Review by Richie Unterberger The final installment of the Anthology series has two discs of previously unreleased material from the White Album era through the group's demise in early 1970. In terms of sheer listenability, this may be the strongest volume of the three, if only because it focuses almost solely upon studio recordings rather than mixing live concerts/broadcasts and outtakes. Also, by this time the Beatles had perfected their approach to recording, meaning that even the early/alternate versions of many of their cuts were often of outstanding quality. There's some prime stuff here: "unplugged" White Album demos from mid-1968, radically different versions of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" and "Helter Skelter," a stringless "The Long and Winding Road," three beautifully sung and played Harrison solo demos from early 1969, and several songs the Beatles never released, like "All Things Must Pass," "Not Guilty," "Teddy Boy," "Come and Get It," and "Junk." Not everything here is so great that the casual consumer will be fascinated, of course. As on previous Anthology sets, some of these alternates are only very slightly different from the official versions; the oldies covers from the Let It Be era are off-the-cuff jams that aren't up to the group's usual level of brilliance. It's still a fascinating collection, both for the insight it affords you into the group's creative process at the end of their career, and for the considerable excellence of the music itself.
cd1 1 A Beginning Martin :50 2 Happiness Is a Warm Gun Lennon, McCartney 2:14 3 Helter Skelter Lennon, McCartney 4:37 4 Mean Mr. Mustard [take] Lennon, McCartney 1:57 5 Polythene Pam Lennon, McCartney 1:26 6 Glass Onion [version] Lennon, McCartney 1:51 7 Junk [take] McCartney 2:24 8 Piggies Harrison 2:01 9 Honey Pie Lennon, McCartney 1:19 10 Don't Pass Me By Starr 2:42 11 Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da Lennon, McCartney 2:56 12 Good Night [version] Lennon, McCartney 2:37 13 Cry Baby Cry [version] Lennon, McCartney 2:46 14 Blackbird Lennon, McCartney 2:18 15 Sexy Sadie Lennon, McCartney 4:06 16 While My Guitar Gently Weeps Harrison 3:27 17 Hey Jude Lennon, McCartney 4:21 18 Not Guilty Harrison 3:22 19 Mother Nature's Son [take] Lennon, McCartney 3:17 20 Glass Onion [version] Lennon, McCartney 2:08 21 Rocky Raccoon [take] Lennon, McCartney 4:12 22 What's the New Mary Jane? Lennon, McCartney 6:12 23 Step Inside Love Lennon, McCartney 2:30 24 I'm So Tired Lennon, McCartney 2:14 25 I Will Lennon, McCartney 1:55 26 Why Don't We Do It in the Road? [version] Lennon, McCartney 2:15 27 Julia [take] Lennon, McCartney 1:57
cd2 28 I've Got a Feeling [version] Lennon, McCartney 2:49 29 She Came in Through the Bathroom Window Lennon, McCartney 3:36 30 Dig a Pony [version] Lennon, McCartney 4:18 31 Two of Us [take] Lennon, McCartney 3:27 32 For You Blue Harrison 2:22 33 Teddy Boy McCartney 3:18 34 Medley: Rip It up/Shake, Rattle and Roll/Blue Suede Shoes Blackwell, Calhoun ... 3:10 35 The Long and Winding Road Lennon, McCartney 3:40 36 Oh! Darling [take] Lennon, McCartney 4:08 37 All Things Must Pass Harrison 3:05 38 Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues Clayton, Thiele 1:55 39 Get Back Lennon, McCartney 3:08 40 Old Brown Shoe Harrison 3:02 41 Octopus's Garden Starr 2:49 42 Maxwell's Silver Hammer [take] Lennon, McCartney 3:49 43 Something Harrison 3:18 44 Come Together [version] Lennon, McCartney 3:40 45 Come and Get It McCartney 2:29 46 Ain't She Sweet Ager, Yellen 2:08 47 Because [version] Lennon, McCartney 2:23 48 Let It Be Lennon, McCartney 4:05 49 I Me Mine Harrison 1:47 50 The End Lennon, McCartney 2:50
yury_usa
@ 29-10-2005, 23:01
OlCh спасибо за "proper" anthology :) обложки внутри? и еще, ответь плиз в этой теме: Topic Link: Yes - Collection
Just one full source for CD1 and none for CD2 and scans... :(
Could someone reshare it, please? :help:
OlCh
@ 12-09-2006, 08:22
Милорд, Ваша Честь, Ваше Превосходительсво! :hi: да мы..., да конечно ж, даык выполним... - грудью ляжем, а Битлов спасём от вымирания в сети :punk: а на миру и смерть красна, потому - все в кучу :rolleyes: