The Beatles’ “ last song ever,” released 61 years after their first single, was bound to be significant. But how did John Lennon’s lo-fi, 40-something-year-old cassette recording of Now and Then — ...

Now and Then – The Last Beatles Song, which was written and directed by British filmmaker Oliver Murray, will air on CBC-TV at 3:30 p.m. ET on Nov. 1, with an encore broadcast at 11:30 p.m ...

To accompany the upcoming release, a 12-minute documentary titled “Now and Then – The Last Beatles Song” will debut Nov. 1 on the band’s YouTube channel. A music video is expected for Nov. 3.

More than 40 years after John Lennon recorded the vocals for the song Now and Then, the new Beatles record was set to be released Thursday — with the help of his bandmates and a bit of ...