Still no sign of the "1" DVD
A latter day incarnation of the bootleg DVD "Chronology"We must admit that we are starting to lose faith in the previously leaked news about a release of a Beatles promo video collection for October,...
View ArticleUncirculating Dark Horse
Dark HorseThe promotion campaign for the new George Harrison release "The Apple Years 1968-75" is kicking into high gear, with a week of celebrations coming up on "Conan" and the upcoming Georgefest in...
View ArticleNew "New" confirmed for October
Time for another new NewWe told you before, and now it's official: There will be yet another edition of Paul McCartney's album "New" from October 2013, the release date is October 28th, 2014. This will...
View ArticleBeatles jigsaw puzzles
Jigsaw Puzzle Group (NEMS Enterprises, Ltd. 1963). Looking for something special for a Beatle fan's birthday? Forget about records, how about one of these original vintage 1963 jigsaw puzzles? They...
View ArticleGeorge updates
Catering to the U.S.A. market.Sorry for taking so long between posts these days, but I'm currently busy putting together the new "Norwegian Wood" magazine, where I'm both editor, lay out designer and...
View ArticleFree EP from iTunes
Free EP to download from iTunes featuring four solo songsiTunes have made available a free EP, consisting of a song each from the solo careers of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo...
View ArticleThe Beatles: Work in progress
The Beatles: Work in progress - Outtakes 1963A week ago, we told you about a new live single from the Beatles, released on a small Italian label. The release was made possible because The Beatles...
View ArticleNew Beatles vinyl albums for November
"Love" and other albums scheduled for rerelease.Apple Corps Ltd and Universal Music are in full flight to take advantage of the current rise in popularity of vinyl albums, witness the stereo and the...
View ArticleJohn Lennon On The Air With Dennis Elsas
Dennis Elsas: "John Lennon was my "surprise" on-air guest on September 28th, 1974, 40 years ago this weekend. What began simply as an opportunity for John to promote his just-released Walls and Bridges...
View ArticleBeatles photographer: Terry O'Neill
Terry O'Neill: 'The pictures are so naive. They didn’t know what to do either, but it was the beginning of everything. They were recording Please Please Me, and people didn’t know they’d be big".In...
View ArticleThe geography of collecting the Beatles
Australian pressingThe Beatles is, of course, history. But when I grew up and started to assemble my Beatles collection, it was also geography. In the late seventies I started collecting Beatles and...
View ArticlePaul McCartney Off The Ground
Off The Ground - vinyl LP, British pressing. Note the white border, not a feature on the CD,Believe it or not, the vinyl edition of Paul McCartney's LP, "Off The Ground" sells for a lot of money these...
View ArticleNew Dutch Beatles Museum
The still empty museum.Azing Moltmaker's Beatles museum is about to get bigger! Yesterday he got the keys to the new building. The new Beatles museum is huge, over 5000 square feet, making this museum...
View ArticleCollecting the Beatles
Quad movie posters for the new A Hard Day's Night.There are various types of Beatles collectors. It usually begins with the music, and then branches out.The record collectorStarts out trying to get a...
View ArticleRingo goes digital
Ringo's Rotogravure, 1976Two of Ringo Starr's out-of-print CDs have been made available for digital download on iTunes, "Ringo's Rotogravure" and "Ringo the 4th".When Ringo Starr's recording contract...
View ArticleWings microsite
Venus and Mars/Wings At The Speed of Sound micrositePaul McCartney has published a microsite for the upcoming remastered albums "Venus & Mars" and "Wings At The Speed of Sound", accessible here.
View ArticleChildhood home of George Harrison goes up for auction
George Harrison at home in Upton Green, Speke, Liverpool, 1961.(Liverpool Echo) A piece of Beatles history will go under the hammer at Liverpool’s world-famous Cavern Club later this month when the...
View ArticleJohn Lennon’s Gretsch guitar may fetch $1m at auction
© Copyright Tracksimages.comA guitar that John Lennon played on the recording of “Paperback Writer” is expected to fetch as much as $1m (£626,250) at auction.Lennon gave his Gretsch 6120 guitar to his...
View ArticleThe photo and the photographer
3 Beatles in ParisIn our ongoing albeit somewhat sporadic series about the photo and the photographer, we are moving along to Paris, January 1964. The Beatles, represented by three of them, are...
View ArticleLennon on Spotify
John Lennon is on SpotifyIt was only yesterday that I was looking for John Lennon on the online streaming service Spotify, and all that was there were a few tracks. Today the albums depicted below have...
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