2017-03-02: Leilão de single (45rpm) autografado

Ask Me Why / Please, Please Me autografado vai a leilão e pode chegar aos 40K USD na Heritage Auctions:
https://www.finebooksmagazine.com/press/2017/02/autographed-45-of-the-beatles-please-please-me-may-bring-40000-at-heritage-auctions.phtml

Citando:
"The record includes recordings of Ask Me Why and Please Please Me (est. $40,000). John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr all signed the Ask Me Why B-side of the record; McCartney and Harrison also signed the reverse side, which features an A-side recording of Please Please Me. Given to its original owner at the Cavern Club in Liverpool, the single was released Jan. 11, 1963, 13 days before a signing session at the NEMS record shop, where the signatures likely were acquired.

A photo of the Fab Four signed by all four members of the band (est. $18,000) also is expected to draw heavy interest at the auction. The 8-by-10 glossy black-and-white picture, taken in early 1965 in the Bahamas, is signed with a felt-tip pen and includes a certificate of authenticity from Heritage Auctions and Tracks LTD.

An original pressing of the Help! Album Signed by John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison of the Beatles (Capitol MAS 2386, 1965), (est. $12,000) will be available to collectors in the auction. The Gatefold Mono LP was the band’s eighth album for Capitol and the soundtrack for the band’s second major motion picture. It contains seven Beatles songs from the film with six instrumental pieces interspersed.

Savvy collectors and Beatles fans alike are expected to clamor for an extremely rare piece of memorabilia: a Postcard Signed by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Substitute Drummer Jimmie Nicol (est. $10,000). In addition to the band members’ signatures, this 3.5-by-5.5-inch postcard includes the inscription: “To Judy / Best Wishes / Jimmie Nicol” that was written by Nicol, who was filling in on the band’s Australian tour for regular drummer Ringo Starr, who was ill with tonsillitis and stayed home during much of the tour. According to the accompanying letter of provenance, the signatures were acquired by a 24-year-old steward who remembers serving Lennon two boiled eggs for breakfast aboard the plane to Sydney."

2017-02-27: Yoko Ono referida numa notícia do HP

Para quem nunca entendeu muito bem a "arte" de YO é interessante ver referências ainda hoje à sua obra:
"Reminiscent of Yoko Ono’s “Acorn” and “Grapefruit,” the instructions include, “Take a walk at night. Walk so silently that the bottoms of your feet become ears.” Another meditation, titled “One Word,” reads: “Choose one word. Dwell silently on this word. When you are ready, explore every sound in this work extremely slowly, repeatedly. Gradually, imperceptibly bring the word up to normal speed, then continue until you are repeating the word as fast as possible. Continue at top speed until ‘it stops.’”"
Source:
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_583c4797e4b000af95eee137?section=us_arts

2017-02-26: Bed-in no Hilton de Amesterdão visto por um repórter em início de carreira

... E a correcção de Yoko Ono à dicção de JL (Montreux):

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/feb/26/john-lennon-and-yoko-ono-bed-peace-demonstration

2017-02-25: PM recorda dia de aniversário de GH

PM tweetou sobre GH no dia do seu aniversário:
http://ew.com/music/2017/02/25/paul-mccartney-george-harrison-birthday-throwback-photo/

2017-02-25: GH faria 74 anos (Rolling Stone)

Artigo da Rolling Stone com 10 coisas que não são muito conhecidas de GH:
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/10-things-you-didnt-know-george-harrison-did-w452593

2017-02-23: Beatles isolated tracks (Youtube)

No limite entre o legal e o ilegal, algumas pistas isoladas (obtidas por equalização ou de masters perdidos antes de gravações posteriores) encontram-se ao virar da esquina no Youtube. Algumas desaparecem por queixas da Apple, mas como os cogumelos, aparecem outras. E é sempre divertido ouvir de uma forma nova as músicas de sempre (em takes originais ou até takes alternativos).
Exemplo:

• Lovely Rita isolated (sem vozes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ixrf41uy8Lg
• Revolution (guitarras apenas): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0TEIAfFzWs

Pesquisa genérica no Youtube:

• https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=beatles+isolated+

2017-02-20: Recorde dos Beatles igualado por Rhianna

... essa mulher que canta de robe ao vivo (ver foto no artigo):
http://m.scmp.com/culture/music/article/2073193/rihanna-joins-madonna-and-beatles-30th-top-10-hit

Citando:
"In yet another confirmation that you’re getting old, pop superstar Rihanna has hit a landmark: She has now landed 30 songs in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, a feat achieved only by the Beatles and Madonna.

She charted her 30th hit this week when “Love on the Brain” crossed the threshold to land at No. 8. It’s the fourth top-10 track from Rihanna’s most recent album, “Anti,” and its success breaks her tie with Michael Jackson, who earned 29 top-10 hits."

2017-02-20: Mary McCartney, fotógrafa como a mãe?

Mary McCartney fotógrafa como a mãe:
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/mary-linda-mccartney-gagosian-368093
Citando:
"Linda, a musician, photographer, and the late wife of Beatles bassist Paul McCartney, began taking pictures in the ’60s, documenting her time spent among dazzling musicians such as Jimi Hendrix, Mick Jagger, and Aretha Franklin. She was the first female photographer to shoot the cover of Rolling Stone; six years later, in 1974, she appeared on the cover herself, along with her husband.

Mary later followed suit, taking care to capture everything from a backstage portrait of pop star Rihanna to an intimate shot with fashion designer Vivienne Westwood, as well as allowing a glimpse into her family’s unexpected domestic rituals."

2017-02-20: Quadro de Peter Blake pode ser mostrado ao lado do original

Uma cópia do quadro feita para PM por Peter Blake (que trabalhou na capa do Sgt. Pepper's) pode ser mostrada ao lado do original (Sec. XIX), agora que o original está em risco de sair do RU:
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/mccartneys-monarch-of-the-glen-peter-blake-original-866246

Citando:
"Sir Edwin Henry Landseer’s 1851 The Monarch of the Glen—one of Scotland’s most iconic paintings and currently the subject of a frenzied fundraising campaign to keep it in the country—could be shown alongside a version by Peter Blake commissioned by Paul McCartney"

2017-02-20: RS e PM gravaram de novo juntos

RS teve a ajuda de PM (e Joe Walsh) na gravação do novo álbum. E fez uns tweets sobre isso:
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/paul-mccartney-ringo-starr-reunite-to-record-together-w467855

2017-02-19: Porsche 928 de GH vai a leilão em Março

Mais um leilão de um carro de GH que foi comprado para peças (até dono saber que tinha sido de GH por quatro anos):
http://news.sky.com/story/drive-my-car-beatles-star-george-harrisons-porsche-being-auctioned-10774181

2017-02-18: Beatles cover by Yes (and Jimmy Page)

Vejam esta versão enquanto dura (não se apanha muita coisa dos Beatles no YouTube por muito tempo):
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=j90CnFv3rtY

2017-02-18: Youtube com entrevista a Bonham (1970)

... mas em que se fala de Beatles (primeira vez que Beatles não tinham sido votados melhor banda, substituídos pelos Led Zeppelin), 1970:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=W0fqgq6ZMZY

2017-02-17: Partes isoladas das guitarras de Revolution

http://www.guitarplayer.com/artist-videos/1436/hear-the-beatles-isolated-revolution-guitar-track/60747

2017-02-13: 45 anos do concerto de PM e os Wings na Universidade de Newcastle

Depois da dissolução conflituosa dos Beatles, PM começou "pequeno" para formar uma das maiores bandas dos anos 70 (quase sempre sem recurso a músicas dos Beatles).
Em 13 de Fevereiro de 1972 (há 45 anos), Paul McCartney e os Wings tocaram na Universidade de Newcastle e há algumas fotos a testemunhar esse concerto:
From The Beatles to a low-key gig at Newcastle University with his new band Wings - Chronicle Live

2017-02-09: Citações falsas de JL ajudaram Trump?

Aparentemente sim, e com a data de 1981 (JL foi assassinado em 1980), andaram a circular alegremente pelas redes sociais:
http://www.snopes.com/john-lennon-anticipate-donald-trump/

2017-02-08: Gravação de Beatles em Toronto vai a leilão

Gravação a cores com cerca de 10 minutos do concerto de 8 de Setembro de 1964 em Toronto (mas não só), com uma forte presença policial depois de ameaças de morte a Ringo Starr vai a leilão depois de ter sido descoberta recentemente:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/02/07/unseen-footage-beatles-found-lying-drawer-52-years-expected/

2017-02-09: 56 anos do primeiro concerto na Cavern

... À hora de almoço, em que tocaram por 5 GBP e à experiência, com pessoas desconfiadas a comer sandes:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/the-beatles-were-paid-only-5-for-their-first-gig-at-cavern-club/
Citando:
"The first concert by The Beatles at The Cavern Club, over a lunchtime on February 9, 1961,  was hardly an auspicious affair. They were paid £5 for the appearance, a concert that wasn't advertised, and George Harrison was nearly denied admission to play because he was wearing jeans. "

2017-02-06: A versão do Let it Be... Russa?

Com vídeo para esta versão de 1976 e alguma história da sua origem e tradução da letra para Russo:
http://dangerousminds.net/comments/bizarre_video_of_the_beatles_let_it_be_from_soviet_tv_of_the_1970s


Citando:
"The 2000 WGBH miniseries Communism: The Promise and the Reality features a brief clip of this mysterious video, although unfortunately not much information about it is supplied. It pops up in “People Power,” the final part of the six-part series, about 14 minutes in (you can check it out below). After discussing the strong demand in the USSR for banned western goods such as blue jeans, the voiceover says, “But occasionally the authorities made an effort to cater to the tastes of the new generation….” and we get to see the start of the video. They translate the opening lines thus:

Everything’s happened before in the world
 People are always the same
 That’s how it was, it is, and always will be


 Apparently the religiously tinged references to “Mother Mary” were also expunged, which can’t be too surprising"


No Youtube:
https://youtu.be/1LrUTzijqz8

2017-02-03: Beatles a gravar o HB (1968)

... Na última sessão sem Yoko Ono?
http://www.guitarworld.com/artist-news-artist-videos/watch-beatles-record-hey-bulldog-1968/30637