Abbeyrd Beatles Page news headlines for 5/17/08

Update (5/17/08) from our Beatle News Briefs at http://abbeyrd.best.vwh.net/fabnews.htm.

- BBC re-running vintage Beatles BBC radio series
- Apple files lawsuit to stop planned Star Club release: EXCLUSIVE: Fuego files motion to dismiss lawsuit.
- Quick news links: NPR recalls the founding of Apple Records.
- Check out the newest "A Hard Day's Byte" Beatle blog.
- This week in Wolfgang's Vault (updated 5/15/08)
- Visit our new My Space page at http://myspace.com/abbeyrdsbeatlespage
- Tell your Beatles story on our Memories of Beatlemania blog.
- Our email address has changed!
- New lower prices in our CafePress Abbeyrd Beatles Page store
- Our Abbeyrd Beatles Pages Collector's Marketplace is your 24-hour virtual window to the best in Internet Beatles auctions. Categories and listings galore. Have a click and see.
- Check out our blogs: DVD Watch, A Capitol Idea (or Two) (various subjects), Bill O'Reilly Is An Idiot and The Report Colbert (politics). Note: If you are a mailing list moderator or know of a mailing list that would like to receive these daily updates, please email us at abbeyrd@abbeyrd.best.vwh.net.)

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Abbeyrd Beatles Page Beatles news headlines for 5/15/08

Update (5/15/08) from our Beatle News Briefs at http://abbeyrd.best.vwh.net/fabnews.htm.

- Here comes the garden: flower show pays tribute to George Harrison
- Report: UK paper to give away copies of "Memory Almost Full": Announcement.
- Paul ordered to pay $48.7 million divorce settlement to Heather Mills: It's over.
- Apple Corps announces global DVD release of All Together Now on June 24: Premiere set.
- Liverpool to celebrate first-ever Beatles Day in July: Official celebration details.
- Breakfast With the Beatles with Andre Gardner: Playlist.
- Breakfast With The Beatles" -- the latest show online
- Quick news links: For Pete Best, the beat rolls on.
- Check out the latest "A Hard Day's Byte" Beatle blog.
- This week in Wolfgang's Vault (updated 5/15/08)
- Visit our new My Space page at http://myspace.com/abbeyrdsbeatlespage
- Tell your Beatles story on our Memories of Beatlemania blog.
- Our email address has changed!
- New lower prices in our CafePress Abbeyrd Beatles Page store
- Our Abbeyrd Beatles Pages Collector's Marketplace is your 24-hour virtual window to the best in Internet Beatles auctions. Categories and listings galore. Have a click and see.
- Check out our blogs: DVD Watch, A Capitol Idea (or Two) (various subjects), Bill O'Reilly Is An Idiot and The Report Colbert (politics). Note: If you are a mailing list moderator or know of a mailing list that would like to receive these daily updates, please email us at abbeyrd@abbeyrd.best.vwh.net.)

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Breakfast With The Beatles with Andre Gardner -- latest playlist

Breakfast With The Beatles with Andre Gardner
Catch Breakfast With The Beatles Sunday mornings:
WMGK/Philadelphia (7-9am ET - wmgk.com)KSLX/Phoenix (7-9am MT - kslx.com)
KFOX/San Jose (8-9am PT - kfox.com)

Playlist - May 11, 2008

HOUR ONE
Savoy Truffle
I’ll Cry Instead (US mono version)
That Means A Lot (raw take 1)
Nowhere Man (Disque Americ)
Drive My Car (Disque Americ)
One After 909 ("Get Back" outtake 1-7-69)
Unconsciousness Rules – George Harrison
Here There And Everywhere
Wild Honey Pie (mono mix with slate and countdown)
Too Much Monkey Business
Mrs. Vandebilt – Paul McCartney And Wings
Words Of Love
Helter Skelter (mono mix)
Being For the Benefit Of Mr. Kite (UK vinyl – Dr. Ebbetts)
While My Guitar Gently Weeps

HOUR TWO
I’m Happy Just To Dance With You (UK stereo vinyl – Dr. Ebbetts)
Cry For A Shadow
Meat City (single mix) – John Lennon
Maxwell’s Silver Hammer
Dear Prudence

APPLE RECORDS 40TH ANNIVERSARY SEGMENT
Interviews with John, Paul, George Ringo, Neil Aspinall and Derek Taylor
Carolina In My Mind – James Taylor
Those Were The Days (French version – snippet) – Mary Hopkin
Maybe Tomorrow – The Iveys
That Lady Is A Champ – Frank Sinatra (this was the first actual "Apple" single, recorded by Frank Sinatra and Sammy Cahn. It's a takeoff on their song "The Lady Is A Tramp", but the words were changed and the song pressed and given to Ringo Starr's wife Maureen as a birthday present. Thanks to Peter Brown for coming on the show and sharing that story with us!)

Something
I’ve Just Seen A Face (Disque Americ)
8-9am PT
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Breakfast With the Beatles with Dennis Mitchell: A preview of upcoming shows

The latest edition of “Dennis Mitchell’s Breakfast With The Beatles” is now available by going to www.beatlesradioshow.com. The front page has a new look, highlighting all the features available on the site, including the latest playlist, breaking Beatles news from Steve Marinucci’s excellent Abbeyrd site, collectors’ items, trivia links, cover bands and much more. Use the built-in replay device so you can enjoy the show any time at all…just click “Listen Now.” And check the “Contests” page for details on how you could win a trip to Las Vegas , including tickets to see LOVE!



It was 50 years ago this month that the very first Beatles-related recordings were made, with John, Paul and George cutting an acetate disc in a converted studio in Liverpool . You’ll hear both sides of that first single, plus another gem from the “Across the Universe” soundtrack.



Thanks for listening!

Report: Oasis axe Zak

Oasis have reportedly fired Zak Starkey as their drummer, reports the UK Sun. An unnamed source quoted by the tabloid said, "There have been arguments with Noel Gallagher and general disagreements. It looks like the album will be his last involvement with the band.”

McCartney, Mills marriage ended

Without either of the principals present, the stormy marriage of Paul McCartney and Heather Mills came to a formal end during a 30-second hearing at London's High Court on Monday, reported Reuters. Justice Hugh Bennett granted the petition by Mills on the grounds that the couple had lived apart for two years.