“The Fool On The Hill” was a Lennon/McCartney original, used in the Magical Mystery Tour film and accompanying LP/EP set. It was actually conceived by Paul McCartney, who stated in an interview that he wrote the song with someone like Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in mind. He claims that he looked at the Maharishi as someone [...]
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Yesterday – Blackpool Night Out performance, Aug. 1, 1965
On August 1, 1965, after over a year of no live performances on U.K. television, The Beatles took the stage at the ABC Theatre to perform six numbers on the program Blackpool Night Out. Along with both sides of their new single (“Help!” and “I’m Down”), they performed the A-sides of the previous two singles [...]
Collector’s Corner – The “Love Me Do” single on Parlophone – The Beatles begin an incredible recording career
Excluding the January 5, 1962, Polydor “My Bonnie” single release (Polydor NH 66833 in the U.K.), where The Beatles were only backing musicians for Tony Sheridan, “Love Me Do” was the first song to be released by The Beatles. It was issued first as a U.K. single coupled with “P.S. I Love You” on EMI’s [...]
Introducing … The Beatles Record Price Guide by Stan Panenka
For those of you who are into collecting Beatles records, I want to let you know about a new price guide that just came out this month (Sep. 2011). Introducing The Beatles… Record Price Guide is a 232 page large paperback covering all of various pressings of The Beatles American records, their near mint worth [...]
Beatles Rarity Of The Week – Cry Baby Cry (demo sequence)
Welcome to the Beatles Rarity Of The Week. For this week I have assembled a collection of home demos and fragments of early versions of the White Album John Lennon classic, Cry Baby Cry. Proper recording of the song was not begun until July 16, 1968, but there are some recorded demos that date as [...]
One After 909 – The Beatles Jan. 30, 1969 rooftop performance
I thought this would be an appropriate choice for this week’s video feature since the date is September 9th. The Beatles, along with friend and keyboardist Billy Preston, made their final concert appearance at around 1:00 pm on January 30, 1969, on the roof of their Apple headquarters and studio at 3 Savile Row, London. [...]
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