All of this was from a BBC 1968 documentary called 'Music.'

The song was released as a single, but it was recorded as at the same time as the White Album

"Hey Jude" was nominated for the Grammy Awards of 1969 in the Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal categories, but failed to win any of them. It did win the 1968 Ivor Novello Award for "A-Side With the Highest Sales". In the NME 1968 Readers' Poll, "Hey Jude" was named the best single of the year. In 2001, "Hey Jude" was inducted into the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Grammy Hall of Fame. In 2004, it was ranked number 8 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest songs of all time. It came in third on Channel 4's list of 100 Greatest Singles. Broadcast Music Incorporated ranked "Hey Jude" the 11th-best jukebox single of all time.

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Video compilation to In My Life, from Rubber Soul

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from "Yellow Submarine"

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From The Beatles' Let it Be:

The Beatles Home page

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Strange video compilation for A Day in the Life, from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band:

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Previously unreleased studio version -- not live from the rooftop (as the video suggests). You can hear from the clarity of the recording this is a studio and not a live take.

The Beatles performing "Don't Let Me Down" from the Let it Be rooftop sessions

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Trailer for The Beatles "LOVE" Album (November 2007).

It's a 78-minute soundscape and a fascinating reworking of 26 classic tracks by the bands original producer, George Martin and his son Giles. Available on CD and SPECIAL EDITION stereo + 5.1 surround sound 2-disc set. Both editions include a 28-page booklet with commentary about the tracks and their development.

The Beatles Home page

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The Beatles playing Yesterday live, in Tokyo, Japan, 1966. The whole band plays the song, not just Paul.

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More older footage:

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Pretty cool rehearsal recordings

And the near final version:

And the live rooftop concert version

Here's another earlier rehearsal:

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Acoustic Demo of the song, 1968:

Other lesser versions after the jump.

McCartney Live

These compilations of old clips that attempt to approximate a video never seem to get it right (i.e., this is McCartney,not Lennon singing)

As you can see, many of these images long predate the White Album.

At the 3:45 minute mark, you can see McCartney perform the song at the Grammys.

Given the song and the band, you would think U2 could really crush this song.  U2 Helter Skelter from Rattle and Hum. You'd be wrong.

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It was shown on ABC's 20/20, but with Elizabeth Vargus talking over the entire piece!!! But thanks to the magic of non-linear editing I was able to place a recording of "Hey Bulldog" over the 20/20 piece.

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Here comes the sun:

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This video was filmed quite close to the end of the Beatles run . . .

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Since April Fool's Day is only 2 days from now,  we present what is simply one of the most embarrassing things ever to have an affiliation with the Beatles: "Day in the Decade" Beatles tribute segment from 1977 Rolling Stone Anniversary.

Bleccch!

The author of it writes: 

Beatles tribute from hell! From the Rolling Stone Magazine 10th Anniversary TV special in 1977, found by me on an unlabled Beta tape at a flea market. Featuring Ted Neeley (the guy who played Jesus in "Jesus Christ Superstar"), Patti Labelle, Yvonne Elliman and several others. I'm sure most of them would prefer this never be seen again.

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When The Beatles first set out to make “Let It Be” in 1969, they intended a recording that would be a return to a live performance of just the bare necessities of the band, no studio effects or overdubbing of voices or instruments would be allowed. However, caught in the turmoil of the break-up of the band, the album was re-produced by Phil Spector and never released as The Beatles had originally meant it to sound.

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Another fine flick, The Beatles- Help! The Movie, courtesy of Google Video:

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Saying that Hillary has Executive Branch experience is like saying Yoko Ono was a Beatle. 
-- JSN

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via Kiko's House

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The Beatles first appearance in America, in the Ed Sullivan Show, February 9, 1964.
(10 minutes, 34 seconds)

Performance:
All My Loving
Til There Was You
She Loves You
I Want to Hold Your Hand

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The full movie, in its entirety via Google.video:

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This one takes us back in time to a milestone moment in rock history: the day Bob Dylan first smoked up the Beatles. It got weird in that room.

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The Beatles first hit Love Me Do:

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Our pre-Valentine's Day song

"All You Need Is Love" is a song written by John Lennon with contributions from Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon/McCartney. It was first performed by The Beatles on Our World, the first ever live global television link. Broadcast to 26 countries and watched by 350 million people, the programme was broadcast via satellite on June 25, 1967. The BBC had commissioned The Beatles to write a song for the UK's contribution and this was the result.

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From The Beatles movie, A Hard Day's Night.

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We Can Work It Out:

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The original animated special (awful picture quality)

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Very cool -- The Beatles Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Individual tracks are isolated:

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The Full Promo Vids filmed at Chiswick House -- you can see John is bored out of his mind

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Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds from the movie Yellow Submarine

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What might "Stairway to Heaven" have sounded like if it had been recorded for the Beatles' A Hard Day's Night instead of Led Zeppelin's IV? Like this, we guess. In the above video, Australia's premiere Beatles cover band the Beatnix remake Led Zep's all-time greatest song about stairways in the style of the Fab Four's early hits.

Where might one procure an MP3 of this wonderful cover? Here. You're welcome.

Hat Tip: Tube Junkie

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All Together Now from the Yellow Submarine movie

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Live, (and with feedback):

video

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from Yellow Submarine - Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band

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Great Music video by The Beatles for "I Am The Walrus" -- about 12 years before MTV launched

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I remember when this was "found" -- not quite classic Beatles, but still pretty good.

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You can tell John is less than thrilled with the Lip Synching . . .

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Pseudo-Live performance

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I remember these on TV when I was a kid  . . .

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The recording of:

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I love the lip synching . . .

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The Beatles

Live studio recording

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Promotional clip for Strawberry Fields Forever in colour

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Music video by The Beatles for "I Am The Walrus."

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Something

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The Beatles in Germany 1966

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Live concert version of Yesterday:

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Revolution

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The Beatles performing Girl. John Lennon considered this one of his finest.

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Music video for Help! from The Beatles

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Long Tall Sally
Some Fun Tonite

The Beatles live at Palais du Sport, Paris - 20th June 1965

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Rock and Roll Music
Everybody's Trying to be My Baby

The Beatles live at Palais du Sport, Paris - 20th June 1965

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A Hard Day's Night
Baby's in Black

The Beatles live at Palais du Sport, Paris - 20th June 1965

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I'm a Loser
I Want to be Your Man

The Beatles live at Palais du Sport, Paris - 20th June 1965

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Ticket to Ride
Cant Buy Me Love

The Beatles live at Palais du Sport, Paris - 20th June 1965 

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Beatles Live in Paris: Part I

Twist & Shout
She's a Woman

The Beatles live at Palais du Sport, Paris - 20th June 1965

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Help! from The Beatles film of the same name

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Very amusing:

Via Roy Zimmerman

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Decent video of the song I hadn't seen before; A YouTube poster notes:

The Beatles recorded a segment for the David Frost Show in 1968, but instead of it being totally live, they used a track to sync along to. The BBC had a rule stating that all music videos had to be recorded live or else they wouldn't play them. To loophole this, the Beatles added a few "live" elements to this song, such as Paul's screaming, the extra reverb, and the "shoob-be-doo-wop" vocals.

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A clip from the 1965 episode 'The Chase' where the Doctor, Ian, Barbara and Vicki watch the Beatles play 'Ticket to Ride' on the Time/Space Visualiser.

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Beatles (live in Sweden?)

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Amazing! 

I'm not sure what's more astonishing -- the first commercial, or the utterly corny doofus hipster copy!

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Earliest known colour footage of the Beatles (sound dubbed in via BBC).

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I'd love to order these:

Source:
Thought for the week
http://www.johnsonbanks.co.uk/thoughtfortheweek/index.php#141

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The Beatles - From Me to You -- live in Washington DC

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classic:

Beatles performing "I Feel Fine" on Ready Steady Go (video) ;

Audio is a studio take

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