Beatles best album and concert dvd?


I'm getting older and finally decided to let The Beatles play all day in the background while I work from home.  I've never been a big fan and thought they were overrated (calm down)...  But I'm starting to really enjoy them.  I've listened to the White album a few times and finding a new appreciation for them.  

1. Is the White album generally considered their "best"?  

2. Are there any decent concert dvds where they play live?  
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The Let It Be album was originally being mixed by the great Glyn Johns, but Lennon changed his mind and gave it to Phil Spector. Bad idea. I have heard the album is being readied for a boxset reissue, and I sure hope we get the Glyn John's mixes. Are his mixes what are heard on the Let It Be Naked album? I gotta check out that album; I've always hated the original, by far their worst album. Grim, depressing. The movie too.

There are "camps" when it comes to Beatles albums. While Sgt. Pepper was proclaimed the best in the late 60's, I don't know anyone who thinks that now. For some it's Abbey Road, for others (like Mazzy at The Vinyl Community on YouTube) Revolver. For me it's Rubber Soul.

As for good live concert DVD's, no, there are none. Well, maybe the rooftop concert, if you like that sort of thing. The problem is, they weren't all that good a live band (honest. I saw them in '65), and nobody was doing good live recordings when they were still performing. The sound at their live shows was a joke.