Let’s face it — rock writers don’t have the same power and influence today as they did when Bruce Springsteen was just releasing Born to Run, or when U2 first visited Los Angeles. However, one thing we can all count on is the unprecedented stories that older writers have written about rock legends like John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
Seven new black-and-white photos of The Beatles will go up for auction in London on November 10th. The photos were taken by a fan, Gwyn Blanchard, when she was only 13-years-old with a little Kodak camera. Blanchard happened to live in the town where the group was filming one of their movies, entitled Help!.
Talk about sticking it to the man. The California based online retailer BlueBeat is going against the grain by continuing to sell music by legendary band, The Beatles. That might not seem like such a big deal to you, but the company was threatened with legal action by the group’s record label EMI, so here comes the drama.
Beatlemania continues and this time in the form of three-book collection called The Beatles Box of Vision, a perfect companion to the band’s remastered catalog that was recently released in early September. With Christmas just around the corner, Beatles-material is going to be in high-demand and we have the 411 on the Box of Vision, just in case you want to add it to your wish-list.
Paul McCartney‘s memorable three night stint at New York Citi Field this past summer is set to be immortalized on record. On November 17th, Hear Music/Concord Music Group will release Good Evening New York City which is set to be a three disc (2 CDs + 1 DVD) set featuring a 30 song, three hour set worth of material.
In case you’ve been living under a rock for the past few months, The Beatles have been experiencing a serious resurgence in popularity, partially due to the video game, The Beatles: Rock Band. In addition, EMI remastered and re-released all of the Beatles albums with new box sets, and boy has it paid off! In the five days after the September 9th release, 2.25 million albums were sold worldwide with a million in the U.S. alone. To say that the Beatles broke a few records along the way is an understatement.
Lucy Vodden, the woman who provided the inspiration for the Beatles song Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds has passed away after a long battle with lupus. She was 46 years old. Her death was announced Monday by St. Thomas Hospital in London where she had been treated for the chronic illness for more than five years. Britain’s Press Association said she died last Tuesday but hospital officials said they could not confirm the day of her death.
It’s the 60′s all over again! The Beatles have topped the charts this week with the remastered-reissue of their earlier albums and and the verdict is in — The Fab Four are still the Fabulous Four. After nearly 40 years since their breakup, The Beatles still have fans and critics alike swooning over them. Yet the group hasn’t stopped evolving. With a new generation, they needed a new or rather improved sound which is why The Beatles Remastered was exactly what we needed to restore the “Beatlemaniac” glory.
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What year is this? It feels like we’re having a bit of deja vu. The Beatles are behind several of the top selling albums for the week that ended on September 13 with the reissue of their earlier albums. According to Yahoo, Abbey Road, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band, The Beatles, Rubber Soul, and Revolver, were all among the 10 biggest albums in the United States, that sold a total of 626 thousand copies.
