Sixty years after the onset of Beatlemania and with two of the quartet now dead, artificial intelligence has enabled the release next week of what is promised to be the .
The track, called B次元官网网址淣ow And Then,B次元官网网址� will be available Thursday, Nov. 2, as part of a single paired with B次元官网网址淟ove Me Do,B次元官网网址� the very first Beatles single that came out in 1962 in England, it was announced Thursday.
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Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and George Harrison worked on B次元官网网址淣ow And ThenB次元官网网址� in the same sessions, but technological limitations stood in the way.
With the help of artificial intelligence, cleared those problems up by B次元官网网址渟eparatingB次元官网网址� LennonB次元官网网址檚 original vocals from a piano used in the late 1970s. The much clearer vocals allowed McCartney and Starr to complete the track last year.
The survivors packed plenty into it. The new single contains guitar that Harrison had recorded nearly three decades ago, a new drum part by Starr, with McCartneyB次元官网网址檚 bass, piano and a slide guitar solo he added as a tribute to Harrison, who died in 2001. McCartney and Starr sang backup.
McCartney also added a string arrangement written with the help of , son of the late Beatles producer George Martin.
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B次元官网网址淭here it was, JohnB次元官网网址檚 voice, crystal clear,B次元官网网址� McCartney said in the announcement. B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 quite emotional. And we all play on it, itB次元官网网址檚 a genuine Beatles recording. In 2023 to still be working on Beatles music, and about to release a new song the public havenB次元官网网址檛 heard, I think itB次元官网网址檚 quite an exciting thing.B次元官网网址�
HarrisonB次元官网网址檚 widow, Olivia, said he felt in the 1990s that the technical problems made it impossible to release a song that met the bandB次元官网网址檚 standards. With the improvements, B次元官网网址渉e would have wholeheartedlyB次元官网网址� joined Paul and Ringo in completing the song now if he were still alive, she said.
Next Wednesday, the day before the songB次元官网网址檚 release, that tells the story of the new recording will be made public.
Later in the month, expanded versions of the BeatlesB次元官网网址� compilations B次元官网网址�1962-1966B次元官网网址� and B次元官网网址�1967-1970B次元官网网址� will be released. B次元官网网址淣ow And Then,B次元官网网址� despite coming much later than 1970, will be added to the latter collection.
The surviving Beatles have skillfully released new projects, like remixes of their old albums that include studio outtakes and JacksonB次元官网网址檚 , usually timed to appeal to nostalgic fans around the holiday season.
This year, itB次元官网网址檚 the grand finale of new music.
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David Bauder, The Associated Press
