The Beatles Anthology collection updated!

While I was away on holiday, the updated The Beatles Anthology Collection was released by Apple Corps Ltd. It now includes a brand-new volume: Anthology 4. The collection now spans four volumes: the original three Anthology albums from the 1990s newly remastered by Giles Martin, plus Anthology 4 which was curated by Martin himself. 

Anthology 4 includes 13 previously-unreleased demos and session recordings (dating mostly from 1963–1969), alongside other rare outtakes, alternate takes and resurrected versions of two of the Anthology-era reunion tracks, Free As A Bird and Real Love. both newly remixed in 2025 by Jeff Lynne using “de-mixed” John Lennon vocals.

The new Anthology Collection was released on 21 November 2025 as a deluxe box set (can choose either 12 pieces of 180g vinyl or eight compact discs) as well as digital/streaming editions. Altogether, 191 tracks of studio outtakes, demos, live performances, broadcasts and previously hard-to-find recordings that form the most comprehensive and carefully restored archival release of the Beatles’ material to date.

The upgraded mixes and remastering bring out far more of the original studio ambience (mic bleed, tape warmth, room tone) and project a more vivid sense of the environment in which many of the Beatles’ classic tracks were born. In that sense, for anyone with a capable hi-fi system, it’s a rare chance to hear the band’s creative process in new clarity and depth.

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