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Unheard Beatles 'last great song' set for release
(ANI)
Updated: 2007-04-30 14:10
The surviving members of the Beatles are set to release a
never-before-heard new single.
The track, called Now and Then, is based on a John Lennon recording,
given to Sir Paul McCartney by Lennon's widow Yoko Ono in 1994 as part of
their Anthology project.
According to friends this may now be the "one last great song" that
McCartney has been waiting for since he recommenced touring and working
in 1989.
"Paul was asked in the early Nineties when he started touring again, why
he was doing it. They said that he was rich, he didn't need this. But
Paul said that he felt he had one great song left in him. He's always
been the most uncannily intuitive person and it looks like that song has
finally arrived," the Daily Express quoted ELO musician Jeff Lynne, who
produced the sessions, as saying.
Archive tracks from George Harrison will also be merged with the new
song, along with vocals from McCartney and drumming from Ringo Starr.
The iconic band is likely to redeem hundreds of millions of pounds in new
marketing campaigns around the first release of Beatles digital downloads.
But the new song will be surprise package for their existing fans as well
as the new generation of music lovers.
Lynne also said that the best thing about the song was that it brought
back a lot of memories.
"The best thing about it all was to work with John again. Hearing him in
the headphones, it was like he was in the next room. It's like an
impossible dream," he said.
According to sources, McCartney has reverted to the drawing board and
will conclude the song the way he and John always worked, making it a
suitable Lennon-McCartney masterpiece.
Along with the new track, McCartney will also release a new album, Memory
Almost Full, in June, which will coincide with the 40th anniversary of
The Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album.
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