The new Beatles Anthology is out. Is there anything left to release? Maybe, maybe not.
[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC]
First of all, if you think that The Beatles are overrated and aren’t the greatest and most influential rock group of all time, stop reading right now. This column isn’t for you because, well, you’re completely wrong. Go away. But if you care deeply about The Beatles, stick around because we must talk.
Over the course of their short existence (1962-1970), The Beatles recorded 213 songs, 188 of which were original, along with 25 covers.
Since their breakup, an additional 100 or so recordings have been unearthed and officially released via expanded deluxe editions, box sets, live albums and the Anthology series, the fourth of which dropped last Friday (Nov. 21), in concert with an expanded version of the Anthology documentary series now streaming on Disney+. All eight previously released episodes have been remastered, and a ninth has been added. There are rumoured to be a few more songs in a vault somewhere, but that’s about it. And as far as we can tell, all film and video that’s worth using has been used.
But 55 years after their breakup, the well may have finally run dry.
