Anthology 2 | 
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| Artist: The Beatles
Label: Emd Int'l
Category: Music
List Price: $56.98
Buy New: $34.99
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Rating:  91 reviews
Sales Rank: 53300
Format: Import
Media: LP Record
Discs: 3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 724383444816
EAN: 0724383444816
ASIN: B00004WPDB
Publication Date: 1996
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Real Love | | • | Yes It Is [Version] | | • | I'm Down | | • | You've Got to Hide Your Love Away [Version] | | • | If You've Got Trouble | | • | That Means a Lot | | • | Yesterday [Take] | | • | It's Only Love [Take] | | • | I Feel Fine | | • | Ticket to Ride | | • | Yesterday [Take] | | • | Help! [Version] | | • | Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby | | • | Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) | | • | I'm Looking Through You | | • | 12-Bar Original | | • | Tomorrow Never Knows | | • | Got to Get You into My Life | | • | And Your Bird Can Sing [Version] | | • | Taxman | | • | Eleanor Rigby [Strings Only] | | • | I'm Only Sleeping [Rehearsal] | | • | I'm Only Sleeping [Take 1] | | • | Rock & Roll Music | | • | She's a Woman |
Disc 2
| • | Strawberry Fields Forever [Demo Sequence] | | • | Strawberry Fields Forever [Take 1] | | • | Strawberry Fields Forever [Take 7 and Edit Piece] | | • | Penny Lane [Take] | | • | Day in the Life [Version] | | • | Good Morning, Good Morning [Version] | | • | Only a Northern Song | | • | Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! [Takes 1 and 2] | | • | Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite [Take 7] | | • | Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds [Take] | | • | Within You, Without You [Instrumental] | | • | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) [Take] | | • | You Know My Name (Look Up the Number) | | • | I Am the Walrus [Version] | | • | Fool on the Hill [Demo Version] | | • | Your Mother Should Know | | • | Fool on the Hill [Take 4] | | • | Hello Goodbye [Version] | | • | Lady Madonna [Take] | | • | Across the Universe [Alternate Take] |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
The most anticipated of the Anthology series, this disc covers what was arguably the Fab Four's most intensely creative period ('65-'67) when they single-handedly changed the course of popular music. Anthology 2 doesn't disappoint. Outtakes and demos show the building of songs like "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite," while the pure pop song writing of Rubber Soul and Help! is also documented, along with the sonic experimentation that characterized Revolver. Even if the legendary proto-metal jam of "What's the New Mary Jane" didn't see the light of day here, there is plenty for any Beatles fan. --Chris Nickson
Album Description
3 LP set. The most anticipated of the Anthology series, this disc covers what was arguably the Fab Four's most intensely creative period ('65-'67) when they single-handedly changed the course of popular music. Anthology 2 doesn't disappoint. Outtakes and demos show the building of songs like "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite," while the pure pop song writing of Rubber Soul and Help! is also documented, along with the sonic experimentation that characterized Revolver. Even if the legendary proto-metal jam of "What's the New Mary Jane" didn't see the light of day here, there is plenty for any Beatles fan. EMI. 2005.
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| Customer Reviews:
 "Still after all these years" September 7, 2008
Lance Grach (Pocono Mtns Pa. US)
One could spend a lifetime an never can say enough about the fab four. The second of the series, this has the music that I my mind is the most creative period of the Beatles. To listen to the evolution of "Strawberry Fields" or any of the songs, is to hear how such musical genious is created. However, the song that stands out is the newly discovered "Real Love" which starts the cd. Poignant strains of piano and guitar haunt this melody. More so when you remember that John and George are no longer with us except in our hearts.
 Disappointment August 29, 2008
Wolfgang Seibel
I am deeply disappointed by the so-called Beatles Anthology since all three CDs contain just a couple of originally recorded songs which is not mentioned in the advertisement. I consider this a certain breach of trust at least as far as my personal relationship with Amazon is concerned. I will return the CDs.--Wolfgang Seibel, Zumsteinstr. 11, 78464 Konstanz, Germany
You Know My Name....gggreat!! December 19, 2007
William J. Holmes (Warren, Michigan USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Anthology 2 is worth every penny, especially because of the wonderful "Real Love" and hilarious "You Know My Name," though I prefer the final version on the B side of "Let It Be." Am I the only one who appreciates the incredible Lennon and McCartney vocals in the beginning of the latter? Singing near the top of their ranges, they have an otherworldly quality that is unmatched in pop music. They don't even sound human! Lennon and McCartney were truly a match made in Heaven.
Excellent September 30, 2007
Deborah J. Siconolfi
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
A very special CD, with the "BEATLES" VARIOUS VERSIONS of many of their hits during recording sessions, before they recorded the "MASTERS" which were released onto records,and the story behind the recording sessions of these "masters"
 Real Love June 6, 2007
G. YEO (Singapore)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
To some critics, this is just a grab bag of Beatles outtakes. To others like me, it's a mini-revelation of sorts, and a chance to revisit Beatles history. The milestone of this is the Beatles' final collaboration of sorts - "Real Love" - Lennon seems to drive this with real emotion and his former bandmates play with it as if they were all in the studio. It's a great, fitting tribute to the talent of the entire band.
The second interesting part for me was CD 2 - the embryonic growth of Strawberry Fields Forever - revealed in three successive takes here - makes for a satisfying and different experience of the song. It feels somewhat dimensionalised.
While not everything is fantastic or that different here, the Beatles were pretty consistent, and what is here makes for a complete Beatles experience. To enjoy it more, watch the companion DVD set. Worth the price of admission? Absolutely.
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