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List Price: $19.95 | | Label: Video Music, Inc.
Salesrank: 163687
Released: November 4, 2003 |
| Our Price: $12.29 |
| Used Price: $12.30 |
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
A film by Mark Devito and Geoffrey Giulian. Here at last is the ultimate visual and cultural history of the Beatles. Packed with dozens of never before seen film clips, ultra rare photographs and exclusive interviews, John, Paul, George and Ringo come a
The Beatles: Around the World Reviews:
Not the right cover-image!! 
2007-10-18 - I got the wrong item, because the image of the DVD-cover shown here is not the right one and the seller was confused too.
It shows the DVD "The Beatles - Around the world - Platinum collection (1995) (2005 DVD) ASIN: B000EONI88", which is the awful one (Beatles only getting off planes ..)!!
If you want to be sure of ordering the "right One", then order the "The Beatles - Around the world" DVD with the red cover.
There's nothing magical about this mystery tour
2006-11-28 - The other reviewers were fortunate if they received something other than what the packaging indicates. What I received was a short (10-15 minutes) collection of newsreel footage of the Beatles embarking and disembarking various aircraft at various airports around the world (heavily weighted toward Australia). This is tedious, even for a devout fan like myself. You've been warned: This DVD is a rip-off.
Not perfect, but essential for any collection! 
2005-05-22 - This has, in my opinion, one of the absolute BEST performances the Beatles have EVER done in front of a live audience. It kicks off with a Beatles TV special from 1964. First, the Beatles do a hilarous parody of "A Midsummer Night's Dream". Paul isn't that bad of an actor!
Then, you see a bunch of other stars from the UK pop scene in 1964, and finally, the Beatles play. They do versions of Twist and Shout, Roll Over Beethoven, I Wanna Be Your Man, and Long Tall Sally. Everyone of them is live except for Ringo's (which is lip-synced for some reason). They're all excellent performances - some of the best ever. Then, they do an AWESOME medley of Love Me Do, Please Please Me, From Me To You, She Loves You, and I Want To Hold Your Hand, all strung together. Finally, they finish with a live version of "Shout", not the one on the Anthology, but one I'd never heard. The one that goes "You know you make me wanna shout!". It's freaking awesome. The whole DVD is worth it for this one taping.
Then, we've got the complete Washington DC concert. It's really good quality and it's not the overdubbed one - it's the actual footage of the Beatles singing live. It also has a funny little commercial from '64 advertising the concert.
The only letdown is the last section, the Budokan concert of the Beatles playing in white suits. The colors are really washed out, almost black and white at some points. I've seen much better quality videos of this performance, so I doubt this section of the DVD is taken from a master tape. Like others have said, I've seen versions of this performance in clear, crisp color.
Other than that, this DVD is 100% worth the purchase for the TV special taped on April 28th, 1964. Buy it!
wow! 
2005-02-16 - this dvd met and possibly exceeded my expectations! other reviewers had said the amazon description for this item was incorrect, and i took the reviewers' word for it. i'm glad i did, because they were right! anyway, about the dvd...sure, the film isn't very clear and the sound isn't great, but i really didn't mind. besides the beatles' first u.s. show (most of it) and the beatles show in tokyo (1966), i loved seeing millie (of "my boy lollipop" fame) sing a song or two. the other singers/bands on the "around the beatles" section were at least somewhat fun to watch, too. i'd definitely recommend this dvd! (oh, it does say something about "PAL" on the back, but it played fine in my non-PAL dvd player! i'm guessing it was just labeled wrong.)
Could have been better 
2005-02-06 - As usual, the beatles can rescue any inferior product from oblivion just by being on it, and that's what they have done here. First up we had the British Beatle special which really seemed like a show that they put on to help their struggling friends, I mean, who are the Vernon sisters and it's very easy to see why Millie's run of hits stopped after "My Boy Lollypop". Mind you, the choreography was very well done for it's time and if there was ever a band that deserved success and recognition but never got it it was "Sounds Incorporated".
As for the concert footage, I'm sure that there was better quality stuff they could have used, or failing that they could have shelled out some bucks and restored it. But I did like the American TV ad for the Beatle cinema concert. All in all, I'd say buy this DVD but don't pay too much for it, because it's really not worth it.
