Mortimer album finally due
Coming up: Mortimer’s Apple album. A trio from New York State, U.S.A., “Mortimer”, was visiting The Beatles’ Apple company in 1968, hoping to at least make a demo recording for the company. As they...
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Magic Alex
I feel very sad. “Magic Alex” Mardas was a good friend to both John and I. He was not just talented, he had a big heart. love, yoko pic.twitter.com/Aw01TxUSLn — Yoko Ono (@yokoono) January...
A is for Apple Vol 2
Volume 1 of “A is for Apple” to be reprinted, and vol 2 comes. Volume 2 of the book series “A is for Apple” is due out in April, and for latecomers, a small...
New Apple documentary coming up
The 2012 documentary. British television company Sky Arts has a documentary in the making, all about The Beatles’ company, Apple Corps Ltd. Of course, the company has been profiled in documentaries before, like the...
50 million times in 48 hours
Christmas with the Beatles. The Daily Mail has been given some figures from Spotify – the largest of the music streaming service providers – about the Beatles’ performance in the first 48 hours after...
Streaming Beatles
Online streaming services The big news this Christmas is that part of the Beatles’ catalogue now is available from major streaming services. To illustrate what this means, here’s a story. In the summer of...
The mystery session
Mystery session photo from the Get Back book. At the end of the “Get Back” book, you know, the book that accompanied the deluxe boxed set of “Let It Be”, there’s a set of...
The Zapple Diaries: The Rise and Fall of the Last Beatles Label
Out now: A book about the Zapple label, Apple’s subsidiary Barry Miles, renowned cultural historian and writer, brings us the fascinating inside story of Zapple, the Beatles’ experimental and spoken word label. Appointed as...
And the Profits Four told:
1969: 8-track tapes and the new cassette format is all the rage, and for some reason, in the USA, Apple Records released this rather cheeky store display promoting the entire Beatles catalogue on 8...
Abbey Road rehearsal
The Abbey Road zebra crossing. Extract from the new ebook by Kevin Harrington, “Who’s The Redhead On The Roof….?” “Towards the end of the recording sessions I was asked, along with Steve Brendell, to...
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