Anthology 1
Anthology 1 | ||||
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Compilation album by The Beatles | ||||
Released | 20 November 1995 | |||
Recorded | 12 July 1958 – 18 October 1964; c. 1977 & February–March 1994 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 124:54 | |||
Label | Apple (CDP 7243 8 34445 2), Capitol | |||
Producer | George Martin, Jeff Lynne ("Free as a Bird") | |||
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Singles from Anthology 1 | ||||
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Anthology 1 is a compilation album by the Beatles, released on 20 November 1995 by Apple Records as part of The Beatles Anthology series. It features rarities, outtakes and live performances from the period 1958–1964, including songs with original bass player Stuart Sutcliffe and drummer Pete Best. It is the first in a trilogy of albums with Anthology 2 and Anthology 3, all of which tie in with the televised special The Beatles Anthology. It contains "Free as a Bird", billed as the first new Beatles song in 25 years. The album topped the Billboard 200 album chart and was certified 8x Platinum by the RIAA.
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
The album includes material from the Beatles' days as the Quarrymen, through the Decca audition to sessions for the album Beatles for Sale. It is of historical interest as the only official release of performances with Best and Sutcliffe in the band. Sutcliffe, the band's original bass player during 1960, and sporadically during the group's second Hamburg season, appears on the disc-one tracks "Hallelujah, I Love Her So", "You'll Be Mine" and "Cayenne". Best, who was the band's drummer from just prior to the group's first departure for Hamburg in August 1960 until 15 August 1962 when he was replaced by Ringo Starr, is on disc one, tracks 10–12, 15–19 and 21–22.
Disc one tracks 10–12 were recorded at a session in Hamburg where the Beatles served as the back-up band to the English rock and roll musician Tony Sheridan. Some songs from this session were released on the 1962 LP My Bonnie, credited to Tony Sheridan and the Beat Brothers. The song "My Bonnie" would be their introductory single in England, featuring Sheridan on lead vocal and guitar. Disc one tracks 21–22 are the only surviving recordings of the Beatles' first EMI session. Track 22 is the original recording of "Love Me Do", which would be re-recorded by the group four months later for their first single. Disc one track 23 features EMI session drummer Andy White in place of Starr.
Disc two contains performances from comedy duo Morecambe and Wise's popular television programme, Two of a Kind, as well as the opening song from their famed performance on The Ed Sullivan Show, which introduced the band to most of the US in 1964.
The flashpoint for the album came with the song "Free as a Bird" – the three remaining Beatles Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr re-working a John Lennon demo recording given to McCartney by Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono. Produced by Harrison's Traveling Wilburys band-mate Jeff Lynne, the three added additional music and lyrics, instrumentation and backing vocals, with McCartney and Harrison both taking a turn at a lead vocal.
The live BBC Radio recording of "Lend Me Your Comb" was held back from Live at the BBC for inclusion on this album, but it was later also included on On Air – Live at the BBC Volume 2.
Album cover
The cover of Anthology 1 is the first third of the Anthology collage made by Klaus Voormann. Various photographs and album covers are torn and collected together. Pete Best's face was torn away from the Savage Young Beatles record jacket in the centre of the album cover, revealing the face of his successor, Ringo Starr, below. The missing piece was subsequently used on the cover of Best's Haymans Green album in 2008.
Reception
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Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
MusicHound | 2/5[2] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [3] |
Wall of Sound | 84/100[4] |
The album was a large success throughout the world. It was the first Beatles album to enter the Billboard 200 album chart at number one. It sold 855,473 copies in its first week, the 27th largest one-week sales in the Soundscan history, succeeding Fresh Horses by Garth Brooks. In its second week, Anthology 1 sold 453,000 copies and maintained the top spot. This was repeated the following week, with 435,000 copies sold. In its fourth week, the same quantity was sold, but the album fell to number two, behind Mariah Carey's Daydream. In the following week, the album fell to number three but with 601,000 sales. Anthology 1 was certified 3× Platinum by the RIAA after six weeks in the US market. In all, the album spent 29 weeks on the Billboard 200, reaching cumulative sales of 3,639,000 scans as of April 2001. In the UK, reaction was similar, but the album peaked at number two, behind Robson & Jerome's eponymous album. In Australia, the album spent two weeks at number one in December 1995.
Track listing
Spoken word tracks in italics.
CD release
All tracks in stereo, except where noted.
All tracks written by Lennon–McCartney, except spoken word tracks and where noted.
Disc one | ||||
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Recording date and location | Length |
1. | "Free as a Bird" | John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr | c. 1977; February–March 1994 The Dakota, New York City, New York, US; the Mill Studio, Sussex, UK |
4:25 |
2. | "We were four guys ... that's all" (Lennon speaking to Jann Wenner of Rolling Stone) | 8 December 1970 New York City |
0:12 | |
3. | "That'll Be the Day" (by the Quarrymen; mono) | Jerry Allison, Buddy Holly, Norman Petty | 12 July 1958 Phillips' Sound Recording Services, Liverpool, UK |
2:08 |
4. | "In Spite of All the Danger" (by the Quarrymen; mono) | McCartney, Harrison | 12 July 1958 Phillips' Sound Recording Services |
2:45 |
5. | "Sometimes I'd borrow ... those still exist" (McCartney speaking to Mark Lewisohn) | 3 November 1994 London, UK |
0:18 | |
6. | "Hallelujah, I Love Her So" (home demo; mono) | Ray Charles | 1960 20 Forthlin Road, Liverpool |
1:13 |
7. | "You'll Be Mine" (home demo; mono) | 1960 20 Forthlin Road |
1:39 | |
8. | "Cayenne" (home demo; instrumental; mono) | McCartney | 1960 20 Forthlin Road |
1:14 |
9. | "First of all ... it didn't do a thing here" (McCartney speaking to Malcom Threadgill) | 27 October 1962 Hulme Hall, Port Sunlight, UK |
0:07 | |
10. | "My Bonnie" (by Tony Sheridan and the Beat Brothers) | trad. arr. Tony Sheridan | 22 June 1961 Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg, Germany |
2:42 |
11. | "Ain't She Sweet" (by the Beat Brothers) | Milton Ager, Jack Yellen | 22 June 1961 Friedrich-Ebert-Halle |
2:13 |
12. | "Cry for a Shadow" (by the Beat Brothers; instrumental) | Lennon, Harrison | 22 June 1961 Friedrich-Ebert-Halle |
2:22 |
13. | "Brian was a beautiful guy ... he presented us well" (Lennon speaking to David Wigg for BBC Radio 1's Scene and Heard) | October 1971 New York City |
0:10 | |
14. | "I secured them ... a Beatle drink even then" (Brian Epstein reading from A Cellarful of Noise) | Brian Epstein | 13 October 1964 EMI Studios, London |
0:18 |
15. | "Searchin'" (Decca audition; mono) | Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller | 1 January 1962 Decca Studios, London |
3:00 |
16. | "Three Cool Cats" (Decca audition; mono) | Leiber, Stoller | 1 January 1962 Decca Studios |
2:25 |
17. | "The Sheik of Araby" (Decca audition; mono) | Harry B. Smith, Francis Wheeler, Ted Snyder | 1 January 1962 Decca Studios |
1:43 |
18. | "Like Dreamers Do" (Decca audition; mono) | 1 January 1962 Decca Studios |
2:36 | |
19. | "Hello Little Girl" (Decca audition; mono) | 1 January 1962 Decca Studios |
1:40 | |
20. | "Well, the recording test ... by my artists" (Epstein reading from A Cellarful of Noise) | Epstein | 13 October 1964 EMI Studios |
0:32 |
21. | "Besame Mucho" (mono) | Consuelo Velázquez, Sunny Skylar | 6 June 1962 EMI Studios |
2:37 |
22. | "Love Me Do" (mono) | 6 June 1962 EMI Studios |
2:32 | |
23. | "How Do You Do It" (mono) | Mitch Murray | 4 September 1962 EMI Studios |
1:57 |
24. | "Please Please Me" (mono) | 11 September 1962 EMI Studios |
1:59 | |
25. | "One After 909 (sequence)" (Takes 3, 4 & 5; mono) | 5 March 1963 EMI Studios |
2:23 | |
26. | "One After 909 (complete)" (Takes 4 & 5; mono) | 5 March 1963 EMI Studios |
2:56 | |
27. | "Lend Me Your Comb" (live at the BBC for Pop Go the Beatles; mono) | Kay Twomey, Fred Wise, Ben Weisman | 2 July 1963 Maida Vale Studios, London |
1:50 |
28. | "I'll Get You" (live on Sunday Night at the London Palladium; mono) | 13 October 1963 The London Palladium, London |
2:08 | |
29. | "We were performers ... in Britain" (Lennon speaking to Wenner) | 8 December 1970 New York City |
0:12 | |
30. | "I Saw Her Standing There" (live for The Beatles, Pop Group from Liverpool Visiting Stockholm; mono) | 24 October 1963 The Karlaplansstudion, Stockholm, Sweden |
2:49 | |
31. | "From Me to You" (live for The Beatles, Pop Group from Liverpool Visiting Stockholm; mono) | 24 October 1963 The Karlaplansstudion |
2:05 | |
32. | "Money (That's What I Want)" (live for The Beatles, Pop Group from Liverpool Visiting Stockholm; mono) | Janie Bradford, Berry Gordy | 24 October 1963 The Karlaplansstudion |
2:52 |
33. | "You Really Got a Hold on Me" (live for The Beatles, Pop Group from Liverpool Visiting Stockholm; mono) | Smokey Robinson | 24 October 1963 The Karlaplansstudion |
2:58 |
34. | "Roll Over Beethoven" (live for The Beatles, Pop Group from Liverpool Visiting Stockholm; mono) | Chuck Berry | 24 October 1963 The Karlaplansstudion |
2:22 |
Disc two | ||||
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Recording date and location | Length |
1. | "She Loves You" (Live on the Royal Variety Performance; mono) | 4 November 1963 The Prince of Wales Theatre, London |
2:50 | |
2. | "Till There Was You" (Live on the Royal Variety Performance; mono) | Meredith Willson | 4 November 1963 The Prince of Wales Theatre |
2:54 |
3. | "Twist and Shout" (Live on the Royal Variety Performance; mono) | Bert Russell, Phil Medley | 4 November 1963 The Prince of Wales Theatre |
3:05 |
4. | "This Boy" (Live on Two of a Kind; mono) | 2 December 1963 ATV Studios, London |
2:22 | |
5. | "I Want to Hold Your Hand" (Live on Two of a Kind; mono) | 2 December 1963 ATV Studios |
2:37 | |
6. | "Boys, what I was thinking..." (Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise speaking to the Beatles live on Two of a Kind) | 2 December 1963 ATV Studios |
2:06 | |
7. | "Moonlight Bay" (Live on Two of a Kind; mono) | Edward Madden, Percy Wenrich | 2 December 1963 ATV Studios |
0:50 |
8. | "Can't Buy Me Love" (Takes 1 & 2) | 29 January 1964 Pathé Marconi, Paris, France |
2:10 | |
9. | "All My Loving" (live on The Ed Sullivan Show; mono) | 9 February 1964 CBS-TV Studio 50, New York City |
2:19 | |
10. | "You Can't Do That" (Take 6) | 25 February 1964 EMI Studios |
2:42 | |
11. | "And I Love Her" (Take 2) | 25 February 1964 EMI Studios |
1:52 | |
12. | "A Hard Day's Night" (Take 1) | 16 April 1964 EMI Studios |
2:44 | |
13. | "I Wanna Be Your Man" (live for Around the Beatles) | 19 April 1964 IBC Studios, London |
1:48 | |
14. | "Long Tall Sally" (live for Around the Beatles) | Enotris Johnson, Richard Penniman, Robert Blackwell | 19 April 1964 IBC Studios |
1:45 |
15. | "Boys" (live for Around the Beatles) | Luther Dixon, Wes Farrell | 19 April 1964 IBC Studios |
1:50 |
16. | "Shout" (live for Around the Beatles) | Rudolph Isley, Ronald Isley, O'Kelly Isley Jr | 19 April 1964 IBC Studios |
1:31 |
17. | "I'll Be Back (Take 2)" | 1 June 1964 EMI Studios |
1:13 | |
18. | "I'll Be Back (Take 3)" | 1 June 1964 EMI Studios |
1:58 | |
19. | "You Know What to Do" (demo) | Harrison | 3 June 1964 EMI Studios |
1:59 |
20. | "No Reply (demo)" | 3 June 1964 EMI Studios |
1:46 | |
21. | "Mr. Moonlight" (Takes 1 & 4) | Roy Lee Johnson | 14 August 1964 EMI Studios |
2:47 |
22. | "Leave My Kitten Alone" (Take 5) | Little Willie John, Titus Turner, James McDougal | 14 August 1964 EMI Studios |
2:57 |
23. | "No Reply" (Take 2) | 30 September 1964 EMI Studios |
2:29 | |
24. | "Eight Days a Week (sequence)" (Takes 1, 2 & 4) | 6 October 1964 EMI Studios |
1:25 | |
25. | "Eight Days a Week (complete)" (Take 5) | 6 October 1964 EMI Studios |
2:48 | |
26. | "Kansas City / Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!" (Take 2) | Leiber, Stoller / Penniman | 18 October 1964 EMI Studios |
2:44 |
Vinyl release
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Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/Sales |
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Argentina (CAPIF)[5] | Gold | 30,000* |
Austria (IFPI Austria)[6] | Gold | 25,000* |
Canada (Music Canada)[7] | 9× Platinum | 900,000^ |
Germany (BVMI)[8] | Gold | 250,000^ |
Japan (RIAJ)[9] | 2× Platinum | 607,000[10] |
Norway (IFPI Norway)[11] | Gold | 25,000* |
Poland (ZPAV)[12] | Gold | 50,000* |
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[13] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
Sweden (GLF)[14] | Gold | 50,000^ |
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[15] | Platinum | 50,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[16] | 2× Platinum | 600,000^ |
United States (RIAA)[17] | 8× Platinum | 4,000,000^ |
Summaries | ||
Europe (IFPI)[18] | 2× Platinum | 2,000,000* |
*sales figures based on certification alone |
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Preceded by R. Kelly by R. Kelly |
Billboard 200 number-one album 9–29 December 1995 |
Succeeded by Daydream by Mariah Carey |
Preceded by Something to Remember by Madonna |
Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album 3–16 December 1995 |
Succeeded by The Memory of Trees by Enya |
Personnel
- The Beatles
- George Harrison – vocals, lead guitar
- John Lennon – vocals, rhythm guitar, harmonica
- Paul McCartney – vocals, bass guitar
- Ringo Starr – vocals, drums, percussion
- Pete Best – drums on "My Bonnie", "Ain't She Sweet", "Cry for a Shadow", "Searchin'", "Three Cool Cats", "The Sheik of Araby", "Like Dreamers Do", "Hello Little Girl", "Bésame Mucho", "Love Me Do"
- Stuart Sutcliffe – bass guitar on "Hallelujah, I Love Her So", "You'll Be Mine", "Cayenne"
- Additional musicians
- Colin Hanton – drums on "That'll Be the Day", "In Spite of All the Danger"
- John Lowe – piano on "That'll Be the Day", "In Spite of All the Danger"
- Tony Sheridan – lead vocal on "My Bonnie"
- Andy White – drums on "Please Please Me"
References
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- ↑ Schwager, Jeff. "Wall of Sound Review: The Beatles Anthology 1". Wall of Sound. Archived from the original on 5 April 2001. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
- ↑ "Argentinian album certifications – The Beatles – The Anthology". Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers.
- ↑ "Austrian album certifications – The Beatles – Anthology" (in German). IFPI Austria. Enter The Beatles in the field Interpret. Enter Anthology in the field Titel. Select album in the field Format. Click Suchen
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- ↑ "British album certifications – Beatles – Anthology 1". British Phonographic Industry. Enter Anthology 1 in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Platinum in the field By Award. Click Search
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