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I bought the two-disc special edition and I highly recommend this Blu-ray product. Be careful buying this, as some of the ones I've seen for sale on Amazon are not playable in Region A, which includes North America.
The two-disc special edition includes the excellent documentary "The Beatles: Eight Days A Week - The Touring Years" on Disc 1. Disc 2 contains a bonanza of shorter features and live performances. The bonus material is well worth it too.
Although there's a bit of material showing the Beatles' beginning as the Quarrymen and their experience in Hamburg, the film concentrates on the brief period between 1962-66 when they toured widely in the midst of "Beatlemania." They are shuffled from arena to arena amidst swarms of screaming girls.
In 1966, the stress of touring, and even controversy and threats, turned them sour, so they stopped touring and devoted their energy to studio recordings. The film does not cover the studio years, although there is some footage of their very last live concert recorded on the roof of the Apple Corps studio on London's Savile Row.
It's amazing now to reflect on how short the touring years were and how much the Beatles changed popular music. An excellent Ron Howard documentary with lots of enjoyable bonus material.
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Footage featuring music, interviews, and stories of The Beatles.
Eight Days A Week - The Touring Years (DVD Deluxe)
Synopsis
Ron Howard offers an insight into the touring years of the legendary band The Beatles between 1963 and 1966, featuring archival footage and interviews.
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The footage groovy the narration wide ranging from a nice little variety of expert witnesses
Yes I think it was "smashing", "fab gear" and all the rest! The footage groovy the narration wide ranging from a nice little variety of expert witnesses. Save of course me, and my soon to be written epic saga about what it was like to be 3 in 1964 post Beatle America! Still it told the tale and I applaud it for sure. The only lacking quality for my dime was a closer adherence to dates and times. Like for instance Ron tells us the order of the releases and that they were #1 for x number of weeks but what were those weeks, occasionally a date is mention like Feb. 1965 but the next time a date is mention is I think Sept. 1965 and a series of events occurs, you know between those dates but when? Ok, It's a small detail and maybe I* am the only one to care but I found that lacking. I would have love to have met more of the Beatle fans of Liverpool, however the (dated) "She Loves You" at the soccer field scene with all the men of Liverpool belting it out for all they're worth was really nice. So yes the Beatles mean a lot to me and I know a lot about them from a life long exposure and I thought this was about 30% fresh for me and that ladies and gentlemen is a good show. I recommend this if you like documentaries about Rock, the Beatles, or history. Very Good indeed!
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