Artist:
The Beatles
Genre:
Pop/Rock
Total Time:
01:58:46
Record Label:
Capitol Records
Purchase Album:
CD, MP3, Vinyl,
Apple Music
Release Date
November 21, 2025
Find out more about this album release after the jump.
The Beatles
Genre:
Pop/Rock
Total Time:
01:58:46
Record Label:
Capitol Records
Purchase Album:
CD, MP3, Vinyl,
Apple Music
Release Date
November 21, 2025
Find out more about this album release after the jump.
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Product Description: The long-awaited fourth installment of The Beatles’ archival Anthology project—marking the 30th anniversary of the first three volumes—may not be a vault-clearing revelation on par with its predecessors; after all, 23 of its 36 tracks have appeared on previous reissues. But if Peter Jackson’s eight-hour Get Back docuseries proved anything, it’s that we can never get enough of eavesdropping on The Beatles’ creative process in the studio, and Anthology 4 extends that ethos to the group’s entire 1963-1969 evolution, presenting a concise chronological overview of their career filtered through an intimate, fly-on-the-wall perspective.
Through its array of rough takes, improvised jams, BBC rehearsal recordings, and mid-song giggle fits, Anthology 4 is an opportunity to savor the details that you might’ve overlooked in the pristine finished products. Stripped of its beaming harmonies, a mostly instrumental version of “Nowhere Man” lets you marinate in the song’s jangly melancholy; a brass-free “Got to Get You Into My Life” foregrounds its fuzzy garage-rock edges; and the isolated string tracks of “I Am the Walrus” are every bit as disorienting and dramatic as the song itself. And then there are those glorious moments when you get to hear a song you’ve played a thousand times before in a completely different way: Who knew that, when you subtract the orchestration and perform it on electric guitar, the White Album ballad “Good Night” is basically the world’s first lo-fi bedroom-pop tune?
Anthology 4 stretches the timeline past The Beatles’ 1970 breakup to include the recombinant singles that Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr put together for the 1995 Anthology series, with fresh remixes of “Free as a Bird” and “Real Love” that bring greater clarity to John Lennon’s original cassette-demo vocal through the same technology that allowed them to complete the bittersweet ballad “Now and Then” in 2023. That song was billed as the final Beatles single, but like Shakespeare, Brothers Grimm, and the Bible, the Fab Four story has been told many times before and—as Anthology 4 reaffirms—that tradition will continue for years to come. The version we get here is less a comprehensive catalog of The Beatles’ greatest achievements than a finely curated gallery exhibit of inspired rough sketches, capturing the playful spirit of four lads who taught generations of musicians how to use the studio as their sandbox.
Through its array of rough takes, improvised jams, BBC rehearsal recordings, and mid-song giggle fits, Anthology 4 is an opportunity to savor the details that you might’ve overlooked in the pristine finished products. Stripped of its beaming harmonies, a mostly instrumental version of “Nowhere Man” lets you marinate in the song’s jangly melancholy; a brass-free “Got to Get You Into My Life” foregrounds its fuzzy garage-rock edges; and the isolated string tracks of “I Am the Walrus” are every bit as disorienting and dramatic as the song itself. And then there are those glorious moments when you get to hear a song you’ve played a thousand times before in a completely different way: Who knew that, when you subtract the orchestration and perform it on electric guitar, the White Album ballad “Good Night” is basically the world’s first lo-fi bedroom-pop tune?
Anthology 4 stretches the timeline past The Beatles’ 1970 breakup to include the recombinant singles that Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr put together for the 1995 Anthology series, with fresh remixes of “Free as a Bird” and “Real Love” that bring greater clarity to John Lennon’s original cassette-demo vocal through the same technology that allowed them to complete the bittersweet ballad “Now and Then” in 2023. That song was billed as the final Beatles single, but like Shakespeare, Brothers Grimm, and the Bible, the Fab Four story has been told many times before and—as Anthology 4 reaffirms—that tradition will continue for years to come. The version we get here is less a comprehensive catalog of The Beatles’ greatest achievements than a finely curated gallery exhibit of inspired rough sketches, capturing the playful spirit of four lads who taught generations of musicians how to use the studio as their sandbox.
TRACK LIST:
1 .
I Saw Her Standing There (Take 2)
(03:06)
2 . Money (That's What I Want) (RM7 .Undubbed) (02:48)
3 . This Boy (Takes 12 .And 13) (03:18)
4 . Tell Me Why (Takes 4 .And 5) (03:07)
5 . If I Fell (Take 11) (02:39)
6 . Matchbox (Take 1) (02:09)
7 . Every Little Thing (Takes 6 .And 7) (03:29)
8 . I Need You (Take 1) (02:36)
9 . I've Just Seen A Face (Take 3) (02:27)
10 . In My Life (Take 1) (02:40)
11 . Nowhere Man (First Version - Take 2) (02:24)
12 . Got To Get You Into My Life (Second Version - Unnumbered Mix) (02:35)
13 . Love You To (Take 7) (02:56)
14 . Strawberry Fields Forever (Take 26) (03:20)
15 . She's Leaving Home (Take 1 .- Instrumental) (03:50)
16 . Baby, You're A Rich Man (Takes 11 .And 12) (06:06)
17 . All You Need Is Love (Rehearsal For BBC Broadcast) (06:11)
18 . The Fool On The Hill (Take 5 .- Instrumental) (04:43)
19 . I Am The Walrus (Take 19 .- Strings, Brass, Clarinet Overdub) (04:57)
20 . Hey Bulldog (Take 4 .- Instrumental) (03:14)
21 . Good Night (Take 10 .With A Guitar Part From Take 5) (02:31)
22 . While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Third Version - Take 27) (03:18)
23 . (You're So Square) Baby I Don’t Care (Studio Jam) (00:43)
24 . Helter Skelter (Second Version - Take 17) (03:38)
25 . I Will (Take 29) (00:27)
26 . Can You Take Me Back? (Take 1) (02:22)
27 . Julia (Two Rehearsals) (04:27)
28 . Get Back (Take 8) (03:52)
29 . Octopus’s Garden (Rehearsal) (01:49)
30 . on’t Let Me Down (First Rooftop Performance) (03:28)
31 . You Never Give Me Your Money (Take 36) (05:18)
32 . Here Comes The Sun (Take 9) (03:42)
33 . Something (Take 39 .- Strings Only Instrumental) (02:36)
34 . Free As A Bird (2025 .Mix) (04:27)
35 . Real Love (2025 .Mix) (03:35)
36 .Now And Then (04:09)
2 . Money (That's What I Want) (RM7 .Undubbed) (02:48)
3 . This Boy (Takes 12 .And 13) (03:18)
4 . Tell Me Why (Takes 4 .And 5) (03:07)
5 . If I Fell (Take 11) (02:39)
6 . Matchbox (Take 1) (02:09)
7 . Every Little Thing (Takes 6 .And 7) (03:29)
8 . I Need You (Take 1) (02:36)
9 . I've Just Seen A Face (Take 3) (02:27)
10 . In My Life (Take 1) (02:40)
11 . Nowhere Man (First Version - Take 2) (02:24)
12 . Got To Get You Into My Life (Second Version - Unnumbered Mix) (02:35)
13 . Love You To (Take 7) (02:56)
14 . Strawberry Fields Forever (Take 26) (03:20)
15 . She's Leaving Home (Take 1 .- Instrumental) (03:50)
16 . Baby, You're A Rich Man (Takes 11 .And 12) (06:06)
17 . All You Need Is Love (Rehearsal For BBC Broadcast) (06:11)
18 . The Fool On The Hill (Take 5 .- Instrumental) (04:43)
19 . I Am The Walrus (Take 19 .- Strings, Brass, Clarinet Overdub) (04:57)
20 . Hey Bulldog (Take 4 .- Instrumental) (03:14)
21 . Good Night (Take 10 .With A Guitar Part From Take 5) (02:31)
22 . While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Third Version - Take 27) (03:18)
23 . (You're So Square) Baby I Don’t Care (Studio Jam) (00:43)
24 . Helter Skelter (Second Version - Take 17) (03:38)
25 . I Will (Take 29) (00:27)
26 . Can You Take Me Back? (Take 1) (02:22)
27 . Julia (Two Rehearsals) (04:27)
28 . Get Back (Take 8) (03:52)
29 . Octopus’s Garden (Rehearsal) (01:49)
30 . on’t Let Me Down (First Rooftop Performance) (03:28)
31 . You Never Give Me Your Money (Take 36) (05:18)
32 . Here Comes The Sun (Take 9) (03:42)
33 . Something (Take 39 .- Strings Only Instrumental) (02:36)
34 . Free As A Bird (2025 .Mix) (04:27)
35 . Real Love (2025 .Mix) (03:35)
36 .Now And Then (04:09)
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