Fifteen unreleased Beatles recordings surface
Before Beatlemania hit the U.S., before their debut album Please, Please Me even saw daylight, John, Paul, George and Ringo took the stage at the Star Club in Hamburg, Germany. The show itself was small, with only 20-30 people in attendance. After 33 years, Fuego Entertainment has purchased these exclusive recordings for distribution from producer Jeffrey Collins, who discovered the lost tracks in his personal collection. “I'm extremely excited about this acquisition and the future release of this historical Beatles album,” said Hugo Cancio, president and CEO of Fuego Entertainment. “They are one of the most commercially successful and critically... read more
Found in: Music, NewsThe Tomorrow Show and most of the Beatles hit DVD
Tom Snyder was never the hippest looking guy. With his perfectly parted hair, sharp suits and well-annunciated voice, he'd have made a solid stand-in for Tom Brokaw on some square nightly news program. But on his Tomorrow Show, Snyder was frequently a few miles ahead of the curve. From 1973 to 1982, The Tomorrow Show featured some of the era's most cutting edge performers, including The Clash, Public Image Limited and a baby-faced U2. Snyder was always there to keep things topical, frequently wrangling compelling interviews out of taciturn or bitterly sarcastic rock stars. The Shout! Factory has compiled some... read more
Found in: Music, NewsBeatles' Help! comes to DVD
One might think Yellow Submarine was the Beatles' only full-length cartoon, until one sees a shrunken Paul McCartney floundering around an ashtray in the Liverpudlian four's second feature film, Help!. Zanily directed by Richard Lester (A Hard Day's Night, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum), Help! presented the group as endearing caricatures of themselves, acted out in a giggling, pot-fueled haze (according to the Beatles Anthology). Live action though it was, the loony slapstick, sight gags and puns didn't even pretend to ground the James Bond parody in reality. For example, it concludes with a dedication... read more
Found in: Music, NewsJason Lytle Sings On Beatles Album For Kids
In the record industry's perpetual endeavor to remarket and “reenvision” any decent music to whatever demographic hasn’t bought it yet, V2’s Little Monster Records is set to release yet another Beatles album, All Together Now, aimed toward kids who were born three generations after The Fab Four released their last album. This time out, though, V2 has instilled some hipster pedigree into its latest youth-oriented cover album. According to Pitchforkmedia.com , Grandaddy front man Jason Lytle, 80’s femme rockers The Bangles, Marshall Crenshaw, Rachael Yamagata and New York Dolls’ guitarist Steve Conte have all banded with a group of anonymous... read more
Found in: Music, NewsBeatles 'Mystery' Film Discovered
Above: George Harrison directing operations on Plymouth Hoe in 1967 Archival footage of The Beatles in Devon has been unearthed after being stored in the BBC's film library for years. The Beatles visited Plymouth for a concert in 1963, and to film their 1967 movie, Magical Mystery Tour. Footage from the visits has been shown previously on TV, but some of the film remained unused and stored in the BBC's library in Plymouth. During the 1963 visit, Ringo Starr, John Lennon and George Harrison answer reporters' questions. And in 1967, Paul McCartney tells the press he's not fed up with... read more
Found in: Music, NewsAbbey Road Studios - London, England (1969)
Probably the most famous set of recording studios in the world, Abbey Road is now 73-years-old. Best known as the place The Beatles and Sir George Martin created some of the finest pop music ever... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesBeatles '64
The future seemed limitless. The day The Beatles first appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show was also my parents’ 10th wedding anniversary, and all was right with the world. I was eight-and-a- half-years-old and newly alive to the power of music, having just acquired my aqua transistor radio for Christmas... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesThe Beatles - Let It Be... Naked
Let It Be is the orphan of The Beatles’ 13-album canon. It’s the record they couldn’t be bothered to finish, the one fans have argued about for decades... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsThe Beatles - Let It Be... Naked
Let It Be is the orphan of the Beatles’ 13-album canon. It’s the record they couldn’t be bothered to finish, the one fans have argued about for decades... read more
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