Anthology 2 for me.. although 3 is probably better in my heart 2 wins and i think is more important. disc of anthology 2 Real Love.. I'm looking through you, the false start on You've got to hide your love away, the live performances, the alternate versions of Got To Get you Into My Life and I'm looking through you shows a band not afraid to tinker till the very last I'm only sleeping. Side 2 the gorgeous demo of Strawberry fields, A Day in the Life!!!!!! Good Morning Good Morning even You know my name look up the number..

Quoted from Bungalow Bill

Good Morning Good Morning

I love that great thumping rhythm on the Anthology version.  And this:

Everybody knows there's nothing doing
Everything is closed, it's like a ruin
Everyone you see is half asleep
And you're on your own, you're in the street

After a while you start to smile
now you feel cool
Then you decide to take a walk by the old school
Nothing has changed it's still the same
I've got nothing to say but it's O.K.
Good morning good morning
good morning a

People running 'round it's five o'clock
Everywhere in town it's getting dark
Everyone you see is full of life
It's time for tea and meet the wife


Not exactly laid back hippy stuff! Very John, though.

i've always preferred Anthology 2 better, i notice these things when i play it more than the others.
i remember first buying it when it was released & just played it to death! i was very dissapointed with
anthhology 1, but 3 was good, but i think more of the let it be outtakes could have been on there.

anthology 2 for me, all those acoustic versions of strawberry fields, i heard one of my favourite songs of there's for the first time on it "Yes it is" and real love was fantastic to hear.

i like that Anthology 2. a lot of my favorite Beatles songs are on that Anthology CD. and my favorite quote. *pokes sig*

Am I the only one who really preferes "Anthology 1"???

Quoted from wingsman

Am I the only one who really preferes "Anthology 1"???

I've actually only recently began appreciating this. I'm simply not as big a fan of their pre-Rubber Soul stuff as I am of the stuff that came after. thus, I never really had much interest in anthology 1. but over the last year or so I've come to love stuff like "My Bonnie" and "Searchin." and In Spite of All the Danger is a good song and cool because it's truly the "first" Beatles song ever made. not much on disc 2 interests me though. Moonlight Bay is good fun I guess. same with All My Loving for Sullivan. but I can leave the rest.

I like Anthology 3 the best. mastered versions of some of the esher songs, the awesome Helter Skelter take 2 (we want take 3!!!!), What's the New Mary Jane, live stuff from Savile Row. for me, it's the easiest to listen to right through.

I used to heavily favor 2, but 3 has really been growing on me lately.

Quoted from wingsman

Am I the only one who really preferes "Anthology 1"???

No. Me too.

i already had most of the stuff on bootleg before Anthology 1 came out, but there
was a lot of stuff on Anthology 2 that i haden't heard before like 12-bar original,
You've got troubles & That Means a Lot. that's probley why i prefer it more.

2 and 3 are definately my favorite.  I like 2 because of all the drugged out versions of the songs (like "And Your Bird Can Sing").  I love 3 because it has all the songs off of "Let It Be" that aren't all Spector-ed out, and the version of Hey Jude is pretty kick a**!

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i like 3 better it's more individual i can see George's growth as a song writer

Totally agree!  Some of those songs are chilling to hear and beautiful "While my guitar gently weeps" "All Things Must Pass", etc.  Plus some of the unplugged and raw sounding takes.  But they're all good in a unique way, which makes the Beatles and this collection soo special!