30 Oct 2009: Forget the copy of Sgt Pepper that features the faces of record executives, these Beatles albums were made with gold vinyl after a pressing-plant employee decided to 'amuse himself' [read more...]
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/thebeatles
guardian.co.uk
LONDON (Reuters) - The London film festival closes on Thursday with the
rebellious teenage
years and his torrid relationship with his aunt and mother before the
Beatles were formed.
The directorial debut of video artist Sam Taylor-Wood, the movie
stars Aaron Johnson as an angry, confused Lennon who struggles to
understand why his mother Julia left him with his aunt Mimi when he was
a small boy.
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washington post
The Beatles Box Of Vision® is the deluxe companion to the newly
re-mastered Beatles CDs, and will be available as the ultimate Beatles
gift in the UK and Europe this Christmas from [link] and [link], plus select retailers.
[http://store.boxofvision.com/]
Officially licensed by The Beatles’ Apple Corps Ltd., the stunning
collection, previously only available in North America, includes the
following Beatles’ collectible content: The first book in the box is
the LP Sized Album Artwork Book includes 200 pages of the Beatles’ LP
artwork – the first time all the Beatles’ UK and US album artwork has
been collected together in one LP sized book. The Album Artwork book
includes front and back covers, gatefolds, inserts and the complete LP
booklets from Magical Mystery Tour and many more.[...]
First issued on 26th September, 1969 Abbey Road was the final Beatles album to be recorded but not their last to be released. Let It Be, though mainly recorded in January, 1969 was finally released in May, 1970 alongside the film of the same name.
Following the ‘live’ nature of the “Let It Be” recordings, Abbey Road, The Beatles returned to the North London studios to create carefully crafted recordings with ambitious musical arrangements. Interestingly 12 of the songs that appeared on the finished album were played during the filmed rehearsals and sessions for “Let It Be” back in January.
For the first time on a Beatles album, the front cover contained neither the group’s name nor the album title just that iconic photograph taken on the zebra crossing near the entrance to the studios in London NW8 in August 1969.
Abbey Road entered the British album chart at no. 1 in October and stayed there for a total of seventeen of its 81 weeks in the chart. In the US, it spent eleven weeks at # 1 during its initial chart stay of 83 weeks.
credit beatles.com
