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Monthly Archives: January 2012

Beatles Rarity Of The Week – “Good News” (extra from ‘Vertical Man’ sessions)

Welcome to the Beatles Rarity of the Week. With Ringo Starr’s new album Ringo 2012 hot off the presses, I thought it would be a good week to scrounge up a Ringo rarity. Has it really been 50 years since he first went on a record?! Additionally, you can consider this a follow-up to an [...]

You’re Going To Lose That Girl (clip from Help!, 1965)

On February 19, 1965, The Beatles did an afternoon recording session to record John Lennon’s new song, “You’re Going To Lose That Girl.” The 4-track mix consisted of John’s Gretsch rhythm guitar, Paul McCartney’s bass and Ringo Starr’s drums on track 1, George Harrison’s guitar solo and electric piano on track 2, backing vocals from [...]

And Your Bird Can Sing

The Beatles work with a bird catcher and her lovesick colleague to catch a rare singing bird. Click the image above to play the video. Here are some Amazon links to read more on, or purchase, some Beatles-related music: The Beatles, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. 7 people think this is [...]

Beatles Rarity of The Week – “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” (earliest demo)

I’m hoping most of those reading this have had the opportunity to check out Martin Scorsese’s recent biographical documentary George Harrison: Living In The Material World by now. Back in October it made it’s debut in cinemas across the U.K. and was also released on home video. In the U.S., it made it’s first appearance [...]

“Ringo 2012″ – a preview

Back on November 25th, I made a post alerting everyone of Ringo’s upcoming new album Ringo 2012 and giving some details about it (check that out here). Since we are coming up on the release date in 10 more days, I thought it a good time to give everyone a sneak preview. The lead single [...]

Penny Lane (original 1967 promo video)

Back on November 11th, 2011, I featured the promo video for one side of the double A-sided Strawberry Fields Forever c/w Penny Lane single. I decided to follow that up this week with the other side. The promo clip for Paul McCartney’s “Penny Lane” was shot at a few locations on the 5th and 7th [...]