Beatles - Anthology 2 - US 3-Disc Vinyl - Sealed

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The Beatles

Anthology 2  

U.S. Three-Disc Sealed Vinyl LP

Capitol Records – 1996

The most anticipated of the series, Anthology 2 covers what was arguably the Fab Four's most intensely creative period ('65-'67) when they single-handedly changed the course of popular music. Anthology 2 doesn't disappoint. Outtakes and demos show the building of songs like "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite," while the pure pop song writing of Rubber Soul and Help! is also documented, along with the sonic experimentation that characterized Revolver. There is plenty for any Beatles fan.

Anthology 2 contains 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 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 offerings include work-in-progress versions of tracks from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and Magical Mystery Tour. "Your Mother Should Know" appears in an early version different from the known release, with demo recordings respectively by John and Paul. The take of "Strawberry Fields Forever" that made up the first minute of the released record appears in its entirety. 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.

1.   Real Love
2.   Yes It Is (take 2)
3.   I'm Down (take 1)
4.   You've Got To Hide Your Love Away (take 5)
5.   If You've Got Trouble
6.   That Means A Lot
7.   Yesterday (take 1)

8.   It's Only Love (take 2)
9.   I Feel Fine (Blackpool Night Out)
10. Ticket To Ride (Blackpool Night Out)
11. Yesterday (Blackpool Night Out)
12. Help! (Blackpool Night Out)
13. Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby (Shea Stadium)
14. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (take 1)

15. I'm Looking Through You (first version)
16. 12-Bar Original

17. Tomorow Never Knows (Mark I, Take 1)
18, Got To Get You Into My Life (take 5)
19. And Your Bird Can Sing (take 2)

20. Taxman (take 11)
21. Eleanor Rigby (strings only)
22. I'm Only Sleeping (rehearsal)
23. I'm Only Sleeping (take 1)
24. Rock And Roll Music (Budokan)
25. She's A Woman (Budokan)
26. Strawberry Fields Forever (demo sequence)
27. Strawberry Fields Forever (take 1)

28. Strawberry Fields Forever (take 7 and edit piece)
29. Penny Lane (alternate version)
30. A Day In The Life (take 2 and take 6 overdub)
31. Good Morning Good Morning (take 8)
32. Only A Northern Song (take 3)

33. Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite! (takes 1 and 2)
34. Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite! (take 7)
35. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (alternate version)
36. Within You WIthout You (instrumental)
37. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) (take 5)

38. You Know My Name (Look Up The Number) (long version)
39. I Am The Walrus (take 16)
40. The Fool On The Hill (demo)
41. Your Mother Should Know (take 27)
42. The Fool On The Hill (take 4)
43. Hello, Goodbye (take 16)
44. Lady Madonna (alternate version)
45. Across The Universe (take 2)

This auction is for the three-disc, vinyl, Capitol Records release of Anthology 2, sealed in its original factory shrink wrap, with its purple sticker on the front.

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