The Abbeyrd Beatles Page Breaking News Blog: 11/09/2008

Saturday, November 15, 2008

Abbeyrd Beatles Page news headlines for 11/16/08

Update (11/16/08) from our Beatle News Briefs at http://abbeyrd.best.vwh.net/fabnews.htm

Paul McCartney says he'd like to release "Carnival of Light"

Another unusual Beatle item on eBay: 1964 Carnegie Hall photo

UK White Album mono #0000005 up for bids on eBay: High bid update.

Paul's new Fireman project: Did McCartney put out the fire by using the Fireman alias?

Philip Norman ("Shout!") authors new bio of John Lennon: Media link

Quick news links: Barackmania vs. Beatlemania?

Check out our handy list of the hottest new Beatle-related items in That's What I Want!

. (Just added: Stan Williams' "Penny Lane Is In My Ears and In My Eyes" and Julian Lennon's "whaledreamers" DVD.)

Get the latest tour schedules and tickets for Ringo, Paul, "Cirque du Soleil's 'Love,' " Peter Noone and Eric Burdon and the Animals, (updated 11/15/08) and many more in our Beatle Calendar of Events.

Check out the newest vintage concerts from Wolfgang's Concert Vault include Focus, Dave Mason and Echo and the Bunnymen. (updated 11/15/08)

Check out the first of our contributor Beatle blogs -- "A Hard Day's Byte."

And then there's The Beatcomber

And the newest addition to our blog lineup: "Yer Blog."

Announcing: the new Abbeyrd Beatles Page message board

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.

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.)

Looking for tickets? Find them at Ticketmaster.com.

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Friday, November 14, 2008

Abbeyrd Beatles Page news headlines for 11/15/08

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

UK White Album mono #0000005 up for bids on eBay

Quick news links: Lowest numbered mono White Album ever on eBay

Check out our handy list of the hottest new Beatle-related items in That's What I Want!

. (Just added: Stan Williams' "Penny Lane Is In My Ears and In My Eyes" and Julian Lennon's "whaledreamers" DVD.)

Check out the newest vintage concerts from Wolfgang's Concert Vault include Focus, Dave Mason and Echo and the Bunnymen. (updated 11/15/08)

Check out the first of our contributor Beatle blogs -- "A Hard Day's Byte."

And then there's The Beatcomber

And the newest addition to our blog lineup: "Yer Blog."

Looking for tickets? Find them at Ticketmaster.com

Announcing: the new Abbeyrd Beatles Page message board

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.

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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Thursday, November 13, 2008

Abbeyrd Beatles Page news headlines for 11/14/08

Update (11/14/08) from our Beatle News Briefs at http://abbeyrd.best.vwh.net/fabnews.htm

New evidence shows "Eleanor Rigby" may not be so lonely anymore: EXCLUSIVE!: Annie Mawson of Sunbeams Music Trust gives new details on the Eleanor Rigby ledger and her previous contacts with Paul McCartney

Beatles Monopoly game is a Go!: Exclusive news about new Beatles products to come!

Philip Norman ("Shout!") authors new bio of John Lennon: Media link

Quick news links: Album poll rates Oasis album as best of all time. Oasis?

Check out our handy list of the hottest new Beatle-related items in That's What I Want!

. (Just added: Stan Williams' "Penny Lane Is In My Ears and In My Eyes" and Julian Lennon's "whaledreamers" DVD.)

Get the latest tour schedules and tickets for Ringo, Paul, "Cirque du Soleil's 'Love,' " Elton John, (updated 11/9/08) and many more in our Beatle Calendar of Events.

Check out the newest vintage concerts from Wolfgang's Concert Vault include Journey, the Grateful Dead, Robin Williams and John Fogerty. (updated 11/6/08)

Check out the first of our contributor Beatle blogs -- "A Hard Day's Byte."

And then there's The Beatcomber

And the newest addition to our blog lineup: "Yer Blog."

Looking for tickets? Find them at Ticketmaster.com

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Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Abbeyrd Beatles Page news headlines for 11/13/08

Update (11/13/08) from our Beatle News Briefs at http://abbeyrd.best.vwh.net/fabnews.htm

New evidence shows "Eleanor Rigby" may not be so lonely anymore: McCartney refutes claim, says his Eleanor Rigby wasn't real

Paul McCartney's "The Space Within Us" comes to Blu-ray DVD on Nov. 18!

The Monkees' film "Head" still blowing minds 40 years later: Micky Dolenz's love for the movie

Beatles Universe -- upcoming radio shows

Magazine alerts: Rolling Stone.

Quick news links: Lennon ranks high in Rolling Stone Greatest Singers poll.

Check out our handy list of the hottest new Beatle-related items in That's What I Want!

. (Just added: Stan Williams' "Penny Lane Is In My Ears and In My Eyes" and Julian Lennon's "whaledreamers" DVD.)

Get the latest tour schedules and tickets for Ringo, Paul, "Cirque du Soleil's 'Love,' " Elton John, (updated 11/9/08) and many more in our Beatle Calendar of Events.

Check out the newest vintage concerts from Wolfgang's Concert Vault include Journey, the Grateful Dead, Robin Williams and John Fogerty. (updated 11/6/08)

Check out the first of our contributor Beatle blogs -- "A Hard Day's Byte."

And then there's The Beatcomber

And the newest addition to our blog lineup: "Yer Blog."

Announcing: the new Abbeyrd Beatles Page message board

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.

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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Lennon ranks high in Rolling Stone Greatest Singers poll

John Lennon was named the fifth greatest singer of all time in a poll conducted of musicians (including Ringo Starr) by Rolling Stone magazine, reports Gigwise. The top five from the bottom up: Lennon, Sam Cooke, Elvis Presley, Ray Charles and, at the top, Aretha. Some of the profiles were written by a famous name. Lennon's was written by Jackson Browne. Paul McCartney (no profile) made #11 (right behind James Brown and ahead of Little Richard). Here's the complete list from rollingstone.com. You have to wonder, if musicians were the ones who were polled, why Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett were completely forgotten and are nowhere to be found.
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Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Abbeyrd Beatles Page news headlines for 11/12/08

Update (11/12/08) from our Beatle News Briefs at http://abbeyrd.best.vwh.net/fabnews.htm

New evidence shows "Eleanor Rigby" may not be lonely anymore

Game on! Beatles announce starring role in new video game: Video game editor play with the concept of a Beatles game.

Unseen Beatles "Pepper" photos unveiled after four decades

The Monkees' film "Head" still blowing minds 40 years later

Across the desk: the mini-review page: New DVDs by the Beach Boys and Long John Baldry reviewed.

Philip Norman ("Shout!") authors new bio of John Lennon: Media link

Quick news links: Two McCartneys for Shrek 4?

Check out our handy list of the hottest new Beatle-related items in That's What I Want!

. (Just added: Stan Williams' "Penny Lane Is In My Ears and In My Eyes" and Julian Lennon's "whaledreamers" DVD.)

Get the latest tour schedules and tickets for Ringo, Paul, "Cirque du Soleil's 'Love,' " Elton John, (updated 11/9/08) and many more in our Beatle Calendar of Events.

Check out the newest vintage concerts from Wolfgang's Concert Vault include Journey, the Grateful Dead, Robin Williams and John Fogerty. (updated 11/6/08)

Check out the first of our contributor Beatle blogs -- "A Hard Day's Byte."

And then there's The Beatcomber

And the newest addition to our blog lineup: "Yer Blog."

Looking for tickets? Find them at Ticketmaster.com

Announcing: the new Abbeyrd Beatles Page message board

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.

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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New evidence suggests Eleanor Rigby may not be so lonely anymore

(11/12/08) A Liverpool hospital accounts log donated by Paul McCartney to the Sunbeam Trust may have solved the mystery of whether there was a real Eleanor Rigby, reports NME.com, the UK Guardian and the Press Association. The log contains the signature of an "E. Rigby" worked as a scullery maid at the hospital. The document, along with the discovery of a grave marked Eleanor Rigby in in the Woolton area of Liverpool in the 1980s, suggests that Rigby may have been a real person known to McCartney and was the inspiration for the song of the same name. McCartney had previously said he came up with the name Eleanor because of actress Eleanor Bron, who appeared in the film 'Help!'. The document will be auctioned by London's Idea Generation Gallery Nov. 27.

"Eleanor Rigby" from the movie "Yellow Submarine"
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Monday, November 10, 2008

Abbeyrd Beatles Page news headlines for 11/11/08

Update (11/11/08) from our Beatle News Briefs at http://abbeyrd.best.vwh.net/fabnews.htm

Advertiser uses "From Me To You" in first major British ad to use a Beatle song

Yoko calls Obama election a "miracle" and wished for hug from John on Election night

Retail news site forecasts a limited edition Beatles iPod for Christmas, among other goodies, at Bloomingdale's: Is the Beatles iPod on sale?

Paul's new Fireman project: Media link.

Rock fantasy camp brings dreamers to the Cavern

MTV Europe Awards to honor Paul McCartney today as Ultimate Legend: Paul meets gossip gadfly

Philip Norman ("Shout!") authors new bio of John Lennon: Media link

Breakfast With the Beatles on KLOS Los Angeles playlist

Quick news links

Check out our handy list of the hottest new Beatle-related items in That's What I Want!

. (Just added: Stan Williams' "Penny Lane Is In My Ears and In My Eyes" and Julian Lennon's "whaledreamers" DVD.)

Get the latest tour schedules and tickets for Ringo, Paul, "Cirque du Soleil's 'Love,' " Elton John, (updated 11/9/08) and many more in our Beatle Calendar of Events.

Check out the newest vintage concerts from Wolfgang's Concert Vault with Journey, Grateful Dead, Robin Williams, John Fogerty. (updated 11/6/08)

Check out the first of our contributor Beatle blogs -- "A Hard Day's Byte."

And then there's The Beatcomber

And the newest addition to our blog lineup: "Yer Blog."

Looking for tickets? Find them at Ticketmaster.com

Announcing: the new Abbeyrd Beatles Page message board

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.

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.)

Looking for tickets? Find them at Ticketmaster.com.

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- Our new Collectibles Marketplace

http://abbeyrd.best.vwh.net/beatlesebay.html

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Advertiser uses "From Me To You" in first major British ad to feature a Beatle song

One of the images in John Lewis' Christmas ad
that uses Lennon-McCartney's "From Me To You."

British advertiser John Lewis has licensed "From Me To You" for its new Christmas ad spot, , said to be the first major British advertiser ever to use a Beatle song, reports Brand Republic News and LDPbusiness.

"I had been worried that Beatles songs would be priced out of the market, but was pleasantly surprised that this was not the case," Tom Nester-Smith, the client services director at Lowe London, which created the ad, told Brand Republic News. "We didn't set out to specifically create an ad based around a Beatles song, but we found that the lyrics summed up the ad's message that a present's value is in its appropriateness, rather than its price."

Sony/ATV, which holds the copyrights to the songs of John Lennon and Paul McCartney, say it's the first time a Beatle song has been used by a major British advertiser.

(Comment: It's actually a cute little ad, though hearing Beatle songs used commercially is still a bit unsettling.)

Sunday, November 09, 2008

Abbeyrd Beatles Page news headlines for 11/10/08

Update (11/10/08) from our Beatle News Briefs at http://abbeyrd.best.vwh.net/fabnews.htm

EXCLUSIVE: Has No. 3 Saville Row been sold?

New book examines the Beatles' Scottish connection: More excerpts.

Philip Norman ("Shout!") authors new bio of John Lennon: Media links

Dennis Mitchell's Breakfast With The Beatles" -- the latest show online

Breakfast With the Beatles with Andre Gardner: Playlist.

Quick news links: Paul McCartney has a song for the Obamas

Check out our handy list of the hottest new Beatle-related items in That's What I Want!

. (Just added: Stan Williams' "Penny Lane Is In My Ears and In My Eyes" and Julian Lennon's "whaledreamers" DVD.)

Get the latest tour schedules and tickets for Ringo, Paul, "Cirque du Soleil's 'Love,' " Elton John, (updated 11/9/08) and many more in our Beatle Calendar of Events.

Check out the newest vintage concerts from Wolfgang's Concert Vault include Journey, the Grateful Dead, Robin Williams and John Fogerty. (updated 11/6/08)

Check out the first of our contributor Beatle blogs -- "A Hard Day's Byte."

And then there's The Beatcomber

And the newest addition to our blog lineup: "Yer Blog."

Looking for tickets? Find them at Ticketmaster.com

Announcing: the new Abbeyrd Beatles Page message board

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.

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.)