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BRIAN MAY EXCLUSIVE: The rock guitarist says he sees The Beatles as "the greatest" and yet laments what he feels is their "underrepresentation in the world today", compared to the presence of Queen music. The 74-year-old also shared fond memories of working with George Harrison and praised John Lennon. This article...
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The Beatles gave the world many classic albums — but one reigned supreme in the United States. One of The Beatles’ many compilation albums spent years on the American chart. During an interview, producer Giles Martin described what he was trying to accomplish with the album.
The Beatles gave the world numerous outstanding records, including Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Rubber Soul, and Abbey Road. In 2000, the remaining members of the band released 1. 1 is a compilation album featuring most of their No. 1 hits, including “Love Me Do,” “Let It Be,” and “Hey Jude.”
In 2015, a remastered version of 1 was released. During a 2015 interview with Entertainment Weekly, Martin revealed he wanted to optimize the songs for modern stereos. “You have to understand, the original Beatles mixes were designed for mono playback,” Martin explained. “The stereos that we all know and love were done very, very quickly. The band was never present when the stereos were made.” For context, mono files have one audio channel whereas stereo files have two.
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Ringo Starr’s Lifted, the 232-page hardcover memoir of his life in the Beatles — published on February 14 in a limited edition of 1000 by Los Angeles’ Julien’s Auctions — bears the fetchingly verbose and Ringo-ishly upbeat subtitle “Fab Images and Memories In My Life With the Beatles From Across the Universe.” The book delivers on the promise of that somewhat grammatically challenged mash-up of two key song titles (“In My Life” from Rubber Soul and “Across The Universe” from Let It Be) in breezy, conversational form, documenting the group’s humble beginnings in Liverpool and motoring right on through to the valedictory Let It Be. The title for the volume comes from the flood of memories triggered by Ringo’s paging through the reams of photos in the Apple Corps Ltd. archives — the photographs are, literally, lifted from those archives, and that inspired the process for the book. But Ringo is nothing if not a man for a good metaphor, and his title also refers to the elevation and intense reward that membership in one of the most exclusive fraternities in 20th century music — onstage and off — conferred upon him. Richard “Ringo” Starkey from Liverpool was in fact lifted into, and by, the Beatles. It’s a boon to the reader that this generous, soulful storyteller is aware of the gift.
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After watching a fancy European ball on TV, George Harrison wrote The Beatles’ “I Me Mine.”
The ball, which showed the aristocracy dressed to the nines and wearing all kinds of jewels, made George think of self-centeredness. However, by the time George finished writing the simple song, it was about something deeper than pomp and circumstance.
In Part 1 of Peter Jackson’s new three-part documentary, The Beatles: Get Back, George told Ringo Starr and director Michael Lindsay-Hogg about a song he’d written the night before.
He’d watched a BBC 2 program called Out Of The Unknown the night before. After that, a program called Europa came on, which was “a look at pomp and circumstances through European eyes.”
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THE BEATLES star John Lennon revealed he wrote the band's second-ever single - and their first-ever number one - after listening to a classic Hollywood singer, and after taking notes from his lyrics.
Cliff Richard says John Lennon thought he was 'cool'
When John Lennon was growing up in Liverpool, UK - long before he was in The Beatles - he took great inspiration from some of the biggest and best singers of all time. On top of being obsessed with the likes of Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly, Lennon used their lyrical prowess and songwriting skills to create his own memorable tunes. The Fab Four's second single, Please Please Me, was released on January 11 in 1963, but he couldn't have done it without some big stars.
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A new film chronicles the Beatles’ impactful 1968 visit to India. A bonding exercise on ABC’s Abbott Elementary comedy could reveal more than the teachers intended. The music melodrama Queens wraps (raps?) its first season. The Winter Olympics continues with the short program in the newly controversial Women’s Figure Skating competition.Our fascination with the Fab Four continues with author-turned-director Ajoy Bose’s film (inspired by his book Across the Universe) that uses unseen recordings and photos, archival footage and eyewitness accounts to tell the story of the Beatles’ life-altering trip to India in 1968. With walkthroughs of the scenic locations the band visited as further visual allure, the film also explores the evolution of John, Paul, George, and Ringo as artists.
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From being arrested in Germany for lighting a condom on fire to performing for astronauts in space, there's a lot you still might not know about the Beatles legend
Paul McCartney is a living legend. Throughout a long and interesting life, the former Beatle has sold more than 100 million singles as a solo artist, achieved 60 gold albums, and been awarded 18 Grammys.
There’s no doubt that he’s one of the biggest and most successful musicians in the history of rock 'n' roll. Here are six surprising facts you may not know about Paul McCartney.
Paul McCartney was the first musician to broadcast music live into outer space
It seems fitting that one of the most successful musicians in history should have the honour of being the first person to perform live music for an audience in space. On November 12, 2005, part of McCartney’s live concert in Anaheim, California was broadcast to the International Space Station which is located over 200 miles above the Earth.
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Mark Thorne, 42, told how wife Lottie, 41, spotted the Fab Four guitarist after she bit into her lunchtime snack.He hopes the bizarre likeness of his late hero might help as he's preparing to open his own music store, Thorne Records, in the Capital’s Bruntsfield Place later this month.Mark said: "Lottie just said 'the core of my apple looks exactly like George Harrison'. I told her 'stop eating' and had a look and said 'oh my God, it's George'."I've worked in record shops all my life but it's always been my dream to open my own – and hopefully this is a good omen."Dad of two Mark said he owes his career to a lifelong love of the Beatles. He became obsessed with the Liverpool superstars after borrowing their Red and Blue albums from his local library in Stirling, where he grew up.When he tied the knot with Lottie, the couple sent wedding invitations in the shape of 7in singles based on Harrison's 1971 number one smash
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Sir Ringo Starr has published dozens of heart-warming, candid photos of the Beatles that helped him get through the coronavirus lockdowns.
The legendary drummer, now aged 81, compiled the rarely-seen images of himself with John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison as part of an uplifting project.
He sourced and researched the photos, many of which were taken by fans, and secured permission to publish them.
The behind-the-scenes images chart the very beginning of the Fab Four, through to the height of Beatlemania, touring America and then the tensions that culminated in the world's biggest band splitting up.
They have been put together in the book 'Lifted: Fab Images and Memories in My Life With The Beatles From Across the Universe' that is due to be released today.
A limited number of 1,000 have been signed by Sir Ringo and cost £365 ($495) each.
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Martin Scorsese’s 2011 documentary George Harrison: Living in the Material World showed fans a different side of George Harrison. There have been numerous films about the Beatles, but none about George. As a result, this project was unique. Thanks to George’s family’s tireless efforts, which have preserved George’s legacy since his death in 2001, one was able to delve into George’s world.
They couldn’t find the right director for the job. Olivia Harrison, George’s wife, was looking for someone to tell the true story of George Harrison. Scorsese was the only one capable of doing it.
Because Martin Scorsese was “capable,” George Harrison’s family wanted him to direct “Living in the Material World.”
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