"The BeatlesAnthology" DVD, released in April, debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's music video chart and marked the biggest music video DVD box set debut in the SoundScan era.
If the anthology is well-received, the remaining Beatles could venture onto the tour circuit, predicted Somach -- just the sort of statement to drive record sales through the roof and Beatlemania II into a bonafide phenomenon.
The newspaper said The Beatles's songs had shown an extraordinary capacity for survival and the White Album album remained a "magical musical anthology".