The Beatles - Anthology 4 (2CD)

Anthology 4 - Double CD. The new volume from The Beatles Anthology Collection. Anthology 4, is newly curated by Giles Martin, including 13 previously unreleased demos, plus fascinating session and other rare recordings dating from 1963 to 1969. It also includes the band’s final single, ‘Now And Then’, released in 2023, and new mixes of The Beatles’ Anthology-associated hit singles: the GRAMMY-winning ‘Free As A Bird’ and ‘Real Love’, given new life by their original producer, Jeff Lynne, using de-mixed John Lennon vocals.

The track notes are written by Kevin Howlett with an introduction compiled from 1996 interviews recorded with The Beatles’ close friend and adviser Derek Taylor. Furthermore, Anthology 4 presents 17 tracks that were previously unavailable on CD.

The double CD is housed in a gatefold digisleeve, with a 48 page booklet.

CD Disc One:

1. I Saw Her Standing There (Take 2)

2. Money (That’s What I Want) (RM7 undubbed)

3. This Boy (Takes 12 and 13)

4. Tell Me Why (Takes 4 and 5)

5. If I Fell (Take 11)

6. Matchbox (Take 1)

7. Every Little Thing (Takes 6 and 7)

8. I Need You (Take 1)

9. I’ve Just Seen A Face (Take 3)

10. In My Life (Take 1)

11. Nowhere Man (First version – Take 2)

12. Got To Get You Into My Life (Second version – unnumbered mix)

13. Love You To (Take 7)

14. Strawberry Fields Forever (Take 26)

15. She’s Leaving Home (Take 1 – instrumental)

16. Baby, You’re A Rich Man (Takes 11 and 12)

17. All You Need Is Love (Rehearsal for BBC broadcast)

18. The Fool On The Hill (Take 5 – Instrumental)

19. I Am The Walrus (Take 19 – strings, brass, clarinet overdub)

CD Disc Two:

1. Hey Bulldog (Take 4 – instrumental)

2. Good Night (Take 10 with a guitar part from Take 5)

3. While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Third Version – Take 27)

4. (You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care (Studio jam)

5. Helter Skelter (Second version – Take 17)

6. I Will (Take 29)

7. Can You Take Me Back? (Take 1)

8. Julia (Two rehearsals)

9. Get Back (Take 8) 

10. Octopus's Garden (Rehearsal)

11. Don't Let Me Down (First rooftop performance)

12. You Never Give Me Your Money (Take 36)

13. Here Comes The Sun (Take 9)

14. Something (Take 39 – instrumental – strings only)

15. Free As A Bird (2025 mix)

16. Real Love (2025 mix)

17. Now And Then