3LP SEALED ORIG The BEATLES 2nd Anthology 50 RARE CUTS

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     STILL FACTORY SEALED

3 LP SET ~ 50 UNRELEASED COLLECTIBLES

               THE BEATLES

        Anthology  ~ Volume Two

\                                                    USA - APPLE RECORDS - 7243

STILL SEALED ~ NEVER OPENED 3xLP SET...original first pressing

Anthology 2 features 45 outtakes, rarities, and alternative performances from the 1965 sessions for Help! to sessions just prior to their trip to India in February of 1968.

It starts off with the second new Beatles track, "Real Love", as with "Free As A Bird" again based on a demo made by John Lennon and given to Paul McCartney by Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono. The three surviving Beatles added guitars, bass, drums, percussion, and backing vocals, but unlike with the previous song, did not re-work either lyric or music. "Real Love" remained solely credited to Lennon, becoming the only Beatle song to have Lennon by himself in the writing credit.

Highlight tracks include three unreleased compositions, one being an instrumental entitled "12-Bar Original" recorded for Rubber Soul but subsequently unused. Two other songs recorded for Help!, "If You've Got Trouble" and "That Means a Lot", were abandoned and never returned to again by the band. The former was originally slated to be the usual vocal spot for Ringo Starr on Help!, and the latter was eventually given to singer P.J. Proby. The version of "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby" from the group's famed August of 1965 show at Shea Stadium but left off the documentary appears here for the first time. "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" and "I'm Looking Through You" appear in early versions before they were remade in the forms known from their release on Rubber Soul.

Other tracks within the 3-LP set contain work-in-progress versions of tracks from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and Magical Mystery Tour. "Your Mother Should Know" also appears in an early version different from the known release, and tracks one and 15 are demo recordings respectively by Lennon and McCartney. The take of "Strawberry Fields Forever" that made up the first minute of the released record appears in its entirety on track three. Although recorded or started during this period, "Only a Northern Song", "You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)" and "Across the Universe" would not see release until years later, in 1969 and 1970.

One track that remains officially unreleased from this time, "Carnival of Light", was vetoed off this set by George Harrison.

1. Real Love (3:54)

   Recorded: circa 1979 in New York, NY and February, 1995 in Sussex, England.
   Producers: Jeff Lynne, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr
   Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Jon Jacobs
   Audio Seqmencing: Marc Mann
   Thanks to Eddie Klein, John Hammel, Keith Smith, Mark Hamilton, Jamie Kirkham, Phil Hatton
2. Yes It Is (1:50) Recorded: February 16, 1965 at Abbey Road, London, England
3. I'm Down (2:54) Recorded: June 14, 1965 at Abbey Road, London, England
4. You've Got to Hide Your Love Away (2:45) Recorded: February 18, 1965 at Abbey Road, London, England
5. If You've Got Trouble (2:48) Recorded: February 18, 1965 at Abbey Road, London, England
6. That Means a Lot (2:26) Recorded: February 20, 1965 at Abbey Road, London, England
   
   Also a single by P.J. Proby, Jul. 1965
7. Yesterday (2:34) Recorded: June 14, 1965 at Abbey Road, London, England
8. It's Only Love (1:59) Recorded: June 14, 1965 at Abbey Road, London, England
9. I Feel Fine (2:15) Recorded Live: August 1, 1965 at the ABC Theatre, Blackpool, England
10. Ticket to Ride (2:45) Recorded Live: August 1, 1965 at the ABC Theatre, Blackpool, England
11. Yesterday (2:43) Recorded Live: August 1, 1965 at the ABC Theatre, Blackpool, England
12. Help! (2:54) Recorded Live: August 1, 1965 at the ABC Theatre, Blackpool, England
13. Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby (2:46) Recorded Live: August 15, 1965 at Shea Stadium, New York, NY
14. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (1:59) Recorded: October 12, 1965 at Abbey Road, London, England
15. I'm Looking Through You (2:54) Recorded: October 24, 1965 at Abbey Road, London, England
16. 12-Bar Original (2:55) Recorded: November 4, 1965 at Abbey Road, London, England
17. Tomorrow Never Knows (3:14) Recorded: April 6, 1966 at Abbey Road, London, England
18. Got to Get You Into My Life (2:54) Recorded: April 7, 1966 at Abbey Road, London, England
19. And Your Bird Can Sing (2:14) Recorded: April 20, 1966 at Abbey Road, London, England
20. Taxman (2:32) Recorded: April 21, 1966 at Abbey Road, London, England
21. Eleanor Rigby (2:06) Recorded: April 28, 1966 at Abbey Road, London, England
22. I'm Only Sleeping (0:49) Recorded: April 29, 1966 at Abbey Road, London, England
23. I'm Only Sleeping (2:59) Recorded: April 29, 1966 at Abbey Road, London, England
24. Rock and Roll Music (1:39) Recorded: June 30, 1966 at Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan
25. She's a Woman (2:55) Recorded: June 30, 1966 at Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan
26. Strawberry Fields Forever (1:42) Recorded: November, 1966 at John Lennon's 'Kenwood' home in Weybridge, Surrey, England
27. Strawberry Fields Forever (2:34) Recorded: November 24, 1966 at Abbey Road, London, England
28. Strawberry Fields Forever (4:14) November 29 and December 9, 1966 at Abbey Road, London, England
29. Penny Lane (3:13) Recorded: December 29-30, 1966 and January 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12 and 17, 1967 at Abbey Road, London, England
30. A Day in the Life (5:04) Recorded: January 19-20 and February 10, 1967 at Abbey Road, London, England
31. Good Morning, Good Morning (2:40) Recorded: February 8 and 16, 1967 at Abbey Road, London, England
32. Only a Northern Song (2:44) Recorded: February 13-14 and April 20, 1967 at Abbey Road, London, England
33. Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! (1:06) Recorded: February 17 and 20, 1967 at Abbey Road, London, England
34. Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! (2:33) Recorded: February 17 and 20, 1967 at Abbey Road, London, England
35. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (3:06) Recorded: March 1-2, 1967 at Abbey Road, London, England
36. Within You Without You (5:27) Recorded: March 15, 16, 22 and April 3, 1967 at Abbey Road, London, England
37. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) (1:27) Recorded: April 1, 1967 at Abbey Road, London, England
38. You Know My Name (Look up the Number) (5:44) Recorded: May 17 and June 7-8, 1967 and April 30, 1969 at Abbey Road, London, England
39. I Am the Walrus (4:02) Recorded: September 5, 1967 at Abbey Road, London, England
40. The Fool on the Hill (2:48) Recorded Live: September 6, 1967 at Abbey Road, London, England
41. Your Mother Should Know (3:02) Recorded: September 16, 1967 at Abbey Road, London, England
42. The Fool on the Hill (3:45) Recorded: September 25, 1967 at Abbey Road, London, England
43. Hello, Goodbye (3:18) Recorded: October 2 and 19, 1967 at Abbey Road, London, England
44. Lady Madonna (2:22) Recorded: February 3 and 6, 1968 at Abbey Road, London, England
45. Across the Universe (3:28) Recorded: February 3, 1968 at Abbey Road, London, England

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