"album in the Beatles catalogue. The first four albums (""Please Please Me"", ""With the Beatles"", ""A Hard Day's Night"" and ""Beatles for Sale"") made their CD debut in stereo, though most songs from those albums have previously appeared on CD in stereo on various compilations. Both ""Help!"" and ""Rubber Soul"" use the remixes prepared by George Martin for the original 1987 CD releases (the original 1965 stereo mixes were released on ""The Beatles in Mono""). ""Magical Mystery Tour"" is presented in the sequence and artwork of its original North American Capitol Records album release, as opposed to the UK six-song"
"which combined separate footage of the Beatles and their wives. ""Maxwell's Silver Hammer"", McCartney's first song on the album, was first performed by the Beatles during the ""Let It Be"" sessions (as can be seen in the film). He wrote the song after the group's trip to India in 1968 and wanted to record it for the White Album, but it was rejected by the others as ""too complicated"". The recording was fraught with tension between band members, as McCartney annoyed others by insisting on a perfect performance. The track was the first Lennon was invited to work on following"
"thought, 'We've fucking had it now.'"". Led primarily by Harrison and Lennon's interest in Eastern religion, the Beatles later travelled to Maharishi's ashram in India for further guidance. While there, they composed most of the songs for ""The Beatles"" and ""Abbey Road"". The anti-war, black comedy ""How I Won the War"", featuring Lennon's only appearance in a non–Beatles full-length film, was shown in cinemas in October 1967. McCartney organised the group's first post-Epstein project, the self-written, produced and directed television film ""Magical Mystery Tour"", which was released in December that year. While the film itself proved to be their first"
"excited after hearing Ringo's drumming abilities and listen to ""I Saw Her Standing There"". After their success, Cynthia announces to John that she was pregnant and the two decide to get married. The Beatles release their first single, ""Love Me Do"" and in 1963 release their first No. 1 Hit Single, ""Please Please Me"". They become the most famous group in Britain. In 1964, they are heading to America for the first time after already encountering massive success across Europe. The film ends when the group arrives in America and performs on the Ed Sullivan Show to a mass of"
"the same forces that troubled the company as a whole, including the impending Beatles' break-up. It was later estimated that Mardas' ideas and projects had cost the Beatles at least £300,000 (approximately three million 2007 British pounds). Apple Films is the film-making division of Apple Corps. Its first production was The Beatles' 1967 TV movie ""Magical Mystery Tour"". The Beatles' films ""Yellow Submarine"" and ""Let it Be"" were also produced under Apple Films. Other notable releases included ""Raga"" (a 1971 documentary on Ravi Shankar), ""The Concert for Bangladesh"" (1972) and ""Little Malcolm"" (1974). The latter, produced by George Harrison, included"
"initial sales than any other Capitol LP up to that point. The Beatles' animated film ""Yellow Submarine"", loosely based on the imaginary world evoked by McCartney's 1966 composition, premiered in July 1968. Though critics admired the film for its visual style, humour and music, the soundtrack album issued six months later received a less enthusiastic response. By late 1968, relations within the band were deteriorating. The tension grew during the recording of their eponymous double album, also known as the ""White Album"". Matters worsened the following year during the ""Let It Be"" sessions, when a camera crew filmed McCartney lecturing"
"before their album ""Abbey Road"" (1969); for this reason, some critics and fans, such as Mark Lewisohn, argue that ""Abbey Road"" should be considered the group's final album and ""Let It Be"" the penultimate. Rehearsals began at Twickenham Film Studios in January 1969 as part of a planned documentary showing the Beatles preparing to return to live performance. A project initiated by Paul McCartney, the filmed rehearsals were marked by ill-feeling, leading to George Harrison's temporary departure from the group. As a condition of his return, the Beatles reconvened at their own Apple Studio, where they completed the recordings with"
"The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit is a 1990 re-edited version of renowned documentary filmmaking team Albert and David Maysles' 1964 16mm documentary ""What's Happening! The Beatles in the U.S.A."", about the Beatles' first visit to America in February 1964. It documents the Beatles' US trip as they travel to New York City, Washington, D.C., and Miami Beach. Footage of the Beatles (often acting irreverently in front of the camera) in hotel rooms makes up the majority of the non-musical portion of the film. The main difference between the original 1964 documentary and the"
"directed by Richard Lester. The title was changed to ""Help!"" after the single's release. In the film, the song plays over a sequence during which the Beatles attempt to ski and frequently fall over. The track appeared on the band's 1965 album ""Help!"", which was issued on 6 August in the UK and on 13 August in the US. ""Ticket to Ride"" was the seventh consecutive chart-topping single for the Beatles in the UK and the first Beatles track released with a running time exceeding three minutes. On the American charts, it was the third of six number 1 singles"
"instead of dialog. In 1964, The Moody Blues producer, Alex Murray, wanted to promote his version of ""Go Now"". The short film clip he produced and directed to promote the single has a striking visual style that predates Queen's similar ""Bohemian Rhapsody"" video by a full decade. It also predates what the Beatles did with promotional films of their singles ""Rain"" and ""Paperback Writer"", both released in 1966. In the same year, the Beatles starred in their first feature film, ""A Hard Day's Night"", directed by Richard Lester. Shot in black-and-white and presented as a mock documentary, it interspersed comedic"
"Apple's first album release, as well as the first solo album by a member of the Beatles. Inglis writes that Massot was impressed with ""the accuracy with which [Harrison's music] illustrated and enhanced the images on screen"". Massot asked Harrison to provide the soundtrack for a new film he had written, ""Zachariah"", a western that was eventually made by director George Englund and released in 1970. Although Harrison declined, he later supplied incidental music for ""Little Malcolm"" (1974), a film he produced under the aegis of Apple Films, before going on to contribute to soundtracks for his HandMade Films productions"
"in London. Michael Lindsay-Hogg was hired as the director, having previously worked with the Beatles on promotional films for ""Paperback Writer"", ""Rain"", ""Hey Jude"" and ""Revolution"". The Beatles assembled at Twickenham Film Studios on 2 January 1969, accompanied by the film crew, and began rehearsing. Cameraman Les Parrott recalled: ""My brief on the first day was to 'shoot The Beatles.' The sound crew instructions were to roll/record from the moment the first Beatle appeared and to record sound all day until the last one left. We had two cameras and just about did the same thing."" The cold and austere"
"unsuitable for recording work, and he wasn't very impressed by Best's replacement, Ringo Starr. Richards hired session drummer Andy White, and Richards and Martin produced the Beatles' first single ""Love Me Do"". Richards had suggested the Beatles' first record should be ""How Do You Do It?"" by Mitch Murray and, after Martin took control of the Beatles' sessions, Richards worked with Gerry and the Pacemakers, who were the first act to go to No. 1 with each of their first three singles, ""How Do You Do It?"", ""I Like It"", and using Martin's string arrangement, ""You'll Never Walk Alone"". In"
"became their manager in December 1961, he polished up their image and later secured them a recording contract with EMI. The group's first single, ""Love Me Do"", peaked at number seventeen on the ""Record Retailer"" chart, and by the time their debut album, ""Please Please Me"", was released in early 1963, Beatlemania had arrived. Often serious and focused while on stage with the band, Harrison was known as ""the quiet Beatle"". He had two lead vocal credits on the LP, including the Lennon–McCartney song ""Do You Want to Know a Secret?"", and three on their second album, ""With the Beatles"""
"Wonderwall Music Wonderwall Music is the debut solo album by English musician George Harrison and the soundtrack to the 1968 film ""Wonderwall"", directed by Joe Massot. Released in November 1968, it was the first solo album by a member of the Beatles, and the first album issued on the band's Apple record label. The songs are all instrumental pieces, except for occasional non-English vocals, and mostly comprise short musical vignettes. Following his Indian-styled compositions for the Beatles since 1966, he used the film score to further promote Indian classical music by introducing rock audiences to instruments that were relatively little-known"
"its slating in the press led US television networks to lose interest in broadcasting the film. In January 1968, the Beatles filmed a cameo for the animated movie ""Yellow Submarine"", which featured cartoon versions of the band members and a soundtrack with eleven of their songs, including four unreleased studio recordings that made their debut in the film. Released in June 1968, the film was praised by critics for its music, humour and innovative visual style. It would be seven months, however, before its soundtrack album appeared. In the interim came ""The Beatles"", a double LP commonly known as the"
"(Mark Rice-Oxley), Pete Best (Scot Williams) and Paul McCartney (Daniel McGowan) to form the Beatles. The group attract the attention of music promoter Brian Epstein (Jamie Glover) who engineers their success and fame. However, Sutcliffe leaves the band to pursue a career in painting, and Best is dropped from the band to be replaced by Ringo Starr (Kristian Ealey). The film focuses on eight years of Lennon's youth, from age 16 to 23, from his teenage years living with his aunt Mimi Smith at 251 Menlove Avenue to the early successes of the Beatles. It deals with Lennon's abandonment by"
"The Beatles). Aljoša Buha, Dražen Žerić Žera and Darko Jelčić Cunja have all joined the band in the next several months and they started rehearsing in the attic of Arslanagić's house. In 1986, the band released its self-titled first album, that quickly gained immense popularity. Ričl and Arslanagić, as the leading authors, have combined the rudeness and simplicity of New primitivism with the romantic themes, characteristic of the bands they have considered their predecessors, such as The Beatles and Indexi. Following the summer of 1986, the band scheduled the tour that was meant to confirm their outstanding popularity. The first"
"With the Beatles With the Beatles is the second studio album by the English rock band the Beatles. It was released on 22 November 1963, on Parlophone, and was recorded four months after the band's debut ""Please Please Me"". The album features eight original compositions (seven by Lennon–McCartney and ""Don't Bother Me"", George Harrison's first recorded solo composition and his first released on a Beatles album) and six covers (mostly of Motown, rock and roll, and R&B hits). The cover photograph was taken by the fashion photographer Robert Freeman, and it has been mimicked by several music groups over the"
"until 1987, when the Beatles' catalogue was standardised for release on CD. When ""Beatles for Sale"" was being recorded, Beatlemania was at its peak. In early 1964, the Beatles had made waves with their television appearances in the US, sparking unprecedented demand for their records there. Over June and July, the band played concerts in Denmark, the Netherlands and Hong Kong, toured Australia and New Zealand, and then returned to Britain for a series of radio and television engagements and to promote their first feature film, ""A Hard Day's Night"". After performing further concerts in Sweden, they began recording the"
"film observes the Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr) from a ""fly on the wall"" perspective, without narration, scene titles, or interviews with the main subjects. The first portion of the film shows the band rehearsing on a sound stage at Twickenham Film Studios. The songs are works in progress, with discussions among the band members about ways to improve them. At one point, McCartney seems to criticize a guitar part played by Harrison on ""Two of Us"". During a mildly tense conversation, Harrison responds: ""I'll play whatever you want me to play, or I won't"
"known to produce increased wakefulness and focus, in association with decreased fatigue, and decreased appetite. The first recording of the Beatles ever released was the single ""My Bonnie"", made in Hamburg with Tony Sheridan, who also had a residency at the Top Ten club. He recruited the band to act as his backing group on a series of recordings for the German Polydor Records label, the tracks produced by the famed bandleader Bert Kaempfert. On 22 June 1961, Sheridan and the Beatles drove to Hamburg-Harburg (about 30 minutes from Hamburg) to the Friedrich-Ebert-Halle (auditorium/hall) and were paid 330 Deutschmarks (about"
"the Beatles, but these performances did not help them gain sustained success in North America. Richard and the Shadows appeared in six feature films including a debut in the 1959 film ""Serious Charge"" but most notably in ""The Young Ones"", ""Summer Holiday"", ""Wonderful Life"", and ""Finders Keepers"". These films created their own genre, known as the ""Cliff Richard musical"", and led to Richard being named the No. 1 cinema box office attraction in Britain for both 1962 and 1963, beating that of even James Bond. The title song of ""The Young Ones"" became his biggest-selling single in the United Kingdom,"
"through United Artists"" on the bottom-right-hand-corner of the screen. Cast notes The Beatles were not enthusiastic about participating in a new motion picture, having been dissatisfied with their second feature film, ""Help!"" (1965), directed by Richard Lester. However, they saw an animated film as a favourable way to complete their commitment to United Artists for a third film. Many fans have assumed that the cartoon did not satisfy the contract, but ""Let It Be"" (1970) was the film not connected to the original three-picture deal the Beatles made with UA. The Beatles make a live-action cameo appearance in the final"
"Magical Mystery Tour (film) Magical Mystery Tour is a 52-minute-long British surreal comedy television film starring the Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr) which originally aired on BBC1 on Boxing Day, 26 December 1967, in a monochrome transmission at 8:35 PM. It was repeated in a colour transmission on BBC2 on 5 January 1968. Upon its initial showing, the film was poorly received by critics and audiences. The film received an American theatrical release in 1974 by New Line Cinema, and in select theatres worldwide in 2012 by Apple Films. The situation is that of a"
"the Beatles released their first single in the UK, ""Love Me Do"", credited to ""Lennon–McCartney"". However, on their next three releases the following year (the single ""Please Please Me"", the ""Please Please Me"" LP, and the single ""From Me to You""), the credit was given as ""McCartney–Lennon"". With the ""She Loves You"" single, released in August 1963, the credit reverted to ""Lennon–McCartney"", and all subsequent official Beatles singles and albums list ""Lennon–McCartney"" (UK) or ""J. Lennon/P. McCartney"" (US) as the author of songs written by the two. In 1976 McCartney's band Wings released their live album ""Wings over America"" with"
"Help! (film) Help! is a 1965 British musical comedy-adventure film directed by Richard Lester, starring the Beatles–John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr—and featuring Leo McKern, Eleanor Bron, Victor Spinetti, John Bluthal, Roy Kinnear and Patrick Cargill. The second film starring The Beatles following Lester's ""A Hard Day's Night"", ""Help!"" sees Ringo as the human sacrifice for an evil cult and the band must protect him. The soundtrack was released as an album, also called ""Help!"". The film had its Royal World Premiere at the London Pavilion Theatre in the West End of London on 29 July 1965"
"Beatles, before their initial residency in Hamburg. The Beatles' history with the Cavern Club is also explored in two recent documentary films: ""I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern"" (2011), directed by John Piper; and ""Good Ol' Freda"" (2013), directed by Ryan White. (See note below in ""Epstein"".) The Beatles' name was first noticed by Epstein in the first issue of Bill Harry's ""Mersey Beat"" magazine (which Epstein successfully sold in his NEMS music store), on numerous posters around Liverpool, and on the front page of the second issue of ""Mersey Beat"". before asking journalist Harry who they"
"innovative graphic style. The Beatles are said to have been pleased with the result and attended its highly publicised London premiere. Let It Be was an ill-fated documentary of the band that was shot over a four-week period in January 1969. The documentary — which was originally intended to be simply a chronicle of the evolution of an album and the band's possible return to live performances — captured the prevailing tensions between the band members, and in this respect it unwittingly became a document of the beginning of their break-up. The band initially rejected both the film and the"
"the band began an ill-fated film project, ""Magical Mystery Tour"". Starr's growing interest in photography led to his billing as the movie's Director of Photography, and his participation in the film's editing was matched only by that of McCartney. In February 1968, Starr became the first Beatle to sing on another artist's show without the others. He sang the Buck Owens hit ""Act Naturally"", and performed a duet with Cilla Black, ""Do You Like Me Just a Little Bit?"" on her BBC One television programme, ""Cilla"". In November 1968, Apple Records released ""The Beatles"", commonly known as the ""White Album""."
"and success. He became their manager in January 1962. Ringo Starr replaced Best in August, and the band had their first hit, ""Love Me Do"", in October, becoming popular in the UK in 1963, and in the US a year later. The fan hysteria became known as ""Beatlemania"", and the press sometimes referred to McCartney as the ""cute Beatle"". In August 1965, the Beatles released the McCartney composition ""Yesterday"", featuring a string quartet. Included on the ""Help!"" LP, the song was the group's first recorded use of classical music elements and their first recording that involved only a single band"
"Janson and many crew members. In media interviews at the event, McCartney disclosed that while he had seen the film many times on video, he had not seen the film on the ""big screen"" since its 1964 premiere. A Hard Day's Night (film) A Hard Day's Night is a 1964 British musical comedy film directed by Richard Lester and starring the Beatles—John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr—during the height of Beatlemania. It was written by Alun Owen and originally released by United Artists. The film portrays several days in the lives of the group. The film was"
"like what Phil did … There's no point bringing him in if you're not going to like the way he does it – because that's [wall of sound] what he does."" In January 1969, the Beatles began rehearsals for what was planned to be their first concert in several years. The concert was to be recorded for a television special and album, and the rehearsals were filmed for accompanying documentary footage. The project's original working title was ""Get Back"", and an album and film were to be the end products of these sessions. Being older and more independent, the individual"