The Beatles / The Beatles Anthology 1
Artist The Beatles
Album Title: The Beatles Anthology 1
Album Cover:
Primary Genre Rock: Classic Rock
Format CD (2)
Released 11/21/1995
Label Apple Corps Ltd.
Catalog No CDP 7243 8 34445 2 6
Bar Code No 7 2438-34445-2 6
Packaging Jewelcase
Tracks
The Beatles Anthology 1 [disc 1]
1. Free As A Bird (4:24)
(John Lennon/Paul McCartney/George Harrison/Ringo Starr)
2. Speech: John Lennon (0:12)
3. That'll Be The Day (2:07)
(Buddy Holly/Jerry Allison/Norman Petty)
4. In Spite Of All The Danger (2:44)
(Paul McCartney)
5. Speech: Paul McCartney (0:17)
6. Hallelujah, I Love Her So (1:13)
(Ray Charles)
7. You'll Be Mine (1:38)
8. Cayenne (1:13)
(Paul McCartney)
9. Speech: Paul (0:07)
10. My Bonnie (2:42)
11. Ain't She Sweet (2:13)
(Jack Yellen/Milton Ager)
12. Cry For A Shadow (2:22)
(John Lennon)
13. Speech: John (0:10)
14. Speech: Brian Epstein (0:18)
15. Searchin' (2:59)
(Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller)
16. Three Cool Cats (2:25)
(Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller)
17. The Sheik Of Araby (1:43)
(Francis Wheeler/Harry B Smith/Ted Snyder)
18. Like Dreamers Do (2:35)
19. Hello Little Girl (1:40)
20. Speech: Brian Epstein (0:32)
21. Besame Mucho (2:37)
(Sunny Skylar/Consuelo Velazquez)
22. Love Me Do (2:31)
23. How Do You Do It (1:57)
(Mitch Murray)
24. Please Please Me (1:59)
25. One After 909 (False Starts) (2:23)
26. One After 909 (2:55)
27. Lend Me Your Comb (1:49)
(Ben Weisman/Fred Wise/Kay Twomey)
28. I'll Get You (2:08)
29. Speech: John (0:12)
30. I Saw Her Standing There (2:48)
31. From Me to You (2:05)
32. Money (That's What I Want) (2:52)
(Berry Gordy Jr./Janie Bradford)
33. You Really Got A Hold On Me (2:58)
(William "Smokey" Robinson)
34. Roll Over Beethoven (2:21)
(Chuck Berry)
The Beatles Anthology 1 [disc 2]
1. She Loves You (2:50)
(John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
2. Till There Was You (2:54)
(Meredith Wilson)
3. Twist And Shout (3:05)
(Bert Russell/Phil Medley)
4. This Boy (2:22)
(John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
5. I Want To Hold Your Hand (2:36)
(John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
6. Speech: Eric Morecambe And Ernie Wise (2:05)
(Eric Morecambe/Ernie Wise)
7. Moonlight Bay (0:49)
(Edward Madden/Percy Wenrich)
8. Can't Buy Me Love (2:10)
(John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
9. All My Loving (2:19)
(John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
10. You Can't Do That (2:42)
(John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
11. And I Love Her (1:52)
(John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
12. A Hard Day's Night (2:43)
(John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
13. I Wanna Be Your Man (1:47)
(John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
14. Long Tall Sally (1:45)
(Enotris Johnson/Richard Penniman/Robert Blackwe)
15. Boys (1:49)
(Luther Dixon/Wes Farrell)
16. Shout (1:31)
(Rudolph Isley/Ronald Isley/O'Kelly Isley)
17. I'll Be Back (Demo) (1:12)
(John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
18. I'll Be Back (Complete) (1:57)
(John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
19. You Know What To Do (1:58)
(George Harrison)
20. No Reply (Demo) (1:46)
(John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
21. Mr. Moonlight (2:47)
(Roy Lee Johnson)
22. Leave My Kitten Alone (2:56)
(Little Willie John/Titus Turner/James McDougal)
23. No Reply (2:29)
(John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
24. Eight Days A Week (False Starts) (1:25)
(John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
25. Eight Days A Week (2:47)
(John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
26. Kansas City / Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey! (2:44)
(Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller/Richard Penniman)
Date Acquired 12/31/1995
Personal Rating
Acquired from Best Buy
Purchase Price 15.00

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Notes

A 2 CD rarities collection.
Comes with a large color booklet.

1-1 Recorded in New York, circa 1977, and Sussex, England, February/March 1994
1-2 John Lennon speaking to Jann Wenner of Rolling Stone, 8 December 1970, New York City
1-3 & 1-4 Recorded At Philips Sound Recording Service, Liverpool, 1958
1-5 Paul McCartney speaking to Mark Lewisohn, 3 November 1994, London
1-6 to 1-8 Recorded in Liverpool, 1960
1-9 Paul McCartney speaking to Malcolm Threadgill, 27 October 1962, Hulme Hall, Port Sunlight, Cheshire
1-10 to 1-12 Recorded at Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg, 22 June 1961
1-13 John Lennon speaking to David Wigg, October 1971, New York City
1-14 Brian Epstein reading from his autobiography "A Cellarful Of Noise", recorded at EMI Studios, London, 13 October 1964
1-15 to 1-19 Recorded at Decca Studios, London, 1 January 1962
1-20 Brian Epstein reading from his autobiography "A Cellarful Of Noise", recorded at EMI Studios, London, 13 October 1964
1-21 & 1-22 Recorded at EMI Studios, London, 6 June 1962
1-23 Recorded at EMI Studios, London, 4 September 1962
1-24 Recorded at EMI Studios, London, 11 September 1962
1-25 & 1-26 Recorded at EMI Studios, London, 5 March 1963
1-27 Recorded at BBC Maida Vale Studios, London, 2 July 1963
1-28 Recorded at London Palladium, 13 October 1963
1-29 John Lennon speaking to Jann Wenner of Rolling Stone, 8 December 1970, New York City
1-30 to 1-34 Recorded at Karlaplansstudion, Stockholm, 24 October 1963
2-1 to 2-3 Recorded at Prince Of Wales Theatre, London, 4 November 1963
2-4 to 2-7 Recorded at ATV Studios, Borehamwood, 2 December 1963
2-8 Recorded at Pathé Marconi, Paris, 29 January 1964
2-9 Recorded at CBS Television Studio, New York, 9 February 1964
2-10 & 2-11 Recorded at EMI Studios, London, 25 February 1964
2-12 Recorded at EMI Studios, London, 16 April 1964
2-13 to 2-16 Recorded at IBC Studios, London, 19 April 1964
2-17 & 2-18 Recorded at EMI Studios, London, 1 June 1964
2-19 & 2-20 Recorded at EMI Studios, London, 3 June 1964
2-21 & 2-22 Recorded at EMI Studios, London, 14 August 1964
2-23 Recorded at EMI Studios, London, 30 September 1964
2-24 & 2-25 Recorded at EMI Studios, London, 6 October 1964
2-26 Recorded at EMI Studios, London, 18 October 1964

Publishing:
Track 1-1 by Lenono Music (Administered by Sony Songs Inc.)
Track 1-3 by MPL Communications, Inc. and Wren Music Company
Tracks 1-4, 1-7 & 1-8 by MPL Communications, Inc.
Tracks 1-6 & 1-10 by Unichappell Music Inc.
Track 1-11 by Warner Bros. inc./Edwin H. Morris & Company, A Division of MPL Communications, Inc.
Track 1-12 by Tonika Musikverlag Horst Bussow.  All Rights for the U.S.A., Canada and Mexico controlled and administered by Screen Gems-EMI Music, inc.
Tracks 1-15 & 1-16 by Jerry Leiber Music/Mike Stoller Music/Chappell & co. (ASCAP)
Track 1-17 by Mills Music, Inc. and Jerry Vogel Music.
Tracks 1-18, 1-19, 1-25, 1-26, 1-28, 2-4, 2-8 to 2-12, 2-17, 2-18, 2-20 & 2-23 to 2-25 by Northern Songs Ltd.  All rights controlled and administered by EMI Blackwood Music Inc., under license from ATV Music (BMI).
Track 1-21 by Promotora Hispano Americana de Musica, S.A.  Administered by Peer International Corporation.
Track 1-22 by MPL Communications Ltd. and Lenono Publishing.  All rights for MPL Communications Ltd. in the U.S.A. and Canada controlled and administered by Beechwood Music Corporation.
Tracks 1-23 & 1-24 by Songs of Polygram International, inc.
Track 1-27 by Unichappell Music/Chappell & Co.
Tracks 1-30, 1-31, 2-1 & 2-13 by Northern Songs Ltd., London, England.  All rights for the U.S.A., it's territories and possessions and Canada assigned and controlled by Gil Music, 1650 Broadway, New York, NY 10019.
Track 1-32 by Jobete Music Co. Inc., and Stone Agate Music Co. Inc.
Track 1-33 by Jobet Music Co. Inc.
Track 1-34 by Isalee Music Company
Track 2-2 by Frank Music Corp. and MeredithWilson Music.
Track 2-3 by Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc., Unichappell Music Inc., and Sloopy II Inc.  All rights for the U.S.A. controlled and administered by Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc, and Sloopy II Inc.
Track 2-5 by Northern Songs Ltd.  Controlled and administered in the United States and Canada by Music Corporation of America Inc.
Track 2-7 Public Domain - U.S. only
Track 2-14 by Venice Music Inc.  All rights controlled and administered by EMI Blackwood Music Inc., under license from ATV Music (BMI)
Track 2-15 by Longitude Music Co.
Track 2-16 by Longitude Music Co.  All rights administered by Longitude Music Co.
Track 2-19 by Dick James Music Ltd.
Track 2-21 by Lowery Music Co., Inc.
Track 2-22 by Trio Music Co., Inc./Fort Knox Music Inc./Medal Music (BMI)
Track 2-26 by "Kansas" Jerry Leiber Music/Mike Stoller Music/Nancy Nathan Goldstein (ASCAP).  "Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey" by Venice Music Inc.  All rights controlled and administered by EMI Blackwood Music Inc,, under license from ATV Music (BMI)

Manufactured by Capitol Records, Inc., 1750 Vine Street, Hollywood, California 90028.  Printed in U.S.A.
(p) 1995 The Copyright in this compilation is owned by Apple Corps Ltd / EMI Records Ltd.
© 1995 Apple Corps Ltd. under exclusive license to <a href="/label/EMI+Records+Ltd." target="_new">EMI Records Ltd.</a>
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DR12      -0.50 dB   -13.91 dB      2:44 26-Kansas City / Hey‐Hey‐Hey‐Hey!
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Reviews
All Music Guide Review:

Review by Richie Unterberger

The first in a series of three double-CD sets of previously unreleased and rare Beatles material, released in conjunction with the mammoth Anthology video documentary. This covers the late '50s to the end of 1964, mixing studio outtakes, live performances, primitive recordings from the Quarrymen/Silver Beatles days, excerpts from the famous 1962 Decca audition, the most notable 1961 Tony Sheridan-era recordings, and brief spoken bits from interviews. Although this material is undeniably of vast historical importance, it can't be placed in the same company as the Beatles' proper albums, in either cohesion or quality. While the studio outtakes (many never even heard on bootleg) are the most enticing items, these are almost exclusively alternate versions of songs they placed on their official releases (the most notable exceptions being the 1964 R&B cover "Leave My Kitten Alone," the 1962 demo "How Do You Do It," and the unimpressive 1964 Harrison original "You Know What to Do"). Sometimes the differences are quite interesting (a much more electric-oriented version of "And I Love Her," for example), but the alternates also illustrate how the group were virtually unerring in selecting the best arrangement and take of their songs for the final versions. The pre-1962 items are sometimes taken from private rehearsal tapes of primitive fidelity and are really of archival value only. One could go on at great length about the many curiosities and finds unearthed by this compilation, but for most general consumers, two observations may suffice. It does not stand up to the Beatles' fully conceived albums (even Live at the BBC), but the Beatles' scraps and leavings are more interesting than over 95 percent of other performers' best work. By that standard, this must be judged a worthwhile collection, especially (but not solely) for dedicated Beatles fans.
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