Is it normal that a band that ended on 1970 still gets radio airplay and frequent references in the social media almost every day here in Europe? This is a very personal and somewhat infomal logbook of some of these references to The Beatles as a proof of their everlasting relevance and continuing influence over the years. As if they needed. Also includes highlights of promotions and some additional info on the band. Mainly in Portuguese (sorry guys).
segunda-feira, 22 de junho de 2020
2015: A for Apple book?
segunda-feira, 13 de novembro de 2017
2013-11-17: The story of Freda Kelly (by The Guardian)
... Beatles' secretary for around 10 years:
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/nov/17/beatles-secretary-freda-kelly-story
Citando:
""Paul, you could always rely on. He was the good one. George was very thoughtful – he would always say 'What have you got in your cupboard for me to sign?' Ritchie [Ringo, real name Richard] was always laughing. He was Mr Happy. John was a man of many moods. People think John Lennon was a big, hard man. He had his moments but there was a caring side to him."
By her own admission, Kelly was something of "an innocent" when she started working for the Beatles. "I was Miss Gullible. I was an Irish Catholic who went straight from the Girl Guides into the music business. I didn't know anything about anything."
It was Lennon who explained to her that her boss Epstein was gay – at the time, homosexuality was still illegal. "I remember saying to John: 'I can't make him out. There's something about him.' And he started laughing. He explained it to me in really simple terms. He said: 'Put it this way, if you and he were the last people on a desert island, you'd be safe.'""
E sobre o DVD:
"Good Ol' Freda will be shown on More4 on 10 December, 9pm. It is also available to buy on DVD from 4 December at amazon.co.uk"
terça-feira, 4 de abril de 2017
2017-04-04: 50th anniversary 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' release
The Beatles reportedly plan 50th anniversary 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' release | masslive.com
Na Amazon, a edição de 6 CDs:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06WGVMLJY/ref=sr_1_5?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1491313840&sr=1-5&keywords=the+beatles
No site oficial dos Beatles:
http://sgtpepper.thebeatles.com/
terça-feira, 23 de agosto de 2016
2010: Stripped down version do Double Fantasy (JL)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B003Y8YXH6/ref=pd_aw_sim_15_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=X0J8H1MG9F3Y8WEZSJN9
2004: JL Acoustic CD (e mais umas demos caseiras)
Álbum de 2004 com versões acústicas de músicas de JL por JL:
https://www.amazon.com/Acoustic-John-Lennon/dp/B000641ZJ0/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&keywords=john%20lennon%20acoustic&qid=1465488941&ref_=sr_1_1&sr=8-1&linkCode=sl1&tag=thebearar-20&linkId=60acef46feb4abd63710dd8c91e58852
PS. Para uma versão acústica de uma demo de 65 de JL, ver http://www.thebeatlesrarity.com/2016/06/10/beatles-rarity-of-the-week-hold-on-im-coming-john-lennon-1965-demo/#more-16699
e uma versão do She Said She Said?
http://www.thebeatlesrarity.com/2007/12/05/the-beatles-rarity-of-the-week-12/
segunda-feira, 15 de agosto de 2016
2016-08-15: The Guardian edita E-book com noticias dos Beatles (Amazon)
Citando o The Guardian (EN, RU) e a Amazon:
- The Beatles: A Band Reviewed - a selection of the Guardian and Observer’s reporting on the Beatles from the last 50 years - is now available as an ebook.
- In 1960, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Stu Sutcliffe and Pete Best first played together as The Beatles. On 5 October 1962, The Beatles – with Sutcliffe and Best out and Ringo Starr in – released their debut single, ‘Love Me Do’. The subsequent seven years saw them revolutionise Sixties music and leave their mark indelibly stamped right through pop culture.
- ‘The Beatles: A Band Reviewed’ tells the story of The Beatles through the news items, reviews and interviews that appeared in two of Britain’s most respected newspapers. From the heyday of Beatlemania and the groundbreaking albums to the mixed successes of the solo years, it covers the key events. It also includes lesser well-known stories, such as that of Victor Keegan, a Guardian reporter, who received hundreds of phone calls, night and day, from people asking if they could speak to “Sgt J Pepper”. As fresh and revolutionary as the time in which they were written, this unique writing from the actual gigs and events that defined The Beatles is a unique and poignant history.