MOSCOW, 27 Oct. The last Beatles song performed by John Lennon, “Now and Then,” restored from a 1978 recording using artificial intelligence, will be released on November 2, according to the band’s official website.
«Together and individually, The Beatles have always had a flair for the unexpected. And 2023 will bring one of the most anticipated releases in their long and endlessly eventful history,» the band says.
The song was recorded with piano accompaniment on cassette Bad quality. The rarity was discovered by John Lennon's wife Yoko Ono and given to Paul McCartney in 1994.
For a long time, musicians tried to clear the recording of extraneous noise.
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“After several days in the studio working on the track, George felt that the technical problems with the demo were insurmountable and concluded that it was impossible to get it to a high enough level,” Harrison’s widow Olivia Harrison told The Independent.
< br />With the help of new technologies, it was possible to clear the recording of noise by separating all the voices and cleaning them. When the artists heard high-quality sound almost 45 years after the original recording, they were shocked.
«It was like seeing him in the room again, so it was very emotional for all of us,» Starr admitted. “You know, it was like John was there, but he was so far away.”
The song was completed last year and features electric and acoustic guitar parts recorded by George Harrison in 1995, as well as new drums from Starr, backing -vocals and string arrangement, co-written by McCartney and other musicians.
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“We all play on it, it’s a real Beatles record. In 2023, to continue to work on Beatles music… it’s exciting,” half shared McCartney.
The song will be available for listening on November 2 at 14:00 London time (17:00 Moscow time).
It is noted that the composition «Now and Then» will be released on as a double A-side single and will combine the last song of The Beatles with the first «Love Me Do» from 1962. Both songs are mixed in stereo and Dolby Atmos.
The video for «Now and then» will be presented on November 3.
Paul McCartney previously told how the band's musicians had to endure Yoko Ono in the studio.