tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89909365315972107382024-02-20T06:17:50.197-08:00THE BIG BEATHello, Hello! Welcome to THE BIG BEAT BLOG! This blog is a companion to "The Big Beat" radio show hosted by Bob Vincent. Here you will find Beatles-related topics, discussions, trivia, and info on "The Big Beat" radio show which airs Fridays at Noon (Pacific) ONLY MtRockRadio.com.Bob Vincenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15721859626357375806noreply@blogger.comBlogger75125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8990936531597210738.post-40559386677188663852013-11-01T15:22:00.000-07:002013-11-01T15:22:29.466-07:00John Lennon’s Childhood Home SoldFrom ABC News<br />
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The red-bricked Victorian home where Beatles star John Lennon spent the first five years of his life was auctioned for 480,000 pounds ($770,250) this evening.<br />
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The three-bedroom, mid-terraced home at 9 Newcastle Road in Wavertree, Liverpool, is located just a few minutes away from Penny Lane — the title of one of the Beatles’ most iconic tracks. The BBC reported that an American who wished to remain anonymous bought the home after a bidding war.<br />
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“It has got a lot of history from when he was a youngster,” Andrew Brown, tonight’s auctioneer told ABC News.<br />
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The property, that Lennon lived in from 1940 to 1945, has only changed hands a few times since the Lennon family left and according to the current owner, the property still strongly resembles the home that Lennon lived in.<br />
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“I have made sure original features have been preserved so that they reflect the 1960s period when the Beatles wowed the world with their rock and roll music,” the owner said in a statement. “The main structure of the house and the features, such as the original Victorian sliding sash windows, are as they were when John Lennon lived here... <br />
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Bob Vincenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15721859626357375806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8990936531597210738.post-76325726131094335262013-10-28T15:20:00.000-07:002013-10-28T15:25:25.707-07:00RINGO WANTS YOU: UPDATE!! - Fans From 1964 Photograph Found!!<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">
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The magical mystery surrounding a group of teenagers photographed by Ringo Starr in 1964 has been solved.<br />
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Last week, with the help of USA Today, the former Beatles drummer began a nationwide search for the six teenagers in a photograph Starr snapped during the band's first visit to the United States in 1964. "They’re looking at us, and I’m photographing them," Starr wrote of the encounter in "Photograph," a book of photos from around the world taken by Starr throughout his career. ("Photograph" is due out Nov. 22.)</div>
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"We went back up to the front [of the limousine line], waved to each one of them, and the last one was Ringo, he's the one who went, 'Roll down your window!'" Gary Van Deursen, who was driving the car (a borrowed Chevy Impala) told the "TODAY" show on Monday. The other passengers in the car included Suzanne Rayot, Arlene Norbe, Charlie Schwartz, Bob Toth and Matt Blender. (Blender, who is glimpsed in the back right of the photograph, passed away in 2011.) The six then-teenagers all attended Fair Lawn High School in New Jersey.</div>
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Bob Vincenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15721859626357375806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8990936531597210738.post-73550514993619681752013-10-22T14:42:00.000-07:002013-10-22T14:42:20.148-07:00RINGO WANTS YOU: Former Beatle Searches for Fans in 1964 PhotoFrom Miami Herald<br />
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If you were a Beatles fan living in Miami and chased down the Fab Four when they visited in February 1964, Ringo Starr wants to meet you.<br />
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Ringo wants to know if you are one of the fresh-faced kids, stuffed into a convertible, who pulled up next to the band’s car on the road, trying to get the attention of the popular band members.<br />
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For 49 years, the drummer and avid photographer has kept that snapshot and is including it among the 240 images in his new book, Photograph, released as an e-book earlier this year . A limited print edition will be published in November. <br />
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Ringo recently told USA Today he would like to meet those then-teens staring back at him...<br />
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So John Lennon's birthday was yesterday. One of my favourite Beatle Co-op YouTube channels, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/TheBeatleSubmarine?feature=watch" target="_blank">TheBeatleSubmarine</a>, have done it again; They've put their creative hearts together and produced yet another solid tribute to John Lennon. In past years they have set their tributes to the tunes of "Imagine" and "Watching The Wheels." This year they recorded their own cover of "Give Peace A Chance" and it blew my mind away!<br />
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This zealous group of teens and young adults are undeniable proof that The Beatles are still as fresh and relevant today as they were fifty years ago. While many of the Submariners are separated by hundreds of miles of land or sea, their love of John has helped narrow the divide and this video is a collaborative testament to the power of the Beatles' collective and individual legacies. <br />
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Turn up the volume on this one! Get ready to watch and re-watch this bright young group of Beatlemaniacs cover "Give Peace a Chance..."<br />
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Be sure to check out TheBeatleSubmarine's past tribute vids for John's <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://bigbeatblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/happy-b-day-john-from-scruffs-and.html" target="_blank">71st</a></span> and <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://bigbeatblog.blogspot.com/2012/10/submariners-show-their-love-for-john.html" target="_blank">72nd</a></span> birthday!Bob Vincenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15721859626357375806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8990936531597210738.post-16094046012403515642013-10-09T20:29:00.001-07:002013-10-09T20:29:53.795-07:00HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MR. LENNONS!<div style="text-align: center;">
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JOHN & SEAN!!</div>
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Bob Vincenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15721859626357375806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8990936531597210738.post-21030311355144805762013-10-07T12:07:00.001-07:002013-10-07T12:07:30.024-07:00John Lennon Walk of Fame Star Defaced Just Days Before His BirthdayFrom Examiner.com<br />
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On Oct. 5, just four days before what would have been John Lennon's 73rd birthday, a Los Angeles Beatles tour guide made the shocking discovery that the John Lennon Walk of Fame star in Los Angeles had been damaged.<br />
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Gillian Lomax, who conducts Beatles-oriented tours in the Los Angeles area called A Magical History Tour, said she found the star had been damaged Saturday while she was conducting a tour. The Lennon star is one of the stops on her tour.<br />
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“It was totally obnoxious,” she said. “Who are these morons that would have defaced John Lennon's star?,” she posted on Facebook.<br />
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The star was covered with graffiti and drawings. The other three solo Beatles stars, which are all located nearby, on Vine Street at the historic Capitol Records Tower in downtown Los Angeles, were untouched...<br />
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<br />Bob Vincenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15721859626357375806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8990936531597210738.post-17507853560378495382013-10-07T11:52:00.002-07:002013-10-07T11:52:56.443-07:00George Feared Being Shot and Hated Being Bullied by PaulFrom The Daily Mail<br />
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Barely a week into recording what would become The Beatles’ final album Let It Be, George Harrison was ready to quit.<br />
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He was no longer willing to fulfil a subservient role in the band, and by lunch on January 10, 1969, things came to a head.<br />
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Having rowed with Paul McCartney over what to play, or rather what not to play, on the track Two Of Us – ‘Whatever it is that will please you, I’ll do it,’ said Harrison acidly – during a break he told his band mates he was leaving.<br />
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When? ‘Now. You can replace me. Put an ad in the New Musical Express and get a few people in. See you round the clubs.’<br />
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‘It was very uncomfortable,’ says Let It Be producer Glyn Johns. ‘To watch this begin and be there in the immediate aftermath was very unpleasant.’<br />
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Harrison and McCartney had had a fractious relationship since meeting at the Liverpool Institute.<br />
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The junior partner by eight months, George chafed at Paul’s domineering streak, and grew increasingly angry at being treated like a glorified session-man. Harrison’s friend and fellow guitarist Peter Frampton recalls being with Harrison in 1971.<br />
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‘I’d put on Paperback Writer and say, “I love the guitar on that,” and he’d say, “Oh, that’s Paul.” I put all these other Beatles tracks on: “Oh, that’s Paul.” It wasn’t until then I realised he had been stifled. It was very frustrating for George...’<br />
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A rare piece of music history will come up for grabs when John Lennon’s childhood home goes under the hammer later this month. The Beatles star lived at 9, Newcastle Road in Wavertree, Liverpool, from his birth on October 9, 1940, until 1942 and then again from 1943 to 1946.<br />
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Since then, the red-brick terraced property, which is only a few streets away from Penny Lane, has changed hands only a few times. The structure of the house, with its three bedrooms and two sitting rooms, remains the same as when the Beatles singer lived there...<br />
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Bob Vincenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15721859626357375806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8990936531597210738.post-14360670234667629672013-09-30T18:14:00.000-07:002013-09-30T18:14:26.976-07:00Badfinger Owes 3,000% Sales Gain to "Breaking Bad" FinaleFrom Billboard<br />
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Badfinger's "Baby Blue" is suddenly red hot.<br />
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The song, which closed the finale of AMC's hit series "Breaking Bad" last night (Sept. 29), has suddenly risen into the top 25 on iTunes' top songs list and is poised for a return to the Billboard charts this week.<br />
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Industry sources suggest the song is set for a nearly 3,000% sales gain in the week ending Sept. 29. It sold nearly 5,000 downloads just last night. Remarkably, that one-day figure should immediately make the 1972 song earn its largest digital sales week ever. It has never sold more than 1,000 downloads in a single week, according to Nielsen SoundScan...<br />
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Guitarist, singer and songwriter Jackie Lomax died Monday, September 16, at age 69<br />
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Although Beatles fans will most likely remember Lomax for recording a
George Harrison-penned track called "Sour Milk Sea" in 1968, Lomax
originally rose to prominence as a member of a Merseybeat group called
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That band's success led to their quickly acquiring the services of
Beatles manager Brian Epstein, which eventually led to a friendship with
the Beatles and a recording contract with their label, Apple Records.<br />
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In 1969, Lomax released a highly regarded solo album, <em>Is This What You Want?</em>,
on Apple. It was produced by Harrison and featured contributions by
Harrison, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and Eric Clapton. However, despite
its impressive guest list, the album didn't make it past No. 145 on the
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Although Lomax never enjoyed commercial success, he continued to release R&B-influenced music, including 1971′s <em>Home Is in My Head</em>
He remained musically active throughout the ’70s, ’80s, ’90s and
beyond, doing time in several short-lived bands and resurfacing to
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<br />Bob Vincenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15721859626357375806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8990936531597210738.post-68151390263847092432013-09-07T07:16:00.000-07:002013-09-07T07:16:30.542-07:00In Depth Look at Lennon's Acoustic GuitarFrom WTOP.com<br />
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The imperfections were what made it perfect. <br />
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It was 18 years ago John Lennon's flat top acoustic guitar used in the Beatles was first displayed to the public at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. <br />
DJ Cerphe Colwell was there for the unveiling of Lennon's guitar, and will never forget it.<br />
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"I stood there for about an hour just staring at it, just thinking about how many hearts and ears were awakened by that Gibson J 160E guitar. Really magical stuff," says Cerphe, whose show is heard on Eco Planet Radio. <br />
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Cerphe was one of the participants when the Rock and Roll Hall opened its doors in Sept. 1995, displaying priceless artifacts used by legendary musicians.<br />
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Lennon's guitar, which was donated by wife Yoko Ono, had been personalized by the Beatles' leader. <br />
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"I really liked the artwork drawings that John did on the wooden body of the guitar, but it was the fretboard and the pick marks and the gouges on the wood and tuning keys that really fascinated me," says Cerphe...<br />
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I've got good news and great news! Which do you want to hear first?!<br />
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-THE BIG BEAT w/ Bob Vincent returns to <a href="http://www.mtrockradio.com/" target="_blank">Mt ROCK</a> next Friday, September 6 at 12pm PT/3pm ET.<br />
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- Paul McCartney has released a single from his upcoming NEW album. 12 NEW Paul songs hit stores in the UK and US on October 14 and 15, respectively. Check out the NEW song below!<br />
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Bob Vincenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15721859626357375806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8990936531597210738.post-73447559168643149662013-07-03T14:23:00.000-07:002013-07-03T14:23:48.750-07:00Jeff Lynne to Receive Star on The Walk Of Fame<a href="http://cfn.groundctrl.net/clients/elo/media/10/10/images/assets/medium.Fn-AOq6e8z8g6rgoU8iB22W8IxEyaeGehP_S4DH1NqM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://cfn.groundctrl.net/clients/elo/media/10/10/images/assets/medium.Fn-AOq6e8z8g6rgoU8iB22W8IxEyaeGehP_S4DH1NqM.jpg" width="212" /></a>From ELO.biz<br /><br /> British singer, songwriter, guitarist and producer JEFF LYNNE was recently announced as a 2014 recipient of a star on the prestigious HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME.<br /><br /> The ELO frontman and founder, solo artist, Traveling Wilbury member and record producer (The Beatles, Paul McCartney, Tom Petty, Joe Walsh) was one of seven honorees in the 2014 recording category. Lynne will be inducted next year and will permanently be remembered on the Hollywood Walk of Fame alongside icons of film, television and radio.<br /><br /> "I'm thrilled to be recognized by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce and feel honored to be in the great company of some of my biggest heroes," says LYNNE of the honor. "Growing up in Birmingham, England, I never imagined my name on the Hollywood Walk of Fame--it really is fantastic..." <a href="http://www.elo.biz/news/160043" target="_blank">Read More</a>...Bob Vincenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15721859626357375806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8990936531597210738.post-88938013409247424472013-03-04T21:42:00.001-08:002013-03-04T21:53:50.091-08:00Update: I'M ALIVE! (PLUS A GREAT FILM!)Hello, Beatlemaniacs!<br />
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Boy, I've missed you all! I've been experiencing problems with accessing my blog to update. But all bugs seem to be fixed and now I can get back to all the Beatlemania this page can handle!<br />
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As of now THE BIG BEAT radio show is on hold due to some construction at 90.1 Mt ROCK, but I will return to the studio as soon as the dust settles. Don't fret if you cannot get 90.1 Mt ROCK on your FM tuner. You'll still be able to listen in on <a href="http://www.mtrockradio.com/" target="_blank">MtRockRadio.com</a>. I'll keep you all updated on the season premiere so you don't miss a beat!<br />
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In the meantime, get a load of this! I was perusing YouTube earlier today and came across a fantastic BBC documentary called <em>12 Hours to Please Me</em>. This film celebrates the iconic 12-hour recording session of The Beatles' hit debut record <em>Please Please Me. </em>If that's not cool enough this film was recorded in Abbey Road Studios on the exact 50th anniversary of the recording of the original album. The film does a fab job recreating the Beatles February 11, 1963 recording schedule down to the hour and minute that each song was originally recorded. Musicians young and young-at-heart came together for this special day to re-record The Beatles' <em>Please Please Me</em> repertoire of songs. Joss Stone, Stereophonics, Mick Hucknall, and I Am Kloot are just a few of the artists featured in this film. Even some of the people present in the studio 50 years ago returned to Abbey Road Studios to re-live the magic they witnessed, including engineer Richard Langham and NME reporter Alan Smith who requested to The Beatles that they close the day by recording "La Bamba".... "LA BAMBA?" Watch and see! <br />
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January 24, 1962: Signing of a management contract of Brian and the Beatles, at Brian's office at
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The Beatles' song “Love Me Do” is available on compilations outside the United States thanks to a European law that allows it to enter the public domain after 50 years, Rolling Stone reported Friday. <br />
The current law requires songs to be 50 years old to hit public domain, but a move is in the works to change the requirement to 70 years, which may not happen until later this year. According to Complete Music Update, the change will not affect “Love Me Do” and it will remain in public domain.<br />
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"Love Me Do" isn't the only song being affected in this way. The Beatles' "P.S. I Love You" is available on a similar collection, "The 1962 British Hit Parade: The B Sides Part Three September - December" And "Please Please Me," which just passed its 50th anniversary of release, could also find itself on a similar compilation in the future. <br />
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And there are many such British hit parade sets available as labels take advantage of the public domain law in the UK. In fact, the public domain compilations are all over Europe. There are two interesting ones relating to Elvis Presley that examine his musical roots...<br />
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Sir Paul will join Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear for a special performance at tonight’s benefit concert for families effected by Hurricane Sandy, which effectively means he’ll be playing the Kurt Cobain role, right down to being the sole left-handed guitarist in a group of northpaw rockers. JUST LIKE KURT OMG!<br />
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Sir Paul told the Sun: “I didn’t really know who they were. They are saying how good it is to be back together. I said ‘Whoa? You guys haven’t played together for all that time?<br />
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“And somebody whispered to me ‘That’s Nirvana. You’re Kurt.’ I couldn’t believe it...”<br />
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Ravi Shankar, the sitar virtuoso who became a hippie musical icon of the 1960s after hobnobbing with the Beatles and who introduced traditional Indian ragas to Western audiences over a 10-decade career, died Tuesday. He was 92.<br />
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Labeled "the godfather of world music" by George Harrison, Shankar helped millions of classical, jazz and rock lovers discover the centuries-old traditions of Indian music.<br />
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His close relationship with Harrison, the Beatles lead guitarist, shot Shankar to global stardom in the 1960s.<br />
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The pair spent weeks together, starting the lessons at Harrison's house in England and then moving to a houseboat in Kashmir and later to California.<br />
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Gaining confidence with the complex instrument, Harrison recorded the Indian-inspired song "Within You Without You" on the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," helping spark the raga-rock phase of 60s music and drawing increasing attention to Shankar and his work...
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John and Yoko are there, talking for hours and hours — during a bed-in, at a “happening,” listening to the Beatles at home. Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda, just back from Cannes in June 1969, rap about their new movie, “Easy Rider.” Eric Clapton, between shows at the Fillmore East in 1970, struggles with a sense of responsibility for his new band, Derek and the Dominos. </div>
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Those are among more than 100 interviews with rock stars, artists and assorted radicals recorded from 1969 to 1972 by <strong>Howard Smith</strong>, a longtime writer for The Village Voice. They have now been cataloged and packaged for the digital era as <strong>“The Smith Tapes”</strong> and will be released in monthly batches over the next year. The first, with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Lou Reed, Frank Zappa, Mr. Clapton and others, comes out Tuesday through Amazon’s MP3 store and next week on iTunes.
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Bob Vincenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15721859626357375806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8990936531597210738.post-21826973426033278832012-11-19T01:07:00.001-08:002012-11-19T01:14:33.056-08:00Copy of Beatles' Rejected Audition Tape To Be AuctionedFrom Examiner.com<br />
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A tape of the recordings made by the Beatles' at their audition session for Decca Records on January 1, 1962 will be auctioned Nov. 27, UK auctioneer the Fame Bureau announced [November 16].<br />
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The 10-track tape, described as a mono master safety copy, features the songs “Like Dreamers Do,” “Money,” “Take Good Care of My Baby,” “Sure to Fall,” “Three Cool Cats,” “Love of The Loved,” “Memphis,” “Crying Waiting Hoping,” “Till There Was You” and “Searchin'.” The tape was rejected by Decca before the group was signed to Parlophone Records.<br />
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“We've been told it's a safety master," Ted Owen of the Fame Bureau told Beatles Examiner. "It came out of Capitol Records in Los Angeles.”<br />
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Owen said, "The great thing for me is the quality,” which he described as “pristine.” The value of the tape is estimated at between £18,000/20,000 ($28,600 to $31,770 USD).<br />
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The auction takes place at 5 p.m. GMT November 27 at the London Playboy Club. Other Beatles items in the auction include an RIAA gold record award for “The Beatles Anthology 3” and unreleased cover proofs for the Beatles' “Yesterday and Today” album, including a proof of the Butcher cover picture...<br />
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British actor John Clive, whose film credits include Yellow Submarine and The Italian Job, has died after a short illness at the age of 79, his family have said.
Clive provided the voice for the animated version of John Lennon in the 1968 Beatles fantasy film Yellow Submarine.
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Bob Vincenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15721859626357375806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8990936531597210738.post-37477106299098803032012-10-09T10:19:00.000-07:002012-10-09T10:19:39.990-07:00Submariners Show Their Love for JohnHello, Beatlemaniacs!<br />
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These cool cats have done it again! YouTube channel, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/TheBeatleSubmarine" target="_blank">TheBeatleSubmarine</a> have once again pulled together and produced such a wonderful tribute in honour of John Lennon's birthday. These young ladies are living proof of John Lennon's influence on younger generations. It's these young people that give hope for a creative and positive world. If The Beatles are able to help take down Communism in the former Soviet Russia, then their music and their solo works can still inspire hope, peace, and love.<br />
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I greatly applaud this channel and their persistence to share the legacy of The Beatles and celebrate John Lennon on his special day. <br />
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Keep up the great work, Submariners! <br />
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JOHN LENNON!<br />
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John, every day I learn about you...every day I learn <em>from</em> you. Your life was a roller coaster of emotions and events. From the highest highs to the lowest of the lows you persevered and still carries a message of love and peace in your heart. <br />
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When religionists tried dismissing you for your comments on Jesus Christ, those loyal to you and understanding of you held you closer. When the band you created parted ways, your fans followed you into your solo career. When you decided to be a father to Sean, the world waited. And when you decided to welcome a new decade with exciting new music, you were taken from this world much to soon. However you never left the hearts of those who care about you.<br />
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You influenced the minds of those who seek inspirations from you. You have left a forever-lasting impression on all generations. Thank you for your music, your love, and your timeless legacy. We all miss you! <br />
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Bob Vincenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15721859626357375806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8990936531597210738.post-63304814836847294772012-09-25T13:55:00.000-07:002012-09-25T13:55:14.161-07:00TODAY IN BEATLES HISTORY! Beatles Cartoon Debuts!!Remember Saturday morning cartoons?!On this day back in 1965 music lovers and children of all ages were treated to the first episode of <em>The Beatles</em> cartoon series. Voiced by Paul Frees (John & George) and Lance Percival (Paul & Ringo), the series took the Fab Four on a series of misadventures including hunting for exotic birds and visiting Transylvania. It aired 39 episodes that spanned 3 seasons. The final show broadcast on October 21, 1967. <em>The Beatles</em> cartoon series is now syndicated globally and has even inspired a line of toys by MacFarlane Toys. <br />
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Happy debut anniversary, <em>Beatles</em> cartoon!<br />
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