Print ad for Beatles 1

12 Responses

  1. Anonymous says:

    The picture on the Capital box set is a slightly different "version" of the photo. They photoshopped Ringo's index and middle finger.
    In all versions they failed to remove the background graphic between Paul and George however.

  2. Martin says:

    Lazy and uninspiring. It only takes a bit of research, but nobody these days seems to bother.
    I thought that the Richard Avedon photos (both psychedelic and original) might be used for the '1' promo campaign. I also though the four psychedelic portraits might be in postcard form in the '1+' package…

  3. James19 says:

    Roger, do you know when they will announce the double Vinyl or even a release date?

  4. db says:

    wow, badly done.
    I guess original photo is popular with artworkers, for the almost white background, which you can auto select in a couple of clicks, rather than cutting round the figures, which would have taken longer but given a superior result.

  5. Johnny Main says:

    Maybe these people at Apple are business men first and fans second?

    So they used the same picture three times on three different products? Big deal!

  6. Martin says:

    It's probably down to Universal. Either that or Paul and Ringo can't be arsed about how a Beatles promo goes out any more…. It's hard to imagine Neil Aspinall giving the green light for such a tacky ad…

  7. winston o´boogie says:

    That photo was also used to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Love Me Do, in 1992.

  8. Shad Radna says:

    I love that the Record Collector ad actually says: "The Beatles as you have never seen them before."

  9. winston o´boogie says:

    haha, yeah, good one…

  10. Anonymous says:

    Looks great to me. Ringo now looks like he's giving some kinda hip hop signal or just about to throw one of his peace signs.
    Possibly the best caption for this shot is 'Over-pampered Beatle fans as you've probably heard them whinge before'

  11. Shad Radna says:

    It's actually a terrible shot of Paul; and George looks a little odd too. I don't think too many people here are whingeing exactly. I suspect they're not particularly pampered either: I'd guess most of us have paid good money for all these products out of our own pockets. I certainly have. Apple and the other companies involved here are businesses. These products are not released out of love; it's all about money. That doesn't mean no one involved cares about the music or the band. It doesn't necessarily mean that. We can't just assume it means that. But it would be easier to believe it doesn't mean that if just a little more care and imagination went into every part of the process.

  12. Unknown says:

    It would be nice if they used a pic that hasn't been used twice to promote stuff. But big deal. The important thing to remember is we are finally getting these videos. They can use that promo pic all they want really. The ad's don't cost us money.

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