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McCartney, 80, told the BBC that the technology was used to separate the BeatlesB次元官网网址� voices from background sounds during the making of director Peter JacksonB次元官网网址檚 2021 documentary series, B次元官网网址淭he Beatles: Get Back.B次元官网网址� The B次元官网网址渘ewB次元官网网址� song is set to be released later this year, he said.
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McCartney didnB次元官网网址檛 identify the name of the demo, but the BBC and others said it was likely to be an unfinished 1978 love song by Lennon called B次元官网网址淣ow and Then.B次元官网网址� The demo was included on a cassette labeled B次元官网网址淔or PaulB次元官网网址� that McCartney had received from LennonB次元官网网址檚 widow, Yoko Ono, the BBC reported.
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The singer-songwriter is set to open an exhibition later this month at the National Portrait Gallery in London featuring previously unseen photographs that he took during the early days of the Beatles at the start of B次元官网网址淏eatlemania,B次元官网网址� when the band rose to worldwide fame.
The exhibition, titled B次元官网网址淓yes of the Storm,B次元官网网址� showcases more than 250 photos McCartney took on his camera between 1963 and 1964 B次元官网网址� including portraits of Ringo Starr, George Harrison and Lennon, as well as Beatles manager Brian Epstein.
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