If You're A Beatles Fan, Your Life Won't Be Complete Until You See These Amazing Videos
The Beatles need no introduction, nor does their consummate ability to put out hit after hit to nearly or completely top the music charts in both the United States and United Kingdom. In fact, between 1962 and 1970 (just eight years, mind you) The Beatles had 27 #1 hit singles in both countries combined. For that reason, in 2000, the band released 1, an album cataloging all of the aforementioned chart-toppers.
15 years later, the "Fab Four" is back, but this time with a video collection of hits.
The stunning collection is now available from The Beatles online store or Amazon, and it comes as an impressive mixture of merchandise:
• Blu-Rays or DVD's of the restored and remastered videos
• The 1 CD release, and
• A 124-page illustrated hard cover book detailing the entirety of the collection…
among other options for combinations of all of the above. The exciting part about this, aside from rushing to buy this up, is The Beatles VEVO channel that's given a sneak peek at the video collection.
Performed live at their famous Rooftop Concert, this isn't the version that was later released as a single, but the version they played here just two days after having recorded the song. the video caption explains:
"By the time that fateful Thursday came around, the penultimate day of January would be the last time The Beatles ever played together in front of any kind of audience."
This is often thought of as The Beatles magnum opus–impressive considering how many hits they have. In fact, Rolling Stone says it's their greatest song. The video caption reads:
"…this was no ordinary recording session. The classical musicians, who had been asked to wear evening dress, took it upon themselves to wear fake noses, funny hats and generally enter into the spirit of the occasion. Filmed between 8pm and 1am with guests including Mick Jagger and Keith Richards."
The video caption includes this quote from John Lennon about finally getting around to this song and making a statement about the Vietnam War:
"I did the slow version and I wanted it out as a single: as a statement of The Beatles’ position on Vietnam and The Beatles’ position on revolution. For years, on The Beatles’ tours, Brian Epstein had stopped us from saying anything about Vietnam or the war.”
The video caption explains how the video debuted on the Ed Sullivan Show, Sunday 26 November 1967, and:
"When The Beatles began recording what would become their third single to be released in 1967, its working title was ‘Hello, Hello’. The single sat at No.1 in both the UK and America for the first three weeks of 1968."
"Two days after recording some overdubs for 'A Day In The Life', The Beatles spent the afternoon in East London at Angel Lane, Stratford, filming scenes for the video of 'Penny Lane' with Scandinavian director, Peter Goldmann."
If all of this really has piqued your interest, be order your video collection of 1 by visiting the Beatles online. It's a collection that will go unmatched to say the absolute very least. Visit The Beatles YouTube channel for more previews and VEVO for more videos.