We look back at how the Beatles two ‘90s Anthology ‘reunion’ songs came to be, as McCartney, Harrison, and Starr said it at the time. In Part 1 of this three-part essay, we look at how the decision came about to make new music.

Here, we look at a chronology of how the Beatles Anthology documentary came to be, as John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr said it.

A Paul McCartney quote from the ’90s provides an explanation why the reunited Beatles never worked on ‘Grow Old With Me.’

“John’s original demo required too much work,” McCartney purportedly said. There’s only one problem. McCartney never said it.