This little known album from 1968 was actually almost the first official solo album by a Beatle, It was the first LP to be released on the band’s Apple records, and it is totally unjustly overlooked. I say almost, because of the soundtrack to the film of the Family Way (1966) which was credited to Paul McCartney and George Martin, although McCartney did little apart from hum the main two themes to Martin for him to write down, score, arrange, and have recorded.

After years of insanely hard work, when the 1966 world tour was completed, and the band – especially George – had died that they would do no more, the band took the rest of the year off and concentrated on solo projects. John went to Spain where he made a movie called How I won the War, and George flew to India, took sitar lessons and started to compose the music which could appear on this album.

The album features such notables as classical pianist and orchestral arranger John Barham, while other contributors include Indian classical musicians Aashish Khan, Shivkumar Sharma, Shankar Ghosh and Mahapurush Misra. The Western music features contributions from Tony Ashton and his band the Remo Four, as well as guest appearances by Eric Clapton and Ringo Starr.

It is the soundtrack to the film of the same name telling the story of the reclusive, eccentric scientist Oscar Collins (Jack MacGowran) who has two next-door neighbours: a pop photographer and his girlfriend/model Penny Lane (Jane Birkin). Discovering a beam of light streaming through a hole in the wall between them, Collins follows the light and spots Penny modelling for a photo shoot. He begins to make more holes as days go by and becomes a Peeping Tom as they do more photo sessions. Oscar gradually becomes infatuated with the girl, and feels a part of the couple's lives, even forsaking work to observe them. When they quarrel and the couple splits, Penny takes an overdose of pills and passes out, but Oscar comes to her rescue.

The DVD is all-new print has been the subject of an extensive hi-definition restoration by the Pinewood Studios film restoration team.

This release features the original theatrical version and the more recent re-edited director's cut that features music from the original Wonderwall session that was never included in the original theatrical release.

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DVD BONUS FEATURES:

Reflections on Love (14 mins) - 1966 short film directed by Joe Massot: Publicity Gallery: Publicity Text: The Art Of Marijke: Eric Clapton skiing: John Lennon Poem: The Remo Four Music Video: Theatrical Trailer: An Outtake: Collector's Booklet - The Story Of Wonderwall: Subtitles Both the film and the album will repay your investigation. Go for it.

Box set contains

Remastered vinyl album DVD of the film (Region 2) Reproduction: 2 x A3 film posters Production stills 10”x 8” promotion photos (GREAT -Jane Birkin – SHOTS) A5 x Lobby Cards

And much more.............................