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30 Oct 2009: Forget the copy of Sgt Pepper that features the faces of record executives, these Beatles albums were made with gold vinyl after a pressing-plant employee decided to 'amuse himself' [read more...]
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LONDON (Reuters) - The London film festival closes on Thursday with the
rebellious teenage
years and his torrid relationship with his aunt and mother before the
Beatles were formed.
The directorial debut of video artist Sam Taylor-Wood, the movie
stars Aaron Johnson as an angry, confused Lennon who struggles to
understand why his mother Julia left him with his aunt Mimi when he was
a small boy.
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The Beatles Box Of Vision® is the deluxe companion to the newly
re-mastered Beatles CDs, and will be available as the ultimate Beatles
gift in the UK and Europe this Christmas from [link] and [link], plus select retailers.
[http://store.boxofvision.com/]
Officially licensed by The Beatles’ Apple Corps Ltd., the stunning
collection, previously only available in North America, includes the
following Beatles’ collectible content: The first book in the box is
the LP Sized Album Artwork Book includes 200 pages of the Beatles’ LP
artwork – the first time all the Beatles’ UK and US album artwork has
been collected together in one LP sized book. The Album Artwork book
includes front and back covers, gatefolds, inserts and the complete LP
booklets from Magical Mystery Tour and many more.[...]
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First issued on 26th September, 1969 Abbey Road was the final Beatles album to be recorded but not their last to be released. Let It Be, though mainly recorded in January, 1969 was finally released in May, 1970 alongside the film of the same name.
Following the ‘live’ nature of the “Let It Be” recordings, Abbey Road, The Beatles returned to the North London studios to create carefully crafted recordings with ambitious musical arrangements. Interestingly 12 of the songs that appeared on the finished album were played during the filmed rehearsals and sessions for “Let It Be” back in January.
For the first time on a Beatles album, the front cover contained neither the group’s name nor the album title just that iconic photograph taken on the zebra crossing near the entrance to the studios in London NW8 in August 1969.
Abbey Road entered the British album chart at no. 1 in October and stayed there for a total of seventeen of its 81 weeks in the chart. In the US, it spent eleven weeks at # 1 during its initial chart stay of 83 weeks.
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On 4 March 1966 the Evening Standard published an interview between Maureen Cleave and John Lennon entitled How Does A Beatle Live? In the course of a description of the Beatle's everyday life in Weybridge, Cleave quoted Lennon as saying: "Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I needn't argue about that. I'm right and I will be proved right. We're more popular than Jesus now. I don't know which will go first - rock 'n' roll or Christianity."
The interview caused little controversy on publication in England, where it was regarded as just another example of the waning relevance of the church for the younger generation. But when it was reprinted in an American magazine four months later, on the eve of a Beatles tour of the States, it caused outrage and the Beatles' American tour of 1966 took place against a background of death threats and fear.
Although Lennon expressed regret for any offence caused by his remarks at an uneasy press conference in Chicago, he wouldn't withdraw them. The traditionally asinine encounter between press and pop star had been replaced by a crackling confrontation and Lennon was now cast in the role of spokesman for a generation. A new type of journalism would soon emerge that reflected this change: When Rolling Stone first appeared the following year, its cover star was John Lennon.
Paul McGann tells the story of this extraordinary event and its aftermath. It's a story of fame, the mass media, pop music and religion, of two cultures clashing. Illustrated with contemporary sound archive, listeners will hear from those who were in the Beatles' inner circle at the time and from those who protested against them.
Contributors include Maureen Cleave who conducted the original interview with Lennon; the Alabama DJs who burned Beatle records in protest; Cynthia Lennon, who helped Lennon sort the sacks of mail that arrived at their Weybridge home; press officers Tony Bramwell and Tony Barrow; Barry Tashian, whose group The Remains were the support act on the Beatles' stormy tour of North America; Lennon biographer Ray Connolly; and legendary rock 'n' roll PR (and former Lennon publicist) BP Fallon.
First broadcast in December 2005, five days before 25th anniversary of John Lennon's death.