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The Beatles – Anthology 1 : 30th Anniversary New Masters Edition
Expanded & Revised Compilation
[3CD] GOLDIES GSB2501CD1/2/3
Imported Original Press / First Edition with Original OBI Strip
This release is the 30th Anniversary New Masters Edition of The Beatles Anthology 1, newly expanded, revised, and completely remastered to present the most comprehensive documentation of the band’s earliest years.
Covering the period from pre-debut Liverpool recordings through Beatlemania and worldwide breakthrough by the end of 1964, Anthology 1 captures the birth of The Beatles through rare studio outtakes, demos, radio broadcasts, and historic live performances.
This Anniversary Edition features:
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All tracks newly mastered
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115 tracks total, massively expanded beyond the original 1995 release
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Newly discovered and first-time-released recordings
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Improved sound quality with longer, uncut edits
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Modern AI-assisted stereo demixing, converting mono sources into true stereo where possible
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Newly remixed and upgraded audio sourced from original recordings
Key Highlights
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Opens with a newly upgraded remix of “Free As A Bird”, featuring cleaner and more realistic John Lennon vocals
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Includes the earliest surviving recordings of The Beatles’ history, beginning with The Quarry Men performance at Woolton Church
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Features improved audio quality for the band’s first self-recorded tracks “That’ll Be The Day” and “In Spite Of All The Danger”
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Complete Decca Audition presented in full (all 15 tracks), newly upgraded from original mono sources
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Rare and previously unreleased live recordings from The Cavern Club and Hamburg’s Star-Club
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Early EMI studio sessions, Please Please Me and With The Beatles outtakes, BBC radio performances, and newly discovered 1963 EMI House recordings
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Stockholm radio live recordings now presented in upgraded true stereo demixes
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Disc 3 includes the historic Royal Variety Performance, featuring John Lennon’s legendary on-stage comment, presented in newly mixed stereo
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Studio session material from A Hard Day’s Night and Beatles For Sale, now upgraded from original mono mixes to new stereo demixes
Opens with a newly upgraded remix of “Free As A Bird”, featuring cleaner and more realistic John Lennon vocals
Includes the earliest surviving recordings of The Beatles’ history, beginning with The Quarry Men performance at Woolton Church
Features improved audio quality for the band’s first self-recorded tracks “That’ll Be The Day” and “In Spite Of All The Danger”
Complete Decca Audition presented in full (all 15 tracks), newly upgraded from original mono sources
Rare and previously unreleased live recordings from The Cavern Club and Hamburg’s Star-Club
Early EMI studio sessions, Please Please Me and With The Beatles outtakes, BBC radio performances, and newly discovered 1963 EMI House recordings
Stockholm radio live recordings now presented in upgraded true stereo demixes
Disc 3 includes the historic Royal Variety Performance, featuring John Lennon’s legendary on-stage comment, presented in newly mixed stereo
Studio session material from A Hard Day’s Night and Beatles For Sale, now upgraded from original mono mixes to new stereo demixes
About the Anthology Project
Originally launched in 1995, The Beatles Anthology was a landmark archival project encompassing albums, books, and television documentaries. The three Anthology albums chronologically documented the band’s career from its earliest beginnings through its breakup, featuring rare studio outtakes, demos, live recordings, and reunion tracks.
While carefully curated, the Anthology project left vast archives unreleased, making these expanded anniversary editions essential for collectors and longtime fans.
Format
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3CD set
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Imported original press
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First edition with original OBI strip
3CD set
Imported original press
First edition with original OBI strip
A definitive archival release documenting the origins of The Beatles, essential for serious collectors and fans seeking the most complete and upgraded version of Anthology 1 available.
CD1
1. FREE AS A BIRD (new remaster)
The Dakota, New York, USA & Hogg Hill Mill Studio, Icklesham, UK February/March 1994
2. PUTTIN' ON THE STYLE
3. BABY LET'S PLAY HOUSE
Live at St.Peter's Church Field, Woolton, Liverpool, UK 6 July 1957
4. "We were four guys...that's all"
5. THAT'LL BE THE DAY
6. IN SPITE OF ALL THE DANGER
Percy Phillips Studio, Kensington, Liverpool, UK 12 July 1958 (stereo)
7. "Sometimes I'd borrow...those still exist" (interview)
8. HALLELUJAH, I LOVE HER SO
9. YOU'LL BE MINE
10. CAYENNE
11. WILD CAT
12. I'LL FOLLOW THE SUN
Private Recordings, 20 Forthlin Road, Liverpool, UK May 1960
13. "First of all...It didn't do a things here" (interview)
14. MY BONNIE
15. AIN'T SHE SWEET
16. CRY FOR A SHADOW
Tony Sheridan Recording Sessions, Hamburg, Germany 22/23 June 1961 (stereo)
17. "Brian was a beautiful guy...he presented us well" (interview)
18. "I secured them...a beatle drink even then" (interview)
19. MONEY (THAT'S WHAT I WANT)
20. THE SHEIK OF ARABY
21. MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE
22. THREE COOL CATS
23. SURE TO FALL (IN LOVE WITH YOU)
24. SEPTEMBER IN THE RAIN
25. TAKE GOOD CARE OF MY BABY
26. TILL THERE WAS YOU
27. CRYING, WAITING, HOPING
28. TO KNOW HER IS TO LOVE HER
29. BESAME MUCHO
30. SEARCHIN'
31. LIKE DREAMERS DO
32. HELLO LITTLE GIRL
33. LOVE OF THE LOVED
Decca Audition at West Hampstead Studios, London, UK 1 January 1962 (stereo)
34. "Well, the recording test...by my artists"
35. BESAME MUCHO
36. LOVE ME DO
Abbey Road Studio, London, UK 6 June 1962 (stereo)
37. SOME OTHER GUY
38. KANSAS CITY / HEY-HEY-HEY-HEY
Live at Cavern Club, Liverpool, UK 5 September 1962 (stereo)
39. I SAW HER STANDING THERE
40. CATSWALK
Cavern Club Rehearsals, Liverpool, UK October 1962 (stereo)
CD2
1. HOW DO YOU DO IT
Abbey Road Studio, London, UK 4 September 1962 (stereo)
2. PLEASE PLEASE ME
Abbey Road Studio, London, UK 11 September 1962 (stereo)
3. RED HOT
4. WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL MY LIFE
Live at The Star Club, Hamburg, Germany 18-31 December 1962 (stereo)
5. I SAW HER STANDING THERE (take 1)
6. THERE'S A PLACE (take 8)
7. DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET (take 6)
8. A TASTE OF HONEY (take 7)
9. MISERY (take 6)
Abbey Road Studio, London, UK 11 February 1963 (stereo)
10. FROM ME TO YOU (takes 1/2)
11. THANK YOU GIRL (take 1)
12. ONE AFTER 909 (false starts)
13. ONE AFTER 909 (edit of takes 4/5)
Abbey Road Studio, London, UK 5 March 1963 (stereo)
14. Ceremony Opening
15. FROM ME TO YOU
16. PLEASE PLEASE ME
Silver Disc Award Ceremony EMI House, Manchester Square, London, UK 5 April 1963
17. BAD TO ME (demo)
Demo Recordings May 1963
18. BABY IT'S YOU
BBC Radio "Pop Go The Beatles" 11 June 1963 (stereo)
19. THAT'S ALL RIGHT, MAMA
20. LEND ME YOUR COMB
BBC Radio "Pop Go The Beatles" 16 July 1963 (stereo)
21. DON'T BOTHER ME (take 10)
22. HOLD ME TIGHT (take 24)
Abbey Road Studio, London, UK 12 September 1963 (stereo)
23. I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND (outtakes)
24. I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND (take 17)
25. THIS BOY (takes 12/13)
Abbey Road Studio, London, UK 17 October 1963 (stereo)
26. I'M IN LOVE (demo)
Demo Recordings October 1963 (stereo)
27. I'LL GET YOU
Live on "Sunday Night at the London Palladium" London, UK 13 October 1963
28. "We were performers...in britain"
29. I SAW HER STANDING THERE
30. FROM ME TO YOU
31. MONEY (THAT'S WHAT I WANT)
32. ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN
33. YOU REALLY GOT A HOLD ON ME
34. SHE LOVES YOU
35. TWIST AND SHOUT
Radio Broadcast Live at The Karlaplansstudion, Stockholm, Sweden 24 October 1963 (stereo)
CD3
1. FROM ME TO YOU
2. SHE LOVES YOU
3. TILL THERE WAS YOU
4. TWIST AND SHOUT
TV broadcast "Royal Variety Performance" Live at The Prince of Wales Theatre, London, UK
4 November 1963 (stereo)
5. THIS BOY
6. ALL MY LOVING
7. I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND
8. "Boys, what I was thinking..."
9. MOONLIGHT BAY
"Two Of A Kind = Morecambe and Wise Show" ATV studios, London, UK 2 December 1963 (stereo)
10. CRIMBLE MEDLEY
11. TIE ME KANGAROO DOWN, SPORT
BBC Radio "Top Gear" 21/26 December 1963
12. A WORLD WITHOUT LOVE (demo)
13. WHAT GOES ON (demo)
14. ONE AND ONE IS TWO (demo)
Demo Recordings, Late 1963
15. CAN'T BUY ME LOVE (take 2)
Pathe Marconi, Paris, France 29 January 1964 (stereo)
16. ALL MY LOVING
TV broadcast "Ed Sullivan Show" New York, USA 9 February 1964
17. YOU CAN'T DO THAT (take 6)
18. AND I LOVE HER (takes 2/11)
Abbey Road Studio, London, UK 25 February 1964 (stereo)
19. A HARD DAY'S NIGHT (take 1)
Abbey Road Studio, London, UK 16 April 1964 (stereo)
20. I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER (sessions)
21. TELL ME WHY (sessions)
Abbey Road Studio, London, UK 11 / 27 February 1964 (stereo)
22. I'LL BE BACK (take 2)
23. I'LL BE BACK (take 3)
Abbey Road Studio, London, UK 1 June 1964 (stereo)
24. YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO (demo)
Abbey Road Studio, London, UK 3 June 1964 (stereo)
25. I WANNA BE YOUR MAN
26. LONG TALL SALLY
27. BOYS
28. SHOUT (full version)
TV broadcast "Around The Beatles" IBC Studio, London, UK 19 April 1964 (stereo)
29. IT'S FOR YOU (demo)
Demo Recordings June 1964
30. NO REPLY (demo)
Abbey Road Studio, London, UK 18 October 1964 (stereo)