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Track Listings
Disc: 1
1 | Now and Then |
Disc: 2
1 | Love Me Do |
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The Beatles - "Now and Then" / The Beatles' double-A-side single for "Now And Then" and "Love Me Do" pairs the last Beatles song with the band's first UK single. Powerful musical bookends to The Beatles' recorded canon, both songs are also featured in the expanded 2023 Editions for 1962-1966 ('The Red Album') and 1967-1970 ('The Blue Album'). "Now And Then" is the last Beatles song, written and demoed by John Lennon in the mid/late 1970s. With John's voice now pristine in the mix, "Now And Then" features elements from the 1995 sessions including George Harrison's guitar parts, and vocal and instrumental parts recorded by Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr in 2022, along with a new arrangement for strings. Produced by Paul and Giles Martin, "Now And Then" is the last song recorded by all four Beatles, a powerful and fitting finale for the band's timeless recordings. The song that started it all, "Love Me Do" was The Beatles' first UK single in 1962. For the first time, the iconic song has been de-mixed using machine aided learning and remixed in true stereo. "Love Me Do" launched The Beatles' journey to unparalleled worldwide success and acclaim that continues to this day. CD Single (Wallet).
Product details
- Language : English
- Product Dimensions : 4.92 x 4.88 x 0.08 inches; 0.71 Ounces
- Manufacturer : Capitol Music Group
- Original Release Date : 2023
- Date First Available : November 2, 2023
- Label : Capitol Music Group
- ASIN : B0BXFBT14F
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #29 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
- #9 in Rock (CDs & Vinyl)
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A similar transformation occurred during the process of polishing the recently released final Beatles single "Now and Then." Taking as its starting point John Lennon's wistful vocals from a demo tape of an unfinished love song he wrote for Yoko a few years before his murder, the track, augmented by the addition of a guitar solo the late George Harrison had laid down at the recording sessions that accompanied the "Beatles Anthology" documentary in the 1990s, as well as newly recorded bass by Paul McCartney and drums by Ringo Starr, emerges as a heartfelt elegy for John and George, for the band as a whole, and, in a larger sense, for us all.
Much has been made of the fact that the single, backed with a newly remastered and remixed version of the Beatles’ very first single, 1963’s “Love Me Do,” provides, as it were, bookends to the Beatles’ career. We are presented with the group’s first offering, and its last. But while “Love Me Do” was a vigorous R & B romp buoyed up by Lennon’s exuberant harmonica, "Now and Then," set to a string arrangement that is lush but tasteful, and never maudlin, presents a more sedate and contemplative epitaph.
However, the two songs do share one important feature in common. In neither case are the lyrics particularly deep or sophisticated—in fact, it is the very lack of specificity in the words to "Now and Then" that allows an ersatz love song to take on a larger and more inclusive meaning—serving mostly as vehicles for the expressiveness of the voices themselves. Although they occupy different ends of the emotional spectrum, both songs are more visceral than cerebral, more concerned with the feelings they evoke than with what is, or isn’t, actually being said.
"Now and Then" does not represent the Beatles’ finest hour; nor, I believe, is it meant to. And it was never destined for universal acclaim. A good friend of mine, who grew up in England and probably experienced Beatlemania firsthand, finds the song saccharine and trivial, and it’s not difficult to see why some fans might consider it so. But I find it’s growing on me more and more after repeated listening over the past week. While it’s admittedly no masterpiece, it does deliver one last, sweetly haunting echo of a bygone era. For me at least, this is sufficient. It is more than enough.
The B side is pretty cool as it is a 2023 Stereo remix of the Ringo version of "Love Me Do". You can hear the separated parts on this song and makes it sound more spacious. Some people prefer the mono version, but I like the stereo version. My only complaint is George's guitar is low in this mix. Otherwise, this 12-inch single makes for a very cool collectible.
The packaging is pretty good for a 12-inch single. The record comes in an audiophile poly lined paper sleeve with an insert. You won\'t find many new 12-inch single releases like this one. So the price is justified with the high-quality product that you are getting.
So glad to be part of another min "Beatlemania". My first one was in the mid 90's when the "Anthology" series was released.
The B side is pretty cool as it is a 2023 Stereo remix of the Ringo version of "Love Me Do". You can hear the separated parts on this song and makes it sound more spacious. Some people prefer the mono version, but I like the stereo version. My only complaint is George's guitar is low in this mix. Otherwise, this 12-inch single makes for a very cool collectible.
The packaging is pretty good for a 12-inch single. The record comes in an audiophile poly lined paper sleeve with an insert. You won\'t find many new 12-inch single releases like this one. So the price is justified with the high-quality product that you are getting.
So glad to be part of another min "Beatlemania". My first one was in the mid 90's when the "Anthology" series was released.
To Paul, Ringo, Peter Jackson, and the rest of the team that worked on this all I can say is thank you. I can not thank you enough. The song makes me tear up every time but it is good tears, the kind from wonderful memories and a deep satisfaction in knowing that in some way you have brought the band back together. John and George must be smiling down at us from their home in the stars.
If it weren’t the timing of the song I would never get the meaning it is such a sad sad song but too beautiful to not listen to over and over I think it’s the best Beatles song ever
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Si, puede confundirse con eso que llamamos magia. No es real, pero te produce, cuando despiertas, una sonrisa de asombro, gratitud y placer. Igual que un sueño; un sueño que no sueñas solo, sino con alguien.
Anyway, a bit of controversy with the song & AI, but it’s just used to remove the original piano from Lennon’s demo tape.
“Now & Then” reminds me of a modern McCartney solo song, which is not a bad thing, as he has hit a rich creative seam over the last few years, it just doesn’t’ have much of a Beatle sound, If George Harrison had still been around, the song may have sounded a bit different & I don\'t think he would have worked with George Martin's son.
As with “Free as a Bird” & “Real Love”, “Now & Then” doesn’t add anything significant to the Beatles catalogue & after all the frenzied excitement has died down I think it will be mostly forgotten.
The new mix of “love me do” is disappointing as well, as it has too much bass & sounds a little muffled.
It\'s curious that the Stones have also just released new music, the two bands seemed to be joined at the hip.
The single’s cover is also a bit uninspired; they could have used one of Lennon’s sketches.
So the release of “Now and Then” appears to be more of an event for fans to purchase the last Beatle single, than the actual quality of the music, but it’s still quite an exciting thing to be part of.