Editing Hello, Goodbye (section)

==Promotional films==
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The band made three promotional clips for "Hello, Goodbye".{{sfn|Miles|2001|p=283}} Filmed on 10 November 1967 at the [[Saville Theatre]] in London,{{sfn|Hill|2007|pp=302–03}} a theatre leased by Epstein since 1966, the clips were directed by McCartney.{{sfn|Miles|2001|p=283}}{{sfn|Unterberger|2006|p=324}} The first one shows the Beatles dressed in their ''Sgt. Pepper'' uniforms,{{sfn|Sounes|2010|p=199}} apart from a brief cut-away where the group are wearing their 1963-era [[The Beatles' influence on popular culture#Suits|matching collarless suits]].{{sfn|Winn|2009|p=135}}{{sfn|Castleman|Podrazik|1976|p=259}} In author John Winn's description of the three clips, this version shows the Beatles performing the song against a [[psychedelic art|psychedelic]] backdrop, while over the coda they are joined on the stage by female [[hula]] dancers. Starr is seen playing a miniature drum kit and, unusually, Lennon appears without his [[Teashades|granny glasses]]. In the second clip, the Beatles mime to the song dressed in more conventional attire and with the stage backdrop depicting a rural setting. The third version combines footage shot during these two scenes with the band playing the song before what Winn terms a "glittery pastel backdrop".{{sfn|Winn|2009|p=135}}{{refn|group=nb|According to Winn, this third film is "by far the most entertaining version", since the Beatles are seen "flirting with the dancers, running across the stage, and dancing frenetically".{{sfn|Winn|2009|p=135}}}}

[[File:Hello, Goodbye 1967 main promo clip.jpg|upright=1.15|thumb|right|The first of the three promotional clips for "Hello, Goodbye", showing the Beatles in their ''Sgt. Pepper'' uniforms, accompanied by female hula dancers]]
In the US, the first promo for "Hello, Goodbye" was premiered on ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'' on 26 November.{{sfn|Castleman|Podrazik|1976|p=259}}{{sfn|Miles|2001|p=284}} Author [[Mark Hertsgaard]] describes the film as "a slapdash affair featuring the hula dancers that was salvaged only by some ludicrously spastic dancing by Lennon".{{sfn|Hertsgaard|1996|p=232}} Music critic [[Robert Christgau]] was also unimpressed; speculating in the May 1968 issue of ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'' on the content of the ''Magical Mystery Tour'' film, which had yet to air in America, Christgau wrote: "But if Paul McCartney's work on the film clip of 'Hello Goodbye' is any indication, we would be wise not to hope for too much."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/bk-aow/column3.php|last=Christgau|first=Robert|date=May 1968|title=Columns: Dylan-Beatles-Stones-Donovan-Who, Dionne Warwick and Dusty Springfield, John Fred, California|publisher=robertchristgau.com|access-date=23 June 2015}}</ref> In his book ''Rock, Counterculture and the Avant-Garde'', author Doyle Greene finds it significant that Starr's miniature bass drum lacks the familiar Beatles logo, and he interprets the band's waving to the viewer while dressed in their 1963 stage attire as the Beatles "waving 'goodbye' to the mop-top era and 'hello' to the counterculture".{{sfn|Greene|2016|p=37}}

In Britain, the Beatles ran foul of the [[Musicians' Union (UK)|Musicians Union]]'s ban on [[lip-syncing|miming]] on television.{{sfn|Hill|2007|p=303}} With the first clip scheduled to premier on the 23 November edition of ''[[Top of the Pops]]'',{{sfn|Castleman|Podrazik|1976|p=259}} George Martin mixed a version of the track without violas, since no musician was seen to be playing those instruments;{{sfn|Hill|2007|p=303}} the Beatles then allowed the [[BBC]] to film them at work editing ''Magical Mystery Tour'' on 21 November, in the hope that this new footage would replace any sections that contravened the ban.{{sfn|Winn|2009|p=135}} Instead, ''Top of the Pops'' aired the song over scenes from the band's 1964 film ''[[A Hard Day's Night (film)|A Hard Day's Night]]''.{{sfn|Miles|2001|p=283}} For the 7 December edition of the same show, the BBC ran a clip comprising still photographs mixed with some of the editing-suite film{{sfn|Winn|2009|p=135}} – a combination that served as the promo for "Hello, Goodbye" throughout the remainder of its UK chart run.{{sfn|Hill|2007|p=303}}

The clip included in the 1996 ''[[The Beatles Anthology (TV series)|Beatles Anthology]]'' video release consists of the Beatles' first Saville Theatre film, until the song's coda, which incorporates footage from all three of the original promo films.{{sfn|Winn|2009|p=136}} The first of the original promos was included in the Beatles' 2015 video compilation ''[[1 (Beatles album)|1]]'', and all three were included in the three-disc versions of the compilation, titled ''1+''.<ref>{{cite web|first=Matt|last=Rowe|title=The Beatles 1 to Be Reissued With New Audio Remixes ... and Videos|work=[[The Morton Report]]|date=18 September 2015|access-date=9 January 2016|url=http://www.themortonreport.com/entertainment/music/the-beatles-1-to-be-reissued-with-new-audio-remixesand-videos|archive-date=29 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151229085947/http://www.themortonreport.com/entertainment/music/the-beatles-1-to-be-reissued-with-new-audio-remixesand-videos/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The BBC-compiled clip appeared as a bonus feature on the 2012 DVD reissue of ''Magical Mystery Tour'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goldminemag.com/features/beatles-restored-magical-mystery-tour-arrives-in-u-s-oct-9|title=Beatles' restored 'Magical Mystery Tour' arrives in U.S. Oct. 9|author=Goldmine staff|work=[[Goldmine (magazine)|Goldmine]]|date=22 August 2012|access-date=5 August 2015}}</ref> under the title "Top of the Pops 1967".<ref name="mmt site">{{cite web|title=Order Your Copy|url=http://www.magicalmysterytour.com/?page_id=42|publisher=magicalmysterytour.com|access-date=29 May 2015}}</ref> In May 2013, a [[Vox (musical equipment)|Vox]] electric guitar used by Lennon during part of the filming for "Hello, Goodbye" sold for US$408,000 at an auction in New York.<ref name="guitar auction">{{cite web|url=http://www.3news.co.nz/Beatles-guitar-smashes-auction-estimates/tabid/418/articleID/298424/Default.aspx|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130703153019/http://www.3news.co.nz/Beatles-guitar-smashes-auction-estimates/tabid/418/articleID/298424/Default.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 July 2013|publisher=[[3 News]]|title=Beatles guitar smashes auction estimates|date=20 May 2013|access-date=30 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="RS guitar">{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/beatles-guitar-sells-for-408-000-20130520|publisher=[[Rolling Stone|rollingstone.com]]|title= Beatles Guitar Sells for $408,000|last=Coulehan|first=Erin|date=20 May 2013|access-date=30 June 2015}}</ref>{{refn|group=nb|The same guitar was played by Harrison during rehearsals for the "I Am the Walrus" segment in ''Magical Mystery Tour''.<ref name="guitar auction" /><ref name="RS guitar" />}}