in case you haven't read it, here is a short chronology of the events leading up to the imminent release of Now and Then
CHRONOLOGY ACCORDING TO SOUNDANDVISION.COM
February 2021
2021.02.01 The Mill. Paul and his engineer used Waves Soundshifter to lower the pitch down 1/2 a step.. “Once that happened, and he transposed it all down a semi-tone, it locked right in and felt right. It changed the whole feel of everything, really.”
2021.02.02 The Mill. Paul decided to cut out the “B” sections. Slide guitar solo. Baldwin electric harpsichord.
July 2021
2021.07.09 The Mill. Paul bass track
2021.07.12 The Mill. Paul vocals
February 2022
2022.02.21 Mixing new John clear voice with MAL (first time)
March 2022
2022.03.07 Giles and Paul listening at Abbey Road
April 2022
2022.04.09 Ringo records a new drum part at Rockabella West (filmed and recorded)
May 2022
2022.05.01 "Give & Take" string session at Capitol Studios
(personal note: Paul at this point had just opened his Got Back tour two days earlier in Spokane.)
June 2022
2022.06.?? first mix by Spike Stent at Windmill Lane in Dublin Ireland
October 2022
2022.10.?? The original plan was to release “Now and Then” in October 2022, to celebrate the 60th anniversary of The Beatles’ first single, “Love Me Do,” together with their last.
January 2023
2023.01.?? second mix by Spike Stent with
new John clean vocal (from Sean Ono Lennon)
March 2023
2023.03.06 Ringo and Paul interviews for the documentary
May 2023
2023.05.19 Paul filming at the Mill for the music video
June 2023
2023.06.13
BBC NEWS - "Sir Paul McCartney says artificial intelligence has enabled a 'final' Beatles song"
July 2023
2023.07.04 final mix at SLS Studios UK
October 2023
2023.10.26 THEBEATLES.COM ANNOUNCEMENT
November 2023
2023.11.01 Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song at BBC The One Show and minutes later in YouTube
2023.11.02 Single release at 2pm at BBC Radio 2 in the UK / 10am at iHeartRadio and SiriusXM in the US
2023.11.03 Music Video Premiered on YouTube