The Beatles: First steps
Logo of playlistA few days ago, a playlist was posted on the official Beatles channel on YouTube, under the name "first steps". It consisted of videos with the still image displayed above, and the...
View ArticleRare films to be screened in Liverpool
As part of International Beatles Week, the British Music Experience have partnered with Kaleidoscope to screen astonishing missing-believed-wiped tapes from television performances from The Beatles and...
View ArticleFrom The Archives podcast
The Beatles on "Pops and Lenny" May 16, 1963."From the archives" is a British Television podcast, discussing lost or missing or thought missing and found again film and / or audio from TV. In the...
View ArticleCasbah poster found
Pete Howard at Poster Central has found another old poster advertising the Beatles. It's hand drawn by Neil Aspinall and Mona Best, and is actually advertising a rare constellation of the Beatles: It's...
View ArticleNew book from Pattie
"My Life Through A Lens" by Pattie Boyd. Final cover to be revealed.Due out next year is a new book from former Beatle wife Pattie Boyd, this time concentrating on photography. The book's title is "My...
View ArticleGet Back sessions gets a new looking at
Both quotes from members of the band as well as earlier accounts by biographers, article writers etc have been describing the "Let It Be" movie as a close look at a group who is falling apart. Exhibit...
View ArticleSomething new
The official announcement came today, a new experience of the "Abbey Road" album, spearheaded by the release of the track "Something" in three versions, the demo (as on "Anthology III"), the string...
View ArticleNew boxed set with the singles
Illustration photoIt looks like The Beatles are about to release a new boxed set with the 22 original titles, as released in Great Britain, plus single no. 23, which combine the nineties songs, Free as...
View ArticleNew Abbey Road photo by Linda
Iain Macmillan’s photo no 6 above, newly published Linda McCartney photo below.Observant viewers may have caught a glimpse of a hitherto unpublished photo of The Beatles crossing Abbey Road in the new...
View ArticleMojo celebrates Abbey Road
The upcoming edition of Mojo magazine celebrates Abbey Road's 50th anniversary.The October edition of MOJO music magazine is in the shops in the UK on the 20th of August and comes in a presentation...
View ArticlePaul McCartney returned to the stage after microphone malfunction
In 1985, when Paul McCartney was performing "Let It Be" at the Live Aid concert on Wembley Stadium, his vocal microphone was not working for the first part of the song. But the occasion was the first...
View ArticleFollow The Beatles
Screen captures from "Follow The Beatles".The 1964 British documentary "Follow The Beatles", mostly about The Beatles'"A Hard Day's Night Film" has emerged in full on the internet. The film has long...
View ArticleThe Ballad of John and Yoko photo session
The U.S.A. version of the Ballad of John and Yoko single, B-side.On April 14, 1969, Paul McCartney and John Lennon recorded the new Beatles single A-side, "The Ballad of John and Yoko", playing all...
View ArticleBBC Radio 2 with Beatles pop-up station
BBC Radio 2 Beatles’ digital radio pop-up station to celebrate Abbey Road’s 50th AnniversaryBBC Radio 2 will celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Beatles’ Abbey Road album with RADIO 2 BEATLES, a...
View ArticleThe Cavern Club – The Beat Goes On …
Also available on DVD from the Cavern Club shop.Presented by Paul McGann, The Cavern Club and LA Factual have come together to produce 'The Cavern Club: The Beat Goes On', a unique documentary feature,...
View ArticleOh! Darling
Two new teasers for the upcoming anniversary editions of "Abbey Road" are "Oh! Darling", new stereo mix and take 4 of the same song from the sessions. Above is the Spotify link, below are YouTube...
View ArticleGrow old with me - with Paul and Ringo
Friday, Ringo tweeted this picture of himself with Jim Keltner, Joe Walsh, Steve Lukather and Benmon Tench.It starting to look like there is going to be a version of John Lennon's composition "Grow Old...
View ArticleThe boardroom tape
A tape recording of a business meeting in 3 Savile Row between three of the Beatles on September 8, 1969 has been the big news today. Speaking with Richard Williams of the Guardian about his upcoming...
View ArticlePrevious excerpts from the boardroom tape
Anthony Fawcett: One Day At A Time (1976)In conjunction with our last post about Mark Lewisohn playing a tape containing a business meeting on September 8, 1969 with Paul, George and John, we mentioned...
View ArticleRingo - What's My Name
Front of the new Ringo albumThe pin Ringo is wearing on the front cover is an official John Lennon pin from the U.S. stamp release from 2018.Lennon pinThere are a couple of Lennon connections on the...
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