The Beatles' Anthology 4 Vinyl & CD Announced

The Beatles are not only hard at work releasing new music with Now and Then releasing last year as supposedly the final Beatles song, they've been restoring, remastering and remixing their entire back catalog, with The Anthology series being the latest release to get the treatment. The acclaimed documentary series has been long awaited by fans, and as if this wasn't exciting enough, the completely brand new edition Anthology 4 is also getting a solo release!

What is The Beatles Anthology?

The Beatles Anthology is an 8 part documentary series chronicling the entire career of the worlds biggest band, The Beatles. Covering their days forming as young boys in Liverpool and starting out in Hamburg, Germany all the way through to their final performance on the roof top of Apple Corps headquarters at 3 Savile Row and the breakup. The series even goes beyond that and covers the creation of the singles Free As a Bird and Real Love with Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr with the help of a demo from John Lennon. This new release also includes a 9th episode, which is brand new. It includes unseen behind-the-scenes footage of Paul, George and Ringo coming together between 1994 and 1995 to work on “The Anthology” and reflecting on their shared life as The Beatles.

The Beatles Anthology is critically acclaimed and is seen as not only one of the greatest music documentaries ever made, but greatest documentaries covering anything! The show originally ran in 1995/1996 and was released with Anthology 1-3 albums. These albums had songs heard through the show and many recordings that had never been heard before. Including demos, live performances, alternative recordings, interviews and plenty of other tidbits.

This re-release has been long awaited by fans as until now it has been unavailable on all streaming services and only able to buy through a DVD boxset that is long out of print. The restoration has been overseen by Apple Corps’ production team, working with Peter Jackson’s Wingnut Films & Park Road Post teams along with Giles Martin, who has created new audio mixes for the majority of the featured music.

So what is Anthology 4?

Anthology 4, is newly curated by Giles Martin, including 13 previously unreleased demos, plus fascinating session and other rare recordings dating from 1963 to 1969. It also includes the band’s final single, ‘Now And Then’, released in 2023, and new mixes of The Beatles’ Anthology-associated hit singles: the GRAMMY-winning ‘Free As A Bird’ and ‘Real Love’, given new life by their original producer, Jeff Lynne, using de-mixed John Lennon vocals. Furthermore, Anthology 4 presents 26 tracks that have never previously been released on vinyl.

The track notes are written by Kevin Howlett with an introduction compiled from 1996 interviews recorded with The Beatles’ close friend and adviser Derek Taylor.

Pressed on 180g black vinyl, the triple LP is housed within poly-lined inner bags and a triple gatefold sleeve.

The Beatles - Anthology 4 3LP & 2CD

What about the rest?

The full set is available as a boxset, containing the Anthology albums 1 through 4.

The Anthology Collection 12LP set includes the three groundbreaking Anthology albums from the mid-1990s, remastered in 2025 by Giles Martin, plus a new compilation, Anthology 4. Containing 191 tracks, the collection's studio outtakes, live performances, broadcasts and demos reveal the musical development of The Beatles from 1958 to the final single 'Now And Then' released in 2023. Anthology 4 features 13 previously unreleased tracks and 17 songs selected from Super Deluxe versions of five classic albums. In addition to fascinating outtakes dating from 1963 to 1969, the album includes new 2025 mixes by Jeff Lynne of 'Free As A Bird' and 'Real Love'. Furthermore, Anthology 4 presents 26 tracks that have never previously been released on vinyl.

Pressed on 180g black vinyl, each 3LP album will be housed within a triple gatefold sleeve, featuring the original art, sleeve-notes by Mark Lewisohn, and restored photos for Anthology 1-3; Anthology 4 has brand new sleeve-notes written by Kevin Howlett alongside photos. The outer slipcase features the original Klaus Voorman triptych art, and a 3/4 O-Card image of the band with detailed track listing.

The Beatles - Anthology Collection 12LP Boxset & 8CD Boxset

When is it released?

The first 3 episodes of the TV documentary will be released on 26th November and from then 1 episode a week with the finale being 6 weeks on from the start. Thankfully the Anthology Collection 1-4 and 4 on its own are releasing the week before on 21st November.

What formats is it available in?

The TV series is available to stream on Disney+, and although no physical release has been announced a reasonable guess would it will eventually get a release on Blu-ray/4K at some point in the future.

The Anthology 1-4 albums are available on black vinyl LP and CDs, either as a complete collection black vinyl 12LP boxset/8CD boxset or just Anthology 4 on its own as a black vinyl 3LP/2CD.