By Steve Marinucci

THE BEATLES ANTHOLOGY (APPLE): It was a long time coming, but this five-disc set was certainly worth the wait. There's no doubt this is the best and most complete telling of the group's story we'll ever get by the group themselves. 

The five DVDs contain all of the original Anthology video release (which was expanded from the original TV broadcast). Of course, what would a DVD set be without extras, and the extras here are historic: approximately an hour of unreleased footage from the jam session Ringo, George and Paul did during the making of the documentary. Not to mention the "Real Love" video that wasn't included in the original video release. 

It also includes Paul, George, and Ringo at Abbey Road Studios with George Martin, playing back the multi-tracks of some of their recordings and discussing techniques used during the original sessions; Paul, George, Ringo and Jeff Lynne talking about recording FAAB and "Real Love"; Paul, George, Ringo and George Martin discuss how the three Anthology double albums were compiled; the making of the "Free as a Bird" video, plus the team behind the Anthology series discuss how it was made. All of this in 5.1 Dolby. 

This is a must. (And it's cheaper than the video was!)