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Welcome to 2017
Wiping the slate clean for 2017. Illustration: Jeff S. Levy2016 was a tough year for Beatle people. During the final weeks, we mourned the likes of Sam Leach, Carrie Fisher, George Michael and Allan...
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Sweden 1967
The Flower power year: Paul and George in Sweden.14th October 1967, George Harrison and Paul McCartney went to Sweden to visit the Maharishi at the hotel where he was staying in Falsterbo, a seaside...
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Vinyl sales doubled in the UK
Oldest in the Top 10: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967). Illustration: Outtake photo by Michael Cooper.The British Phonographic Industry just released the figures for the 2016 music sales,...
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A is for Apple Vol 2
Volume 1 of "A is for Apple" to be reprinted, and vol 2 comes.Volume 2 of the book series "A is for Apple" is due out in April, and for latecomers, a small run of Vol 1 will also be printed. Volume 2...
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I feel very sad. "Magic Alex" Mardas was a good friend to both John and I. He was not just talented, he had a big heart.love, yoko pic.twitter.com/Aw01TxUSLn— Yoko Ono (@yokoono) January 16, 2017
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The George box
George Harrison - The Vinyl Collection is due for release on 24 February to mark George's 74th birthday. All 12 of George's studio albums plus Live in Japan and two 12" Picture Disc singles in one...
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Unofficial "Pepper" documentary
A Sgt Pepper film is in the making, though not an official oneThere is an upcoming "Sgt Pepper"-film in post-production at the moment, but it's unofficial and cover band The Bootleg Beatles* are...
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Paul sues Sony/ATV
Paul McCartney wants to have his share of the song catalogue back.Wednesday, Paul McCartney filed a lawsuit in federal court in New York against Sony/ATV to confirm his ownership in his US reversionary...
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Two of a kind - Morecambe & Wise
Featuring the Beatles guest appearanceReleased in the U.K. on 5 December 2016, an 8 disc collection of British comedians Morecambe & Wise's "Two of a kind" series from Network Distributing, this is...
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New Beatles fan film
Going into production: Beatles fan film "Here There"& Everywhere".Press release:HERE THERE AND EVERYWHERE, THE BEATLES FAN FILM GOES INTO PRODUCTION!Production starts later this month on "Here...
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More about the upcoming Sgt Pepper-film
The poster (or DVD cover) of the upcoming film.Thanks to a new press release, here is some more about the upcoming unofficial "Pepper" documentary. A lot of hoopla about the album itself, not a lot...
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Newly disovered footage from Canada
Rare colour Beatles concert footage to be auctioned off. Photo: Omega Auctions.Previously unseen footage of The Beatles playing in Montreal during their first tour of North American found lying in a...
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The Casbah Story - by Pete Best
Tune in to Pete Best's account of the Casbah Club storyOver at BBC radio, a two-part series of the story of Liverpool's Casbah Club narrated by ex-Beatle Pete Best is still available for your listening...
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Grammy nominations
John Daversa's Beatles album is up for three Grammy awards.This Sunday, it's the 59th annual Grammy award show in USA, on CBS (or live at the Staples Center in LA, if you can get in). This year's show...
View ArticleGrammy to Eight Days A Week
Fantastic news-The Beatles:Eight Days A Week wins Best Music Film Grammy. Congrats @RealRonHoward& everyone who worked so hard on the film. pic.twitter.com/W4GxnX2P56— The Beatles (@thebeatles)...
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Mortimer album finally due
Coming up: Mortimer's Apple album.A trio from New York State, U.S.A., "Mortimer", was visiting The Beatles' Apple company in 1968, hoping to at least make a demo recording for the company. As they had...
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The extra EP
The vinyl E.P. collection boxed set.The E.P. ("extended play") was a vinyl format which was very popular in my part of the world, but not in the U.S.A. The E.P. was a 7" disc, which made it look like a...
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The compressed "White album"
The Beatles: "The Beatles" (aka "the White album") Photo: Recordmecca.comIn the December 1968 issue of The Beatles Monthly Book (depicted below), Mal Evans tells a story about a trip to Los Angeles...
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The Beatle Who Vanished - film
Embed from Getty ImagesIn Ron Howard's documentary film about The Beatles' touring years, "Eight Days A Week", Jimmie Nicol literally was "the Beatle who vanished". Although briefly seen in the film,...
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Upcoming Beatle books
The expanded "I Me Mine" by George Harrison is just out. Here are a few other Beatles related books to be published soon.Brian Southall: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely...
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