The Beatles

Anthology 4

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The Beatles recorded together for a little over seven years. Between October 1962 and May 1970, they released thirteen albums and a number of tracks issued on standalone singles. The catalogue created in that short period has sold more than that of any other group in history and its commercial success continues - the world’s best selling album during the first decade of the 21st century was a collection of The Beatles’ chart-topping singles called 1. But the group’s significance stems not just from huge sales figures. Their music has inspired generation upon generation of musicians, songwriters and producers. As Mark Ronson put it: ‘Everything we take for granted - they absolutely invented it.’ Tom Petty was a teenager during the years The Beatles’ records appeared in quick succession: ‘They were just out in front. There was The Beatles …and then there was everyone else. And everyone else could be great, but The Beatles were leading the way and that’s just irrefutably true.’



The Beatles’ story began in Liverpool in March 1957, when <a href="spotify:artist:4x1nvY2FN8jxqAFA0DA02H">John Lennon</a> (born 9 October 1940) formed a group named The Quarry Men. His life was changed by the excitement of rock ’n’ roll music - heralded by Bill Haley and His Comets, but taken to another level when Elvis Presley stormed the charts during 1956. The next year saw the arrival in the UK of hits by Little Richard, Buddy Holly and The Crickets, the Everly Brothers and, in movie theatres, the exciting rock film The Girl Can’t Help It!, featuring Eddie Cochran singing ‘Twenty Flight Rock’. Introduced to John on 6 July 1957 at a church fete in Woolton, Liverpool, <a href="spotify:artist:4STHEaNw4mPZ2tzheohgXB">Paul McCartney</a> (born 18 June 1942) sang Eddie’s song word perfect. Impressed, John invited the fifteen-year old to join his group. In February 1958, Paul’s younger school pal <a href="spotify:artist:7FIoB5PHdrMZVC3q2HE5MS">George Harrison</a> (born 25 February 1943) won his place in The Quarry Men when he impressed the others with his guitar skills, especially on the current hit instrumental ‘Raunchy’ by Bill Justis. With a constant nucleus of John, Paul and George, the group underwent a series of line-up changes and names. Having gained a dependable drummer - Pete Best - in August 1960, The Beatles made their first visit to West Germany to perform in the clubs of Hamburg. Playing long sets through the night, they spent hundreds of hours onstage during five visits to the city. Back home in Liverpool, their regular stomping ground was The Cavern Club, where they played nearly 300 times. The experience gained in Hamburg and at The Cavern helped to make The Beatles the most proficient and popular group on Merseyside.



At this time, a group from Liverpool had the odds stacked against them when trying to gain a foothold in a record business focused on London. In early 1962, they had acquired an ambitious and rather refined manager, record shop boss Brian Epstein. He faced regular rejection from music companies until George Martin signed the group to EMI’s Parlophone label. By fate, The Beatles had found both the ideal manager and perfect producer. The last piece of the picture slotted into place just three weeks before recording their first single on 4 September 1962. <a href="spotify:artist:6DbJi8AcN5ANdtvJcwBSw8">Ringo Starr</a> (born 7 July 1940) was asked to take over as drummer. He had been playing with Rory Storm & The Hurricanes - another Liverpool group who played long stints in the clubs of Hamburg. Ringo’s personality, sense of humour and rock solid, inventive drumming proved to be just right for The Beatles. Their first Parlophone single was released on 5 October 1962. Both sides of the disc were original compositions - a remarkable statement of intent from a group making their first steps in the music business. In fact, George Martin had urged them to record Mitch Murray’s ‘How Do You Do It?’, which he felt was a sure-fire hit. They had reluctantly agreed, but were able to persuade George to shelve the recording in favour of their own songs ‘Love Me Do’ and ‘P.S. I Love You’. Just one example of how The Beatles’ story might have been very different with a less open-minded record producer. George Martin’s faith in The Beatles, and in John and Paul as songwriters, was soon vindicated by the release of ‘Please Please Me’ in January 1963. The single reached the top of all but one of the UK charts. 



It was followed by the number one ‘From Me To You’ and their first album Please Please Me, which topped the chart for 30 weeks until their next LP replaced it at number one. The debut album featured eight Lennon/McCartney compositions and six cover versions of recent American Rhythm and Blues records. The selection, a result of The Beatles’ constant search for the unusual, showed their impeccable taste. Compared to the sophisticated arrangement of an R&B original like ‘Twist And Shout’, their versions were stripped down reinventions for a four-piece beat group. George Martin has confirmed that ‘it was primarily the American Rhythm and Blues sound that was their inspiration. It’s probably what the so-called Beatles sound was, because all the black music was a tremendous influence on them.’ However, that source was unknown to the majority of their British fans. The super-confident second album With The Beatles was issued in November 1963 when the single ‘She Loves You’ was at number one. Once more, it featured eight original compositions - including ‘All My Loving’ and George Harrison’s first recorded song ‘Don’t Bother Me’ - and six cover versions. A week later, ‘I Want To Hold Your Hand’ was released and also reached number one. The group had become the biggest musical phenomenon in British show business - ever. Among the key factors that led to this success were the chemistry between the four personalities in the group, their immense charm and a daring image - nobody had worn their hair that long. Their interviews were funny and articulate, they had a charismatic presence when performing, and girls screamed and swooned over them. The term ‘Beatlemania’ was coined by the press to describe the hysteria aroused by the group but, as an appearance on The Royal Variety Show demonstrated, their popularity stretched way beyond the teenage market.



What The Beatles did next was extraordinary for a British act. In February 1964, they arrived in the USA to appear on the Ed Sullivan Show. They performed to 73 million viewers, the biggest television audience to date, and with ‘I Want To Hold Your Hand’ at the top of the charts, America was suddenly held spellbound by The Beatles. As their success spread across the world, almost everything the group did from then on was unprecedented. In addition to unparalleled success on record - they held all top five positions in the American chart in the first week of April - their first movie A Hard Day’s Night was a box office hit and acclaimed for its wit, invention and unbeatable self-composed songs. Premiered in July 1964, it was perfectly timed to capitalise on their international breakthrough. They rounded off the year with Beatles For Sale and the massive hit single ‘I Feel Fine’. In 1965, they starred in the film Help!. Like their first movie, it was directed by Richard Lester and featured a brilliant batch of songs on its accompanying album. Tucked away towards the end of the LP was a performance by Paul McCartney of his composition ‘Yesterday’. Not even released as a single in the UK, it was a number one in America. It quickly became - and remains - the most covered song of all time. 



‘Yesterday’ is an example of how The Beatles and their producer did not compromise; whatever best served the song was always pursued. In the case of ‘Yesterday’, the bold choice was a classical arrangement for string quartet. For the next album Rubber Soul, more studio time was made available to try out unusual instrumentation and adventurous recording techniques. The words of the songs were more mature and the vocal blend, heard on tracks such as ‘Nowhere Man’ and ‘Michelle’, is one of the album’s most distinctive qualities. The Beatles’ sound is, of course, distinguished by the character of their voices. Few groups were blessed with two powerful lead singers as versatile as John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Furthermore, George Harrison not only contributed at least one lead vocal to every album, his voice was integral to the intricate harmony vocals on many Beatles tracks. Ringo Starr usually sang a solo on albums, making such Lennon/McCartney songs as ‘Yellow Submarine’ and ‘With A Little Help From My Friends’ unimaginable without his voice.



Released on the same day as Rubber Soul, 5 December 1965, ‘We Can Work It Out’/‘Day Tripper’ was the first of The Beatles’ double A-Sides. They ended another frantically busy year with their final British tour. There was a deadline to complete their next album, because concerts had been scheduled for the summer of 1966 all over the world. But this did not affect their approach to recording at all. The Revolver sessions saw the group reach a new peak of creativity in performance, songwriting and innovative studio techniques. In addition to the songwriting mastery displayed by John and Paul, the LP contained the biggest contribution to date from George with three songs. His caustic ‘Taxman’ was given the status of the album’s opening track. ‘Eleanor Rigby’ is now regarded as a fully realised masterpiece, but when released in August 1966 on Revolver and as a single coupled with ‘Yellow Submarine’, its solemn subject matter and stark arrangement were radically different. A year before, in August 1965, their appearance in front of 55,600 fans at Shea Stadium in New York had broken the record for concert attendance and box-office revenue. But live performance had become an unsatisfying charade ...and dangerous too. Who cares how lucrative it was? That had to stop. The Beatles’ final concert for a paying audience took place at Candlestick Park, San Francisco on 29 August 1966.



At the end of 1966, The Beatles started work on ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’. Its long evolution showed the musical imagination and technical experimentation heard on Revolver would be continued. To stop the long wait for new material, ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ and ‘Penny Lane’ were released in February 1967. Although songs were always credited to Lennon and McCartney, it soon became clear that whoever sang the lead vocal was usually the main composer. The double A-sided single shows how their different stylistic approaches established a perfect counterbalance. Having set themselves a task of writing about their Liverpool childhoods, John’s song is dreamy and steeped in melancholy, while Paul’s is uplifting and brimming with brilliantly observed vignettes. Many were shocked when the unconventional promotional films for both songs were broadcast. Even their moustaches and John’s spectacles were considered to be evidence of how weird The Beatles had become. The square world worried. Everyone else listened over and over until they ‘got it’. Released on 1 June 1967, the immediate artistic and commercial success of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band vindicated the new approach taken by The Beatles. It was the album that provided the soundtrack to the so-called ‘summer of love’, but its appeal is ageless. The Beatles performed their next single ‘All You Need Is Love’ for the first time on the TV programme Our World - broadcast live to an audience of 350 million around the globe. Their place at the top of contemporary pop music was indisputable. Sadly, soon afterwards, The Beatles were shaken by the sudden death of their manager Brian Epstein in August 1967. They rallied to write and direct Magical Mystery Tour - a film shown on television in the UK at Christmas. Some of the millions who saw it, did not like it. As Paul McCartney remembered: ‘They were looking for the plum-pudding special. That’s what they were expecting, and they very much didn’t get it! We were giving it to the young kids. Why shouldn’t they see something far out?’ The music was as successful as ever. The six new songs in the film and the number one ‘Hello, Goodbye’ completed a momentous year of recording. Three more tracks from 1967 remained unreleased until they were heard in the movie Yellow Submarine premiered in 1968. The film’s imaginative animation evoked the ‘psychedelic’ spirit of Sgt. Pepper to reveal the triumph of Love over Evil.



Nowadays, following a year as busy as The Beatles had in 1967, an artist would take an extended break. In fact, the group did allow themselves a little time off. The first music of 1968 came in March on their seventeenth single ‘Lady Madonna’. Soon after it was recorded, The Beatles flew to Rishikesh, India for several weeks of meditation with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. At this remote and peaceful location, they enjoyed a prolific period of songwriting. As George Harrison explained: ‘When we came back, it became apparent that there were more songs than would make up a single album.’ Recorded in five months, the double LP The Beatles was soon known as ‘The White Album’ because of its plain white cover. ‘Hey Jude’ and ‘Revolution’ were the first songs to be heard from the sessions when they were released as a single on 30 August 1968 - the first Beatles record to be pressed with the Apple label. Never interested in repeating themselves, The Beatles took a different approach in the studio in 1968. Ringo Starr remembered: ‘On “The White Album” we ended up being a band again and that’s what I always love. I love being in a band.’ Discussing his songwriting, John Lennon reflected: ‘It was a complete reversal from Sgt. Pepper. My songs on the double album were fairly simple and basic.’ It is still astonishing to hear The Beatles moving through every style of popular music imaginable, including a pastiche of a Hollywood musical number (‘Honey Pie’), an intense blues (‘Yer Blues’) and heavy rock (‘Helter Skelter’). As with Sgt. Pepper, no singles were released from ‘The White Album’ in the UK and USA during the 1960s. But it is full of tracks that could have been huge hits, such as ‘Back In The USSR’, ‘Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da’ and ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’.



In January 1969, while ‘The White Album’ was still at number one, The Beatles assembled to write and rehearse brand new songs for a televised live concert. The plan changed so that, in the end, their work was documented in a movie released over a year later. Its final scene showed The Beatles performing on the roof of their Apple office building in Savile Row, London with most of the audience gathered in the street below. ‘Get Back’, a number one single from the sessions at Apple, was swiftly followed by ‘The Ballad Of John And Yoko’ - a chronicle of John’s marriage to Yoko Ono and their honeymoon/‘Bed-In’ for peace in Amsterdam. Recorded mostly during the summer of 1969, the last album The Beatles made together was named after the street where EMI’s studios are located. It was a fitting tribute to the place where the majority of their songs had been recorded. The Beatles’ collaboration with producer George Martin and the engineers at Abbey Road had challenged the way that popular music was created. On many occasions this team re-wrote the rule book and set a new standard to which their contemporaries had to aspire. In contrast to the January recordings at Apple, which were ‘as live’ with no overdubs, their return to Abbey Road studios with George Martin resulted in carefully crafted tracks with ambitious musical arrangements. The album’s varied highlights include ‘Come Together’ and two songs that showed George Harrison’s songwriting had hit a peak - ‘Something’ and ‘Here Comes The Sun’. However, the character of Abbey Road is dominated by the sophisticated medley the group called ‘The Long One’. It brought the album, and The Beatles’ recording career, to an impressive conclusion. What a farewell. Measured in terms of its enormous popularity and musical ingenuity, Abbey Road now challenges the status of Sgt. Pepper Lonely Hearts Club Band as The Beatles’ greatest achievement. When the earlier set of recordings from 1969 was finally released as Let It Be in May 1970, news had already broken that the group had split up. The album’s title track and ‘The Long And Winding Road’ took the total of American number ones by The Beatles to twenty in six years - a feat unequalled by any other artist.



When The Beatles began making records, no one anticipated that they would be listened to far into the future. Pop music was regarded as disposable. But the timeless appeal of The Beatles’ catalogue ensured it was built to last and highly valued. In 1979, the distinguished conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein wrote: ‘Three bars of “A Day In The Life” still sustain me, rejuvenate me, inflame my senses and sensibilities.’ There is also another dimension to the seductive power of The Beatles’ music. Filled with the spirit of the era in which it was born, it is joyous and generous. ‘All You Need Is Love’. ‘With our love - we could save the world.’ ‘The love you take is equal to the love you make.’ Tom Petty felt it: ‘We grew up with The Beatles and grew up trusting them. They could have chosen to do anything and they chose to do good, which is a great example for the rest of us.’



Kevin Howlett

Let It Be (Remastered)

Spotify celebrates Abbey Road with a one of a kind experiential playlist.

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All the original songs by The Beatles featured in the Richard Curtis and Danny Boyle film, Yesterday, plus the full '1's' collection with every No.1 single the band released in the United Kingdom and United States. Discover more at <a href="http://www.thebeatles.com">thebeatles.com</a>

Songs From Yesterday - The Movie: The Beatles’ Original Versions

The best of The Beatles, Live. With tracks from The Beatles Live at The Hollywood Bowl - a companion to Ron Howard’s highly anticipated documentary, The Beatles: Eight Days A Week - The Touring Years. Streaming only on Hulu. Watch the trailer <a href="https://youtu.be/tI4E0mxwbf4">here</a>.

The Beatles Live

Lennon and george didn’t die, they just going to strawberry field forever

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UQK-UcRezE&amp;t=15">0:15</a> imagine driving your car on some random road not knowing you just drove into frame whilst The Beatles filmed the music video for the arguably best song ever written

0:15 imagine driving your car on some random road not knowing you just drove into frame whilst The Beatles filmed the music video for the arguably best song ever written

I&#39;m 20 minutes old and i love The Beatles

I'm 20 minutes old and i love The Beatles

Can we just take a minute to appreciate how amazing the drumming is in this song. This is coming from a guitar player.

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UQK-UcRezE&amp;t=54">0:54</a> wow, i wanna walk like that

Strawberry fields forever! Also, at the end: a p p l e

Strawberry fields forever!
Also, at the end: a p p l e

Why does George always have to wear the weird hat 😂

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UQK-UcRezE&amp;t=67">1:07</a> &quot;nothing is real&quot;+ Paul&#39;s face focus Wait a minute......

1:07 "nothing is real"+ Paul's face focus
Wait a minute......

Gotta love Ringo&#39;s face of complete confusion when he realizes he can&#39;t hear his own drums

Gotta love Ringo's face of complete confusion when he realizes he can't hear his own drums

It was the first time ever a band taking a sports stadium to perform. Beyond epic.

It was the first time ever a band taking a sports stadium to perform.
Beyond epic.

I was there. August 1965. I was 13 yrs old. and my ticket cost $11.00. It was an awesome concert which I will never forget.

I was there too! 13 years old, won the ticket on WICE, R.I. radio station, went on a school bus with about 15 kids and 3 DJ’s ! What a blast! Somehow my strict parents let me go...I think they knew it was History In The Making! I’m 68 yrs old now and it’s STILL the highlight of my life!   ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Who wants to help me build a time machine so we can go back and see The Beatles?

Can you imagine being a kid in the early 60&#39;s and listening to the Beatles for the first time?

Can you imagine being a kid in the early 60's and listening to the Beatles for the first time?

Beatles Fan: OH MY GOD, THEY&#39;RE PLAYING MY FAVORITE SONG! Beatles Fan: LET ME SCREAM SO LOUD THAT NO ONE CAN HEAR IT, NOT EVEN THE BAND THEMSELVES!

Beatles Fan: OH MY GOD, THEY'RE PLAYING MY FAVORITE SONG!

Beatles Fan: LET ME SCREAM SO LOUD THAT NO ONE CAN HEAR IT, NOT EVEN THE BAND THEMSELVES!

How they could play without any foldback or ability to hear their own sound is beyond me. They must have just been playing on complete automatic

I was there!!!!! 15 years old screaming like an idiot like everyone else. You could not hear ONE NOTE THEY WERE SINGING!!!! Lennon said afterwards that they were getting hoarse from trying to sing over the 55,000 other crazy girls.... so they started lip syncing……. at one point my BFF says to me..&quot; just think..we&#39;re breathing the same air as THE BEATLES&#39;!!...we still laugh over that one.!!!!!!We graduated high school in 1968 and burnt our bras in 1969.....my daughter always tells me she wishes she grew up in my era.  IT WAS something else, that&#39;s for sure!!   Peace...Make Love  Not War!!!!!

I was there!!!!! 15 years old screaming like an idiot like everyone else. You could not hear ONE NOTE THEY WERE SINGING!!!! Lennon said afterwards that they were getting hoarse from trying to sing over the 55,000 other crazy girls.... so they started lip syncing……. at one point my BFF says to me.." just think..we're breathing the same air as THE BEATLES'!!...we still laugh over that one.!!!!!!We graduated high school in 1968 and burnt our bras in 1969.....my daughter always tells me she wishes she grew up in my era.  IT WAS something else, that's for sure!!   Peace...Make Love  Not War!!!!!

The police with their fingers in their ears. Haha. Never seen that before. Must have been a heck of a loud crowd

The police with their fingers in their ears. Haha. Never seen that before.

Must have been a heck of a loud crowd

The trailer feels like a time machine with how beautifully the footage was restored.

It feels like this was filmed TODAY. Incredible!

&quot;It&#39;s gonna be a comical thing in like 50 years time&quot; No Paul, we&#39;re still crying about this mate 😢

"It's gonna be a comical thing in like 50 years time" No Paul, we're still crying about this mate 😢

This is why The Beatles were and always will be, the greatest band of all time.

I feel like Peter Jackson is doing the best thing possible: letting them speak for themselves.  It is the only way that this should be done.  And if we had to wait 50 years for it to be like this, so be it.

This is the closest we&#39;ll ever get to seeing the greatest band of all time work behind the scenes.

This is the closest we'll ever get to seeing the greatest band of all time work behind the scenes.

Peter Jackson is a genius. The trailer alone gave me chills.

Bro the footage is so well restored it looks like it was shot RECENTLY, this is going to be amazingg

This is really going to be a huge early Christmas present for all us Beatle fans. I can&#39;t wait for this Documentary. Peter Jackson your a legend

This is really going to be a huge early Christmas present for all us Beatle fans. I can't wait for this Documentary. 
Peter Jackson your a legend

A lot of people cry at movies.  I think that this is the first time ever that I&#39;ve cried before seeing the actual movie.  The Beatles were our youth.  Seeing them again, even on screen, is like getting back a bit of our youth that we miss so much.

A lot of people cry at movies.  I think that this is the first time ever that I've cried before seeing the actual movie.  The Beatles were our youth.  Seeing them again, even on screen, is like getting back a bit of our youth that we miss so much.

The eleventh studio album released by The Beatles, released September 26, 1969. Featuring the double A-side "Something" / "Come Together" and the classic "Here Comes the Sun."

The Beatles - Abbey Road (Official Album Playlist)

The tenth studio album and soundtrack to the animated film, released January 17, 1969. Featuring "Hey Bulldog," "All Together Now," and the title track "Yellow Submarine."

The Beatles - Yellow Submarine (Official Album Playlist)

The Beatles' ninth studio album was released on November 22, 1968. Featuring "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," "Blackbird," "Back in the U.S.S.R.," and "Helter Skelter."

The Beatles - The Beatles ("The White Album")

Originally a double EP in the UK and an LP in the US (released Nov 27, 1967). Featuring the hits "Strawberry Fields Forever," "Penny Lane," "All You Need Is Love," and "I Am the Walrus."

The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour (Official Album Playlist)

The eighth studio album by The Beatles, released June 1, 1967. A landmark album featuring "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds," "With a Little Help from My Friends," and "A Day in the Life."

The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Official Album Playlist)

The seventh studio album by The Beatles, released August 5, 1966. Featuring the double A-side single "Eleanor Rigby" / "Yellow Submarine" and the psychedelic "Tomorrow Never Knows."

The Beatles - Revolver (Official Album Playlist)

The sixth studio album by The Beatles, released December 3, 1965. Featuring the classics "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)," "In My Life," and "Nowhere Man."

The Beatles - Rubber Soul (Official Album Playlist)

The fifth studio album and soundtrack to their second film, released August 6, 1965. Featuring the #1 singles "Help!" and "Ticket to Ride," along with the iconic "Yesterday."

The Beatles - Help! (Official Album Playlist)

The fourth studio album by The Beatles, released December 4, 1964. Featuring the single "Eight Days a Week" and popular tracks like "I'm a Loser" and "No Reply."

The Beatles - Beatles For Sale (Official Album Playlist)

The third studio album and soundtrack to their first film, released July 10, 1964. Featuring the chart-topping singles "A Hard Day's Night" and "Can't Buy Me Love."

The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night (Official Album Playlist)

The second studio album by The Beatles, released November 22, 1963. Featuring the classic tracks "All My Loving" and "It Won't Be Long," plus their version of "Money (That's What I Want)."

The Beatles - With The Beatles (Official Album Playlist)

The Beatles' debut studio album, released March 22, 1963. Featuring the hit singles "Please Please Me" and "Love Me Do," plus the iconic "Twist and Shout."

The Beatles - Please Please Me (Official Album Playlist)

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Remixed and Expanded: 'Red’ has 12 additional tracks, including for the first time some of George Harrison’s earliest songs and some classic Beatles versions of R&B and rock ‘n’ roll hits that were so influential on the band. ‘Blue’ has 9 additional tracks including “Blackbird,” “Glass Onion,” and the last new Beatles song, “Now And Then” for a total of 21 new additions.

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The Beatles - Beatles 100 (Official Playlist)

The Beatles - Could the White Album Be Made Today? (Official Live Stream)

The Beatles - Rooftop Concert Songlist - 30th January 1969 (Official Playlist)

The Beatles - Live At The BBC (Official Playlist)

The Beatles - The Beatles In Mono (Official Playlist)

The Beatles - For The Collector (Official Playlist)

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The Beatles - Editor's Picks (Official Playlist)

The Beatles - The Story Of The Beatles (Official Playlist)

The Beatles - The Beatles ('White Album') (Official Playlist)

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The Beatles - The Beatles 1 Video Collection (Official Playlist)

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The Beatles - Help! (Official Playlist)

The Beatles - Words of Love (Official Playlist)

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THE BEATLES’ VIDEOS AND TOP HITS COME TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME

All-New Editions of The Beatles 1 Pair Beautifully Restored Promotional Films and Videos with Brand New Stereo and Surround Audio Mixes 

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Beatles 1+ Deluxe Edition Celebrates the Sight & Sound of The Beatles in 50 Films & Videos 

London – September 15, 2015 – After The Beatles stopped touring, and because travelling around the globe to promote new releases was impossible, the band increasingly made what could be described as “mini movies”. These pioneering promotional films and videos helped to define the way we have come to watch music, not least because The Beatles approached filming with the same ease and innovative spirit they brought to the recording studio, exploring new creative possibilities with infectious delight. Showcasing the band’s filmed work to accompany their 27 No.1, U.K. and U.S. singles, The Beatles 1 is newly restored and expanded in multiple configurations for global release on November 6 by Apple Corps Ltd/UMG.

The 27-track CD/DVD and CD/Blu-ray pairs beautifully restored videos for each song, with new stereo and 5.1 Dolby Digital and DTS HD surround audio mixes. The brand new Beatles 1+ celebrates their career in over 200 minutes through 50 promotional films and videos. This includes the 27 No.1s, with the restored videos, along with a second disc of 23 videos, including alternate versions, as well as rarely seen and newly restored films and videos; all include new audio mixes in deluxe CD/2-DVD and CD/2-Blu-ray packages. The 27-track audio CD is also being made available with new stereo mixes. A 2 LP, 180-gram vinyl package will follow.

The new editions of The Beatles 1 have been made possible following extensive research, and restoration of the original promo films, classic television appearances and other carefully selected videos spanning the band’s history. Apple Corps dug deep into The Beatles’ vaults to select a broad range of films and videos for their rarity, historical significance and quality of performance. An 18-person team of film and video technicians and restoration artists was assembled by Apple Corps to undertake painstaking frame-by-frame cleaning, colour-grading, digital enhancement and new edits that took months of dedicated, ‘round-the-clock work to accomplish.

The result is a visual run down of The Beatles’ number one records, as well as the additional tracks on the bonus disc of Beatles 1+ that show the band in previously unseen standards of clarity and quality; many of the films and videos have never before been commercially released, in whole or in part.

Beatles 1 and Beatles 1+ offers the restored films, including 35mm negatives scanned in 4K and digitally restored with new stereo and 5.1 surround audio remixes, produced from the original analogue tapes by the GRAMMY® winning team of Giles Martin with Sam Okell at Abbey Road Studios. For four of the videos, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr have provided exclusive audio commentary and filmed introductions, respectively. The 1+ Deluxe Edition, presented in an expanded 124-page illustrated hardcover book includes ‘an appreciation’ of The Beatles’ ground-breaking films and videos by music journalist and author Mark Ellen and extensive, detailed track/video annotation by music historian and author Richard Havers. 

“These videos and films are spectacular reminders of the era we lived in. They also rock!” – Paul McCartney

"I think it’s really interesting to see the videos we made, some of them incredible and some of them really incredible.  How else would we have got to sit on a horse?" – Ringo Starr

Between 1962 and 1970, The Beatles released 27 No.1 hit singles in the U.S. and the U.K. In 2000, these timeless songs were collected for The Beatles 1, which topped the charts in 35 countries and became that decade’s bestselling album worldwide. 15 years later, 1 is revisited for this entirely new, visually-inspired presentation. 

It’s The Beatles, as you’ve never seen them before. 

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Strawberry Fields Forever -  Restored HD Video

The Beatles take to the stage at Shea Stadium.

The Beatles at Shea Stadium

The official trailer for #TheBeatlesGetBack is here! The Disney+ original docuseries, directed by
Peter Jackson, will be arriving on Disney+ just in time for the Thanksgiving holiday. Made
entirely from never-before-seen, restored footage, it provides the most intimate and honest
glimpse into the creative process and relationship between John, Paul, George, and Ringo ever
filmed.  Be sure to check them both out, and don’t forget to watch “The Beatles: Get Back” when
it rolls out over three days, November 25, 26, and 27, 2021, exclusively on Disney+.

Directed by three-time Oscar®-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson (“The Lord of the Rings” trilogy,
“They Shall Not Grow Old”), “The Beatles: Get Back” takes audiences back in time to the band’s
January 1969 recording sessions, which became a pivotal moment in music history. The
docuseries showcases The Beatles’ creative process as they attempt to write 14 new songs in
preparation for their first live concert in over two years. Faced with a nearly impossible deadline,
the strong bonds of friendship shared by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and
Ringo Starr are put to the test. The docuseries is compiled from nearly 60 hours of unseen
footage shot over 21 days, directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg in 1969, and from more than 150
hours of unheard audio, most of which has been locked in a vault for over half a century.
Jackson is the only person in 50 years to have been given access to this Beatles treasure trove,
all of which has now been brilliantly restored.  What emerges is an unbelievably intimate portrait
of The Beatles, showing how, with their backs against the wall, they could still rely on their
friendship, good humor, and creative genius. While plans derail and relationships are put to the
test, some of the world’s most iconic songs are composed and performed. The docuseries
features – for the first time in its entirety – The Beatles’ last live performance as a group, the
unforgettable rooftop concert on London’s Savile Row, as well as other songs and classic
compositions featured on the band’s final two albums, Abbey Road and Let It Be.

An exciting new collaboration between The Beatles and Jackson presented by The Walt Disney
Studios in association with Apple Corps Ltd. and WingNut Films Productions Ltd., “The Beatles:
Get Back” is directed by Peter Jackson, produced by Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono
Lennon, Olivia Harrison, Peter Jackson, Clare Olssen (“They Shall Not Grow Old”) and
Jonathan Clyde (“Eight Days a Week”), with Apple Corps’ Jeff Jones (“Eight Days a Week”) and
Ken Kamins (“The Hobbit” trilogy) serving as executive producers. Jabez Olssen (“Rogue One:
A Star Wars Story”) serves as the film’s editor, the music supervisor is Giles Martin
(“Rocketman”), Michael Hedges (“The Adventures of Tintin”) and Brent Burge (“The Hobbit”
trilogy) serve as the series re-recording mixers, and the music is mixed by Giles Martin and Sam
Okell (“Yesterday”).

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The Beatles: Get Back | Official Trailer | Disney+

Watch The Beatles rehearsing “Don’t Let Me Down” in the Apple Studios, from Peter Jackson’s Original Docuseries "The Beatles: Get Back". 

Experience the three-part event on Disney+ starting tomorrow, November 25th.

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Watch The Beatles rehearsing “Don’t Let Me Down” in "The Beatles: Get Back"

Now and Then's eventful journey to fruition took place over five decades and is the product of conversations and collaborations between the four Beatles that go on to this day. The long mythologised John Lennon demo was first worked on in February 1995 by Paul, George and Ringo as part of The Beatles Anthology project but it remained unfinished, partly because of the impossible technological challenges involved in working with the vocal John had recorded on tape in the 1970s. For years it looked like the song could never be completed. But in 2022 there was a stroke of serendipity. A software system developed by Peter Jackson and his team, used throughout the production of the documentary series Get Back, finally opened the way for the uncoupling of John’s vocal from his piano part. 

As a result, the original recording could be brought to life and worked on anew with contributions from all four Beatles. This remarkable story of musical archaeology reflects The Beatles’ endless creative curiosity and shared fascination with technology. It marks the completion of the last recording that John, Paul and George and Ringo will get to make together and celebrates the legacy of the foremost and most influential band in popular music history. 

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Video Director: Oliver Murray
Producers: Jonathan Clyde and Sophie Hilton
Original score: Paul Englishby

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Now And Then – The Last Beatles Song (Short Film Trailer)

#OTD The Beatles appear on the Ed Sullivan Show in a pre-recorded video filmed in Abbey Road Studios

Paperback Writer

Today is the 50th anniversary of the release of The Beatles final album, Let It Be.

You can listen to Let it Be here: https://thebeatles.lnk.to/LetItBe

“I think the original idea was Paul’s idea to rehearse some new songs and then we were going to pick a location and record the album of the songs in a concert. I suppose kind of like they do these days on unplugged except you know it wasn’t to be unplugged it was to do a live album.” George in 1994

Released on this day in 1970, rehearsals and recordings for the album took place in January 1969 in Twickenham Film Studios, and then in the basement studio and on the rooftop of the band’s offices in Savile Row, London.

“The whole Let It Be project was really to see work in progress to see the Beatles working.” Paul

“It doesn’t matter what we’re going through as individuals, you know on a bulls**t level when it gets to the music you know when you can see that it’s really cool, we’ve all put in a thousand percent.” Ringo

The Beatles: Let It Be

Now available from iTunes, each album download will benefit the George Harrison Fund for UNICEF - helping to provide immediate emergency relief for children in famine and drought-stricken regions in the Horn of Africa. Order the album HERE: http://bit.ly/r7kjrp
Watch the entire historic concert free on TheConcertForBangladesh.com, itunes.com/TheBeatles and GeorgeHarrison.com between July 29, 11:59 p.m. EDT and August 1, 11:59 p.m. EDT.

Here Comes the Sun

Interview recorded for Facebook LIVE with Paul, Ringo & Ron Howard from Abbey Road Studios answering your questions about The Beatles: Eight Days A Week – The Touring Years.
 
Thanks to everyone who submitted a question.

The Beatles Q and A from Abbey Road Studios

On this day in 1971, George Harrison and Ravi Shankar staged two concerts at New York’s Madison Square Garden that brought together a star-studded cast of musicians to alert the world to the plight of the Bangladeshi people, victims of simultaneous floods, famine and civil war. 

The Concert for Bangladesh, which supported UNICEF’s programs in the country, pioneered the all-star concert benefit model, which continues to move hearts and raise funds today.

Please support the George Harrison Fund for UNICEF and its ongoing work to help get critical aid to the children who need it most.

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The Concert for Bangladesh, August 1, 1971

THE BEATLES’ YELLOW SUBMARINE 
IN THEATERS ACROSS NORTH AMERICA THIS JULY TO CELEBRATE THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY

Restored 4K Theatrical Version With Remixed 5.1 Stereo Surround Sound 

Once upon a time…or maybe twice…there was an unearthly paradise called Pepperland…

NEW YORK / LONDON / LOS ANGELES – APRIL 03, 2018 – Abramorama announced today a deal with Apple Corps Ltd. and Universal Music Group (UMG) to theatrically release The Beatles’ classic 1968 animated feature film, Yellow Submarine, across North America this July in celebration of its 50th anniversary. Abramorama, Apple Corps Ltd. and UMG have teamed to give Beatles fans of all ages the opportunity to come together and share in this visually stunning movie and soundtrack.  Abramorama originally partnered with Apple Corps, Imagine Entertainment, White Horse Pictures, StudioCanal and UMG’s Polygram Entertainment on the Ron Howard documentary The Beatles:  Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years. Abramorama has a proven track record in the music-driven film space, partnering numerous times with Neil Young, Pearl Jam and Green Day and now once again with Apple Corps Ltd.

Yellow Submarine was restored in 4K digital resolution by Paul Rutan Jr. and his team of specialists at Triage Motion Picture Services and Eque Inc.  The film’s songs and score were remixed in 5.1 stereo surround sound at UMG’s Abbey Road Studios by music mix engineer Peter Cobbin. Due to the delicate nature of the hand-drawn original artwork, no automated software was used in the digital clean-up of the film’s restored photochemical elements.  This was all done by hand, frame by frame. 

Richard Abramowitz, CEO of Abramorama said, “We’re thrilled to have the privilege of bringing Yellow Submarine back to the big screen so that 3 generations of happy Beatles fans can enjoy the ground-breaking animation and classic tunes and that have long been part of our collective cultural DNA.”

Directed by George Dunning, and written by Lee Minoff, Al Brodax, Jack Mendelsohn and Erich Segal, Yellow Submarine began its voyage to the screen when Brodax, who had previously produced nearly 40 episodes of ABC’s animated Beatles TV series, approached The Beatles’ manager Brian Epstein with a unique vision for a full-length animated feature.  

Yellow Submarine, based upon a song by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, is a fantastic tale brimming with peace, love, and hope, propelled by Beatles songs, including “Eleanor Rigby,” “When I’m Sixty-Four,” “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds,” “All You Need Is Love,” and “It’s All Too Much.”  When the film debuted in 1968, it was instantly recognized as a landmark achievement, revolutionizing a genre by integrating the freestyle approach of the era with innovative animation techniques. 

Inspired by the generation’s new trends in art, the film resides with the dazzling Pop Art styles of Andy Warhol, Martin Sharp, Alan Aldridge and Peter Blake. With art direction and production design by Heinz Edelmann, Yellow Submarine is a classic of animated cinema, featuring the creative work of animation directors Robert Balser and Jack Stokes with a team of animators and technical artists.

Information on local screenings can be found here:  http://www.yellowsubmarine.film/

© Subafilms Ltd 1968

Yellow Submarine US Theatrical Trailer - 2018 (Beatles Official)

Quiet night in? Not quite. Sixty years ago tonight, Shea Stadium aired on BBC One.

The Material World Foundation, created by George Harrison in 1973, is today donating $500,000 to the MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund, Save the Children, and Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) charities, which are providing much needed aid and care during this COVID-19 pandemic.
http://materialworldfoundation.com

WITHOUT GOING OUT OF MY DOOR, I CAN KNOW ALL THINGS OF EARTH.
WITHOUT LOOKING OUT OF MY WINDOW, I COULD KNOW THE WAYS OF HEAVEN.

Olivia Harrison said, "These lyrics sung by George are a positive reminder to all of us who are isolating, quarantined or respecting the request to stay in our homes. Let’s get and stay connected at this difficult time.  There are things we can do to help and we invite you to share your Inner Light."

The Inner Light Challenge:
Material World Foundation will donate another $1 (up to $100,000) for every one of you who shares their own "Inner Light" moment on social media using the hashtag #innerlight2020 

This can be a verse, a chorus, or a line from the song, sing it, play it, hum it, strum it, paint it, knit it, chant it, plant it, pray or meditate and post it to social media. 

For more information: http://materialworldfoundation.com

Remember to hashtag #innerlight2020

The Inner Light (Remastered 2009) - Performed by The Beatles
℗ 2009 Calderstone Productions Limited (a division of Universal Music Group)
Producer: George Martin
Composer Lyricist: George Harrison

The Inner Light

When The Beatles Refused To Play To Segregated Audiences: "The four of them started to act up and blow back on this very, very hot and sensitive issue, knowing that it would really irritate a lot of Americans." - Larry Kane. #8DaysDVD

The Beatles: Eight Days A Week Is Available Now On DVD And Blu-Ray - And In Special Edition Format Containing 100+ Minutes Of Extras

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Cert. 12 | Feature Running Time: 100 mins

2-disc Deluxe Collector’s Edition (DVD/BD) includes:
1 x BD/DVD feature disc
+ 1 Bonus Disc (containing approx. 100 minutes of extras, highlighted below)
64 page booklet 
Words & Music (24 mins)
Early Clues To A New Direction (18 mins)
Liverpool (11 mins)
The Beatles in Concert (12 mins)
Twist and Shout, She Loves You, Can’t Buy Me Love, You Can’t Do That and Help!
Additional features are:
• Three Beatles’ Fans
• Ronnie Spector and The Beatles
• Shooting A Hard Day’s Night
• The Beatles in Australia
• Recollections of Shea Stadium
• The Beatles in Japan
• An alternative opening for the film

When The Beatles Refused To Play To Segregated Audiences

Listen to Paul talk about writing Hey Jude and how John helped make the song we love today. Are you listening to #RedandBlue?

‘That was one of the great things about John…’

Definitely not quiet when it comes to hair #TheBeatles #GeorgeHarrison

Everything is alright #TheBeatles #HereComesTheSun #Spring

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For Ryland and Rocky 💫 #TheBeatles #TwoOfUs #ProjectHailMary #PaulMcCartney #JohnLennon

Ain't this sweet #TheBeatles

This performance of “Two Of Us” was originally featured in Let It Be (1970) and later included in  the end credits of Peter Jackson’s Get Back.

Written by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon–McCartney), the song was recorded in January 1969 during the band’s famous rooftop-era sessions and released as the opening track on the Let It Be album. Built around acoustic guitars and close harmonies from Paul and John, “Two Of Us” captures a warm, nostalgic spirit that reflects their early songwriting partnership.

A timeless moment of harmony and friendship, the song continues to resonate with new audiences—newly featured in the film Project Hail Mary.

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Lyrics: 

Two of us riding nowhere,
Spending someone's hard earned pay.
You and me Sunday driving
Not arriving on our way back home.

We're on our way home.
We're on our way home.
We're going home.

Two of us sending postcards,
Writing letters on my wall.
You and me burning matches,
Lifting latches on our way back home.

We're on our way home.
We're on our way home.
We're going home.

You and I have memories
Longer than the road that stretches out ahead.

Two of us wearing raincoats,
Standing solo in the sun.
You and me chasing paper,
Getting nowhere, on our way back home.

We're on our way home.
We're on our way home.
We're on our way home.

You and I have memories
Longer than the road that stretches out ahead.

Two of us wearing raincoats,
Standing solo in the sun.
You and me chasing paper,
Getting nowhere, on our way back home.

We're on our way home.
We're on our way home.
We're going home.

You and I have memories
Longer than the road that stretches out ahead.

Two of us wearing raincoats,
Standing solo in the sun.
You and me chasing paper,
Getting nowhere, on our way back home.

The Beatles

Anthology 4

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Live At The Hollywood Bowl

Let It Be... Naked (Remastered)

Yellow Submarine Songtrack

Let It Be (Remastered)

Abbey Road (Remastered)

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The Beatles (Remastered)

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