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George Harrison's son Dhani visited Abbey Road studio with long-time Beatles producer George Martin and his son, Giles to discover something sacred. Deep in the master tracks of Here Comes The Sun from 1969′s Abbey Road, Dhani stumbles upon a lost solo from his father's ballad, which completely changes the texture of the song.
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| Paul gets back to where he once belonged |
On Feb. 7, Paul McCartney will release an album called Kisses on the Bottom. The title is a lyric from the first track on the record, a 1935 Fats Waller hit called I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter. Young McCartney loved Waller when he was growing up in Liverpool and listened to that record over and over.
Source: The Globe and Mail |
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| Ringo shows up to enjoy James McCartney in Hollywood |
We had the pleasure to attend James McCartney's live performance at the Viper Club in Hollywood last night. Waiting outside for James to arrive, fans were surprised to see him get out of the car with Ringo Starr! The crowd's favorites were when James played his cover of Neil Young's "Old Man" and his hit single from the Available Light EP, "Angel".
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| Friday, January 27, 2012 |
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| Website offers free download of new McCartney track today |
Only Our Hearts, a track from Paul McCartney's new album, Kisses on the Bottom, is one of two original compositions written by Paul, and includes guest performances by Stevie Wonder and Diana Krall. WhatMakesLoveTrue.com is now offering a limited number of free downloads of the track before the official launch of the album in February.
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| Beatles memorabilia sells at auction |
A large collection of Beatles ephemera made over $11,000 at an auction in Cirencester, England, last Friday. Top sellers included a child's copy of a Rickenbacker guitar after the original used by John Lennon and a collection of 35 LPs, covering most of the band's back catalogue, as well as some live recordings and compilations, which made $580.
Source: This is Gloucestershire, UK |
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| Beatles coming to Seattle in 45-foot mural |
Beginning this week, a 45-foot long mural of the Beatles' Abbey Road album cover will be painted on the west wall of Golden Oldies music store next to the original Dick's Drive-In in Wallingford, Washington. Expected to be completed in early February, owner Dean Silverstone hopes it will become a recognizable neighborhood landmark.
Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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| Video: Joseph Gordon-Levitt sings Hey Jude at Sundance |
It really isn't difficult trying to figure out what Joseph Gordon-Levitt would have wanted to be if not a film star. The Dark Knight Rises actor showed his music talent once again this past week in front of a full crowd yesterday, January 26, at the Sundance Film Festival. This time he did a cover of the Beatles hit Hey Jude.
Source: Ology |
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| Visit Liverpool for the true Beatles experience |
For all die hard Beatles fans a pilgrimage to Merseyside is a must, and with Liverpool hotels available at great prices if you book early, plus the great selection of transport links to the city, there is no better weekend away for a Beatles die-hard than a couple of days in Liverpool. Here are the top Beatles attractions in Liverpool.
Source: Anglotopia |
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| Thursday, January 26, 2012 |
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| Paul McCartney composing music for video game |
Paul McCartney told a German newspaper published Thursday that he is composing music for a video game which he hopes will introduce his work to a whole new generation. He said that a new video game was currently a better seller than a new CD and he had found the prospect exciting.
Source: AFP |
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| Rare LPs: Paul McCartney's The Family Way soundtrack |
In August 1966, when John Lennon flew to Spain to star in How I Won The War and George Harrison traveled to India, Paul McCartney worked with George Martin on the soundtrack to The Family Way. The album sold poorly, failing to chart on either side of the Atlantic, but McCartney did win an Ivor Novello award for Best Instrumental theme for "Love In The Open Air".
Source: Pop Matters |
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| Vinyl records make a comeback |
The digital revolution was supposed to do away with a lot of fusty old relics. First compact discs took their toll on the vinyl record, then iPods and digital downloads began doing the same to CDs. But now, the vinyl LP has been revived. Last year, according to Nielsen SoundScan data, while CD sales fell by more than 5%, vinyl record sales grew more than 36%.
Source: Wall Street Journal |
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| Wednesday, January 25, 2012 |
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| Paul McCartney's new single to drop Feb. 7 |
Paul McCartney is in the news for a repeat collaboration with Stevie Wonder. Their single is ready to drop next week, entitled Only Our Hearts, from his new album Kisses From the Bottom. The addition of Stevie Wonder on the cut from his new album, Kisses on the Bottom grew out of a suggestion by Macca's record producer.
Source: Huliq |
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| Rare Paul McCartney print up for auction |
Next month, a very special piece of memorabilia goes under the hammer when Paul McCartney is awarded Person of the Year. Rock Paper Photo, the largest online gallery of pop culture and Tom Murray, renowned Beatle's photographer have joined together to donate one of Murray's highly sought after Beatles prints.
Source: Look to the Stars |
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| Lady McCartney resigns from NYC transit board |
Nancy Shevell, the American heiress married to Paul McCartney, has resigned from the board of New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority where she served since 2001. "In my 30-year professional career, this has been a highlight for me," Shevell told the board which oversees the New York area's bridges, tunnels and mass transit systems.
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| World's greatest Beatles artist Shannon MacDonald goes green |
Shannon MacDonald has taken her concern of enviromental issues to heart and is now using a "green" paint called Envirobase. The waterborne paint is the safest on the market for keeping toxins out of the environment. Shannon demonstrated using this product recently in Las Vegas with her newest "green" painting titled "Angelic John".
Source: PR Log |
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| Ringo calls on fan filmmakers to make his next video |
Ringo Starr is giving filmmakers the opportunity to make the official promo for his new single Wings from his new album. This is an opportunity for filmmakers to make a music video for one of the world's most influential artists and get their work in front of one of the industry's leading record labels. Ringo will personally choose the winner.
Related Articles Source: Genero.tv (thanks to RingoStarr.com) |
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| Tuesday, January 24, 2012 |
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| New trivia app puts Beatles fans to the test |
Do you know all there is to know about the Beatles? A new app asks that question in "The Lads from Liverpool," the largest collection of Beatles trivia and information on the App Store. This interactive quiz offers Beatles Buffs a treasure trove of over 500 questions about the band, their music and their lives both on and off the stage.
Source: PR Mac |
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| Review: Ex-Beatle longs for Liverpool on new album Ringo 2012 |
One look in the mirror was all it took for ex-Beatle Ringo Starr to find the best producer for his 17th solo record, "Ringo 2012," Starr claims. Unfortunately, looks can be deceiving and Starr might have done better shopping around someone to make this release more interesting. As it stands, "Ringo 2012" is equal parts reflection and rehash.
Related Articles Source: Washington Examiner |
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| Living in the Material World at the Grammy Museum in LA |
For the ten-year anniversary of the passing of George Harrison, the Grammy Museum at LA Live hosts an engaging and powerful exhibit featuring many of his personal effects, iconic pieces of wardrobe, many of his instruments and handwritten lyrics to songs like Something, While My Guitar Gently Weeps and All Things Must Pass.
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| 20 essential facts about the Gibson J-200 |
Ask a guitarist to name the ultimate Gibson acoustic, and many will reply, it's the J-200. Bob Dylan's J-200 is pictured on the cover of his Nashville Skyline LP. Dylan was given the guitar by George Harrison. Harrison himself was keen a fan of the J-200, he "upgraded" from the Epiphone acoustics he previously favored to record the White Album.
Source: Gibson.com |
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| Monday, January 23, 2012 |
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| Interview: Paul McCartney will keep playing as long as we let him |
In an interview this week, about becoming one of rock's elder statesmen, Paul McCartney said, "I didn't expect to be singing and playing at the level I am now. We were in South America last year and the crowds were amazing, the best. I always say at the end of all my concerts, 'See ya next time.' And I mean it. I'll do it as long as they'll let me."
Source: Something Else |
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| Sir Paul says America was a little bit backwards on their first visit |
Only a few weeks before he appears at the Grammy Awards in LA, Paul McCartney's timing couldn't be worse. Giving his opinion of the US in the Sixties on new BBC show How The Brits Rocked America, Macca claimed, "We felt it was a little bit backwards. They were a little bit in the dark ages so [The Beatles] were very unusual."
Source: The Express, UK |
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| Review: Rain hits all the right notes in Beatles tribute |
Perhaps nobody does the tribute thing better than Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles. Rain takes us through the iconic moments in the band's career, donning the various outfits and hairstyles and matching stagecraft mirroring their performance on the "Ed Sullivan Show," their concert in Shea Stadium, the Sgt. Pepper era and so on.
Source: St. Louis Today |
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| Seattle area band to perform rooftop concert |
Following their 2009-11 blockbuster performances attended by thousands in Seattle's Pike Place Market, Beatles cover band Creme Tangerine will once again climb up on the rooftop balcony of the Copacabana Cafe to celebrate the anniversary of The Beatles last performance famously known as "The Rooftop Concert."
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| Review: Ringo Starr is back, but not better in Ringo 2012 |
Back in 1973, Ringo Starr released "Ringo," which featured appearances from all of his former bandmates and which remains the signal work of his solo career. "Ringo 2012" is meant to induce nostalgia for "Ringo" and for Ringo, a musician of limited range and endless charm who doesn't have to do much except show up and pound the skins.
Related Articles Source: Washington Post |
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| Friday, January 20, 2012 |
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| The WannaBeatles campaign to meet Paul McCartney at Grammys |
A Grammy nomination doesn't come along every day for most folks, nor does the chance to be under the same roof as Sir Paul McCartney. Nashville Beatles tribute act and 2012 Grammy nominees The WannaBeatles are well aware of this, and they're making the most of both opportunities with their "We Wanna Meet Paul" campaign.
Source: The Tennessean |
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| Paul McCartney's new album: I wanted to do this with the Beatles |
Paul McCartney's new album is the album he always wanted to make with the Beatles, he has revealed. After bonding with John Lennon over 30s pop songs, McCartney said he dreamed of putting together a collection of old favourites. "I never got round to it because we were writing Sgt Pepper or The White Album," he explained.
Source: The Guardian, UK |
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| Micky Dolenz says The Monkees aimed for The Beatles |
Former Monkee Micky Dolenz told BBC4, "We had a poster of The Beatles on the wall and we used to throw darts at it." In a new BBC documentary, remembering his US band's Sixties TV show, Micky added, "It was a show about a band that wanted to be The Beatles and never made it. I think that's why it connected with so many people."
Source: The Sun, UK |
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| Professor uses Beatles as a teaching tool |
Michael Cheney, a professor at the University of Illinois at Springfield, decided that three to five minutes was the ideal length for podcasts he offered to students. As a child of the 60s, Cheney mined the iconic Beatles for his podcast material. But Beatles history, not their music, is what he captured in the podcasts.
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| Thursday, January 19, 2012 |
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| Russell Brand to interview Ringo Starr for Sirius XM Radio |
Russell Brand will interview Ringo Starr for Sirius XM Radio, it has been announced. Brand will join moderator Don Was for the radio special Town Hall With Ringo Starr, airing live from Los Angeles. Starr will take questions about his life as well as sing during the live event. Brand said, "Now we can unravel the enigma of Ringo."
Source: Digital Spy |
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