Vinyl sales for 2022
For the first year since CDs overtook the market, vinyl sales have now generated more revenue than CDs in the U.K. So vinyl hasn’t actually sold more units (which a previous version of this...
Category: Beatles
Newly discovered John, Paul and Helen Shapiro photo
This is a recently discovered photograph of John Lennon and Paul McCartney with Helen Shapiro outside of the Gaumont Theatre, Hanley on March 3rd 1963. This was the final night of the Helen Shapiro...
Autographed “Ain’t She Sweet”
John Lennon must have given thousands of autographs over the years, but here’s an odd one just about to be auctioned off – from the famous Tony Sheridan sessions for Polydor in 1961. This...
Bono confirms half a bar of chocolate united Lennon-McCartney
It’s been known by die-hard Beatles fans for a while, and we shared the story in 2013. Now Bono has a book out where he confirms that Paul told him the story about where...
British fan club magazine folds
The British Beatles Fan Club is planning to publish the final issue of their quarterly published fanzine in late January or early February. British fans have had their own fan club magazine since 2000,...
Photographer Henry Grossman
The New York Times reports that photographer Henry Grossman has passed away. His is death was in late November last year. Grossman started photographing The Beatles when they were performing at the Ed Sullivan...
Ted “Kingsize” Taylor
We have just received word about the death of Ted “Kingsize” Taylor. A contemporary and rival of the Beatles in their Liverpool days, Taylor and his band played the Cavern Club and found themselves...
Limited edition book about The Beatles’ U.K. singles
A limited edition book from the fine folks over at Apcor has been published, in just 500 copies. The book costs €65,00 plus postage and packaging. Here’s the blurb about the book from the...
The Norwegian Beatles logo
Sten Nilsen (born 21 June 1921 in Fredrikstad, died 28 March 1994) was a Norwegian illustrator, artist (drawings), song composer and recording artist. One of his designs was “The Beatles” logo which was used...
New music video from The Beatles
A brand new music video for Paul McCartney’s ballad, “Here There and Everywhere” has been approved by the Apple Corps board of directors for publication in conjunction with the promotion of “Revolver” in its...
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