Anthology 1
Anthology 1 | ||||
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Merseybeat | ||||
Length | 124:54 | |||
Label | Apple (CDP 7243 8 34445 2), Capitol | |||
Producer | George Martin, Jeff Lynne ("Free as a Bird") | |||
The Beatles chronology | ||||
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Singles from Anthology 1 | ||||
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Anthology 1 is a
The album topped the
The Anthology albums were remastered and made available digitally on the iTunes Store on 14 June 2011, individually and as part of the Anthology Box Set.
Content
The album includes material from the Beatles' days as
Disc One, tracks 10–12, were recorded at a session in Hamburg where the Beatles served as the back-up band to the English
Disc Two contains performances from comedy duo
The flash-point for the album came with the song "Free as a Bird" – the three remaining Beatles Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr re-working a John Lennon demo recording given to McCartney by Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono. Produced by Harrison's Traveling Wilburys bandmate Jeff Lynne, the three added additional music and lyrics, instrumentation and backing vocals, with McCartney and Harrison both taking a turn at a lead vocal. Released a week after the compilation, the CD single featured three exclusive B-sides.
The live BBC Radio recording of "Lend Me Your Comb" was held back from Live at the BBC for inclusion on this album, but it was later also included on On Air – Live at the BBC Volume 2.
Album cover
The cover of Anthology 1 is the first third of the Anthology collage made by Klaus Voormann and Alfons Kiefer. Various photographs and album covers are torn and collected together. Pete Best's face was torn away from the Savage Young Beatles record jacket in the centre of the album cover, revealing the face of his successor, Ringo Starr, below. The bottom leftmost photograph on the Anthology 1 cover does feature an unobscured Best.[1]
The missing portion of the photo was subsequently used on the cover of Best's 2008 album Haymans Green, an act described by one fan as "Pete Best's revenge".[2]
Reception
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
MusicHound | 2/5[5] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [6] |
Wall of Sound | 84/100[7] |
The album was a large success throughout the world. It was the first Beatles album to enter the
Track listing
Spoken word tracks in italic.
CD release
All tracks in stereo, except spoken word tracks and where noted.
All tracks are written by Lennon–McCartney, except spoken word tracks and where noted
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Recording date and location | Length |
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1. | "Free as a Bird" | John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr | c. 1977; February–March 1994 in The Dakota, New York City, New York, US; the Mill Studio, Sussex, UK[citation needed] | 4:25 |
2. | "We were four guys ... that's all" (Lennon speaking to Jann Wenner of Rolling Stone) | 8 December 1970 in New York City | 0:12 | |
3. | "That'll Be the Day" (by the Quarrymen; mono) | Jerry Allison, Buddy Holly, Norman Petty | 12 July 1958 in Phillips' Sound Recording Services, Liverpool, UK | 2:08 |
4. | "In Spite of All the Danger" (by the Quarrymen; mono) | McCartney, Harrison | 12 July 1958 in Phillips' Sound Recording Services | 2:45 |
5. | "Sometimes I'd borrow ... those still exist" (McCartney speaking to Mark Lewisohn) | 3 November 1994 in London, UK | 0:18 | |
6. | "Hallelujah, I Love Her So" (home demo; mono) | Ray Charles | 1960 in 20 Forthlin Road, Liverpool | 1:13 |
7. | "You'll Be Mine" (home demo; mono) | 1960 in 20 Forthlin Road | 1:39 | |
8. | "Cayenne" (home demo; instrumental; mono) | McCartney | 1960 in 20 Forthlin Road | 1:14 |
9. | "First of all ... it didn't do a thing here" (McCartney speaking to Malcom Threadgill) | 27 October 1962 in Hulme Hall, Port Sunlight, UK | 0:07 | |
10. | "My Bonnie" (by Tony Sheridan and the Beat Brothers) | trad. arr. Tony Sheridan | 22 June 1961 in Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg, Germany | 2:42 |
11. | "Ain't She Sweet" (by the Beat Brothers) | Milton Ager, Jack Yellen | 22 June 1961 in Friedrich-Ebert-Halle | 2:13 |
12. | "Cry for a Shadow" (by the Beat Brothers; instrumental) | Lennon, Harrison | 22 June 1961 in Friedrich-Ebert-Halle | 2:22 |
13. | "Brian was a beautiful guy ... he presented us well" (Lennon speaking to David Wigg for BBC Radio 1's Scene and Heard) | October 1971 in New York City | 0:10 | |
14. | "I secured them ... a Beatle drink even then" (Brian Epstein reading from A Cellarful of Noise) | Brian Epstein | 13 October 1964 in EMI Studios, London | 0:18 |
15. | "Searchin'" (Decca audition; mono) | Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller | 1 January 1962 in Decca Studios, London | 3:00 |
16. | "Three Cool Cats" (Decca audition; mono) | Leiber, Stoller | 1 January 1962 in Decca Studios | 2:25 |
17. | "The Sheik of Araby" (Decca audition; mono) | Harry B. Smith, Francis Wheeler, Ted Snyder | 1 January 1962 in Decca Studios | 1:43 |
18. | "Like Dreamers Do" (Decca audition; mono) | 1 January 1962 in Decca Studios | 2:36 | |
19. | "Hello Little Girl" (Decca audition; mono) | 1 January 1962 in Decca Studios | 1:40 | |
20. | "Well, the recording test ... by my artists" (Epstein reading from A Cellarful of Noise) | Epstein | 13 October 1964 in EMI Studios | 0:32 |
21. | "Besame Mucho" (mono) | Consuelo Velázquez, Sunny Skylar | 6 June 1962 in EMI Studios | 2:37 |
22. | "Love Me Do" (mono) | 6 June 1962 in EMI Studios | 2:32 | |
23. | "How Do You Do It" (mono) | Mitch Murray | 4 September 1962 in EMI Studios | 1:57 |
24. | "Please Please Me" (mono) | 11 September 1962 in EMI Studios | 1:59 | |
25. | "One After 909 (sequence)" (Takes 3, 4 & 5; mono) | 5 March 1963 in EMI Studios | 2:23 | |
26. | "One After 909 (complete)" (Takes 4 & 5; mono) | 5 March 1963 in EMI Studios | 2:56 | |
27. | "Lend Me Your Comb" (live at the BBC for Pop Go the Beatles; mono) | Kay Twomey, Fred Wise, Ben Weisman | 2 July 1963 in Maida Vale Studios, London | 1:50 |
28. | "I'll Get You" (live on Sunday Night at the London Palladium; mono) | 13 October 1963 in The London Palladium, London | 2:08 | |
29. | "We were performers ... in Britain" (Lennon speaking to Wenner) | 8 December 1970 in New York City | 0:12 | |
30. | "I Saw Her Standing There" (live for The Beatles, Pop Group from Liverpool Visiting Stockholm; mono) | 24 October 1963 in The Karlaplansstudion, Stockholm, Sweden | 2:49 | |
31. | "From Me to You" (live for The Beatles, Pop Group from Liverpool Visiting Stockholm; mono) | 24 October 1963 in The Karlaplansstudion | 2:05 | |
32. | "Money (That's What I Want)" (live for The Beatles, Pop Group from Liverpool Visiting Stockholm; mono) | Janie Bradford, Berry Gordy | 24 October 1963 in The Karlaplansstudion | 2:52 |
33. | "You Really Got a Hold on Me" (live for The Beatles, Pop Group from Liverpool Visiting Stockholm; mono) | Smokey Robinson | 24 October 1963 in The Karlaplansstudion | 2:58 |
34. | "Roll Over Beethoven" (live for The Beatles, Pop Group from Liverpool Visiting Stockholm; mono) | Chuck Berry | 24 October 1963 in The Karlaplansstudion | 2:22 |
Total length: | 65:22 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Recording date and location | Length |
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1. | " O'Kelly Isley Jr | 19 April 1964 in IBC Studios | 1:31 | |
17. | "I'll Be Back (Take 2)" | 1 June 1964 in EMI Studios | 1:13 | |
18. | "I'll Be Back (Take 3)" | 1 June 1964 in EMI Studios | 1:58 | |
19. | "You Know What to Do" (demo) | Harrison | 3 June 1964 in EMI Studios | 1:59 |
20. | "No Reply (demo)" | 3 June 1964 in EMI Studios | 1:46 | |
21. | "Mr. Moonlight" (Takes 1 & 4) | Roy Lee Johnson | 14 August 1964 in EMI Studios | 2:47 |
22. | "Leave My Kitten Alone" (Take 5) | Little Willie John, Titus Turner, James McDougal | 14 August 1964 in EMI Studios | 2:57 |
23. | "No Reply" (Take 2) | 30 September 1964 in EMI Studios | 2:29 | |
24. | "Eight Days a Week (sequence)" (Takes 1, 2 & 4) | 6 October 1964 in EMI Studios | 1:25 | |
25. | "Eight Days a Week (complete)" (Take 5) | 6 October 1964 in EMI Studios | 2:48 | |
26. | "Kansas City / Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!" (Take 2) | Leiber, Stoller / Penniman | 18 October 1964 in EMI Studios | 2:44 |
Total length: | 57:31 |
Vinyl release
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Cassette release
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Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications and sales
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Argentina | — | 30,000[33] |
Australia (ARIA)[34] | 2× Platinum | 140,000^ |
Austria (IFPI Austria)[35] | Gold | 25,000* |
Belgium (BEA)[36] | Platinum | 50,000* |
Brazil | — | 122,000[37] |
Canada (Music Canada)[38] | 9× Platinum | 900,000^ |
Germany (BVMI)[39] | Gold | 250,000^ |
Japan (RIAJ)[41] | 2× Platinum | 607,000[40] |
Netherlands (NVPI)[42] | Gold | 50,000^ |
Norway (IFPI Norway)[43] | Gold | 25,000* |
Poland (ZPAV)[44] | Gold | 50,000* |
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[45] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
Sweden (GLF)[46] | Gold | 50,000^ |
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[47] | Platinum | 50,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[48] | 2× Platinum | 600,000^ |
United States (RIAA)[49] | 8× Platinum | 4,000,000^ |
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Europe (IFPI)[50] | 2× Platinum | 2,000,000* |
Worldwide | — | 10,000,000[33] |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
Personnel
- The Beatles
- John Lennon – vocals, rhythm guitar, harmonica, piano on "Free as a Bird"[51]
- Paul McCartney – vocals, bass guitar, rhythm guitar, synthesizer and piano on "Free as a Bird"[52]
- George Harrison – lead guitar, ukelele and slide guitar on "Free as a Bird",[53] vocals on "Roll Over Beethoven" and "You Know What to Do"
- Ringo Starr – drums, percussion, vocals on "I Wanna Be Your Man" and "Boys"
- Pete Best – drums on "My Bonnie", "Ain't She Sweet", "Cry for a Shadow", "Searchin'", "Three Cool Cats", "The Sheik of Araby", "Like Dreamers Do", "Hello Little Girl", "Bésame Mucho", "Love Me Do"
- Stuart Sutcliffe – bass guitar on "Hallelujah, I Love Her So", "You'll Be Mine", "Cayenne"
- Additional musicians
- Colin Hanton – drums on "That'll Be the Day", "In Spite of All the Danger"
- John Lowe– piano on "That'll Be the Day", "In Spite of All the Danger"
- Tony Sheridan – lead vocal and lead guitar (guitar solo) on "My Bonnie"
- Andy White – drums on "Please Please Me"
- Jeff Lynne – backing vocals and electric guitar on "Free as a Bird"[54]
See also
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Translation: The phonographic reincarnations with unpublished material (...) Made John Lennon sing again with the Beatles (...). The CD with speeches and conversations from the recordings (...) sold more than 122,000 CDs in Brazil.
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