Anthology 3 Turns 30: The Beatles’ Final Archive Album Revisited

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Anthology 3 Turns 30: The Beatles’ Final Archive Album Revisited

October 25

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Anthology 3 Turns 30: The Beatles’ Final Archive Album Revisited

Thirty years ago this week, Anthology 3 completed the original Anthology trilogy. Released October 28, 1996, the double album concentrated on the Beatles’ final studio period and opened the vault on alternate takes, demos and session performances connected with The White Album, Let It Be and Abbey Road. Noise11 Music News

The anniversary is particularly timely because Anthology 3 helped establish the archival approach that has since become such an important part of how new generations experience The Beatles: not merely the finished masters, but the experiments, unfinished versions and studio process behind them.

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Martin A Nethercutt is a writer, singer, producer and loves music. Creative Director at McCartney Studios Editor-in-Chief at McCartney Times Creator-in-Chief at Geist Musik President (title) at McCartney Multimedia, Inc. Went to Albert-Schweitzer-Schule Kassel Lives in Playa del Rey From Kassel, Germany Married to Ruth McCartney

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