Anthology 3
Anthology 3 is a compilation album by the Beatles, released on 28 October 1996[8] by Apple Records as part of The Beatles Anthology series. The album includes rarities and alternative tracks from the final three years of the band's career, ranging from the initial sessions for The Beatles (better known as "the White Album") to the last sessions for Let It Be and Abbey Road in 1969 and early 1970. It is the last in a trilogy of albums with Anthology 1 and Anthology 2, all of which tie in with the televised special The Beatles Anthology.
Anthology 3 | ||||
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Released | 28 October 1996 | |||
Recorded | 22 February 1967 – 3 January 1970 | |||
Studio | EMI Studios and Apple Studios, London | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 145:33 | |||
Label | Apple, Capitol | |||
Producer | George Martin | |||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Robert Christgau | ![]() |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Entertainment Weekly | B[4] |
MusicHound | 3/5[5] |
Q | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Rolling Stone | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The album was certified 3× Platinum by the RIAA and was the group's third double album in a row to reach number one on the US charts, equalling a record set by Donna Summer in the 1970s.
The Anthology albums were remastered and made available digitally on the iTunes Store on 14 June 2011, individually and as part of the Anthology Box Set.
Content
Following "Free as a Bird" on Anthology 1 and "Real Love" on Anthology 2, a third John Lennon solo demo entitled "Now and Then" was to be reworked by the three surviving members of The Beatles (George Harrison, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr) for Anthology 3. However, this project was shelved due to Harrison's dislike of the quality of the song recording. McCartney later stated that Harrison called Lennon's demo recording "fucking rubbish".[9] McCartney told Q Magazine in 1997 that "George didn't like it. The Beatles being a democracy, we didn't do it."[10] In its place is "A Beginning", an orchestral instrumental track by the band's producer George Martin, initially intended for the White Album as the intro to "Don't Pass Me By".
Connecting to the previous Anthology albums, the cover image painted by Klaus Voormann features a collage of Beatles-related imagery designed to appear as a wall of peeling posters and album covers. An updated picture of Voormann can be seen in Harrison's hair in a segment of the Revolver album cover.
Track listing
CD release
All tracks in stereo, except where noted.
All tracks are written by Lennon–McCartney, except where noted
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Recording date and location | Length |
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1. | "A Beginning" (instrumental) | George Martin | 22 July 1968 EMI Studios, London, UK | 0:50 |
2. | "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" (home demo; mono) | 28 May 1968 Kinfauns, Esher, UK | 2:15 | |
3. | "Helter Skelter" (Take 2 edited; mono) | 18 July 1968 EMI Studios | 4:38 | |
4. | "Mean Mr. Mustard" (home demo) | 29 May 1968 Kinfauns | 1:58 | |
5. | "Polythene Pam" (home demo) | 29 May 1968 Kinfauns | 1:26 | |
6. | "Glass Onion" (home demo) | 28 May 1968 Kinfauns | 1:51 | |
7. | "Junk" (home demo) | Paul McCartney | 28 May 1968 Kinfauns | 2:25 |
8. | "Piggies" (home demo; mono) | George Harrison | 28 May 1968 Kinfauns | 2:01 |
9. | "Honey Pie" (home demo) | 28 May 1968 Kinfauns | 1:19 | |
10. | "Don't Pass Me By" (Takes 3 & 5) | Richard Starkey | 5–6 June 1968 EMI Studios | 2:42 |
11. | "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" (Take 5) | 3–5 July 1968 EMI Studios | 2:56 | |
12. | "Good Night" (rehearsal & Take 34) | 28 June & 22 July 1968 EMI Studios | 2:38 | |
13. | "Cry Baby Cry" (Take 1) | 16 July 1968 EMI Studios | 2:46 | |
14. | "Blackbird" (Take 4) | 11 June 1968 EMI Studios | 2:19 | |
15. | "Sexy Sadie" (Take 6) | 19 July 1968 EMI Studios | 4:07 | |
16. | "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (demo) | Harrison | 25 July 1968 EMI Studios | 3:28 |
17. | "Hey Jude" (Take 2) | 29 July 1968 EMI Studios | 4:21 | |
18. | "Not Guilty" (Take 102) | Harrison | 8–9 & 12 August 1968 EMI Studios | 3:22 |
19. | "Mother Nature's Son" (Take 2) | 9 August 1968 EMI Studios | 3:17 | |
20. | "Glass Onion" (original mono mix) | 11–13, 16 & 26 September 1968 EMI Studios | 2:08 | |
21. | "Rocky Raccoon" (Take 8) | 15 August 1968 EMI Studios | 4:13 | |
22. | "What's the New Mary Jane" (Take 4) | 14 August 1968 EMI Studios | 6:12 | |
23. | "Step Inside Love / Los Paranoias" (jam) | Lennon–McCartney / John Lennon, McCartney, Harrison, Starkey | 16 September 1968 EMI Studios | 2:31 |
24. | "I'm So Tired" (Takes 3, 6 & 9) | 8 October 1968 EMI Studios | 2:14 | |
25. | "I Will" (Take 1) | 16 September 1968 EMI Studios | 1:55 | |
26. | "Why Don't We Do It in the Road?" (Take 4; mono) | 9 October 1968 EMI Studios | 2:15 | |
27. | "Julia" (Take 2) | 13 October 1968 EMI Studios | 1:58 | |
Total length: | 74:05 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Recording date and location | Length |
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1. | "I've Got a Feeling" (Savile Row sessions) | 23 January 1969 Apple Studio, Savile Row, London | 2:49 | |
2. | "She Came In Through the Bathroom Window" (Savile Row sessions) | 22 January 1969 Apple Studio | 3:37 | |
3. | "Dig a Pony" (Savile Row sessions) | 22 January 1969 Apple Studio | 4:18 | |
4. | "Two of Us" (Savile Row sessions) | 24 January 1969 Apple Studio | 3:27 | |
5. | "For You Blue" (Savile Row sessions) | Harrison | 25 January 1969 Apple Studio | 2:23 |
6. | "Teddy Boy" (Savile Row sessions) | McCartney | 24 & 28 January 1969 Apple Studio | 3:18 |
7. | "Medley: Rip It Up / Shake, Rattle and Roll / Blue Suede Shoes" (Savile Row sessions) | Robert Blackwell, John Marascalco / Charles Calhoun / Carl Perkins | 26 January 1969 Apple Studio | 3:11 |
8. | "The Long and Winding Road" (Savile Row sessions; master track with Phil Spector alterations removed) | 26 January 1969 Apple Studio | 3:42 | |
9. | "Oh! Darling" (Savile Row sessions) | 27 January 1969 Apple Studio | 4:07 | |
10. | "All Things Must Pass" (demo) | Harrison | 25 February 1969 EMI Studios | 3:05 |
11. | "Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues" (Savile Row sessions) | Ruth Roberts, Bill Katz, Stanley Clayton | 29 January 1969 Apple Studio | 1:56 |
12. | "Get Back" (Live at the Beatles' rooftop concert) | 30 January 1969 Apple Building rooftop, Savile Row | 3:09 | |
13. | "Old Brown Shoe" (demo) | Harrison | 25 February 1969 EMI Studios | 3:03 |
14. | "Octopus's Garden" (Takes 2 & 8) | Starkey | 26 April 1969 EMI Studios | 2:49 |
15. | "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" (Take 5) | 9 July 1969 EMI Studios | 3:50 | |
16. | "Something" (demo; mono) | Harrison | 25 February 1969 EMI Studios | 3:19 |
17. | "Come Together" (Take 1) | 21 July 1969 EMI Studios | 3:40 | |
18. | "Come and Get It" (demo by McCartney) | McCartney | 24 July 1969 EMI Studios | 2:30 |
19. | "Ain't She Sweet" (jam) | Milton Ager, Jack Yellen | 24 July 1969 EMI Studios | 2:08 |
20. | "Because" (a cappella) | 4 August 1969 EMI Studios | 2:24 | |
21. | "Let It Be" (Savile Row sessions) | 25 January 1969 Apple Studio | 4:05 | |
22. | "I Me Mine" (Take 16) | Harrison | 3 January 1970 EMI Studios | 1:48 |
23. | "The End" (remix featuring final chord of "A Day in the Life") | 22 February 1967; 23 July; 5, 7–8, 15 & 18 August 1969 EMI Studios | 2:53 | |
Total length: | 71:31 |
Vinyl release
Side one:
Side two
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Side three
Side four
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Side five
Side six
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Cassette release
Side one
Side two
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Side three
Side four
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Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[33] | Gold | 35,000^ |
Canada (Music Canada)[34] | 2× Platinum | 200,000^ |
Japan (RIAJ)[35] | Gold | 181,000[29] |
United Kingdom (BPI)[36] | Gold | 100,000^ |
United States (RIAA)[37] | 3× Platinum | 1,500,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
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