The Beatles – Antholgy 1 1995
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DISC 1
2. WE WERE FOUR GUYS…THAT’S ALL
5. SOMETIMES I’D BORROW…THOSE STILL EXIST
8. CAYENNE
9. FIRST OF ALL…IT DIDN’T DO A THING HERE
10. MY BONNIE
11. AIN’T SHE SWEET
12. CRY FOR A SHADOW
13. BRIAN WAS A BEAUTIFUL GUY…HE PRESENTED WELL
14. I SECURED THEM…A BEATLE DRINK EVEN THEN
15. SEARCHIN’
16. THREE COOL CATS
18. LIKE DREAMERS DO
20. WELL, THE RECORDING TEST…BY MY ARTISTS
21. BESAME MUCHO
22. LOVE ME DO
24. PLEASE PLEASE ME
25. ONE AFTER 909 (false starts)
26. ONE AFTER 909
28. I’LL GET YOU
29. WE WERE PERFORMERS…IN BRITAIN
31. FROM ME TO YOU
32. MONEY (THAT’S WHAT I WANT)
33. YOU REALLY GOT A HOLD ON ME
DISC 2
4. THIS BOY
11. AND I LOVE HER
14. LONG TALL SALLY
15. BOYS
16. SHOUT
18. I’LL BE BACK
20. NO REPLY (demo)
21. MR. MOONLIGHT
23. NO REPLY
24. EIGHT DAYS A WEEK (false starts)
26. KANSAS CITY/HEY HEY HEY HEY
In 1995, something very strange happened. Something that no one ever thought would happen. Something, in fact, that no one thought was possible.
The Beatles got back together.
As strange as that sounds, in the world of 1995 where technology had taken over substance in music, it was completely possible. We had already had a chart topping song that brought Natalie Cole together with her long-dead father, Nat. Why not bring John Lennon back from the dead to do some more Beatles’ songs?
Well, it wasn’t quite as opportunistic and cynical as all that, but I think that’s how a lot of people see the new song on this collection and it’s companion on the later Anthology 2, “Real Love.” Personally, I see it as a way to hear what at least three of the boys would sound like together 25 years after their breakup with a rather ghostly assist from John.
Other than that, the Anthology series was a compilation of stuff that had been vaulted for up to 40 years. The first one, of course was from the early years, and that’s where we shall begin.
DISC 1
2. WE WERE FOUR GUYS…THAT’S ALL (speech)
3. THAT’LL BE THE DAY (Allison/Holly/Petty)
4. IN SPITE OF ALL THE DANGER (Harrison/McCartney)
5. SOMETIMES I’D BORROW…THOSE STILL EXIST (speech)
6. HALLELUJAH, I LOVE HER SO (Charles)
9. FIRST OF ALL…IT DIDN’T DO A THING HERE (speech)
11. AIN’T SHE SWEET (Ager/Yellen)
12. CRY FOR A SHADOW (Harrison/Lennon)
13. BRIAN WAS A BEAUTIFUL GUY…HE PRESENTED WELL (speech)
14. I SECURED THEM…A BEATLE DRINK EVEN THEN (speech)
15. SEARCHIN’ (Leiber/Stoller)
16. THREE COOL CATS (Leiber/Stoller)
17. THE SHEIK OF ARABY (Smith/Snyder/Wheeler)
20. WELL, THE RECORDING TEST…BY MY ARTISTS (speech)
21. BESAME MUCHO (Skylar/Valazquez)\
23. HOW DO YOU DO IT? (Murray)
25. ONE AFTER 909 (false starts)
27. LEND ME YOUR COMB (Twomey/Weisman/Wise)
29. WE WERE PERFORMERS…IN BRITAIN (speech)
32. MONEY (THAT’S WHAT I WANT) (Bradford/Gordy)
33. YOU REALLY GOT A HOLD ON ME (Robinson)
34. ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN (Berry)
DISC 2
2. TILL THERE WAS YOU (Willson)
3. TWIST AND SHOUT (Medley/Russell)
6. BOYS, WHAT I WAS THINKING (speech)
7. MOONLIGHT BAY (Madden/Wenrich)
14. LONG TALL SALLY (Blackwell/Johnson/Penniman)
19. YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO (Harrison)
22. LEAVE MY KITTEN ALONE (John/McDougal/Turner)
