESAME MUCHO 30. SEARCHIN' 31. LIKE DREAMERS DO 32. HELLO LITTLE GIRL 33. LOVE OF THE LOVED Decca Audition at West Hampstead Studios, London, UK 1 January 1962 (stereo) 34. "Well, the recording test...by my artists" 35. BESAME MUCHO 36. LOVE ME DO Abbey Road Studio, London, UK 6 June 1962 (stereo) 37. SOME OTHER GUY 38. KANSAS CITY / HEY-HEY-HEY-HEY Live at Cavern Club, Liverpool, UK 5 September 1962 (stereo) 39. I SAW HER STANDING THERE 40. CATSWALK Cavern Club Rehearsals, Liverpool, UK October 1962 (stereo) CD2 1. HOW DO YOU DO IT Abbey Road Studio, London, UK 4 September 1962 (stereo) 2. PLEASE PLEASE ME Abbey Road Studio, London, UK 11 September 1962 (stereo) 3. RED HOT 4. WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL MY LIFE Live at The Star Club, Hamburg, Germany 18-31 December 1962 (stereo) 5. I SAW HER STANDING THERE (take 1) 6. THERE'S A PLACE (take 8) 7. DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET (take 6) 8. A TASTE OF HONEY (take 7) 9. MISERY (take 6) Abbey Road Studio, London, UK 11 February 1963 (stereo) 10. FROM ME TO YOU (takes 1/2) 11. THANK YOU GIRL (take 1) 12. ONE AFTER 909 (false starts) 13. ONE AFTER 909 (edit of takes 4/5) Abbey Road Studio, London, UK 5 March 1963 (stereo) 14.Ceremony Opening 15. FROM ME TO YOU 16. PLEASE PLEASE ME Silver Disc Award Ceremony EMI House, Manchester Square, London, UK 5 April 1963 17. BAD TO ME (demo) Demo Recordings May 1963 18. BABY IT'S YOU BBC Radio "Pop Go The Beatles" 11 June 1963 (stereo) 19. THAT'S ALL RIGHT, MAMA 20. LEND ME YOUR COMB BBC Radio "Pop Go The Beatles" 16 July 1963 (stereo) 21. DON'T BOTHER ME (take 10) 22. HOLD ME TIGHT (take 24) Abbey Road Studio,London, UK 12 September 1963 (stereo) 23. I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND (outtakes) 24. I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND (take 17) 25. THIS BOY (takes 12/13) Abbey Road Studio, London, UK 17 October 1963 (stereo) 26. I'M IN LOVE (demo) Demo Recordings October 1963 (stereo) 27. I'LL GET YOU Live on "Sunday Night at the London Palladium" London, UK 13 October 1963 28. "We were performers...in britain" 29. I SAW HER STANDING THERE 30. FROM ME TO YOU 31. MONEY (THAT'S WHAT I WANT) 32. ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN 33. YOU REALLY GOT A HOLD ON ME 34. SHE LOVES YOU 35. TWIST AND SHOUT Radio Broadcast Live at The Karlaplansstudion, Stockholm, Sweden 24 October 1963 (stereo) CD3 1. FROM ME TO YOU 2. SHE LOVES YOU 3. TILL THERE WAS YOU 4. TWIST AND SHOUT TV broadcast "Royal Variety Performance" Live at The Prince of Wales Theatre, London, UK 4 November 1963 (stereo) 5. THIS BOY 6. ALL MY LOVING 7. I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND 8. "Boys, what I was thinking..." 9. MOONLIGHT BAY "Two Of A Kind = Morecambe and Wise Show" ATV studios, London, UK 2 December 1963 (stereo) 10. CRIMBLE MEDLEY 11. TIE ME KANGAROO DOWN, SPORT BBC Radio "Top Gear" 21/26 December 1963 12. A WORLD WITHOUT LOVE (demo) 13. WHAT GOES ON (demo) 14. ONE AND ONE IS TWO (demo) Demo Recordings, Late 1963 15. CAN'T BUY ME LOVE (take 2) Pathe Marconi, Paris, France 29 January 1964 (stereo) 16. ALL MY LOVING TV broadcast "Ed Sullivan Show" New York, USA 9 February 1964 17. YOU CAN'T DO THAT (take 6) 18. AND I LOVE HER (takes 2/11) Abbey Road Studio, London, UK 25 February 1964 (stereo) 19. A HARD DAY'S NIGHT (take 1) Abbey Road Studio, London, UK 16 April 1964 (stereo) 20. I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER (sessions) 21. TELL ME WHY (sessions) Abbey Road Studio, London, UK 11 / 27 February 1964 (stereo) 22. I'LL BE BACK (take 2) 23. I'LL BE BACK (take 3) Abbey Road Studio, London, UK 1 June 1964 (stereo) 24. YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO (demo) Abbey Road Studio, London, UK 3 June 1964 (stereo) 25. I WANNA BE YOUR MAN 26. LONG TALL SALLY 27. BOYS 28. SHOUT (full version) TV broadcast "Around The Beatles" IBC Studio, London, UK 19 April 1964 (stereo) 29. IT'S FOR YOU (demo) Demo Recordings June 1964 30. NO REPLY (demo) Abbey Road Studio, London, UK 3 June 1964 (stereo) 31. I'M A LOSER (takes 1/2) Abbey Road Studio, London, UK 30 September 1964 (stereo) 32. MR.MOONLIGHT (takes 1/2/4) 33. LEAVE MY KITTEN ALONE (take 5) Abbey Road Studio, London, UK 14 August 1964 (stereo) 34. NO REPLY (Take 2) 35. WHAT YOU'RE DOING (sessions / take 11) Abbey Road Studio, London, UK 30 September 1964 (stereo) 36. EIGHT DAYS A WEEK (sessions) 37. EIGHT DAYS A WEEK (take 4) Abbey Road Studio, London, UK 14 August - 6 October 1964 (stereo) 38. SHE'S A WOMAN (take 2) Abbey Road Studio, London, UK 8 October 1964 (stereo) 39. I FEEL FINE (take 7/9) 40. KANSAS CITY / HEY HEY HEY HEY (take 2) Abbey Road Studio, London, UK 18 October 1964 (stereo)