{"id":1973114,"date":"2025-08-21T21:13:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T21:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1973114"},"modified":"2025-08-21T21:13:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T21:13:02","slug":"watch-remastered-beatles-free-as-a-bird-music-video-as-band-announce-new-anthology-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/watch-remastered-beatles-free-as-a-bird-music-video-as-band-announce-new-anthology-album\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Remastered Beatles Free As A Bird music video as band announce new Anthology album"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-head\">\n        <!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-intro head-item\">&#13;<br \/>\n            A new Beatles Anthology album and documentary episode have been announced to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Anthology project.&#13;\n        <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-share-mobile head-item\">\n<div class=\"article-date-mobile\">\n<p class=\"article-byline-mobile\">&#13;<br \/>\n                By <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.contactmusic.com\/author\/2\/philip-hamilton\">Philip Hamilton<\/a>&#13;\n            <\/p>\n<p>Thursday, August 21, 2025\u00a04:00 PM    <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share-desktop head-item\">\n<div class=\"article-date\">\n<p class=\"article-byline\">&#13;<br \/>\n                By <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.contactmusic.com\/author\/2\/philip-hamilton\">Philip Hamilton<\/a>&#13;\n            <\/p>\n<p>Thursday, August 21, 2025\u00a04:00 PM    <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"generic-hero-article-image story-body-image head-item\">\n<figure class=\"article-figure\">&#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<figcaption>&#13;<br \/>\n                        The Beatles&#13;<br \/>\n                    <\/figcaption>&#13;<br \/>\n                <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <!-- Article End -->\n    <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<\/p>\n<p>A new <em>Anthology<\/em> compilation album has been announced and will feature 13 previously unreleased songs by The Beatles.<\/p>\n<p>First released three decades ago in 1995, The Beatles\u2019 eight-part <em>Anthology<\/em> series reinvented the music documentary, featuring John Lennon, Sir Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Sir Ringo Starr candidly telling their own story of the band&#8217;s history.<\/p>\n<p>Now, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the <em>Anthology<\/em> series, Fab Four fans are to get a new Anthology album and a new ninth episode of the documentary, which will stream on Disney+.<\/p>\n<p>Among the 13 unheard tracks are demos and session recordings and other rare recordings. It also includes new mixes of The Beatles\u2019 Anthology-associated hit singles: <em>Free As A Bird<\/em> and <em>Real Love<\/em>, each being given new life by their original producer Jeff Lynne, using de-mixed John Lennon vocals.<\/p>\n<p>The original <em>Free As A Bird<\/em> music video has also been beautifully restored and you can watch below<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Beatles - Free As A Bird (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ODIvONHPqpk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Both new mixes are placed alongside the band\u2019s most recent UK Number One hit single, 2023\u2019s Grammy-winning Now And Then, which was released as the last ever Beatles song.<\/p>\n<p>All three singles were created from rudimentary home demos John recorded in the 1970s, later completed with vocal and instrumental parts recorded by Paul, Ringo and George &#8211; who passed away in November 2001 from cancer at the age of 58.<\/p>\n<p>Anthology 4 is slated for release on November 21 in a new box set, accompanied by remastered versions of Anthology 1, 2 and 3, courtesy of Giles Martin, son of Beatles producer George Martin. <\/p>\n<div contenteditable=\"false\">\n<div data-custom-index=\"0\" data-show-caption=\"false\" data-show-short-caption=\"false\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.bangpremier.com\/articleimage\/2025_08_21__bsalscplg_1755786718cropped2912x1893.webp\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The new episode of the documentary series will offer unseen backstage footage of Paul, George and Ringo Starr uniting between 1994 and 1995 to create the Anthology collections in the absence of their late bandmate John, who was shot dead in New York in December 1980, and reflecting on their shared life as The Beatles.<\/p>\n<p>The series\u2019 original eight episodes trace the legendary journey of The Beatles that began in Liverpool and Hamburg and went on to captivate the world.<\/p>\n<p>The documentary covered Beatlemania, the band\u2019s ground-breaking arrival in America, their role at the forefront of the 1960s counterculture, their spiritual exploration in India and their eventual break-up.<\/p>\n<p>The restoration has been overseen by Apple Corps\u2019 production team, working with Peter Jackson\u2019s Wingnut Films Park Road Post teams along with Giles Martin, who has created new audio mixes for the majority of the featured music.<\/p>\n<p>Across all the Anthology albums, there are 191 tracks which will be released on November 21 by Apple Corps Ltd.\/UMG for digital purchase and streaming, and in deluxe 12LP 180-gram vinyl and 8CD box sets.<\/p>\n<p>Both box sets include the original sleeve notes for Anthology 1, 2 and 3; the new Anthology 4 includes track notes written by Kevin Howlett and an introduction compiled from 1996 interviews recorded with The Beatles\u2019 close friend and adviser Derek Taylor. The Beatles Store\u2019s exclusive editions for both box sets add four 12-inch band photo art cards in a numbered envelope.<\/p>\n<p>The Anthology documentary series, <em>The Beatles Anthology<\/em>, will stream on Disney+ from November 26.<\/p>\n<p>Pre-save\u00a0<em>The Beatles Antholog<\/em><strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thebeatles.lnk.to\/AnthologyPR\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong>gital audio collection and pre-order the 12LP vinyl and 8CD box sets\u00a0<strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thebeatles.lnk.to\/AnthologyPR\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"related-articles\">&#13;<\/p>\n<header class=\"feed-section-title feed-section-title__embedded\">&#13;<br \/>\n                <span class=\"feed-section-title-text feed-section-title-text--small \">&#13;<br \/>\n                    Read more&#13;<br \/>\n                <\/span>&#13;<br \/>\n                <span class=\"feed-section-title-bar\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n            <\/header>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n            &#13;<br \/>\n        <\/aside>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.contactmusic.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; &#13; A new Beatles Anthology album and documentary episode have been announced to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Anthology project.&#13; &#13; By Philip Hamilton&#13; Thursday, August 21, 2025\u00a04:00 PM &#13; By Philip Hamilton&#13; Thursday, August 21, 2025\u00a04:00 PM &#13; &#13;&#13; The Beatles&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; A new Anthology compilation album has been announced [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1973115,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1973114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WATCH-Remastered-Beatles-Free-As-A-Bird-music-video-as.webp.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1973114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1973114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1973114\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1973115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1973114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1973114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1973114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}