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George Harrison

George Harrison

George Harrison,  MBE (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English rock guitarist, singer-songwriter, actor and film producer who achieved international fame as lead guitarist of The Beatles.  Often referred to as "the quiet Beatle",  Harrison became over time an admirer of Indian mysticism, and introduced it to the other Beatles, as well as those of their Western audience. Following the band's break-up, he had a successful career as a solo artist and later as part of the Traveling Wilburys, and also as a film and record producer. Harrison is listed at number 21 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". Although most of The Beatles' songs were written by Lennon and McCartney, Beatle albums generally included one or two of Harrison's own songs, from With The Beatles onwards.  His later compositions with The Beatles include "Here Comes the Sun", "Something" and "While My Guitar Gently Weeps". By the time of the band's break-up, Harrison had accumulated a backlog of material, which he then released as the acclaimed and successful triple album All Things Must Pass in 1970, from which came two singles: a double A-side single, "My Sweet Lord" backed with "Isn't It a Pity", and "What Is Life". In addition to his solo work, Harrison co-wrote two hits for Ringo Starr, another former Beatle, as well as songs for the Traveling Wilburys—the supergroup he formed in 1988 with Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, and Roy Orbison.

Harrison embraced Indian culture and Hinduism in the mid 1960s, and helped expand Western awareness of sitar music and of the Hare Krishna movement. With Ravi Shankar he organised a major charity concert with the 1971 Concert for Bangladesh.

Besides being a musician, he was also a record producer and co-founder of the production company HandMade Films. In his work as a film producer, he collaborated with people as diverse as the members of Monty Python and Madonna. He was married twice, to model Pattie Boyd from 1966 to 1974, and for 23 years to record company secretary Olivia Trinidad Arias, with whom he had one son, Dhani Harrison. He was a close friend of Eric Clapton. He is the only Beatle to have published an autobiography, with I Me Mine in 1980. Harrison died of lung cancer in 2001.

Livin’ Thing

2024

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Beatles '64

2024

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Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands

2024

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The Bannfoot Ferry

2024

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The Beach Boys

2024

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Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song

2023

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The Beatles and the BBC

2023

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Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback

2023

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Paul Newman: The Restless

2023

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Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC

2023

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Louder Than Rock

2023

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The Lost Weekend: A Love Story

2023

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Roy Orbison At The BBC

2023

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Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

2022

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The Beatles: 1964 US Tour Reconstruction

2022

If These Walls Could Sing

2022

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Sherwood

2022

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The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert

2022

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The Beatles: Get Back

2021

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The Beatles and India

2021

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McCartney 3, 2, 1

2021

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The Sparks Brothers

2021

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1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything

2021

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The Beatles: Let It Be

2021

This Is Pop

2021

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Jealous Guy: The Assassination of John Lennon

2020

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Meeting the Beatles in India

2020

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History 101

2020

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Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

2020

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Paul McCartney: Wings of a Beatle

2019

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Manson: Music From an Unsound Mind

2019

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An Accidental Studio

2019

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Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 2

2019

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Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 1

2019

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Understanding Lennon/McCartney

2018

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John & Yoko: Above Us Only Sky

2018

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ReMastered: Who Shot the Sheriff

2018

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The Beatles ‎– Ready Steady Go!

2018

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Elvis Presley: The Searcher

2018

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Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

2018

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George Harrison - All Things Pass

2018

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Take Your Pills

2018

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14 STANDARD 8mm REELS 1981–1988

2018

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How the Beatles Changed the World

2017

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My Generation

2017

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Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions

2017

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Hare Krishna! The Mantra, the Movement and the Swami Who Started It All

2017

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Sgt Pepper's Musical Revolution

2017

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It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond

2017

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Free to Rock

2017

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Deconstructing the Beatles' White Album

2016

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The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years

2016

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Stupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de décapitation du pape

2016

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George Fest: A Night to Celebrate the Music of George Harrison

2016

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Beatles chronology (1962-1970)

2016

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The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One

2015

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The Beatles 1

2015

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The Beatles 1+

2015

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Awake: The Life of Yogananda

2014

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George Harrison: The Apple Years 1968-75

2014

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Roy Orbison: Mystery Girl - Unraveled

2014

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Beatles på Sverigeturné

2014

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Delaney & Bonnie & Friends: Live In Denmark 1969

2014

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Good Ol' Freda

2013

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Genius

2012

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Magical Mystery Tour Revisited

2012

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Mr. Blue Sky: The Story of Jeff Lynne & ELO

2012

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The Beatles: In Chicago 1964-1966

2012

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Becoming the Beatles

2012

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The Winged Beetle

2012

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George Harrison: Living in the Material World

2011

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Beatles Stories

2011

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The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 1

2011

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The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 4

2011

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The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 3

2011

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The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 2

2011

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I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern

2011

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The Beatles - Unsurpassed Promos

2011

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The Beatles: A Magical History Tour

2010

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Ravi Shankar's Music Festival from India

2010

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The 4 Complete Ed Sullivan Shows Starring The Beatles

2010

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Paul McCartney Really Is Dead: The Last Testament of George Harrison

2010

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John Lennon: Love Is All You Need

2010

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The Beatles: Fifty Fabulous Years

2010

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The Beatles: The Complete Story

2010

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Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)

2009

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The Beatles: Here There and Everywhere

2009

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The Beatles: The Mini Documentaries

2009

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The Beatles on Record

2009

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The Beatles: Budokan Tokyo 1966

2009

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The Beatles: Parting Ways

2009

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The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour Memories

2008

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Rare and Unseen: The Beatles

2008

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Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon & McCartney 1966-1970

2008

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The Beatles: Destination Hamburg

2007

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The Beatles: Help!

2007

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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream

2007

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The True History Of The Traveling Wilburys

2007

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The Beatles Explosion

2007

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The Beatles: Love

2006

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Doctor Who: Origins

2006

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George Harrison & Friends - The Concert for Bangladesh Revisited

2005

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The Beatles: Chronology Vol. 1 y 2

2005

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The Beatles: Love Me Do - A Documentary

2005

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The Beatles: Get Back...Winter of Discontent

2005

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Beatles Biggest Secrets

2004

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20th Century Greats

2004

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The Beatles: Watching Rainbows

2004

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George Harrison: All things must pass

2004

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George Harrison: The Dark Horse Years 1976-1992

2004

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Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle

2004

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Inside John Lennon - Unauthorized

2003

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The Beatles: Around the World

2003

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Concert for George

2003

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The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch

2003

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Beatles: The Journey

2003

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Hagström: Everything in Music

2003

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Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.

2002

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Things They Said Today

2002

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Naqoyqatsi

2002

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George Harrison - The Quiet one

2002

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Beatles: Big Beat Box

2001

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Wingspan

2001

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Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon's Imagine Album

2000

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Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales

1999

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In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story

1999

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The Beatles: A Celebration

1999

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Television: The First Fifty Years

1999

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Classic Albums

1997

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The Beatles Story

1996

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The Beatles Unauthorized

1996

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Alf Bicknell's Beatles Diary

1996

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The Beatles Anthology

1995

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You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'

1995

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The Beatles In Australia: 30th Anniversary

1994

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Tom Petty: Going Home

1994

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Curves Contours & Body Horns

1993

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Ready Steady Go! The Beatles Live

1993

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Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration

1993

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Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'

1992

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The Making of Sgt. Pepper

1992

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The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit

1991

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My Sweet Lord in the Far East

1991

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The Simpsons

1989

as George Harrison (voice)

The Movie Life of George

1989

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Checking Out

1988

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Imagine: John Lennon

1988

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Jimi Plays Monterey

1987

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Taj Mahal and Friends

1987

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Shanghai Surprise

1986

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Fun with the Fab Four

1986

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Rock 'N' Roll Goldmine: The Sixties

1986

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Carl Perkins & Friends: Blue Suede Shoes - A Rockabilly Session

1985

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British Rock: The First Wave

1985

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Water

1985

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The Compleat Beatles

1982

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Timewatch

1982

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Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

1982

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This Is Elvis

1981

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Life of Brian

1979

as Mr. Papadopolous (uncredited)

Ringo

1978

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I Wanna Hold Your Hand

1978

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The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash

1978

as The Interviewer (Jimmy “The Wallasey Warbler” Climmer)

Eric Clapton and His Rolling Hotel

1978

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The Beatles at Shea Stadium

1977

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Mighty Good: The Beatles

1977

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The Day the Music Died

1977

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Night Lunch

1975

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Rutland Weekend Television

1975

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Braverman's Condensed Cream of the Beatles

1974

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The Society of the Spectacle

1974

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Muhammad Ali: The Greatest

1974

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Imagine

1972

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The Concert for Bangladesh

1972

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Raga

1971

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Let It Be

1970

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24 Hours: The World of John and Yoko

1969

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The Beatles: Something

1969

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The Beatles - Abbey Road

1969

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The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume One

1969

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The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Three

1969

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The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Two

1969

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Beatles Electroniques

1969

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The Beatles Mod Odyssey

1968

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All My Loving

1968

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The Beatles: Revolution

1968

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The Beatles: Hey Jude

1968

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Yellow Submarine

1968

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The Movie Orgy

1968

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Magical Mystery Tour

1967

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Omnibus

1967

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All You Need Is Love

1967

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Our World

1967

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The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

1967

Monument

1967

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The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

1967

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El Rey en Londres

1966

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Beatles - Tokyo, Japan 66

1966

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Die Beatles

1966

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Reflections on Love

1966

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The Music of Lennon & McCartney

1965

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The Beatles: Live in Paris

1965

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The Beatles

1965

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Help!

1965

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Doctor Who: The Chase

1965

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Pop Gear

1965

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What's Happening! The Beatles in the USA

1964

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The Beatles: Live in The Netherlands

1964

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A Hard Day's Night

1964

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The Beatles Sing for Shell

1964

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The Beatles in Australia

1964

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Around the Beatles

1964

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The Beatles - Live at the Washington Coliseum

1964

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The Beatles: Live in Washington DC

1964

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Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Beatles in New York

1964

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Top of the Pops

1964

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Top of the Pops

1964

The Beatles Come to Town

1963

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The Beatles - Live at The Empire Theatre Liverpool

1963

The Mersey Sound

1963

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The Morecambe & Wise Show

1961

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Rock Gala Concert

The Beatles - In Germany 24-26 June, 1966

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The Beatles are Coming

The Beatles - 1967-1970

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