Sgt. Pilcher steps forward
Norman Pilcher of the drug squad was the officer who raided John Lennon’s and George Harrison’s residences and found drugs in both places. John was tipped off beforehand and had his rented apartment cleaned...
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Early Paul and George
As you may or may not know, George Harrison and Paul McCartney were mates before they met John Lennon. In the recently released archive version of Paul’s 1997 album, “Flaming Pie”, there are a...
The panda from Manchester
November 20th 1963. The Beatles performed two shows at Manchester’s ABC Cinema on the 16th date of their 1963 Autumn Tour. During the first show, Pathé News filmed the group performing “She Loves You”...
The Lennon tour of 1981
Roadie Henry Smith was preparing for the May 1981 John Lennon tour when he got a call from Roberta Flack, informing him that Lennon had just been shot and killed. Flack had been a...
Colourised I Feel Fine
Several music videos (promotional films in yesteryear’s language) were made by The Beatles in Twickenham studios on November 23, 1965. Some old, some new, the songs in question were “We Can Work It Out”,...
Plastic Ono Band book – unseen photos
As you know, the 50th anniversary “Let It Be” releases scheduled for 2020 were all postponed, except for the “Get Back” book, which is still scheduled for release this year, September 1. Something of...
Remastered Melbourne concert to be aired in Australia
The Beatles concert performance at Melbourne’s Festival Hall with Ringo reinstated in the group has always been among the toppermost of the poppermost of filmed Beatles live appearances. Now for one night only, a...
Ringo’s big birthday bash
Ringo Starr will be hosting his own big 80th birtday party live on YouTube. It’s a charity gig featuring guest stars and will benefit Black Lives Matter Global Network, The David Lynch Foundation, Musicares...
The day John and Paul met at Abba’s
Today is the 6th of July, the day most Beatles sites around the world are commemorating as “the day John met Paul”, back in 1957. And this morning on BBC Radio, Rod Davies of...
The World Tonight
New online releases from Paul McCartney today, two videos and an EP on streaming media. The song in question is “The World Tonight”, from previously released CD singles but remastered for a new archival...
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