The panda from Manchester
November 20th 1963. The Beatles performed two shows at Manchester’s ABC Cinema on the 16th date of their 1963 Autumn Tour. During the first show, Pathé News filmed the group performing “She Loves You”...
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Colourised I Feel Fine
Several music videos (promotional films in yesteryear’s language) were made by The Beatles in Twickenham studios on November 23, 1965. Some old, some new, the songs in question were “We Can Work It Out”,...
Remastered Melbourne concert to be aired in Australia
The Beatles concert performance at Melbourne’s Festival Hall with Ringo reinstated in the group has always been among the toppermost of the poppermost of filmed Beatles live appearances. Now for one night only, a...
The Beatles’ first EMI tape
The late Geoff Emerick worked as sound engineer for The Beatles from 1966. But he was present right from the beginning. And now it turns out that the engineer, who died in 2018, has...
50 years since the Beatles break-up became public
The headline that announced the Beatles’ break-up to readers of The Daily Mirror. April 10, 1970 is usually reckoned as the day the Beatles broke up. The reason for this date is that this...
The Decca tape went for £62 500
Of course, mainstream media are all reporting about the most expensive item from the Beatles auction by Sotheby’s which finished yesterday. John Lennon forgot a pair of round sunglasses in a car, and they...
Decca tape for sale at Sotheby’s
A tape with part of The Beatles’ famous unsuccessful audition for Decca Records is now the subject of an auction sale. “This precious tape holds a special place in the annals of music history,”...
The corrected cartoon
Remember this cartoon? It has been around since 2014. That final panel was recently updated to say 2018.This cartoon has been floating around on social media since 2014 at least, and is a satirical...
Beatles premonition in Superman comic book
Never am I more happy than when I can combine my love for The Beatles with my love for the Superman comic books. Today, I happened to stumble upon a curiosity within the pages...
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