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Anthology 1
by The Beatles
from Capitol

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• CD 1, Track 1 Free As A Bird
• CD 1, Track 2 'We Were Four Guys...That's All'
• CD 1, Track 3 That'll Be The Day
• CD 1, Track 4 In Spite Of All The Danger
• CD 1, Track 5 'Sometimes I'd Borrow...Those Still Exist'
• CD 1, Track 6 Hallelujah, I Love Her So
• CD 1, Track 7 You'll Be Mine
• CD 1, Track 8 Cayenne
• CD 1, Track 9 'First Of All...It Didn't Do A Thing Here'
• CD 1, Track 10 My Bonnie
• CD 1, Track 11 Ain't She Sweet?
• CD 1, Track 12 Cry For A Shadow
• CD 1, Track 13 'Brian Was A Beautiful Guy...He Presented Us Well
• CD 1, Track 14 'I Secured Them...A Beatle Drink Even Then'
• CD 1, Track 15 Searchin'
• CD 1, Track 16 Three Cool Cats
• CD 1, Track 17 The Sheik Of Araby
• CD 1, Track 18 Like Dreamers Do
• CD 1, Track 19 Hello Little Girl
• CD 1, Track 20 'Well, The Recording Test...By My Artists'
• CD 1, Track 21 Besame Mucho
• CD 1, Track 22 Love Me Do
• CD 1, Track 23 How Do You Do It
• CD 1, Track 24 Please, Please Me
• CD 1, Track 25 One After 909 (Sequence)
• CD 1, Track 26 One After 909
• CD 1, Track 27 Lend Me Your Comb
• CD 1, Track 28 I'll Get You
• CD 1, Track 29 'We Were Performers...In Britain'
• CD 1, Track 30 I Saw Her Standing There
• CD 1, Track 31 From Me To You
• CD 1, Track 32 Money (That's What I Want)
• CD 1, Track 33 You Really Got A Hold On Me
• CD 1, Track 34 Roll Over Beethoven
• CD 2, Track 1 She Loves You
• CD 2, Track 2 Till There Was You
• CD 2, Track 3 Twist and Shout
• CD 2, Track 4 This Boy
• CD 2, Track 5 I Want To Hold Your Hand
• CD 2, Track 6 'Boys, What I Was Thinking...'
• CD 2, Track 7 Moonlight Bay
• CD 2, Track 8 Can't Buy Me Love
• CD 2, Track 9 All My Loving
• CD 2, Track 10 You Can't Do That
• CD 2, Track 11 And I Love Her
• CD 2, Track 12 A Hard Day's Night
• CD 2, Track 13 I Wanna Be Your Man
• CD 2, Track 14 Long Tall Sally
• CD 2, Track 15 Boys
• CD 2, Track 16 Shout
• CD 2, Track 17 I'll Be Back (Demo)
• CD 2, Track 18 I'll Be Back (Complete)
• CD 2, Track 19 You Know What To Do
• CD 2, Track 20 No Reply (Demo)
• CD 2, Track 21 Mr. Moonlight
• CD 2, Track 22 Leave My Kitten Alone
• CD 2, Track 23 No Reply
• CD 2, Track 24 Eight Days A Week (Sequence)
• CD 2, Track 25 Eight Days A Week
• CD 2, Track 26 Kansas City/Hey Hey Hey Hey

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2008-03-17 Anthology...

Well, I give 5 stars ONLY and ONLY for Free as a Bird, which stands along with Dear Prudence, Come Together and other great masterpieces... it is just amazing how they managed to create such a great song having just an old tape with Lennon singing!... Also Leave My Kitten Alone deserves some attention... surprising it wasn't on Please Please Me or With THe Beatles... the problem is that without these two songs the Anthology isn't worth a penny, for it is a compilation of early performances, some of them even featuring Pete Best, so if you feel like spending 30$ on some history, go ahead, for those who expect something new and of good quality, better find Free as a bird single and you wouldn't be dissapointed...

2007-09-30 FABULOUS...

Takes us back to the early years,with their early hits,and their versions during rehearsals,recording sessions to the master recordings

2007-07-26 Anthology 1...

It's not the best thing. there's a lot of fuzzy songs and short speeches it wasn't that good... a lot of short songs

2007-06-14 This is previously unreleased material, not masters... 5 star for historic value alone...

First off, this CD gets 5 stars for historic value alone. No, John, Paul, George and Ringo weren't at the height of their abilities then (Ringo wasn't even involved through much of this.) However, these are fairly good, very interesting recordings. I'm not a music theory expert, or anything but I don't see- or hear- what's so out of tune, tempo, and harmony, according to one of the negative reviews. Nothing seems off key, and to a Beatles fan, this stuff is fun, and some of their great wit is present here. No, there earliest, previously unreleased originals are not lyrically or musically great, but not terrible (and 'Youl'll be Mine' is a hoot if you can make out the words.) The recording qaulity is very poor on some of the VERY earliest recordings but, but there old, and the musicanship (is that a word?) still seems pretty good. In fact 'Cry for a Shadow', an early instrumental, is great material. As for the Decca tapes, they're not great, although that could be because of Brian Epstein's selections, of which we hear five here. Still, 'Three Cool Cats' is great fun (with George's lead vocal),as is Searchin', and one would have though Paul's 'Like Dreamers Do' would have sold Decca the group, at least as songwriters. 'Hello Little Girl' and Sheak of Araby' were okay, too. We hear some of Stuart Sutcliff's bass (in very poor qaulity), and some of Pete Best's drums (Ringo was clearly WAY better.) The early sessions with George Martin are interestig, not bad ( the false starts section for 'One of 909' is really fun(ny).) The live cuts (I saw Her Standing There, Roll Over Beethoven, etc.) that end disc one are of course great. I listen to dsic 2 less but great material (an early cut of 'Can't buy Me Love', 'And I Love Her, Eight Days a Week, Hard Day's Night, et al.) abound. Watch also for the Ed Sullivan Show performance of 'All my Loving'. There is also material from the Royal Command performance- priceless.

Of course 'Free as a Bird' is here, and if you love the Beatles, you'll want to own it, although 'Real Love' (on Anthology 2), is a better song. The audio snippets help narrate you through, and are generally interesting and enlightening (same for the liner notes in the booklet), although most of them are of medicore audio qaulity. They don't annoy me, and although absent on later 'Anthologies', create a smooth guide from track to track here (with the notes of course.)

Finally, to the one star reviewer I refered to earlier: I looked up all the people you list as "great guitarists... great drummers"- they are all jazz musicians. Now, I have nothing against jazz, in fact it's a side interest of mine, but comparing the Beatles to jazz is apples to oranges, to use the cliched analogy, for lack of a better one. You can't compare jazz to pop/rock (especially early 60s pop/rock), and in fact, I can't imagine how someone with your tastes, wondered into/got interested in the Beatles, to begin with. In short, the styles, practiced skills, theories, and criteria for good musicians/songs are simply different in these two, very different genres. Sorry you don't like this stuff. I like this and jazz. Make peace with the fact that its apples and oranges, and its the Beatles and your tastes.

(SIDE NOTE: Don't even get me started on the reviewer who prefers the Stones; I'll address that in another review.)

So, sorry for all the ranting. Overall I give Anthology one, 5 stars for historic value alone (the music isn't bad either.) But don't buy if you're not a 'diehard fan' or are just starting a collection!

2007-04-14 PRESENT AT THE CREATION...

THE BEATLES ANTHOLOGIES ARE A RECORD OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF A LEGENDARY BAND. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW IT WAS DONE HAVE A LISTEN HERE. NOW IF WE COULD ONLY GET SOME EARLY MOZART...

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