The Beatles - Grow Old With Me (New Mix 2023)

Vocals, Piano & Guitar - John
Bass - Paul
Drums - Ringo
Strings - George Martin

This is in no way meant to replace the original but is just my take of a "cleaner" mix.

I isolated John's vocals from all 3 demo versions and layered them together, there's also an AI vocal track of John to mirror himself, just to add some clarity to the vocals as the demo's are poor quality.

The piano track was difficult to clean up so I shadowed it with Ruhani Khalid's version.

Bass is of couse Paul from the Ringo version, as are Ringo's drums.

Guitar is from Lennon's acoustic demo.

Finally I isolated Strings from the Ultimate Mix on Gimme Some Truth.

Quite a few issues with this mix as Ringo's version is in a different key to the original, also many of the demo's dont match up with either, it took a long time to try and get them all sounding right... its still not perfect but oh well.

I would have loved to add a George solo somewhere but decided against it as A he never played on any version of this song and B im not skilled enough to try and piece that together from previous Beatles tracks :-)

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[comedyriff]

I´m baffled how much artistic substance Lennon still had around 1980. Composing Free as a bird, Real Love, Now and then, Grow old with me, Woman, Beautiful Boy, Watching the Wheels, Just like starting over. Most composers lose their ability quickly as they age. Lennon who between -65 and -75 had an insane artistic output, you´d think he was done hitting his 40s, but nope.

[TheZort]

This one was allegedly up for consideration for Anthology, but they passed on it. Maybe because it had already been released in ghastly casette form by Yoko in 84. Pity, because as good as Now and Then is, the lyrics in this one are much, much more solid (emotional tug of strings-wise).

[pizzalibrarian]

John, thanks for everything. You made it all happen and we Beatles fans are all richer for it. I’m 61 and am blessed to have heard your music for just about my whole life.

[toddkurzbard]

This song made me cry at the time it came out, thinking about what could have been.

[TheZort]

Great job, btw! Love what you've done with it. Frankly, they should reprocess FAB, Real Love and everything they can. It would breathe new life into it, methinks 😂

[anthonygilberto]

One of John's Beautiful ballots ❤

[daisyflaks]

Wow. I am truly moved by this. I have a special attachment to "Free as a Bird" and "Real Love" because they were the first new Beatles songs I saw in real time. Now that Now and Zen, which was created with Paul, Ringo, George (who apparently said "That's crap" about the rough mix of the finished version of Now and Zen in 1995), and John, has been released, I am so moved to hear these two songs with John's voice, which had been buried, now in clear vocal form! It's a dream come true! And I am also moved by the fact that "Grow Old with Me, " which was a candidate in the 1995 session, has been turned into the ideal form using AI. Thank you from the bottom of my heart ❤️

[tjcint]

I am so, so glad you went to the trouble you did to make this. This is so incredibly beautiful. A huge, and I mean huge, thank you.

[vampyros]

This is the best mix/version I've heard... the chords are true to Lennon's demo. Excellent!

[FarrellCapper]

This is really really amazing, probably my favourite out there. I'd love to hear an updated versions, a new remix. I'm putting together a CD of all: Free As A Bird, Real Love, Now And Then, and Grow Old With Me - called: Epilogue.

[miguelagustinvargasespinos]

Magnífica canción, muy buen trabajo felicidades!!

[MichaelP_IsMe]

Sounds great @dutchbrit84! I've been trying for years to find isolated tracks of Paul's bass and Ringo's drums from 2019 to combine with John's demo and George Martin's 1998 strings, and now you've done it! :) Would you be willing to send me all the tracks you used in your mix? I have a few changes I'd like to make for my own version to listen to, and I don't want to put the burden on you to do it, since you've already put a lot of hard work into your version.

[bronwynlacey]

Is there only a version off this just with Ringo and Paul from hog mill? Heard the boot cd between the tracks muzic people

[BeatleRubbish]

I think the instruments are mixed well. Sometimes the doubling up on the vocals doesn’t work because it’s out of sync. Maybe go back to one voice or only double it up in certain places. Otherwise, nice work! I’m sure this took a long time.

[thomastimlin]

Brilliant song by Lennon esp when the orchestra backs him, yet sad because he never had the chance, obviously, to grow old with us Now imagine all th ethe r people who never chance to grow old because of idiots with guns.

[OldSkoolUncleChris]

Good but the out of synch vocals needs a redo

[manuelfedericocachazasanju]

HANG ON ...HAS THIS SONG BEEN GIVEN THE A.I. TREATMENT TOO ! ...😱😱😱😭😭😭💖💖 IS THIS A SONG FROM THE ANTHOLOGY ALBUM ....DONE IN ADVANCE !....HOLLY SHIT !, I HOPE IT IS ....WHAT I MEAN IS THAT I HOPE PAUL AND RINGO START TO DO MORE A.I SONGS (AS WE CAN SEE) THE SOUND WITH THIS TECHNOLOGY IS MUCH MUCH BETTER THAN THE ORIGINAL SONGS RECORDED BACK THEN IN MONO SYSTEM

[gerhardprasent]

Maybe the lyrics are solid, but the melody/harmonie are much weaker than Now and Then, Free As A Bird and Real Love - not only sentimental, but (much too) simple, almost like a childrens song (John would have called "granny music" if by Paul ...)

[triplejazzmusicisall]

I honestly think this is a woeful song that should be left alone. It is not of even a Threatles standard. Melodically its is a dirge and Lennon's vocals, even taking the demo sound in to account, are so thin. Thank goodness they never chose it as all of the other three are much better.