Brother Malcolm Version Of Let It Be 2 Full Takes In Color (Jan 31)
Two Of Us Rehearsal Session
Medley Includes: Hey Good Lookin', Take This Hammer, Five Foot High & Rising, Bear Cat Mama, Run For Your Life, Friendship, Step Inside Love And Let It Be) (Jan 31)
For You Blue Brand New Re-edit
For You Blue - Newly Re-Cut With New Arrival Footage From Another day
Newly Discovered Sound Outtake Snippets
I Me Mine (Jan 8)
Don't Let Me Down (Jan 22)
Two Of Us (Jan 22)
Paul and Heather (Jan 26)
Besame Mucho (Jan 29)
I Told You Before (Jan 27)
Three Cool Cats (Jan 29)
Let It Be TK27A (Jan 31)
Two Of Us (Jan 31)
From The Long And Winding Road Special
Yoko's Bit (Upgrade)
You Win Again (Upgrade)
Trailers, Etc.
Original Movie Trailer - Theatrical Version
Original Movie Trailer - TV Version
Original Slate From 1992 Restoration
Ed Sullivan's "The Beatles Songbook" (Fab 25 '70)
Don't Let Me Down - From Imagine 1988 Workprint
Let It Be - Naked Promotion
April Trailers
Japanese TV Commercial
Let It Be Naked Medley
November 17 Texted Trailer
November 17 Textless Trailer
Webtrailer
2013 iTunes Trailer
DVD2: Promotional Films
Don't Let Me Down (1970)
Get Back (1970)
Let It Be (1970)
Two Of Us (1970)
Don't Let Me Down (1992)
Get Back (1992)
I Me Mine (1992)
For You Blue (1996)
Let It Be (1996)
Two Of Us (1996)
Get Back (2000)
Let It Be (2000)
Don't Let Me Down #1 (2003)
Don't Let Me Down #2 (2003)
Get Back # 1 (2003)
Get Back # 2 (2003)
Let It Be (2003)
Two Of Us (animated) (2003)
One After 909 (2009)
Don't Let Me Down (2015)
The Long And Winding Road (2015)
HQ Video's With Native Audio Re-Dubbed
Let It Be - Native Audio Re-Dub
Two Of Us - Native Audio Re-Dub
Other Promotional Films Utilizing Get Back/ Let It Be Footage
Old Brown Shoe (2007)
Old Brown Shoe Dissolving Version
The Ballad Of John & Yoko (1969 Censored)
The Ballad Of John & Yoko (2000)
Following their previous release of the Ron Furmaneck remastered Let It Be film (A release that divided a few opinions for it’s inordinate aspect ratio at points where it’s brilliant soundtrack was sometimes sidelined) the HMC label have unearthed another collection of ‘Get Back’ outtakes but, as we very rarely get to see, in a visual form. There have been some fantastic releases since the emergence of the odd and shoddy outtakes that appeared on VHS video in the 1980’s, the quality of which was generally debatable but obviously dependent on what branch of the generational tree you were on as to whether you got the almost screen burningly bright white and grainy image that made the most of our first glimpse of these outtakes. Things got a little better in the DVD age as Picture Perfect’s double disk set a few lower generational edits with better sound and no degradation in quality were you not able to put your money up against this expensive Japanese release and were able to pick up one of the few European copies or maybe had to trade for burned copies. With Apple hurriedly snapping up fragments of these sessions only to block them up in archives and release news to Rolling Stone every so often that the movie was ‘In preparation’ while all the participants on the movie swim around each other blaming someone / everyone else’s trepidation in not allowing the film to come out, HMC have done what they can and rooted through their own archives and pieced together a brilliantly, well rounded compilation designed to sit favourably next to their former LIB release. We begin with something that’s almost old. ‘Let It Be’, the “Brother Malcolm” version that was uploaded to the internet by Revolver TV c. late 2015 has been much commented upon after multiple posts on the internet. Recorded on January the 31st, 1969, these are 2 full takes of the track, both filmed in full colour. The first take shows Macca shot from the left with George and Ringo sat to his right, black screen throughout the break between the cameras rolling and then we switch to a front view Over 8 minutes of rehearsals and, seeing at most of the outakes from these sessions have generally been traded on black and white video, it’s finally nice to see some wonderful new footage in almost perfect quality (Theres a little saturation in colour, a little tape degradation and a couple of hairs in the camera – No doubt from the thrown together carpet in there.) The final day’s jams feature next with a good old fashioned medley of R’n’R tracks within a couple of rehearsals for ‘Two Of Us’. This rehearsal – running approximately 8 tracks – despite what it says on the cover – this good natured romp is a break to get through the tedium of working through these tracks one-last-time. All shot in black and white from B camera roll 1150 (For those of you keeping track) features panoramic views of the studio as the Beatles play, shots of the other cameras (!), coverage of Michael Lindsay Hogg and the rest of the crew. Watching it all back gives the feeling that it must have been pain to have sat there, down what the fabs could have done to relax – or rather what they were far from interested in doing those days – and having being lined up for shots so people could get your best side. Essentially penned in like pets at the shop while people dance around you peering in. ‘For You Blue’ Half colour film, half B&W, Beginning with snippets of the Fabs turning up at Saville Row all cut from different POV (Ground level and from – what I’m guessing is, first floor window.) It’s cool to see – especially if you like cars and the cars the Beatles arrived in. ‘Newly discovered sound outtake snippets’ – A collection of B&W film shorts (Some only seconds long) synched with their respective Nagra soundboard recordings. Most of these are not new specifically but will be sharper or brighter than some of the pieces in your collection. They also feature more John – There’s one for you Lennon fans – Audio is quieter than the previous shots however and some them even seem to be silent. ‘Newly discovered silent outtake snippets’ – What can you take from that title? Frustrating, as we know that HMC know exactly from where these bits are from. Without knowing exactly what’s missing on the Nagras, it’s unfair to say, ‘Well, they COULD have spliced that in) but I’m quite sure that what’s missing from these could have been shipped in. ‘From The Long And Winding Road Special‘ is exactly as it reads – We have these pieces on HMC’s previous release, ‘Long And Winding Road’ in no better or worse quality, if you missed out on that release but you’re a LIB completist, you at least have these now. Whether you’ll step back to it that often .. we’ll see .. ‘Trailers, etc.’ is a nice little addendum to the original theatrical release. Some of the earlier, original 1970 / 1980 versions are nearly unwatchable they’re that ‘watched’. The ‘Original slate from 1992 restoration’ is baffling, The snippet from Ed Sullivan’s ‘Beatles Songbook’ is a nice little nostalgic piece but might have been better placed on HMC’ earlier ‘Ed Sullivan‘ release – though, to be fair, it works just as well here, really. Ed’s bit to camera is nice and sharp, the promo’s themselves make the band look a little anaemic. ‘Don’t Let Me Down’ from the “Imagine” 1988 work print makes me wonder if theres a new release of THAT waiting in the wings for HMC – hopefully with some “Imagine” outtakes – They must be out there, right? The print that HMC use however, is just a little too bright especially as the camera pans towards the sky – There are very few bright January days in England! Finally, for the ‘LIB .. Naked’ promotion. These appeared on plenty of DVDs after the release of the album themselves but are added here by HMC again for competency. Much improved and bushed up film footage from these sessions – Even the web-trailer and iTunes adverts look good for their transfer to DVD and leave a tantalising view in to what’s to come once Apple / Giles Martin / The Beatles and their wives take their feet off of the brakes. Disk two features 7 ages of videos from the shoddy and nearly grim 1970’s original promos (Pleasingly with slightly too fast radio like you remember your first bootleg tapes to be) through to tighter 1992 representations (with correct but quieter audio), the 1996 variations – complete with slates – are better still by a couple of shades (Better radio too!), 2000’s upgrades get better and better with an even warmer density of colour. 2003’s versions tone the colour DOWN a bit more but get closer to the HD readiness of todays tech (In fact, of the two versions of ‘Don’t Let Me Down’, the second is comparably neater than the first and despite the slight picture judder at times, I’d be happy with this as a home video. (‘Two Of Us’s’ animated video though looks like it was dubbed off of a version of the early 1980’s video – It’s rough!) By 2009, more meddling with the colour. It’s not as rich as 2003 (Does Ringo still own that coat for colour comparison?), the saturation is a little darker bit it’s less fuzzy looking than 2015’s ‘1’ version. Hopefully, they can scale the film up to 4K by the eventual release of the official ‘LIB’ (Tech fans, I need you to tell me that this is possible!) ‘HQ videos with native audio re-dubbed’. An interesting concept – Brushed up video and Nagra ‘unsweetened’ sound spliced together. Finally, ‘Other promotional films utilising ‘Get Back / Let It Be’ footage’ is just that it says it is. Various ‘others’ from the Beatles cannon but produced after the fact using .. well, you get the point (There’s also a bit more material that comes from other sources). Completists fodder but then, if you’re buying this set, you’ve come for this haven’t you? The TMOQ gazette is packed with new and old articles in reference to the Beatles final days of playing together in January 1969 and the dogs they recorded then. As usual HMC have devoted space in their own product to promotion of PETA, the Ron Howard film, Meatless Monday, Unicef and the Material World Charitable Foundation Ltd.
