Nesbit

New Beatles song debuting next Wednesday, November 1st. Looking forward to it? Do you consider it a Beatles song?

Decker

Well that is VERY unexpected. Sure I'll check that one out.
I might be very alone in this camp, but I thought Real Love was a very solid track and really enjoyed it.

Nesbit

Real Love has grown on me over time. I like Free as a Bird quite a bit too.

Nesbit

Looks like this is a demo of the song they’re working off of

Decker

Slow and slight. We shall see what Sir Paul does with it.

What will George's contribution be to the track, if any?

Nesbit

Good question.

MANBREASTS

I really wish that they would remaster and re-release the Anthologys on CD, with Now and Then added to the 3rd one like originally planned.

milo bloom

I'm cautiously interested. The other post-mortem releases were decent, if not chart burners.

On the Steve Hoffman forums, there's chatter that this will be on remastered and expanded versions of Red and Blue.

Decker

Confirmed.

Decker

Red Album :

Tracklist

Disc 1
1. Love Me Do (2023 mix) (Side A)
2. Please Please Me (2023 mix) (Side A)
3. From Me To You (2023 mix) (Side A)
4. She Loves You (2023 mix) (Side B)
5. I Want To Hold Your Hand (2023 mix) (Side B)
6. All My Loving (2023 mix) (Side A)
7. Can’t Buy Me Love (2023 mix) (Side A)
8. A Hard Day’s Night (2023 mix) (Side B)
9. And I Love Her (2023 mix) (Side B)
10. Eight Days A Week (2023 mix) (Side B)
11. I Feel Fine (2023 mix) (Side B)
12. Ticket To Ride (2023 mix) (Side B)
13. Yesterday (2023 mix) (Side B)

Disc 2
1. Help! (2023 mix) (Side C)
2. You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away (2023 mix) (Side C)
3. We Can Work It Out (2023 Mix) - from (2015 Mix) (Side C)
4. Day Tripper (2023 mix) (Side C)
5. Drive My Car (2023 mix) (Side C)
6. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (2023 mix) (Side C)
7. Nowhere Man (2023 mix) (Side D)
8. Michelle (2023 mix) (Side D)
9. In My Life (2023 mix) (Side D)
10. Girl (2023 mix) (Side D)
11. Paperback Writer (2022 mix) (Side D)
12. Eleanor Rigby (2022 mix) (Side D)
13. Yellow Submarine (2022 mix) (Side D)

Disc 3
1. I Saw Her Standing There (2023 mix) (Side E)
2. Twist And Shout (2023 mix) (Side E)
3. This Boy (2023 mix) (Side E)
4. Roll Over Beethoven (2023 mix) (Side E)
5. You Really Got A Hold On Me (2023 mix) (Side E)
6. You Can’t Do That (2023 mix) (Side E)
7. If I Needed Someone (2023 mix) (Side F)
8. Got To Get You Into My Life (2022 mix) (Side F)
9. I’m Only Sleeping (2022 mix) (Side F)
10. Taxman (2022 mix) (Side F)
11. Here, There And Everywhere (2022 mix) (Side F)
12. Tomorrow Never Knows (2022 mix) (Side F)

Blue Album :


Tracklist

Disc 1
1. Strawberry Fields Forever (2015 Mix) - from (2017 Mix) (Side A)
2. Penny Lane (2017 Mix) (Side A)
3. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (2017 Mix) (Side A)
4. With A Little Help From My Friends (2017 Mix) (Side A)
5. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (2017 Mix) (Side A)
6. A Day In The Life (2017 Mix) (Side A)
7. All You Need Is Love (2015 Mix) (Side A)
8. I Am The Walrus (2023 Mix) (Side B)
9. Hello, Goodbye (2015 Mix) (Side B)
10. The Fool On The Hill (2023 Mix) (Side B)
11. Magical Mystery Tour (2023 Mix) (Side B)
12. Lady Madonna (2015 Mix) from (2023 Mix) (Side B)
13. Hey Jude (2015 Mix) (Side B)
14. Revolution (2023 Mix) (Side B)

Disc 2
1. Back In The U.S.S.R. (2018 Mix) (Side C)
2. While My Guitar Gently Weeps (2018 Mix) (Side C)
3. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (2018 Mix) (Side C)
4. Get Back (2015 Mix) (Side C)
5. Don’t Let Me Down (2021 Mix) (Side C)
6. The Ballad Of John And Yoko (2015 Mix) (Side C)
7. Old Brown Shoe (2023 Mix) (Side C)
8. Here Comes The Sun (2019 Mix) (Side D)
9. Come Together (2019 Mix) (Side D)
10. Something (2019 Mix) (Side D)
11. Octopus’s Garden (2019 Mix) (Side D)
12. Let It Be (2015 Mix) from (2021 Mix) (Side D)
13. Across The Universe (2021 Mix) (Side D)
14. The Long And Winding Road (2021 Mix) (Side D)

Disc 3
1. Now And Then (2023) (Side E)
2. Blackbird (2018 Mix) (Side E)
3. Dear Prudence (2018 Mix) (Side E)
4. Glass Onion (2018 Mix) (Side E)
5. Within You Without You (2017 Mix) (Side E)
6. Hey Bulldog (2023 Mix) (Side F)
7. Oh! Darling (2019 Mix) (Side F)
8. I Me Mine (2021 Mix) (Side F)
9. I Want You (She’s So Heavy) (2019 Mix) (Side F)

Nesbit

Ending an album with I Want You (She’s So Heavy) is a weird choice. I respect it but it’s weird.

Decker

I never owned any version of Red & Blue and am a little bit embarrassed to say that, at least based on the title, I am not sure I know Old Brown Shoe.

Nesbit

Love Old Brown Shoe. You might recognize the piano from it even if you’ve never listened to it in full. They play it in the anthology doc when showing The Beatles entering Abbey Road one by one towards the end.

Agree that they should remaster the anthology sets. They came out at the perfect time in my life as a fan, about a year after I became obsessed with the group, and i go back to listen to them as often as I do any album. There’s a few songs on the anthology that I prefer over the completed version. Particularly Only a Northern Song.

Nesbit

Yikes, preorder price on amazon is over $20 for the single on black vinyl and $19 for blue vinyl. Will probably pick it up on black vinyl as I have everything else of theirs on black vinyl (housed in a poly lined white inner sleeve where as every other record i have is in a black poly lined inner sleeve) but “The Beatles tax” is definitely a thing. Here’s a video of someone reviewing the packaging and what we know about the song so far. I’m off to check if i have any 7 inch white inner sleeves with poly lining.

milo bloom

Hmm, I was thinking the "new" songs would be included on these since they're expanded versions. I've been putting together a collection of the 1987 versions of the CDs, not sure if I want to add this in also.

stvn1974

The track listings for the Red and Blue albums are different when it comes to CD and vinly. The CD has all of the tracks chronologically where the vinly doesn't.

Mike86

I’m going to grab the 7” single for Now and Then. Cool to get a “new” Beatles song.

GuessWho

I believe those are the ones I have stored away with rest of my CDs. Are they considered hard to find?

GuessWho

“Now And Then” Credits:

Produced by Paul McCartney, Giles Martin
Additional Production: Jeff Lynne
Vocals: John Lennon, Paul McCartney
Backing Vocals: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr
Guitars: George Harrison
Guitars, Bass, Piano, Electric Harpsichord, Shaker: Paul McCartney
Drums, Tambourine, Shaker: Ringo Starr

Additional Credits:
String Arrangement: Paul McCartney, Giles Martin, Ben Foster
Mixed by Spike Stent
Engineered by Geoff Emerick, Steve Orchard, Greg McAllister, Jon Jacobs, Steve Genewick, Bruce Sugar, Keith Smith
Source Separation / MAL Courtesy of WingNut Films Productions Ltd.
Head of Machine Learning: Emile de la Rey
Project Management: Adam Sharp

Recorded at Hog Hill Studio, Capitol Studios and Roccabella West
Mastered by Miles Showell

Project Producers: Jonathan Clyde and Guy Hayden
Executive Producer: Jeff Jones
source: https://www.thebeatles.com/announcement

milo bloom

Not really.

My Beatles collection started with 1. I always enjoyed the band when they came on the radio but never felt the need to own them on any physical format. But over the past few years, I started finding a few used copies of some of the greatest hits releases (Red/Blue and Past Masters 1/2) and then I found one of the older album CDs at a garage sale, then another, and a few weeks ago after selling some stuff at Half Price Books I walked by one of their stock carts with six of the albums on there marked down to $3 a piece and grabbed those and now I think I'm almost complete. I wanted the 1987 versions since they felt closer to the way I've heard them over the years.

So, not super hard to find, but it's not something I was actively look for until recently.

stvn1974

George Harrison did work on Now And Then when they did the two reunion songs for the Anthology project. It was originally going to be the third song but Harrison vetoes it as he didn't like the song. I guess those parts will be on here with Paul and Ringo finishing it up.

Decker

So Olivia overrode his veto? Nice.

stvn1974

Harrison was also the major holdout on Carnival Of Light being released. He also blocked several of the songs that later ended up on the 50th anniversay sets as extras such as the long Helter Skelter (which was edited for the Anthology album) and Revolution.

bluetoast

The price is ridiculous, and there are way too many variants, but I'm in for the marble 7''. Anyway the guy from Vinyl Rewind (great channel in general) is right that the 12 inch should have included additional material. And from those credits, they used some of Peter Jackson's technology to isolate the vocals, so he has the honor of being involved on a track of theirs.

PhantomStranger

What a blatant cash grab by the remaining Beatles and their estates. Updating the Red and Blue comps?

Where is my Rubber Soul Super Deluxe with Blu-ray included?