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| Apple Original
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| CATALOG NUMBER | TCR 6422 / 7243 8 82587 4 6 |
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RELEASE DATE
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4th December 1995 / First Issue | |||
| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | ||
| Free As A Bird |
Free As A Bird |
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| Christmas Time (Is Here Again) |
Christmas Time (Is Here Again) |
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| CASSETTE CASE AND TAPE |
CASE FRONT | CASE BACK | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! |
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| The cassette cases were clear plastic
at the front and around the spine area, and black plastic at
the rear. |
Shell is black with silver on-body printing. The
window is flat with tape counters below. |
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| INLAY |
INLAY: FRONT | INLAY: INSIDE |
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Issued in a standard case with a single-sided fold-out j-card inlay. Printed in U.K. |
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| INLAY: FRONT CLOSE UP | ||||
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| "Plays the same
both sides" on inlay. |
U.K. catalogue
number "TCR 6422" was printed on the inlay. |
apple logomark was printed
on the spine. |
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Free As A Bird: Based on a 1977 demo recorded by John Lennon in New York, ‘Free As A Bird’ was completed by the other three Beatles 17 years later and released as the lead single from the Anthology project. |
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| INLAY: INSIDE CLOSE UP | ||||
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Credit: Drawing by John Lennon © 1995 Bag One Arts, Inc. Design / Art Direction Richard Ward / The Team Sleeve Note Mark Lewisohn |
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| SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 |
"Made in UK", "bel
BIEM" logo, and Apple logomark were printed on the shell. Recorded in Dolby. |
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| SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
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| A1 & B1 originally recorded circa 1977 in New York by John Lennon. Beatles overdubs recorded February / March 1994 in England. |
A2 & B2 music recorded 28 November, 1967 at EMI Studios,
London. Greetings recorded 6 December, 1966 at EMI Studios,
London. Side 2 repeats Side 1. |
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| LABEL | Shell is black with silver on-body
printing. |
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| MIX | STEREO |
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| RECORD COMPANY'S NAME | Apple Corps Ltd. Under exclusive licence to EMI Records Ltd. | |||
| CENTRAL REMARK "SOLD IN U.K." |
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| RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT | Ⓟ1995 |
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| COVER FORM | "white" inlay (Foldover) |
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| CASSETTE CASE |
"Norelco"
cases: clear plastic at the front and around the spine area,
and black plastic at the rear. |
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| PRINTER CREDIT | Made in UK / Printed in U.K. |
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| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Drawing by John Lennon © 1995 Bag One
Arts, Inc. Design / Art Direction Richard Ward / The Team Sleeve Note Mark Lewisohn |
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| PRODUCER | Free As A Bird: John Lennon, Paul
McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, and Jeff Lynne. Christmas Time (Is Here Again): George Martin |
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| COMMENTS | "Free as a Bird" is a single
released in December 1995 by English rock band the Beatles.
The song was originally written and recorded in 1977 as a
home demo by John Lennon. In 1995, 25 years after their
break-up and 15 years after Lennon's murder, his then
surviving bandmates Paul McCartney, George Harrison and
Ringo Starr released a studio version incorporating the
demo. The single was released as part of the promotion for
The Beatles Anthology video documentary and the Anthology 1
compilation album. For the Anthology project, McCartney
asked Lennon's widow Yoko Ono for unreleased material by
Lennon to which the three remaining ex-Beatles could
contribute. "Free as a Bird" was one of three such songs
(along with "Real Love" and, decades later, "Now and Then")
for which McCartney, Harrison, and Starr contributed
additional instrumentation, vocals, and arrangements. Jeff
Lynne, who had worked with Harrison on Harrison's album
Cloud Nine and as part of the Traveling Wilburys,
co-produced. The Beatles’ single ‘Free As A Bird’ was released in the United Kingdom on 4 December 1995. The song had been public knowledge since 10 May, when ABC TV held a press conference in California to announce the Anthology project. The song received its world premiere on BBC Radio 1 shortly after 4am on Monday 20 November 1995. The Anthology 1 album was released the following day, with ‘Free As A Bird’ its opening song. The single was released in the UK on 4 December 1995 on 7″ vinyl, cassette, and compact disc. It sold 120,000 copies in its first week. The picture cover features line drawings by Lennon on the front. The rear of the inlay follows the design theme of the Anthology albums. The cassette cases were clear plastic at the front and around the spine area, and black plastic at the rear. Shell is black with silver on-body printing. The window is flat with tape counters below. Issued in a standard case with a single-sided fold-out j-card inlay. Printed in U.K. "Plays the same both sides" on inlay. |
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