The Beatles: Get Back - Blu-ray Collector’s Set [Region Free]

Best dvd have ever had.pictures and sound perfect. Excellent product.

What happens when you review something from watching it on the telly and before it’s actually available? You make yourself look silly.I can’t believe there are people whinging about this. We were all hoping the ‘Let It Be’ film would eventually be released on DVD but Apple surprised us all by turning it into something more than sumptuous. Nearly eight hours of rich footage to fulfil us and some are still not satisfied. Anyway, we can forget all those misery guts and concentrate on what’s here for our delectation. (And for those clamouring for 'Let It Be' to be released, I'm sure those 90 minutes are all included here.)Coming in a slip case, that is a tad difficult to remove, the book style trio of CDs is presented in three parts with obvious breaks (Twickenham, Apple Studios and Rooftop) and shows how much more they were at home at Saville Row than the cold, empty vastness of a film studio. It’s also apparent that Ringo does seem a bit bored at times, not having as much screen time and far less dialogue than the others. However, what it does show is how he, and the other three, and you’ll notice this very early in proceedings, concentrate on following the one whose song it is by seemingly staring at him whilst trying to follow what he’s doing. I guess that’s how it worked for them.Yes there may be lots of sitting around and talking but when Paul starts strumming his bass and George joins in, despite appearing to meander aimlessly, it eventually turns into a nascent ‘Get Back’. The inception of a classic before our very eyes. And there’s the thing about the songs. Mr Harrison turns up one morning having written ‘I Me Mine’ around a television show about dancing he saw the night before. Not an instrument associated with him, he also performs admirably on piano on ‘Old Brown Shoe’. Even Ringo tinkles the ivories on “the octopus one” when demonstrating it to George, who chucks in his own ideas seconds after hearing it. What you need to bear in mind is that most of what’s here is the group rehearsing and there are no full songs before the ‘rooftop show’. Though it was available on the Beatles’ own website, it’s a pity the director didn’t include the ‘rooftop’ segment without the cutaways to the public in the street.As for the songs mentioned in the credits, it references a lot of Lennon/McCartney/Harrison/Starr compositions, of which some, viz. ‘Too Bad About Sorrows’, ‘I Fancy My Chances’, ‘Thinking Of Linking’, ‘Just Fun’ and ‘I Lost My Little Girl’, for example, will be familiar to die-hard fans, but none of us will know about the remaining ones such as ‘Song Of Love’, ‘Cupcake Baby’, ‘My Imagination’, ‘You Wear Your Women Out’ and many others. Okay, these very brief snippets of music (and some barely there ‘made-up-on-the-spot’ vocals) have probably been given titles as they could hardly have all been called ‘Improvisation’, but then again, maybe they really did exist, such is the minefield that is music copyright. Mind you, ‘Freakout Jam (featuring Yoko Ono)’ should have been taken further and eventually issued.Having watched this, you’ll ask yourself whether these sessions really were as bad as we were first led to believe. Okay, George left for a few days but what we see here isn’t the oft peddled disintegration of the group. It couldn’t have been that bad, as they did go on to record ‘Abbey Road’ later in the year, though many of the songs on that were premiered here. Then again, maybe all the nasty stuff was left out so as not to sully their image.Whilst the packaging is a bit disappointing, as it would have been nice to have something included to read, after years of ‘will it’ ‘won’t it’ speculation, I, for one, am pleased we can now have this. Okay, this won’t really appeal to the casual buyer, but we all know the legion of die-hard fans will. And that means you! Oh, and you get four postcard size photos of the Fabs.

An absolute must for all Beatles fans.Blue Ray DVD set of tge Get Back sessions and full roof top concert.

Great insight but rather sad as they were in the process of breaking up.

I chose the blu ray version because the standard dvd is not region 2, therefore unplayable unless you have a multi region dvd player. The blu ray is beautifully presented, resembling a hardcover book with black and white pictures, that opens up to reveal the three dvds. There are four nice postcards of each Beatle too. I highly recommend the Get Back documentary, it is absolutely fascinating, like a fly on the wall, seeing the Beatles react with each other, also George Martin, Mal Evans etc and the wives of the Beatles. I most certainly did not find it depressing, in fact it is the last time we see John Lennon being playful with Paul, making silly faces etc. He is much more cheerful than his 70s period when he seemed so serious and gloom. The roof top concert is brilliant. It is really interesting to see the passers-bys(down on the street) reaction to the surprise concert! 10/10

Disc one at twickenham is a bit boring.Disc two is a bit better but the concert footage makes up for it.Hearing the full conversation with the police is funniest thing I’ve heard.“We can hear it at the police station”

Well produced Blu ray

Good documentary into the group rehearsal for their venue. Like all close groups there are arguments and joyful moments, personalities allow you to watch good and bad moments of those you admired and held in awe. Alas that some are no longer with us and we wonder if life had been different how would we have benefitted music wise..Definitely one for Beatle fans.