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"Main mateial" vs. "Bonus features" - 2:5.
"Hm, nice package!", I said while opening the box from Amazon with several DVDs inside. "I am going to start with this one".... But what I found inside was really nice package and really painful representation of what I was waiting for to have in a decent form. <
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>Right from the start on all the discs come the impressive menus/submenus with embedded bonus materials. "Good start! Move on!". Audio commentaries, ability to select the chronological order of tracks - excellent! (5-star review was already being composed in my mind).... <
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>But what came next strongly disappointed me. All of the videos in the main body of all three discs are cropped on top and bottom! Well, such butchering is a result of the contemporary marketing rules. The same things happened to the movies when they were cropped on the sides to be released on VHS videos to fit concumer's TV screens. Now we have the opposite situation: what WAS filmed in full-frame and was intended to be screened on 4:3 screens is cropped "to fit our 16:9 TV sets". Who cares about the product itself??!! Even letterboxed images are being cropped at a tighter matte, we all know about that, but the result looks very poor. The same thing happened to this promising (at first glance) set. <
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>FORTUNATELY, bonus materials are not cropped! So we have London Town, Band on the Run and some other stuff in excellent quality. <
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>After I ran through this set I got back to my old amateur dvd-s with the same videos but the picture untouched (well, call them bootlegs, if you like, but they aren't in fact: I got them from people who do not buy or sell stuff, only swap copies). Here when I calmed down. "No", - I said, - "I won't get rid of you. Here is the real stuff". <
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>One more surprise: I haven't found the Southbank Show bonus on Disc 1, instead there is a piece where Paul is talking about creation of Eleanor Rigby/Eleanor's Dream sequence for Broad Street sessions. If this is a mistake - this is not a bad mistake and I don't complain about that. Or maybe this is my mistake and this IS the Southbank Show? Correct me if I'm wrong. <
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>Finally, this is definitely not a complete set of Paul McCartney videos. <
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>Resume: an unjustified waste of money? Well, if one doesn't have another source to get that stuff from - it's not a waste of money, but the consumer remains deprived anyway. Hence minus three stars for ripping people off.

Awesome Paul McCartney DVD Release
The Paul McCartney DVD box set The McCartney Years is a must have for any Paul McCartney fan. The deluxe set is broken up into three volumes. Volume 1 and Volume 2 features a definitive collection of Paul McCartney music videos beginning with the 1970 clip for "I'm Amazed" up to the 2005 release "Fine Line." If you are a fan of Paul McCartney you will love owning so many of his music videos on DVD. The sound and picture quality are excellent. The videos can be viewed chronologically or in special play lists created by Paul himself. The DVD release also includes commentaries for the music videos which were recorded for this release. The commentaries add a personal touch to the video viewing experience. <
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>The third volume on the DVD release includes three live performances. The live performances on the disc include "Rockshow," which was filmed on Wing's 1976 tour, a new edit of Paul McCartney Unplugged from 1991 and his performance at Glastonbury in 2004. <
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>The DVD release includes more than just music videos and concerts. Included with the release is a documentary titled "Creating Chaos at Abby Road." In addition to the feature length documentary are Paul's Superbowl half-time show and his performance of "Let It Be" from Live Aid. <
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>The McCartney Years is affordable and a must have for the Paul McCartney fan. <
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