Artist: The Beatles
Title Of Album: Unsurpassed Promos Studio Years
Venue: Various
Year Of Release:
Label:
Genre: Classic Rock
Format: DVD 5
Quality: Good to Excellent
Total Time: About 4 Hours
Total Size: 8.38 GB
Title Of Album: Unsurpassed Promos Studio Years
Venue: Various
Year Of Release:
Label:
Genre: Classic Rock
Format: DVD 5
Quality: Good to Excellent
Total Time: About 4 Hours
Total Size: 8.38 GB
Disc-1:
Chiswick House, London. Recorded: May 20 1966
01-Paperback Writer
02-Rain
Angel Lane Statford, London & Knole Park, Sevenoaks, Kent. Recorded: February 5 & 7 1967
03-Penny Lane
Knole Park, Sevenoaks, Kent. Recorded: January 30 & 31 1967
04-Strawberry Fields Forever - I've made this clip up from several different sources. In mid 1966 the Musician's Union had banned miming, thus inadvertantly giving birth to the modern conceptual rock video. As usual, The Beatles were the first.
EMI Studio 1, Abbey Road, London. Recorded: Feburary 10 1967
05-A Day In The Life - There seem to be several slight variations of this film, but since the differences are extremely minor, I elected to include the best-looking one only (and the rest wouldn't have fit anyway.) The audio is the mono mix, with the opening tacked on from a bootleg. Other edits can be found on Chronology and the 1983 Abbey Road Studios presentation.
'Our World', EMI Studio 1, Abbey Road, London. Recorded: June 25 1967
06-All You Need Is Love - I've used the original live audio track. The song itself is the full colorized version. The opening preamble is sourced from a poorer quality B&W film print, but with re-laid audio (and now at the correct speed). The B&W part is shrunk slightly to compensate for the zoomed-in nature of the film print.
Saville Theatre, London. Recorded: November 10 1967
07-Hello Goodbye (vsn 1) - In an attempt to disguise the miming, a modified mix was added to the BBC print subtracting the fiddle playing. Since it was never broadcast this way, I've added a fiddle-less mono mix of my own as an option.
08--Hello Goodbye (vsn 2) - There are two common copies of this promo, one with a silly blue border and this one with a piece of fruit in the corner. I tried combining the two but it looked even more annoying.
Nice, France. Recorded: October 31 1967
09-The Fool On The Hill
Air Station, West Malling, Maidstone, Kent. Recorded: September 19-23 1967
10-I Am The Walrus
Sunny Heights, Weybridge. Recorded: November 3 1967
11-Blue Jay Way
Air Station, West Malling, Maidstone, Kent. Recorded: September 24 1967
12-Your Mother Should Know - Since the mono mix has some rather excessive and (to my ears, anyway) unpleasant phasing effects, I opted to create a mono mix of my own. This has more or less the same balance as the mono mix but without the phasing.
Saville Theatre, London. Recorded: November 10 1967
13-Hello Goodbye (vsn 3) - The rarest of the three HG promos. Thanks to Wogew for a watchable copy.
EMI Studio 3, Abbey Road, London. Recorded: February 11 1968
14-Hey Bulldog - The clip made up in the 90's after they realised that the raw footage shot for Lady Madonna was of the group recording this song. I've changed the audio to the mono mix, rather than the 90's stereo remix.
15-Lady Madonna (vsn 1) - A re-edit that is more interesting than the original.
16-Lady Madonna (vsn 2) - The original clip, which is fairly redundant given that it mostly uses the same shots as Hey Bulldog. Thanks to Wogew.
Stage 1, Twickenham Film Studios, London. Recorded: September 4 1968
17A-Revolution (vsn 1) - An edit of takes 1 and 2. Currently the complete tk1 is unavailable. But here it features an uninterrupted voice-over-free audio taken from the rough-edit. I've also removed a shot of John pulling a face at the end, which didn't belong there.
17B-Revolution (vsn 2) - Take 2, complete. There's an amusing moment at the start where you can hear Paul parodying the camp '1-2-3-4' count-in (one of the EMI engineers, not The Beatles!)
18-Hey Jude (edit) - with the talking removed. The sound appears to comprise the mono track bolstered by stereo elements from the studio version.
Bonus Track
19-Strawberry Fields (cartoon) - I'm fond of this little clip, but it was incomplete so I've added some of John's home movies to flesh it out.
Disc-1 Notes:
This set - the second of two volumes - continues with the colour promos made from 1966 onwards.The audio has been re-laid and precisely synchronised from a variety of sources including the mono mixes, the original soundtracks and (in the case material from 1969) full stereo mixes. The video has been compiled and edited from a variety of sources to provide high quality images throughout.Included are the official promo films recorded by the group, as well as special events like Our World, surprise bonus tracks, hundreds of still photos and songs from the films Magical Mystery Tour and Let It Be.Now sit back and enjoy these classic Beatles performances the way you've never experienced them before...
Disc-2:
Stage 1, Twickenham Film Studios, London. Recorded: September 4 1968
01-Hey Jude - There have been several edits of this song, but they all seemingly derive from these three basic takes. However the bit in the above edit where the chick in the white dress falls over seems to be missing... perhaps someone removed it as a kindness!
Apple Studios, Savile Row, London. Recorded: January 31 1969
02-Two Of Us
03-Let It Be
04-The Long And Winding Road
Rooftop Of Apple Headquarters, Savile Row, London. Recorded: January 30 1969
05-Get Back
06-Don't Let Me Down
07-I've Got AFeeling
08-The One After 909
09-Dig A Pony
10-Get Back (V2)
Various Locations. Recorded: November 1968 - April 1969
11-The Ballad Of John And Yoko
Various Locations. Recorded: Late October 1969
12-Something
13-Bonus Track
14-5.1 Slideshow
Disc-2 Notes:
Two Of Us through Get Back - I've completely re-laid the audio in stereo here, and made sure that it is synchronised properly. These are not the official promos of Get Back, Don't Let Me Down or Let It Be, but I felt that they were far more interesting (for those who want them, they are available in mediocre quality on Picture Perfect's Chronology). Most of these are the uncropped full-frame versions, including Two Of Us and Get Back which were distributed to promote Naked. In Don't Let Me Down I've removed the street footage and replaced it with actual performance footage from another Naked promo. This street footage then nicely covered the interviews heard at the start of I've Got a Feeling. One After 909 was issued to promote the Remasters in 2009... here it has a small and fairly innofensive logo. Dig A Pony, Get Back (2) and I've Got A Feeling are from the so-called 'Let It Be Director's Print' excerpted on Winter Of Discontent and are slightly cropped at the top and sides (though not as much as the laserdisc).The Movie Medley - I don't think the original video was in stereo, so I've added a stereo soundtrack. The dodgy synch is part of its charm, so I left it as it is.
THANKS TO STEVE AND WOGEW FOR THEIR HELP WITH THIS PROJECT, TO MARK FOR THE ARTWORK AND TO ALL THE OTHERS WHO'VE SUPPORTED IT.
THIS IS A FREE, FAN-PRODUCED PROJECT DONE FOR THE AMUSEMENT OF OUR FRIENDS. IT DOESN'T MAKE US ANY MONEY, AND IT SHOULDN'T FOR YOU EITHER. PLEASE DON'T CHARGE FOR COPIES.
Chiswick House, London. Recorded: May 20 1966
01-Paperback Writer
02-Rain
Angel Lane Statford, London & Knole Park, Sevenoaks, Kent. Recorded: February 5 & 7 1967
03-Penny Lane
Knole Park, Sevenoaks, Kent. Recorded: January 30 & 31 1967
04-Strawberry Fields Forever - I've made this clip up from several different sources. In mid 1966 the Musician's Union had banned miming, thus inadvertantly giving birth to the modern conceptual rock video. As usual, The Beatles were the first.
EMI Studio 1, Abbey Road, London. Recorded: Feburary 10 1967
05-A Day In The Life - There seem to be several slight variations of this film, but since the differences are extremely minor, I elected to include the best-looking one only (and the rest wouldn't have fit anyway.) The audio is the mono mix, with the opening tacked on from a bootleg. Other edits can be found on Chronology and the 1983 Abbey Road Studios presentation.
'Our World', EMI Studio 1, Abbey Road, London. Recorded: June 25 1967
06-All You Need Is Love - I've used the original live audio track. The song itself is the full colorized version. The opening preamble is sourced from a poorer quality B&W film print, but with re-laid audio (and now at the correct speed). The B&W part is shrunk slightly to compensate for the zoomed-in nature of the film print.
Saville Theatre, London. Recorded: November 10 1967
07-Hello Goodbye (vsn 1) - In an attempt to disguise the miming, a modified mix was added to the BBC print subtracting the fiddle playing. Since it was never broadcast this way, I've added a fiddle-less mono mix of my own as an option.
08--Hello Goodbye (vsn 2) - There are two common copies of this promo, one with a silly blue border and this one with a piece of fruit in the corner. I tried combining the two but it looked even more annoying.
Nice, France. Recorded: October 31 1967
09-The Fool On The Hill
Air Station, West Malling, Maidstone, Kent. Recorded: September 19-23 1967
10-I Am The Walrus
Sunny Heights, Weybridge. Recorded: November 3 1967
11-Blue Jay Way
Air Station, West Malling, Maidstone, Kent. Recorded: September 24 1967
12-Your Mother Should Know - Since the mono mix has some rather excessive and (to my ears, anyway) unpleasant phasing effects, I opted to create a mono mix of my own. This has more or less the same balance as the mono mix but without the phasing.
Saville Theatre, London. Recorded: November 10 1967
13-Hello Goodbye (vsn 3) - The rarest of the three HG promos. Thanks to Wogew for a watchable copy.
EMI Studio 3, Abbey Road, London. Recorded: February 11 1968
14-Hey Bulldog - The clip made up in the 90's after they realised that the raw footage shot for Lady Madonna was of the group recording this song. I've changed the audio to the mono mix, rather than the 90's stereo remix.
15-Lady Madonna (vsn 1) - A re-edit that is more interesting than the original.
16-Lady Madonna (vsn 2) - The original clip, which is fairly redundant given that it mostly uses the same shots as Hey Bulldog. Thanks to Wogew.
Stage 1, Twickenham Film Studios, London. Recorded: September 4 1968
17A-Revolution (vsn 1) - An edit of takes 1 and 2. Currently the complete tk1 is unavailable. But here it features an uninterrupted voice-over-free audio taken from the rough-edit. I've also removed a shot of John pulling a face at the end, which didn't belong there.
17B-Revolution (vsn 2) - Take 2, complete. There's an amusing moment at the start where you can hear Paul parodying the camp '1-2-3-4' count-in (one of the EMI engineers, not The Beatles!)
18-Hey Jude (edit) - with the talking removed. The sound appears to comprise the mono track bolstered by stereo elements from the studio version.
Bonus Track
19-Strawberry Fields (cartoon) - I'm fond of this little clip, but it was incomplete so I've added some of John's home movies to flesh it out.
Disc-1 Notes:
This set - the second of two volumes - continues with the colour promos made from 1966 onwards.The audio has been re-laid and precisely synchronised from a variety of sources including the mono mixes, the original soundtracks and (in the case material from 1969) full stereo mixes. The video has been compiled and edited from a variety of sources to provide high quality images throughout.Included are the official promo films recorded by the group, as well as special events like Our World, surprise bonus tracks, hundreds of still photos and songs from the films Magical Mystery Tour and Let It Be.Now sit back and enjoy these classic Beatles performances the way you've never experienced them before...
Disc-2:
Stage 1, Twickenham Film Studios, London. Recorded: September 4 1968
01-Hey Jude - There have been several edits of this song, but they all seemingly derive from these three basic takes. However the bit in the above edit where the chick in the white dress falls over seems to be missing... perhaps someone removed it as a kindness!
Apple Studios, Savile Row, London. Recorded: January 31 1969
02-Two Of Us
03-Let It Be
04-The Long And Winding Road
Rooftop Of Apple Headquarters, Savile Row, London. Recorded: January 30 1969
05-Get Back
06-Don't Let Me Down
07-I've Got AFeeling
08-The One After 909
09-Dig A Pony
10-Get Back (V2)
Various Locations. Recorded: November 1968 - April 1969
11-The Ballad Of John And Yoko
Various Locations. Recorded: Late October 1969
12-Something
13-Bonus Track
14-5.1 Slideshow
Disc-2 Notes:
Two Of Us through Get Back - I've completely re-laid the audio in stereo here, and made sure that it is synchronised properly. These are not the official promos of Get Back, Don't Let Me Down or Let It Be, but I felt that they were far more interesting (for those who want them, they are available in mediocre quality on Picture Perfect's Chronology). Most of these are the uncropped full-frame versions, including Two Of Us and Get Back which were distributed to promote Naked. In Don't Let Me Down I've removed the street footage and replaced it with actual performance footage from another Naked promo. This street footage then nicely covered the interviews heard at the start of I've Got a Feeling. One After 909 was issued to promote the Remasters in 2009... here it has a small and fairly innofensive logo. Dig A Pony, Get Back (2) and I've Got A Feeling are from the so-called 'Let It Be Director's Print' excerpted on Winter Of Discontent and are slightly cropped at the top and sides (though not as much as the laserdisc).The Movie Medley - I don't think the original video was in stereo, so I've added a stereo soundtrack. The dodgy synch is part of its charm, so I left it as it is.
THANKS TO STEVE AND WOGEW FOR THEIR HELP WITH THIS PROJECT, TO MARK FOR THE ARTWORK AND TO ALL THE OTHERS WHO'VE SUPPORTED IT.
THIS IS A FREE, FAN-PRODUCED PROJECT DONE FOR THE AMUSEMENT OF OUR FRIENDS. IT DOESN'T MAKE US ANY MONEY, AND IT SHOULDN'T FOR YOU EITHER. PLEASE DON'T CHARGE FOR COPIES.
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