On his official website, Paul McCartney has posted a detailed press release talking about the genesis and recording of his new album, Memory Almost Full. You can read the full text of the release HERE. The Press Release also includes a full track listing: 1. Dance Tonight 2. Ever Present Past 3. See Your Sunshine [...]
StarPulse.com reports on an amusing quote from Ringo about his fading memory.. He tells Rolling Stone, “I played on All Things Must Pass – which is funny because George called me (when he was preparing to reissue the album), and said, ‘Ringo, are you on All Things Must Pass?’ I said, ‘I don’t think so. [...]
Rolling Stone heads its Spring Album Preview listing of “50 Albums You Must Hear” with a short piece about Paul McCartney’s debut album for the new Starbucks backed Hear Music label. Rolling Stone says “McCartney takes a look back at his life on his new album, which he worked on with Strokes producer David Kahne [...]
According to a report on the BBC, Oasis, The Killers and Razorlight are to cover songs from The Beatles’ Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band to mark the album’s 40th anniversary.James Morrison, The Fratellis, Travis and the Kaiser Chiefs are among the other acts taking part in the special recording sessions for BBC Radio 2. [...]
The excellent Rock Radio website reports “that Paul McCartney‘s upcoming debut for the new Hear Music label will feature both new songs and outtakes from his last two albums. According the fan run website themaccareport.com, McCartney previewed the album a few weeks ago in New York City for the new label. Among the songs included [...]
According to the Rock Radio website, Ringo Starr’s upcoming studio album, titled Liverpool 8, will be released in June. Longtime producer and collaborator Mark Hudson says that the album, which he co-produced with Starr and Dave Stewart of Eurythmics, features a new “synthetic” direction for Starr, and steers him away from the Beatle-esque direction of [...]
Following the speculation earlier this week that Paul McCartney will be the launch artist for a new Starbucks record label, comes a report from FOX news that Paul is leaving Capitol Records with immediate effect and taking his entire back catalog of solo albums with him. Except for a short period in the 1980s when [...]
The Starpulse News Blog reports that Yoko Ono has donated the publishing royalties to the entire John Lennon back catalogue in an effort to make sure a new all-star tribute to her husband is a true charity event. R.E.M, Christina Aguilera and Green Day are among the acts who have recorded Lennon classics for new [...]
According to a report in today’s New York Post the Starbucks Coffee chain is considering expanding its music operations beyond offering compilation albums through its stores, like the recent John Lennon release, and establishing a record label to release original material. According to the report the company is targetting Paul McCartney to be its launch [...]
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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.
