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Initially broadcast as a TV miniseries to go with the series of three Anthology double-CD albums, this set of eight documentary tapes has the heft and scope of one of Ken Burns's expansive projects. Still, unless you are either a historian or a truly committed fan, you'll find yourself with way 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. The tapes give a solid sense of the historical context and the way these four musicians changed the world around them in the 1960s. --Marshall Fine
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By gardengal
Fab four fabulous says it all. If you love the Beatles, you should have these dvd's!
By brett bowerman (san antonio, tx United States)
if you love the Beatles, you have to have this anthology dvd set,for your collection.
By Joseph, of "Mary & Joseph"
A must have for any fan of the Fab Four. This anthology is entertaining, informative, definitive. It's worth every penny of the cost and then some. If you enjoyed the Beatles in the least bit, then run - don't walk - to your compu and get this wonderful DVD set ordered. You'll thank yourself a million times over later on.
By jakobellaed
This is overall a very good product but when I received it, it smelled like cigarette smoke however the DVDs are in perfect working order and look brand new.
By Bassboyeuphony
I'm not going to waste space saying how big of a fan I am, or what's in my collection or any of that jazz other reviews are loaded with, rather, I'm going to cut to the chase. This DVD box set is a must for collectors and should be viewed by any self-professed Beatles maniac. It it rather long, and definitely feels like a documentary. There are some slow bits, and the songs and performances are mixed much louder than the spoken interviews but all are negligible to anybody who is interested enough in the Beatles to purchase this set. Casual fans stay away, and die-hards, if you don't have this already, buy it. My only wish is that it came with an extra disc containing all of the promotional films and performances in their entirety (like music videos) because they obviously cleaned up and restored all of them for the Anthology. But I guess those will be released eventually.
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