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Saturday, May 15, 2010
Beatles,The - Yellow Submarine
The scope of Yellow Submarine's 1999 restoration is idealized on the DVD version, which beyond its slightly letterboxed original aspect adds a stunning 5.1 sound mix that showcases the audio team's wizardry; music fans can hear the entire score without dialogue, the better to focus on such revelations as "Nowhere Man," boasting a gorgeous, full-stereo chorus, and "Only a Northern Song," with a first-time-ever stereo mix that exploits the full surround array for appropriately mind-blowing effect. Other special features include three storyboarded sequences, two of which are not seen in the final film; behind-the-scenes photos and featurette; a full-length audio commentary; and the original theatrical trailer. --Sam Sutherland
Beatles, The - The Mini Documentaries
01. Please Please Me Documentary
02. With The Beatles Documentary
03. A Hard Day's Night Documentary
04. Beatles For Sale Documentary
05. Help! Documentary
06. Rubber Soul Documentary
07. Revolver Documentary
08. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Documentary
09. Magical Mystery Tour Documentary
10. The Beatles Documentary
11. Yellow Submarine Documentary
12. Abbey Road Documentary
13. Let It Be Documentary
02. With The Beatles Documentary
03. A Hard Day's Night Documentary
04. Beatles For Sale Documentary
05. Help! Documentary
06. Rubber Soul Documentary
07. Revolver Documentary
08. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Documentary
09. Magical Mystery Tour Documentary
10. The Beatles Documentary
11. Yellow Submarine Documentary
12. Abbey Road Documentary
13. Let It Be Documentary
Beatles, The - Chronology 1962-1970 2
1. Love Me Do 1982 Re-Release Promo Version
2. Please Please Me 1983 Re-Release Promo "C"
3. Twist And Shout From Scene At 6:30 Uk Tv
4. Ill Get You From Ready, Steady,Go! Uk Tv
5. I Want To Hold Your Hand From Scene At 6:30 Uk Tv
6. This Boy From Scene At 6:30 Uk Tv
7. You Cant Do That From Ready,Steady,Go! Uk Tv
8. Shes A Woman From Ready,Steady,Go! Uk Tv
9. I Feel Fine Promo Version 2 Fish And Chips
10. Help! Promo Version 2 Sawhorse
11. Yesterday From The Ed Sullivan Show Us Tv
12. We Can Work It Out Promo Version 3
13. Day Tripper Promo Version 3
14. Paperback Writer Colour Chiswick Version
15. Rain Color Garden Version
16. Eleanor Rigby Cartoon Version Us Tv
17. Yellow Submarine Movie/8Mm Montage 2004
18. Strawberry Fields Forever Cartoon Version Us Tv
19. A Day In The Life Promo Version 2
20. All You Need Is Love Colour Version
21. Hello, Goodbye Promo Version 2
22. Hello, Goodbye Promo Version 3
23. Hey Bulldog 1995 Promo
24. Helter Skelter From 1968 Apple Promotional Film
25. Blackbird From 1968 Apple Promotional Film
26. Hey Jude Promo Version 3
27. Revolution Promo Version 2
28. Get Back Promo Version 2
29. Let It Be Promo Version 2
30. The Long And Winding Road From The Film Let It Be
31. Bonus Tracks Special Features Paperback Writer The Ed Sullivan Show Us Tv
32. Rain The Ed Sullivan Show Us Tv
33. Hey Jude The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour Us Tv
34. Dont Let Me Down Original Promotional Film
35. Come Together 1969 8Mm Film Montage
36. Sneak Previews
2. Please Please Me 1983 Re-Release Promo "C"
3. Twist And Shout From Scene At 6:30 Uk Tv
4. Ill Get You From Ready, Steady,Go! Uk Tv
5. I Want To Hold Your Hand From Scene At 6:30 Uk Tv
6. This Boy From Scene At 6:30 Uk Tv
7. You Cant Do That From Ready,Steady,Go! Uk Tv
8. Shes A Woman From Ready,Steady,Go! Uk Tv
9. I Feel Fine Promo Version 2 Fish And Chips
10. Help! Promo Version 2 Sawhorse
11. Yesterday From The Ed Sullivan Show Us Tv
12. We Can Work It Out Promo Version 3
13. Day Tripper Promo Version 3
14. Paperback Writer Colour Chiswick Version
15. Rain Color Garden Version
16. Eleanor Rigby Cartoon Version Us Tv
17. Yellow Submarine Movie/8Mm Montage 2004
18. Strawberry Fields Forever Cartoon Version Us Tv
19. A Day In The Life Promo Version 2
20. All You Need Is Love Colour Version
21. Hello, Goodbye Promo Version 2
22. Hello, Goodbye Promo Version 3
23. Hey Bulldog 1995 Promo
24. Helter Skelter From 1968 Apple Promotional Film
25. Blackbird From 1968 Apple Promotional Film
26. Hey Jude Promo Version 3
27. Revolution Promo Version 2
28. Get Back Promo Version 2
29. Let It Be Promo Version 2
30. The Long And Winding Road From The Film Let It Be
31. Bonus Tracks Special Features Paperback Writer The Ed Sullivan Show Us Tv
32. Rain The Ed Sullivan Show Us Tv
33. Hey Jude The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour Us Tv
34. Dont Let Me Down Original Promotional Film
35. Come Together 1969 8Mm Film Montage
36. Sneak Previews
Beatles, The - Chronology 1962-1970 1
1. Some Other Guy Cavern Club
2. Love Me Do Promo 1962
3. Please Please Me Promo 1963
4. From Me To You Big Night Out, 01.09.1963
5. She Loves You Ready Steady Go
6. I Want To Hold Your Hand 1983 re-release promo version 2
7. Cant Buy Me Love Ready Steady Go
8. A Hard Days Night from filmtrailer
9. Shes A Woman Thank Your Lucky Stars
10. I Feel Fine Intertel Promo 1
11. Eight Days A Week Cartoon
12. Ticket To Ride Intertel promo
13. Help! Promo without darts
14. We Can Work It Out Intertel promo, dark clothes
15. Day Tripper Intertel promo, dark clothes
16. Paperback Writer B/W Promo
17. Rain B/W Promo
18. Strawberry Fields Forever Colour promo
19. Penny Lane Colour promo
20. A Day In The Life Colour promo
21. All You Need Is Love original B/W broadcast
22. Hello Goodbye Promo 1 (Pepper)
23. Lady Madonna Promo
24. Hey Jude Rehearsal Film from Music!
25. Hey Jude David Frost Show
26. Revolution with count-in
27. Get Back Rooftop, colour
28. The Ballad Of John And Yoko colour promo
29. Something colour promo
30. Let It Be colour original promo
31. Special Features Baby its you (BBC) 1995 Promo
32. We can work it out v.1 Intertel promo, dark clothes
33. Paperback writer v.2 B/W Promo
34. Paperback writer v.3 B/W Promo
35. Rain v.2 B/W Promo
36. Sneak previews
2. Love Me Do Promo 1962
3. Please Please Me Promo 1963
4. From Me To You Big Night Out, 01.09.1963
5. She Loves You Ready Steady Go
6. I Want To Hold Your Hand 1983 re-release promo version 2
7. Cant Buy Me Love Ready Steady Go
8. A Hard Days Night from filmtrailer
9. Shes A Woman Thank Your Lucky Stars
10. I Feel Fine Intertel Promo 1
11. Eight Days A Week Cartoon
12. Ticket To Ride Intertel promo
13. Help! Promo without darts
14. We Can Work It Out Intertel promo, dark clothes
15. Day Tripper Intertel promo, dark clothes
16. Paperback Writer B/W Promo
17. Rain B/W Promo
18. Strawberry Fields Forever Colour promo
19. Penny Lane Colour promo
20. A Day In The Life Colour promo
21. All You Need Is Love original B/W broadcast
22. Hello Goodbye Promo 1 (Pepper)
23. Lady Madonna Promo
24. Hey Jude Rehearsal Film from Music!
25. Hey Jude David Frost Show
26. Revolution with count-in
27. Get Back Rooftop, colour
28. The Ballad Of John And Yoko colour promo
29. Something colour promo
30. Let It Be colour original promo
31. Special Features Baby its you (BBC) 1995 Promo
32. We can work it out v.1 Intertel promo, dark clothes
33. Paperback writer v.2 B/W Promo
34. Paperback writer v.3 B/W Promo
35. Rain v.2 B/W Promo
36. Sneak previews
Beatles, The - Anthology Special Features
n addition to that complete clip, we get full renditions of “Revolution” from the Frost on Sunday TV show (entire but interrupted by a little Lennon dialogue in the middle) plus “The Long and Winding Road” and “Let It Be” from Let It Be. Partial clips appear for “Hey Jude” from Frost, recording takes of “For You Blue” and “Get Back”, and rooftop renditions of “Get Back” and “Don’t Let Me Down”. We also hear some outtakes from The Beatles.
Beatles, The - Anthology 7 & 8
Volume 7 picks up in June 1967 and continues to July 1968. We get remarks from the Beatles, Martin, Aspinall and Taylor. It opens with the worldwide broadcast of “All You Need Is Love” and then proceeds through the Summer of Love and the band’s interest in the Maharishi, Brian Epstein’s death and dealing with self-management after that, making Magical Mystery Tour, the opening of the Apple boutique, the trip to India to visit the Maharishi, the development of Apple, the Yellow Submarine film, John’s growing involvement with Yoko Ono, and the infamous Two Virgins album cover.
Volume 7 includes only one full performance clip: the music video for “Hello Goodbye”. We get most of the “All You Need Is Love” broadcast plus parts of “Your Mother Should Know” and “I Am the Walrus” from Magical Mystery Tour. Finally, we see a Nineties-era casual performance of the unreleased “Dera Dhun” from George accompanied by ukulele.
Volume 8 goes from July 1968 to The End and presents interviews with the Beatles, Martin, Aspinall, and Taylor. It begins with Ringo’s attempted departure from the band, and then follows the recording The Beatles, the closing of the Apple boutique, creating “Hey Jude”, the Get Back film sessions and all its tensions, recording what became Let It Be, unfulfilled concert discussions and the legendary rooftop performance, Paul’s wedding, George’s drug bust, John’s wedding, feelings that the end was near, issues related to the lack of firm management and the introduction of Allen Klein, making Abbey Road and the band’s end. The program concludes with the music video for “Free As a Bird”.
Volume 7 includes only one full performance clip: the music video for “Hello Goodbye”. We get most of the “All You Need Is Love” broadcast plus parts of “Your Mother Should Know” and “I Am the Walrus” from Magical Mystery Tour. Finally, we see a Nineties-era casual performance of the unreleased “Dera Dhun” from George accompanied by ukulele.
Volume 8 goes from July 1968 to The End and presents interviews with the Beatles, Martin, Aspinall, and Taylor. It begins with Ringo’s attempted departure from the band, and then follows the recording The Beatles, the closing of the Apple boutique, creating “Hey Jude”, the Get Back film sessions and all its tensions, recording what became Let It Be, unfulfilled concert discussions and the legendary rooftop performance, Paul’s wedding, George’s drug bust, John’s wedding, feelings that the end was near, issues related to the lack of firm management and the introduction of Allen Klein, making Abbey Road and the band’s end. The program concludes with the music video for “Free As a Bird”.
Beatles, The - Anthology 5 & 6
Volume 5 starts with the band’s show at Shea Stadium in August 1965. It progresses through July 1966 and features comments from the Beatles, Aspinall and Martin. It opens with coverage of the Shea concert and then leads though the band’s meeting with Elvis, frustrations with the limitations of the road, increased experimentation in the studio with Rubber Soul and Revolver, George’s interest in Indian music and the sitar, their introduction to LSD, early attempts at music videos, and issues related to playing in Japan in 1966.
For complete music clips, we hear “Twist and Shout”, “I Feel Fine”, “Baby’s In Black”, “I’m Down”, and “Help!” at Shea, “Nowhere Man” live in Munich, “We Can Work It Out” lip-synched on TV, and both “Rock ‘n’ Roll Music” and “Yesterday” live in Japan. We get partially complete music videos for “Paperback Writer” and “Rain” and also parts of “Day Tripper” lip-synched on TV and “Paperback Writer” live in Japan.
Volume 6 traces the band from July 1966 to June 1967. We hear from the Beatles, Aspinall, and Martin. This episode discusses issues during their trip to the Philippines, the controversy over John’s “bigger than Jesus” statement, the end of touring, John’s acting in How I Won the War, George’s trip to India, Paul’s score for The Family Way, the development and recording of “Strawberry Fields Forever” and “Penny Lane”, the gestation and creation of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band and its reception, and the reaction to Paul’s admission of drug use.
Since the band left the road early in Volume 6, we get no live performance clips from the era. The only complete piece comes from the “Penny Lane” music video. We get most but not all of the “Strawberry Fields Forever” video, and we also find parts of a modern McCartney rendition of “Eleanor Rigby”.
For complete music clips, we hear “Twist and Shout”, “I Feel Fine”, “Baby’s In Black”, “I’m Down”, and “Help!” at Shea, “Nowhere Man” live in Munich, “We Can Work It Out” lip-synched on TV, and both “Rock ‘n’ Roll Music” and “Yesterday” live in Japan. We get partially complete music videos for “Paperback Writer” and “Rain” and also parts of “Day Tripper” lip-synched on TV and “Paperback Writer” live in Japan.
Volume 6 traces the band from July 1966 to June 1967. We hear from the Beatles, Aspinall, and Martin. This episode discusses issues during their trip to the Philippines, the controversy over John’s “bigger than Jesus” statement, the end of touring, John’s acting in How I Won the War, George’s trip to India, Paul’s score for The Family Way, the development and recording of “Strawberry Fields Forever” and “Penny Lane”, the gestation and creation of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band and its reception, and the reaction to Paul’s admission of drug use.
Since the band left the road early in Volume 6, we get no live performance clips from the era. The only complete piece comes from the “Penny Lane” music video. We get most but not all of the “Strawberry Fields Forever” video, and we also find parts of a modern McCartney rendition of “Eleanor Rigby”.
Beatles, The - Anthology 3 & 4
Volume 3 features the shortest period of the various shows as it ranges over February 1964 to July 1964. It provides interviews with the Beatles plus Epstein, Aspinall, Taylor, and Martin. It starts with the band’s arrival in the US and follows their famous New York press conference, full-blown Beatlemania, their legendary appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show, their trip to DC and their first US concert, various American experiences and their second Sullivan performance from Miami, the creation of A Hard Day’s Night, Lennon’s In His Own Write book, the brief tour without Ringo and with Jimmy Nicol on drums, and finally the premiere of A Hard Day’s Night and its reception.
For performances, we get full renditions of “She Loves You”, “I Saw Her Standing There”, “Please Please Me” from the first concert in DC, “If I Fell” from A Hard Day’s Night, “Long Tall Sally” lip-synched on Dutch TV with Jimmy Nicol on drums, and “You Can’t Do That” live in Australia (with Ringo back on the skins). Partial bits show “All My Loving” from the first Sullivan show, “This Boy” off of the Miami Sullivan broadcast, “Can’t Buy Me Love” live at the NME poll winner’s concert, and “All My Loving” live in Australia.
For Volume 4, we move from August 1964 to August 1965. This program provides Beatle interviews and comments from Martin, Aspinall, and Taylor. It starts with the band’s second tour of the US and the continued Beatlemania and goes through attempts to make a live album at the Hollywood Bowl, meeting their idols in America, Dylan’s influence and the band’s real introduction to pot, pressures to work all the time, recording “I Feel Fine”, making Help!, the progressive influence of drugs, the specific creation of “Help!” and “Yesterday”, George’s struggles to write his own songs, and their receipt of their MBEs. Volume 4 finishes with a bit of a teaser, as it ends right before the band’s legendary performance at Shea Stadium.
Musically, Volume 4 includes full versions of “All My Loving” live at the Hollywood Bowl, “I Feel Fine” lip-synched on TV, “Kansas City” live on Shindig (nearly complete), “I’m a Loser” and “Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby” live in Paris, “You’re Going to Lose That Girl” and “You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away” lip-synched from Help!, and “Help!”, “Yesterday”, and “Act Naturally” live. As for partial clips, we get lives snippets of “I’m Down”, “I Feel Fine”, and “She’s A Woman”. In addition, we find a rendition of “Ticket to Ride” that starts live and almost finishes that way, but it switches to a lip-synch version at the end.
For performances, we get full renditions of “She Loves You”, “I Saw Her Standing There”, “Please Please Me” from the first concert in DC, “If I Fell” from A Hard Day’s Night, “Long Tall Sally” lip-synched on Dutch TV with Jimmy Nicol on drums, and “You Can’t Do That” live in Australia (with Ringo back on the skins). Partial bits show “All My Loving” from the first Sullivan show, “This Boy” off of the Miami Sullivan broadcast, “Can’t Buy Me Love” live at the NME poll winner’s concert, and “All My Loving” live in Australia.
For Volume 4, we move from August 1964 to August 1965. This program provides Beatle interviews and comments from Martin, Aspinall, and Taylor. It starts with the band’s second tour of the US and the continued Beatlemania and goes through attempts to make a live album at the Hollywood Bowl, meeting their idols in America, Dylan’s influence and the band’s real introduction to pot, pressures to work all the time, recording “I Feel Fine”, making Help!, the progressive influence of drugs, the specific creation of “Help!” and “Yesterday”, George’s struggles to write his own songs, and their receipt of their MBEs. Volume 4 finishes with a bit of a teaser, as it ends right before the band’s legendary performance at Shea Stadium.
Musically, Volume 4 includes full versions of “All My Loving” live at the Hollywood Bowl, “I Feel Fine” lip-synched on TV, “Kansas City” live on Shindig (nearly complete), “I’m a Loser” and “Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby” live in Paris, “You’re Going to Lose That Girl” and “You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away” lip-synched from Help!, and “Help!”, “Yesterday”, and “Act Naturally” live. As for partial clips, we get lives snippets of “I’m Down”, “I Feel Fine”, and “She’s A Woman”. In addition, we find a rendition of “Ticket to Ride” that starts live and almost finishes that way, but it switches to a lip-synch version at the end.
Beatles, The - Anthology 1 & 2
Volume 1 covers July 1940 to March 1963. In addition to the interviews with the Beatles, we hear from schoolmate (and future band assistant) Neil Aspinall, producer George Martin, and manager Brian Epstein (in Sixties clips). We learn about the various Beatle parents and childhood memories. The guys cover the early impact of rock on them and other musical influences and trace how they got to know each other and join the same group. We hear parts of their first recording (“That’ll Be the Day”/“In Spite of All the Danger”) and other very preliminary performances. We learn about early Beatles Stuart Sutcliffe and Pete Best, the origins of the band’s name, early management and gigs, experiences in Hamburg, their return to Liverpool and rising popularity, their failed audition for Decca Records and successful test for EMI, Brian Epstein’s arrival as manager, Ringo’s recruitment into the group and Best’s departure, their first sessions with George Martin, the release of their first single (“Love Me Do”), the band’s insistence that they play their own material and the recording of “Please Please Me”, and that single’s success.
Because it concentrates on their pre-Fab years, “Volume 1” doesn’t include a lot of performance material from the Beatles. We get a Nineties solo rendition of “Twenty Flight Rock” from Paul as well as a complete band versions of “Some Other Guy” from the Cavern, a lip-synch take on “Love Me Do” from TV, and a live TV clip of “Please Please Me”. (Much more music appears in the Anthology, of course, but I’ll only list bits in which we see the Beatles perform, whether in concert or on TV.)
Volume 2 goes from March 1963 to February 1964. It includes remarks from the Beatles, Aspinall, Martin, and press officer Derek Taylor. Volume 2 starts with burgeoning Beatlemania, early UK tours, recording the Please Please Me album, playing with Roy Orbison and other tour memories plus the acquisition of road manager Mal Evans, pressures to produce new material, creating “She Loves You”, leaving Liverpool for London, Sunday Night at the London Palladium performance, dealing with fame, Royal Variety Show performance, creation of With the Beatles and its cover, and finally breaking into America.
For full performances, we find more than a handful of bits. We get a live montage of “Twist and Shout” synched with the studio recording, “She Loves You” in concern, a “This Boy” lip-synched with some montage elements, “I Saw Her Standing There” and “Long Tall Sally” live on Swedish TV, “From Me to You”, “Til There Was You” and “Twist and Shout” live from the Royal Variety Show, “Please Mr. Postman” lip-synched on TV (nearly complete), “Roll Over Beethoven” live on TV (nearly complete with narration over the end), and a TV lip-synch performance of “I Want to Hold Your Hand”. We also get partial snippets of a lip-synched “From Me to You” lip-synch, both the Stones’ and the Beatles’ “I Wanna Be Your Man”; the former’s truly live, while the latter’s a lip-synched TV rendition. The episode tosses in some audio outtakes from the recording studio plus a clip from the band’s skits on the Morecambe and Wise TV show.
Because it concentrates on their pre-Fab years, “Volume 1” doesn’t include a lot of performance material from the Beatles. We get a Nineties solo rendition of “Twenty Flight Rock” from Paul as well as a complete band versions of “Some Other Guy” from the Cavern, a lip-synch take on “Love Me Do” from TV, and a live TV clip of “Please Please Me”. (Much more music appears in the Anthology, of course, but I’ll only list bits in which we see the Beatles perform, whether in concert or on TV.)
Volume 2 goes from March 1963 to February 1964. It includes remarks from the Beatles, Aspinall, Martin, and press officer Derek Taylor. Volume 2 starts with burgeoning Beatlemania, early UK tours, recording the Please Please Me album, playing with Roy Orbison and other tour memories plus the acquisition of road manager Mal Evans, pressures to produce new material, creating “She Loves You”, leaving Liverpool for London, Sunday Night at the London Palladium performance, dealing with fame, Royal Variety Show performance, creation of With the Beatles and its cover, and finally breaking into America.
For full performances, we find more than a handful of bits. We get a live montage of “Twist and Shout” synched with the studio recording, “She Loves You” in concern, a “This Boy” lip-synched with some montage elements, “I Saw Her Standing There” and “Long Tall Sally” live on Swedish TV, “From Me to You”, “Til There Was You” and “Twist and Shout” live from the Royal Variety Show, “Please Mr. Postman” lip-synched on TV (nearly complete), “Roll Over Beethoven” live on TV (nearly complete with narration over the end), and a TV lip-synch performance of “I Want to Hold Your Hand”. We also get partial snippets of a lip-synched “From Me to You” lip-synch, both the Stones’ and the Beatles’ “I Wanna Be Your Man”; the former’s truly live, while the latter’s a lip-synched TV rendition. The episode tosses in some audio outtakes from the recording studio plus a clip from the band’s skits on the Morecambe and Wise TV show.