The Beatles Anthology Vol.1 - The Beatles Reviews

My review of The Beatles Anthology Vol.1 - by The Beatles Accompanying the popular television series a while back, were the Anthology releases. This is Volume 1 of what became a very popular short run of albums. Unlike the usual Beatles compilations -the Anthology ones go little more left field - being full to the brim with ...  Read the complete review

I always appreciated these Anthology releases, as they gave you the chance to be a fly on the wall in Abbey Road & they came at a time when there was precious little new Beatles releases. This first release came at a time when the popularity of Britpop, specifically Oasis, had given the Beatles new credibility & a new legion of ...  Read the complete review

It is now almost 30 years since The Beatles split up over 33 years since they played a live gig and yet as the recent album of number 1 hits confirmed they are still hugely popular. Their continued popularity cannot be satisfied by truly new material so a re-visit of some of their early recordings is inevitable. There are probably few groups whose ...  Read the complete review

This is an important double CD set. I mean important in the sense of music-history, rather than music-brilliance. Listening to it is a bit like listening to the soundtrack to a documentary programme. It starts with "Free as a bird", the 1995 No. 1 single, which can justifiably be credited to 'The Beatles', since John ...  Read the complete review

This album is another installment to the many other Beatles compilations that have been made since their split. In the anthology series, each CD takes a look at their work from a certain time in their career. This first album provides songs that were produced when the Beatles first got together and there are a large number of previously unreleased ...  Read the complete review