Decker

Surprised nobody had started a thread on this before. Feels like kind of a big deal (and besides Let It Be, the last official Beatles video release).

Here's the Press Release :

The Beatles' Videos and Top Hits Come Together for the First Time
Posted September 16, 2015 04:03 PM by Webmaster



After The Beatles stopped touring, and because traveling 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.

PRE-ORDERS:

1. The Beatles: 1 Blu-ray
2. The Beatles: 1 (Blu-ray+CD)
3. DigiPack Deluxe Edition (with Book)

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, color-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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DIGIPACK EDITION CONTENT:
(Featuring all 27 tracks on CD, all 27 promo videos on Disc 1, and an additional 23 videos on Disc 2).

Disc: 1
1. Love Me Do
2. From Me To You
3. She Loves You
4. I Want To Hold Your Hand
5. Can't Buy Me Love
6. A Hard Day s Night
7. I Feel Fine
8. Eight Days A Week
9. Ticket To Ride
10. Help!
11. Yesterday
12. Day Tripper
13. We Can Work It Out
14. Paperback Writer
15. Yellow Submarine
16. Eleanor Rigby
17. Penny Lane
18. All You Need Is Love
19. Hello, Goodbye
20. Lady Madonna
21. Hey Jude
22. Get Back
23. The Ballad of John and Yoko
24. Something
25. Come Together
26. Let It Be
27. The Long and Winding Road

Disc: 2
1. Love Me Do
2. From Me To You
3. She Loves You
4. I Want To Hold Your Hand
5. Can't Buy Me Love
6. A Hard Day s Night
7. I Feel Fine
8. Eight Days A Week
9. Ticket To Ride
10. Help!
11. Yesterday
12. Day Tripper
13. We Can Work It Out
14. Paperback Writer
15. Yellow Submarine
16. Eleanor Rigby
17. Penny Lane
18. All You Need Is Love
19. Hello, Goodbye
20. Lady Madonna
21. Hey Jude
22. Get Back
23. The Ballad of John and Yoko
24. Something
25. Come Together
26. Let It Be
27. The Long and Winding Road

Disc: 3
1. Twist & Shout
2. Baby It's You
3. Words Of Love
4. Please Please Me
5. I Feel Fine
6. Day Tripper
7. Day Tripper
8. We Can Work It Out
9. Paperback Writer
10. Rain
11. Rain
12. Strawberry Fields Forever
13. Within You Without You/Tomorrow Never Knows
14. A Day In The Life
15. Hello, Goodbye
16. Hello, Goodbye
17. Hey Bulldog
18. Hey Jude
19. Revolution
20. Get Back
21. Don't Let Me Down
22. Free As A Bird
23. Real Love

Spoiler:

davidh777

This surfaced for me in Amazon personalizations, though my first thought was BD audio. Definitely interested. I never sufficiently explored the Love CD/DVD I got a few years back.

Supermallet

I forgot about this, but went ahead and ordered the book edition.

hdnmickey

In for that digibook. As somebody that bought their big CD box set, I wish there was a cheaper version with just the two video discs, in the digibook, but I'll take it.

Decker

Sure, if there was a version without the CD and the hardcover book, I'd buy that, but to miss out on the commentaries, Paul and Ringo intros and the second Blu ray disc? No way I could pass on those.

PhantomStranger

Love was awesome, I fully expect this set to blow me away.

cultshock

*throws cash at Apple* Please take my money, I've been hoping for a restored set of Beatles promo videos for years, awesome news!

The Valeyard

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NOTES ON THE VIDEOS

DISC ONE

1. LOVE ME DO
Newly edited clip, featuring material from BBC TV’s The Mersey Sound, with performance footage filmed on 27 August 1963 at the Little Theatre, Southport.

2. FROM ME TO YOU
A live performance at the 1963 Royal Variety Show, filmed at The Prince Of Wales Theatre, London, on 4 November 1963.

3. SHE LOVES YOU
A live performance from the Swedish Television show Drop In, recorded on 30 October 1963 during a short Scandinavian tour.

4. I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND
From the Granada TV programme Late Scene Extra filmed on 25 November 1963.

5. CAN’T BUY ME LOVE
First broadcast in the TV show Around The Beatles, filmed on 28 April 1964 and broadcast the following month. It features a different audio track to that of hit single, recorded by The Beatles on 19 April 1964.

6. A HARD DAY’S NIGHT
Live performance at the Palais des Sports, Paris on 20 June 1965, while on a short European tour.

7. I FEEL FINE
Filmed at Twickenham Film Studios on 23 November 1965. One of ten films shot that day to satisfy global TV demand for broadcast material to accompany The Beatles’ hit records.

8. EIGHT DAYS A WEEK
A brand new clip edited from material filmed at the Shea Stadium concert in New York City on 15 August 1965, during which the band performed twelve songs, but ‘Eight Days A Week’ was not among them. The clip says so much about the band’s frenetic lifestyle in 1965, at the height of Beatlemania.

9. TICKET TO RIDE
Filmed at Twickenham Film Studios on 23 November 1965.

10. HELP!
The less frequently seen clip of those filmed at Twickenham Film Studios on 23 November 1965.

11. YESTERDAY
Paul performing on The Ed Sullivan Show, videotaped in New York City on 14 August 1965 and broadcast the following month, the day before the single was released in America.

12. DAY TRIPPER
Three versions of this clip were filmed at Twickenham Film Studios on 23 November 1965. This is version 2, in which all of the group are wearing polo neck sweaters, except for Paul, who wears a black shirt.

13. WE CAN WORK IT OUT
There were three versions of the ‘We Can Work It Out’ video filmed atat Twickenham Film Studios on 23 November 1965. This is version 2 in which all four Beatles are wearing black polo neck sweaters.

14. PAPERBACK WRITER
Filmed in 35mm, and in colour, in Chiswick Park, West London, by director Michael Lindsay-Hogg.

15. YELLOW SUBMARINE
This clip is newly created from original Yellow Submarine footage.

16. ELEANOR RIGBY
This clip is taken directly from the Yellow Submarine movie.

17. PENNY LANE
A ground-breaking clip by Swedish director Peter Goldmann that captures The Beatles in Stratford, London, and at Knole Park in Kent, with additional material shot in Liverpool.

18. ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE
Filmed in Studio One at Abbey Road, on 25 June 1967, and beamed around the globe as a part of the TV programme Our World. This colourised version was created for The Beatles Anthology TV programme in 1995.

19. HELLO, GOODBYE
London’s Saville Theatre was the location for this promo film, shot on 10 November 1967; The Beatles wear their Sgt. Pepper outfits.

20. LADY MADONNA
Just prior to leaving for India, The Beatles met up in Studio Three at Abbey Road, on 11 February 1968. They were filmed while recording ‘Hey Bulldog’.

21. HEY JUDE
Filmed at Twickenham Film Studios on 4 September, for broadcast on David Frost’s TV show, Frost On Sunday. The introduction by David Frost is different from that on disc 2.

22. GET BACK
The promo clip made available at the time of the original release of the single featured performances from the Apple rooftop synched to the record. This new clip has been rebuilt to replicate the original but with improved picture quality.

23. THE BALLAD OF JOHN AND YOKO
This original promo clip features outtakes from the Let It Be movie, with other private footage shot in Amsterdam, London, Paris and Vienna.

24. SOMETHING
The video features George and Pattie, John and Yoko, Paul and Linda, and Ringo and Maureen. and was filmed at locations in Berkshire, Surrey, and the Mull of Kintyre.

25. COME TOGETHER
The clip was created in 2000 by Melon Dezign for the launch of thebeatles.com and the original Beatles 1 album.

26. LET IT BE
A 1970 promo clip was made available to support the release of the single and it was different to the one featured in the Let It Be movie; this clip has been rebuilt from the original footage.

27. THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD
This clip is taken straight from the Let It Be movie.


DISC TWO

1. TWIST AND SHOUT
From the Granada Television programme Scene At 6.30, which was videotaped on 14 August 1963.

2. BABY IT’S YOU
One of two clips used to promote the single taken from the 1995 Live At The BBC album. The clip is enhanced by the inclusion of unique colour footage of The Beatles filmed outside the BBC’s Paris Studio on Lower Regent Street, London.

3. WORDS OF LOVE
When On Air – Live At The BBC Volume 2 was released in 2013, it included ‘Words Of Love’, a Buddy Holly composition that the band recorded for radio. This new clip is a mix of existing footage and innovative animation.

4. PLEASE PLEASE ME
A live performance videotaped on 9 February for The Ed Sullivan Show, which was screened on 23 February 1964.

5. I FEEL FINE
Filmed at Twickenham Film Studios on 23 November 1965, this clip shows The Beatles eating fish and chips during their lunch break.

6. DAY TRIPPER
From the TV special The Music Of Lennon & McCartney that first broadcast in mid-December 1965.

7. DAY TRIPPER
Filmed at Twickenham Film Studios on 23 November 1965, with the group wearing their Shea Stadium Jackets with the ‘Nehru’ collars.

8. WE CAN WORK IT OUT
Filmed at Twickenham Film Studios on 23 November 1965 – showing The Beatles wearing the Shea Stadium jackets.

9. PAPERBACK WRITER
Shot on videotape at Abbey Road, on 19 May 1966, this studio version is prefaced by a short introduction by Ringo. It was broadcast on The Ed Sullivan Show in America.

10. RAIN
‘Rain’, the B-side of ‘Paperback Writer’, was filmed in colour at Chiswick House, West London, on 20 May 1966.

11. RAIN
This black and white clip is a new edit from several takes of ‘Rain’ videotaped at Abbey Road on 19 May 1966.

12. STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER
Directed by Peter Goldmann and with newly restored footage, this was filmed at Knole Park, Kent on 30 and 31 January 1967.

13. WITHIN YOU WITHOUT YOU/TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS
The merging of these two tracks, one from Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, the other from Revolver, was created for The Beatles Love show by Cirque du Soleil, which opened in June 2006 in Las Vegas. This video was created to promote the Love album released later that year.

14. A DAY IN THE LIFE
Filmed in Studio One at Abbey Road on 10 February 1967, this includes classical musicians, who were asked to wear evening dress, fake noses and funny hats for the recording session.

15. HELLO, GOODBYE
This clip is another shot at London’s Saville Theatre on 10 November 1967; The Beatles wear their ‘street clothes’.

16. HELLO, GOODBYE
This third version was also shot at London’s Saville Theatre on 10 November 1967; it includes elements from the first two films but with additional footage unique to this edit.

17. HEY BULLDOG
The original footage from a 1968 shoot for the ‘Lady Madonna’ promo film was unearthed in the mid-1990s. It was revealed that The Beatles were recording ‘Hey Bulldog’ and is an edit done to promote the reissue of the Yellow Submarine movie in 1999.

18. HEY JUDE
This is an edit of the two other takes filmed on 4 September 1968 for the Frost On Sunday TV show. This has a different David Frost intro to the clip on disc 1.

19. REVOLUTION
One of two versions, this was shot the same day as ‘Hey Jude’. John’s lead vocal is completely live, as are most of Paul and George’s backing vocals. The instrumentation, including Nicky Hopkins’ electric piano, is from the master tape.

20. GET BACK
This clip was assembled in 2003 to support the release of the album Let It Be…Naked and utilises studio footage from the famous Get Back/Let It Be sessions.

21. DON’T LET ME DOWN
This was the B-side of ‘Get Back’ and this clip is a composite of two live performances from the Apple rooftop in 1969. It was made available to support the release of Let It Be…Naked in 2003.

22. FREE AS A BIRD
The 1995 video is a work of art by director Joe Pytka, who used the concept of a bird’s-eye view to pay homage to many Beatles songs and images.

23. REAL LOVE
This video directed by Geoff Wonfor and ex-10cc and leading pop promo-maker Kevin Godley, this video was made in 1996 to support the release of the single.

Supermallet

You know what? I have The Beatles Anthology on DVD. After reading that list, I'm not sure I need this set.

Decker

So you'd sort through 11 1/2 hours of content on 5 DVDs to try and find some (but not all) of the included 50 promotional videos in non-HD, non-restored form to avoid buying this set?

For me, this is still a must-have purchase.

Hokeyboy

Ordered the Deluxe Edition. As a collector, I'll pretty much pick up almost anything in terms of Beatles releases. But all the videos together makes this a done deal.

Also Tug of War: Deluxe Edition comes out this Friday, which is great news. Sadly, in awful news, so does Pipes of Peace...

Supermallet

I'd rather just watch The Beatles Anthology DVDs. As I sit there reading that list of material, I'm just thinking about how infrequently I'd actually watch that stuff. And a lot of it seems to be new stuff edited together from other old clips, which doesn't seem very interesting to me.

Eddie W

I'm more interested in the DTS-HD 5.1 audio than the video.

Decker

I had forgotten about this release, but there it was in my mailbox today.

Watched a couple of the songs. Video looks good, but definitely vintage stuff. Very grainy. Still nice to finally see something from Let It Be. Sound is A-Fucking-Mazing. Mind. Blown. Very full and rich. Best their recordings have ever sounded (except maybe at the Cirque Love show, maybe).

The packaging is nice. Kinda flimsy slipcover but very solid bound digibook with thick glossy pages.

Sir Paul does commentary on three songs and Ringo does goofy little introductions before four of them (Penny Lane, Get Back, Hey Jude, Hello Goodbye). You select which extras play or not.
Haven't checked the second disc yet.

Eddie W

This is a nice package, but I'm somewhat disappointed in the 5.1. It sounds great, but I was expecting full out surround mixed like are on the Anthology DVD's and the Love DVD Audio. Not even close. This is more of and 'enhanced stereo' mix. I had to go put my ear up to the rear speakers to see if there was anything even there & it's just a slight reverb on most tracks. Plus the default is PCM stereo so you have to change the audio every single time you load these to even get the 5.1. Bummer.

Spiderbite

I watched both BDs yesterday and what puzzled me most was the non-anamorphic video of "Free As A Bird." It looked like total shit which was a shame.

Decker

I was wondering if anyone picked up the Deluxe Edition of Eight Days a Week. Has 100 minutes of bonus material. I saw the set today and liked the sturdy package and that it comes with a nice booklet (rather than a crappy digibook like 1+). It's currently $28 @ Amazon. Not sure if I should grab it now or wait until it drops in price. Don't know how limited the Deluxe set is. Don't want to miss out on a copy.

Chrisedge

I didn't because it didn't include the Shea Stadium footage...I will get it once they decide to release that as well...