Mac is back
July 5 in Albany, New York: Paul McCartney held his first concert after having been hospitalised in Tokyo in May. "It's great to be back," McCartney said, having turned 72 since his last concert....
View ArticleSouth Bank Show retrospective
Paul McCartney and Melvyn BraggIn the UK, the Sky Arts Channel is doing a retrospective on the South Bank Show. The subject of the first episode of the South Bank Show was Paul McCartney & Wings,...
View ArticleA Hard Day's Night - German edition (pictures)
Front cover of the German Special EditionThe back of the outer sleeveStanding tallInside the sleeve is this folded package, containing the discsThe back of the inner packageThe discs 1 (blu ray) and 2...
View ArticleDutch A Hard Day's Night
Dutch Blu-ray edition of A Hard Day's Night with 4,5 hours worth of bonus materialbackThanks to Dirk Bock for sharing these. The Dutch edition has subtitles in Dutch, but unlike the German edition, the...
View ArticleLife after Apple Records
George Harrison's Dark Horse Records labelThe rise and fall of Apple Records didn't discourage the individual Beatles from founding record labels of their own, in order to release records by other...
View ArticleHMC Shea! - review
The mailman arrived with this baby this weekend and since I've mentioned it as an upcoming release earlier this year, I thought I'd review it. These are the contents of the release I received, a 1DVD...
View ArticlePaul McCartney: New [Collector's Edition]
Earlier, Japanese "Out There" edition of "New"It looks like Universal Music Group and Hear Music is all set to milk Paul McCartney's "New" album even further. Listed on Amazon is a "Collector's...
View ArticleMcCartney's Archive series hits the iPad
Screenshots from appWhile we were busy awaiting the "Venus and Mars" and "Speed Of Sound" releases in the Paul McCartney Archive series, the previous releases in the series have been reworked as Apple...
View ArticleThe Beatles Live Project moves along
Ron Howard with John Lennon, back in those happy daysThe Beatles Live Project just got it's own website. You probably guessed it, yes it's Thebeatlesliveproject.com. Says it's a film, directed by Ron...
View ArticleDutch Edition of A Hard Day's Night - details
Dutch edition: Everything on one disc, Dutch subtitles can't be switched off.We've received a copy of this edition, which so far seems to be the cheapest one. The film and all bonus material is...
View ArticlePaul McCartney: San Francisco Competition
Your chance to meet and see Paul McCartneyMeet Paul McCartney, attend soundcheck and watch the gig from VIP seats!Enter HERE: http://www.prizeo.com/paulThe last time Paul McCartney played Candlestick...
View ArticleSgt Pepper as a concept album
The Sgt Pepper crowd - all cardboard cut outs and wax dolls. Photo: Michael CooperMusic Times has an article about seven half-hearted concept albums, where The Beatles'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club...
View ArticlePaul McCartney Q&A with Rolling Stone
Paul McCartney on stage in Kansas City. Photo © RICH SUGG/The Kansas City StarIn a recent Q&A telephone interview session with Rolling Stone, Paul McCartney reminiscs about going to see Bill Hayley...
View Article"Floral Hall" footage - songs puzzle
The earliest known footage of the Beatles in concert is this clip, filmed while Pete Pest was still the drummer, although he is not seen in the actual footage. The footage has been commercially...
View Article"Let It Be" reels sold
Some of the reelsGBP 287.00 was the winning bid for a recent ebay auction of 3 reels of 16mm Audio Tape plus film frames from Let It Be. The total running time of the tapes is approximately 55 Minutes...
View ArticleRon Furmanek and his work for The Beatles
Restored by Ron Furmanek in 1992, "Let It Be" was again shelved indefinitely.Beatle People: Those of you who have read Dave Morrell's entertaining "Horse-Dogging" will have read about Ron Furmanek as a...
View ArticleA Hard Day's Night - alternate Criterion designs
One of Fron Miller's designsA couple of designers have shared their design ideas for the USA edition of the new A Hard Day's Night movie release. It was by request from Criterion Collection that these...
View ArticleGeorge Harrison - The Apple Years
George HarrisonLooks like a new box of George Harrison CDs is on it's way. "George Harrison - The Apple Years" will contain 7 albums, and we reckon these will be:Wonderwall Music Electronic Sound All...
View ArticleThe Beatles in Minnesota
Poster for Minneapolis eventAlthough The Beatles toured America three times between 1964 and 1966 they performed one time only in Minnesota, at the (Old) Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, right in...
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