domingo, 19 de dezembro de 2021

1970-12: The Beatles Christmas Album?

Interesting sum-up of all previous Christmas albums sent for fans of the fan club, was sent out today at 1970-12-18, compiling everything since 1963:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CXm0q0su3Rs/

sexta-feira, 17 de dezembro de 2021

domingo, 12 de dezembro de 2021

2021-12: Ray Dagg the policeman who...

... Shut up The Beatles.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ray-dagg-i-was-the-19-year-old-police-officer-who-silenced-the-beatles-mmxl9f2s7
Quoting:
"Ray Dagg is not a name associated with iconic cultural moments, but it ought to be. As a Metropolitan police constable he ended the Beatles’ final live performance, on a London roof.

Now he is the unlikely star of a new wave of Beatlemania, powered by the release of a documentary of the band working on Let It Be, their last studio album to be released."

More sources:
https://nypost.com/2021/12/11/cop-who-silenced-beatles-last-gig-speaks-for-first-time/amp/
Quoting:
"A native of London’s Chelsea neighborhood, Dagg has been inundated with Facebook friend requests and calls for interviews. An American Reddit member even painted him in watercolor, The Times reports.

His threat to arrest the band and their manager was a “bluff,” he told the outlet, adding he doesn’t regret his role in rock history.

“Well, at that time, I didn’t know that they would never play together again,” Dagg said. “At least there’s something on a film somewhere that will forever show that PC Ray Dagg shut down the Beatles."

domingo, 5 de dezembro de 2021

2021-12: Os diários de Mal Evans dizem que...

Paul McCartney safou Mal Evans de ser detido no concerto final dos Beatles...

https://amp.theguardian.com/music/2021/dec/05/how-paul-mccartney-saved-roadie-from-arrest-after-beatles-final-concert-mal-evans

Citando:
"Kenneth Womack, one of the world’s foremost Beatles scholars, told the Observer: “It turns out that Mal was actually arrested that day but managed to get out of it only when Paul went into PR mode and changed the copper’s mind after the show.”

It is among behind-the-scenes revelations in Evans’s previously unpublished diaries, manuscripts and photographs to which Womack has been given unprecedented access for a major biography.

‘It was John who wanted a divorce’: Paul McCartney sets the record straight on Beatles split
For decades, the mystery surrounding his trove of unreleased material has left Beatles fans and music historians longing for a glimpse into the life and times of this devoted friend from the group’s.
(...)
Evans himself had written his memoir, titled Living the Beatles’s Legend, which he planned to submit for publication in the mid-1970s, with the written permission of the Beatles. But he died before he was able do this. Evans was killed in 1976, aged 40, in a tragic shooting by the Los Angeles police.

Now his children, Gary and Julie, have made his documents available to Womack, who said: “Since Mal’s death, the Beatles’s world has always been abuzz about his diaries and his manuscripts. For the first time, they will be published.”"

2021-12: O restauro do som e da imagem de Get Back

... por Peter Jackson.
https://variety-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/variety.com/2021/music/news/peter-jackson-get-back-restored-beatles-footage-sound-1235125819/amp/

quinta-feira, 2 de dezembro de 2021

1969: Get Back being created?

Yes. Also love Harrison yawning...
Quoting:
"I’ve never seen anything like this on film before. Paul really has nothing at the 30 second mark—but 45 seconds later he’s got the makings of a hit single."

https://amp.blitz.pt/principal/update/2021-12-02-Veja-Paul-McCartney-compor-Get-Back-em-apenas-dois-minutos-74a06e68

2023: Mal Evans biography?

Yes!!!
The man killed by the US Police and road manager of The Beatles will have a biography:
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/mal-evans-beatles-get-back-diaries-biography-1265655/amp/
Quoting:
"Coveted Archives of Beatles Road Manager Mal Evans Will Finally See Light of Day
Biography will be published in 2023, followed by his diaries and manuscripts — the Holy Grail for Beatles fans"

quarta-feira, 1 de dezembro de 2021

1961: What an extraordinary photograph...

By Mike McCartney, so I say... 

Quoting:
"call our kid “Rambo Paul” in this photo, because his look reminds me of Stallone. I think Pete was doing one of the silly voices from The Goon Show. Then there’s nipple-shooting George. I have no idea why he’s pointing at Paul’s nipple. And we can’t ask him now.

The most important thing this photograph communicates is joy. It’s all about the fun, the camaraderie. They were totally relaxed in each other’s company and bounced off each other. All this business about the Beatles’ arguments – we all have arguments, for Christ’s sake. This photograph is a much stronger reflection of the reality."

Source:

https://amp-theguardian-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/amp.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/dec/01/the-beatles-mike-paul-mccartney-best-photograph