The Pop Corporation

Take these things with a pinch of salt, but it seems like there’s been a leak of The Beatles 2025 mix of ‘Free As A Bird’.

It appeared on Instagram, promptly vanished, but not before some people grabbed it and uploaded it to YouTube.

If this is the real deal, then predictably, John Lennon’s vocal has been cleaned up with the new MAL technology used on ‘Now And Then’, and everything else has been given a bit of spit and polish.

We’ll reserve judgement for the official releases of the new Anthology LPs, but we think Lennon’s vocal lacks a bit of punch and missing the psychedelic distortion of the 1995 mix.

Will the official release see some double tracking? Should they stick Lennon’s vocal through a phaser or rotary cabinet?

Either way, this is what the Beatlemaniacs are currently talking in hushed tones about, so have a listen before it gets taken offline.