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The Beatles - Artifacts III - CD 1 - Not Fade Away: 1969-1971 (1970)

Track listing:
  1. Cold Turkey (demo) John Lennon 3:30
  2. Give Peace A Chance (demo) John Lennon 0:26
  3. Only You Know And I Know Delaney & Bonnie & Friends 4:31
  4. Instant Karma! (We All Shine On) (TV vocals) John Lennon 2:59
  5. Sentimental Journey (TV vocals) Ringo Starr 3:09
  6. Nowhere To Go George Harrison & Bob Dylan 1:19
  7. I'd Have You Anytime George Harrison & Bob Dylan 1:50
  8. If Not For You George Harrison & Bob Dylan 3:29
  9. God (demo) John Lennon 2:08
  10. Well, Well, Well (demo) John Lennon 1:10
  11. My Mummy's Dead (demo) John Lennon 1:12
  12. Happy Birthday John Ringo and some pals 1:12
  13. I'm The Greatest (demo) John Lennon 1:18
  14. Oh Woman Oh Why (Promo Single) Paul McCartney 4:08
  15. God Save Oz (demo) John Lennon 1:54
  16. Imagine (Early Take) John Lennon 3:04
  17. I Don't Want To Be A Soldier, I Don't Want To Die (Early Take) John Lennon 5:45
  18. How Do You Sleep? (Early Take) John Lennon 5:44
  19. McCartney Interview-Lucille Paul McCartney 2:33
  20. Tragedy (Wild Life Outtake) Wings 3:08
  21. Rave On-Not Fade Away John Lennon 2:09
  22. Yellow Submarine (31st birthday) John Lennon 2:46
  23. Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (unfinished) John and Yoko 3:17
  24. The Luck Of The Irish (demo) John and Yoko 3:12
  25. Two Faced Man (David Frost Show) George Harrison & Gary Wright 3:37
  26. Attica State (live in Ann Arbor) John and Yoko 3:19

Notes

This box set includes the following compact discs:

NOT FADE AWAY 1969 - 1971 SUE ME SUE YOU 1972 - 1975 AS TIME GOES BY 1976 - 1980 FREE AS A BIRD 1981 - 1994

When Paul McCartney "officially" announced the breakup of The Beatles in March 1970, it came as a shock to millions of Beatles fans. However, those who closely followed the Fab Four were not surprised.
Dissention among the band had begun as early as 1968 during the recording of the White Album.
The White Album was clearly a collection of solo songs released as The Beatles. Many of the songs were recorded by only two or three of The Beatles and some- times only by the song's author. By the time "Let It Be" was being produced, it was clear The Beatles' days were numbered. Somehow, though, John, Paul, George and Ringo were able to go back into the studio and record their finest album, "Abbey Road". But the magic which brought them together to record "Abbey Road" could not be recreated again and the end of The Beatles became a sad reality. Thankfully, the music did not end. John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr continued to write, record and perform hundreds of hours of music after the breakup. Life and music goes on...bra!
As performers, artists and songwriters their careers saw many ebbs and flows. Each would realise great successes as well as some public and private failures. Throughout it all the ex-Beatles could never escape The Beatles' shadow. Rumours of Beatles reunions went on for years until finally all hope of a reunion died with the senseless murder of John Ono Lennon in 1980.
ARTIFACTS III is a small sampling of rare and unreleased songs chronologically arranged to allow a perspective of where the ex-Beatles were musically and ideologically during similar time periods. For instance, in 1971 while John was singing "Imagine", Paul was recording "Back Seat Of My Car". Ringo sang "It Don't Come Easy" and George was performing for the Concerts for Bangla Desh. So sit back and enjoy the latest edition of ARTIFACTS: THE SOLO YEARS