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Alan G Parker at home.We have interviewed the EMMY/BAFTA nominated movie director Alan G Parker, about his upcoming, unofficial "Sgt. Pepper" documentary.Are you a fan of the Beatles? - I was a fan...
View ArticleBeatles vinyl albums by subscription
De Agostini (with the cooperation of Apple and Universal) have started a Beatles Vinyl Collection series. Available for subscription in the UK and Ireland at £9.99 / €9.99 for the first issue (for a...
View ArticleWhy no Let It Be film
LET IT BEIn a new interview with Cinematographer Tony Richmond, who worked on the "Let It Be" film under director Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Richmond weighs in on what seems to be holding up an official...
View ArticleRevised Sgt Pepper album?
The Sunday Times: Anniversary re-release of "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club band" due.According to The Sunday Times, a New edition of Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band is planned for release this...
View ArticleNew "first Beatles film" discovered
On the rooftop of the garden shed at Paul's house: John, Paul, George and Mike!Liverpool Beatles fans Peter Hodgson and Mark Ashworth have just teamed up to discover what must now be counted as the...
View ArticleIn between The Beatles
A Norwegian pressing of Ken Dodd's "Tears" single was among the catch from the record fair.We had the pleasure of attending a local record fair this past weekend, and among the cheaper records we...
View ArticleSpizer chimes in
Front cover of Bruce Spizer's Sgt. Pepper book.2017 is a year literally peppered (sorry) with interesting stuff, and now a third book about the Beatles' classic "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"...
View ArticleMore commercials for the vinyl collection
DeAgostini Beatles Vinyl Collection, here with Abbey Road.For their current re-release of The Beatles' albums on vinyl, DeAgostini has compiled two interviews with Kevin Howlett and Sean Magee into two...
View ArticleMcCartney cassette for RSD
Demo cassette from Paul and Elvis for Record Store DayJust a little bit less than a year ago, we were reporting on the cassette revival, and yesterday Paul McCartney announced the release of a limited...
View ArticleFlowers VS Vigotone
Due out this week is the new offering from the McCartney Archives series, the first on the Capitol Records label, "Flowers In The Dirt". Today, Mike Carrera offers a quick musical review of the...
View ArticleIt Was Fifty... bonus material
Bonus material twice the length of the filmThis just in, "It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles, Sgt Pepper & Beyond.... " The DVD/Blu-Ray Extras:The Merseybeat StoryThe Bootleg Beatles Story...
View ArticleIt was 50 years ago today: Shooting the Sgt Pepper album cover
The uncropped and unaltered Sgt Pepper front cover setupJust a quick post to honour the fiftieth anniversary of the photo session for the "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album cover. Peter Blake...
View ArticleRingo listens to remastered Sgt Pepper album
From the photo session: The Beatles with Adam, the son of photographer Michael Cooper.If you're looking for news about the upcoming anniversary edition of "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", here's...
View ArticleRingo: Bad Boy on vinyl
Ringo Starr: Bad BoyWhile impatiently scurrying around on Amazon (there are several configurations of "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" listed there now on Apple, including a 6 disc super deluxe...
View ArticleSgt Pepper anniversary edition revealed
4 discs with the Pepper and alternate front cover shots, and 2 with drum logos + various paper items. Also depicted: vinyl album.Amazon again jumped the gun a bit when they published photos of the Sgt...
View ArticleTrailer for "Pepper" documentary
Read our interview with Director Alan G Parker here.The filme will be shown in theatres in the UK from June 1, with a few pre-screenings from May 26. DVD and Blu-ray release: July 3.Amazon (UK)...
View ArticlePepper Press release
THE BEATLES CELEBRATE ‘SGT. PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND’WITH SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY EDITION RELEASES ‘Sgt. Pepper’ Presented with New Mixes in Stereo and 5.1 Surround Audio; Expanded with Previously...
View ArticlePenny Lane single for RSD
Single release for Record Store DayAs written in the press release of the anniversary edition of "Sgt Pepper" yesterday, there will be a single release of "Penny lane" / "Strawberry Fields Forever" for...
View ArticleCry For A Shadow LP
Oh no, they cut out Pete again!Here's another EU "loophole" release, a hybrid of Polydor/Decca tapes with the first EMI single thrown in. From Rockwell Music in the UK, this release is limited to just...
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