Their music. Their story.
Original title
The Beatles Anthology
Released
11/19/1995
Origin country
US
Genre
Documentary
Production companies
WingNut Films, Apple Corps, Capitol Records, Park Road Post
Status
Returning series
Number of seasons
1
Number of episodes
4
A documentary series on the career of The Beatles.
Paul, George and Ringo spend a happy summer's day together; singing, playing and warmly remembering early days of room sharing, haircuts, Beatleboots, first cars and meeting Elvis.
Paul, George, Ringo and George Martin detail the process of how they choose the tracks for Anthology Albums 1, 2 and 3.
Returning to Studio 2, Paul, George, Ringo and George Martin reflect on recording at Abbey Road Studios in the Sixties and some of the inventive techniques used in creating these recordings.
Paul, George, Ringo and Jeff Lynne reveal how they were able to produce the two new Beatles tracks from John's original demos provided by Yoko. This section includes intimate footage filmed in the studio during the recording of the tracks.
Neil Aspinall, Derek Taylor, Geoff Wonfor, Chips Chipperfield and other key members of the Anthology production Team explain the process of how The Beatles Anthology series was created.
An intriguing insight into how the Grammy award winning video for Free as a Bird was made. Director Joe Pytka explains how he and Apple developed the concept and discusses the innovative techniques that were used in the production.
The video that was not featured in the Anthology series, now remixed in 5.1 Surround Sound.
List of special features followed by list of credits
Truly the definitive collection of Beatles material and a must-see for Beatles fans of all ages, this set includes rare and previously unreleased footage of the Fab Four, including an intimate performance by the surviving Beatles recorded in 1994.
The first feature-length episode of the Beatles Anthology focused on their early years in Liverpool to their 1964 World Tour. Also featured is the world premiere of the first new Beatles song in 25 years, Free As A Bird.
The second feature-length episode of the Beatles Anthology focused on the pressures of Beatlemania to Sgt. Pepper. Also featured is the world premiere of the second new Beatles song in 25 years, Real Love.
The final feature-length episode of the Beatles Anthology focused on the time between death of Brian Epstein to their breakup in 1970.
This new episode includes unseen behind-the-scenes footage of Paul, George and Ringo coming together between 1994 and 1995 to work on 'The Anthology' and reflecting on their shared life as the Beatles.
Among the topics, The Beatles discuss in this episode are: their childhoods, their early musical influences, how they met, their time in Hamburg, and their early recordings.
Focuses on the group's first tours and television appearances in their native UK, and how it lead to "Beatlemania" and popularity abroad.
The Beatles become just as successful in the US, as in the UK, when they hit #1 on the US charts. This leads to a tour of America, appearances on "The Ed Sullivan Show", and starring in the feature film "A Hard Day's Night".
Beatlemania continues as Paul's new song diverges from the Rock'n'Roll genre. Individual traits become more clear whilst clean cut images are maintained. The band reflects on marijuana usage and political recognition during this time.
They review their performance and people reaction at the Shea Stadium show and their trip to Japan. At that time, they were experimenting: in drugs usage, and also in music. Rubber Soul and Revolver albums are expressions of that.
The band takes a new direction after a series of backlashes against the group leads them to stop touring and focus their time on the studio.
In this part, they review topics like their trip to India with Maharishi guru, Brian Epstein's death, the Apple business expansion, the Yellow Submarine movie and finally the relationship between John and Yoko Ono.
There is a revision of the two last years of the band with the recording process of Abbey Road and Let it Be, the changes in Apple Records, and the concert in the rooftop.
Paul, George and Ringo reunite to record old demos and create the Beatles Anthology.
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