BBC Radio 4 – Great lives: John Lennon
A new series, “Great lives” debuts with a closer look at John Lennon. This may be old news from 2010, but it’s available now from BBC Radio 4. Journalist John Harris, author of influential...
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New Beatles in Japan bootleg CD+DVD
New from HMC. Coming up from the HMC bootleg label is a new edition of their TMOQ Gazette series, this time focusing on The Beatles’ concerts in Tokyo in 1966. The contents are supposed...
Muhammad Ali and The Beatles
Friday, boxing legend Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay) left this planet, at 74. Ali was a major icon when he was alive, not only because of his victories in the boxing ring, but...
George Martin’s documentary series airs
George Martin and The Beatles. Before his death, Sir George Martin was involved in the making of a television series called Soundbreaking. The series has now started to air in a few markets, notably...
18 promotional videos on YouTube
Edited into the new version of the “Penny Lane” film. Six days ago, without any fanfare, The Beatles published eighteen “preview videos” on YouTube, taken from last November’s release of the 1 and 1+...
Paul McCartney on BBC Radio 4’s Mastertapes
McCartney on BBC 4 The recently taped interview with Paul McCartney on a special edition of BBC Radio 4’s Mastertapes will be available today on the BBC iPlayer. Paul McCartney talked to John Wilson...
1985 online
“Cover” for the online release of the remixed tracks. If you were unable to secure a physical copy of the remixed versions of Paul McCartney & Wings’ “Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five (Paul McCartney...
From Me To You jubilee
From Me To You, issue #50. The Russian Beatles fanzine “From Me To You” celebrates its fiftieth issue. The fanzine has been published quarterly since 2005 – in Russian. The back cover of issue...
Tony Barrow
Tony Barrow outside The Beatles Story museum in Liverpool. Anthony Frederick James “Tony” Barrow (11 May 1936 – 14 May 2016) worked as The Beatles’ “press officer” between 1962 and 1968. He invented the...
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