To accompany the Anthology series, three double music albums were
released, each containing two CDs or three vinyl discs of mostly
never-before-released Beatles material (the exceptions being the Tony
Sheridan era material), although many of the tracks had appeared on
bootlegs for many years prior.Two days after the first television special in the series had aired, Anthology 1 was released to stores, and included music recorded by The Quarrymen, the famous Decca Records audition tapes, and various out-takes and demos from the band's first four albums. It also included the song "Lend Me Your Comb", omitted from the collection Live at the BBC, released the previous year (1994). The song "Free as a Bird" was included at the very start. 450,000 copies of Anthology 1 were sold in its first day of release, the most sales for an album in a single day ever. The Beatles' first drummer Pete Best, replaced by the band's three founding members in 1962 before they recorded professionally for EMI, received his first substantial Beatles royalties from this album, for the inclusion of early demo tracks on which he played.
On 17 March 1996, Anthology 2 was released. The second collection presented out-takes and demos from the Beatles' sessions for Help!, Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, and Magical Mystery Tour. These included selected early demos and takes for Lennon's "Strawberry Fields Forever", previously available only to bootleg collectors. The new song "Real Love" — which, like "Free as a Bird", was based on an unfinished Lennon recording — was also included in the two-CD collection.
On 28 October 1996, Anthology 3 was released. The third collection featured out-takes and demos from The White Album, Abbey Road, and Let It Be as well as several Post-Beatle tracks from Harrison and McCartney.
The Beatles - Anthology 1
Disc 1
01. Free as a Bird
02. We Were Four Guys... That's All (Interview)
03. That'll Be the Day
04. In Spite of All the Danger
05. Sometimes I'd Borrow... Those Still Exist (Interview)
06. Hallelujah, I Love Her So
07. You'll Be Mine
08. Cayenne
09. First of All... It Didn't Do a Thing Here (Interview)
10. My Bonnie
11. Ain't She Sweet
12. Cry For A Shadow
13. Brian Was a Beautiful Guy... He Presented Well (Interview)
14. I Secured Them... A Beatle Drink Even Then (Reading)
15. Searchin'
16. Three Cool Cats
17. The Sheik Of Araby
18. Like Dreamers Do
19. Hello Little Girl
20. Well, the Recording Test... By My Artists (Reading)
21. Besame Mucho
22. Love Me Do
23. How Do You Do It
24. Please Please Me
25. One After 909 (Sequence)
26. One after 909
27. Lend Me Your Comb
28. I'll Get You
29. We Were Performers... In Britain (Interview)
30. I Saw Her Standing There
31. From Me To You
32. Money (That's What I Want)
33. You Really Got a Hold on Me
34. Roll Over Beethoven
Disc 2
01. She Loves You
02. Till There Was You
03. Twist and Shout
04. This Boy
05. I Want to Hold Your Hand
06. Boys, What I Was Thinking (feat. Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise) (Comedy)
07. Moonlight Bay
08. Can't Buy Me Love
09. All My Loving
10. You Can't Do That
11. And I Love Her
12. A Hard Day's Night
13. I Wanna Be Your Man
14. Long Tall Sally
15. Boys
16. Shout
17. I'll Be Back (take 2)
18. I'll Be Back (take 3)
19. You Know What to Do
20. No Reply (Demo)
21. Mr. Moonlight
22. Leave My Kitten Alone
23. No Reply
24. Eight Days a Week (Sequence)
25. Eight Days a Week (Complete)
26. Kansas City / Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey
The Beatles - Anthology 2
Disc 101. Real Love
02. Yes It Is
03. I'm Down
04. You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
05. If You've Got Trouble
06. That Means a Lot
07. Yesterday
08. It's Only Love
09. I Feel Fine
10. Ticket to Ride
11. Yesterday
12. Help!
13. Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby
14. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
15. I'm Looking Through You
16. 12-Bar Original
17. Tomorrow Never Knows
18. Got to Get You Into My Life
19. And Your Bird Can Sing
20. Taxman
21. Eleanor Rigby (Strings)
22. I'm Only Sleeping (Rehearsal)
23. I'm Only Sleeping (Take 1)
24. Rock and Roll Music
25. She's a Woman
Disc 2
01. Strawberry Fields Forever (demo sequence)
02. Strawberry Fields Forever (take 1)
03. Strawberry Fields Forever (take 7 & Edit Piece)
04. Penny Lane
05. A Day in the Life
06. Good Morning Good Morning
07. Only a Northern Song
08. Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! (takes 1 and 2)
09. Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! (take 7)
10. Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
11. Within You Without You (instrumental)
12. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
13. You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)
14. I Am the Walrus
15. The Fool on the Hill (demo)
16. Your Mother Should Know
17. The Fool on the Hill (take 4)
18. Hello, Goodbye
19. Lady Madonna
20. Across the Universe
The Beatles - Anthology 3
Disc 1
01. A Beginning
02. Happiness Is A Warm Gun
03. Heller Skelter
04. Mean Mr. Mustard
05. Polythene Pam
06. Glass Onion
07. Junk
08. Piggies
09. Honey Pie
10. Don't Pass Me By
11. Оb-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
12. Good Night
13. Cry Baby Cry
14. Blackbird
15. Sexy Sadie
16. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
17. Hey Jude
18. Not Guilty
19. Mother Nature's Son
20. Glass Onion
21. Rocky Raccoon
22. What's The New Mary Jane
23. Step Inside Love/Los Paranoias
24. I'm So Tired
25. I Will
26. Why Don't We Do It In The Road
27. Julia
Disc 2
01. I've Got A Feeling
02. She Came In Through The Bathroom Window
03. Dig A Pony
04. Two Of Us
05. For You Blue
06. Teddy Boy
07. Medley: Rip It Up/Shake, Rattle And Roll/Blue Suede Shoes
08. The Long And Winding Road
09. Oh! Darling
10. All Things Must Pass
11. Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues
12. Get Back
13. Old Brown Shoe
14. Octopus's Garden
15. Maxwell's Silver Hammer
16. Something
17. Come Together
18. Come And Get It
19. Ain't She Sweet
20. Because
21. Let It Be
22. I Me Mine
23. The End
