Anthology 4

Tracklist

1. Disc 1
2. 1I Saw Her Standing There (take 2)John Lennon and Paul McCartney3:06
3. 2Money (That’s What I Want) (RM7 undubbed)Janie Bradford and Berry Gordy2:48
4. 3This Boy (takes 12 and 13)John Lennon and Paul McCartney3:18
5. 4Tell Me Why (takes 4 and 5)John Lennon and Paul McCartney3:07
6. 5If I Fell (take 11)John Lennon and Paul McCartney2:39
7. 6Matchbox (take 1)Carl Perkins2:09
8. 7Every Little Thing (takes 6 and 7)John Lennon and Paul McCartney3:29
9. 8I Need You (take 1)George Harrison2:36
10. 9I’ve Just Seen a Face (take 3)John Lennon and Paul McCartney2:27
11. 10In My Life (take 1)John Lennon and Paul McCartney2:40
12. 11Nowhere Man (first version - take 2)John Lennon and Paul McCartney2:24
13. 12Got to Get You Into My Life (second version - unnumbered mix)John Lennon and Paul McCartney2:35
14. 13Love You To (take 7)George Harrison2:56
15. 14Strawberry Fields Forever (take 26)John Lennon and Paul McCartney3:20
16. 15She’s Leaving Home (take 1 - instrumental)John Lennon and Paul McCartney3:50
17. 16Baby, You’re a Rich Man (takes 11 and 12)John Lennon and Paul McCartney6:06
18. 17All You Need Is Love (rehearsal for BBC Broadcast)John Lennon and Paul McCartney6:11
19. 18The Fool on the Hill (take 5 - instrumental)John Lennon and Paul McCartney4:42
20. 19I Am the Walrus (take 19 - strings, brass, clarinet overdub)John Lennon and Paul McCartney4:58
21. Disc 2
22. 1Hey Bulldog (take 4 - instrumental)John Lennon and Paul McCartney3:14
23. 2Good Night (take 10 with a guitar part from take 5)John Lennon and Paul McCartney2:31
24. 3While My Guitar Gently Weeps (third version - take 27)George Harrison3:18
25. 4(You’re So Square) Baby I Don’t Care (studio jam)Mike Stoller and Jerry Leiber0:43
26. 5Helter Skelter (second version - take 17)John Lennon and Paul McCartney3:38
27. 6I Will (take 29)John Lennon and Paul McCartney0:27
28. 7Can You Take Me Back? (take 1)John Lennon and Paul McCartney2:22
29. 8Julia (two rehearsals)John Lennon and Paul McCartney4:27
30. 9Get Back (take 8)John Lennon and Paul McCartney3:52
31. 10Octopus’s Garden (rehearsal)Ringo Starr1:49
32. 11Don’t Let Me Down (first rooftop performance)John Lennon and Paul McCartney3:27
33. 12You Never Give Me Your Money (take 36)John Lennon and Paul McCartney5:18
34. 13Here Comes the Sun (take 9)George Harrison3:42
35. 14Something (take 39 - strings only instrumental)George Harrison2:36
36. 15Free as a Bird (2025 mix)Harrison, Lennon, McCartney, Starr4:27
37. 16Real Love (2025 mix)John Lennon3:35
38. 17Now and ThenLennon, Harrison, McCartney, Starr4:10

Produced by

George Martin, Dave Harries, Ken Scott, The Beatles, Jeff Lynne, Giles Martin, Paul McCartney

Executive producer

Jeff Jones

Recorded at

Abbey Road Studios: Studio 2, Olympic Studios, Studio A, Abbey Road Studios: Studio 3, Apple Studios, Abbey Road Studios: Studio 1, The Dakota, Hog Hill Mill, Capitol Studios

Recorded

11 February 1963–16 July 1969, July 1980 1994–1995 2021–2022

Mixed by

Giles Martin, Sam Okell, Chris Sheldon, Mark “Spike” Stent

Mixed at

Abbey Road Studios

Engineered by

Norman Smith, Geoff Emerick, Dave Harries, Keith Grant, Ken Scott, Glyn Johns, George Martin, Phil McDonald, Jon Jacobs, Steve Genewick, Greg McAllister, Steve Orchard, Keith Smith, Mark “Spike” Stent, Bruce Sugar

Labels

Apple Records, Apple

Length

1:59:03

Line-up

• George Harrison · guitar, background vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, classical guitar, lead vocals, sitar, percussion, swarmandal, slide guitar, ukulele, vocals
• John Lennon · guitar, background vocals, lead vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, snare drum, percussion, mellotron, vocals, piano, bass, wood block, drum machine
• Paul McCartney · electric bass guitar, lead vocals, bass, background vocals, acoustic guitar, tambura, percussion, guitar, recorder, piano, tambourine, organ, bass guitar, keyboard, vocals, double bass, synthesizer, electric guitar, electric lap steel guitar, harpsichord, shakers
• Ringo Starr · drums (drum set), lead vocals, percussion, snare drum, tambourine, finger cymbals, bongos, piano, vocals, background vocals, shakers
• Anil Bhagwat · tabla · guest
• George Martin · mellotron · guest
• Greg Bowen · trumpet · guest
• Tony Fisher · trumpet · guest
• Norman Jones · cello · guest
• Stan Roderick · trumpet · guest
• Derek Simpson · cello · guest
• Derek Watkins · trumpet · guest
• Sheila Bromberg · harp · guest
• Alan Dalziel · cello · guest
• José‐Luis García · violin · guest
• Erich Gruenberg · violin · guest
• Derek Jacobs · violin · guest
• Gordon Pearce · double bass · guest
• Stephen Shingles · viola · guest
• John Underwood · viola · guest
• Denis Vigay · cello · guest
• Trevor Williams · violin · guest
• Ralph Elman · violin · guest
• Eldon Fox · cello · guest
• Jack Greene · violin · guest
• John Jezzard · violin · guest
• Gordon Lewin · clarinet · guest
• Bram Martin · cello · guest
• Andrew McGee · violin · guest
• Morris Miller · horn · guest
• Jack Richards · violin · guest
• Lionel Ross · cello · guest
• Jack Rothstein · violin · guest
• Neill Sanders · horn · guest
• Sidney Sax · violin · guest
• Louis Stevens · violin · guest
• Tony Tunstall · horn · guest
• Terence Weil · cello · guest
• Eric Clapton · electric guitar · guest
• Jeff Lynne · guitar, background vocals · guest
• Mia Barcia-Colombo · cello · guest
• Charlie Bisharat · violin · guest
• Caroline Buckman · viola · guest
• Andrew Bulbrook · violin · guest
• Drew Forde · viola · guest
• Neel Hammond · violin · guest
• Ayvren Harrison · viola · guest
• Songa Lee‐Kitto · violin · guest
• Serena McKinney · violin · guest
• Giovanna Moraga-Clayton · cello · guest
• Adrianne Pope · violin · guest
• Linnea Powell · viola · guest
• Mike Valerio · double bass · guest
• Hillary Smith · cello · guest

Singles

• “Free as a Bird (2025 Mix)” · 21 August 2025
• “Helter Skelter (Second Version: Take 17)” · 18 September 2025
• “While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Third Version: Take 27)” · 3 October 2025
• “I've Just Seen a Face (Take 3)” · 24 October 2025
• “In My Life (Take 1)” · 15 November 2025

Peak chart positions