The Beatles Anthology was years in the making, dating back to shortly after the group broke up. UNIVERSAL MUSIC INDIA PVT. It Didn't Do a Thing Here13. 'Brian Was a Beautiful Guy. A Beatle Drink Even Then20. By My ArtistsOver 50 rare nuggets from the Fab Four's earliest (1958-1964) days, included the fabled Decca audition tape that the label, to it's eternal dismay, rejected, plus early Quarrymen recordings (That'll Be the Day), a version of Love Me Do with Pete Best on drums, a demo of Can't Buy Me Love, You Know What to Do (the second song George ever wrote) and many more essential, oft-bootlegged-but-never-sounding-so-good Beatles rarities.
George Martin also went into the vaults and came up with six CDs worth of unreleased material Anthology 1 comprises the first two discs.Anthology 1, released November 20th, 1995 to coincide with ABC’s airing of the Anthology, is of prime importance for dedicated Beatles fans. Paul, George and Ringo all were interviewed and reunited to play a few cover songs, but that footage was only included in the bonus material included with the DVD release. After John’s death, the project was shelved until 1992, when it was revived and had its title changed to The Beatles Anthology, allegedly to placate George. 1 Which makes me scream inside. Allegedly in 1980, John stated in a deposition against the producers of Beatlemania that he planned to reform the Beatles to perform for a finale for this film.
Apart from some bootlegs, I’d not experienced much of the Beatles’ outtakes. This is probably why although this disc was the biggest seller of the Anthology series, it’s also the one which ends up most frequently at used record stores.Before I start the review proper, though, I’d like to digress and say a bit about what this album meant to me. While this is to be expected from older recordings, it doesn’t translate to as enjoyable a listening experience. Also, the sound quality on most of these tracks is lower fidelity. In their early days, the group barely showed the promise of what they were to become, partly because they played with musicians who weren’t as talented as they and partly because they weren’t all that talented yet. However, musically, it’s not that great.
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Originally, Paul, George and Ringo were going to compose music for the soundtrack, something I still wish had happened. I remember listening to the album as I fed him, my heart full.Free As A Bird: The first of two “new Beatles” recordings. (It may have been picked out of a hat I can’t remember.) At midnight, I stood in line, bought my copy, ran home and instead of staying up all night to listen, forced myself to go to bed, getting perhaps 3 1/2 hours of sleep before my one-year-old son woke up and wanted his breakfast. We got free T-shirts with The Beatles Anthology in black on a white background 2 I have mine on now, the store gave us free pizza, and there was a trivia contest which, alas, I didn’t win. I remember going to a record store the night of November 19th, 1995, and standing around chatting with other fans while we waited for the album to go onsale at midnight.
I don’t consider this the Beatles 3 My spouse refers to them as Three Old Guys and a Dead Guy. Lynne cleaned up the original recording as much as possible, but John’s voice still sounds distant compared to the other three. With the assistance of Jeff Lynne (George Martin declined), the band overdubbed John’s half-finished piano demo with drums, bass, guitars, more piano and vocals.
The band was still called the Quarrymen, and consisted of John, Paul, and George on guitars, Colin Hanton on drums, and John “Duff” Lowe on piano. Here, John talks about the ordinariness of the band, leading into their first recording.That’ll Be The Day: This and the following track are the earliest known Beatle recordings, done at a local recording studio in spring or summer of 1958. I just wish George had played a straight lead guitar line instead of leaning into the slide guitar effects it makes the tune sound more like ELO and less like the Fab Four.Speech: John Lennon: As producer of this compilation, Martin elected to distract from the crude sound quality of most of the early material by including snippets of the Beatles discussing their history. The composing credit is given to the Beatles.
Again, nice harmonies, but nothing world-breaking yet.Speech: Paul McCartney: He talks about the reel to reel tapes the band made in the spring or summer of 1960, from which the next three songs come. It’s kind of a doo-wop number. Strangely enough, this was sung by John. Just another bunch of teens trying to sing like their idols.In Spite Of All The Danger: The only tune credited to McCartney/Harrison, mainly because they felt George should get composing credit for his guitar solo.
It’s a Spanish-type tune which is probably the best of the songs so far. This is actually pretty good. But it showcases their early humor nicely.Cayenne: A McCartney instrumental with Stu on bass. Just goofing around, really not a lost gem. Paul sings lead, and you can tell they’ve gotten better at their guitar playing.You’ll Be Mine: A bizarre Lennon/McCartney tune with Paul singing lead and John providing a spoken interlude about a girl’s “National Health eyeball”. Slightly better sound quality than the previous songs, but not much.
The next three songs come from those sessions. By this time Stu had left, Paul had just taken up the bass guitar, and Pete Best had been their drummer for about a year. These were done around June 22nd, 1961.
Paul plays a mean bass line considering that he’d only began playing bass a couple of months before. Again, Pete’s limited drumming abilities really hurt. For that, it’s not bad.Ain’t She Sweet: John sings lead on this old number, using the Gene Vincent cover as his guide. This was recorded in a school auditorium on a stage, by the way. Showcases the limitations of Best’s drumming quite nicely the producer, Bert Kaempfert, actually took away his bass drum as he was playing it so badly. Tony Sheridan sings lead and plays the guitar solo, but George plays the riffs throughout.
Paul sings with authority, and even Best’s drumming doesn’t distract from the powerful performance.Three Cool Cats: Another Coasters tune, with George singing lead. This is probably the best cover on the Decca audition tape I suspect it was recorded late in the session, once the band had begun to relax a bit. The following five tunes are taken from that tape, recorded January 1st, 1962.Searchin’: A cover of the Coasters tune. Brian talks about driving to London for their first label audition with Decca Records. For a tune which is just taking the piss out of the Shadows, it’s decent.Speech: John: He talks about their manager, Brian Epstein.Speech: Brian Epstein: Taken from recordings he had made for a proposed album of his autobiography ( A Cellarful Of Noise). The original title was Beatle Bop.
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This was the tune which inspired their first music publishing contract, which in turn secured them a record deal for a single with EMI, although no one knew it for that at the time.Hello Little Girl: Another Lennon/McCartney tune, sung by John. Some good guitar work helps. Paul sings with a weird tremor in his voice he may have been nervous. It’s weird, but fun, and hardly a number to impress record executives.Like Dreamers Do: One of three Lennon/McCartney originals. Again, George sang lead (he always had a fondness for Joe Brown), with John and Paul chiming in with “Not arf!” at strategic intervals. Their harmonies are also quite nice.The Sheik of Araby: An old movie musical number, inspired by Joe Brown’s cover.
It’s a fun rendition which they would return to while making Let It Be.Love Me Do: Their first recording of the tune and the only recording with Pete Best drumming. The band added the “Cha-cha-boom!”s themselves. The next two tracks are from that session on June 6, 1962.Besame Mucho: A cover of the Coasters’ cover. Again, nice guitar riffs, but lousy drumming.Speech: Brian Epstein: He talks about the failure of Decca to sign (for which we should all thank our lucky stars), and the band securing an audition (as they thought at the time) with EMI and George Martin.
Not a very good rendition, overall, but the Powers That Be had declared that the Beatles be signed…so they were. You can hear the nervousness in his vocal. This is also the first time that Paul sang the “Love me do” line previously John had taken it, but since he needed to play harmonica, Martin ordered Paul to sing it.
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