Anthology 3

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Anthology 3
Anthology 3 cover
Compilation album by The Beatles
Released 1996-10-28 (UK)
1996-10-29 (U.S.)
Recorded May 1968 - 1970-01-03
Genre Rock
Length 145:33
Label Apple, Capitol, EMI
Producer(s) George Martin
Professional reviews
The Beatles chronology
Anthology 2
(1996)
Anthology 3
(1996)
Yellow Submarine Songtrack
(1999)


The Beatles' Anthology 3 was released in October 1996, and includes rarities and alternative tracks from the final two years of their career as a band ranging from the initial sessions for the The Beatles (The White Album) through to the last sessions for Let It Be and Abbey Road in later 1969. On the cover, an updated picture of Klaus Voorman can be seen in George's hair in the Revolver cover section.

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Disc one (CD 1)

  1. "A Beginning" (Martin)
  2. "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" (Kinfauns Home Demo) [Mono]
  3. "Helter Skelter" (Edited Take 2) [Mono]
  4. "Mean Mr. Mustard" (Kinfauns Home Demo)
  5. "Polythene Pam" (Kinfauns Home Demo)
  6. "Glass Onion" (Kinfauns Home Demo)
  7. "Junk" (Kinfauns Home Demo) (McCartney)
  8. "Piggies" (Kinfauns Home Demo) [Mono] (Harrison)
  9. "Honey Pie" (Kinfauns Home Demo)
  10. "Don't Pass Me By" (Takes 3 & 5) (Starr)
  11. "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"
  12. "Good Night" (Rehearsal & Take 34)
  13. "Cry Baby Cry" (Take 1)
  14. "Blackbird" (Take 4)
  15. "Sexy Sadie" (Take 6)
  16. "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (Demo) (Harrison)
  17. "Hey Jude"
  18. "Not Guilty" (Take 102) (Harrison)
  19. "Mother Nature's Son" (Take 2)
  20. "Glass Onion" [Mono]
  21. "Rocky Raccoon" (Take 8)
  22. "What's The New Mary Jane" (Take 4)
  23. "Step Inside Love" / "Los Paranoias" (Lennon-McCartney-Harrison-Starr)
  24. "I'm So Tired" (Takes 3, 6 & 9)
  25. "I Will" (Take 1)
  26. "Why Don't We Do It in the Road?" (Take 4)
  27. "Julia" (Take 2)

[edit] Disc two (CD 2)

  1. "I've Got a Feeling" (Savile Row)
  2. "She Came in Through the Bathroom Window" (Rehearsal) (Savile Row)
  3. "Dig a Pony" (Savile Row)
  4. "Two of Us" (Savile Row)
  5. "For You Blue" (Savile Row) (Harrison)
  6. "Teddy Boy" (Savile Row) (McCartney)
  7. Medley: "Rip It Up" (Blackwell-Marascalco) / "Shake, Rattle and Roll" (Calhoun) / "Blue Suede Shoes" (Perkins) (Savile Row)
  8. "The Long and Winding Road" (Savile Row)
  9. "Oh! Darling" (Savile Row)
  10. "All Things Must Pass" (Demo) (Harrison)
  11. "Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues" (Savile Row) (Roberts-Katz-Clayton)
  12. "Get Back" (Live at the "Rooftop Concert")
  13. "Old Brown Shoe" (Demo) (Harrison)
  14. "Octopus's Garden" (Takes 2 & 8) (Starr)
  15. "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" (Take 5)
  16. "Something" (Demo) [Mono] (Harrison)
  17. "Come Together" (Take 1)
  18. "Come and Get It" (Demo) (McCartney)
  19. "Ain't She Sweet" (Jam) (Ager-Yellen)
  20. "Because"
  21. "Let It Be" (Savile Row)
  22. "I Me Mine" (Take 16) (Harrison)
  23. "The End" (Remix)

The Savile Row recording sessions took place in a basement studio in the Beatles' office building at 3 Savile Row between January 22 and January 29, 1969. Going back to the their roots, all the songs recorded at Savile row were live-in-the-studio and were videoed as part of the "Get Back" sessions. Billy Preston can be heard on some tracks, including "I've Got a Feeling".