Linda McCartney: A new book of Linda McCartney's photography - latimes.com

Linda McCartney may have married a Beatle, but it was the Rolling Stones who gave the budding photographer her big break. It was 1966, while working as a receptionist in Manhattan, that Linda Eastman, as she was known then, wangled her way aboard a yacht on the Hudson River, a publicity event for the Stones. Soon she was embedded in the late-'60s rock 'n' roll scene, photographing her future husband, Paul McCartney, at a "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album launch party in 1967. Read More - latimes.com

Ringo Starr To Stream Live Show - Clash Music

Ringo Starr is set to stream a special press conference including a brief live set. With last year's re-issue campaign, The Beatles suddenly became big news all over again. Fans rushed to grab a new copy of their back catalogue, sending the Fab Four screaming up the charts. [read more]

Beatlemania! The Real Story Of The Beatles UK Tours 1963-1965

A BOOK concentrating on the six UK tours of The Beatles - released last month in Britain - is now available in the USA and Canada. Beatlemania! The Real Story Of The Beatles UK Tours 1963-1965, published by Omnibus Press, brings those fascinating early tours to life through the eyes of a host of eye witnesses. Author Martin Creasy has tracked down 21 pop stars and the lone surviving compere from the tours, plus police who were on duty, music writers and regional reporters and photographers, cinema staff, technicians and hoteliers to tell the real story of what happened when The Beatles exploded in Britain… and there is even the hotelier’s daughter who gave up her bed for a Beatle!

Perhaps best of all there are fans who were there to recall just what impact The Beatles had when they played their hearts out at theatres in their local high street. Martin said: “There has been so little recorded about those fascinating tours and I thought it was about time to fill in a few gaps! The national press in Britain only discovered The Beatles when She Loves You broke in the autumn of 1963 - which is why all the photo books from the national papers tell the story from that point - but The Beatles had already completed three amazing tours by then.

“How much is known about that first tour - in February 1963 - when Britain was covered in snow and ice and The Beatles were on the tour bus as a down-the-bill act supporting Helen Shapiro, with the likes of Kenny Lynch and Danny Williams carrying more weight as entertainers?

“And what about their third tour that summer with Gerry & the Pacemakers and Roy Orbison elbowing them for attention as teenagers screamed for all their worth while the Press still largely ignored them?

“This is an aspect of The Beatles’ story which has never been told in depth but it so deserves to be highlighted, which is why I have written this book. This was the group going full pelt, desperate to make a name for themselves and yet to become bored by playing night after night to audiences that screamed so hard that the group was simply overpowered.

“On the early 1963 tours - so exciting, yet so ignored, there were some screams, but the fans could still hear The Beatles as well as see them. It was an all-too-brief window that was to be firmly shut by the end of 1963, by which time The Beatles were being smuggled in and out of venues and drowned out by the screams, and the innocent days of the tour bus had already been consigned to history.

“The story of those six tours - finishing with a brief nine-gig venture at the end of 1965 - is told through the eyes of the people who were there and it was such a privilege to be able to record their memories.”

Beatlemania! The Real Story Of The Beatles UK Tours 1963-1965 is available from all good bookshops and on all the usual internet sites, including Amazon.

The Beatles Rarity - Here There And Everywhere (take 7)

"This one was pretty much mine, written sitting by John's pool. Often I would wait half an hour while he would do something - like get up. So I was sitting there tottling around in E on the guitar." Before the Beatles Anthology 2 CD set was released, a lead-in CD single of Real Love (now out of print) was issued on March 4 ... Read More/Listen - Beatles Rarity Of The Week

1st June, 13:00 BST, watch live as Ringo Starr press conference - Altsounds.com News

On June 1st 2011 at 15:00 BST Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band will be inviting fans around the world to join them online for a live press conference and special performance. Following a short musical performance, Ringo Starr will introduce the members of his All Starr Band as they prepare to embark on their 2011 European tour. Ringo Starr, Edgar Winter, Gary Wright, Rick Derringer, Richard Page, Wally Palmar and Gregg Bissonette will then answer questions from the media. Fans will also have the opportunity to submit questions via a chat facility on www.muzu.tv/ringostarr. The press conference will end at 15:45. Read More - Altsounds.com News

Sgt. Pepper’s Cover Artist Not Feeling Beatles’ Love

Despite the acclaim he has received over the years for the cover art of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, British pop artist Peter Blake feels that he has been underappreciated by The Beatles, themselves. Speaking to TimeOut Hong Kong, the “Godfather of British Pop Art” said that he has been under-rewarded for his contribution to one of the greatest albums in rock history. [read more]

Brian Wilson says 'Pet Sounds' isn't as good as The Beatles' 'Rubber Soul' - NME.COM

Brian Wilson has said that he believes that The Beach Boys' classic 1966 album 'Pet Sounds' is not as good as The Beatles' 1965 effort 'Rubber Soul'. Speaking in The Sun, Wilson said he also thinks the best album he has composed is 'Smile', which was eventually released in 2004 despite Wilson beginning to compose it all the way back in 1966. He said of 'Pet Sounds': "It's a good album, but not the best. I think The Beatles' 'Rubber Soul' is still the best album of all time. As for my own music, 'Smile' is my most ambitious album in terms of sequences and seques. I'm also incredibly proud of [solo album] 'That Lucky Old Sun'. Wilson has recently said that he is looking to retire from touring in 2012, as he feels is getting too old for it. He is currently touring in support for his new album 'Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin' and will play a series of UK dates in September. Read More - NME.COM

Smile Beatles fans: You're on the Abbey Road webcam - seattlepi.com

It might be the most famous crosswalk in music history, thanks to the Beatles' iconic 1969 "Abbey Road" album cover. London drivers probably wish it wasn't so famous. Every day, they put up with Beatles fans and tourists who flock to the "zebra crossing" outside Abbey Road Studios and try to imitate the memorable photo of John, Ringo, Paul and George crossing the street. Read More - seattlepi.com

Elvis Meets The Beatles: Special Exhibit Opens Soon

A new exhibition based on the relationship between rock legends Elvis and The Beatles will open this fall. Elvis and Us will open to the public on September 28 at The Beatles Story in Liverpool, England. According to Elvisnews.com, it will be a multimedia, interactive experience filled with music, video and artifacts. One of the key elements explored in the exhibition will be the night Elvis met The Beatles on August 27, 1965, at Presley’s house in Bel Air, California. [read more]

An Angry Letter To The NY Times From John Lennon, Just Because

Here's one of those things that makes you realize that the Internet was created for us to trade notable ephemera: A website called Letters of Note published an angry handwritten note from John Lennon to the New York Times after the Times' Craig McGregor wrote a piece called "The Beatles Betrayal" that said that The Beatles stole music from black acts, and got rich doing it. Lennon's rebuttal is angry, but maybe sort of off the point?: [read more]

I think the writer is full of it, this was a good letter that this writer doesn't get, but I like it;) ~ #9 (journailsts hardly ever 'get it')

Wingo Starr: The bird with a Beatles-style moptop - Mail Online

This grebe must have had a Hard Day's Flight judging by the state of his mop-top hairdo. The winged water bird had twitchers all in a flutter as he swanned about a lake showing off a Beatles' pudding bowl coiffure. His unusual appearance caused much amusement among onlookers, who said his ruffled head feathers made him look like a member of the Fab Four. Read more: Mail Online

The Cavern: The place that gave birth to The Beatles - The Philippine Star

The Cavern, the most famous pub on earth, so they say, marked the 50th year since The Beatles first appeared there in 1961. For 30 months from that time to August 1963, The Beatles played in this underground pub 292 times and left its premises as British superstars. There should be not much controversy to plot the Cavern as the birthplace of The Beatles. Read More - The Philippine Star

Yoko Ono backs students’ bid to unearth facts about late husband John Lennon’s childhood garden - Liverpool Daily Post

YOKO ONO has given her backing to a student project to make husband John Lennon’s childhood garden more authentic. From the age of five, the former Beatle lived at Mendips, in Menlove Avenue, in Woolton, with his Aunt Mimi and Uncle George between 1945 and 1963. And while the building itself – which continues to be a global magnet for Beatles fans – is contemporary to the year 1957, the garden is not a totally accurate reflection of the time. Read More - Liverpool Daily Post

HP builds Paul McCartney's digital library; sets precedent for other artists? - ZDNet

Hewlett-Packard picked up a rather unique task recently - it was handpicked to build a cloud-based digital library for Paul McCartney. Approached by McCartney’s MPL Communications, Ltd., HP collected, digitized and cataloged five decades worth of video clips, longer films and photos from his personal collection. (Note that the content includes MPL-copyrighted media - not The Beatles catalog available on Apple’s iTunes.) Read More - ZDNet

Scousers react to ex-Beatle Ringo Starr apology - BBC

Ringo Starr has apologised for saying he missed nothing about his home city of Liverpool. The ex-Beatle, who is starting a UK tour including a Liverpool Empire gig, said he did not think he had offended Scousers with his 2008 remarks. "I apologise to those people (who were offended), as long as they live in Liverpool, not outside," Starr told a BBC interview. But people in the city seemed unimpressed with his apology. More/Video - BBC News

Paul McCartney: The Beatles could have been lost to the Army` - Musicrooms.net

Sir Paul McCartney reckons “it’s very doubtful” that The Beatles would even have formed, never mind gone on to become the biggest group in pop history, if the four members had been called up for National Service. It’s hard to believe that the Fab Four came so close to not existing, but that would have been the case – had the British government not ended compulsory service in 1960. Read More - Musicrooms.net

The Beatles wish Bob Dylan a happy 70th birthday via Twitter - Beatweek Magazine

Welcome to 2011, in which the world’s most influential band uses Twitter to publicly wish one of the world’s most influential solo artists a happy birthday. Bob Dylan turns seventy years old today, and The Beatles have taken to Twitter to wish him a good one: “Happy Birthday to Bob Dylan. May you stay “Forever Young”! Peace and love from Apple.” Read More - Beatweek Magazine

Ringo Starr: 'The Beatles were lucky to have me as their drummer' - NME.COM

Starr also chatted about McCartney, who appeared on his last album 'Y Not'. "We are good friends," he said. "We don't live in each other's pockets but if we’re in the same country we get together. He's singing and playing on my latest album and I played on several of his. We're just pals. We're the only two who've experienced all this who are still here." Read More - NME.COM

Stones envied the all-singing Beatles: McCartney

The Rolling Stones were jealous of  The Beatles  because all four band members could sing whereas they were solely reliant on Mick Jagger, Sir Paul McCartney has disclosed. He said that Jagger used to call the band the "four-headed monster". In an interview published in Radio Times magazine on Tuesday, Sir Paul describes a conversation he had with Keith Richards, the Stones guitarist, about the rivalry between their two bands. Read more: [click to read article]

Ringo Starr Says He Was 'Being Flippant' When He Made Joke About Liverpool - Spinner

Ringo Starr has finally weighed in on an interview he gave back in 2008 which incited Liverpool residents to vandalize a Beatles memorial after he made an apparent gaffe about his birthplace, according to PR Inside. "It was funny. I thought the whole of Liverpool would laugh," Starr tells British magazine Live. But clearly some folks couldn't find the humor in the former Beatle telling the BBC's Jonathan Ross that he missed "nothing" about his old stomping grounds. Read More/Video - Spinner

Exclusive Stream: Paul McCartney Wails on Buddy Holly's 'It's So Easy' - Rolling Stone Music

Buddy Holly was one of the Beatles' biggest influences, a pioneer whose simple tunes and insane two-year hot streak inspired John Lennon and Paul McCartney to start writing their own songs. So it's no shock McCartney contributed to Rave On, a giant sundae of a Holly tribute album (featuring the Black Keys, Kid Rock and others) due out June 28th. What's surprising is how awesomely batshit his performance is. Read/Listen - Rolling Stone Music

After marriage to ex-Beatle, NY transit board member Nancy Shevell will be Lady McCartney - Brandon Sun

Board members of New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority are used to being called names. "Your Ladyship" has never been one of them. But after her wedding to former Beatle Paul McCartney, MTA board member Nancy Shevell's proper title will be Lady McCartney. That's because McCartney — Sir Paul, that is — was knighted by Britain's Queen Elizabeth in 1997. McCartney and Shevell have been dating for four years; they announced their engagement this month. They did not announce a wedding date. Read More - Brandon Sun

Is Beatle Paul McCartney moving to Gerrards Cross? - Buckinghamshire

BEATLEMANIA could soon be on its way to Gerrards Cross according to a village estate agent.A firm based in the area, who have asked not to be named, have been contacted by representatives of Sir Paul McCartney to try and find him a house in the village. Sir Paul, 68, who currently lives in Sussex, is believed to want to buy another home, and has decided on Gerrards Cross due to its proximity to London. Read More - Buckinghamshire Advertiser

Littlehampton woman meets hearthrob Ringo Starr - Littlehampton Gazette

WHEN Kath Moore first met Beatles hearthrob Ringo Starr almost half a century ago, she thought all her dreams had come true. So it was a surprise when, more than 46 years later, she was given the chance to come face-to-face with him once more. Kath, 55, of North Ham Road, Littlehampton, first met Ringo when she was only eight years old, after he visited the town in July, 1964. It was all such a huge surprise,” she said. “I couldn’t believe my eyes. I remember I was working with my dad on his boat, when he told me that Ringo was in town. I thought he must have been joking or pulling my leg. But when I looked around, there he was. Read More - Littlehampton Gazette

Donovan: Bob Dylan, the Beatles, Buddha and me - The Independent

In December 1966, a single called "Sunshine Superman" shot up to number two in the British charts. It sounded unlike anything pop fans had heard before – a cacophony of oddly matched and seldom-heard instruments, predominantly a harpsichord and a sitar, plinking away over a backbeat of conga drums. Above the backing, the voice of Donovan Leitch intoned a seductive melodic riff about getting the girl of his dreams: Read More - The Independent

Beatles, Rolling Stones and rock and roll brought down the Soviet Union - PRI.ORG

An author thinks that the Beatles and Rolling Stones did more to take down Soviet communism than they're given credit for. This story was originally covered by PRI's The World. For more, listen to the audio above. Sergei Zhuk remembers the first time he heard rock and roll. Go To Story - PRI.ORG

Las Vegas Beatles Reunion Set for June

A sizable chunk of the Beatles family will assemble in Las Vegas on June 8 to celebrate the five-year anniversary of Cirque du Soleil’s Beatles-themed show, Love. According to USA Today, surviving band member Paul McCartney will attend the celebration, along with John Lennon’s widow, Yoko Ono, George Harrison’s widow, Olivia Harrison, Harrison’s son, Dhani Harrison, producer George Martin and his son, Giles Martin (who co-produced the Grammy-winning Love soundtrack with his father). [read More]

How I Won the War gets new life - Rediff.com Movies

Viewers back in the late 1960s might have had some reasons not to appreciate the brilliant farce How I Won the War. Though it was released at the time of the phenomenal success of the Beatles, it starred only one of the Fab Four, John Lennon. And that was perhaps one of the reasons why it did not get the popularity it deserved. But over the last decade, the DVD edition of the film has caught on, beckoning not only nostalgic fans but new converts. Read More - Rediff.com Movies

Photos of Beatles' 1st US concert to be auctioned - pjstar.com

It was 1964. Beatlemania ruled. Two days after their momentous debut on "The Ed Sullivan Show," the Fab Four boarded a train from New York for Washington, D.C., for their first U.S. concert. An enterprising 18-year-old Mike Mitchell was there, a press pass in hand, shooting photographs just feet away and even jumping onto the stage for the group's brief pre-concert press call. Read More - pjstar.com

70 reason why Bob Dylan is the most important figure in pop-culture history - The Independent

1. Because he wrote the song "Blowin' in the Wind".
2. Because he made teenagers interested in poetry again. He offered a route into symbolists like Rimbaud, Verlaine and Baudelaire, and City Lights beats like Ginsberg, Corso and Ferlinghetti.
3. Because when Martin Luther King Jr gave his legendary "I have a dream" speech, Dylan wasn't just in the audience, he was on stage a few feet from Dr King, having just sung "Only a Pawn in Their Game" and "Blowin' in the Wind".
4. Because he invented folk-rock.

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Paul McCartney Reissues Give New Life to 'Maybe I'm Amazed' -- Song Premiere - Spinner

Paul McCartney is reissuing his famous 'McCartney' and 'McCartney II' albums in a very personal box set. The two-disc special edition of 'McCartney' will include seven bonus tracks including unreleased gems 'Suicide' and 'Don't Cry Baby,' while 'McCartney II' will come with three discs and a 128-page hard-bound book featuring previously unpublished photos by Linda McCartneyRead More/Listen - Spinner

Paul McCartney working on pre-rock covers album - Musicrooms.net

The 68-year-old former Beatles musician is recording a number of covers of tracks from the pre-rock era which remind him of his father's music taste. He told RollingStone magazine: "It's my dad's style of music. It's get-home-from-work music. You put it on and get a glass of wine." Read More - Musicrooms.net

Derek & The Dominos, “Bell Bottom Blues” - American Songwriter

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs is Eric Clapton’s tortured love letter to the wife of his friend, George Harrison. The album has often been defined by the short-lived guitar partnership of Clapton and Duane Allman. But in a recent interview with American Songwriter, Bobby Whitlock remembers it differently.

“Duane’s completely out of tune. I mean, they put two slide guitarists at the end of ‘Layla’ and both of ‘em are out of tune. Someone asked me the other day, they said, ‘Well, do you think it would have been a different album if Duane had not been on it?’ I said ‘Yeah, it’d be a different album. Eric’s a great slide player, and all the playing would have been exactly in tune.’” Read More - American Songwriter

McCartney & McCartney II Trailers Premiere Today!

MPL and the Concord Music Group are pleased to announce McCartney and McCartney II as the next releases in the Paul McCartney Archive Collection on June 14th, 2011. Heralded as one of the most beloved solo debuts of all time, McCartney, the smash # 1 album, originally released April of 1970, yielded the timeless tracks “Every Night” and “Junk” along with the immortal classic “Maybe I’m Amazed.” McCartney II originally issued in May of 1980 was McCartney’s return to solo work after nine years touring and having released several massively successful albums with Wings. Reaching #1 in the UK , and #3 in the U.S. , the album produced enduring classics such as “Coming Up,” “Waterfalls,” & “Temporary Secretary.”

Paul McCartney personally supervised all aspects of these two reissues. The remastering work was done at Abbey Road using the same team who recently remastered the complete Beatles’ catalogue.

Both McCartney and McCartney II will be available in a variety of formats.


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The Day The Beatles Let it Be - antiMusic.com

On Friday The Day The Beatles Let it Be was a top story. Here is the recap: On this day in 1970, The world premiere of The Beatles film Let it Be took place in New York City. Gibson takes a look back: Following the sessions for the "White Album," which produced legendary music but also found tensions rising to an all-time high, The Beatles planned to get back to their roots on their next recording. As it turned out, the not always smooth experience would be filmed for a documentary titled Let it Be, which made its world premiere on this day in 1970. Read More - antiMusic.com

An Evening With The Fab Faux

On June 10th, The Fab Faux will be performing at the Oneonta Theatre in Oneonta, NY. With a commitment to the accurate reproduction of The Beatles’ repertoire, The Fab Faux treat the seminal music with unwavering respect, and are known for their painstaking recreations of the songs (with emphasis on the later works never performed live by the Beatles). Far beyond a cover band, they play the music of The Beatles so impeccably that you’ve got to experience it to believe it. Click To Go To Website

Listen: Bob Dylan on Drugs, John Lennon and Much More in 1969 - Rolling Stone Music

When Rolling Stone co-founder Jann Wenner flew to New York in the summer of 1969 to interview Bob Dylan, the songwriter had been out of the spotlight for three long years. In an extensive and groundbreaking interview, Dylan broke his silence on everything from drugs and the stories behind his greatest songs to why exactly he'd gone into seclusion at the height of his fame. CLICK FOR MORE

John Lennon Educational Tour Bus returns to Asheville, May 13-14 - Blogwire Mountain Xpress

The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus is coming back to Asheville next Friday May 13 and Saturday May 14. Public tours will take place on both days in the parking lot across the street from the WCQS studios on Broadway Ave. Friday's tour will take place from 6 pm to 8 pm. Tours on Saturday will take place from 10 am to noon and 4 pm to 7 pm. In addition, local musicians have been selected to record on the bus including a band comprised of local students. Read More - Blogwire Mountain Xpress

Sir Paul McCartney and Nancy Shevell: This DOES look like love - Mail Online

The Daily Mail reports that money is not a priority to Shevell, whose family is wealthy on their own due to her father's trucking business. The couple first started dating in 2007 when they met in the Hamptons, and they have been private since that time. Reports say that Shevell is not like McCartney's ex-wife, Heather Mills, who would frequently go on shopping sprees, which he detested. Early in the relationship, Shevell told McCartney not to buy her any diamonds because she had her own. Friends close to McCartney compare Shevell to his first wife, Linda, who he lost to breast cancer. Read More - Mail Online

Strawberry Field Gates to Be Replaced With Replicas - Spinner

The gates to Liverpool's Strawberry Field, the Salvation Army-owned site made famous by the Beatles, are to be removed and replaced with replicas. The 100-year-old wrought-iron gates will be put in storage to prevent further deterioration, the director of social services for the Salvation Army, Major Ray Irving, has announced. "Although care has been taken to ensure the original gates to the site have remained in good condition, inevitably time has taken its toll," Irving told the Guardian. Read More - Spinner

John Lennon’s Film Debut: How I Won the War (1967) - Technorati Film

Opening in “The Rhine – 1945,” the anti-war How I Won the War is most widely known for featuring Beatle John Lennon in his first motion picture performance. Directed by Richard Lester, it is based on a novel by Patrick Ryan, and tells the story of an inept British commander in World War II. A war comedy, How I Won the War was released when America was thickly involved in Viet Nam. Read more: John Lennon’s Film Debut: How I Won the War (1967) - Technorati Film

Sir Paul, you're a credit to your love songs - Stephanie Merritt

'Some people wanna fill the world with silly love songs," declared Paul McCartney, back in the days before his own love life turned into a Chaucerian cautionary tale about the follies of age and the wiles of youth and beauty. "And what's wrong with that?" the song goes on, "I'd like to know, 'cause here I go, again." Sir Paul, you're a credit to your love songs - Stephanie Merritt, The Observer

David Mason obituary: Classical trumpeter David Mason played on Beatles' 'Penny Lane' - latimes.com

David Mason, a classical musician best known for his distinctive piccolo trumpet solo on the Beatles' recording of "Penny Lane," has died. He was 85. Mason died April 29 after a brief battle with leukemia, according to the All Music online database. The Beatles' Paul McCartney was looking to embellish "Penny Lane" when he saw Mason on television playing the trumpet on Bach's "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 2 in F Major, Mason often recalled. Read More - latimes.com

Paul McCartney, Nancy Shevell engaged

Congratulations to Paul McCartney and Nancy Shevell. People Magazine reports that the Beatles legend and Shevell, a New York businesswoman, are engaged to be married. A source close to Shevell, 51, says, "Nancy and Paul are getting married. Ring and all - very exciting." McCartney, 68, and Shevell have been dating for four years and met in the Hamptons during the Summer of 2007. Though there is a 17-year age difference, a source says, "They have the right chemistry. They're both cool, chilled out and optimistic."

While there's been no official word from McCartney's camp, this would be his third marriage. He married Linda McCartney in 1969 and Heather Mills in 2002. McCartney has five children, Heather, 48; Mary, 41; Stella, 39; James, 33 and Beatrice, 7.

Rare Beatles T-shirt Goes On Sale On EBay - myHermes

One internet seller who will be looking carefully at their parcel delivery options in the next few days is the eBay member who has put a rare Beatles T-shirt worth £12,000 up for sale. The white garment features a blue print of the band's controversial Yesterday and Today album cover featuring the Fab Four dressed as butchers holding dolls and slabs of meat, Metro reports. Read More - myHermes Parcel Delivery News

We all shine on

Genius. Singer. Songwriter. Visionary. Peace campaigner. Martyr. Iconoclast. Icon. To many millions of people, John Lennon was, is, and always will be all these things. Yet there is also the darker side of the man - the abandoned child, the insecure adult, the adulterer, the cynic, the possessive husband, the preacher who did not practise what he preached, and in his own words: “I was a hitter. I couldn’t express myself and I hit. I fought men and I hit women.” [read more]

McCartney Solo Works Get “Deluxe Treatment”

You know we love our treatment news around here so when I found this Paul McCartney reissue announcement in my junk mailbox, I laughed, cried, and unjunked it, all at the same time. You see, word is that McCartney and McCartney II, Sir Paul’s first post-Beatles and third solo, Wing-less solo recordings spaced 10 years apart, are scheduled for “deluxe treatment” and a June 14th release. The titles are the second and third releases in an extensive reissue program planned for Macca that began with the beautiful Band on the Run archive edition release in 2010. [read more]

Rare drawings by ex-Beatle Stuart Sutcliffe up for sale - National Beatles Examiner.com

Four drawings by Stuart Sutcliffe, who died in April of 1962 at the age of 21, are being sold by Paul Fraser Collectibles. The drawings, which are unsigned, are on an 8 x 10 1/2 inch sheet taken from a sketchbook. The four images take up both sides of an off-white page. The sketches show a woman with some men and the woman appears to be naked. Paul Fraser Collectibles say the drawings are in "fine condition." Read More - National Beatles Examiner.com

Digital Video Singles - Exploring the archives of music history

DVS specialises in unearthing lost or rarely seen video footage from various music archives around the world from the 1950s through to the 1980s focussing on live performances of the classic artists from the pre-MTv era. They then make these available through iTunes for download. Its a new venture but already they have secured performances from the likes of Paul McCartney, Iggy Pop & Otis Redding. All videos are cleared for use directly with each artist and in turn we ensure they get paid for every download that is sold via iTunes.

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While My Guitar Gently Weeps (George Harrison) -
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Long Tall Sally (Paul McCartney) -
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Rare Paul McCartney Album Set for Release

Paul McCartney’s first non-Beatles work, the soundtrack for the 1966 film The Family Way, will be released for the first time in its original form on CD, according to Examiner.com. The soundtrack was originally released in January 1967 under the name The George Martin Orchestra – though the music was written by McCartney, who also contributed bass, piano and vocals to the recording. [read more]

Yoko Ono Auctions a Stroll With Her Through Strawberry Fields - ARTISTdirect News

Would you like to walk the walk with Yoko Ono? Yoko Ono is the latest power player to join the cause for Literacy Partners. The artist, author, musician and peace activist, known for her marriage to John Lennon and her groundbreaking work in avant-garde music and art, is auctioning off a chance to stroll with her through Strawberry Fields in NYC to benefit Literacy Partners, a nonprofit that provides high-quality, community-based literacy programs for adults in New York City. Read More - ARTISTdirect News

Early Beatles to Be Honored with Liverpool Street Names? - Paste

Pete Best and Stuart Sutcliffe were both members of The Beatles during the group’s early years but left the band before they found fame. Now, the forgotten Beatles may be recognized with Liverpool streets named in their honor. The city’s council began considering the prospect after the Liverpool Beatles Appreciation Society International suggested that the pair have been overlooked as an important aspect of the city’s history. Read More - Paste

John Lennon\'s microphones used to record \'Imagine\' are to be auctioned

In the 1970s, the equipment was housed in Lennon’s home studio in Tittenhurst Park and was used for his early solo albums. Recording equipment specialists MJQ Ltd, are handling the auction and as well as other Beatles related equipment, they are offering a mixing console from the Abbey Road Studios in London. BBC News has reported that Lennon’s microphones will be auctioned for at least 5000 pounds each. The late Beatle’s wife, Yoko Ono, and band mates George Harrison and Ringo Starr, also used the equipment.