Is there a blu-ray or dvd with...
... all The Beatles promotional films for most if not all their singles? Or at least the ones that were made?
Thanks
hjl
It would be hard to find a collection of the ones that weren't made.
share... but you could sell it for a lot at auction.
shareLol... Fell into that one didnt I?
Ok... Is there a blu-ray or dvd available with all of their promotional videos (film clips/music videos) that the Beatles ever made?
hjl
Not so far as I know. If there were, it would be pretty hefty multi-disc package, I think.
I suspect part of the reason there isn't is because the legal rights to lots if Beatle-related material are pretty much of a jumble.
Not as yet. You may find some bootleg blu-rays on eBay but those aren't official and quality may not be good.
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Maybe you could count their appearances on various TV shows performing (miming) various songs as "promotional films that were never made"! An excellent example would be their "performance" of "Please Mr. Postman" on the Mike & Bernie Winters show. (And there are many others.)
Which raises the question of just what genuine promotional films they DID make. Is that famous segment of them doing "Twist and Shout" in the black turtlenecks genuinely a promotional film, or was it just part of some TV show? I THINK their renditions of "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "This Boy" on the 'Daily Echo' set were for a TV show. I'm thinking that their genuine promotional films began with those they made for "I Feel Fine", "Ticket to Ride" and "Help!" at the same time they did films for "We Can Work It Out" (2 versions!) and "Day Tripper". Then there were the films they did for "Paperback Writer" and "Rain", as well as second films of those two songs that were shown on the US Ed Sullivan Show. Then their films of "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "Penny Lane", of course! And their film of "A Day in the Life". Their performance of "All You Need Is Love" for the Our World broadcast is not really a promo film, but it has come to be treated like one. Song segments of the Magical Mystery Tour film could likewise be regarded as "promos". Then there were at least three versions of promos for "Hello Goodbye" (additional versions are apparently just later re-edits of the original three). The film used for "Lady Madonna" derived from film shot of "Hey Bulldog"; and the "Hey Bulldog" film itself that was released at the time of the Yellow Submarine Songtrack CD. Films made for "Hey Jude" and "Revolution", as well as another film of "Hey Jude" with an introduction by David Frost (was that just "for his TV show"?). Promos for "Get Back", "Don't Let Me Down" and "Let It Be" that were offshoots of the Let It Be movie. Finally, promos for "The Ballad of John & Yoko" and "Something"; and I've even SEEN the "Day in the Life" film footage re-used for a promo for "Come Together".
I don't think I'd count films created in the late-70s/80s such as "Please Please Me" and "Back in the U.S.S.R.", but I s'pose they could be counted if desired!