Free As A Bird [SINGLE]

The Beatles

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 12, 1995)
• Original Release Date: December 1995
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Single
• Label: Capitol
• ASIN: B00000DEWZ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #100,491 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Free as a Bird

2. I Saw Her Standing There

3. This Boy

4. Christmas Time Is Here Again

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Japanese pressing. EMI. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	Johnny Heering "trivia buff" (Bethel, CT United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

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.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	Blue Boy (Champs sur Marne, France) - See all my reviews

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!!!!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	Raymond R. Klotkowski (Seattle Area) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.