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Summary: Not Just for Beatles Fans
Review: This is a wonderful DVD collection. If your into the Beatles, your gonna love this. If your not a fan, your still gonna love it. This DVD is all about the music. The sound quality is so good, I had to lower all volume to be able to sit in the room, even at the normal level. The sound is just fantastic. And talk about cleaning up the footage. They did a great job cleaning up the video footage, normally you would expect to see lines and/or fuzz, etc. None here. Great job folks.I highly recommend this collection.
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Summary: Really Good
Review: I never get tired of hearing about the Beatles&how they Grew Musically as Artists&wahtnot but I think this Set went a A few discs to long.I have another Beatles Disc Set on Dvd that details things in a lot shorter overview&very direct with it's presentation.nevertheless this is still a Must have for a Beatles fan because it covers alot of areas.they are one of the Greatest Musical Acts in Music History.
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Summary: Better picture, better sound, more footage, less money!!
Review: This is a big improvement over the VHS set! The old clips look great, sometimes startlingly so. (Just check out the videos for "Paperback Writer" or "Hey Jude"). The sound is a relelation -- they've done 5 channel re-mixes on the songs and they're excellent. "Something" is especially nice. I really enjoy being able to jump to a favorite song, though some searching is involved -- they're not all listed in the menu. In fact, hearing this DVD really makes me want to have Abbey Road, or Sgt. Pepper released in 5-channel audio.
The extra disc is a nice bonus -- lots of informal chatter from the guys. Seeing Paul, George and Ringo enjoying each other's company did my heart good. After all those years of lawsuits and backbiting it was to good to see their friendship intact. (It sure made me miss George and John, though). Go get it, Beatle fans. It's great, and the whole thing is substantially cheaper than the original set! An excellent value.
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Summary: Missing some audio
Review: I ran out and got this today and was thrilled by virtually everything. One major flaw, and I hope it's somehow my mistake, is that the "Real Love" video on the special features dvd is soundless. Every other chapter on that dvd has audio, but not what I was most looking forward to. Anyone else encountered this problem? Is there some obvious "fix" that I don't know about? In the immortal words of John Lennon, "HELP!"
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Summary: A must have
Review: I first recorded the television special in 1996, I was probobly 10 at the time. And sense then I have worn my copy out. That kinda shows how much I enjoyed watching this. So naturally, when I heard it was coming out on DVD I was ecstatic. It is worth every cent and more and I would recomend that every beatles fan get it. Its the only source for the real story behind the beatles: themselves.
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Summary: exelent
Review: I own the VHS set of this that came out about 7 years ago. That was well over 8 hours of Beatles Anthology material on those tapes. Now, the DVD set will be available with an additional hour and a half of unreleased bonus materials, 5.1 DTS sound, better picture, etc... For those who own the VHS, the DVD is worth picking up because of the special features listed above. Plus, they have everything in 5 discs as opposed to the bulky 8 tape VHS set. For those who only watched the 3 part TV Anthology series, remember that this set has an additional 3-4 hours of material not seen on television. If anything get this set so you can hear the songs all over again in amazing 5.1 DTS surround sound. If you don't have a home theater system, it's time to get one for this great DVD set. Don't wait to read other reviews to pick up this DVD set. This is a no-brainer. Get it on April 1. As the bombs fell over England in 1940, John Winston Lennon was born and as war raged, Sir James Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Richard Starkey a.k.a. Ringo Starr began their young lives in a dirty port city called Liverpool. They were mostly poor boys who today are legends. The most interesting thing from the TV special in 1995, the 3 albums that followed and the 8 VHS tapes that expanded the story was the fact that it was "The Beatles" in their own words and recollections. There's so much packed inside this story and safe to say, so much more we don't know, that it is engrossing each time you watch it. The interweaving of outtakes, never before heard songs and footage is beautiful. George Martin's emotional talk and tears as he remembers John Lennon is heartwrenching. You see here the strength of the four lads from Liverpool, the closeness of their friendship and those involved with them. The DVD version is jammed with more than the 8 VHS tapes and elevates the "Anthology" to a rounder story. At the time of its initial release, there were 3 surviving Beatles, sadly now there are 2. One sit through of this is not enough for you are sure to miss elements. As timeless as The Beatles themselves, so is their story and this anthology. Robert Eldridge is a freelance writer for many publications and the author of: "Amber Spirit: Poems & Stories" (Hats Off Books, 2001) and the dark poetic book, "Offbeat" (Writers Club Press, 2002.)
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Summary: Just Buy It!
Review: I loved it. A definite must have for any Beatle fan. The Special Feature section is probably the best part. It shows the then 3 surviving Beatles coming together and reminiscing about the past - George Harrison's sense of humour is something that I truly enjoyed watching! I would also recommend reading the book before viewing the DVD's ... gives you a little more insight.
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Summary: Great new footage
Review: This DVD contains wonderful new footage. The highlight is , of course, finally seeing Paul, George and Ringo sing a few songs together. It is a joyous, magical thing to watch. And at the same time, a sad moment that makes you wonder what kind of great music we could have heard if they had reunited for an album. But at least we have these few minutes of the greatest pop group ever singing together one last time.
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Summary: Informative yet entertaining
Review: Very enjoyable and totally entertaining.I think the reason this lengthy production is a success is the story is told by the Beatles, not by a narrator,allowing their distinct personalities to shine throughout.One does get the sense that Paul does like to take credit for a lot and likes to pat himself on the back but a minor quibble. It is sad to see the band fall apart at the end which seemed to hit Ringo the hardest. Very touching to see George, Paul and Ringo together laughing and kidding each other in the mid nineties. A wonderful experience and an essential for all fans of popular music.
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Summary: This is what should have aired on ABC in 1995...
Review: If you enjoyed the version that aired on ABC in 1995, you'll enjoy this 100% more. After viewing this, I realized there had been some thoughtless editing done to the aired version which really detracted form the original product. It's funny how mindless ... like Survivor or American Idol gets plenty of air time on weekly t.v., but they had to butcher this to fit it into the schedule. I figure there was as much as 30 minutes (quite possibly more!) shaved off some of the eight episodes. ABC managed to squeeze 2 episodes, each of which average about 75 minutes into two hours per night, including commercials!? This original version is much more solid and progresses very nicely through the Beatles career and includes many interesting 'little' tidbits that realy add a lot of charm to the anthology, and this was the way it was meant to be experienced. With the complete original footage plus the new bonus footage, it runs about twice as long as when originally aired on television. The picture is crystal clear, and the sound is fantastic! This is something everyone, no matter how die hard a fan, should see. Beatlemania was a significant time in history and was truly amazing!...
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