'APPLE' LOGO FOR THE FINAL RELEASE OF THE BRITISH ISSUE OF THE SINGLE. Parlophone logo LABEL VARIATION WAS SCRAPED IMMEDIATELY AND CHANGED TO THE TWO OF THESE PROTOTYPE LABELS HAVE EVER SURFACED, THIS ONE BEING THE SECOND. 'PARLOPHONE' COMPANY NAME AND THE CLASSIC 'TRADE MARK' POUND STERLING LOGO MEGA-RARE PROTOTYPE FIRST LABEL VARIATION, HIGHLIGHTED BY THE “LIMITED EDITION” VINYL 45 RELEASE FROM “ANTHOLOGY 1 ”, “LIMITED EDITION” 3 LP RECORD SET, WITH SPECIAL LP STICKER, USA ISSUEįREE AS A BIRD B/W CHRISTMAS TIME (IS HERE AGAIN) The Disc is a glorious Mint MINUS “As New” beauty. With simply a small soft push in the upper right and lower right corners. WITH CUSTOM COVER ISSUED TO PROMOTE THE 'BEATLES ANTHOLOGY 2' RELEASE. PRESSING !ħ SONG SAMPLER, CUSTOM APPLE LABELS, PROMOTION ONLY 12' LP “LIMITED EDITION” 3 LP RECORD SET, UK ISSUE, THERE WAS NO U.S. THE ALBUMS WERE PRODUCED BY GEORGE MARTIN AND REMIXED BY GEOFF EMERICK. THE FINAL INSTALLMENT COVERS THE APPLE YEARS FROM 1968 THROUGH 1970. THE PHASE BEGINS IN FEBRUARY, 1965, AND ENDS THREE YEARS LATER WITH A PAIR OF SONGS RECORDED DAYS BEFORE THE BEATLES JOURNEY TO RISHIKESH, INDIA, IN FEBRUARY, 1968. THE SECOND ALBUM ALSO STARTS WITH A 'NEW' BEATLES SONG 'REAL LOVE', BEFORE CONTINUING WITH THE BAND'S REMARKABLE DEVELOPMENT AS RECORDING ARTISTS.

IT OPENS WITH 'FREE AS A BIRD', A JOHN LENNON DEMO FROM THE SEVENTIES ENHANCED BY NEWLY-RECORDED CONTRIBUTIONS FROM PAUL, GEORGE AND RINGO. THE FIRST INSTALLMENT, CONTAINING RECORDINGS FROM 1958 THROUGH 1964, COVERS THE BAND'S FORMATIVE YEARS THROUGH THE INITIAL SURGE OF BEATLEMANIA.

EACH WAS ISSUED AS A THREE-RECORD VINYL SET (IN ADDITION TO A DOUBLE CD AND DOUBLE CASSETTE). THE MUSIC COMPONENT OF 'ANTHOLOGY' CONSISTS OF THREE SEPARATELY ISSUED ALBUMS TITLED 'ANTHOLOGY 1', 'ANTHOLOGY 2', AND 'ANTHOLOGY 3'. IT ORIGINALLY SCREENED ON THE ABC NETWORK IN 1995. USING A MIXTURE OF ARCHIVE FOOTAGE, HOME MOVIES, NEVER BEFORE SEEN CONCERT FOOTAGE AND UNHEARD STUDIO TRACKS, TOGETHER WITH INTERVIEWS WITH THE BEATLES THEMSELVES, THE 'ANTHOLOGY' INVITES YOU AS JOHN LENNON WOULD SAY ‘INTO THE EYE OF THE HURRICANE’. THE 'ANTHOLOGY' CHARTS THE OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE BEATLES FROM THEIR EARLIEST DAYS IN LIVERPOOL UP TO THE BREAK UP OF THE GROUP IN 1970. 'THE BEATLES ANTHOLOGY' IS THE GRAMMY AWARD WINNING 3 PART MINI SERIES THAT TELLS, IN THE BEATLES OWN WORDS, THE DRAMATIC AND ASTONISHING STORY OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL BAND IN ROCK HISTORY.

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