The BBC is reporting that ”a gold and silver-plated chess set, modelled on the hands of Beatles drummer Ringo Starr, has gone on show in a Tokyo department store. The piece, commissioned by fellow band member George Harrison in 1973, was displayed at Takashimaya to mark the opening of a new Asprey store. The London jeweller [...]
In a conversation with an on-line buddy yesterday the old mid-seventies British TV show “The Zoo Gang” came up. I hadn’t thought about that series in years, and had totally forgotten that the theme music was by none other than Paul McCartney.. Thanks to the wonders of YouTube, here it is…
According to a report on the Digital Spy website, Paul McCartney’s signature is now the most valuable among collectors of celebrity autographs. According to the report the former Beatle’s signature, worth £125 in 1997, has since taken an incredible 900 per cent price-hike and is now valued at £1,250. Fraser’s Autograph Gallery began tracking an [...]
To mark what would have been John Lennon’s 66th Birthday fans gathered at the “Imagine” memorial in New York’s Central Park’s Strawberry Fields.   Yoko Ono marked the day by presenting two $50,000 grants to organizations to further world peace.Â
Spent part of yesterday evening watching Yellow Submarine (I’ve lost track of just how many times I’ve watched it) and enjoying a family singalong. The movie reminded me just how much I like this particular track….
The Williamsburg, VA Daily Press has posted a story about local radio host Sandy Lesberg and his 15 minute encounter with The Beatles on the set of Help! back in 1965. The story reports that Lesberg played his tape of that encounter at a recent taping of his show. Lesberg says that rather than a straight [...]
Thursday, 5th October, 1961 In the October 5th-19th issue of Mersey Beat local DJ Bob Wooler rated The Beatles as the “number one most popular rock group” in Liverpool. Howver the accolade did come with the caveat that he couldn’t compare The Beatles to The Bluegenes who Wooler considered ”beyond comparison.”
According to several reports it appears that Paul McCartney may soon be in a position to regain some of the rights to the Beatles song catalog that ended up in Michael Jackson’s hands 21 years ago. He revealed to Britain’s Daily Express newspaper: “In about 10 years a lot of the back catalogue returns to [...]
OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE – Monday 2nd October Apple Corps Ltd/EMI Music proudly announces the release of LOVE, the new CD from The Beatles, due November 2006. Â Â Â After being asked by the remaining Beatles, Ringo and Paul along with Yoko Ono Lennon and Olivia Harrison, to make experimental mixes from the original master tapes [...]
An interesting video clip this week showing Paul, John and Ringo at work rehearsing Hey Jude while George helps out in the Abbey Road studio control room.
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Alan J. Porter has been a Beatles fan since he first saw them perform on a regional British TV show back in 1963 when he was just a wee lad. He is the author of the critically acclaimed BEFORE THEY WERE BEATLES and occasional contributor to Beatlology Magazine. He now lives in Central Texas and occasionally writes about things other than The Fab Four. You can find out more here.
