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The following information was collected for personal use from the multitude of various magazines and interviews issued around the time of the Anthology. At the time, much of the material was quickly collected without any reference to its source, however most of the information sources used have since been identified. No attempt is being made to claim authorship nor infringe any copyrights and the material is reproduced here for private use by Beatles fans.
If I've unintentionally neglected to credit anybody for either information or images then I offer my sincere apologies; please contact me and I will rectify the omission or if preferred remove the material.
Many thanks to Paul and Steve for offering to host the material at http://whizzo.ca/beatles/rs/gobnotch.html and http://abbeyrd.best.vwh.net/ respectively.
The material follows roughly the same format as Lewisohn's Complete Beatles Recording Sessions book, and does not cover any of the Anthology related promo CDs, none of which seemed to include any exclusive musical material not also released on the comercially available Anthology releases.
Amendments, suggestions and new material would be warmly welcomed.
The August 1994 issue of Beatles Monthly Magazine revealed that the three Beatles recorded at Paul’s house in East Sussex on 22nd June, the day before the session at George’s. This was apparently their first get together since February, the delay being put down to George’s business negoatiations for the sale of Handmade Films.
What was recorded at this session is a complete mystery, although they may taped a few rehearsals of Let It Be in preparation for the following day’s filming.
Rumours that an Abbey Road studio had been block booked on 11th/12th/13th July 1994 for further recordings (possibly with an orchestra) appear to have been unfounded (especially since neither Free As A Bird nor Real Love featured an orchestra when finally released). Another rumour spread the the three men were about to record there on 17th July.
Mark Lewisohn’s liner notes on the Anthology albums make no mention of any new recordings being made at Abbey Road, stating both of the new tracks were recorded at Paul’s studio.
Sources include: Beatles Monthly No. 220 Aug 94 (Beat Publications Ltd)
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