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The Beatles’ Anthology 4 now available separately

Standalone 2CD and 3LP sets

By Paul Sinclair

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Almost four weeks after the Anthology Collection was announced, Apple Corps and UMR have made The Beatles’ Anthology 4 available separately, as standalone 2CD and 3LP releases.

By de-coupling Anthology 4 from the 8CD and 12LP vinyl boxes, Apple have effectively addressed the criticism voiced on many forums, including SDE, that it was a step too far to ask people to re-purchase three double albums – even if they are remastered – to get the new one.

2CD version of Anthology 4

Without the ballast of what, for many, would be redundant discs, Anthology 4 can now shine under its own spotlight. Newly curated by Giles Martin, it includes 13 previously unreleased demos and session recordings and other rare tracks. It also features new mixes of the 1995 and 1996 singles ‘Free As A Bird’ and ‘Real Love’. They have been freshened up by original producer, Jeff Lynne, using de-mixed John Lennon vocals (the original ‘Free As A Bird’ music video has also been restored). ‘Now and Then’, the last Beatles song, is also on Anthology 4. 

The 2CD version of Anthology 4 is housed in a gatefold digisleeve with a 48 page booklet with tracks notes by Kevin Howlett. The 3LP vinyl version is pressed on 180g vinyl in a triple gatefold sleeve.

Both formats of Anthology 4 are released on 21 November 2025, via UMR, the same day as the Anthology Collection box sets (which are still happening).

Tracklisting

Anthology 4 The Beatles / 2CD and 3LP sets

    • CD 1
      1. I Saw Her Standing There (Take 2)
      2. Money (That’s What I Want) (RM7 undubbed)
      3. This Boy (Takes 12 and 13)
      4. Tell Me Why (Takes 4 and 5)
      5. If I Fell (Take 11)
      6. Matchbox (Take 1)
      7. Every Little Thing (Takes 6 and 7)
      8. I Need You (Take 1)
      9. I’ve Just Seen A Face (Take 3)
      10. In My Life (Take 1)
      11. Nowhere Man (First version – Take 2)
      12. Got To Get You Into My Life (Second version – unnumbered mix)
      13. Love You To (Take 7)
      14. Strawberry Fields Forever (Take 26)
      15. She’s Leaving Home (Take 1 – instrumental)
      16. Baby, You’re A Rich Man (Takes 11 and 12)
      17. All You Need Is Love (Rehearsal for BBC broadcast)
      18. The Fool On The Hill (Take 5 – instrumental)
      19. I Am The Walrus (Take 19 – strings, brass, clarinet overdub)
    • CD 2
      1. Hey Bulldog (Take 4 – instrumental)
      2. Good Night (Take 10 with a guitar part from Take 5)
      3. While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Third Version – Take 27)
      4. (You’re So Square) Baby I Don’t Care (Studio jam)
      5. Helter Skelter (Second version – Take 17)
      6. I Will (Take 29)
      7. Can You Take Me Back? (Take 1)
      8. Julia (Two rehearsals)
      9. Get Back (Take 8)
      10. Octopus’s Garden (Rehearsal)
      11. Don’t Let Me Down (First rooftop performance)
      12. You Never Give Me Your Money (Take 36)
      13. Here Comes The Sun (Take 9)
      14. Something (Take 39 – instrumental – strings only)
      15. Free As A Bird (2025 mix)
      16. Real Love (2025 mix)
      17. Now And Then

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