Michael Heatley

A look back at the days when the Beatles courted America through appearances on the Ed Sullivan TV show, as well as their album, “Meet the Beatles.”

The Beatles Blue Album gathered together some of the most influential, ground-breaking rock music ever recorded and placed it on one irresistible collection. Released at a time when compilation albums were less common, the Blue Album set the standard; it was a perfect record of The Beatles’ unmatched creativity and diversity, a showcase for their songwriting brilliance and peerless musicianship. This unique critical review of a landmark album brings together a host of musicians, industry figures and respected rock journalists to analyse the extraordinary music on the Blue Album, among them Chris Welch, Nick Tauber and Adam Clayson.

This is a story of staggering musical progress and development, that took the Beatles from the simplistic but catchy Love Me Do to the groundbreaking triumph of Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in fewer than five years. This exclusive DVD brings new, fresh and a different insight into the Beatles phenomenon. It seeks the opinion, memories, recollections and views of a host of people who were close to the band and who saw them making their music.