Streaming Beatles
The Beatles are about to hit the streaming services this winter, a report in Billboard suggests.Billboard reported today that The Beatles are set to bring a special Christmas gift to those who prefer...
View ArticlePaul McCartney in new music video
Still image from a new music video which was revealed 18 December.Paul McCartney stars in the new video for "Love Song to the Earth," an all-star collaboration recorded in the lead-up to the Paris...
View ArticleMcGough & McGear - remastered and expanded
Previously on EMI ParlophoneEsoteric Recordings has announced the release of a newly re-mastered and expanded 2 CD edition of the classic 1968 self-titled album by Mike McGear & Roger McGough. A...
View ArticleComparing the old and new stereo mixes
Frank Daniels is one Beatles aficionado who has listened carefully to the new stereo mixes as featured on the Beatles 1 CD as well as the new mixes featured on the Beatles 1+ video disc and compared...
View ArticleStreaming Beatles
Online streaming servicesThe big news this Christmas is that part of the Beatles' catalogue now is available from major streaming services.To illustrate what this means, here's a story. In the summer...
View Article50 million times in 48 hours
Christmas with the Beatles.The Daily Mail has been given some figures from Spotify - the largest of the music streaming service providers - about the Beatles' performance in the first 48 hours after...
View ArticleLet It Be for 2016
Upcoming release from HMCAccording to early word from dealers in Japan, notorious bootleg company HMC will be releasing the 1992 Ron Furmanek restoration of The Beatles'"Let It Be" movie as part of...
View ArticleThe Typhoo Tea ad photos
"These pictures were taken as an advertisement for Ty-Phoo Tea. Each Beatle had to shape a different letter for Ty-Phoo. We had to do it over and over until they got it right."- Dezo Hoffmann Typhoo...
View ArticleAnthology Revisited
Podcast logo."To commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the original Beatles Anthology project comes The Beatles Anthology Revisited, an 18-episode, 28-hour long audio documentary podcast presenting...
View ArticleThe least popular Beatles tracks
The Beatles'"Long Tall Sally" EP, featuring a photo of The Beatles in Sweden.Ok, so we brougth you a survey of the most popular Beatles tracks streamed by the leading streaming service Spotify, and...
View ArticleImproving Beatles 1 videos
Penny Lane - colour improvementWhenever Apple/The Beatles are releasing new products for the home video market, Beatles video collectors are going to complain about some of the production decisions....
View ArticleCompleting Beatles 1
The first music video: "Help!" was filmed in black and white but not included on Beatles 1.Currently circulating among Beatles video collectors is a collection called "18+", which has been made to...
View ArticleBook projects
New George Harrison book due in MarchJohn Blaney: George Harrison Soul Man Vol. 1Hardback ISBN 978-0-9544528-7-2Publication date 25/03/2016To celebrate what would have been George Harrison’s 73rd...
View ArticleLet It Be from HMC
Front and back cover of bookletWord from the HMC bootleg company is that their release of the 1992 Furmanek restoration of The Beatles'Let It Be movie is going to be out in just a few weeks. They have...
View ArticleLove changes for tenth anniversary
The Beatles show "Love" is about to undergo some changes.Cirque du Soleil is planning some changes for their Las Vegas shows, including The Beatles'Love. This according to Robin Leach of the Las Vegas...
View ArticleMore music videos emerge
Filming "Hey Jude" at Twickenham Film StudiosIn the wake of the officially released promo video collection "Beatles 1" and "Beatles 1+", more videos have emerged on the internet. As you know, only one...
View ArticleBowie spewing
"Bowie Spewing" 1990, Oil on canvas (51 x 41 cm) by Sir Paul McCartneyDavid Bowie said "Paul sent me a picture of the painting, together with the question if I would mind the title of it. I answered...
View ArticleThe Fab Four meet The Big Four
The Beatles on the Morecambe and Wise Show, December 2, 1963.In an in-depth article about The Beatles on TV in the U.K., Andrew Hesford-Booth speculates that the replacement of Pete Best with Ringo...
View ArticleRingo's summer tour
Ringo and his All Starr Band hits the road again this summer. Photo: Rick GloverRingo and his All Starr Band Summer tour 2016Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band – featuring Todd Rundgren, Gregg Rolie,...
View ArticleUncropped
Uncropped photo by Angus McBeanAn uncropped and unsmiling version of a photo from this session recently appeared online. For U.S. based readers, you may associate this photo with the one used on the...
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