Welcome to the Beatles Rarity of the Week. It’s no secret that The Beatles summer 1964 tour of the U.S. was a tremendous success and the shows at Philadelphia’s Convention Hall were no exception. Apparently it was simulcast by radio station WIBG giving us one of the few decent soundboard recordings of The Beatles touring [...]
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Beatles Rarity Of The Week – If I Fell (composing tape, Jan. 1964)
Welcome to the Beatles Rarity of the Week. John Lennon got a head start on writing new material for the yet untitled first Beatles movie, in early January 1964, when he wrote and recorded the initial home demos for If I Fell in his London flat. Legend has it that the recordings were taped over [...]
The Beatles On Juke Box Jury
I had a recent request from my friend Cara, to share some of The Beatles on the UK BBC Television program Juke Box Jury. So here is an audio recording preceded by some background info about the show: On December 7th 1963, the Beatles gave an afternoon concert at the Empire Theatre in their hometown [...]
Only Love Remains – promo video (1986)
This week’s VOW is related to the BROW from earlier this week. As a promotion for his newest album Press To Play, Paul filmed a promo video in November, 1986 at Pinewood Studios in Buckingham, UK where he performed Only Love Remains before a small audience. Singing backing vocals with Linda McCartney here is Judith [...]
The Fest For Beatles Fans 2010 – A few minutes with Denny Laine
The Fest for Beatles Fans this year was beyond incredible. The guests, the concerts, the auctions, and everything ‘Beatle’ that was happening throughout the Hyatt in Rosemont IL was magical. The special guests included Denny Laine, Denny Seiwell, Laurence Juber, Chris O’Dell, Gary Wright, Mark Hudson as well as Liverpool (the best Beatles tribute band [...]
Beatles Rarity Of The Week – Press (original mix)
This week’s Beatles Rarity of the Week ties up another loose end from one of those stray Paul McCartney releases. By 1985, Paul was ready to give his music a more contemporary sound and teamed up with producer Hugh Padgham for that very reason. Hugh had worked with Phil Collins and Peter Gabriel of Genesis, [...]



