Magical Mystery Tour anniversary on bootlegs
Upcoming 2DVD from HMCThe 50th anniversary for The Beatles TV-movie, "Magical Mystery Tour" is fast approaching. With no official word, it looks like The Beatles and Apple are going to bypass this...
View ArticleWhat goes on? Early version up for sale again
The label of "What Goes On" demo disc.On Thursday 21 September 2017, Parlogram will be auctioning this acetate on Ebay. The disc contains the unreleased and unheard 1963 home demo of one of John...
View ArticlePaul on Saturday Night Live 1993
Paul meets Chip Dutch (private photo).One of our regular readers is in a Syrecuse newspaper these days, in a story from 1993. Paul McCartney is due to play there on Saturday of course, so this is just...
View ArticleEnd of the line for Charlie T jr
Charlie T joins his fellow Wilburies, Nelson and Lefty.Another member of George Harrison's old supergroup, The Traveling Wilburys has died. Tom Petty, also known as Charlie T Wilbury jr, died...
View ArticlePaul McCartney on coloured vinyl
8 albums from Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney and Wings are being reissued worldwide on CD, 180-gram heavyweight vinyl and limited edition coloured vinyl.No bonus Tracks, just the regular album...
View ArticleRingo's Christmas album returns
Ringo's 1999 Christmas album Looks like someone is in Christmas spirits, because September 22 Ringo Starr's album "I Wanna Be Santa Claus" (or the Santa Claus album, "I Wanna Be Ringo Starr") was...
View ArticleNew book about drugs and The Beatles
Joe Gooden's book, "Riding So High".‘Who gave the drugs to the Beatles? I didn’t invent those things. I bought it from someone who got it from somebody. We never invented the stuff.’ – John...
View ArticleMore coloured vinyl from Macca
New single in 2 versions from Paul.And the Christmas spirit keeps visiting the blog. Back in 2012 in conjunction with Record Store Day's "Black Friday", Paul McCartney released a Christmas single in...
View ArticleMore coloured vinyl for Christmas
A box with the Fan club Christmas singles due from the Beatles - But it’s hardly a gift!This leaked yesterday - a new Beatles release is imminent: A boxed set of the seven Christmas singles on coloured...
View ArticleNew releases official statement
The Christmas Discs Boxed Set, retailing for €72.99 from the European Beatles storeFrom TheBeatles.com:We Are Ringing In The Holidays with New Global Beatles Releases“HAPPY CHRISTMAS, BEATLE...
View ArticleSources for the Christmas discs
"..and I'm sure, somewhere down the line, there's gonna be a t-shirt." -George HarrisonThis from Mitchell Axelrod's post in the Fab 4 Free 4 All Facebook page, regarding the new Christmas singes boxed...
View ArticleThe Sgt Pepper jukebox
The Sgt Pepper JukeboxThe new Beatles jukebox is manufactured by jukebox specialists Sound Leisure Limited in Leeds, England.TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONSManufactured under licence: (c) 2017 Apple Corp...
View ArticleBeatles night on BBC Four
In Great Britain, BBC Four is having a Beatles night, just have a look at the schedule:9.30: Storyville: How The Beatles rocked the KremlinDocumentary which tells the extraordinary unknown story of how...
View ArticleCompletist alert
Compiled from a series of programmes.This 2CD compilation from BBC contains a rendition of "Lady Madonna" by Paul McCartney from the radio programme Sold On Song, recorded in Abbey Road Studios on 27...
View ArticleSongbird in a cage
The album "Rest" from Charlotte Gainsbourg contains a song composed by Paul McCartneyPaul McCartney has written a song for Charlotte Gainsbourg, daughter of rebel French songsmith and artist Serge...
View ArticleRingo to tour Europe and Israel next summer
Ringo will return to Europe after 7 years to embark on a new tourRINGO AND HIS ALL STARR BAND EUROPEAN TOUR 2018 ANNOUNCEMENTRingo Starr announces the 13th iteration of his All Starr Band and new tour...
View ArticleNew "special edition" Beatles magazine
New magazineThe publishers behind UK music magazine Uncut and the New Musical Express (NME) have put together a Beatles pictorial, which they are marketing as a special edition magazine. Here's the...
View ArticleNew TMOQ issues from HMC: MMT and Lennon
TMOQ Gazette Vol 34: 1 DVD, 1 CDWe have been sent the covers of these two upcoming releases from bootleggers HMC (His Master's Choice), whose series "TMOQ Gazette" has previously given us unexpected...
View Article"Ringo" to be re-released
Last November, we mentioned that Capitol Records would celebrate their 75th anniversary this year, by re-releasing quite a numer of their classic records. Among these, quite a few Beatles related...
View ArticlePaul's Christmas album
During Christmas 1965, Paul McCartney went to music publisher Dick James' studio to transfer a tape onto disc as a present for his fellow Beatles. Only four copies were ever pressed, with many -...
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