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| Upcoming 2DVD from HMC |
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| The HMC 2DVD folder. |
Disc One: Outtakes & Discs Two: The Documentary.
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| Misterclaudel's release, also 2DVDs. |
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| Back of the Misterclaudel release. |
Disc One: Outtakes & Discs Two: The Documentary.
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Magical Mystery Tour anniversary on bootlegs
Disc One: Outtakes & Discs Two: The Documentary.
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What goes on? Early version up for sale again
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| The label of "What Goes On" demo disc. |
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| Parlogram announced the upcoming auction on their Facebook page. |
There was no sonic sample available at the Bonham's auction, so this will be the first time we will be able to hear a little bit of the demo.
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Paul on Saturday Night Live 1993
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| Paul meets Chip Dutch (private photo). |
Anyway, head on over to syracuse.com and read how the cast of Saturday Night Live reacted to Paul's first live appearance there - and how our guy managed to witness it all first hand.
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End of the line for Charlie T jr
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| Charlie T joins his fellow Wilburies, Nelson and Lefty. |
Petty was friendly with George Harrison and Ringo Starr, and his band The Heartbreakers backed Bob Dylan on his 1986 and '87 tours.
Petty has been a central American rock artist since the late seventies, with hits like "American Girl", "Free Fallin'" and "I Won't Back Down". His first major album success with The Heartbreakers was "Damn The Torpedoes" in 1979.
His solo album "Full Moon Fever" lifted him to new heights ten years later, following Petty's membership in on of rock's biggest superstar groups, The Traveling Wilburys, together with Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Roy Orbison and Jeff Lynne. Now there's just two of them left on earth. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers finished their last tour just a week ago at the Hollywood Bowl.
God bless Tom Petty peace and love to his family I'm sure going to miss you Tom 😎✌️🌟💖🎶🎵🎶☮️ pic.twitter.com/CktFyhBdxT— #RingoStarr (@ringostarrmusic) October 2, 2017
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Paul McCartney on coloured vinyl
8 albums from Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney and Wings are being reissued worldwide on CD, 180-gram heavyweight vinyl and limited edition coloured vinyl.
No bonus Tracks, just the regular album songs.
01-McCARTNEY:
CD
REGULAR LP
RED VINYL LIMITED EDITION
02-RAM
CD
REGULAR LP
YELLOW VINYL LIMITED EDITION
03-BAND ON THE RUN
CD
REGULAR LP
WHITE VINYL LIMITED EDITION
04-VENUS AND MARS
CD
REGULAR LP
RED/YELLOW VINYL LIMITED EDITION
05-WINGS AT THE SPEED OF SOUND
CD
REGULAR LP
ORANGE VINYL LIMITED EDITION
06-McCARTNEY II
CD
REGULAR LP
CLEAR VINYL LIMITED EDITION
07-TUG OF WAR
CD
REGULAR LP
BLUE VINYL LIMITED EDITION
08-PIPES OF PEACE
CD
REGULAR LP
SILVER VINYL LIMITED EDITION
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Ringo's Christmas album returns
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| Ringo's 1999 Christmas album |
This is the first vinyl edition of the album, as it was originally only available on CD and cassette.
- "Come On Christmas, Christmas Come On" (Richard Starkey, Mark Hudson, Dean Grakal) – 3:36
- "Winter Wonderland" (Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith) – 2:55
- "I Wanna Be Santa Claus" (Starkey, Hudson, Dick Monda) – 3:46
- features Timothy B. Schmit on backing vocals
- "The Little Drummer Boy" (Harry Simeone, Henry Onorati, Katherine K. Davis) – 3:19
- features Timothy B. Schmit on backing vocals
- "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (Johnny Marks) – 2:21
- "Christmas Eve" (Starkey, Hudson) – 4:26
- "The Christmas Dance" (Starkey, Hudson, Jim Cox, Steve Dudas) – 4:06
- followed by studio chatter in between this and the following track
- "Christmas Time (Is Here Again)" (George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Richard Starkey) – 4:06
- originally recorded by The Beatles in 1967 for their annual Christmas record for members of their fan club
- features Joe Perry on guitar solo
- "Blue Christmas" (Bill Hayes, Jay Johnson) – 2:58
- "Dear Santa" (Starkey, Hudson, Dudas) – 5:12
- "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) – 2:56
- features Timothy B. Schmit on backing vocals
- followed by a short violin piece in between this and the following track
- "Pax Um Biscum (Peace Be with You)" (Starkey, Hudson, Scott Gordon) – 4:46
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New book about drugs and The Beatles
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| Joe Gooden's book, "Riding So High". |
Riding So High charts the Beatles’ extraordinary odyssey from teenage drinking and pill-popping, to cannabis, LSD, the psychedelic Summer of Love and the darkness beyond.
Drugs were central to the Beatles’ story from the beginning. The acid, pills and powders helped form bonds, provided escape from the chaos of Beatlemania, and inspired colossal leaps in songwriting and recording. But they also led to break-ups, breakdowns, drug busts and prison.
The only full-length study of the Beatles and drugs, Riding So High tells of getting stoned, kaleidoscope eyes, excess, loss and redemption, with a far-out cast including speeding Beatniks, a rogue dentist, a script-happy aristocratic doctor, corrupt police officers and Hollywood Vampires.
‘The deeper you go, the higher you fly…’
Whether you're a stoner, straight-edge or somewhere in between, you won't want to miss this. Riding So High – The Beatles and Drugs. 113,413 words. 9 October 2017.
Joe also runs The Beatles' Bible, possibly the greatest online Beatles resource.
Links:
Ebook
Paperback
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More coloured vinyl from Macca
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| New single in 2 versions from Paul. |
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| The 2012 Christmas single has become expensive. |
Links:
Green
Red
Video:
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More coloured vinyl for Christmas
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| A box with the Fan club Christmas singles due from the Beatles - But it’s hardly a gift! |
This leaked yesterday - a new Beatles release is imminent: A boxed set of the seven Christmas singles on coloured vinyl, with a booklet. Limited edition, which probably means they have figured out exactly how many Beatles fans will want and can afford this, and that’s the amount they have manufactured. Also in the cards: a new picture disc version of the Sgt. Pepper album. To be announced officially shortly.
The Christmas Records [limited edition box set: seven 7” colored vinyl singles]
1963: “The Beatles' Christmas Record”
(one-sided, 5:00 TRT)
Recorded: 17 October 1963 - Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road, London
1964: “Another Beatles Christmas Record”
(one-sided, 3:58 TRT)
Recorded: 26 October 1964 - Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road, London
1965: “The Beatles' Third Christmas Record”
(one-sided, 6:20 TRT)
Recorded: 8 November 1965 - Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road, London
1966: “Pantomime - Everywhere It's Christmas: The Beatles' Fourth Christmas Record”
(one-sided, 6:36 TRT)
Recorded: 25 November 1966 - Dick James Music, New Oxford Street, London
1967: “Christmas Time (Is Here Again): The Beatles’ Fifth Christmas Record”
(one-sided, 6:06 TRT)
Recorded: 28 November 1967 - Studio Three, EMI Studios, Abbey Road, London
1968: “The Beatles' Sixth Christmas Record”
(two-sided, 7:48 TRT)
Recorded: 1968, various locations
1969: “The Beatles' Seventh Christmas Record”
(two-sided, 7:39 TRT)
Recorded: 1969, various locations
The seven Beatles Christmas singles were originally flexi discs sent to members of the official fan clubs in a few countries. In the UK and USA, an LP collected the singles, and this LP was also sent out for free to fan club members only.
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New releases official statement
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| The Christmas Discs Boxed Set, retailing for €72.99 from the European Beatles store |
We Are Ringing In The Holidays with New Global Beatles Releases
“HAPPY CHRISTMAS, BEATLE PEOPLE!”
THE BEATLES RING IN THE HOLIDAYS WITH ‘THE CHRISTMAS RECORDS’ LIMITED EDITION SEVEN-INCH VINYL BOX SET TO BE RELEASED DECEMBER 15
The Beatles’ Festive Fan Club Holiday Recordings Presented Together on Seven Colored Vinyl Singles with Original Artwork
Acclaimed ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ Expanded Deluxe Anniversary Edition to be Released in HD Digital Audio
‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ 2017 Stereo Mix to be Released on 180-Gram Vinyl LP and Limited Edition Picture Disc Vinyl LP
London – November 2, 2017 – Apple Corps Ltd./Capitol/UMe are wrapping up new, global Beatles releases for the holiday season, and a splendid time is guaranteed for all.
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| All these can now be yours! From Apple Corps Ltd. |
Preorder The Beatles’ limited edition The Christmas Records box set: http://TheBeatles.lnk.to/ChristmasRecords
Also on December 15, the Deluxe Anniversary Edition of The Beatles’ 1967 masterwork, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, will debut worldwide in high definition digital audio (96kHz/24bit). The Deluxe Anniversary Edition features the album’s acclaimed 2017 stereo mix, plus 18 additional tracks, including complete alternate takes for the groundbreaking album’s 13 songs, newly mixed in stereo. The expanded edition also features the 2017 stereo mix and an instrumental take of “Penny Lane” and the 2015 stereo mix and two complete alternate takes for “Strawberry Fields Forever.”
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| The new Sgt pepper picture disc design. |
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| Single lP version of Sgt Pepper with the new stereo remix |
Preorder Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band 180-gram black vinyl LP: http://TheBeatles.lnk.to/SgtPepperAnniversary1LP
Preorder Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band limited edition picture disc vinyl LP: http://TheBeatles.lnk.to/SgtPepperAnniversaryPictureDisc
Apart from these new releases, the press statement also talks about the PBS premiere of the "Eight Days A Week" documentary, but as it has been shown on TV for months in other countries, this is hardly news for a seasoned Beatles fan.
What we notice is that the picture disc seems to be based on the old US picture disc of Sgt Pepper from the 80's with the bass drum logo on one side of the disc. This of course, different to the UK picture disc of olde, which had the same cover photo on each side.
Also, no mention about how limited the Christmas singles boxed set will be, although the use of words like "worldwide distribution" indicates a market driven approach to the word "limited".
What probably is very limited, is the new Sgt Pepper jukebox for vinyl singles that Apple Corps Ltd has licensed.
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| Sgt Pepper jukebox - an addition to your good old Yellow Submarine jukebox |
https://thebeatlesstore.com/pages/sgtpepperjukebox
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Sources for the Christmas discs
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| "..and I'm sure, somewhere down the line, there's gonna be a t-shirt." -George Harrison |
IN REGARDS TO THE MASTERING!
"We have pretty extensive archives so not all tape masters were lost! Or at least, we have original tapes even if there were contemporary safety copies. These are a mix of original tape and the contemporary disc dubs...They were all worked on with de-noising and lots of de-clicking (especially the disc dubs) and I really think that...they are by far the quietest and best versions anyone will have heard before."
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| Or two. Available from the official Beatles stores. |
"We just felt that the job was to release the discs as close to the same as they were originally (with the audio cleaned up as much as possible and pressed on vinyl rather than flexi) so it never really seemed like an option to add anything 'new'!"
Source: Fab 4 Free 4 All on Facebook
So, it seems that from these statements we understand that some disc-dubs have been used as a source here. Let's hope this was from a clean copy of an LP and not from the actual flexis. And where did the master tapes for the "Christmas Album" and "From Then To You" go, Apple? These LPs (depicted below) compiled all seven Christmas singles into one album, one for each side of the Atlantic on regular vinyl. They were sent to the remaining members of the official Beatles fan clubs in Great Britain and USA in 1970 for free and are now collector's items.
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| From Then To You, the U.K. compilation LP of the fan club singles, 1970. Apple LYN 2153. |
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| The Christmas Album, the USA compilation LP of the Fan club singles, 1970. Apple Records SBC 100; |
Of course, we do realise that the Beatles' Christmas singles are best served one single at a time, a whole LP in one sitting is a bit of an overkill. However, the main complaint about the new boxed set is "Why not offer them on CD" and "why not make them downloads"?
As you may or may not be aware of, vinyl releases sell more than CD releases these days. And that's something marketing departments are acutely aware of. Also, boxed sets are de rigeur at the moment.
Still, it wouldn't surprise us if a compilation CD or downloads will show up some time after the sets are sold.
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The Sgt Pepper jukebox
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| The Sgt Pepper Jukebox |
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Manufactured under licence: (c) 2017 Apple Corp Limitied. A Beatles TM product
70 x 7" vinyl record rotating jukebox mechanism. (140 selections - A/B sides)
D4 amplifier : 2 x independent stereo channel outputs, 60W RMS per channel.
2 x mid / 2 x tweeter and 1 x 12" Twin cone bass speaker
Remote control for home use - record selection / shuffle play / aux input / volume / reject record
140 selection rotating title display. (printed using Sound Leisure's Label Magic software - 12 months subscription fee included)
Aux input (phono)
Aux output (phono)
Microphone input
Bluetooth connection as standard
All Jukeboxes can be manufactured to run any voltage (e.g 110V u.s.a)
DIMENSIONS
Height: 1410mm
Width: 780mm
Depth: 700mm
Weight: 120KG
PRICE
£8,995.00 delivered to UK mainland. Of course, they'll ship it anywhere, but freight cost will be added. Order from the contact form on Sound Leisure Limiteds website.
Links:
Sound Leisure Limited
Beatles Store (Official Beatles store for USA)
Jingle Jukebox
Beatles Online Store (Official Beatles store for Europe/UK)
To our knowledge, the Sgt Pepper jukebox is only the second Beatles jukebox that Apple Corps has licensed, the first one being the Rock-Ola Yellow Submarine jukebox of 2000, which you can read about here. The Yellow Submarine jukebox was limited to 100 pieces, of which you can find a couple in Liverpool, at the Hard Day's Night Hotel and the Cavern Pub, Ozzy Osbourne owns one and four are owned by Apple Corps themselves...perhaps one in each Beatle's home..?
Of course, once you have installed your Sgt. Pepper jukebox, you need to stack it with singles. With a themed jukebox like that, here are a couple must have singles:
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| This 45 has the title track and "With a Little Help From My Friends" on the A-side and "A Day In The Life" on the B-side |
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| This Swedish 45 has the same songs on the A-side, but on the B-side is the elusive "Within You Without You". |
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Beatles night on BBC Four
In Great Britain, BBC Four is having a Beatles night, just have a look at the schedule:
9.30: Storyville: How The Beatles rocked the Kremlin
Documentary which tells the extraordinary unknown story of how the Beatles helped to destroy the USSR.
In August 1962, director Leslie Woodhead made a two-minute film in Liverpool's Cavern Club with a raw and unrecorded group of rockers called the Beatles. He arranged their first live TV appearances on a local show in Manchester and watched as the Fab Four phenomenon swept the world.
Twenty-five years later while making films in Russia, Woodhead became aware of how, even though they were never able to play in the Soviet Union, the Beatles' legend had soaked into the lives of a generation of kids. This film meets the Soviet Beatles generation and hears their stories about how the Fab Four changed their lives, including Putin's deputy premier Sergei Ivanov, who explains how the Beatles helped him learn English and showed him another life.
The Soviet authorities were alarmed by the seditious potential of rock and roll, with the Beatles a special target and denounced as 'bugs' in official papers. Their smuggled records were destroyed and their music was banned, but the myth blossomed as bootlegs and photos were covertly traded and even rented amongst fans.
Soon there were thousands of rock bands across the USSR, trying to make music with crude home-made guitars. Speakers on lampposts installed to broadcast propaganda were grabbed by rock hopefuls, while reports that an electric pickup could be cannibalised from a telephone led to phone boxes being raided and disabled.
Millions of young people fell in love with the Beatles and the culture of the Cold War enemy, and defected emotionally from the Soviet system. The Beatles prepared the cultural way for the fall of the Berlin Wall and ultimately helped to wash away the foundations of that system.
10.30: Sgt Pepper's Musical Revolution by Howard Goodall
On 1 June, 1967, an album was released that changed music history - The Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. In this film, composer Howard Goodall explores just why this album is still seen as so innovative, so revolutionary and so influential. With the help of outtakes and studio conversations between the band, never heard before outside of Abbey Road, Howard gets under the bonnet of Sgt Pepper. He takes the music apart and reassembles it, to show us how it works - and makes surprising connections with the music of the last 1,000 years to do so.
Sgt Pepper came about as a result of a watershed in The Beatles' career. In August 1966, sick of the screaming mayhem of live shows, they'd taken what was then seen as the career-ending decision to stop touring altogether. Instead, beginning that December, they immersed themselves in Abbey Road with their creative partner, producer George Martin, for an unprecedented five months. What they produced didn't need to be recreated live on stage. The Beatles took full advantage of this freedom, turning the studio from a place where a band went to capture its live sound, as quickly as possible, into an audio laboratory, a creative launch pad. As Howard shows, they and George Martin and his team constructed the album sound by sound, layer by layer - a formula that became the norm for just about every rock act who followed.
In June 1967, after what amounted to a press blackout about what they'd been up to, Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was released. It was a sensation, immediately becoming the soundtrack to the Summer of Love - and one of the best-selling, most critically lauded albums of all time. It confirmed that a 'pop music' album could be an art form, not just a collection of three-minute singles. It's regularly been voted one of the most important and influential records ever released.
In this film, Howard Goodall shows that it is the sheer ambition of Sgt Pepper - in its conception, composition, arrangements and innovative recording techniques - that sets it apart.
Made with unprecedented access to The Beatles' pictorial archive, this is an in-depth exploration, in sound and vision, of one of the most important and far-reaching moments in recent music history.
11.30: Arena: The Magical Mystery Tour Special
Arena presents the greatest Beatles story never told, a blockbuster double-bill. Beginning with a documentary full of fabulous Beatles archive material never shown before anywhere in the world.
Songs you'll never forget, the film you've never seen and a story that's never been heard. In 1967, in the wake of the extraordinary impact of Sgt. Pepper, The Beatles made a film - a dreamlike story of a coach daytrip, a magical mystery tour. It was seen by a third of the nation, at 8.35pm on BBC1 on Boxing Day - an expectant public, hoping for some light entertainment for a family audience.
Magical Mystery Tour was greeted with outrage and derision by middle England and the establishment media.
'How dare they', they cried, 'They're not film directors, who do they think they are?' they howled. Where were the four lovable moptops of Help! and A Hard Day's Night?
What propelled The Beatles to make this surreal, startling and - at the time - utterly misunderstood film?
Roll up roll up for the Mystery Tour!
this is followed by Top of the Pops from 1984, and more Beatles:
01.10: ...Sings The Beatles
Recorded for the 40th anniversary of Abbey Road, The Beatles' final album, a journey through the classic and curious covers in the BBC archives.
Featuring Sandie Shaw singing a sassy Day Tripper, Shirley Bassey belting out Something, a close-harmony Carpenters cover of Help!, Joe Cocker's chart-topping With a Little Help from My Friends, Oasis reinventing the Walrus and a little Lady Madonna from Macca himself.
Plus a few 'magical' moments from Candy Flip, The Korean Kittens and Su Pollard.
Then at 2.10, the Storyville programme about The Beatles and Kremlin is reprised.
Link: BBC Four
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Completist alert
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| Compiled from a series of programmes. |
In a very special concert, Paul McCartney gave a unique insight into the art of his songwriting. Paul returned to Studio 2 at Abbey Road, the room where all the Beatles records were made, for an intimate journey through his songwriting history, from his very first Beatles song to the work on his then new album "Chaos & Creation In The Backyard".
Paul talked in depth to Mark Radcliffe, revealing his techniques and secrets and sharing stories of his writing partnership with John Lennon, his work with the Beatles and his solo career before moving on to a ground breaking solo live performance.
Links:
Amazon.co.uk
BBC
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Songbird in a cage
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| The album "Rest" from Charlotte Gainsbourg contains a song composed by Paul McCartney |
"Songbird in a Cage" is the song in question. “We had a very nice lunch about six-and-a-half years ago”, she recalls. “I couldn’t believe that I was actually sitting next to him. I told him that if he ever had a song for me it would be a dream come true. A few weeks later he sent this track. It was a demo. I didn’t know what to do with it, because I wanted it to be part of the album. We had to reinvent it. Paul very sweetly came to Electric Lady. He did a bit of piano, some bass, a bit of guitar. It was incredible, just to see him work”. .
Somebody has already uploaded the song to YouTube, so you can listen here. At least for now.
Links to purchase: Amazon.co.uk - Amazon.com
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Ringo to tour Europe and Israel next summer
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| Ringo will return to Europe after 7 years to embark on a new tour |
Ringo Starr announces the 13th iteration of his All Starr Band and new tour dates through Europe and Israel. After six years with the same band, Ringo welcomes Colin Hay back to the group and as well as new member Graham Gouldman of 10cc (I’m Not In Love, Things We Do For Love, Dreadlock Holiday, Wall Street Shuffle). Hay and Gouldman join existing All Starrs Steve Lukather, Gregg Rolie, Warren Ham and Gregg Bissonette.
In June, the All Starrs embark on a 21 date tour that will kick off in Paris France and includes shows in Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Monaco, Netherlands and Israel, concluding in Italy. The last time the All Starrs toured Europe was 2011.
The All Starrs just finished a tour that started with a Las Vegas residency and ended with a performance at New York City’s Beacon Theater. The band is supporting Starr’s new album, Give More Love.
“While almost none of the songs are less than 30 years old, it should be noted (underlined, with asterisks) that Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band is not a nostalgia act. “Nostalgia” implies something static, irrelevant, and vaguely frivolous. No, Starr and his merry band are much too vibrant for that, and the message of peace and love that they sing is just as relevant today. Besides, legends never go out of style.”– People Magazine
Tour dates include:
June 5 Olympia, Paris, France - Tickets
June 8 Holland Blues Festival, Grolloo, Netherlands - Tickets
June 9 Flens Arena, Flensberg, Germany - Tickets
June 10 StadPark, Hamburg, Germany - Tickets
June 13 Kaisaniemi Park, Helsinki, Finland - Tickets
June 15 Lunden, Horsens, Denmark - Tickets
June 16 Tempodorm, Berlin, Germany - Tickets
June 17 Stadhalle, Zwickau, Germany - Tickets
June 19 Congress Hall, Prague, Czech Republic - Tickets
June 20 Stadhalle, Vienna, Austria - Tickets
June 23 Menoarah, Tel Aviv, Israel - Tickets
June 24 Menorah Arena Tel Aviv, Israel - Tickets
June 26 St. Jordi Club, Barcelona, Spain - Tickets
June 28 Wlznik Center, Madrid, Spain - Tickets
June 29 Coliseum, La Caruna, Spain - Tickets
July 1 Bizkia Arena, Bilbao, Spain - Tickets
July 4 Rockhal, Luxembourg, Belgium - Tickets
July 6 Sporting Complex, Monte Carlo, Monaco - Tickets
July 8 Piazza Napoleone, Lucca, Italy - Tickets
July 9 Piazza Degliscachi, Marostica, Italy - Tickets
July 11 Auditorium, Cavea, Rome, Italy - Tickets
Ticket sales are already ongoing, at least for some of the dates.
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New "special edition" Beatles magazine
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| New magazine |
The Beatles: A Life In Pictures is a lavish 100 page tribute to the four lads who shook the world. Fashions come and go, but The Beatles still amaze us with their music.
Fifty years on from their classic album Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, their stature is completely undiminished, and this fresh new selection of pictures – many seldom-seen; some previously unpublished – tells their story, and helps to explain some of that enduring appeal.
Their music was remarkable for its rate of change, and so were the band themselves, taking on new influence, new hairstyles, and whole new outlooks. What didn’t change was the band’s essential personality – throughout their career, they remained as charismatic, intelligent and playful as at they were at the start.
Theirs were public lives, and yet they only rarely shut the door to the world. In a time of copy approval and scripted reality television, it’s hard to conceive of the level of access The Beatles granted to the world’s press. Their off-the-cuff remarks could be hilarious. Pictures of them taken as they worked on something else entirely can speak volumes.
A day in the life? This is the life of the Beatles, in 100 pages. From their residencies at disreputable Hamburg clubs, to recording their hits, charming a whole new medium – television – and conquering America, The Beatles: A Life In Pictures brings you closer to John, Paul, George and Ringo. On each spread here, you’ll also find contemporary remarks from the Beatles themselves and their associates, selected from the archives of NME and Melody Maker.
Step right this way…
Also, we couldn't help but notice the round sticker-like figure on the front cover, with the legend "Unseen photos discovered". Whether that's a news story or actual photos we have not been informed...
Link: The Beatles - A Life in pictures
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New TMOQ issues from HMC: MMT and Lennon
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| TMOQ Gazette Vol 34: 1 DVD, 1 CD |
The second one is a 1 CD 1 DVD set about John Lennon's Walls and Bridges album. The DVD seems to marry the November 1974 film of Lennon out and about in NYC with alternate takes of some songs, with additional material from old news clips. The CD looks extremely tedious, offering mostly umpteen takes of "Whatever Gets You Through The Night" original and remake. Not something to entertain guests with, unless they are Lennon obsessed.
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| TMOQ Gazette Vol. 33: 2 DVD set. |
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"Ringo" to be re-released
Last November, we mentioned that Capitol Records would celebrate their 75th anniversary this year, by re-releasing quite a numer of their classic records. Among these, quite a few Beatles related ones.
One of these, James Taylor's debut LP from 1968 on Apple Records is now available - and like we hoped, it has an Apple label. However, there seems to be a mistake here.
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| The Apple label, side 2. Photo: Jeff S. Levy. |
One album that we have just seen a mock-up of the cover of, is Ringo Starr's triumphant "Ringo" from 1973. Capitol has released this image:
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| "Ringo" with the Capitol Records 75th Anniversary logo. |
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| Goodnight Vienna will be out at the same day as "Ringo". |
Like we have mentioned earlier, this year has seen both "Bad Boy" and "I Wanna Be Santa Claus" re-released on vinyl. Or, in the instance of the latter, this is actually it's first outing on vinyl.
And that's a good thing. For a number of years, Ringo's albums were only released digitally. It would be nice if they would make an appearance on LP for those who prefer that listening format.
So if anybody involved with the records are listening, the following Ringo albums are the ones we would like to see on the vinyl format:
1998: Vertical Man (only available on CD, cassette and download)
2003: Ringo Rama (only available on CD, cassette and download)
2005: Choose Love (only available on CD and download)
2007: Photograph: The Very Best of Ringo Starr (collection, only available on CD and download)
2008: Liverpool 8 (only available on CD, USB-bracelet and download)
2014: Icon (collection, only available on CD)
Of course, there's also a bunch of live albums from Ringo and his various All Starr Bands which are only available digitally.
Meanwhile, "Bad Boy" has been made available on black, champagne and blue vinyl. The champagne one is on 180 gram vinyl and includes a poster. It will be released today, December 1.
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Paul's Christmas album
During Christmas 1965, Paul McCartney went to music publisher Dick James' studio to transfer a tape onto disc as a present for his fellow Beatles. Only four copies were ever pressed, with many - including McCartney - believing they were lost in the mists of time. On December 1, Simon Wells uploaded Paul McCartney's 1965 Christmas album (or what's left of it) to YouTube. In 2011, a vinyl bootleg with this material appeared. Apparently one tape which used to contain the album was taped over by John and Ringo, but 18:33 of the original 26 minute tape has been restored. Paul is acting as a DJ here, with a heavy American accent, announcing the songs.
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