Anthology 3

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Anthology 3
Anthology 3 cover
Compilation album by The Beatles
Released 28 October 1996 (UK)
29 October 1996 (U.S.)
Recorded May 1968–3 January 1970
Genre Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Length 145:33
Label Apple, Capitol, EMI
Producer 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.

A third John Lennon solo demo entitled "Now and Then", patched up by the three surviving Beatles, was supposed to be released on the album, but was decided against because a buzzing noise could not be removed from the recording.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, except where noted.

[edit] Disc One

  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) (Lennon & McCartney)
  5. "Polythene Pam" (Kinfauns Home Demo) (Lennon & McCartney)
  6. "Glass Onion" (Kinfauns Home Demo) (Lennon & McCartney)
  7. "Junk" (Kinfauns Home Demo) (McCartney)
  8. "Piggies" (Kinfauns Home Demo) [Mono] (Harrison)
  9. "Honey Pie" (Kinfauns Home Demo) (Lennon & McCartney)
  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) (George Harrison)
  17. "Hey Jude"
  18. "Not Guilty" (Take 102) (George 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

  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)(George Harrison)
  6. "Teddy Boy" (Savile Row) (Paul 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) (George 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) (George Harrison)
  14. "Octopus's Garden" (Takes 2 & 8) (Ringo Starr)
  15. "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" (Take 5)
  16. "Something" (Demo) [Mono] (George Harrison)
  17. "Come Together" (Take 1)
  18. "Come and Get It" (Demo) (Paul McCartney)
  19. "Ain't She Sweet" (Jam) (Ager-Yellen)
  20. "Because" (A cappella version)
  21. "Let It Be" (Savile Row)
  22. "I Me Mine" (Take 16) (George 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 filmed as part of the "Get Back" sessions. Billy Preston can be heard on some tracks, including "I've Got a Feeling".

[edit] Chart positions

Year Chart Position
1996 The Billboard 200 1
Preceded by
Best of Volume I by Van Halen		 Billboard 200 number-one album
November 16 - November 22, 1996		 Succeeded by
The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory by Makaveli
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The Beatles' compilations
Bert Kaempfert recordings
(Polydor/Bear Family)
My Bonnie (Tony Sheridan and the Beat Brothers, Germany, 1962) • The Beatles' First (Germany, 1964 / UK, 1967) • In the Beginning (Circa 1960) (1970) • The Early Tapes of The Beatles (1984) • Beatles Bop - Hamburg Days (2001)
1962–1970 (Parlophone/
Apple/Capitol)
Hits: A Collection of Beatles Oldies (1966) • 1962–1966 (1973) • 1967–1970 (1973) • 20 Greatest Hits (1982) • 1 (2000)

Themes: Rock 'n' Roll Music (1976) • Love Songs (1977) • The Beatles' Ballads (1980) • Reel Music (1982)
Non-album tracks: Hey Jude (US, 1970 / UK, 1979) • Rarities (UK, 1978) • Rarities (US, 1980) • Past Masters, Volume One (1988) • Past Masters, Volume Two (1988)
Alternate versions: Yellow Submarine Songtrack (1999) • Let It Be… Naked (2003)
Other: The Beatles' Christmas Album (US) / From Then to You (UK) (1970) • Love (2006)

Unreleased: Sessions (due date 1985)
Live albums (Parlophone/
Capitol/Lingasong)
Anthology (Parlophone/
Apple/Capitol)
Anthology 1 (1995) • Anthology 2 (1996) • Anthology 3 (1996)
Box sets (Parlophone/
Apple/Capitol)
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