John & Yoko exhibition opens
Yoko Ono is in Liverpool to open the new exhibition. Photo: Mark McNulty Today, the new John&Yoko exhibition opens in the Museum of Liverpool, titled Double Fantasy – John & Yoko, and it will be...
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George Harrison’s Höfner Club 40 guitar controversy
George Harrison’s Höfner Club 40. Photo: Juliens Auctions Julien’s Auctions are auctioning off George Harrison’s first electric guitar – a Höfner Club 40 which has been privately held for over 50 years – on...
New “first Beatles film” discovered
On the rooftop of the garden shed at Paul’s house: John, Paul, George and Mike! Liverpool Beatles fans Peter Hodgson and Mark Ashworth have just teamed up to discover what must now be counted as...
The Casbah Story – by Pete Best
Tune in to Pete Best’s account of the Casbah Club story Over at BBC radio, a two-part series of the story of Liverpool’s Casbah Club narrated by ex-Beatle Pete Best is still available for...
Beatles promoter Sam Leach dies
Roger Stormo and Sam Leach, 2008. Sam Leach, a well known name in Liverpool’s early Beatles history died last night in the arms of two of his children, following a brief hospitalisation. Sam’s daughter...
One off Beatles single
A record Brian Epstein (his handwriting on the label) had made at the HMV store in Oxford Street in 1962 to bring around and play when he had meetings with record companies is up...
New Beatles vs EMI theory
“Mersey Beat” 31 May, 1962. On the front page of “Mersey Beat” in June 1962, there was an article about the Beatles’ Parlophone release – due out in July. At the EMI A&R meeting...
The Some Other Guy tape
As we reported back in early June, a tape recording of The Beatles performing “Some Other Guy” at the Cavern Club in Liverpool is about to be auctioned. For some reason, the story only...
The Beatles with Pete …and Ringo
Take a close look at this photo. It’s possibly the only photo of The Beatles with both their drummers, Pete Best and Ringo Starr. The photo was probably taken on Friday, 8 December 1961,...
In memory of Margaret Grose
This weekend Margaret Grose passed away. Many Beatles tourists to Liverpool will have met Margaret. She was the old lady who resided in Ringo Starr’s childhood home at 10, Admiral Grove, and she willingly opened her home...
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