This is your life, George Martin
Nothing like watching "an oldie" this time of year. This was originally broadcast Wednesday, January 30, 1980. All four Beatles were alive, and Paul McCartney was just released from imprisonment in...
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European copyrights
There's apparently a hole in the copyright protection in Europe. It used to be 50 years, but will be extended to 70 years. But the extension will not be validated until November. Meanwhile, recordings...
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Heart of The Country revisited
Paul McCartney tweeted a new YouTube video link the other day. It turned out that the video was uploaded by a new user, "Linda McCartney". The video in question is a 44 seconds excerpt of a cartoon,...
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There's been some activity on the official YouTube account of the Beatles recently. 18-20 hours ago no fewer than 31 short clips were uploaded, most of them from the promo films (=music videos). The...
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Rubber Soul uncropped
Photo: Robert FreemanUncropped, untilted and undistorted, this photo started circulating on Facebook last night.
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Wings Over America deluxe in June?
Bill King of Beatlefan just revealed that Hear Music is planning a "june-ish" release of the remastered "Wings Over America", and that it will include the "RockShow" concert film on DVD, as well as...
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Beatlemania Memorabilia Pack
Just back from a week-end trip to good old Liverpool. One of the things I brought with me back home was this "Memorabilia pack" consisting of reproductions of small items from (mainly) 1963. Four...
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Heart of the country session
Remember that new recording of "Heart of the country" we told you about recently? Turns out it was an ad for Linda McCartney's range of frozen veggie meals in the UK. Anyways, here's a video from Paul...
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Fun at the wrong Abbey Road
As many of you know, a new station opened on the Docklands Light Railway in London called Abbey Road - it's about 10 miles from the more well known Abbey Road crossing and studios. The station has been...
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An unexpected treat: George Harrison recording "This Guitar(Can't Keep From Cryin')". This version of the song, believed to have been recorded by Harrison in 1992, was published over the internet in...
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Rare candid photos
Paul McCartney, producer George Martin, engineer Phil McDonald and John LennonSome very rare photos from 1969 showed up today on Miss Tammy's excellent Beatle Photo Blog. It is rumoured that these...
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Upcoming 1962 recordings
In the wake of the loophole in copyright regarding the year 1962, all sorts of CD's are being packaged and sold cheap across Europe. Here's a CD from Spin CD's due out for George Harrison's birthday,...
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Goodbye, Mister Twist!
It was with sadness that we learned that The Beatles' "teacher", Tony Sheridan passed away this weekend, following complications after heart surgery. Born in May 1940, Sheridan was just two months...
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Klaus Voorman's last visit with George
From Klaus Voormann’s book "Warum spielst du Imagine nicht auf dem weissen Klavier, John?" (not available in English), we just got this translated extract in. [Klaus talks about the last photo he took...
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Beatles in India (again)
We're always suckers for a good "Abbey Road" story. This poster is now being used by the traffic police in Calcutta, India to encourage pedestrians to use the zebra crossings when they want to cross...
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Beatlemania
Beatlemania was a Broadway musical revue focused on the music of The Beatles as it related to the events and changing attitudes of the tumultuous Sixties. A "rockumentary", advertised as "Not the...
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White album collector
The album depicted above is jazz singer Jeri Winters' 1955 album, "Winter's here" on Fraternity records. Another white album, recorded and released by The Beatles in 1968, is this man's obsession.
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The original 1982 mono boxed sets
While we're waiting for the announcement of the new remastered mono Beatles vinyl albums, I thought I'd reminisc about the original vinyl mono boxed sets.The original 10 album vinyl mono box sets were...
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New Hamburg Beatles Film
Tanya Day with her backing band, The BeatlesJust days after the death of Tony Sheridan and not a full year since the closing of Hamburg's own Beatles museum, a Manchester based film company has...
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Ringo at the Ryman
“Ringo At The Ryman,” a DVD of Ringo And His All Starr Band’s performance at Nashville’s historic Ryman, filmed July 7, 2012.Due out on March 26th, 2013Ringo At The Ryman, filmed on July 7, 2012,...
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