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Legs
Mar 28, 2005, 01:45 AM
An short answer would be not much. DvD's are taking over, tho in most cases the quality leaves a lot to be desired. Promo clips taken from T.V. sometimes even with MTV logo's, I guess that's all we got till Apple finally decides to re-release something officially.

One good Dvd however is The Beatles By The Bushel, which seems to have the best guality of the promo clips. In some cases however you hear that they used the music from official cd's instead of the original soundtrack. Part two has also been released.

There is a DvD from the Japan shows, which I heard is taken from laser disc and has excelent quality, but since I didn't buy it I can't comment on it.

An somewhat older set I am beginning to collect it the one by Beat. It's a set of 10 Dvd's which gathers together different promo clips, T.V. appearances, Live shows and specials. Quality differs from very bad to very good, since obviously different source were used. From the dvd's I have I like volume 9.It has the Around The Beatles show, including the Shakespeare sketch. Ready Steady Go and The Beatles for Vara T.V. the Netherlands is also included.
Volume 1 promises a lot but the quality is in most cases very bad. From the three versions of the "Hello Goodbye" promo's only one has good picture quality, but that has been taken from MTV, with logo in sight. Very nice to finnaly see is Paul on acoustic guitar playing "Helter Skelter" and "Blackbird". This comes with the famous John comment, that if they keep going on like this they be broke in a few months. Complete, with more blackbird rehearsals, this can be heard on Midnight Beat's cd "Here Today Gone Tommorow" However this is all there exists visually. Still it's somewhat more then the clip you could download a while ago.

Then ofcourse there is the director's cut of "Anthology". I have seen a few copies but decided against buying it.

The only new bootleg cd's I have seen, and bought are three more volumes of Strawberry's set "The Complete Get Back Sessions Camera B." If you had spend all your money on the Day By Day series, I would only trade for this (hint :teeth1: ) But since I didn't buy Day By Day, I thought to get this set.
Surprisinly I like listening to it. Volume 5 has "Another Day" and "I've Lost My Little Girl" while volume 6 has lots of "For You Blue" rehearsals". It depends on how far you want to go, I haven't figured out how much "new" stuff you get from the B rolls, but obviously it isn't worth buying both Day By Day, and this Strawberry set.

child of nature
Mar 28, 2005, 07:45 AM
The biggest and latest cd release is the new "Yellow Dog" release; I can't wait to hear this!

(This info. is credited to Yosi--who's known to help out Doug Sulpy now and then, very knowledgable guy--from the BootlegZone board):

A DAY IN THE LIFE (Yosi's notes follow the track)

1. ADITL RS1: New. Complete mix.
2. ADITL RS2: New. Aborted in the 3rd verse.
3. ADITL RS3: Previously available on Rare Tracks.
4. ADITL RS4: Previously available on Unsurpassed Masters Vol.3. But the remix number announcement intact this time.
5. ADITL RS5: Previously available on Unsurpassed Masters Vol.3.
6. ADITL RS6: Previously available on Unsurpassed Masters Vol.3.
7. ADITL RS7: New. Complete mix.
8. ADITL RS8: Aired on the Roger Scott's Sgt. Pepper's radio show. But that version has reversed channels.
9. ADITL RS9: New. Complete mix.

:heart1:
More info on the other tracks at this link
http://www.bootlegzone.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=5256

Legs
Mar 28, 2005, 07:52 AM
I already did an update on the new Yelow Dog bootleg. I am not really impressed by the tracklis, but I haven't got it yet. I couldn't find it Saturday otherwise I would have bought it. I have UM volume 3.

A Day In The Life (http://www.beatlelinks.net/forums/showthread.php?t=21409)

child of nature
Mar 28, 2005, 08:08 AM
Hi! I have the UM series, too, as well as the others where some of these first appeared; however, the reviews I've read have been quite positive. According to BeatleBob, it's a "must have" beatleg, so I'm looking forward to hearing it.

Jerry
Mar 29, 2005, 06:53 AM
Man, don't you hate when they "discover" like one new track and put out an entire CD with a bunch of old junk you already have. Of course, they say the old stuff is in new and improved quality, but it usually ends up sounding the same. I always considered Yellow Dog the golden standard for Beatles bootlegs, but at this point, even they're scraping the bottom of the barrel. It's time for somebody to go into Abbey Road and um...borrow some more master tapes.

child of nature
Mar 29, 2005, 04:24 PM
Man, don't you hate when they "discover" like one new track and put out an entire CD with a bunch of old junk you already have. Of course, they say the old stuff is in new and improved quality, but it usually ends up sounding the same. I always considered Yellow Dog the golden standard for Beatles bootlegs, but at this point, even they're scraping the bottom of the barrel. It's time for somebody to go into Abbey Road and um...borrow some more master tapes.

I know what you mean--that was pretty much the consensus when the two disc Controlroom (sic) Monitor Mixes set came out in 2002: A few gems, but mainly previously released material. (The highlights being "Can't Buy Me Love" take one; "F*** A Duck," "Who The F*** Do You Think You Are," and Paul noodling around on the organ & singing a few seconds "While My Guitar Gently Weeps.") Now, the current Yellow Dog is a different operation than before, so maybe that is having an impact. Of course, we no longer have VigOtone, either.

Legs
Mar 30, 2005, 08:35 AM
It's sometimes a matter of waiting till you can get the extra tracks elsewhere. I didn't bother with the new Controlroom monitor set. I feel they could easilly make one good double cd, instead of spreading the new material over 2 double cd's. I got the alternate White Album by pear instead. It has "F*** A Duck," "Who The F*** Do You Think You Are/ Sexy Sadie" and the bit of McCartney singing "While My Guitar". Ofcourse the rest of the alternate white is also old stuff, but more listenable then the Yellow Dog set.