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The "Help!" store
The main HMV store in Oxford Street, London, December 1965.Twenty years or so ago, a Norwegian gentleman who was partly involved in selecting Beatles songs to release as singles in Norway told me this...
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Admiral Grove 10 for sale
The "V for victory" sign was recently replaced with a new one.Following the death of former resident Margaret Grose, the house where Ringo Starr grew up and lived until The Beatles took off is up for...
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The Beatles and WW II
The soundtrack album, 1976.All This and World War II is a strange 1976 musical documentary which juxtaposed Beatles songs, performed by a number of contemporary seventies artists, with World War II...
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McCartney album news
News about Paul McCartney's upcoming album, courtesy of The Sun.British tabloid newspaper The Sun reports that Paul McCartney has hired Adele "Hello" producer Greg Kurstin to work on his new album. An...
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Mister Twist reissued
Reissue of the "Mister Twist" EPIn France, Cameleon Records have reissued the EP record "Mister Twist" by Tony Sheridan. The cover has a photo of Tony Sheridan taken by Astrid Kirchherr in the autumn...
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Review of the new HMC bootleg DVD of Let It Be
A copy of the latest release from His Master's Choice, "TMOQ Vol #23 The Beatles: Let It Be - The Movie" has reached us, and here's our verdict.The stereo clips that appeared last year on Revolver TV...
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Let It Be comparison
HMC opening shotBy request, here are a few screenshots from the recently released HMC version of "Let It Be" compared to an older bootleg DVD of the same film.Opening shot, older version.HMC Title...
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New songs and mixes for Love
From the Las Vegas Beatles show "Love" by Cirque du Soleil.As previously reported, Cirque du Soleil's production of The Beatles show "Love" is undergoing changes for the show's tenth anniversary....
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McCartney plays Europe again this year
Paul McCartney to play two European festivals in June.Sunday 12th June – Pinkpop, Netherlands Thursday 30th June – Rock Werchter, Belgium Paul McCartney has confirmed he will headline two European...
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Carl Perkins'"Dance" album
Dance album of Carl PerkinsThose of you who have read Mark Lewisohn's "Tune In" book will have noticed that the Beatles were very fond of the "Dance Album of Carl Perkins", and that they performed...
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Harrison on Clapton's new album
20 May sees a new album with Eric Clapton where George Harrison participates."I Will Be There" is a song of unknown vintage, and a certain Angelo Mysterioso participates on acoustic guitar and vocals....
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Live Atlantic City 1964
Due out in March. But is it really from Atlantic City?The Livewire label is releasing what they call a "classic live performance: FM radio broadcast from The Convention Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey....
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How I Won The War Blu-ray
How I Won The War was released on Blu-ray in USA in January."How I Won The War" was filmed in 1966 and premiered in 1967. John Lennon played the part of Private Gripweed in this anti-war movie, which...
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New Beatles vs EMI theory
"Mersey Beat" 31 May, 1962.On the front page of "Mersey Beat" in June 1962, there was an article about the Beatles' Parlophone release - due out in July.At the EMI A&R meeting for the July...
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Beatles Live Project update
The Beatles Live - news trickles in slowly.A Beatles news page of the Japanese Universal Music site now has a few details regarding "The Beatles Live Project". The "project" part of the title has been...
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One off Beatles single
A two-sided 10" record, to be played at 78 rpm.A record Brian Epstein (his handwriting on the label) had made at the HMV store in Oxford Street in 1962 to bring around and play when he had meetings...
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The Beatles in Canada
New book: The Beatles in Canada - The origins of Beatlemania! by Piers HemmingsenThe Canadians were the first north-Americans to discover The Beatles, a fact that isn't well-known south of the border....
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The Beatles in the news
Long time Beatles fan Colin Barratt has taken his personal collection of news cuttings about The Beatles from the UK in the sixties and turned them into a series of books - paperback and Kindle...
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Another Mad Day Out book
In 2010, photographers Don McCullin ("A Day In The Life Of The Beatles") and Stephen Goldblatt ("Mad Day Out") released a book each from the so called "Mad Day Out" Beatles photo sessions. A third...
View ArticleRIP, Sir George Martin
Thank you for all your love and kindness George peace and love xx😎✌️🌟💖 pic.twitter.com/um2hRFB7qF— #RingoStarr (@ringostarrmusic) March 9, 2016Record producer Sir George Martin, known as the "Fifth...
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