And while no one expected to hear another Beatles song, AI technology is making the impossible a reality.
How is this possible?
These cassettes were donated by Lennon’s widow Yoko Ono.
Group photo of The Beatles, 1963 (Photo: ingen uppgift viaWikimedia Commons,PD-US-not renewed)
Most of the tracks were made at their New York apartment while Lennon played the piano.
We had Johns voice and a piano and he could separate them with AI.
They tell the machine, Thats the voice.
John Lennon for “Billboard,” 1971 (Photo: Peter Fordham viaWikimedia Commons,PD-US-no notice)
This is a guitar.
Then we can mix the record, as you would normally do.
So it gives you some sort of leeway.
Yoko Ono and John Lennon, 1969 (Photo: Joost Evers/Anefo viaWikimedia Commons,CC0 1.0)
All of that is kind of scary, McCartney said, but excitingbecause it’s the future.