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The Beatles on record, directed by Bob Smeaton; produced by Jonathan Clyde

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The Beatles on record

directed by Bob Smeaton; produced by Jonathan Clyde

In 1962 an unknown group from Liverpool entered Abbey Road Studios to record their debut single. During the next eight years they created what is arguably regarded as the greatest collection of studio recordings of the 20th century. This programme charts how The Beatles developed as musicians, matured as songwriters and created a body of work that sounds as fresh now as the time it was recorded

Also on this disc : The Beatles first US visit / directed by Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Kathy Dougherty & Susan Froemke (The story of two remarkable weeks in 1964, when Beatlemania first ignited in America. From airport to hotel to TV studio, the pioneering Maysles brothers were at The Beatles' shoulders on their first US visit. The siblings filmed The Beatles off guard and off duty, in nightclubs, at photo shoots, press conferences, in limos and on trains. The footage includes a performance on The Ed Sullivan Show, when they played to 73 million television viewers, and their concert at the Washington Coliseum) ------ How The Beatles rocked the Kremlin / produced & directed by Leslie Woodhead (which tells the unknown story of how the Beatles helped to destroy the USSR. While making films in late 80s Russia, Leslie Woodhead became aware of how, even though they never played in the Soviet Union, the Beatles legend had soaked into the lives of a generation of kids. This film tells the stories of how the Fab Four changed their lives, preparing the cultural way for the fall of the Berlin Wall and ultimately helping to wash away the foundations of the Soviet system)

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