sábado, 27 de junho de 2020

2017: Version of ADITL by Jeff Beck?

Seems so, on a 2017 live album. Interesting stuff from a guitar god:
https://open.spotify.com/track/40b2JY0jODIyjj8iEmkmcH?si=K0usOf7fQZCAkSHqrMuBJw

The album is here:
https://open.spotify.com/album/6SPQ1H8xE3oIG8woQSiO6V?si=dxlgN8uBT8KQyN7RLEMEyA

quinta-feira, 25 de junho de 2020

1967-06-25: BBC live world broadcast

Interesting details on the hugest live TV audience up until today (400 M) and what was played live (near the end of the post text):
https://www.instagram.com/p/CB1sxHZAArS/?igshid=15z500ixz41no


quarta-feira, 24 de junho de 2020

2020-06: Blackbird e a foto 10

Na foto 10, Paul com duas das mulheres que o inspiraram:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CByn_3WHko6/?igshid=1kpuka8dsdvr1

terça-feira, 23 de junho de 2020

2020-06: Cover do Abbey Road em 1970?

Parece que sim. E com um Hammond magistral a ser tocado vale a pena ouvir:

Fonte:
https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/booker-t-mgs-beatles-mclemore-avenue/

‘McLemore Avenue’: Booker T And The MGs Take The Beatles To Stax

Booker T And The MGs McLemore-Avenue album cover web optimised 820"When The Beatles released Abbey Road, on 26 September 1969, it was not met with universal admiration. Some reviews were somewhat critical… even some fans were confused. Time has been much kinder, however, with many coming to recognise the album as a classic. For some it is considered The Beatles’ very best work – not least Booker T Jones, who, with The MGs, paid homage to Abbey Road album on their 1970 album, McLemore Avenue. Booker T, 5,500 miles away, in Los Angeles, gave a prescient assessment, saying, “I was in California when I heard Abbey Road, and I thought it was incredibly courageous of The Beatles to drop their format and move out musically like they did. To push the limit like that and reinvent themselves when they had no need to do that. They were the top band in the world but they still reinvented themselves. The music was just incredible so I felt I needed to pay tribute to it.”"

2020-06: As melhores versões?

As melhores covers dos Beatles por...  Nina Simone, Joe Cocker, Stevie Wonder, Oasis, Rolling Stones e mais:
https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/best-beatles-covers/?utm_source=ka&utm_medium=fa&utm_campaign=FB%3AuDiscover-Features&utm_term=906ea3b9-e840-4511-8338-f329564fa7b8
Exemplos:
https://youtu.be/3iWNPDnIfyk
https://youtu.be/T9gMsdNQSUM (Nina Simone)

segunda-feira, 22 de junho de 2020

2015: A for Apple book?

Um livro "recente" sobre a Apple que esgotou rapidamente. Primeira edição:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Apple-Illustrated-History-multimedia-corporation/dp/3000478337

Quoting:
"Volume 1 of a is for apple was released in April 2015 to worldwide acclaim; all copies of the book sold out within a month and are now sought-after collector’s items which fetch high prices on the second-hand market. Ever since, people have been asking for a reprint of Volume 1. Well, we are glad to announce we will be offering a very limited number of reprints of this book, so if you missed out on Volume 1, this is your chance to grab a copy. Originally, Volume 1 came with a two-sided disc with two previously unheard Jackie Lomax demos, but due to agreements we had with Jackie, a reprint of that single is no longer an option. Instead, we are proud to be able to offer two previously unreleased Apple recordings on a vinyl single with the reprint, one of which is an Apple published song by Miles and Robert Priestley (who are also featured on one of RPM’s great Apple published acts compilations, 94 Baker Street Revisited), while the B-side is a version of Ev'rything's Al'right by the Mojos performed by an unknown group and found on an Apple acetate. Of course we will give the buyers of the original Volume 1 the opportunity to buy this single as well."

Sobre a segunda edição, também esgotada (com imagens do conteúdo):
http://www.apcor.net/a-is-for-apple-reprint/

Sobre o Volume 2:
http://www.apcor.net/a-is-for-apple-volume-2-the-winter-of-discontent-jan-mar-1969/

2013-07: IBT article on Frank Sinatra and Beatles collaboration?

Yes, it did happen (audio in my previous post). This is the story behind:
https://www.ibtimes.com/when-frank-sinatra-collaborated-beatles-yes-it-really-happened-1356059

Quoting:
"Frank Sinatra, perhaps the greatest single musical performer of the century, recorded a modified version of one of his biggest hits as a favor to Ringo Starr, the drummer for the Beatles', the group that single-handedly made artists like Sinatra seem passé and irrelevant.

As the story goes, in the summer of 1968, as the Beatles were recording what would become their magnum opus, "The White Album," Ringo wanted to surprise his wife, Maureen (a huge Sinatra fan), with a special gift for her 22nd birthday.

Through the efforts of Peter Brown, the Beatles’ business manager at the time, Ringo reached out to Sinatra in California and asked him to make a recording for his wife. However, a book called "Magical Mystery Tours" claimed that it was actually another Beatles assistant, Ron Kass, who asked American songwriter Sammy Kahn to recruit Sinatra for the project.

Either way, Sinatra was obviously touched by this request, so he had Cahn rework the lyrics to the classic song “The Lady Is A Tramp” and recorded the new personalized version specially for Maureen at Capitol Studios in Los Angeles."

2020-06: APPLE1 record single copy?

... is now in YT? Just learned:
Frank Sinatra sang a special version for Maureen Starkey:
https://youtu.be/QyyF8_cq7SM

domingo, 21 de junho de 2020

sexta-feira, 19 de junho de 2020

2020-06: We Can Work it Out (vídeo)

Um vídeo do WCWIO que nunca tinha visto, em playback. Deliciosa a palhaçada inicial do Lennon:
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CBk7t3TJhZ2/?igshid=184lbpirxkg63

segunda-feira, 15 de junho de 2020

sábado, 13 de junho de 2020

1968: Blackbird em Abbey Road?

Blackbird a ser gravado. Histórico e a cores:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CA3O7rTD-KN/?igshid=14pk0nlqjxp6

Quoting:
"Paul McCartney recording ‘Blackbird’ at Abbey Road Studios, June 11 1968

He recounts writing this powerful song as a response to racial tensions escalating in the United States during the spring of 1968. “I was in Scotland playing on my guitar, and I remembered this whole idea of "you were only waiting for this moment to arise" was about, you know, the black people's struggle in the southern states, and I was using the symbolism of a blackbird. It's not really about a blackbird whose wings are broken, you know, it's a bit more symbolic."

sábado, 6 de junho de 2020

1972: A entrevista de Paul Simon e John Lennon...

Entrevista à Rolling Stone em 1972 com referência a John Lennon e Power to the People:
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/paul-simon-the-rolling-stone-interview-2-231656/

1964-06: A photo of the replacement drummer...

... Jimmi Nicol, that played drums in Australia when Ringo got sick and the tour almost got cancelled. Details (and photo):
https://www.instagram.com/p/CBEzzcBsHnT/?igshid=1w1giv3qhzyp1

2020-06: Ringo and George Floyd?

"Saying nothing is not an option" - Paul McCartney. 
And Ringo shared his post:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CBGVlk6pLr1/?igshid=bi00tfza7pnj

sexta-feira, 5 de junho de 2020

2020-06: Paul McCartney, 1964 and George Floyd?

Paul McCartney, um concerto para audiência com segregação racial em 1964 em Jacksonville e George Floyd. No Facebook:
E no Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CBEL1QbHoPM/?igshid=171tecalk3lu3