New vinyl editions appear
The new batch of Beatles vinyl albums are being readied for release. As we noted in September, Universal Music/Apple are set to rerelease some of The Beatles’ double vinyl albums for the Christmas market...
Category: Beatles records
The early Lennon & McCartney cover album
The Stars Sing Lennon & McCartney Yesterday we blogged about the 1979 album, “The Songs Lennon and McCartney Gave Away” and its Swedish predecessor “Northern Songs”. Now, in the Wikipedia entry of the former,...
The Songs Lennon, McCartney and Harrison Gave Away
The Songs Lennon & McCartney Gave Away LP from 1979 on EMI. “The Songs Lennon and McCartney Gave Away” was a conceptual compilation album containing the original artist recordings of songs composed by John...
“White album” no. 01 for sale
White album no. 01 But it’s not No. 00000000001, it’s actually No. 01! It’s a 1st pressing of The Beatles (White Album) UK 1968 mono album, complete with poster and photos, and the sleeve...
Long Tall Sally EP for Record Store Day
The “Long Tall Sally” EP has been rereleased a lot, here it comes again! The British EP “Long Tall Sally” is getting a rerelease for Record Store Day. Released in 1964, “Long Tall Sally”...
Spanish English teacher influenced Sgt Pepper?
John Lennon spent 44 days in Almeria, Spain in 1966, filming “How I Won The War” and starting to compose “Strawberry Fields Forever”. A movie and a book have recently been released about it....
Abbey Road – creating the back cover
The untouched back cover photo We have received a letter from Mike Cockcroft, who has been doing some further research about the work his dad, John Cockcroft did for the Abbey Road cover. This...
The geography of collecting the Beatles
Australian pressing The Beatles is, of course, history. But when I grew up and started to assemble my Beatles collection, it was also geography. In the late seventies I started collecting Beatles and solo-Beatles...
New Beatles vinyl albums for November
“Love” and other albums scheduled for rerelease. Apple Corps Ltd and Universal Music are in full flight to take advantage of the current rise in popularity of vinyl albums, witness the stereo and the...
Beatles in Mono is out
Original photo for the Revolver back cover. © Copyright Robert Whitaker. The Beatles in Mono is out, and I had the privilege of attending a small launch party at the appropriately named Mono Café...
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