Tale Spinners for Children was a series of stories and novels adapted for young audiences on vinyl records in the early 1960s. They included a collection of old fairy tales , folklore , literary classics such as Don Quixote and Robinson Crusoe , and time-honored fables , with the title role sometimes played by a renowned theatrical actor or actress. (Many of the actors who appeared, however, such as Maggie Smith or Alec McCowen , became more famous for other roles years after the albums were released, and some of the actors, such as Donald Pleasence , who played Don Quixote, or John Wood , who played several villainous roles, were not even identified on the album covers.) The series gave children an exposure to timeless classic stories.
65-744: Originally only 30 records were pressed in England and France and sold as Atlas Talespinners under the Atlas Record label, and included an easy to follow story booklet. Within a few years, these records were introduced to the U.S. as Tale Spinners for Children under the United Artists Records label. What was known as the Atlas Theatre Company in England was marketed as the Famous Theatre Company in
130-594: A Criterion CAV laserdisc and a Voyager CLV laserdisc in 1987, each of which had three pressings. The first pressings had no UPC on the gatefold covers while the other two had the UPC either as a sticker or printed directly on the jacket. The film's transfer on the CAV laserdiscs was done correctly so that no blending of frames occurs and thus movements are not blurry. The supplemental section, which, with few exceptions, has never been available on any other home video release, contains
195-677: A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), A Hard Day's Night starring the Beatles (1964), The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966), Fiddler on the Roof (1971), and Man of La Mancha (1972). The soundtrack album of United Artists's West Side Story (1961) was released by Columbia Records , which had also released the Broadway cast album. Also,
260-441: A clutter of mechanical gimmicks and madcap chases ... Funny? Exciting? Different? Well, there's nothing in "Help!" to compare with that wild ballet of the Beatles racing across a playground in "A Hard Day's Night", nothing as wistful as the ramble of Ringo around London all alone ... The boys themselves are exuberant and uninhibited in their own genial way. They just become awfully redundant and – dare I say it? – dull." In
325-692: A distribution deal with Jet Records , Electric Light Orchestra was signed. UA also distributed the otherwise-independent Grateful Dead Records in the early-to-mid 1970s. In England, Andrew Lauder , who had been head of A&R at the UK branch of Liberty Records, transferred to UA when Liberty was shut down in 1971. His signings included the Groundhogs , Aynsley Dunbar (only in the UK), Hawkwind , Bonzo Dog Band , Brinsley Schwarz , Man (all originally Liberty artists), High Tide , Help Yourself , Dr. Feelgood ,
390-476: A film crew of around 60 people. Locals served as ski stunt doubles for the Beatles, who stayed at the hotel "Edelweiss". Most of the crew were based in the hotel Marieta, where one night the Beatles gave an impromptu concert on the occasion of a director's assistant's birthday. This was the only time they ever performed in Austria. The Beatles did not particularly enjoy filming Help! , nor were they pleased with
455-606: A key element in future songs such as " Norwegian Wood ". Filming finished on 14 April at Ailsa Avenue in Twickenham . The ski scenes were shot at Obertauern , a small village in Austria. One reason this location was chosen was that the stars of the film were less likely to be recognised there than at one of the larger resorts with many British tourists. The Beatles were in Obertauern for about two weeks in March 1965 along with
520-540: A limited edition volume of Peto's photographs focusing on the Beatles images was produced in 2006 with deluxe editions of the book signed by Richard Lester . An exhibition of the photographs to mark the book's launch was held at Hoopers Gallery, Clerkenwell, in January 2006. Another exhibition of the photographs was held at the University of Dundee in 2007 as part of the university's 40th anniversary celebrations, with
585-528: A lot of time together between A Hard Day's Night and Help! , and partly because we were smoking marijuana for breakfast during that period. Nobody could communicate with us, it was all glazed eyes and giggling all the time. In our own world. It's like doing nothing most of the time, but still having to rise at 7 am, so we became bored. A contributing factor was exhaustion attributable to their busy schedule of writing, recording and touring. Afterwards they were hesitant to begin another film project, and Help!
650-425: A retrospective review, Leslie Halliwell describes the film as an "[e]xhausting attempt to outdo A Hard Day's Night in lunatic frenzy, which goes to show that some talents work best on low budgets. The humour is a frantic cross between Hellzapoppin' , The Goons , Goofy , Mr. Magoo and the shade of Monty Python to come. It looks good but becomes too tiresome to entertain." Help!' s pop art style influenced
715-606: A sacrificial ring sent to him by a fan. The soundtrack was released as the band's fifth studio album under the same name . Help! had its Royal World Premiere at the London Pavilion Theatre in the West End of London on 29 July 1965 in the presence of Princess Margaret , Countess of Snowdon and the Earl of Snowdon . While not reviewed at the time with the same high level of admiration as their first film, Help!
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#1732791600437780-459: A series of children's records under the " Tale Spinners for Children " name throughout the 1960s. These were album-length adaptations of classic fairy tales and children's stories done in an audio drama format. United Artists Special Projects were budget records designed for product and movie tie-ins. Examples are The Incredible World of James Bond , an album sold by Pepsi Cola and Frito Lay of cover version themes and original soundtrack music of
845-469: A trap for Ringo involving a trap door and a tiger. Then they flee to the Bahamas, followed by the police officers, the scientists, and the cult members. After Ringo is nearly captured, the police have the other Beatles pose as him in order to ensnare the cult members. Despite their best efforts, however, the scientists catch Ringo and hide him aboard a boat where Foot intends to cut off Ringo's finger to get
910-458: Is a 1965 British musical comedy - adventure film directed by Richard Lester , starring The Beatles and featuring Leo McKern , Eleanor Bron , Victor Spinetti , John Bluthal , Roy Kinnear and Patrick Cargill . The second film starring the Beatles following Lester's A Hard Day's Night , Help! sees the group struggle to protect Ringo Starr from a sinister eastern cult and a pair of mad scientists, all of whom are obsessed with obtaining
975-462: Is now credited with influencing the development of music videos . An eastern cult (a parody of the Thuggee cult) is about to sacrifice a woman to their goddess , Kali . They notice that she is not wearing the sacrificial ring. Instead, Ringo Starr , drummer of the Beatles, has the ring, sent to him by the intended victim, who is a fan of the band. Determined to retrieve the ring and sacrifice
1040-532: The Batman TV series and the direction of the contemporary advertising industry. Although Lester's depiction of Indian culture was largely negative and stereotypical , the film's focus on Kali and other Hindu themes anticipated the counterculture 's fascination with Indian philosophy and music. In his book 1965: The Year Modern Britain Was Born , cultural commentator Christopher Bray views Help! as "one of
1105-531: The Modern Jazz Quartet . In 1966, the Solid State division was begun, recording several albums by The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra . Other subsidiary labels were Unart , Ascot , United Artists Jazz , Musicor (United Artists was half owner of the company from 1960 to 1964 before selling in 1965, Ultra Audio (an audiophile label), UA Latino (Spanish-language music,) and Veep. Unart
1170-449: The " Ode to Joy " from Beethoven 's Ninth Symphony and, during the end credits and with the Beatles' own comic vocalisations, Rossini 's Barber of Seville overture, as well as orchestral arrangements of Beatles songs, among them " A Hard Day's Night " and " She's a Woman ." The original title for the film – only changed to Help! very near to its release – was Eight Arms to Hold You . As such, Capitol Records ' original pressings of
1235-664: The " Ticket to Ride " single have the subheading: From the United Artists release "Eight Arms to Hold You." Help! was shot in London, Salisbury Plain , the Austrian Alps , New Providence Island and Paradise Island in the Bahamas, and Twickenham Film Studios . Shooting commenced in the Bahamas on 23 February 1965. Starr commented in The Beatles Anthology that they were in the Bahamas to film
1300-781: The 1960s by the Clovers , Marv Johnson , the Falcons , the Exciters , Patty Duke , the Delicates , Bobby Goldsboro , Jay and the Americans , and later Manfred Mann and the Easybeats . Berry Gordy placed a number of early Motown acts with United Artists, including Marv Johnson and Eddie Holland in 1959. Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller were hired to produce artists signed to the label after they left Atlantic. These included
1365-519: The 30 original stories in the US in 1962. The recording labels changed when Liberty Records (its budget subsidiary Sunset Records ) and United Artists Records merged in 1968 after Transamerica bought Liberty. All labels were merged under United Artists in 1971. When Liberty was deactivated in 1971 (for the first time) both the Sunset and Talespinners series were leased by Springboard International and in
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#17327916004371430-645: The Amazons, a cantata by Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos adapted from the music he composed for MGM 's Green Mansions , with the composer conducting the Symphony of the Air . Brazilian soprano Bidu Sayão was the featured soloist on the unusual recording, which was released on both LP and reel-to-reel tape. United Artists releases included soundtracks and cover versions from the James Bond movies, It's
1495-487: The American version of the soundtrack album of United Artists's Help! (1965), also starring the Beatles, was released on Capitol Records . As Henry Mancini was signed to RCA Victor, that company handled the soundtracks of the United Artists films that he composed the music for, most notably The Pink Panther ; exceptions include Gaily, Gaily , The Hawaiians , The Pink Panther Strikes Again and Revenge of
1560-493: The Beatles and never allowing the film to take itself too seriously. His style would later be co-opted by Bob Rafelson for the Monkees ' television series in the '60s and has continued to influence rock musicals like 1998's Spice World . On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes , the film holds an approval rating of 89% based on 27 reviews, with an average rating of 7.2/10. The website's critics consensus reads: " Help! finds
1625-470: The Beatles' style of humour was taken from the Goon Show . Many of the film's concepts are derived from Goon Show s, such as the presence of wild animals, music, fourth wall -breaking jokes and abstractions such as the closing statement that concludes the film. Among the original working titles for the film were Beatles Phase II and Beatles Two , before Starr suggested Eight Arms to Hold You , which
1690-543: The Buzzcocks , the Stranglers and 999 . He also licensed UK releases for several influential German bands during the early 70s, the best known of which were Can , Neu! and Amon Düül II . Lauder left UA in late 1977 to help found Radar Records . The label's most commercially successful artist was country artist Kenny Rogers who signed to UA in the mid-1970s, enjoying a long string of hit singles and albums. In
1755-866: The Exciters, Bobby Goldsboro , Jay and the Americans , the Clovers, and Mike Clifford. United Artists covered folk music when it added Gordon Lightfoot to its roster and easy listening with the addition of piano duo Ferrante & Teicher . United Artists' involvement with jazz was significant. The company hired Alan Douglas in 1960 to run its jazz division. Other producers were George Wein , Jack Lewis, and Tom Wilson . United Artists released jazz albums by Count Basie , Art Blakey , Ruby Braff , Betty Carter , Teddy Charles , Kenny Dorham , Mose Allison , Duke Ellington , Art Farmer , Bud Freeman , Curtis Fuller , Benny Golson , Billie Holiday , Milt Jackson , Dave Lambert , Booker Little , Howard McGhee , Gerry Mulligan , Oliver Nelson , Herb Pomeroy , Bill Potts , Zoot Sims , Rex Stewart , Billy Strayhorn , and
1820-568: The Fab Four displaying their infectious charm and humor in an enjoyably madcap adventure." On Metacritic , it has a weighted average score of 58 out of 100, based on eight critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". A novelisation entitled The Beatles in Help! was written by Al Hine and published by Dell in 1965. A sequence featuring Frankie Howerd and Wendy Richard was filmed but left out of final editing owing to its length. However,
1885-696: The Liberty name in favor of United Artists. Mainstream pop acts were signed to the label, among them Traffic , the Spencer Davis Group , Peter Sarstedt , Shirley Bassey , and War . The label attempted to update the style of 1950s rock group Bill Haley & His Comets with a 1968 single. After UA bought Mediarts Records , the roster grew to include Don McLean , Merrilee Rush , Paul Anka , Chris Rea , Dusty Springfield , Bill Conti , Northern Calloway , Johnny Rivers , Ike & Tina Turner , Gerry Rafferty , and Crystal Gayle . Later, through
1950-622: The Pink Panther . Many of these soundtracks have reverted to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer , whose MGM Music unit licensed them to other labels for reissue, first Rykodisc , then Universal Music and EMI. As owner of Columbia and RCA Victor, Sony released the West Side Story original cast album and film soundtrack on CD. Sony has owned most of Mancini's soundtrack albums since its music division's merger with BMG in 2004. The label produced rock and roll and R&B hits from 1959 and into
2015-572: The UK catalogue was made the official and only catalogue of Beatles albums, omit it. The end credits are played over Rossini's "The Barber of Seville". Upon its release, reviews for Help! were mixed. The Daily Express ' s reviewer found Lester's direction "a joy to watch" and called the Beatles "the closest thing to the Marx Brothers since the Marx Brothers". By contrast, the Daily Mirror , Britain's best-selling newspaper at
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2080-635: The United Artists Records catalog were reissued on Liberty during these years. Two significant exceptions were a couple of Beatles albums not previously controlled by EMI in the United States: the A Hard Day's Night (1964) soundtrack album, and Let It Be (1970). The Let It Be album was actually released by Apple Records in both the UK and the US but because the movie had been distributed by United Artists Pictures, in America
2145-603: The United States. The story booklets were not included in the U.S. releases. UA continued to produce more stories records until the early 1970s, and distribute them in the Canadian and Australian markets as well. With popular children's record companies like Walt Disney Records already on the market, a host of other record companies followed: Mercury Storyteller series, Telegeneral Let's Pretend , Riverside Wonderland and Pathways of Sound . United Artists released
2210-524: The album was distributed by United Artists rather than EMI. Both previously non-EMI Beatles albums were reissued on the Capitol label, which already controlled the rest of the Beatles' catalog in the United States. When producer Jerry Weintraub was enlisted to revive the United Artists movie studio in 1986, he attempted to revive the United Artists Records label as well. However, only one album
2275-598: The band's home, causing Ahme to drop the syringe in Paul, temporarily shrinking him instead. Once Paul returns to his normal size, the band runs to the Austrian Alps and narrowly escapes a trap there, thanks to Ahme, who is secretly aiding them. To stay safe, they ask for protection from Scotland Yard. They are hidden in Buckingham Palace, narrowly avoiding capture by the scientists. Later at a pub, Clang sets
2340-461: The case of the Talespinners series they used the same catalog numbers until 1975. When Springboard International Records went bankrupt 1984 Gusto Records acquired some of their catalogues from Jay-Koala . Tale Spinners for Children used classical music as background and linking music in their productions. Examples of this include: United Artists Records United Artists Records
2405-401: The central surrealist texts" of the 1960s, and the film that best captures the "magical weirdness" of London before the commercialisation that accompanied its international recognition as the world's " Swinging City ". Ronnie D. Lankford of AllMovie describes Help! as a "forerunner to music videos", adding: "Lester seemed to find the right tone for Help! , creating an enjoyable portrait of
2470-570: The change of ownership allowed Jet Records to end its relationship with UA and switch its distribution to CBS Records , with the Jet back catalog transferring to CBS distribution as well. UA dumped many ELO albums into the cutout market, which CBS was unable to prevent. However, CBS reissues of early ELO albums through Out of the Blue (1977) contained copyright notices for United Artists Music and Records Group. Unable to generate enough income to cover
2535-414: The cult. After a jeweller fails to cut the ring off, the band resorts to the bumbling efforts of Professor Foot, a mad scientist and his assistant Algernon; when his equipment has no effect on the ring, Foot decides that he must somehow acquire it. Ahme comes to the Beatles' rescue and tries to shrink Ringo's finger to get the ring off with a temporary shrinking solution, but the cult and the scientists ambush
2600-565: The end product. In 1970, John Lennon said they felt like extras in their own film: The film was out of our control. With A Hard Day's Night , we had a lot of input, and it was semi-realistic. But with Help! , Dick Lester didn't tell us what it was all about. Ten years later Lennon was more charitable: I realize, looking back, how advanced it was. It was a precursor to the Batman "Pow! Wow!" on TV – that kind of stuff. But [Lester] never explained it to us. Partly, maybe, because we hadn't spent
2665-528: The end was included so as to satisfy the terms of the contract requiring their personal appearances in three films. The Beatles' next film Let It Be (1970) was not connected to the original three-picture deal. The Beatles said the film was inspired by the classic Marx Brothers film Duck Soup ; it was also directly satirical of the James Bond series of films. At the time of the original release of Help! , its distributor, United Artists , also held
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2730-836: The exhibition then moving to the National Conservation Centre, Liverpool . In 2011, the photographs were exhibited in Dundee, as part of the Scottish Beatles Weekend, and at the Proud Gallery in Camden . The songs played during the film are: The seven main songs formed the first side of the British release of the Help! album. The second side consisted of other new Beatles songs recorded at
2795-628: The film would be retitled. In an interview, Starr said "We wanted to use Stop the World, We Want to Get On , but I believe that Brando 's doing that," though it may have been said in sarcasm. Producer Walter Shenson also suggested the title The Day the Clowns Collapsed . Help! was settled on as the film's title later in April, after neither Lennon nor McCartney were able to compose a good title song from its previous name. Lennon then wrote
2860-613: The film. This came in standard 2xDVD packaging and 2xDVD deluxe edition box set on 30 October 2007 in the UK and 6 November 2007 in America. This latest release contains new featurettes, three trailers (one of which is in Spanish), and the aforementioned radio ads carried over from the Criterion LaserDisc issue. The film was released on Blu-ray format in June 2013 by Universal Music , now the owners of EMI/Capitol Records, using
2925-483: The first three James Bond films, and Music from Marlboro Country , various cover versions of the theme to The Magnificent Seven and original soundtrack music from Elmer Bernstein 's Return of the Seven that was sold by Philip Morris as a tie-in to its Marlboro cigarette brand. In 1969, United Artists merged with co-owned Liberty Records and its subsidiary, Imperial Records . In 1971, Liberty/UA Records dropped
2990-531: The following: In June 2007, a version of Help! , sub-titled in Korean, became available on Amazon.com. However, by July 2007, all home video versions of the film were pulled from the market because of rights issues involving Apple Corps – now the full rights holders to the film. The rights issues were eventually resolved and Apple Corps/EMI/Capitol released a new double DVD version with a fully restored image and newly remixed in 2.0 stereo and 5.1 surround sound of
3055-407: The girl, the chief priest, Clang, several cult members, and high priestess Ahme leave for London. After failed attempts to steal the ring without Ringo noticing, they confront him in an Indian restaurant. Ringo learns that he will be the next sacrifice if he does not give up the ring. However, the ring is stuck on his finger and he cannot take it off. The Beatles are chased around London by members of
3120-448: The hot weather scenes, and therefore had to wear light clothing even though it was winter and the weather at the time was actually cool. Tony Bramwell, the assistant to Beatles manager Brian Epstein, stated in his book A Magical Mystery Tour that Epstein chose the Bahamas for tax reasons. According to The Beatles Anthology , during the restaurant sequence filmed in early April, Harrison began to discover Indian -style music, which would be
3185-403: The loan, Liberty/United Records was sold to EMI in 1979 for $ 3 million and assumed liabilities of $ 32 million. EMI dropped the United Artists name in 1980 and revived the Liberty label for releases by artists who had been signed to UA. This incarnation of Liberty Records operated between 1980 and about 1986, when it was deactivated and its artists assigned to other EMI labels. Many albums from
3250-443: The mid-to-late 1970s, the company was known as United Artists Music and Records Group (UAMARG). In 1978, UA executives Artie Mogull and Jerry Rubinstein bought the record company from Transamerica with a loan from EMI , which took over distribution of the label. The official name of the company was changed to Liberty/United Records, but the United Artists Records name was retained under license. The deal led to an immediate setback, as
3315-643: The rights to soundtrack albums UA Records released under license from MGM Music . The catalog of most British acts who were signed to the British branch of UA Records is today controlled by the Parlophone unit of Warner Music Group , with North American distribution by Rhino Entertainment . One exception is the band The Vapors , whose rights to their UA/Liberty recordings are owned by RT Industries, which acquired them from WMG in 2018. However, Warner's services division Alternative Distribution Alliance serves as RT's distributor. Help! (film) Help!
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#17327916004373380-480: The rights to the Bond series. The humour of the film is strongly influenced by the abstract humour of The Goon Show , in which the director had personal and direct experience in the conversion of the radio format to television, and personal working experience with Peter Sellers in particular. Beatles recording producer George Martin had also produced records for the Goon Show team. McCartney has always said that
3445-556: The ring. Ahme rescues Ringo by giving the scientists the shrinking solution in exchange. The two of them dive into the ocean to escape, but Ringo cannot swim, and they are both captured by Clang and his followers. In the end, when Ringo is about to be sacrificed on the beach, the ring suddenly comes off. He puts the ring on Clang's finger, who is then chased by his own cult as the song "Help!" plays. According to interviews conducted with Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr for The Beatles Anthology , director Richard Lester
3510-488: The same time or shortly afterwards. The US album, released by Capitol Records, includes the seven film tracks along with instrumental soundtrack songs orchestrated by Ken Thorne. In addition, the US Help! opens with a hidden track stylised as a satirical "James Bond Theme" before the title track. Early pressings of the US version of the album 1962–1966 include this hidden track banded as "Help!", and later pressings, when
3575-461: The sequence was left in the film novelisation. Like A Hard Day's Night , Help! was originally distributed theatrically by United Artists – the company handled distribution from 1965 to the end of 1980. In January 1981, rights to the film reverted from UA to producer Walter Shenson, and the film was withdrawn from circulation. Help! was released several times in different video formats by MPI Home Video and The Criterion Collection . A version
3640-510: The song "Help!" that same night. The official title was announced on 14 April. Aside from Eight Arms to Hold You , this title won over suggestions from Harrison ( Who's Been Sleeping in My Porridge ) and United Artists producer Walter Shenson ( The Day the Clowns Collapsed ). The Beatles had also suggested High-Heeled Knickers , a play on the title of Tommy Tucker 's 1964 hit song " High-Heeled Sneakers ". The photographer Michael Peto
3705-580: The time, said Help! relied too heavily on "the likeable vacant grin of John Lennon, the smooth charm of Paul, the long-haired good looks of George, and the darkly villainous looks of the Long-Nosed One [Ringo Starr]", and that these qualities were insufficient to carry a film. In his contemporary review in The New York Times , film critic Bosley Crowther stated: "It's a fiasco of farcical whimseys that are thrown together in this film –
3770-412: Was an American record label founded by Max E. Youngstein of United Artists in 1957 to issue movie soundtracks. The label expanded into other genres, such as easy listening, jazz, pop, and R&B. In 1958, United Artists released an album of music from the film The Big Country , for which composer Jerome Moross received an Academy Award nomination. In 1959, United Artists released Forest of
3835-519: Was announced as the official title in mid-March 1965. The latter title was printed on the cover artwork of the single "Ticket to Ride" as from the upcoming film. Because of this, the phrase has been used as a title for an album by Veruca Salt , and for songs by Goon Squad for the Goonies movie, and by the Brittles, a Beatles-pastiche band. By mid-April 1965, the press was already announcing
3900-496: Was commissioned in 1965 to take still photographs during the making of the film; these became known for their candid and expressive quality. During the digitisation of the Michael Peto Collection, which is held by Archive Services, University of Dundee , in 2002, 500 previously unpublished photographs of the Beatles taken during the making of Help! were reported to have been uncovered. Now These Days are Gone ,
3965-484: Was created in 1958 and was in operation until 1959, producing singles by vocal groups; it was reinstated in 1967 for budget albums . In 1966 United Artists acquired the masters of Sue Records , an R&B and soul record label in New York City which produced Ike & Tina Turner , Baby Washington , and jazz organist Jimmy McGriff . Some material produced by Sue was reissued on Unart. United Artists produced
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#17327916004374030-446: Was given a larger budget for this film than he had for A Hard Day's Night , thanks to the commercial success of the latter. Thus, this feature film was in colour and was shot on several overseas locations. It was also given a more extensive musical score than A Hard Day's Night , provided by a full orchestra, and included excerpts of well known classical music: Wagner 's Lohengrin , Act III prelude, Tchaikovsky 's 1812 Overture ,
4095-519: Was released in February 1987 in VHS and Beta through MPI, along with a reissue of A Hard Day's Night the very same day, and was followed by a special-edition release on 31 October 1995. MPI also issued a CLV laserdisc in 1995 and two releases on DVD, the first as a single DVD release on 12 November 1997 and the second as part of The Beatles DVD Collector's Set on 8 August 2000. LaserDisc releases include
4160-495: Was released: the soundtrack for The Karate Kid Part II , a film Weintraub had produced for Columbia Pictures before being hired at UA. A single from the movie's soundtrack, Mancrab's "Fish for Life," was also released on United Artists Records. The United Artists catalog is controlled by Capitol Records, now part of Universal Music Group (who also owns the non-soundtrack catalog of MGM Records , once owned by UA's current parent Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ). Capitol Records also has
4225-399: Was their last full-length scripted theatrical film. The Beatles saw the 1968 animated film Yellow Submarine (in which their characters were voiced by actors, and they themselves made only a token appearance) as a favourable way to complete their commitment to United Artists for a third film. Many fans have assumed that the cartoon did not satisfy the contract, but their cameo appearance at
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