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The Beatles announce 'Anthology 4' with a new version of 'Free as a Bird.' Here's everything else we know about the expanded reissue.
Previously unreleased tracks and previously unseen footage are coming in November. Thirty years after it was first released, The Beatles' multimedia Anthology project — a career-spanning documentary; a glossy coffee-table book; three behind-the-scenes rarities albums — will be getting the deluxe reissue treatment this fall, Apple Corps Ltd. announced Thursday. Apple also dropped a new track to whet fans' appetite: a 'demixed' version of the 1995 reunion single 'Free as a Bird' with crystal-clear vocals from John Lennon. What else are the Beatles adding to their expanded Anthology? Here's everything we know so far. 'Free as a Bird (2025 Mix)' Available now on major streaming services, the '2025 mix' of 'Free as a Bird' uses the same advanced demixing technology that allowed the surviving Beatles — in collaboration with Giles Martin, the son of their 1960s producer, George Martin — to finish off a long-lost third reunion track, 'Now and Then,' and release it in late 2023. This version of 'Free as a Bird' has been a long time coming. In 1975, Lennon retreated from the music scene to raise his newborn son, Sean. But he never stopped writing and demoing songs at his home in New York City's Dakota Building. While many of Lennon's final compositions eventually appeared — in polished studio form — on his 1980 comeback album with wife Yoko Ono, Double Fantasy, and their posthumous 1984 collection Milk and Honey, a handful remained in Ono's vault. 'Free as a Bird' was one of them. On January 19, 1994 — some time after George Harrison and longtime Beatles' sidekick Neil Aspinall reportedly pitched Ono on the idea of fleshing out Lennon's unreleased demos with full-band instrumentation and vocals — Ono gave McCartney two cassette tapes. One featured "Free as a Bird" and "Real Love," two late Lennon demos that the surviving Beatles (aka The Threetles) ultimately "finished off" during 1994 and 1995 reunion sessions at Paul McCartney's home studio in Sussex, England and released as part of the sprawling 1995-1996 Beatles Anthology project. "It's the end of the line, really," Ringo Starr said at the time. "There's nothing more we can do as the Beatles." That, of course, turned out to be not quite true. Back in 1994 and 1995, producer Jeff Lynne and his team used existing technology to iron out problems with pitch, timing and noise on Lennon's tapes, but his vocals on the original Anthology versions of 'Free as a Bird' and 'Real Love' still sounded ghostly and distant — like they were recorded on a primitive cassette player. But for 'Now and Then' — a third Lennon demo that McCartney, Starr and Harrison worked on for two days in March 1995, then abandoned — Martin took advantage of a machine-assisted learning program developed by director Peter Jackson's team and recently used on other Beatles projects to isolate, clarify and remix individual voices and instruments. The result? A much sharper Lennon vocal than on "Free as a Bird" or "Real Love.' The 2025 version of 'Free as a Bird' benefits from the same technology (as well as a new, punchier mix by Lynne). Artificial intelligence is involved, but this isn't a fake robot Lennon that had been generated from existing audio data and programmed to "sing." Instead, as McCartney told BBC's Radio 4 Today program in June 2023, "[Jackson] was able to extricate John's voice from a ropey little bit of cassette. We had John's voice and a piano and he could separate them with AI. They tell the machine: 'That's the voice. This is a guitar. Lose the guitar.' [So] we were able to take John's voice and get it pure through this AI so that then we can mix the record, as you would normally do." The original 'Free as a Bird' music video has been restored as well. 'Real Love (2025 Mix)' It's not out yet — and we don't know exactly when it will be — but the Beatles have also prepped a demixed version of 'Real Love,' the other Threetles reunion single. The expanded Anthology albums are slated for release on Nov. 21; 'Real Love' could come out earlier, as another preview track, or it could be withheld for release day. 'Anthology 4' album The original Anthology set consisted of 155 rare demos, studio outtakes and live cuts spread across three double albums. The idea was to provide 'insight into the early development of songs that became the [Beatles'] recorded masterpieces,' as Apple put it Thursday. Now they're adding a fourth installment. 'Curated' by Martin, Anthology 4 features an additional 36 Beatles rarities. Twenty-three of them have already seen the light of day on earlier 'super deluxe' reissues of the band's studio albums. But 13 Anthology 4 tracks have never been officially released, until now. They include new outtakes of 'If I Fell,' 'In My Life,' 'Nowhere Man,' 'Hey Bulldog' and 'All You Need Is Love.' Here's the complete list of previously unreleased material: Tell Me Why (Takes 4 and 5) If I Fell (Take 11) Matchbox (Take 1) Every Little Thing (Takes 6 and 7) I Need You (Take 1) I've Just Seen A Face (Take 3) In My Life (Take 1) Nowhere Man (First version – Take 2) Baby, You're A Rich Man (Takes 11 and 12) All You Need Is Love (Rehearsal for BBC broadcast) The Fool On The Hill (Take 5 – Instrumental) I Am The Walrus (Take 19 – strings, brass, clarinet overdub) Hey Bulldog (Take 4 – instrumental) Free As A Bird (2025 mix) Real Love (2025 mix) 'Now and Then' will also appear on Anthology 4. 'Remastered' versions of 'Anthology 1, 2 and 3' According to Apple, all existing Anthology material has been 'remastered' by Martin as well. That sounds like standard practice, but it's likely to amount to something much more substantial. Why? Because Jackson's machine-assisted learning program has the power to clean up and clarify all of the embryonic Beatles recordings on Anthology 1 in particular — including their very early, very noisy demos, taped while they were still teenage amateurs in Liverpool. A new episode of the 'Anthology' TV documentary The original Anthology documentary was an eight-part series that eschewed the usual talking- heads approach in favor of letting John, Paul, George and Ringo tell their own story, in their own words. Now there's a ninth episode. According to Apple, the new installment includes 'unseen behind-the-scenes footage of Paul, George and Ringo coming together between 1994 and 1995 to work on 'The Anthology' and reflec[t] on their shared life as The Beatles.' The entire documentary has been restored and remastered as well, with the help of Jackson's Wingnut Films & Park Road Post teams. Never before available in digital form, it starts streaming on Disney+ on Nov. 26. The Anthology book — 368 pages illustrated with more than 1,300 photos, documents and other memorabilia from the band's archives — will be republished on Oct. 14. Solve the daily Crossword
Condé Nast Traveler
7 minutes ago
- Condé Nast Traveler
15 Best Ways to Experience LGBTQ+ Berlin, From Gay Bars to Bookstores
Few cities feel as unapologetically queer as Berlin. A hundred years ago, this was the heart of the world's first LGBTQ+ rights movement. Weimar cabarets, cross-dressing revues, and radical thinkers made space for gender and sexual freedom, decades before most places dared to do so. This momentum was violently interrupted by the rise of Nazism, but never entirely halted. Today, Berlin ranks among the most LGBTQ+ friendly cities on Earth, not just in attitude, but in action. The city's queer identity runs deep in its neighborhoods and districts, from Schöneberg's rainbow-draped bars and bookstores to Kreuzberg's energetic activism, Neukölln's trendy pop-up venues, and Prenzlauer Berg's brunch spots, which attract diverse weekend crowds. Even the tourism infrastructure reflects this: The Pink Pillow initiative by Visit Berlin connects travelers with LGBTQ-friendly hotels, while the Queer City Pass grants discounts for queer-friendly museums, clubs, and shops, alongside a public transport pass. Whether you're here for Christopher Street Day (a.k.a. Berlin Pride), a weekend escape, or finding the stories that inspired Cabaret, Berlin is one of the world's greatest cities for LGBTQ+ visitors. The annual Christopher Street Day parade passes by the Victory Culumn Siegessäule on July 22, 2023 in Berlin, Germany. Omer Messinger/Getty Berlin by day A Berlin institution for nearly 50 years, Prinz Eisenherz sits among Motzstraße's historic gay bars. Shelves are stocked with books on queer theory, graphic novels, and a solid range of English-language titles. The events space hosts exhibitions and talks, and the staff offer some of the city's best insider tips. Address: Motzstr. 23, 10777 Berlin Part gallery, part concept store, Keller Kreuzberg showcases over 100 queer-owned local and international brands, covering everything from prints to homeware. The space is proudly inclusive and sex-positive, with products reflecting a wide range of queer identities. It also supports local artists with exhibition space and regular pop-up events. Note that this place is open only on weekdays. Address: Reichenbergerstr. 48, 10999 Berlin Queer walking tours In recent years, a wave of queer walking tours has sprung up across Berlin, tracing LGBTQ+ history from the Weimar era to today. Expect stories of Magnus Hirschfeld, Marlene Dietrich, and Christopher Isherwood woven through the Schöneberg district, the heart of Berlin's queer past and present. Some, like the drag-led Kieztour, infuse flair and local gossip, while others, such as Queer Berlin, offer a more reflective look at city-wide sites that shaped contemporary queer life in this city. Address: Meeting points vary Inaugurated in 2008 on the edge of Tiergaten, this understated gray concrete monument is one of the most moving sites in Berlin's queer landscape. Viewed through a peephole, a rolling video installation honors LGBTQ+ lives lost under the Third Reich. The inscription 'A Simple Kiss Could Land You In Trouble' is a chilling reminder of how a flourishing queer culture can be brutally silenced. Address: Ebertstrasse, Tiergarten (opposite the Holocaust Memorial), 10785 Berlin
Forbes
38 minutes ago
- Forbes
Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection Confirms The Final Two Games
This week at Gamescom, Atari has finally confirmed the final two games included in the Digital Eclipse-developed Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection, as well as added one more surprise for good measure. In the newest trailer, embedded below, we see that Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero and Mortal Kombat: Special Forces, two of the least-known games from the franchise's long legacy, will round out the list of 11 total games and over 20 different versions and variations in this massive collection. The other surprise I mentioned is the incredibly rare WaveNet Arcade version of Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3. This is the only arcade version of any Mortal Kombat game to include Noob Saibot and is the very first version of Mortal Kombat to support online multiplayer—ever. It's been assumed to be lost media for a long time. Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection—Full Game Lineup Here is the full game list, as confirmed today in a press release: FEATURED | Frase ByForbes™ Unscramble The Anagram To Reveal The Phrase Pinpoint By Linkedin Guess The Category Queens By Linkedin Crown Each Region Crossclimb By Linkedin Unlock A Trivia Ladder I can't overstate my excitement here. I've never played Mythologies or Special Forces and have been curious about those games for decades. Mythologies has the gameplay and perspective of a typical Mortal Kombat game, but it's a single-player action-adventure game instead. Special Forces, on the other hand, is a sort-of isometric top-down action game almost like Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance. I'm so intrigued to finally check that one out. Having one massive collection with all of these games officially preserved is amazing. Beyond that, though, this is exciting for its historical and educational significance. Just like the Atari 50 release, Digital Eclipse have gone to painstaking lengths to include tons of archival documents and interviews covering the creation of the series and its origins. For all intents and purposes, it's like an interactive documentary and digital museum. There is no exact release date for Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection yet, but the physical Standard and Deluxe Edition versions are expected to ship in December so it should be releasing this year.
