The Beatles final music with John Lennon vocals launch and documentary introduced | Music | Leisure

The Beatles broke up 53 years in the past, John Lennon’s been useless 43 years and George Harrison left us 22 years in the past.

But Sir Paul McCartney and Sir Ringo Starr are gearing as much as launch the Fab 4’s remaining music.

Now and Then, written and sung by Lennon, was labored on by Harrison earlier than his dying and now the 2 surviving Beatles have completed the work over 4 a long time later.

The long-awaited observe, which may be pre-saved right here, is about to launch worldwide on Thursday November 2 at 2pm GMT.

The double A-side single will pair Now and Then with The Beatles’ 1962 debut single Love Me Do, which can be adopted by a music video for the brand new remaining music on Friday November 3. However that’s not all.

A 12 minute documentary on Now and Then will premiere on Wednesday November 1 on The Beatles’ official YouTube channel at 7:30pm GMT. The brief movie will characteristic unique footage and commentary from McCartney, Starr, Sean Ono Lennon, Peter Jackson and archive from the late Harrison.

McCartney mentioned of Now and Then: “There it was, John’s voice, crystal clear. It’s fairly emotional. And all of us play on it, it’s a real Beatles recording. In 2023 to nonetheless be engaged on Beatles music, and about to launch a brand new music the general public haven’t heard, I feel it’s an thrilling factor.”

Starr shared: “It was the closest we’ll ever come to having him again within the room so it was very emotional for all of us. It was like John was there, you realize. It’s far out.”

Olivia Harrison mentioned: “Again in 1995, after a number of days within the studio engaged on the observe, George felt the technical points with the demo have been insurmountable and concluded that it was not doable to complete the observe to a excessive sufficient normal. If he have been right here right now, Dhani and I do know he would have whole-heartedly joined Paul and Ringo in finishing the recording of ‘Now And Then’.”

Sean Ono Lennon added: “It was extremely touching to listen to them working collectively after all of the years that Dad had been gone. It’s the final music my dad, Paul, George and Ringo obtained to make collectively. It’s like a time capsule and all feels very meant to be.”

An accompanying assertion reads: “The story of Now And Then begins within the late Seventies, when John recorded a demo with vocals and piano at his residence in New York’s Dakota Constructing. In 1994, his spouse, Yoko Ono Lennon, gave the recording to Paul, George and Ringo, together with John’s demos for Free As A Chook and Actual Love, which have been each accomplished as new Beatles songs and respectively launched as singles in 1995 and 1996, as a part of The Beatles Anthology undertaking. A

“On the similar time, Paul, George and Ringo additionally recorded new components and accomplished a tough combine for Now And Then with producer Jeff Lynne. At that time, technological limitations prevented John’s vocals and piano from being separated to realize the clear, unclouded combine wanted to complete the music. Now And Then was shelved, with a hope that sooner or later it will be revisited.

“Minimize to 2021, and the discharge of The Beatles: Get Again docuseries, directed by Peter Jackson, which astonished viewers with its award-winning movie and audio restoration. Utilizing WingNut Movies’ MAL audio know-how, Jackson’s staff had de-mixed the movie’s mono soundtrack, managing to isolate devices and vocals, and all the person voices inside The Beatles conversations.

“This achievement opened the best way to 2022’s new mixture of Revolver, sourced immediately from the four-track grasp tapes. This led on to a query: what might now be executed with the Now And Then demo? Peter Jackson and his sound staff, led by Emile de la Rey, utilized the identical method to John’s unique residence recording, preserving the readability and integrity of his unique vocal efficiency by separating it from the piano.”

The assertion continued: “In 2022, Paul and Ringo set about finishing the music. In addition to John’s vocal, Now And Then consists of electrical and acoustic guitar recorded in 1995 by George, Ringo’s new drum half, and bass, guitar and piano from Paul, which matches John’s unique enjoying. Paul added a slide guitar solo impressed by George; he and Ringo additionally contributed backing vocals to the refrain.

“In Los Angeles, Paul oversaw a Capitol Studios recording session for the music’s wistful, quintessentially Beatles string association, written by Giles Martin, Paul and Ben Foster. Paul and Giles additionally added one final, splendidly refined contact: backing vocals from the unique recordings of Right here, There And In all places, Eleanor Rigby and As a result of, woven into the brand new music utilizing the methods perfected through the making of the LOVE present and album. The completed observe was produced by Paul and Giles, and blended by Spike Stent.”

Moreover, on November 10, The Beatles’ ‘1962-1966’ (The Crimson Album) and ‘1967-1970’ (The Blue Album) collections can be launched in 2023 Version packages with expanded tracklists. All of the songs are blended in stereo and Dolby Atmos, and new 4CD and 180g 6LP vinyl collections pair Crimson and Blue in slipcased units. Digital, CD, and vinyl can be found to pre-order now right here.