The Beatles - 1 Compilation (TV Commercial, High Quality, 2000)

This ad was uploaded to YouTube a long time ago, however this is a higher quality copy from a 1st gen VHS transfer. Also did minor clean-ups for a better resolution and colour.

Also sorry for the low quality audio at the beginning, copyright reasons.

[KitsuBeatles]

Sorry for the low quality audio at the beginning, copyright issues.

[redmustangredmustang]

I remember seeing that commercial and I asked that CD for Christmas. I was so excited when I got I went and listened to the CD at least twice that day. I know for Millennials it got them the first real exposure to The Beatles. I know for Gen Xers it was the Beatles Anthology TV special that got a bunch of people excited but it really was 1 that got people like me hooked.

[theyakkomanguy]

Just a little side note: Paul McCartney hated the idea of Beatles songs being used for advertisements. According to him, they believed they owed some integrity to fans of The Beatles and they knew what fans wanted.

[AJ_hwd]

This was how I was introduced to the Beatles 😅

[Dara]

The commercial that opened the door to The Beatles' world for me, and this was the first album I got as a little girl at nine years old. I came home from one of my surgeries in New York, back to my home in Pennsylvania, and The Beatles were waiting for me. After I got the 1 album, we would go to the Border's bookstore back in the day, and I would drive my power wheelchair straight to the music section, and look for The Beatles! I used to be a Paul girl, and I hugged Paul on stage in Philadelphia in 2010, ( a dream come true for this girl), five years later, in 2015 Paul's youthful voice began to fade, and it was the last time I was a Paul girl. As soon as the concert was over, I realized that the favorite Beatle who I should have picked all those years ago was the one who I could relate to the most, the one who wrote songs like "Strawberry Felds Forever, " and "If I Fell, " and so, when I came home, I ran straight to John Lennon. He had some rough times in his life, like me, and we have many good things in common, like reading, writing, and advocating for peace and love. In terms of songwriting, I like John' and Paul's lyrics, because they are autobiographical, and they tell a story. The Beatles will live on forever, and I will never stop listening to them! They are THE BEST!

[TheTjoconnor]

The CD that got me into the Beatles. Got it for Christmas at 11 and played it over and over. Good memories.

[quarantinebored]

I remember buying this for my dad for Christmas. This was the first time that I was officially introduced to the Beatles

[jiminycricket]

This commercial started it all for me. 10 years old when this CD was released. I must have listened to it hundreds of times. When my sony walkman CD player ran out of battery, I would sing the songs from memory in track order just to pass the time.

[jamesa.romano]

This brings back memories to seeing this on TV lol

[whyyoulittle]

This is the year I fell in love with the Beatles! I was 15 years old. My sister got this for me on CD for Christmas.

[AarosConcerts]

My introduction to the Beatles 🙏🏻 3 years old in 2000 and still have the vhs I recorded it on, mixed with my cartoons and KISS PPV from 2000 😅

[Onehappyworlds]

Awesome! The Greatest band ever. No one will ever top them. Great compilation.

[rafayell]

hey dude, thank you for get back and put your videos here getting the things better all the time.

[Messiisthebest]

These are the type of commercials that would come on around 2 to 3 in the morning

[hughjanus]

They played this ad so much on Nick at nite when I was a kid that it just annoyed the shit out of me, and it took another decade for me to give them a chance, (after I was already a dedicated musician for 2 years). When I was 16 and decided to listen to Sgt. Peppers on a long flight since it was included in the in flight entertainment and my friend had been pestering me to give them a chance. It blew my world apart. The second half of their discography is something that I treasure so much and return every year since then to discover something new. I am now a total Beatles fan that will wax poetically about them to any naysayers. Lately I’ve been even getting into the earlier songs that I hated from this commercial and realizing how genius they were. In conclusion, this ad was a seriously poor introduction to their music as a young boy, and as a result I missed many prime Beatles listening years. Fuck you marketing company and Nick at nite!

[allanjones]

The most and greatest Beatles compilation album all the time! 🔥💿

[FunNone]

Great post Kitsu

It's a shame 1+ failed, cause the original 1 CD release was so popular. In these times though Apple would be better off just putting the videos on YouTube.

[CH]

Such a monumental compilaiton album when you think of what it did to expand the Beatles fan base. For anyone in between the ages of 30-40, this would have probably been the first exposure to the band in 2001.

[norcatch]

I discovered them with 1. Then I started diving down into my dad's old record collection. Long story short, I'm the kind of guy who has up to three pressings of the same record now.

[ademkthesecond]

The Beatles fart compilation (tv commercial, high quality, 1969)