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The Beatles - The Beatles Anthology Vol.3 (CD 1996)

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Track Listing
1. Beginning
2. Happiness Is A Warm Gun
3. Helter Skelter
4. Mean Mr Mustard
5. Polythene Pam
6. Glass Onion
7. Junk
8. Piggies
9. Honey Pie
10. Don't Pass Me By
11. Ob La Di Ob La Da
12. Goodnight
13. Cry Baby Cry
14. Blackbird
15. Sexy Sadie
16. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
17. Hey Jude
18. Not Guilty
19. Mother Nature's Son
20. Glass Onion
21. Rocky Raccoon
22. What's The New Mary Jane
23. Step Inside Love/Los Paranoias
24. I'm So Tired
25. I Will
26. Why Don't We Do It In The Road
27. Julia

1. I've Got A Feeling
2. She Came In Through The Bathroom Window
3. Dig A Pony
4. Two Of Us
5. For You Blue
6. Teddy Boy
7. Rip It Up/Shake Rattle And Roll/Blue Suede Shoes
8. Long And Winding Road
9. Oh Darling
10. All Things Must Pass
11. Mailman Bring Me No More Blues
12. Get Back
13. Old Brown Shoe
14. Octopus's Garden
15. Maxwell's Silver Hammer
16. Something
17. Come Together
18. Come And Get It
19. Ain't She Sweet
20. Because
21. Let It Be
22. I Me Mine
23. End

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Number of CDs:	2
Recording Type:	Studio
Distributor:	EMI
Recording Mode:	Mixed

Album Notes
THE BEATLES ANTHOLOGY: 3 consists of demos and outtakes from THE WHITE ALBUM, LET IT BE and ABBEY ROAD.The Beatles: John Lennon (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, piano, bass, percussion); Paul McCartney (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, piano, organ, bass, drums, percussion); George Harrison (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, percussion); Ringo Starr (vocals, drums, percussion).Producers: George Martin, The Beatles.Compilation producer: George Martin.Recorded between May 1968 and January 1970. Includes liner notes by Derek Taylor.If ANTHOLOGY: 2 was a study of how a Beatles songs came together, ANTHOLOGY: 3 is a study of how the Beatles themselves came apart. In the band's final phase, Paul McCartney was an unabashed pop balladeer, John Lennon a sneering pop humorist and experimenter, and Harrison a separate songwriting force waiting to be unleashed. But the demos, rehearsals and outtakes that make up ANTHOLOGY: 3 are brilliant anyway. Lennon's early run-through of "Happiness Is A Warm Gun" is literally bits and pieces--three melodic ideas crammed together, not yet including what would become the song's chorus. There are acoustic demos of two McCartney songs; the gorgeous "Junk," which eventually showed up on his first solo album, and "The Long And Winding Road"--the same performance that appeared on LET IT BE, but without the strings that were added against his will.The real discoveries are Harrison's solo demos, including electric-guitar-and-vocal performances of "Something" and "All Things Must Pass." They nearly ache with beauty, and Harrison sings them as if discovering his voice for the first time. The finished versions pale next to these demos, which are among the highlights of the entire ANTHOLOGY series.

Editorial Reviews
...This is warm, intimate music making, a rare close-up of the Beatles in private, creative ferment....The energy and imagination that the Beatles brought to the basics of rock & roll are all over ANTHOLOGY 3....this is history and music to be treasured...
Rolling Stone Magazine (12/12/1996)

4 Stars (out of 5) - ...Even with the completion of such a comprehensive bootlegger-thwarting series, there may still be those who are left unsated. For them, there are those rows of dusty counterfeit CD stalls at record fairs...
Q Magazine (12/01/1996)

...Once known as counterculture fops, the Beatles are now the rock establishment--the pre-alternative standard bearers of pop songwriting and production....ANTHOLOGY 3 is primarily a collection of songs in unvarnished states... - Rating: B
Entertainment Weekly (11/08/1996)

4 Stars (out of 5) - ...Even with the completion of such a comprehensive bootlegger-thwarting series, there may still be those who are left unsated. For them, there are those rows of dusty counterfeit CD stalls at record fairs...
Q (12/01/1996)

...This is warm, intimate music making, a rare close-up of the Beatles in private, creative ferment....The energy and imagination that the Beatles brought to the basics of rock & roll are all over ANTHOLOGY 3....this is history and music to be treasured...Q (12/96, p.150) - 4 Stars (out of 5) - ...Even with the completion of such a comprehensive bootlegger-thwarting series, there may still be those who are left unsated. For them, there are those rows of dusty counterfeit CD stalls at record fairs...Entertainment Weekly (11/8/96, pp.65-66) - ...Once known as counterculture fops, the Beatles are now the rock establishment--the pre-alternative standard bearers of pop songwriting and production....ANTHOLOGY 3 is primarily a collection of songs in unvarnished states... - Rating: B
Rolling Stone (12/12/1996)

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very good value and speedy transaction

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i have been looking for this cd to add to my beatles collection so am really pleaased with this purchase and ecellant ebayer++++++++

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Pop Perfection, but not for everyone

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Only for real fans, as does not contain "full commercial releases". - Incredible stuff though!!!!!!!!!
The Beatles are perhaps the greatest popular musicians of all time, and when you listen to this album you will understand why. Not their best album, but still plenty of incredible songs on here - that will never go out of date. Incredible Stuff. Guaranteed something for everyone.
Everything from the Sleeve to the music is Legendary - Plus in HMV/Virgin these beatles albums are always around 12-15 so grab yourself a bargain.

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