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Tuesday 31 March 2015
The Beatles at the Beeb rebroadcast
Auction tomorrow
The real deal? |
With the "raw tapes" in one's possession, one could establish the correct order of the songs, and it might also reveal more stage banter and perhaps incomplete songs left out of the releases from 1977 and throughout the eighties.
The tapes are likely to be a direct transfer of the material from the four track original, damaged 1962 tape used to record the band on the scene, as rescued by Ted Taylor and Allan Williams in 1973. But until we get a chance to hear the tapes in full, we won't know. Samples from the tapes have been posted on the auction site, and the quality and sonic ambience is said to be similar to the snippets from these concerts as used in the "Living In The Material World" documentary film - and different to the sonic ambience of previous album releases of this material.
Previously a legal release, until the Beatles won a court case in 1990. |
Link to the auction
Meanwhile, another interesting, earlier tape has been found, which is the song "Some Other Guy" recorded at the Cavern Club in Liverpool September 5th, 1962. The tape is to go under the hammer on November 4th, 2015 from Adam Partridge Auctioneers in Liverpool. The contents of the tape is well known from needledrops of acetates featuring this version of the song, but sourced from a tape, the quality is bound to be better than previously heard incarnations of the recording.
Monday 30 March 2015
Setlist from Jan 17, 1963
Memorabilia specialists Tracks has an interesting item for sale, one which gives us a glimpse of what a Beatles concert, two and a half weeks after they had been recorded playing at the Star Club in Hamburg would have been like. A fan has jotted down the titles of the songs the band played at a gig at the Majestic in Birkenhead. The lead singer is also identified, but unfortunately not on the songs the fan was not familiar with. It seems to me that the set list looks like it's a young girl's handwriting. It also looks too neat to have been jotted down at the gig, she probably scribbled down just some abbreviations and later wrote it down properly, probably at home.
The songs are:
- Unknown (I Saw Her Standing There - Paul?)
- Shimmy Like Kate - John
- Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On - George
- P.S. I Love You - Paul
- H (unknown) (Honey Don't - John?)
- Chains - George
- A Taste of Honey - Paul
- Please Please Me - no lead vocalist indicated, but it's John's song
- Three Cool Cats - George
- Unknown (Till There Was You - Paul?)
- Anna (Go to Him) - John
- Hey, Good Lookin' - George
- Hippy Hippy Shake - Paul
- Talking 'bout You - John
- Devil in her Heart - George
- Some Other Guy - John
- Ask Me Why - John
- Roll Over Beethoven - George
- Love Me Do - no lead vocalist indicated, but it's John's song.
Probably the first Beatles single in the world with a picture sleeve, this is the Danish/Norwegian cover of the Please Please Me single. |
Friday 27 March 2015
Star Club raw tape preview
Sounds quite nice to these ears! Your mileage may vary. |
Beatles historians have no use for the fake stereo masters made in 1977, of course, but the full lot is described thusly:
I'd say the real deal here is item #1: The original unedited mono Master 7" safety reels. The bidding starts at £40,000 and the estimated sales price is £100,000 – £150,000.
Link to the auction.
Meanwhile, bootlegger Misterclaudel have just released what they claim is a CD version of the raw, unedited tape. Misterclaudel's press release in Japan says it is the 1973 raw tape (made from transferring the contents of the damaged 1962 reel tape to a new reel tape, or several new reel tapes). We are awaiting the release to reach us.
Wednesday 25 March 2015
On the cover of Rolling Stone...
Returning to the cover of Rolling Stone |
Ringo Starr returns to the Rolling Stone cover solo for the first time since 1981 this week, musing on everything from a hypothetical Beatles reunion to why he decided to get clean in 1988. Film and teaser here: Rolling Stone Magazine. They also give you a guided tour through Ringo's solo career, courtesy of videos they found on YouTube.
Ringo will also be talking about his new album, "Postcards from Paradise" on "the Ellen DeGeneres show" on 31. March as well as on "Conan" April 1 (true). Uncut Magazine is looking for questions to ask Ringo for an upcoming feature, submit your question(s) through this page.
Tuesday 24 March 2015
Fourfiveseconds out on CD-single
The CD-single |
The release may be because Germany is either very hesitant to, or awaiting the collapse of the digital revolution. I just came back from a Beatles themed cruise from Oslo to the German city of Kiel, and was surprised when I had to withdraw cash in order to shop, because accepting credit or debit cards was not commonplace, even in high street shops in Germany. And when we stopped to have breakfast at a diner, they didn't accept Visa, only Mastercard. So the future may take Visa, but the present is still not there.
Friday 20 March 2015
Ringo's Photograph book - cheap edition
New edition of Ringo's book, "Photograph". |
In an original manuscript of over 15,000 words, join Ringo growing up amidst the excitement of the emerging Merseybeat scene, as he remembers his first car, drum-kits, girls and bands on his ‘road of happy drumming’. From Pwllheli to Delhi, obscurity to superstardom, his travels are recounted with honesty and hilarity.
“I love pictures put together, showing different times of your life, “Ringo said about the book, “At the time, I never thought that there would be a whole book of my photographs.”
The limited edition from Genesis Publications. |
PHOTOGRAPH was originally conceived as a limited edition book of only 2,500 copies, which sold out within weeks. A short edition is also available as an e-book from iTunes.
Two years later, Ringo Starr and Genesis Publications announce the 'Open Edition' - a more accessible and affordable printing of his book to be released in bookstores this September 2015. The author is donating all royalties to the Lotus Foundation.
The book is available for preordering from Amazon.
Thursday 19 March 2015
The Beatles: Alpha Omega
The Beatles: Alpha Omega 4 disc boxed set |
These four-LP collections were advertised on TV and radio stations in the Midwest and were sold by mail order. Instead of taking legal action, Capitol Records countered by putting out two official Beatles anthologies, The Beatles 1962-1966 (the red album) and The Beatles 1967-1970 (the blue album).
However, in March, a $15 million lawsuit was filed by manager Allen Klein on behalf of George Harrison, along with Capitol and Apple Records, against the manufacturers and distributors of the pirate package, and against American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., who had been advertising it.
Unlike the official release, the Alpha Omega sets was not ordered chronologically but somewhat alphabeticaly, and with a few solo songs thrown in to boot.
The boxed set lying face down |
Alpha Omega Volume I:
Side 1:- Act Naturally
- All I've Got To Do
- All My Loving
- And I Love Her
- Baby's In Black
- Yesterday
- Ballad Of John And Yoko
- Bangladesh
- Can't Buy Me Love
- Come Together
- Day Tripper
- Do You Want To Know A Secret
- Eight Days A Week
- Eleanor Rigby
- Uncle Albert
- I Should Have Known Better
- It Won't Be Long
- I Want To Hold Your Hand
- Lady Madonna
- Ticket To Ride
- Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
- Michelle
- Mr. Moonlight
- I Feel Fine
- If I Fell
- I'll Be Back
- Hey Jude
- I'm A Loser
- I'm Happy Just To Dance With You
- I Saw Her Standing There
Alpha Omega Volume II:
Side 1:- Nowhere Man
- Obladi Oblada
- Paperback Writer
- Penny Lane
- Help!
- Roll Over Beethoven
- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
- Get Back
- Hello Goodbye
- Revolution #1
- Here Comes The Sun
- I'll Follow The Sun
- Imagine
- Honey Don't
- We Can Work It Out
- With A Little Help From My Friends
- Yellow Submarine
- Baby You're A Rich Man
- You Can't Do That
- You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
- Maybe I'm Amazed
- A Hard Day's Night
- She Loves You
- Something
- Strawberry Fields Forever
- Tell Me Why
- The Long And Winding Road
- Let It Be
- Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby
Someone also pressed up copies of this release on CDs, taken from vinyl drops of the LPs.
You can find out more about this release (which was also out on 8-track) on the About The Beatles site. And check out a YouTube video.
NME: Beatles issue
NME Beatles Special |
NME is out with a bumper issue with a theme: 100 Greatest Beatles Songs As Chosen By Music's A-Listers.
Read the countdown from 100 to 51 online.
Wednesday 18 March 2015
Beatles monument in Austria - and an unknown concert
Before the unveiling |
The Beatles monument |
Installation 1. |
Installation 2. |
The monument and installations were erected during the "Beatle Week" in Obertauern, which is still happening.
The Unknown Beatles Concert
Herbert Lurzer was Paul McCartneys ski teacher and stunt double in the film. He was just a local lad at the time with no real idea who his famous pupil was.“ I had never heard of them before, it was incredible to be suddenly involved in the inner circle of madness for those weeks. I was teaching Paul to ski and playing his parts in the movie, it was an amazing time”
“I remember Paul falling the first time and shouting me to pick him up. I refused, I said you have to learn to fall before you ski, then you have to learn to get up! I don’t think he was used to people talking to him like that anymore. I remember we were on the top of a mountain and he forgot his cigarettes so he just clicked his finger for somebody to get them! Remember at this time they were so famous and so young, they were not used to it yet and everything was available to them instantly”
John gets a helping hand after a fall. Photo: © Christian Skrein (Salzburg Museum) |
“Because we hadn’t really heard the songs before, they played all the ski teachers a concert.”
As it turns out, this is the only gig they ever played in Austria, and there was only a handful of people there!
“It was amazing, and they asked us - do you like this song, do you like that song? Imagine! Them asking me!”
"We hung out with them, drinking and smoking as they were always waiting around for something to happen, they were our friends for two weeks and they asked a lot of questions about Austria and about us, they were such great guys.”
Herbert now owns the hotel the Beatles had stayed in during the time they spent there. The Beatles stayed at the Edelweiss hotel in rooms 502, 504, 506 and 507, and these rooms, now modernised, are available to book. The rest of the film crew stayed at the Marietta hotel.
Another concert happened when John and Paul joined Hamburg mate Jacky during their stay in Austria, but we already blogged about that here.
The year after, Paul returned to Austria with his girlfriend Jane Asher for a holiday, as he wanted to learn to ski properly.
Source for Beatles monument
Source for Herbert Lurzer's story
Source for Beatles installation
Ringo Starr October dates
Just as we thought, it was just announced that Ringo and his All Starr Band will undertake another tour this autumn. Again, USA and Canada are the countries he will visit. Ringo will be on stage in Vancouver on the 75th anniversary of John Lennon's birthday. However, Ringo will first turn 75 himself on July 7, and Paul McCartney has a concert in Norway that day, so he will not be able to attend. Busy days for the surviving Beatles. Here are the October dates of Ringo Starr and his All Starr Band.
Oct 1 The Masonic, San Francisco, CA
Oct 2 Vina Robles Ampitheater, Paso Robles, CA
Oct 3 Field of Dreams, Sonoma, CA
Oct 6 Century Link Arena, Boise, ID
Oct 8 Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre Victoria, BC
Oct 9 Queen Elizabeth Theatre Vancouver, BC
Oct 10 South Okanagan Event Ctr, Penticton, BC
Oct 12 Jubilee Auditorium, Edmonton, AL
Oct 13 Jubilee Auditorium, Calgary, AL
Oct 14 Brandt Centre, Regina, SA
Oct 16 State Theater, Minneapolis, MN
Oct 17 Riverside Theater, Milwaukee, WI
Oct 18 Fox Theater, Detroit, MI
Oct 20 Massey Hall Toronto, ON
Oct 21 St Denis Theatre Montreal, QU
Oct 23 Wang Theater, Boston, MA
Oct 24 Foxwood Theater, Mashantucket, CT
Oct 25 State Theater, New Brunswick, NJ
Oct 27 Heinz Hall, Pittsburgh, PA
Oct 28 Lyric Opera House, Baltimore, MD
Oct 30 Tower Theater, Philadelphia, PA
Oct 31 Kings Theater, Brooklyn, NY
Monday 16 March 2015
McCartney's new "Save us" video
Paul McCartney's new video for the song "Save Us" from the "New" album was just published by Ticketmaster as a "UK exclusive". The video was also available on the collector's edition of "New", so the exclusivity is not very apparant.
The poster story
The Norwegian singles collection |
The place where I was working at the time had acquired a wonderful piece of equipment - a colour copy machine. The machine was also capable of reducing the size of the copy. So I set about the task. I got me some plain white big cardboard sheets, gathered together all my Norwegian Beatles 45's, borrowed a couple that I didn't have and went ahead and produced it. When I had all the miniature single covers I needed, each one was hand glued to the cardboard poster.
I think I made in all five of these posters, one for each of us, me and my two friends, one was presented as an extra prize to a TV competition winner of a Beatles quiz at the time, and one for Paul McCartney. The reason why we thought of Paul, was that we had heard that his friend, Elvis Costello, was a collector of Beatles records. We thought that perhaps next time Costello was visiting Paul, McCartney could show off this poster. Also, Paul was due to give two concerts in Norway in the near future (this was in 1993), so we thought that we might get to present it to him on that occasion.
There were slight variations between each poster, and for Paul we decided to include the two picture sleeves from his solo career that were printed in Norway (the later ones either had standard factory sleeves or were imports). You can see this poster (or rather, a recreation of it) in the photo above.
We had the poster glazed and framed, and were all set when Paul's tour was heading for Scandinavia. At the time, we were on friendly terms with Paul's publicist, Geoff Baker, so we rang him. Baker was kind enough to be able to get us a couple of photo credits for the first concert, and he was also able to get me in to the pre-concert press conference. One thing he didn't accomplish, was to get us that one on one with Paul, so that we could present him with our poster gift. As Paul was giving two concerts, we also tried to deliver it to him the next day, but unfortunately the daily TV news show wanted to interview him at the time slot we had been given, and there was no time left for us. After travelling to the next venue in Stockholm, Sweden with the same result, we gave up.
But we still wanted to give Paul our poster, so we decided to dispatch it by mail to MPL in London.
A couple of months later, the poster came back to me, damaged in the mail. The glass had been shattered and some of the miniature covers were damaged. After a repair job and new glazing, I decided to keep the poster until I could travel to London and deliver it myself.
The poster included with the "1" vinyl album. Photos of these singles were were supplied to Apple by German Beatles collector Joachim Noske, who later released an 800 page book of Beatles records from around the world, called "The Beatles Covered". |
Upon arriving in London, my good friend Peter and I went over to the Apple headquarters in Ovington square and rang the bell. By this time, the Anthology promotion was in full operation and Geoff Baker had been employed by Apple to deal with the press, under Derek Taylor. So, instead of delivering the poster to the staff at MPL, we thought we'd go to Apple where we might get to talk with Geoff and remind him of our non-deliverance of the poster back in Norway a few years earlier. However, this didn't happen. Some secretary opened the door and we unceremoniously presented her with the poster, said it was for Paul and asked her to give our best to Baker.
Then, four years later, Apple/EMI released the hugely successful "1" album by the Beatles (best selling CD of the decade 2000-2010). I purchased the vinyl edition and was awestruck by the giant poster that was included, depicting Beatles single sleeves from around the world. They even kept a few of the Norwegian ones (circled around in yellow in this photo of the poster)!
Years later, in 2012 Paul McCartney released a Record Store Day edition of his single, "Another Day"/"Oh Woman Oh Why?". For the front cover, he elected to use the Norwegian edition of the single, as depicted on the poster we had delivered at the Apple office many years earlier.
Two of the Norwegian single front covers both depicted on our original poster and the "1" poster has since been licenced away by Apple for usage on various memorabilia/souvenir products. The "Something" front cover is a carrier bag, among other things, and the "Can't But Me Love" front cover has been used on items such as coffee mugs, coasters, t-shirts and a die cast model car. It'd be nice if someone who has visited the Apple offices or the MPL building could report about our poster decorating some wall...
Sunday 15 March 2015
Ringo - back on the road
Recovered: Ringo and his All Starr Band ends their current tour tonight in Las Vegas. |
Photos from the Pala Casino concert.
Saturday 14 March 2015
Ringo postpones concerts due to illness
Ringo sings "Act Naturally" at a recent concert in Alabama. Photo: Rick Glover/Beatlefan |
It's the concert that was due to happen on Thursday at the Chumash Casino in Santa Ynez, California and Friday's concert at the Masonic in San Francisco, California that have been cancelled or postponed.
Tonight's concert at the Pala Casino in Pala, California, as well as Sunday's concert at the The Pearl at Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas have so far not been cancelled or rescheduled.
The concerts that were planned for Friday has been rescheduled to October 1, the concert at the Chumash Casino has not yet been given a rescheduled date.
We don't know what kind of illness Ringo is experiencing, but it appears to be something he reckons to recover quickly from, since just one and one concert is being cancelled so far.
Friday 13 March 2015
McCartney: Second night in Amsterdam added
Another addition to the tour announced. |
Updated European tour schedule:
Saturday May 23rd – The O2, London, Great Britain
Sunday May 24th – The O2, London, Great Britain
Wednesday May 27th – Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham, Great Britain
Thursday May 28th – Echo Arena, Liverpool, Great Britain
Friday 5th June - Nouveau Stade Velodrome, Marseille, France
Sunday 7th June – ZiggoDome, Amsterdam, Holland
Monday 8th June – ZiggoDome, Amsterdam, Holland
Thursday 11th June - Stade De France, Paris, France
Saturday 4th July – Roskilde Festival, Denmark
Tuesday 7th July – Telenor Arena, Oslo, Norway
Thursday 9th July – Tele2 Arena, Stockholm, Sweden
The Danish album
Denmark 1965: The Beatles' Hottest Hits. Parlophone PMCS 306. Photo: Parlogram |
Side 1:
- I Feel Fine
- I Call Your Name
- I'll Get You
- From Me To You
- This Boy
- She Loves You
Side 2:
- Long Tall Sally
- Thank You Girl
- Matchbox
- She's A Woman
- Slow Down
- I Want To Hold Your Hand
The back cover of the Danish album. Photo: Parlogram. |
The label for side 1 (Denmark). Photo: Parlogram |
Matrix numbers: XSTX 115 I and XSTX 116. In Sweden, the same album with the same catalogue number (and matrix numbers) was released as The Beatles' Greatest Hits on the 31st of March 1965, but sporting a different cover.
Sweden 1965: The Beatles' Greatest Hits. Parlophone PMCS 306. |
The back cover for the Swedish album. |
The label for side 1 (Sweden) |
The Danes are likely to have selected the "eskimo" photo, taken backstage at the Hammersmith Odeon during the 1964/5 Beatles Christmas shows, due to the fact that Greenland (where eskimos live) is Danish territory. They could not have chosen a concert photo from The Beatles' only visit to Denmark, because Jimmy Nicol was substituting for Ringo on those two concerts.
Beware of fakes
Due to its popularity and rarity, the Danish album has had the dubious honour of having been counterfeited by modern day pirate vinyl pressing plants, usually on coloured vinyl.
Available in several colours, the counterfeits are quite common. |
The counterfeited back doesn't have the wraparound flaps like the original had. |
Usually, whenever you find an original, it's not in a great shape. The white sections of the album cover has usually yellowed with age, and the record will have been played to death. When a decent original comes on the market, prices will be around 500-650 GBP. However, due to the scarcity and collectability of this album, even beat up originals command high prices. Unless you're lucky and the dealer doesn't know what he has. A Swedish "Greatest Hits" will be priced at around 100-150 GBP.
Thursday 12 March 2015
Star club boot claims to be raw tape
The Beatles at the Star Club, Hamburg 1962. |
It's a 5 disc extravaganza featuring not only The Beatles, but also recordings by Kingsize Taylor and the Dominos, the Rebel Rousers and Tony Sheridan. This is the most comprehensive outing of these recordings to date, we believe.
Largely ignored by the public, fans of the Beatles are very fond of this historical document, and once one learns to live with the mediocre quality of the recordings, the concerts can be enjoyed for what they are, a glimpse of what the Beatles sounded like in Hamburg, taped just a few months before they became a household name.
Rare colour photo from inside the Star Club (not the Beatles on stage) |
LIVE AT THE STAR CLUB RAW TAPES - Misterclaudel MCCD470-474 (5CD)
RELEASE Date :25th March
DISC ONE
DECEMBER 21, 1962
1st SHOW "1973 TAPE" reel #1
01. Be-Bop-A-Lula
02. I Saw Her Standing There
03. Hallelujah I Love Her So
04. Red Hot
2nd SHOW "1973 TAPE" reel #2
05. Adrian Barber Voice Memo
06. Shelia
07. Kansas City - Hey Hey Hey Hey
08. Shimmy Like Kate
09. Reminiscing
10. Red Sails In The Sunset
11. Sweet Little Sixteen
12. Roll Over Beethoven
13. A Taste Of Honey
DOMINOS
14. Money with TONY SHERIDAN
15. Sparking Brown Eyes
16. Lovesick Blues
17. First Taste Of Love
18. Dizzy Miss Lizzy
19. Do You Believe
20. Ooh Pooh Pah Doo
21. Twist And Shout
22. Cannonball with BETTINA DERLIEN
DISC TWO
DECEMBER 25, 1962
"1973 TAPE" reel #3
01. Nothin' Shakin'
02. I Saw Her Standing There
03. To Know Her Is To Love Her
04. Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby
05. Till There Was You
06. Where Have You Been All My Life?
07. Lend Me Your Comb
08. Your Feet's Too Big
09. Talking About You
10. A Taste Of Honey
11. Matchbox
12. Little Queenie
DECEMBER 28, 1962
1st SHOW "1973 TAPE" reel #3
13. Twist And Shout
14. Mr.Moonlight
15. Besame Mucho
16. Talking About You
17. Falling Love Again
18. Long Tall Sally
2nd SHOW "1973 TAPE" reel #3
19. I Remember You
20. tuning
21. Roll Over Beethoven
22. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry Over You
REBEL ROUSERS
23. Hully Gully
24. I Take What I Want
DISC THREE
DECEMBER 31, 1962
"1973 TAPE" reel #4
01. tuning
02. Road Runner
03. Hippy Hippy Shake
04. A Taste Of Honey
05. ‘ It’s five to twelve ‘
06. ’ Ein Zulage ‘
07. Ask Me Why
08. ‘ Goodnight ’
DOMINOS
09. Horst Fascher Announcement
10. You Can't Sit Down
11. Roll Over Beethoven
12. Black & Blue
13. Do You Love Me
14. Let's Twist Again
15. Red River Rock
16. Mashed Potatoes
17. Forty Days
18. Ja-Da
19. The Sheik of Araby
20. Buckeye
21. La Bamba
22. Early in the Morning
23. The Twist
24. The Kid
25. The Paris Jam
DISC FOUR
EXTRA DISC
1977 FAN CLUB FLEXI DISC
01. I Saw Her Standing There
1978 RADIO DOCUMENTARY
02. Red Hot
1992 SOTHEBY’S SAMPLER
03. Kansas City
04. Shimmy Like Kate
05. Roll Over Beethoven
06. Fallin’ In Love Again
1993 ANTHOLOGY DIRECTOR’S CUT
07. Red Hot - Shimmy Like Kate - Red Sails In The Sunset
1995 ANTHOLOGY
08. Red Hot - Shimmy Like Kate - Red Sails In The Sunset
2005 FUEGO SAMPLER TAPE
09. ‘ Lost Tapes ’
10. A Taste Of Honey
11. Hippy Hippy Shake - A Taste Of Honey - I Saw Her Standing There - Lovesick Blues
MATRIX
12. Till There Was You
13. Where Have You Been All My Life?
OUT-FAKE EDIT
14. Red Hot #1
15. Red Hot #2
16. A Taste Of Honey
“MACH SHAU”
17. A Taste Of Honey
18. Till There Was You
19. Where Have You Been All Of My Life?
20. Lend Me Your Comb
21. Your Feet's Too Big
22. I'm Talking About You
23. To Know Her Is To Love Her
24. Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby
25. Matchbox
26. Little Queenie
27. Nothin' Shakin'
28. Roll Over Beethoven
DISC FIVE
RARE LIVE! ‘62 Complete Version
01. Introduction
02. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry Over You
03. I Saw Her Standing There
04. Roll Over Beethoven
05. Hippy Hippy Shake
06. Sweet Little Sixteen
07. Lend Me Your Comb
08. Your Feet's Too Big
09. Twist And Shout
10. Mr. Moonlight
11. A Taste Of Honey
12. Besame Mucho
13. Reminiscing
14. Kansas City - Hey Hey Hey Hey
15. Where Have You Been All My Life?
16. Hully Gully REBEL ROUSERS
17. Till There Was You
18. Nothin' Shakin'
19. To Know Her Is To Love Her
20. Little Queenie
21. Falling In Love Again
22. Ask Me Why
23. Be-Bop-A-Lula
24. Hallelujah I Love Her So
25. Sheila
26. Red Sails In The Sunset
27. Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby
28. Matchbox
29. I'm Talking About You
30. Shimmy Like Kate
31. Long Tall Sally
32. I Remember You
Wednesday 11 March 2015
RSD 2015: The Family Way on vinyl
"The Family Way" soundtrack album from 1967 is due out on vinyl for Record Store Day 2015 |
Paul McCartney
The Family Way: Original Soundtrack Recording
Format: 12" Vinyl
Label: Varese Sarabande
Release type: RSD Exclusive Release
Info by RSD: This 1967 soundtrack composed by Paul McCartney is one of the most elusive Beatles souvenirs. The original vinyl album has been long out of print, and it is commanding sky-high prices on the collector's circuit.
The Family Way is a 1966 British comedy-drama film based on Bill Naughton's play All in Good Time (1963). It began life in 1961 as a television play, Honeymoon Postponed.The film was produced and directed by John and Roy Boulting, respectively, and starred father and daughter John Mills and Hayley Mills.
The soundtrack was composed by Paul McCartney and released on an album in January 1967, effectively the first solo-Beatles outing, musicwise. The album was credited to "The George Martin Orchestra" and issued under the full title The Family Way (Original Soundtrack Album). A 45rpm single, again credited to the George Martin Orchestra, was issued on 23 December 1966, comprising "Love in the Open Air" backed with "Theme From 'The Family Way'", as United Artists UP1165. The Family Way won an Ivor Novello Award in 1967 and was last seen on CD in 2011, remastered from the original first generation stereo master tapes. Varese Sarabande was the company behind the release then, as they are now, only on vinyl. The CD included the unreleased stereo mix of "A Theme From The Family Way" as a bonus track, which had appeared originally as the B-side of the 1966 UK/US 7-inch single by the Tudor Minstrels. It is not known if this track will be included on the vinyl edition, or if it will merely mimic the original album release.
The recording took place over November and December 1966, before the Beatles began work on their album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. McCartney's involvement in the project was minimal, according to biographer Howard Sounes, who quotes George Martin's recollection that he had to "pester Paul for the briefest scrap of a tune" with which to start writing the score. After McCartney had provided "a sweet little fragment of a waltz tune", Martin continued, "I was able to complete the score."
Despite the RSD blurb about the rarity of the vinyl album, it's easily found on ebay, prices range from £3.72 (auction) to £85.12 (Buy it now). When we first came to London on an interrail trip back in 1982, "The Family Way" album, Australian edition was readily available at the HMV shop in Oxford Street.
Record Store Day is April 18, 2015.
Tuesday 10 March 2015
The Beatles: Filming Help!
In the swimmingpool |
Take a look at the gallery
Another image appeared on an Austrian site recently, showing the Beatles' body doubles in the film:
Not quite the Beatles |
Another "Help!" photo gallery comprising 12 images can be found at msn.com, and those are published in conjunction with the book.
The upcoming "Eight Arms To Hold You" book. |
Monday 9 March 2015
McCartney adds 2nd show in London
May 24 added to Europe tour |
Updated Europe tour schedule:
Saturday May 23rd – The O2, London, Great Britain
Sunday May 24th – The O2, London, Great Britain
Wednesday May 27th – Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham, Great Britain
Thursday May 28th – Echo Arena, Liverpool, Great Britain
Friday 5th June - Nouveau Stade Velodrome, Marseille, France
Sunday 7th June – ZiggoDome, Amsterdam, Holland
Thursday 11th June - Stade De France, Paris, France
Saturday 4th July – Roskilde Festival, Denmark
Tuesday 7th July – Telenor Arena, Oslo, Norway
Thursday 9th July – Tele2 Arena, Stockholm, Sweden
Sunday 8 March 2015
Paul quits the Beatles....in 1968!
George and John at George's house. Photo: Michael Herring |
Do we need to rethink history? The Beatles' biographers Mark Lewisohn and Hunter Davies also offer their comments on the episode.
Read more: The Daily Mail
Friday 6 March 2015
McCartney plays in Europe in May-June-July
Poster for the Europe tour |
Paul said: "I'm often never aware of these anniversaries until someone points it out. People always say to me 'hey, did you know it was 30 years since this and 30 years since that', so it's impossible to stay on top of it all. But I never need an excuse to celebrate so it's always nice to hear! "For me it's a happy coincidence that The O2 show falls at this time. It's great that people all over the world reacted so well to the song, it's all you can hope for! It feels like it has taken on a life of its own over the years. "The song still is and always has been an important part of our live show. "It's always very emotional for me to hear crowds singing it so loudly at my concerts and I'm looking forward to singing it along with the audience at the O2 in May."
Paul said: “It’s always great when you get to play in your home country. It’s been a little while since I’ve performed here so we’re planning a few surprises and looking forward to playing some songs we’ve never played here. We’ve taken this tour all over the world but there’s nothing quite like rocking out with your home audience. We’ll see you soon.”
Tickets for the UK dates go on sale on Monday at 10am, probably Saturday or Sunday from Paul McCartney's own web site. The Birmingham concert is Wednesday May 27 at the Barclaycard Arena, and in Liverpool Paul will play at the Echo Arena on Thursday May 28. In June, Paul visits France and Holland before heading over to play at the Firefly festival in Delaware June 18th - his 73d birthday.
McCartney returns to Europe in July, when he will play three concerts in Scandinavia, one of them at the Roskilde Festival in Denmark, then he's off to Norway before finishing the European tour in Stockholm, Sweden - the first country The Beatles toured in outside of Great Britain.
The full European tour:
Saturday May 23rd – The O2, London, Great Britain
Wednesday May 27th – Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham, Great Britain
Thursday May 28th – Echo Arena, Liverpool, Great Britain
Friday 5th June - Nouveau Stade Velodrome, Marseille, France
Sunday 7th June – ZiggoDome, Amsterdam, Holland
Thursday 11th June - Stade De France, Paris, France
Saturday 4th July – Roskilde Festival, Denmark
Tuesday 7th July – Telenor Arena, Oslo, Norway
Thursday 9th July – Tele2 Arena, Stockholm, Sweden
PaulMcCartney.com will have tickets for sale prior to the general sale from this page, the UK concerts will be available from tomorrow, Saturday from this page. To order from PaulMcCartney.com, you must be registered at the site at least two hours before you can order tickets.
Thursday 5 March 2015
Ringo preview
Monday 2 March 2015
Spoof interview confuses fans
The fake news item |
In reality, Ringo is currently touring, and on 24. February he was giving a concert in Sarasota, Florida, and while "the interview" was supposedly done in his home in LA the next morning, Ringo was really en route to Brazil, where he played in Sao Paolo on the night of the 26. February.
While not ‘satire,’ per se, World News Daily Report follows the old-school Tabloid-styled faux-journalism of its predecessors, such as the Weekly World News. As such, you will find disclaimers neither revealing its satirical nature nor reveling in its journalistic integrity. It’s just for entertainment purposes, so they rely on the sheer audacity of the topics covered to be its built-in disclaimer.
To be blunt, World News Daily Report is one of the sites on the internet who just publishes fake sensational stories in order to earn money from people clicking on their advertisements.
This is the second time in a short while that a fake news story has been confusing Beatles fans, last week a story of a 2015 remake of Abbey Road, featuring Kanye West as John Lennon caused similar controversy.
Source: World News Daily Report
The "Paul is dead" rumour on Wikipedia
Carol Tyler's Fab 4 mania
Carol Tyler's illustration of Beatles '65 |
Her blog can be found here: http://fab4mania.blogspot.com.
The blog is written in 50 years ago real time, and will lead up to August 20, which is the concert date. After that, it becomes a book.