BEATLES - DVD
SGT. PEPPER COMPANION - DEFINITIVE MASTER EDITION

LABEL:
4Reel Productions/Top Of The Line Special Edition
SOURCE:
Various Proshot Video Productions for all things Pepper
FORMAT:
DVD-9 Dual-Layer Disc, NTSC, Region Free
RUNNING TIME:
Approximately 250 minutes
SOUND/SOURCE:
Professional Stereo Soundboard, MFSL Audio
PACKAGING:
Clear DVD Clamshell with Color Insert Artwork
 

Sgt, Pepper Companion front

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SOUND 9 / PACKAGING 9 / PERFORMANCE 9.5

 
TRACK LIST:

1. The Making of Sgt. Pepper:  Album Documentary, Digital Transfer from Master Reel of Extended Version from Japanese Satellite Broadcast.

2.  Beatles Anthology:  Sgt. Pepper era selections from the Beatles Anthology Director's Cut.

3.  Pepper Era Promo Videos:  remastered and speed corrected, includes: Strawberry Fields Forever, Penny Lane, Sgt. Pepper Album Promo Video, A Day In The Life

Bonus Audio with photo slide show:  Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Album Mixes:

  • Stereo Version:  Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (MFSL) mix
  • Mono Version
  • DTS Stereo Version

Sgt. Pepper Era audio outtakes:

  • John intro Sgt. Peppers -edit BBC
  • With A Little Help From My Friends - edit BBC
  • Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band -Effects Tape 1
  • Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band -Take 10
  • Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band -Effects Tape 2
  • Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds-Edit Takes 6-8
  • Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds-Take ?
  • Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds-Edit BBC
  • Fixing A Hole - Edit BBC
  • Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite-Takes 1 & 2
  • Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite-Take 7
  • Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite-Edit
  • Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite-Take 9
  • Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite-Edit BBC
  • A Day In The Life-Take 1
  • A Day In The Life-Edit Takes 1 & 2
  • A Day In The Life-Take 6
  • A Day In The Life-Take 7 Fragment
  • A Day In The Life-Take 7
  • When I'm Sixty-Four-Edit BBC
  • She's Leaving Home-Edit BBC
  • Interview with Brian Matthew BBC "Top Of The Pops"
  • Within You Without You - Take 2
  • Within You Without You - Take 2 Instrumental Tracks
  • Lovely Rita-Edit BBC
  • Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Reprise-Take 5
  • Getting Better-Edit BBC
  • Good Morning Good Morning-Home Demo
  • Good Morning Good Morning-Take 8
  • Good Morning Good Morning-Take 11
  • Good Morning Good Morning-Sound Effects
  • Good Morning Good Morning-Paul Edit BBC
  • Only A Northern Song-Edit Takes 3, 11 & 12
  • Magical Mystery Tour-Take 9
  • Across The Universe-Home Demo
  • She's Walking Past My Door-Home Tape
  • You Know My Name-Home Tape
  • All You Need Is Love-Take ?
  • All You Need Is Love-Take 58
  • Only A Northern Song-Edit Takes 3, 11 & 12 Mono
  • Baby You're A Rich Man-Take 2
  • All Together Now-Take 9
  • It's All Too Much-Take 2
  • All You Need Is Love-Take 58 Mono
  • All You Need Is Love-Take 59 Mono
  • A Day In The Life-Take 7
  • Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds-Take ?

 

 
REVIEW:

All you have to do is look at the ratings I've provided on this piece, and then glance at the Track List.  This is everything you can compile in both video and audio regarding the legendary Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band LP, in the the most stellar quality.  Simply a wonderful collaborative effort between 4Reel Productions and Top Of The Line DVD.

The bulk of the video material is garnered during the massive documentary efforts surrounding the ambitious Beatles Anthology Home Video release back in 1991-1992.  Here, we get it directly from Japanese Satellite with a Digital Transfer to DVD.  One could say it's painstakingly pieced together but the facts are, Top Of The Line had access to most of this video material already as it's included in the excellent 10 DVD Beatles Anthology Director's Cut issued 2 years ago on the Picture Perfect Label.  Where the insightfulness of this release comes in, is with the superbly compiled mixes of the LP and bonus audio outtakes.  They've never sounded better and it's all captured on a single Disc.  That being said, I needed to revisit this glowing review to point out (thanks to a passionate member holding me in check!) the fact that both the Mono and Stereo bonus audio mixes have glaring issues at the end where the production simply chops off the last minute to 2 minutes of "A Day In The Life"!  My apologies folks, missed that in my sessions giving this one a run-through. 

Our passionate friend's posting in the News has been copied and edited to fit in the comments below...and it's here and now that I must step back and admit to eating a little crow for dinner.  As far as the comments below on the slideshow and such - these are bonus features and yes, could have been a little better thought out but I'm not going to slam it too hard.  I'm going to stick to my guns on this being a highly recommended release for the Beatles and/or Sgt. Pepper's fanatic in most of us.  Though the cuts in "A Day In The Life" are truly annoying and a glaring mastering oversight!


"Superb production"-NOT-It's pretty good...BUT-it's got MAJOR problems! BOTH the "stereo" and the "mono" mixes CUT OUT BEFORE the end of "A Day in The Life"! Right as the song is building up to a cresendo- BOOM, it STOPS! The slide shows are kinda' lame too-it could have at LEAST been timed to the music. The artwork for the covers looks really "amatureish" (looks like a download off the internet)and a back cover that's almost illegiable. I was really disappointed, and I'm a FAN!
Comment by beatlesfan wrote on 2006-09-19 11:13:30

Wow! Love the passion man. Let it be said here that Svengi ate crow for dinner. I enjoyed this DVD in fragments, and didn't catch the cutoffs in "A Day In The Life" mixes-truly reprehensible! Assessing the title further, I agree that the Production could have used another Quality Assurance once-over. A great idea for a release that was a bit hastily finished off. Thank you for steering me back, I indeed should downgrade the ratings a notch.
Comment by Svengi wrote on 2006-09-19 11:18:56

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