Monday, 11th February, 1963
In Studio Two of EMI’s Abbey Road Studios, London. The Beatles complete ten songs for their first album in just 585 minutes. While it was not unusual at the time for groups to record an album in a single day, it was unusual for one of this quality to be produced, especially […]
NME reports that an independent record label based in Miami claims it has unheard live recordings of The Beatles from the band’s 1962 gig at Hamburg’s Star Club, which it is planning to release.
The recordings are claimed to be the first made after Ringo Starr joined the band as drummer. Fuego Entertainment has entered a […]
Ringo Starr’s new album Liverpool 8 is due to be released on Monday, January 14.
The title track from the record, Ringo’s first new solo release with Capitol/EMI since 1974, is to be released on Tuesday as a digital single. Ringo said the upbeat track refers to the L8 area of the city where he was […]
Capitol/EMI Press Release -
Digital Release Card is Format’s First-Ever Music Video Title; Features 21 of Lennon’s Capitol/EMI Music Videos
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Nov. 26 /PRNewswire/ — Capitol/EMI Music Marketing and iTunes will release a new “John Lennon Video Album” on December 4 at Starbucks locations nationwide. The “John Lennon Video Album,” the iTunes Digital Release card format’s […]
According to this report on the BBC website, a recent poll conducted for Vanity Fairs’ “Movies Rock” special placed Prince’s Purple Rain ahead of A Hard Days Night as the “best soundtrack.”
I don’t think so…
PRESS RELEASE - KOCH Records is pleased to announce the release of “Ringo Live at Soundstage,” a live album by Ringo Starr.
Filmed and recorded at the Genessee Theatre in Waukegan, Illinois, this outstanding performance was captured on August 25, 2005, when Ringo Starr taped a show for the celebrated PBS concert series “Soundstage.”
“Ringo Live at […]
Beatles fan Tony Williams couldn’t believe his good fortune recently when his almost forgotten stereo copy of the very rare “Portrait Cover” edition of The Beatles & Frank Ifield On Stage sold to a California collector. The recording was purchased in the early 70s from a bargain bin at The Forest record store in Dayton OH. When […]
According to a report in the TIMES newspaper ” despite splitting up more than 30 years ago, The Beatles are still helping to boost sales of British bands abroad. There was a surge in the number of British albums being sold in Europe in 2006. The statistics from the BPI, the UK recorded music industry […]
EMI and iTunes have announced that they started offering didgital downloads of John Lennon’s solo albums earlier this week.
The digital retailer is offering the eight albums Lennon recorded between 1969 and his murder in 1980 in addition to collections such as “Anthology,” “Milk and Honey” and “Working Class Hero.” For the first 30 days, exclusive […]
EMI Press Release:
Photograph: Very Best of Ringo Starr CD and Digital on August 28
Since he first began his career in the 1960s with The Beatles, Ringo Starr has been one of the world’s brightest musical luminaries. On August 28, Starr’s four EMI Music catalog albums, Sentimental Journey (1970), Beaucoups Of Blues (1970), the platinum-certified […]
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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.
