Creating a collector’s item
When the various formats of the “final Beatles song” was announced, I was thinking to get at least the black 7″ vinyl single (just to keep my U.K. singles collection complete), the cassette and...
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New John&Paul photo from 1974
From the Mal Evans archives and we presume taken by Mal, is yet another photo from 29 March 1974 when Paul and Linda visited John and May at the Santa Monica beach house they...
Peter Jackson Talks About Making The Beatles’ Last Music Video
Peter Jackson: “When Apple asked me to make the music video, I was very reluctant – I thought my next few months would be a hell of a lot more fun if that tricky...
Mona’s diary
In an upcoming auction, Mona Best’s early 1960 booking diary for her Casbah Club is for sale. You might remember that after having lost Colin, their drummer, the second to last incarnation of the...
Now and Then – trailer and story
Now and Then’s eventful journey to fruition took place over five decades and is the product of conversations and collaborations between the four Beatles that go on to this day. The long mythologised John...
Mixing details
From the descriptions of the CD editions. These landmark compilations have introduced generations of fans to the incredible history of the most storied band in music. For its 50th anniversary, the collections have been...
Red and blue 3LP albums
It looks like Amazon in France managed to spill the beans a little early today, by preparing a page for the new red and blue albums, with pictures. They didn’t list the contents, but...
Now and then there’s a cassette
Here’s a close up: 2023 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Yoko Ono Lennon, MPL Communications Ltd, GH Estate Ltd and Starling Music Ltd under exclusive license to Calderstone Production Ltd...
60 years since the Beatles’ first tour abroad
This week it’s sixty years since the first time The Beatles dipped their toes into the waters of international touring. They had done their stints in Hamburg, but that was no tour. They did...
Cry For A Shadow
I just came back from the Norwegian Beatles Festival, which was held in Bergen this weekend. It started on Thursday with a screening of the documentary about Colin Hanton, John, Paul and George’s first...
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