Anthology 3

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ANTHOLOGY 3
 
 
Anthology 3  is a compilation album by the Beatles released in October 1996 by Apple Records as part of The Beatles Anthology series.  The album includes rarities and alternative tracks from the final two years of the band's career, ranging from the initial sessions for The Beatles (also known as The White Album) to the last sessions for Let It Be and Abbey Road in 1969 and early 1970.  Similar to the previous Anthology albums, the cover image painted by Klaus Voorman features a collage of Beatles-related imagery designed to appear as a wall of peeling posters and album covers.  (More from Wikipedia)
 
 

Both Paul McCartney and John Lennon have called Buddy Holly a primary influence on their work; Ian Whitcomb once said that “Buddy Holly and the Crickets had the most influence on the Beatles”  The Beatles did a lovely cover of “Words of Love” that was released in late 1964 on their album Beatles for Sale.  During the recording sessions for the Let it Be album in January 1969the Beatles recorded a slow version of “Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues” (a song popularized by Buddy Holly, though not written by him); the song was later released on Anthology 3.  Also, John Lennon recorded a cover of “Peggy Sue” on his 1975 solo album Rock ’n’ Roll.  

 

(June 2013/1)

 

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Following the break-up of the BeatlesGeorge Harrison released a mammoth two-record album in 1970 called All Things Must Pass that also included a third disk called Apple Jam.  Clearly Harrison was creating a lot of music that wasn’t winding up on the Beatles albums; for instance, Anthology 3 includes an early demo of the title song for this album, “All Things Must Pass”.  
 
(September 2014)
 
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Anthology 3 includes numerous Beatles tracks from the Let it Be sessions that (as I remember) are likely the corresponding songs on Kum Back; in all, 12 of the 23 songs on the second CD are identified in Wikipedia as “Savile Row Sessions”, with recording dates ranging from January 22 through January 29, 1969.  Among these songs are Teddy Boy, but with a much shorter running time of 3:18.  Other performances on Anthology 3 from the Savile Row Sessions that have no connection to the Let it Be album are two of the Abbey Road songs, “She Came In Through the Bathroom Window” and “Oh! Darling”; a song called “Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues” that had been recorded by Buddy Holly in 1957 and was part of the Beatles’ live repertoire until 1962; and a medley of three rock and roll classics – “Rip It Up”, “Shake, Rattle and Roll” and “Blue Suede Shoes”. 
 
(September 2017)
 
Last edited: April 8, 2021