McCartney Times

Less than four months after the release of “Free as a Bird,” the first new Beatles song in 25 years, the world got a follow-up. On March 4, 1996, the Beatles released “Real Love,” in which Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr once again overdubbed themselves onto an old John Lennon demo.The song had already been heard the previous November, when it aired at the end of the second episode of the Anthology documentary. And one of Lennon’s takes on the song, with just guitar and vocals, appeared on the soundtrack of the Imagine: John Lennon documentary. The Beatles’ version, which opens Anthology 2, which was released two weeks later, was built off a Lennon recording captured on a small cassette recorder featuring him on piano.

Source: 20 Years Ago: The Beatles Release Second Reunion Single, ‘Real Love’