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THE BEATLES’ VIDEOS AND TOP HITS COME TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME

All-New Editions of The Beatles 1 Pair Beautifully Restored Promotional Films and Videos with Brand New Stereo and Surround Audio Mixes

Beatles 1+ Deluxe Edition Celebrates the Sight & Sound of The Beatles in 50 Films & Videos

London – September 15, 2015 – After The Beatles stopped touring, and because travelling around the globe to promote new releases was impossible, the band increasingly made what could be described as “mini movies”. These pioneering promotional films and videos helped to define the way we have come to watch music, not least because The Beatles approached filming with the same ease and innovative spirit they brought to the recording studio, exploring new creative possibilities with infectious delight. Showcasing the band’s filmed work to accompany their 27 No.1, U.K. and U.S. singles, The Beatles 1 is newly restored and expanded in multiple configurations for global release on November 6 by Apple Corps Ltd/UMG.

The 27-track CD/DVD and CD/Blu-ray pairs beautifully restored videos for each song, with new stereo and 5.1 Dolby Digital and DTS HD surround audio mixes. The brand new Beatles 1+ celebrates their career in over 200 minutes through 50 promotional films and videos. This includes the 27 No.1s, with the restored videos, along with a second disc of 23 videos, including alternate versions, as well as rarely seen and newly restored films and videos; all include new audio mixes in deluxe CD/2-DVD and CD/2-Blu-ray packages. The 27-track audio CD is also being made available with new stereo mixes. A 2 LP, 180-gram vinyl package will follow.

The new editions of The Beatles 1 have been made possible following extensive research, and restoration of the original promo films, classic television appearances and other carefully selected videos spanning the band’s history. Apple Corps dug deep into The Beatles’ vaults to select a broad range of films and videos for their rarity, historical significance and quality of performance. An 18-person team of film and video technicians and restoration artists was assembled by Apple Corps to undertake painstaking frame-by-frame cleaning, colour-grading, digital enhancement and new edits that took months of dedicated, ‘round-the-clock work to accomplish.

The result is a visual run down of The Beatles’ number one records, as well as the additional tracks on the bonus disc of Beatles 1+ that show the band in previously unseen standards of clarity and quality; many of the films and videos have never before been commercially released, in whole or in part.

Beatles 1 and Beatles 1+ offers the restored films, including 35mm negatives scanned in 4K and digitally restored with new stereo and 5.1 surround audio remixes, produced from the original analogue tapes by the GRAMMY® winning team of Giles Martin with Sam Okell at Abbey Road Studios. For four of the videos, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr have provided exclusive audio commentary and filmed introductions, respectively. The 1+ Deluxe Edition, presented in an expanded 124-page illustrated hardcover book includes ‘an appreciation’ of The Beatles’ ground-breaking films and videos by music journalist and author Mark Ellen and extensive, detailed track/video annotation by music historian and author Richard Havers.

“These videos and films are spectacular reminders of the era we lived in. They also rock!” – Paul McCartney

"I think it’s really interesting to see the videos we made, some of them incredible and some of them really incredible. How else would we have got to sit on a horse?" – Ringo Starr

Between 1962 and 1970, The Beatles released 27 No.1 hit singles in the U.S. and the U.K. In 2000, these timeless songs were collected for The Beatles 1, which topped the charts in 35 countries and became that decade’s bestselling album worldwide. 15 years later, 1 is revisited for this entirely new, visually-inspired presentation.

It’s The Beatles, as you’ve never seen them before.

#THEBEATLES1

Available to pre-order now

[JZen_]

All we need now is the Let It Be Movie. This seriously looks amazing!

[SpineRipper]

Can't believe this is actually happening. There's only a few items left on the beatles wish list:

-The entire discography remixed in 5.1
-Let It Be film restored
-20 minute Helter Skelter studio session in its entirety
-Carnival of Lights

Here's hoping we get these in our lifetimes :D

[Rascal]

I have two repetitive words for Apple: Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you!

[ThePFRG]

The songs in the video:

1: Come Together (Abbey Road.)
2: We Can Work It Out (Past Masters.)
3: I Feel Fine (Past Masters.)
4: Paperback Writer (Past Masters.)
5: All You Need Is Love (Magical Mystery Tour, Yellow Submarine.)
6: Something (Abbey Road.)
7: Eleanor Rigby (Revolver.)
8: Day Tripper (Past Masters.)
9: Lady Madonna (Past Masters.)
10: Free As a Bird (Anthology.)

[BentheDalek]

Apple are REALLY upping their game with this! This is great!

[fifonio]

this is only the beginning. I can feel the Rooftop concert and Let it be in bluray too!

[mydozer]

Free as a bird sounds great! like the way it should have been done in the first place...John doesn't sounds so mechanical...AWESOME!

[mikebass]

Apple, you're the best! Thank you so much. Now, you just have to release "Let it Be", and then I'll love you forever!! ;)

[canadianstudmuffin]

I just ordered the deluxe version... :D

[RaeTAlexander]

It doesn't get any better than this. What a wonderful treat for everyone.

[RobertPizzo]

FINALLY!!! I've been waiting since 1970 for this. The best band ever, filmed and recorded by the best producers and engineers ever and yet we've had to endure bad quality film copies of copies for all these years. About time..and it looks and sounds fab gear.

[DanielSchorr]

Looks really great. Should have put the whole rooftop concert on there, though.

[bozzy]

I just bought my copy of the deluxe edition I can't wait!

[westfield]

Cannot wait for this. Been waiting so long for 5.1mixes and these retired videos. Best news in a long time. Thank you thank you

[sabato]

Monumental legado musical de esos cuatro jóvenes genios.

[fabiogasparini]

BEATLES AMAZING SOUND.
And it's only from YouTube. Hi definition, loud and clear mix and mastering.
Can't wait to hear from the physical matter.

[stevarino]

wow this is beautiful! The Beatles in full color HD from the 60s. Well, not sure if their TV appearances were restored to HD because they were shot on tape and not film. But wow! I wonder if my Beatle-maniac aunt has this? She was a teenager at the height of Beatlemania and LOVED them, she even has a whole room in her house with Beatles memorabilia. lol.

[johnd]

So happy they are finally doing some remixing! Lets just hope that this release does well enough so they can remix every individual album! even if we don't get 5.1 Mixes for the rest of the albums, a stereo remix would be greatly appreciated

[electgabry]

The Beatles know how to make money forever

[glamourdaze]

I believe in Santa again Christmas has come early