Abbeyrd Beatles Page news headlines for 2/23/07

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- Heather Mills will be "Dancing With the Stars": Why she was chosen
- Comment: "Let It Be" on DVD ... sometime, please: More of your comments.
- "The Beatle Years" -- upcoming shows
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Abbeyrd Beatles Page news headlines for 2/22/07

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Abbeyrd Beatles Page news headlines for 2/21/07

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- Comment: "Let It Be" on DVD ... sometime, please: More of your comments.
- "Breakfast With the Beatles" KLOS-FM (new home)/Los Angeles playlist: Latest playlist
- Paul and Heather announce separation: Another Heather scheme?
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Abbeyrd Beatles Page news headlines for 2/19/07

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- Rare Beatle pictures discarded by janitor
- Report: Paul may tour Europe and U.S. this year
- New book chronicles Lennon and McCartney partnership
- Comment: "Let It Be" on DVD ... sometime, please: More comments.
- Eyewitness report: "I met the Smithereens!"
- Man accused of extortion attempt against Yoko: Guilty plea.
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Abbeyrd Beatles Page news headlines for 2/17/07

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- Announcing our new brand-new RSS feed!: Beatle headline updates as they happen!
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Abbeyrd Beatles Page news headlines for 2/16/07

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- A last look at Lennon?: Video
- Paul and Heather announce separation: Heather threatened.
- Smithereens to release Beatle tribute album in January: Link.
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Abbeyrd Beatles Page news headlines for 2/15/07

Update (2/15/07) from our Beatle News Briefs
- Comment: "Let It Be" on DVD ... sometime, please: To "Let It Be" or not "Let It Be" -- more of your comments.
- Quick news links: Report: Heather to be "Dancing With the Stars."
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Update (2/14/07): Happy Valentine's Day
- Comment: "Let It Be" on DVD ... sometime, please: Your comments
- Merseybeat Hall of Fame inducts Sam Leach
- Yoko to sign copies of her CD in New York: Signing report
- A last look at Lennon?: Extra credit
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Abbeyrd Beatles Page news headlines for 2/13/07

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- Comment: "Let It Be" on DVD ... sometime, please
- Apple shakeup coming?: Goodbye, Neil?
- A last look at Lennon?
- Extra: Excerpts from a new Yoko interview: Link to more complete version
- Beatles announce Cirque Du Soleil "Love" show soundtrack: Vinyl version available
- Paul and Heather announce separation: Heather snaps at photogs
- "Breakfast With the Beatles" KLOS-FM (new home)/Los Angeles playlist: Latest playlist
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- Reviews: "The Beatles In Cleveland" and "Tomorrow Never Knows"
- Review: "Northern Songs"
- Review: Two more great books from Azing Moltmaker
- Review: Doug Sulpy's "Complete Beatles Audio Guide"
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Commentary: "Let It Be" on DVD ... sometime soon, please

The Beatles sing "Let It Be" in the movie of the same name. If we're lucky, we'll have a legit DVD of this sometime in this century.

Apple figurehead Neil Aspinall told Fox News' Roger Friedman over the weekend what we've been telling you for months -- that Beatle songs will be downloadable legally in the near future.

He also spilled another chestnut that we've also been reporting for some time and also wasn't really news -- that the "Let It Be" DVD everyone wants is still light years away. “The film was so controversial when it first came out. When we got halfway through restoring it, we looked at the outtakes and realized: this stuff is still controversial. It raised a lot of old issues.”

What a load of bullspin. The "controversy" is the four Beatles' egos bumping against each other. "Let It Be" was supposed to be an unadulterated look at the Beatles at work, but it ended up looking at the Beatles in disintegration mode. Paul was bossy, George was pissy, John was stoned and Ringo was Ringo.

In other words, everyone was working for themselves, not for the group.
The only thing keeping "Let It Be" from coming on legal DVD is the Beatles themselves. These events happened over 30 years ago. They're history. The only ones who really care a whit about what happened is Paul, Ringo, Yoko (for John) and Olivia (for George).

A word to all of them: Get over it. Whether you realize it or not, the Beatles are fading away into the sunset. Look at the Apple-Apple settlement, folks. As much as we still love them, their influence is fading.

Putting out "Let It Be" actually might boost the Beatles' visibility. The public seems to love fights, especially celebrity fights. The Beatles might not get the attention Britney or Paris get, but at least they'll be noticed a lot.

So put "Let It Be" out on legit DVD. And don't forget the outtakes -- like the backroom boxing matches that got left on the cutting room floor.
Don't let those be hidden forever in a film can locked in a vault.

The alternative: Don't put it out. Let the bootleggers continue to make the money with all the "Let It Be" bootleg DVDs so easily available.

And as Beatle fans have seen so often in the past, the Beatles let the world pass them by again.
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Apple shakeup followup

Musicweek is putting a different spin on what we reported the other day about unrest at Apple, turning it around to say that the Beatles’ willingness to settle with Apple/iTunes may have been hastened by Apple Corps boss Neil Aspinall's plans to retire.

Aspinall's intentions could have persuaded the remaining Beatles and the estates of John Lennon and George Harrison to hurry to put in place a deal and get the Apple house in order before Aspinall leaves, their report claims.

They also quote a source as saying that EMI Recorded Music UK chairman and CEO Tony Wadsworth has been pressuring Apple Corps to settle with Apple Inc and iTunes
after the Beatles lost their UK court battle against the computer company last year.

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Abbeyrd Beatles Page news headlines for 2/12/07

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The Beatles (live) again!

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Abbeyrd Beatles Page news headlines for 2/9/07

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Abbeyrd Beatles Page news headlines for 2/8/07

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- "The U.S. Vs. John Lennon" DVD : A review
- Yoko to sign copies of her CD in New York: Press release
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"The U.S. vs. John Lennon" DVD: A review

The trailer for "The U.S. Vs. John Lennon"


"The U.S. Vs. John Lennon" (Lionsgate): Everyone knows the story of John Lennon and the Beatles. But it's less known, especially to younger audiences, how Lennon was the focus of FBI investigations during the Vietnam War Era because of the Nixon Administration's paranoia against protesters.
"The U.S. Vs. John Lennon" , which goes on sale Feb. 13, is a frightening reminder of that. The 96 minute documentary looks at how John Lennon changed from a cuddly Beatle to an outspoken protester of the Vietnam War and the Nixon Administration policies. It also recounts how the government used the controversy to hold the U.S. citizenship Lennon hoped for in hostage.
It was indeed a scary time. As Yoko recounts early in the film, while the Lennons were on a Michigan stage playing a benefit concert to help free John Sinclair, who was busted for possession of a small amount of marijuana, the FBI was in the audience taking down the lyrics to his songs. The film recounts how the government spied on him through wiretaps.
The hatred and pervasity of the Nixon Administration was chilling. In one of the bonus features, Nixon Administration member G. Gordon Liddy recalls how he ordered his children planning to attend a public event not to sing Lennon's song "Imagine" when it was played there.
The DVD includes interviews with his widow, Yoko Ono Lennon, George McGovern, Bobby Seale, Gore Vidal, John Dean, author Ron Kovic, John Sinclair, Geraldo Rivera, Walter Cronkite and Mario Cuomo.
It includes 10 clips of additional footage left out of the film. The most touching is a reading of the letter Yoko wrote to the New York State parole board requesting her husband's killer remain in jail. It's an emotional moment for Yoko, who manages to read the letter, but not without her voice quivering to the point of almost breaking.
For anyone who lived through the '60s turmoil, the documentary brings back frightening reminders of the paranoia that swept the country.
It also sends a message that the nation should have learned from its mistakes. Unfortunately, that doesn't seem to be the case thanks to the Bush Administration.

Abbeyrd Beatles Page news headlines for 2/6/07

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- New CD at Starbucks features Lennon: Another rarities question
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BREAKING NEWS: Beatles, Apple Computer settle lawsuit

The Beatles' Apple Corps and Apple Inc. (formerly Apple Computer Inc.) today announced a settlement of a longstanding dispute between the two companies over the use of their name and logos, reports Bloomberg.com and BBC News.

The BBC reports that Apple Inc. will take full control of the Apple brand and license certain trademarks back to the Beatles' record company Apple Corps for continued use.
In other words, the Beatles have sold their Apple trademark to Apple Inc.

Here is the press release issued today by the two companies announcing the agreement:

Apple Inc. and The Beatles' Apple Corps Ltd Enter into New Agreement

CUPERTINO, California and LONDON—Apple® Inc. and The Beatles' company Apple Corps Ltd are pleased to announce the parties have entered into a new agreement concerning the use of the name "Apple" and apple logos which replaces their 1991 Agreement. Under this new agreement, Apple Inc will own all of the trademarks related to "Apple" and will license certain of those trademarks back to Apple Corps for their continued use. In addition, the ongoing trademark lawsuit between the companies will end, with each party bearing its own legal costs, and Apple Inc. will continue using its name and logos on iTunes®. The terms of settlement are confidential.

Commenting on the settlement, Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO said, "We love the Beatles, and it has been painful being at odds with them over these trademarks. It feels great to resolve this in a positive manner, and in a way that should remove the potential of further disagreements in the future."

Commenting on the settlement on behalf of the shareholders of Apple Corps, Neil Aspinall, manager of Apple Corps said, "It is great to put this dispute behind us and move on. The years ahead are going to be very exciting times for us. We wish Apple Inc. every success and look forward to many years of peaceful co-operation with them."

Apple Inc. spokeswoman Natalie Kerris declined to comment to Bloomberg on the settlement or to say whether a distribution agreement between the two to distribute the Beatles' online music is in the works. However, reports of such an agreement have been speculated for nearly a year, but hinged first on the settlement of the lawsuit.

Bloomberg reported that shares of Apple Computer fell 15 cents to $84.60 at 1:48 p.m. New York time in Nasdaq Stock Market trading.

Analysts have said that getting a distribution agreement for the Beatles' songs would be a huge boost to the online music industry.

Analysis: On the face of it, it's a big boost for the Beatles, but only if an online music agreement follows. The online music industry is desperate to have them. This agreement was almost unthinkable when it was first bandied about. It's interesting that in the time period the lawsuit has been working, the Beatles have gone from the single biggest attraction in rock to one with a lot of challengers. That, probably more than anything, had a lot to do with the settlement of the suit. It's also a gigantic boost for Steve Jobs, a huge Beatles fan himself. Indeed, the Cupertino headquaters of Apple Inc. has had a Beatles conference room for several years.
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BREAKING NEWS: Rolling Stone confirms our reports about Beatles-iTunes deal

The current issue of Rolling Stone concurs with the reports you've read exclusively on Abbeyrd's Beatles Page and on Terry Ott's blog about an agreement between Apple and iTunes. A story on page 14 says "Two inside sources have confirmed to Rolling Stone that the Beatles catalog will be available for sale on iTunes, possibly within a month. It is speculated that the catalog may become available on Valentine's Day, to promote the band's new collaboration with Cirque du Soleil." It also mentions the Toronto Sun report, written by Beatle Bits blogger Terry Ott, which details a plan to market remastered CDs. A previous report that an announcement would be made Super Bowl Sunday (e.g. today) was denied by a Beatles spokesman previously. But the Rolling Stone article seems to indicate it may very well happen, just not that soon.

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Abbeyrd Beatles Page news headlines for 2/4/07

Update (2/4/07) from our Beatle News Briefs

- It might be, it could be ...release rumors: Rolling Stone magazine concurs Beatles will be on iTunes.
- Sgt. Pepper cover hid controversy from fans
- New CD at Starbucks features Lennon: Finding the rare version of "I'm Losing You."
- Paul and Heather announce separation: Heather dumped by PETA
- Smithereens to release Beatle tribute album in January: Featured on iTunes.
- "Beatlesongs" radio show playlist
- Magazine alerts: Q
- Quick news links: Paul spotted in Long Beach
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- Read the latest Beatle Bits blog by Terry Ott.

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