At 2 hours 42 minutes, still not long enough
Very nice and very in-depth and long discussion of the Apple years, which is beginning to capture historian's imaginations 40 years on. For decades all the Beatles books ended when they broke up in '69. Quite early on Richard DiLello's "The Longest Cocktail Party" was the only available document about the Apple years/scene (1973) that went rather unrecognized. Lately a couple writers have been delving into the solo years (Doggett's fine (if gossipy) "You Never Give Me You Money" (2010) is the first comprehensive bio of the solo years, after FAQ 2.0 outlined the shape of the '70s decade in anecdotes).
This docu has a lot of ground to cover and at 2 hours and 42 minutes takes its time telling various nuances of the story in depth but only appears to have access to a limited number of key people. This is not an authorized or official film so naturally the Beatles do not appear - Tony Bramwell of Apple is the only true "insider" who speaks on camera. A...
Better than you think
For a non-Apple production this is worthwhile .. it's not like the Beatles Secrets or any of these many videos with all public domain footage and no Beatles music, this has actual Beatles music and video content, along with good critical analysis from a couple of authors of Beatle related books, along with music and video by the most common Apple Records artists - Mary Hopkin, Badfinger, Jackie Lomax, James Taylor, and more - if you have the Apple Records compliation of a couple years ago that's kind of a soundtrack to this film. Insightful interviews with Jackie Lomax, Tony Bramwell, and a couple of the remaining Badfinger/Iveys players who were around at the time. Probably the only negative on this was the few minutes spent discussing and talking to David Peel, but overall a good watch. Plus actual video footage from inside 3 Saville Row, which I've never seen on anything even the Anthology or Compleat.
New collection about the Beatles
I enjoyed this video very much, but I was surprised that it was so long. No complaints though about it.
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