10 Greatest Tribute Albums In Hard Rock

10. The Beatles Anthology - The Beatles

Any hope of a proper reunion of the Beatles was pretty much snuffed out once John Lennon was murdered in 1980. After years of speculating whether the Fab Four would truly reunite, it only took one gunshot for the greatest rock band in the world to become the Fab Three. That didn't mean that the story of Beatles ended right then and there though.

As Paul McCartney caught up with Yoko Ono at Lennon's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Ono offered up a few bits and pieces of Lennon's ideas, with the intention of the rest of the Beatles finishing them. Once George Harrison and Ringo Starr were brought back into the picture, the Liverpool lads picked up right where they left off, as ELO's Jeff Lynne was brought on to oversee production on the songs Free As a Bird and Real Love.

Along with the new songs, fans were also treated to the Beatles Anthology, which turned into a box set including every piece of recorded history on the group, from rehearsal demos to new songs to even the clips from their failed audition at Decca Records at the start of their career. While it's unclear what Lennon would have done with the tapes, he would have definitely been proud with the love and care his musical brethren put into these tunes.