The Irish Mother, the Race horse and the Beatles
How a determined Irish woman help launch the career of the biggest pop band in history by guest blogger Brendan Farrell Mona (Mo) Best was the mother of a member of the most famous...
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The Beatles and India
You may be forgiven to have believed that Paul Saltzman’s 2020 film «Meeting the Beatles in India» was the last word, documentarywise, on The Beatles’ Indian adventure. Not so. Slated for a premiere at...
The Beatles:Get Back to home video market in October?
The Russian “overground” DVD and Blu-ray online shop GoldDisk announces that “The Beatles:Get Back” DVD will be released on October 31, 2021. Although that’s unlikely as it’s a Sunday, an October release makes sense,...
Sunday night at the London Palladium tape emerges
One of the early highlights for The Beatles in 1963 was their performance at the televised “Sunday night at the London Palladium” show, which brought them into British homes for real. Unlike their previous...
McCartney documentary series to Hulu
Hulu has announced that the new six-part music docuseries with Rick Rubin and Paul McCartney titled “McCartney 3,2,1” will premiere on July 16. In this series, the old multitracks of the Beatles will leave...
The story behind Paul McCartney’s “Magic Piano”
The Beatles, The Irish Aristocrat and the Psychedelic sports car The story behind Paul McCartney’s “Magic Piano” by Brendan Farrell Follow the Swinging King’s Road It was 1967, London was swinging; The King’s road...
Let It Be…Naked – a Beatles album for the “1” generation
In 2003, a new phase Beatles album was released – but it was not as successful as they would have thought. The “1” album of Beatles number one hits was released in 2000 and...
Remixed “Get Back” and “Let It Be” albums?
Giles Martin was recently guesting the “Rockonteurs” podcast, hosted by Gary Kemp from Spandau Ballet and Pink Floyd sideman Guy Pratt. During the conversation, he can be interpreted to say that both the planned...
Saga of the missing Beatles
Long time followers of this blog may recall the cropped photo from The Beatles’ first engagement as professional musicians, at the Indra Club in Hamburg. At the time, August 17, 1960, The Beatles was...
Abandoned 3D Submarine
Yellow Submarine was a planned computer-animated remake of The Beatles’ 1968 film of the same name. It would have been produced by ImageMovers Digital and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. Director Robert Zemeckis was...
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