Free As A Bird [Single]

The Beatles | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 12, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Single
• Label: Capitol
• ASIN: B00000DEWZ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #176,241 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Free as a Bird

2. I Saw Her Standing There

3. This Boy

4. Christmas Time Is Here Again

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars O-U-T spells "out"!, November 29, 2003

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Johnny Heering "trivia buff" (Bethel, CT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Free As A Bird (Audio CD)

This was the first single released from the Beatles Anthology. The CD contains three bonus tracks that were not featured in the Anthology. "Free As a Bird" is a "new" Beatles song, on which the three living Beatles overdubbed vocals and instruments onto a John Lennon demo. It is pretty good, although not up to the standards of the Beatles legendary classics. "I Saw Her Standing There" is an alternate take which mainly differs from the master take by some faulty harmonies. "This Boy" is a false start and an almost complete take, where a minor mistake is made and the recording breaks down in laughter. "Christmas Time (Is Here Again)" is an edited version of an unreleased Beatles song. The complete version is about twice as long as what is included here, although you are not missing much by not hearing the complete version. It gets pretty repetetive, with the song's one verse being repeated over and over again. Diehard Beatles fans will want to get this CD for the three otherwise unavailable tracks.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Beatles wish you a merry Christmas, December 27, 2005

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Blue Boy (Noisy-le-Grand) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Free As A Bird (Audio CD)

Highly recommended for the great track CHRISTMAS TIME IS HERE AGAIN. Christmas never rocked that way before. It was a song recorded for fan clubs and sent to the fans around Christmas time. It's very rare to hear the Fab Four sing about Christmas.

A little joke by John at the end of the song!!!!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 4 SONGS of DELIGHT.............., February 2, 2007

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Raymond R. Klotkowski (Seattle Area) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Free As A Bird (Audio CD)

You just have to hear these recordings done by The Beatles as a few are done a little differently and sound great. "THIS BOY" is hilarious, as our boy Lennon was always apt to miss his lines and here's the proof, a little humour not heard on other "straight" recordings.

The cover is interesting and worth having, as it was said to have been a drawing by John for his best friend and original QUARREYMEN member, Pete Shotten. The Quarreymen was John's first band, and, as of February 2007, still plays today.

The real nice piece is a number originally recorded, probably 1/2 dinking around, by John and later given to the remaining Beatles at the time, George,Ringo, and Paul, who recorded it in 1994 and placed it on The Beatles Anthology series #1.