quarta-feira, 21 de fevereiro de 2018

2018-02-21: Aniversário de GH celebrado no País de Gales

Por 30 GBP com jantar e direito a falar com a secretária do clube de fãs de 1962 a 1972, Freda Kelly:
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/beatles-fans-invited-mark-george-14314161

Citando:
"[anniversary] marked in the most surprising of places.

An event celebrating the life of the former Beatle who passed away in 2001 is being held at Portmeirion in North Wales.

The Italian Renaissance-style village was the distinctive setting for the ‘60s television series The Prisoner and was also a favourite spot for The Beatles with George holding his 50th birthday party there in 1993."

domingo, 18 de fevereiro de 2018

2016-06-10: Músicas com GH em álbum de Gary Wright

http://teamrock.com/news/2016-06-10/lost-george-harrison-tracks-gary-wright-spooky-tooth-album-1972

Citando:
"10 Jun 2016

Guitar tracks recorded by George Harrison in 1972 for Spooky Tooth’s Gary White will be released next month

Lost guitar tracks recorded by late Beatle George Harrison in 1972 will be released next month.

He contributed to Spooky Tooth frontman Gary Wright’s Wonderwheel album Ring Of Changes – but the album was abandoned, with only the single I Know being heard.

Harrison is heard on Goodbye Sunday and several other tracks when Ring Of Changes is launched via Esoteric Recordings on July 29.

The label say: “Following his departure from Spooky Tooth after the Ceremony album, Wright participated in sessions for Harrison’s All Things Must Pass, and enjoyed a solo career that culminated in him forming the band Wonderwheel."

2018-02-18: As 10 melhores canções de GH nos Beatles?

http://teamrock.com/feature/2016-06-27/the-top-10-best-beatles-songs-written-by-george-harrison

sábado, 17 de fevereiro de 2018

2018-02-17: George Harrison e a irmã

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5402827/George-Harrisons-secret-trip-Beatlemania-hit.html

Citando:
"Louise, who moved to the US more than 50 years ago, says her brother's visit when he was 20 years old was very different to the lifestyle he would later have. 

'It was probably the last time in his life that George could ever go anywhere without being recognised and mobbed by fans, the last time he could feel like a normal human being,' she said.

'When he got off the plane in St Louis there wasn't a single fan waiting. 

'Nobody tore at his clothes or screamed for his autograph. No squads of police, no gangs of reporters. It was such a relief for him.

'In the middle of all that craziness George enjoyed a holiday in the US where he could feel human again.'"

2018-02-17: Os Beatles em Plymouth (1963)

https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/history/beatles-first-plymouth-concert-revealed-1207696

Citando:
"Rare photos have revealed a behind-the-scenes glimpse at The Beatles historic debut Plymouth concert.

One momentous day in 1963, the biggest band in the world arrived in Plymouth for the first time.

Still in their early days and sporting their trademark mop haircuts but with more relaxed suits than they had previously been known for, the Fab Four were working their way around the country on their autumn tour when they played the ABC on November 13.

It was to be the band's fourth tour of Britain within nine months, this one scheduled for six weeks. In mid-November, as 'Beatlemania' intensified, police reportedly resorted to using high-pressure water hoses to control the crowd before a concert in Plymouth."

terça-feira, 13 de fevereiro de 2018

2018-02-12: Beatles em Portugal (50 anos)

http://blitz.sapo.pt/principal/update/2018-02-13-The-Beatles-Portugal-1968

Citando:
"Enquanto os Sheiks tocavam no Casino Estoril, Paul McCartney passeava-se sem sobressalto pelo Algarve. Luís Pinheiro de Almeida, o maior especialista da banda em Portugal, traça o retrato do contexto musical português e descobre o impacto dos Beatles entre nós, a seis anos da revolução de abril. Foi há 50 anos."

sexta-feira, 9 de fevereiro de 2018

2018-02-08: Beatles capturados?

Num mau uso do nome, ao menos saiba-se que foram os 4 capturados (um morto, outro já condenado e os dois restantes capturados agora na Síria):
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/08/british-isis-fighters-syria-defence-force

Citando:
"British Isis militants implicated in brutal acts of torture and execution, have been captured by US-backed Kurdish fighters in Syria.

The two men, Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh, formed part of a group of four fighters nicknamed “the Beatles” due to their British accents and are allegedly responsible for murdering approximately two dozen hostages in Syria.

Kotey, a 34-year-old convert to Islam who grew up in west London, and 29-year-old Elsheikh, whose family fled to the UK from Sudan in the 1990s, were the only remaining members of the group still at large.

The group’s leader, Mohammed Emwazi, nicknamed Jihadi John, was killed in a 2015 airstrike. Emwazi was believed to be the militant responsible for the gruesome beheadings of journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff, which were captured on film and distributed in Isis propaganda videos.

The group’s fourth member, Aine Davis, was convicted on terror charges last year in Turkey."


quarta-feira, 7 de fevereiro de 2018

2018-02-07: Quincy Jones fala dos Beatles

Mal...
http://www.nme.com/news/music/quincy-jones-calls-the-beatles-the-worst-musicians-and-says-u2-are-not-writing-good-songs-2237871

Citando:
"The music legend recalled being in the studio with the Fab Four

Quincy Jones has said he thought The Beatles were “the worst musicians in the world”.


The legendary record producer has recalled his first impressions of the Fab Four in a new interview, in which he described rock music as “nothing but a white version of rhythm and blues”, and said he first met Paul McCartney when the Beatle was 21."

More sources: 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/feb/07/quincy-jones-the-beatles-were-the-worst-musicians-in-the-world


2018-02-07: Livro de Astrid Kirchherr com os Beatles

https://www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/the-beatles/

Citando:
"Say hello, hello to a stunning new book of photographs of the Fab Four themselves, shot by Astrid Kirchherr who according to none other than George Harrison, was “the one, really, who influenced our image more than anybody. She made us look good.”

Kirchherr was still just a student of art and fashion when she began turning her lens to greats like The Beatles when they visited her native Hamburg. At that time, the band was still pre-Ringo, with a lineup of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Pete Best and Stuart Sutcliffe. According to the book’s publisher Damiani, the young photographer “was struck by their 'raw energy, beauty and attitude' and there was an instant attraction between her and the band's bass player Stuart, to whom she soon became engaged.” Hard luck for her boyfriend, the artist Klaus Voormann, who had initially introduced her to the band in a club on the Hamburg's Reeperbahn."