The Abbeyrd Beatles Page Breaking News Blog: 2015

Wednesday, September 09, 2015

Former Apple CEO (and longtime Beatles associate) Tony Bramwell announced on Facebook today that there's a new TV show being made on the Beatles' Apple Corps. No other details are available yet. Coincidentally or maybe not, a search on Amazon.com for "Strange Fruit: The Beatles Apple Records," the documentary on the Beatles' record label, shows it's unavailable. It is on Amazon Prime. As we reported, the documentary had a tough initial debut back in 2012..

Watch for more details on the new Apple TV show here or on Beatles Examiner.

Thursday, September 03, 2015

Beatles PopMarket Mono CD bargain

Pop Market has "The Beatles in Mono" CD box priced less than Amazon for 24 hours starting now. The Pop Market price is $179.99 with shipping. The Amazon Prime price with shipping is $250.

Wednesday, September 02, 2015

Mark Lewisohn on his what's coming in his Beatles biography

Read about it in this special report in our Beatles Examiner column.

Photo by Steve Marinucci

Thursday, August 27, 2015

Great story about a Beatles fan in need ...

He can use a little help from his friends ... take a read ..

New Beatles book out Friday

Out Friday (Aug. 28): "The Beatles: Then There Was Music" by Tim Hill
"With a day-by-day chronology from the earliest days of the Beatles through to the present day this is a full visual record of the Fab Four accompanied with authoritative text and features covering every aspect of the band." You can order it here.

Wednesday, August 26, 2015

McCartney deluxe reissues in Japan

Remember the days when Japanese releases had something added to them that others don't, like lyric books or UBIs. No evidence of that in these pictures, interestingly enough.

Japanese version of "Tug of War" Super Deluxe reissue (translated page says "Tag of War") Cost according to latest exchange rates: $125.12, which doesn't include mailing.

"Pipes of Peace" deluxe reissue in Japan. (Latest exchange rate conversion: ($89)

Tuesday, August 25, 2015

David Gilmour's cover of a Beatles song

We discuss it on Beatles Examiner (where you can also hear the song) ...

Brother Malcolm

Posted on YouTube.

Next release in superb "Beatles Beginnings" series

"Beatles Beginnings: The Aintree Institute Set," a new volume of this excellent series of tracks that influenced the Beatles coming Sept. 11, according to Amazon.co.uk. We reviewed earlier volumes of this great series previously on Beatles Examiner. Good to see another one. The past volumes have used the original master tracks, so remakes aren't substituted.

Pre-order the vinyl on Amazon.co.uk here. The CD isn't listed there yet. It's also not listed yet on Amazon.com, though the seven previous volumes in the series have been.

Here's the tracklist:
1. Overture - William Tell
2. What'd I Say - Gerry & The Pacemakers
3. Boys - The Shirelles
4. Will You Love Me Tomorrow - The Shirelles
5. Wooden Heart - Elvis Presley
6. C'mon Everybody - Eddie Cochran
7. Twenty Flight Rock - Eddie Cochran
8. Hallelujah! I Love Her So - Horst Fascher
9. New Orleans - Gary U.S. Bonds
10. Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues - Buddy Holly.
11. Red Sails In The Sunset - The Quarrymen
12. Crying, Waiting, Hoping (NY Overdub) - Buddy Holly
13. Over The Rainbow - Gene Vincent
14. Mean Woman Blues - Elvis Presley
15. Lucille - Little Richard
16. Hey Good Looking - Hank Wiliams
17. Blue Moon of Kentucky - Elvis Presley
18. Love Me Tender - Elvis Presley
19. Don't Forbid Me - Pat Boone
20. Corrine, Corrina - Ray Peterson
21. Overture - William Tell

New Barry Miles Beatles book

New book:" The Zapple Diaries: The Rise and Fall of the Last Beatles Label " Coming March 1, 2016. The first full-length illustrated look at the Zapple label—the Beatles’ experimental label and the most ambitious expression of the Beatles’ determination to be leading members of the counterculture movement. Pre-order here.

More Paul shows!

Monday, August 24, 2015

Yoko's poll

Which one would you like to have heard?#onthisday 20 Aug 1972 - At the Fillmore East at 105 2nd Ave & E6th St, NYC,...
Posted by John Lennon on Thursday, August 20, 2015

From Lucrecia López Sanz of the Bayonets

Posted by Lucrecia López Sanz, who's also in Brian Ray's the Bayonets.

#Nube9 #BeatleWeek2015 @cavernliverpool @beatlesexaminer @beatlesstory @SteveMarinucci @BeatlesRadio @nube9oficial pic.twitter.com/x4GVlQoQcU
— Lucrecia López Sanz (@LucreLopezSanz) August 24, 2015

New Beatles graphic novels

Coming next June: "The Beatles: All Our Yesterdays."

Scheduled for release in June, 2016. 150 pages.

Sunday, August 23, 2015

Joe Louis Arena in Detroit jumps the gun on McCartney announcement

Tweeted Sunday

“Oh, I believe in yesterday.” Get ready, Detroit! #OUTTHERE pic.twitter.com/50gRbLVT6u
— Joe Louis Arena (@JoeLouisArena) August 23, 2015

Saturday, August 22, 2015

Going back to 1965

Picked this up at Barnes & Noble the other day. It's not all Beatles, but it does have archival material from NME and Melody Maker. Apparently, this is a monthly magazine. Didn't see 1964, but would have loved to. (Thanks to Kris Tash.)

Friday, August 14, 2015

Exclusive: The missing Beatles music and video from Shea Stadium

http://www.examiner.com/article/exclusive-the-beatles-at-shea-stadium-what-you-may-never-get-to-see-or-hear

Thursday, August 13, 2015

Authors say they will reveal truth behind firing of Pete Best

http://www.examiner.com/article/forthcoming-book-to-investigate-drummer-pete-best-s-firing-from-the-beatles

Tuesday, August 04, 2015

New picture of Paul McCartney with members of the Jefferson Airplane

Thursday, July 30, 2015

McCartney's 2015 reissues -- all the details

http://www.examiner.com/article/what-s-all-paul-mccartney-s-tug-of-war-pipes-of-peace-2015-reissues

Monday, July 27, 2015

New HMC bootleg release coming soon

Saturday, July 25, 2015

Heartbreaking letter from Lennon's Aunt Mimi after his death to go under the hammer

Heartbreaking letter from Lennon's Aunt Mimi after his death to go under the hammer http://ow.ly/Q5dtG

Ringo 'Help!" jacket sells for big bucks

http://www.examiner.com/article/ringo-starr-help-jacket-sells-for-over-46-000-at-frenzied-auction

Reported bonus track lineup on new McCartney 'Tug of War' reissue

http://www.examiner.com/article/report-mccartney-deluxe-tug-of-war-reissue-will-have-11-bonus-tracks

Monday, July 20, 2015

New Paul McCartney TV cameo

http://www.examiner.com/article/paul-mccartney-cameo-appearance-on-new-season-of-netflix-s-bojack-horseman

Thursday, July 16, 2015

Record company to replace defective Lennon vinyl

http://ow.ly/PFLSz

Monday, July 13, 2015

Next McCartney reissues coming when?

Date mentioned for next McCartney reissues http://www.examiner.com/article/unconfirmed-report-says-next-paul-mccartney-reissues-coming-september

Thursday, June 18, 2015

The Beatles Hamburg sessions and the songs you've never heard

Monday, April 27, 2015

New shows for the Out There! tour

The Out There! tour is about to get a little more out there in the United States,we learned April 23. The word is that there will be three more new shows to be announced. According to sources, the added shows will take place in Charlottesville, Virginia, Columbia, South Carolina and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. These will be in addition to the upcoming shows already scheduled at the Firefly Music Festival show June 19 in Dover, Delaware and the Lollapalooza Festival in Chicago July 31. And as fans know, McCartney also played a small-hall show at New York City's Irving Plaza on Valentine's Day that was supposed to be secret though word of the show managed to creep out in advance. McCartney is currently on a swing of shows in Japan and Korea with a series of shows running through May 2. Then the tour heads to Europe beginning May 23 with several concerts in Great Britain that will feature two shows in London, one in Birmingham and one in his home town of Liverpool. Then the tour heads to Marseille in France, Amsterdam in the Netherlands for two nights, back to France for a show in Paris, then single shows in Oslo, Norway and Stockholm, Sweden. Billboard reported April 23 that McCartney was at the top of the list for the wealthiest UK music folks with a $1.1 billion fortune. Theatrical mogul Andrew Lloyd Webber placed second with $976 million. The magazine said McCartney's wealth also includes that of wife Nancy Shevell, who it said has a big stake estimated to be $225 million in New England Motor Freight Inc.