The tune is identified as “Take 17” of a “second version” of the Fab Four’s classic 1968 rock tune “Helter Skelter.”
The track begins with Paul McCartney giving some directions to his bandmates before the start of the song. McCartney’s vocals are treated with a heavy reverb effect. On this version of “Helter Skelter,” Paul sings slightly different lyrics, and sounds a bit sloppy and playful in his vocal delivery, with some words mumbled and his voice cracking at times. McCartney also hoots and hollers at numerous points during the recording.
The original series, ‘Anthology 1’ arrived in November 1995, around the same time as a documentary that included interviews with the members and archival footage of both live performances and rehearsals. It was followed up by two more albums, aptly named ‘Anthology 2’ and ‘Anthology 3’, which both arrived in 1996.
Now, with the number four being included in the post, some fans are certain that it could indicate the upcoming release of ‘Anthology 4’. “anthology 4 confirmed???” one wrote, while another added: “An anthology boxset? ‘Free as a bird’ and ‘Real love’ with the voice of John cleaned? Anthology 4?”
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The Beatles Anthology is the Grammy Award winning 3 part miniseries that tells, in the Beatles' own words, the dramatic and astonishing story of the most influential band in rock history.
The series charts the official history of the Beatles from their earliest days in Liverpool up to the break up of the group in 1970. Using a mixture of archive footage, home movies, never before seen concert footage and unheard studio tracks, together with interviews with the Beatles themselves, the Anthology invites you as John Lennon would say 'into the eye of the hurricane'.
Originally screened on the ABC Network in 1995.
George Harrison Was Reluctant to Participate in ‘The Beatles: Anthology’ Documentary and Had Problems With Certain Scenes: ‘It’s Bulls***, That Whole Thing’.nitially, George Harrison was hesitant about participating in The Beatles: Anthology. However, he realized this was his group’s first and only chance to tell their story how it truly happened. Still, George had problems with certain scenes that painted inaccurate pictures or sensationalized rumors of some of the band’s worst times.
In an interview about the documentary, George said it was difficult at first because all three of the remaining Beatles, including John Lennon’s widow, Yoko Ono, wanted to tell the story they wanted.
“It is difficult when four people are telling the story because it’s actually four different stories,” George said. “I mean, you must realize it’s got to be somewhat of a compromise when four people are involved. But we’re trying to just say how it felt to us.”
