Beatles’ bootlegged products soar following business manager’s death

This article is a bit misleading.  It makes it sound as if Apple is floundering with the sad death of Neil Aspinall.  Neail has not been the head of Apple for some time.  He retired last year.  Maybe he stayed on as an advisor, but somehow we don’t think that’s the case.
 
Apple has been in [...]

Beatles songs on iTunes: Sony/ATV says it’s ‘untrue’

Well folks rumors are still rumors. Take them for what they are worth. It looks like the grumblings that we have heard on and off for the last couple of days hold very little water. The reports we read from British newspapers, that we reported on earlier, are nothing more than rumors [...]

New 5.1 Ringo compilation coming next month.

Boy oh boy Ringo has bee a busy little bee lately.  When he’s not busy making live appearances ushering in celebrations of culure, releasing greatest hits packages, live compilations, and even releasing an album of new, and great material, it seems that Ringo has been hitting the multi-channel mixing desks too.  Just when you thought [...]

Could we get an iTunes Superbowl announcement (Take II).

Could the rumors be true this time?  We’ll have to tune into the game and see.  I personally don’t think it will happen just yet.  I’d much rather see a press conference/announcement on its own, then a commercial during the Super Bowl, but I’ll take what I can get at this point.  Time will tell.
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Special events mark release of Help! DVD.

Well folks, if you don’t know it by now, The Beatles’ second film, Help! is on its way.  I know bad puns abound around here, but you all already know that.  It looks like the Fab Four PR machine is about to hit full throttle with the re-release of a new film.  Keep your eyes and ears open in all those [...]

“Help!” could have been x-rated says producer as remaster shown

I love how sugar coated and thinly veiled things were in the early part of the 1960’s.  Could you imagine if some of the rumored expacades that the Fab Four had (with the ladies) were actually played out in film?  A Hard Day’s Night was a nice glossed-over version of the wacky like of being a [...]

Corgi gets The Beatles

There’s a few good things about being a Beatle fan.  Yes, of course there is the music.  There’s wonderful memories made as a fan of The Fabs.  There’s collectible magazines.  There’s the personalities.  You guys wouldn’t be reading this if you didn’t share in that joy.  The beauty of being a Beatle fan is that you can come [...]

Ringo gets by with a little help from his memories.

We have been on a Ringo kick all summer.  My wife can handle Beatles being played all the time.  She can also handle John and Paul’s solo work on constant rotation.  I think she draws the line at Ringo.  I have tried to distill my favorite Ringo tracks to a single disc, and I haven’t managed to do that.  [...]

Where There’s a Wilbury, There’s a Way

It looks like the Traveling Wilburys are a lot more popular than anyone expected.  I have always been a cursory fan of theirs.  More casual than anything else.  I think I have explained before, I was a little too young when the original albums hit to really “get” them.  I was too busy finding out what kind [...]

Beatle Memories.

Over the next few days we are going to barrage you with lots of Sgt. Pepper stories, consider this a warning.  It is a really busy time to be a Beatle fan!  It’s time to celebrate the old with the Pepper anniversary, and usher in the new as well with Memory Almost Full, Ringo’s two [...]