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Lewisohn book website

Mark Lewisohn’s definitive three-volume Beatles biography which finally debuts this autumn, now has a home on the web: thebeatlesbiography.com. There’s also a twitter account to follow: @beatlesbook. The first volume is due out in...

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Logo change

  May 12th, 1963: The Beatles appear on “Thank Your Lucky Stars” and show off their new logo! In the first photo, Lennon is wearing glasses at rehearsal, and Ringo’s bass drum is still...

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Pop Up Paul

News are in the air regarding Paul McCartney’s new album. Having worked on more than fifty different songs with four different producers, the album is nearing the mixing stage in early March. Some last...

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Ringo at the Ryman

“Ringo At The Ryman,” a DVD of Ringo And His All Starr Band’s performance at Nashville’s historic Ryman, filmed July 7, 2012. Due out on March 26th, 2013 Ringo At The Ryman, filmed on...

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New Hamburg Beatles Film

Tanya Day with her backing band, The Beatles Just days after the death of Tony Sheridan and not a full year since the closing of Hamburg’s own Beatles museum, a Manchester based film company...

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The original 1982 mono boxed sets

Black mono boxed set from 1982 While we’re waiting for the announcement of the new remastered mono Beatles vinyl albums, I thought I’d reminisc about the original vinyl mono boxed sets. Since stereo was...

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White album collector

The album depicted above is jazz singer Jeri Winters’ 1955 album, “Winter’s here” on Fraternity records. Another white album, recorded and released by The Beatles in 1968, is this man‘s obsession.

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Beatlemania

Beatlemania was a Broadway musical revue focused on the music of The Beatles as it related to the events and changing attitudes of the tumultuous Sixties. A “rockumentary”, advertised as “Not the Beatles, but...

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Beatles in India (again)

We’re always suckers for a good “Abbey Road” story. This poster is now being used by the traffic police in Calcutta, India to encourage pedestrians to use the zebra crossings when they want to...