And so this is Christmas , and for those of us who’ve spent decades hunting down every scratchy demo, rehearsal, studio outtake, telecast, or concert the Beatles and solo Beatles ever laid down, it’s a special one. The season heralds the release of Anthology 4 , a new album and documentary of Beatles rarities and oddities.

Nobody is immune to the cultural effect of the Beatles, but to a certain segment of their fans, a new Anthology release is nothing less than a seismic event. We are the true believers who prowled the second-story walkups in Greenwich Village in the 1990s, the golden era when unauthorized recordings, previously the preoccupation of a few stoners with sticky fingers and mimeograph machines, exploded onto the market, sheathed in gorgeous, full-color packaging, co

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