The Beatles Anthology [DVD] [1995] [2003]

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Though I'm 38 years old and about a generation away from the original Beatlemania phenomenon, I've been a huge fan of The Beatles for as long as I can remember. My brother gave me a copy of Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band for my 12th birthday and my obsession with the Fab Four hasn't abated since. To this day I consider them my favorite band, so it was with great pleasure that I opened up the new 8-disc DVD release of Apple Music's Beatles Anthology. We were just insane. We all thought there was a fire in the lift. Just a little red light and we were all screaming, all hysterical." – John The documentary series was first broadcast in November 1995, with expanded versions released on VHS and LaserDisc in 1996 and on DVD in 2003. The documentary used interviews with the Beatles and their associates to narrate the history of the band as seen through archival footage and performances. The Anthology book, released in 2000, paralleled the documentary in presenting the group's history through quotes from interviews. The series, which included over 5000 hours of planning and production, is composed of numerous film clips and interviews that present a complete history of the band from the Beatles' own personal perspectives. When it aired on ABC, the series comprised six hour-long programs, aired on three nights in November 1995. The series was later released as eight expanded episodes on VHS, laserdisc and as a boxed set of five DVDs (4 discs with 2 episodes apiece and a disc of extras). Making of the Free as a Bird Video - Making the first Beatles video in twenty-five years must have been a humbling experience for all concerned. This supplement gives some detail on the creative process, the technical aspects and the public's reception of the video.

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Got to Get You into My Life – Played over footage showing the Beatles arriving at the Haneda Airport, Tokyo on 30 June 1966. Real Love Video: The video not screened as part of the original Anthology series, now in glorious 5.1 surround sound Golden Slumbers – Octopus's Garden ( Starkey) – Here Comes the Sun ( Harrison) – Come Together – A musical collage taking excerpts from live studio recording during the Abbey Road sessions George: "Not an idol but we heard his record; we'd listen to his album. It really gave us a buzz and we played it over and over again.... I think it was Freewheelin'."The second element is the strict focus on The Beatles' music. Where most documentaries would allow voices to interrupt segments of music, the editors of Anthology allow songs to play out from beginning to end with no interruption. In many cases the video elements come from promotional films (the progenitor of music video), from theatrical releases such as Help and A Hard Day's Night or from the band's many television appearances. Others are cut together from various live performances and other rare footage. The result is a deeply satisfying sense that the music is as much a character in the legend of the band as are the men themselves. Recording "Free as a Bird" and "Real Love": Paul, George, and Ringo, along with Jeff Lynne, discuss the story behind these recordings - includes intimate footage of them at work in the studio The Beatles Anthology is a documentary television series on the career of the Beatles. It was broadcast on UK television in eight parts on ITV between 26 November and 31 December 1995, while in the United States it was seen as three feature-length episodes on ABC between 19 and 23 November 1995. [1] It was released in greatly expanded form as an eight-volume VHS set and an eight-disc LaserDisc set on 5 September 1996. The series was re-released on DVD in 2003, with an 81-minute special-features disc. Making The "Free as a Bird" Video [11:12] – Insight into how the video for Free as a Bird was made. Director Joe Pytka explains how he and Apple developed the concept and discusses the techniques that were used in the production. Hinkley, David (17 November 1995). "Closed Gov't No Open-&-Shut Case". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on 2 June 2011.

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Recollections – June 1994 [16:51] – Paul, George and Ringo spend a happy summer's day together in Harrison's house; singing, playing and warmly remembering early days of room sharing, haircuts, Beatle boots, first cars and meeting Elvis. A rough cut was completed in 1993 which was much more interview-based and focused on events, as opposed to the final cut, which included more concert and television performances. [6] This early version of the series has since leaked and been released via bootleg. George: "They'd been writing since we were at school. They'd written all – or most of their bad songs before we got into the recording studio. I had to come from nowhere and start writing and to have something at least quality enough to put in the record with all their wondrous hits." Overdubbed footage of the Beatles performing "Love Me Do" in 1963, which merges at the very end into brief footage of Ringo playing drums in 1995 during the Anthology sessions. Real Love" Video [4:07] – The video that was not featured in the Anthology series, now remixed in 5.1 Surround Sound.

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George commenting later: "...they said there was the least reported, or no reported crime. Even the criminals had a rest for ten minutes while we were on."

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I should have said television is more popular than Jesus; then I might have got away with it." – John Lennon Each of the three Anthology albums was accompanied by a promotional CD sampler sent to radio stations shortly before the official release dates. These CDs have since become highly sought collector's items. Even rarer is a vinyl version of the sampler for Anthology 2, which was only sent to college radio stations and featured a different cover (though the contents were the same). Things We Said Today – Played over footage of the Beatles' homecoming to Liverpool on 10 July 1964.Rāga Charu Kishi – Footage showing snippets of a Sitar Recital of the Rāga by Ravi Shankar; George discussing the context of using sitar in Norwegian Wood. The Beatles Anthology was also parodied on the short-lived Dana Carvey Show, which was being aired on ABC around the same time that Anthology was being televised on the network. Leave My Kitten Alone" (John-Turner-McDougal) — Demo recording done on 14 August 1964 at Abbey Road Studios and played over the credits. Footage of the Beatles arriving at the John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, 7 February 1964. Voice of Beatles Manager Brian Epstein can be heard saying – "If there was a turning point in their career, a specific date on which the scope of their future was to be altered, then it was the day they touched down at Kennedy International New York to a welcome seldom equalled anywhere in history." Kansas City/ Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey ( Leiber-Stoller/ Penniman) – Footage from the Shindig! TV Show, London

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Footage of the Brian Epstein Press Conference at New York City on 6 August 1966 regarding an early 1966 interview that John Lennon gave to the Evening Standard Recollections (June 1994): Paul, George, and Ringo spend a summer's day together singing, playing and warmly remembering the early days John: "When it got sort of contemporary as it were, a contemporary influence... I think Rubber Soul was about when it started happening."

The documentary was broadcast on American television in three feature-length episodes comprising six abridged parts (two per episode) on Sunday 19 November, Wednesday 22 November, and Thursday 23 November 1995. It aired from 9pm to 11pm on ABC. [7] The documentary was released on VHS and Laserdisc the following year. Footage from the television program Not Only... But Also, where John Lennon reads The Wrestling Dog from his book In His Own Write. Ringo: "Bob was our hero.... I heard of Bob through John. He played the records to me. It was just great."