You know what I find funny? I still have pretty much all of the Beatles’ Anthology 2 memorized.
It was a gift from my mom to my dad years ago when it first came out. I remember going to Tower Records and seeing the cardboard display for it. I also remember not remembering the name of the group. Blasphemy. A few short years later I became OBSESSED with the Beatles and quickly gobbled up anything Beatles-related my parents owned, which included Anthology 2. I listened to it quite a bit until I eventually owned all 13 UK-released albums by the Beatles and Past Masters volumes 1 & 2 (and more covers of “Across the Universe” than anyone should own). I haven’t listened to Anthology 2 in years, but took it out this afternoon for some fun. It’s outtakes and live performances of Beatles songs from the 1965-67 era, and I still remember the giggles, the odd remarks, the coughs… it’s weird. Like how some people only remember the music from Mary Poppins as heard from their old scracthy vinyl that popped a few times in “A Spoonful of Sugar.”
Anyway… fun times.
