The spoken word segments are interesting, I think. It is helpful that they have been assigned a track each, so that you don't have to listen to them every time you play the CD.

A lot of the material was previously released on expensive bootleg recordings. These LPs, tapes and CDs were often marketed at about twice the price of commercial recodings, and were often only 15 minutes long.

The sound quality of the Anthology is vastly superior and much much cheaper than those now superseded pirate recordings. Even if the Anthology series had not been produced, it would still be hard to sell those bootlegs in our peer-to-peer on-line environment.

Some of my favourite tracks:
Free As A Bird It is great to hear The Beatles together, even if one member was not able to appear personally. Real Love is a better song, but FAAB was a great introduction to the Anthology set, I think.

Three Cool Cats and The Sheik of Araby are great fun. I love the "not 'arf!" in Sheik.

How Do You Do It It is interesting to hear how The Beatles, however reluctantly, performed this song, later recorded by Gerry and The Pacemakers.P>One After 909 The alternative versions made available in this set are interesting and this one is a real gem.

Leave My Kitten Alone is one of the best songs recorded, but not released by The Beatles.

I'll Be Back is one several songs on the Anthology series which let us listen to The Beatles creating their masterpieces. It is great to hear this version with a different metre and feel, and The Beatles evaluation of their experiments.

Not the best of the 3 sets, but well worth owning and listening to every once in a while.

From a Quarry man to a Beatle the beatles early rock n roll
Review date: 2002-01-28 Rating: 8 out of 10

for all the lovers of rock n roll here it is.
If You enjoyed beatles rocking days the albums like early tapes in the beginning, please please me or any of the other early beatle albums you are goinge to like this much!!!
these songs are recorded when rock n roll was still the latest thing and beatles where really rocking. Disc 1 mainly features Pre parlophone recordings some of the most rocking recordings.
however very underrated. three tracks from the polydor recordings from the great beatle year 61 this time mixed& masterd by george martin this time! (My bonnie Aint she sweet and Cry for a shadow) this recording of aint she sweet is also the mix with some additional overdubbes of drums made by american studio musiciants in 1964. also included 5 rocking decca tracks from 1 january 62 and 2 tracks from the emi audtions from june 62. this recordings really show beatles at a rocking peak before becomming a dry and clean pop band also bésame mucho with its rocking beat and the nice cha cha boom. and the more bleusy edit of love me do(these where the last recordings with pete)
this collection featuers also recording by john paul george and stu eve before pete joined the band. they are also rockin check out halleluja i just love here so with flowin bass.
after ringo joined the band some intresting live recordings where included on this collection.
check out beatles live in sweden or live at a tv show preforming the great song Shout!
this collection filled with rock n roll is good
however the hamburg tracks from 61/62 with pete best and tony sheridan remains my rock n roll favourites.
and this ends up on 2nd place!!!!

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