Ringo: "...Our whole attitude was changing.... I think grass was really influential in a lot of our changes."

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These youngsters from Liverpool, England... Their conduct over here, not only as fine professional singers but as a group of fine youngsters will leave an imprint with everyone over here who has met them." — Ed Sullivan Footage of the Brian Epstein Press Conference at New York City on 6 August 1966 regarding an early 1966 interview that John Lennon gave to the Evening Standard The success of the Anthology albums was parodied by the release of the Rutles' Archaeology some months later. Delays in the release of the third volume of the Beatles' series ultimately meant that the Rutles' parody arrived in shops on the same day as its inspiration. George: "They'd been writing since we were at school. They'd written all – or most of their bad songs before we got into the recording studio. I had to come from nowhere and start writing and to have something at least quality enough to put in the record with all their wondrous hits."

Release

Recollections – June 1994 [16:51] – Paul, George and Ringo spend a happy summer's day together in Harrison's house; singing, playing and warmly remembering early days of room sharing, haircuts, Beatle boots, first cars and meeting Elvis. Paul: "The direction was changing away from poppy stuff.... We branched out into songs that are a bit more surreal, more entertaining.... Dylan was starting to influence us quite heavily at that point." Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (12 October 1965 – Take 1) – Played over footage of still photographs showing different moments of the band recording the song.

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Two specific elements make Anthology an artistic triumph. First there are the interviews. Each of the surviving Beatles had creative control over what content would go into the finished product and each also seems to have understood the great responsibility of documenting their careers on film. As a result, they were careful to leave in footage that is frank about their differences, that presents each of their unique views of events and that even puts them in a bad light from time to time. John is represented here by archival audio and video interviews that fit into the program so well that you'd think he was right there in the room with Paul, George and Ringo. I Want to Hold Your Hand – Footage of the Fab Four returning to England and meeting the press at the London Airport on 22 February 1964.

Reviews

Hinkley, David (17 November 1995). "Closed Gov't No Open-&-Shut Case". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on 2 June 2011. Anthology 2 was released on 17 March 1996. The second collection presented out-takes and demos from the Beatles' sessions for Help!, Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and Magical Mystery Tour. These included selected early demos and takes for Lennon's " Strawberry Fields Forever", previously available only to bootleg collectors. The new song " Real Love" – which, like "Free as a Bird", was based on an unfinished Lennon recording – was also included in the two-CD collection. Recollections (June 1994): Paul, George, and Ringo spend a summer's day together singing, playing and warmly remembering the early days Golden Slumbers – Octopus's Garden ( Starkey) – Here Comes the Sun ( Harrison) – Come Together – A musical collage taking excerpts from live studio recording during the Abbey Road sessions Badman, Keith (2001). The Beatles: After the Break-Up 1970–2000: A Day-By-Day Diary. Omnibus Press.

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Recording "Free as a Bird" and "Real Love": Paul, George, and Ringo, along with Jeff Lynne, discuss the story behind these recordings - includes intimate footage of them at work in the studio George: "He figured out how to do it. We used to do it on stage then.... In a way, he invented Jimi Hendrix." The second element is the strict focus on The Beatles' music. Where most documentaries would allow voices to interrupt segments of music, the editors of Anthology allow songs to play out from beginning to end with no interruption. In many cases the video elements come from promotional films (the progenitor of music video), from theatrical releases such as Help and A Hard Day's Night or from the band's many television appearances. Others are cut together from various live performances and other rare footage. The result is a deeply satisfying sense that the music is as much a character in the legend of the band as are the men themselves. Recollections - June 1994 - This lengthy segment offers extended footage of the three surviving Beatles spending a summer afternoon together, reminiscing about the band, and playing ukuleles. Later they jam as a band for the first time in decades. The program contains casual versions of a handful of songs including Raunchy, Thinking of Linking and Ain't She Sweet.Footage from the television program Not Only... But Also, where John Lennon reads The Wrestling Dog from his book In His Own Write.

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The video elements preserve the original broadcast 4:3 ratio so the transfer is not anamorphic. Though I was hoping to see the show in widescreen I'm not in the least bit surprised or disappointed that it's 4:3. After all, it was shot for TV and much of the archival footage is also in this ratio. The video itself is very clean. It looks as good as the original broadcast if not a little better. There are no appreciable compression artifacts, I see no hint of edge enhancement and the contrast/color balance seems to be right on the money. Of particular note is the consistent brightness value. Since so much of this material comes from different sources it would have been easy for the producers to let the program jump up and down in brightness, but they've clearly put a good deal of effort into making sure that all of the elements are consistent. a b c Buskin, Richard (1 December 1997). The Complete Idiot's Guide to Beatles. Alpha. pp.284–285. ISBN 0-02-862130-1.Drive My Car (Recorded on 13 October 1965 – Take 4) – Nowhere Man [Remake recorded on 22 October 1965 – Take 4] – A musical collage played over footage of still photographs showing different moments of the band in studio during recording of Rubber Soul. Footage from the film Help! showing glimpses of various episodes, and, playing the following songs: Part 1 of the series drew 17 million households, [1] meaning an average of 27.3 million viewers, [2] which was much better than usual for ABC at the time, but behind most broadcasts of Friends on NBC, [1] which in its second season was averaging 29.4 million viewers per episode. Footage of live performance on Morecambe and Wise, recorded at ATV's Elstree TV studio's on Monday 2 December 1963, and broadcast on Saturday 18 April 1964 (8.25pm).