![]() The new version of the demo reportedly popped up on a bootleg CD in 2009, minus the background noise. The Beatles being a democracy, we didn’t do it.” The BBC reported that there were also reportedly technical issues with the original, due to some persistent “buzz” from the electrical circuits in Lennon’s apartment. McCartney later said guitarist/singer George Harrison refused to work on “Now and Then,” saying the sound quality on Lennon’s vocals was “rubbish… George didn’t like it. We did the backing track, a rough go that we really didn’t finish.” ![]() “The song had a chorus but is almost totally lacking in verses. “It was one day - one afternoon, really - messing with it,” Lynne said. The BBC reported that the living members of the band tried to record the “apologetic” love song “Now and Then” around the time of the Anthology release, but abandoned the sessions in short order. The BBC reported that the tracks were “lo-fi and embryonic” and mostly recorded on a boombox by Lennon on a piano in his New York apartment. McCartney reportedly received the demo for the new track from Lennon’s widow, Yoko Ono, in 1994 the song was one of several on a cassette labelled “For Paul” that Lennon made shortly before his murder in 1980.
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