Anthology 3
Anthology 3 is a compilation album by the Beatles, released on 29 October 1996 by Apple Records as part of "The Beatles Anthology" series. The album includes rarities and alternative tracks from the final three years of the band's career, ranging from the initial sessions for "The Beatles" (better known as "the White Album") to the last sessions for "Let It Be" and "Abbey Road" in 1969 and early 1970. It is the last in a trilogy of albums with "Anthology 1" and "Anthology 2", all of which tie in with the televised special "The Beatles Anthology . The album was certified 3× Platinum by the RIAA and was the group's third double album in a row to reach number one on the US charts, equalling a record set by Donna Summer in the 1970s. The Anthology" albums were remastered and made available digitally on the iTunes Store on 14 June 2011, individually and as part of the "Anthology Box Set". Content. Following "Free as a Bird" on "Anthology 1" and "Real Love" on "Anthology 2", a third John Lennon solo demo entitled "Now and Then" was to be reworked by the three surviving members of The  Beatles (George Harrison, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr) for "Anthology 3". However, this project was shelved due to Harrison's dislike of the song. McCartney later stated that Harrison called Lennon's demo recording "fucking rubbish". McCartney told "Q Magazine" in 1997 that "George didn't like it. The Beatles being a democracy, we didn't do it." In its place is "A Beginning", an orchestral instrumental track by the band's producer George Martin, initially intended for the White Album as the intro to "Don't Pass Me By". Connecting to the previous "Anthology" albums, the cover image painted  by Klaus Voormann features a collage of Beatles-related imagery designed to appear as a wall of peeling posters and album covers. An updated picture of Voormann can be seen in Harrison's hair in a segment of the "Revolver" album cover. Track listing. CD release. All tracks in stereo, except where noted. Vinyl release. Side one: Side two Side three Side four Side five Side six Cassette release. Side one Side two Side three Side four