The Beatles - Anthology 1
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Free Music Review: This is VERY GOOD!
Hit: 5 Stars
In 1995, the three living Beatles got together for a 10-hour Anthology video set and TV series. The videos were released along with three 2-CD sets of previously unreleased demos, live recordings, and rehearsal takes. This is the first of the three, which covers 1958-1964. The set opens with a rather bad but historic jam with Paul, Ringo and George singing "Free as a Bird." Then we hear the Beatles' first record ("That'll Be The Day") and it's B-side ("In Spite Of All The Danger"). Both of these are pretty good, and give a rare glimpse of the start of their music. The three of them (at that time) made some home recordings in 1960, and three songs from that tape are presented here. These represent the good, hard-backed, raw sound that the Beatles were known for in the early days. Their first record, "My Bonnie," is next followed by other Sheridan-Beatles songs, all of which are glorious rockers. The Decca audition tape is nice to hear; you can sure tell the difference, though, when Ringo is brought in. We then rock our way through the ondon Polladium and Sweedan with several great live performances. The Beatles joke their way through the Royal Variety Show, especially John's introduction to "Twist & Shout:" "Would the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands. And the rest of you just ratle your jewelery." We hear great outtakes of several songs from "A Hard Day's Night" and "Beatles For Sale," most notably the 3-part harmony at the beginning of "Eight Days a Week" and the more country-style version of "Can't Buy Me Love." The great live performances and the early demos and rare studio outtakes combine to make the perfect audio documentary of the Beatles' early years.Free Music Review: AWESOME!!!
Hit: 5 Stars
Good CD. This shows you there early stuff and also the other two. I was amazed that they made two new songs, Free as a Bird and Real Love and I'm sure every Beatles fan was thrilled when they made those two new songs. Too bad I wasn't around when The Beatles were around in the 60's and also John Lennon's death.Free Music Review: Disappointing choice of material but Important all the same
Hit: 3 Stars
It's a shame that the Beatles didn't put more thought into this, the first volume of the Anthology series. Why? Because this is simply the worst of the bunch and it managed to turn a lot of Beatles' fans off to the entire Anthology output.That being said, this is not a bad investment for a serious fan of the band. The early material presented on the first disc is hardly essential compared to their released output, but you won't find all of these songs in the same place for this price anywhere else. That is, the Beatles pre "Please Please Me" output had previously been available on scattered, expensive bootlegs.
The second disc, however, is redeeming. There are a treasure trove of live versions of early classics such as 'Twist and Shout.' But the real interest of the disc lies in the alternate versions of songs like 'Eight Days a Week' and 'And I Love Her.' The latter is much faster than the version the Beatles chose to release. In any case, this disc contains most of their early standards through late 1964.
Nevertheless if only one Anthology installment is in your budget, pick the second or the third volume instead as they contain more groundbreaking material. If, however, the Beatles are the apple of your eye (sorry)as they are in my case, you will want to make this investment to help round out your collection.
Free Music Review: A great insight to the Beatles
Hit: 5 Stars
THE BEATLES ANTHOLOGY is the greatest retrospective overview of any group I have seen. In early 1994, the three remaining Beatles, Paul, George and Ringo, were give a cassette tape of demos made by their late bandmate John Lennon (who had died in 1980) that he had made in his home circa 1977. The three Beatles, nicknamed the "Threetles," added overdubs onto the original recording to create a "new" Beatles recording, the first since 1970. They completed two of Lennon's uncompleted songs, "Free as a Bird," and "Real Love." The first was issued on this first Anthology album, the latter on the second album. These two new tracks are the backbone to the whole Anthology set. Besides the three albums, there are the two singles, FREE AS A BIRD and REAL LOVE, which each contain the title tracks, as well as three others; the Anthology book, over 300 pages, and the Anthology documentary, just recently released on DVD, with over 11 hours of footage.A warning to new fans: These Anthology albums do not have the original masters of The Beatles' songs that you would hear on the radio and may be searching for. These are outtakes, jam sessions, and live recordings of familiar favorites, as well as previously unreleased tracks. The first volume covers their early days, circa 1958, through late 1964. Volume two covers 1965 through early 1968. The final album covers 1968 through to the end, mid-1970. These albums are a great insight to the way the Beatles evolved and changed as musicians and are well worth the money, especially for the rare new songs.
Free Music Review: The best of the three Anthologies, but one more thing...
Hit: 5 Stars
This third/final CD installment of the Beatles anthology is really great. The studio tracks the Beatles have done is very intricate, and hearing this in different ways (besides what was heard so far), would be a real plus. If they could take the whole four track reel, uncut, put it on a DVD with a GUI four channel mixer to adjust the four channels throughout the DVD, this would truly be enjoyable for me and many others that would purchase this type of DVD not even heard of yet. Most of Anthology 2 would be a good candidate as well, with the exception of the live tracks.