WE TAKE A BREAK FROM OUR USUAL SCHEDULE TO BRING YOU THIS IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT:
Ok so there have been some speculations since last Saturday when the Beatles twitter account posted an unusual video featuring a countdown. The George Harrison account then retweeted it, saying that a big announcement was coming.
Turns out that the big announcement is none other than a compilation of all the Beatles promo videos restored! Exciting news!
It's a little known fact that while the Beatles did not invent the music video, they certainly popularized it. Once they found that they were so popular that they couldn't possibly perform everywhere live to promote their new songs, they started creating videos to send around and drum up publicity for them. Their video for "Strawberry Fields" was groundbreaking in that it used reverse footage and all sorts of other fancy camera techniques that weren't widely used yet.
Other fun things that will be included in the deluxe version is a take of "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party" from the album "Beatles For Sale" where the Beatles are literally sitting around eating fish and chips. (Brian Epstein, when he saw this, refused to release it to the public. But you can easily find it on YouTube these days.) Another couple of gems are the alternate versions of "Hello Goodbye" from the "Magical Mystery Tour" album that include awkward dancing and George stripteasing. (Note: there's one video with a lot of awkward dancing and a short striptease, and one with less awkward dancing and more striptease.)
What a time to be alive! My favorite band from 50 years ago is finally getting their act together!
More information (and pre-orders) can be found here.
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