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The Beatles : Anthology [1995]
from EMI
starring The Beatles, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Neil Aspinall

Features:

• Black & White
• Colour
• PAL

Editorial Review:

The Beatles Anthology was initially broadcast as a TV miniseries to run alongside the series of three Anthology double-CD albums. This set of eight documentaries has the heft and scope of one of Ken Burns' expansive projects. Still, you may find yourself with more material--particularly about the Beatles' early lives as lads in Liverpool--than you'll want to watch. The documentary material is copious, including early performance films and tapes, at the point before they found their true voices. The actual Beatlemania years--beginning in 1963 and concluding in 1970--feature extensive performance films, as well as home movies and archival material. The best parts, of course, are the interviews with the Beatles themselves, who produced the entire thing. Along with reworking two previously unreleased John Lennon tracks as "new Beatles songs", the Anthology includes some unseen Lennon interview tapes so that his acerbic voice can be heard as well. This stands as a comprehensive document of that heady period, the second coming of rock & roll, as the Beatles took what Elvis had started and expanded upon it exponentially. This box set gives a solid sense of the historical context and the way these four musicians changed the world around them in the 1960s. --Marshall Fine

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

• A story so brilliant it is FAB
  I am not realy a Beatles fan I was born after the band split but this set tells the story of a band that still dominates the music scene. I liked the anthology on TV I like the music and the story behind the music. Brilliant.

• Another great docummentary of "THE BEATLES"
  Every episode is so addictive and you will want to watch the whole series all over again.

• Good value for money
  This has loads of info that you would find interesting,and running at over 10 hours long,is good value for money..

• Emotional, moving, definitive!
  Probably the best piece of Beatles memorabilia you could ever buy. I had originally taped the series of TV way back in the mid 90's, but the DVD is now a permanent storage that won't have Gardner's World taped on it!
  With all the members of the band present (except of course for the late John) their is a real authenticity about the footage - not just what a narrator thinks. They all give great in-depth in-sights, from how they all met, to the final and emotional days of Abbey Road. Perhaps one unique... more info

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