A Beginning

A Beginning ( dt, 'A Beginning' ) is an orchestral work by the British band The Beatles in 1968 Published however, it was only in 1996 The song was composed and arranged by producer George Martin of the band. ..

Background

A Beginning was originally conceived as orchestral opening of the song Do not Pass Me By by Ringo Starr. Ultimately, the recording but was discarded in favor of an introduction on a piano.

Recording

The song was recorded in London's Abbey Road Studios on 22 July 1968. It was produced by George Martin, Ken Scott assisted. The Beatles themselves were involved in neither the composition nor in the recording of the piece.

Occupation

The same is also played on the Beatles song Good Night.

Publication

After 1995 and 1996 on the albums Anthology 1 and Anthology 2, the new Beatles songs Free As A Bird and Real Love were published, should a new song by the Beatles appear on the third album in the series. To this end, the at that time still living Beatles Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr had started the revision of Lennon composition Now and Then. Harrison, however, was not satisfied with the result, so this project has been canceled. Instead of Now and Then now appeared as an alternative the unpublished at that time drive A Beginning on 28 October 1996 as the first song of the album Anthology 3 The work was, however, already been used in a short passage of the soundtrack of the feature film Yellow Submarine 1969.