The final ever Beatles tune, “Now and Then,” is offered for listening now.
All 4 members of the band will be heard on the brand new monitor, with archival recordings of John Lennon and George Harrison, plus new contributions from Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr.
You possibly can hear the tune under.
A brief documentary movie in regards to the making of “Now and Then” was launched earlier this week, and an accompanying music video directed by Peter Jackson will arrive on Friday.
Why ‘Now and Then’ Was Left Unfinished
Earlier than his passing in 1980, Lennon recorded quite a few demo tapes at his residence in New York Metropolis. A number of of those, together with “Now and Then,” got to the remaining members of the Beatles by Lennon’s widow, Yoko Ono.
Sadly, within the case of “Now and Then,” it was deemed inconceivable to separate Lennon’s vocal from his piano enjoying, rendering the tape unusable. Two different demos, “Free as a Hen” and “Actual Love,” had been capable of be accomplished, however “Now and Then” was shelved for roughly the following 30 years.
Then, in 2021, Jackson’s filmmaking workforce introduced in a brand new sort of de-mixing expertise for the Emmy-winning documentary collection The Beatles: Get Again. With it, Jackson might type out particular person voices, devices and different sounds in order that the audio might be re-mixed correctly.
McCartney then broached the concept of utilizing this identical expertise for “Now and Then.” It labored, and he and Starr went about formally ending the tune.
“There it was, John’s voice, crystal clear. It is fairly emotional,” McCartney mentioned in an earlier press launch.
“It was the closest we’ll ever come to having him again within the room, so it was very emotional for all of us,” Starr added. “It was like John was there, you recognize. It’s miles out.”
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Harrison’s beforehand recorded guitar elements and backing vocals, leftover from their first makes an attempt on the monitor within the mid ’90s, had been additionally added on.
“In 2023 to nonetheless be engaged on Beatles music,” McCartney continued, “and about to launch a brand new tune the general public have not heard, I believe it is an thrilling factor.”
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