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Additional Rare Beatles Tracks Identified : Pop music: Sources outside of Capitol Records name tunes to be included on three CD retrospectives.

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When the Beatles broke up in 1970, rock’s most celebrated group left behind much unfinished business, including hundreds of hours of unreleased music and film.

As announced this week by Capitol Records, the best of that material won’t be unreleased much longer.

In reporting that the first of three two-CD retrospectives will be in stores Nov. 20, Capitol teased Beatles fans by naming a few of the more than 40 selections on Volume One of the “Anthology” discs.

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But sources outside of Capitol have confirmed the additional tracks. Among the ones likely to be the most prized by Beatles fans: a version of Buddy Holly’s “That’ll Be the Day” recorded during the Beatles’ Quarrymen days in 1958, a home recording of Carl Perkins’ “You’ll Be Mine” featuring Paul McCartney on lead vocal, an early McCartney instrumental titled “Cayenne” and a version of “Love Me Do” from the band’s first audition for George Martin.

The “Anthology” album helps kick off a yearlong parade of new Beatles releases that will more than double the existing number of Beatles recordings available on CD. The companion 10-hour home video documentary series (almost half of which will be shown on ABC-TV starting Nov. 19) will also give new insights into the long and winding saga of the band. The video series will be in stores in the spring.

A highlight of the broadcasts will be the airing of the first new Beatles songs to be issued since the group broke up in 1970. “Free as a Bird” and “Real Love” were both completed by the three surviving Beatles in 1994 from recordings the late John Lennon had made at home. “Grow Old With Me,” a third Lennon song scheduled to be completed by the remaining Beatles, is expected to be included in Volume Three of the Capitol album series.

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“Free as a Bird” will subsequently be released as a single, with a “Real Love” single due around Valentine’s Day. Lennon’s widow, Yoko Ono, is supervising production of the “Free as a Bird” video and is reportedly considering using computer technology, a la “Forrest Gump,” to reunite the group on film.

Among additional “Anthology” tracks confirmed by The Times: several songs from the failed 1962 Decca Records audition, including two Lennon-McCartney songs, “Like Dreamers Do” and “Hello Little Girl”; “I’ll Get You,” a previously undiscovered live recording from the London Palladium in 1963, and five selections (including “From Me to You”) from a 1963 Swedish radio broadcast that many aficionados feel showcased the Beatles at their performance best.

In addition, rare tracks will include: “How Do You Do It,” a Mitch Murray song that the Beatles considered releasing as their first single; “You’ll Know What to Do,” a 1964 George Harrison song, and a version of Perkins’ “Lend Me Your Comb” from BBC Radio.

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