However, this project was shelved due to Harrison's dislike of the quality of the song recording.

McCartney later stated that Harrison called Lennon's demo recording "fucking rubbish".

[11] In its place is "A Beginning", an orchestral instrumental track by the band's producer George Martin, initially intended for the White Album as the intro to "Don't Pass Me By".

Connecting to the previous Anthology albums, the cover image painted by Klaus Voormann features a collage of Beatles-related imagery designed to appear as a wall of peeling posters and album covers.

An updated picture of Voormann can be seen in Harrison's hair in a segment of the Revolver album cover.