Case of “Lost Sessions” Goes To Court
The case surrounding the recovery of stolen tapes from the final Beatles “Get Back” recording sessions, recovered in January 2003, opened at Southwark Crown Court. According to the BBC report Nigel Oliver, 55, from Slough, is on trial on charges of handling stolen goods. He is accused of trying to sell the tapes for a sum of $250,000 on behalf of two unknown men. He has been found unfit to plead.
The 504 tapes contain about 80 hours of material, including 200 cover versions.
The Daily Telegraph reports that Apple CEO Neil Aspinall indicated while giving evidence that “the Beatles recording company, is expected to re-master long-lost tapes. They include the band’s cover version of Bob Dylan’s Blowin’ in the Wind, as well as hours of the musicians chatting about everything from music to bootlegging. Aspinall, said: ‘These tapes have a huge commercial value. They’ve got over 80 hours or more of sound footage on them of the Beatles recording and chatting about everything.’ “
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