My Websites
Official Beatles sites
Other Websites
- Archer Valerie Beatles pages
- Beat Gear Cavern
- BeatleLinks
- Beatles History
- Beatles International
- Beatles Pics
- Beatles Wiki
- BeatleSource
- BeatlesTube
- Bill Harry's Mersey Beat
- Bootlegzone
- Demonoid
- Fab Guitars
- Fab News
- Hunger City
- MopTops Guide to the Beatles
- Reunion sessions
- Solo Beatles Photos Forum
- Steve at Examiner.com
- The Beatles Interviews Database
- The Beatles on DVD
- What Goes On?
- Yellow Sub (France)
Featured post
The Daily Beatle
This is a website about all things Beatle. There will be news if we find them attractive, there will also be articles and features about sol...
Followers
Total Pageviews
Archives
Find Us On Facebook
Blogs
-
Hickory Hill - John and Yoko visit Ethel Kennedy at her home, Hickory Hill in Virginia in May of 1972. Is that Rosie Greer?
-
McCartney & Wings – One Hand Clapping – It’s Official + Pack Shots - Six days after the news mistakenly slipped out, Paul McCartney has officially announced the release of audio from the 1974 live studio performance called O...
-
JOHN LENNON's GUITAR UP FOR AUCTION AFTER DISCOVERY IN ATTIC AFTER 50 YEARS - Julien’s Auctions announced Tuesday, April 23 that Lennon’s Framus 12-string Hootenanny acoustic guit...
-
LIBB P768: 22 April 2024 - Show 1461 Panel: Graeme Dickenson, Gavin Myers, Jo MacCarthy *LIBB Show 1461 WynFM Podcast P768* Download Or Stream LIBB Show 1461 WynFM Podcast P768 ...
-
Feel your own pain – John’s ‘Plastic Ono Band’ demos - When a deluxe edition of John’s classic John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band album was first seriously mooted back in 2020, I was curious to see how deep they coul...
-
Restored Let It Be film coming to Disney+ 05-08-24 - The Beatles’ 1970 film Let It Be is coming to Disney+ on 8 May 2024. The film, directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg in January 1969, has been commercially un...
-
Having a Large Time! - I’m still working on the manuscript, but I just got the proof for the cover for my upcoming book about Southern music, and I’m very pleased with how it tur...
-
Harry Benson : « Paul » livre l'intimité de McCartney - C’est en 1964 que Harry Benson commence à photographier le jeune Paul McCartney, année charnière pour les Beatles qui déferlent sur l’Amérique, sillonnen...
-
-
ED治療の際はシルデナフィルの使い方を正しくマスターしよう! - シルデナフィルはED治療によく使用されていますが、使い方を間違えると命に関わることもありますので注意が必要です。一番良い方法は、医師や薬剤師など専門家に相談し、指示を守って服用することですが、ここでは一般的に言われているシルデナフィルの正しい使い方についてご紹介します。 市販されているシルデナフィルには25...
-
William Leslie Anthony (Les Anthony): 30 April 1933 - 21 May 2020. - Les Anthony, John's driver from 1965-1971, has died. The story goes that John was having problems finding a suitable chauffeur, and so Brian Epstein, upo...
-
The Decca Tapes - First Time In Stereo (By Lord Reith) - BITRATE: FLAC TRACK LISTING: Money The Sheikh Of Araby Memphis, Tennessee Three Cool Cats Sure To Fall September In The Rain Take Good Care Of My Baby Till...
-
The Final Beatles' Recording Session - On April 01 1970, final work was done on three of the tunes for the upcoming "Let It Be" (formerly known as "Get Back") project. The session was held in St...
-
There are seven levels. - [image: giphy (4)]
-
-
Bitcoin and Other Donations - Hello fellow Beatle-people! I have not been idle but been working on many things including the promised book for Comprehensive Beatles. I hope to have new...
-
-
-
-
Beatles Rarity of the Week – “Act Naturally” (Ringo Starr duet with Cilla Black, 1971) - Welcome to the Beatles Rarity of the Week. On August 1st, 2015 long-time Beatles-friend and fellow Liverpudlian Cilla Black (real name Priscilla Maria Vero...
-
-
-
Translate
Popular Posts
-
The Beatles' "Long Tall Sally" EP, featuring a photo of The Beatles in Sweden. Ok, so we brougth you a survey of the most ...
-
"Pure McCartney" is a new 2CD or deluxe 4CD compilation of previously released songs. So the news are out...er somewhat. I gue...
-
George Harrison Video Collection By Mike Carrera A fan recently asked which was the best Harrison “promo clip compilation” and my resp...
-
From the photo session: The Beatles with Adam, the son of photographer Michael Cooper. If you're looking for news about the upcoming...
-
The Sunday Times: Anniversary re-release of "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club band" due. According to The Sunday Times, a ...
-
The Beatles in Madrid (the photos, that is) Okay, we fell for it, hook, line and sinker. It was after all, a good story with a beautiful...
-
LET IT BE In a new interview with Cinematographer Tony Richmond, who worked on the "Let It Be" film under director Michael Lin...
-
Get your tickets for a special recording session with Sir Paul at BBC Maida Vale Studios! The radio series Mastertapes returns to BBC R...
-
Record store in Amsterdam From Monday to Friday last week, I've been in Amsterdam in Holland. And that's where I was when the ne...
Video Of Day
Our Shop
Statistics
About Us
This website is all about The Beatles and the individual members of The Beatles. It is kept by Roger Stormo, who has been associated with the Norwegian Beatles fan club, "Norwegian Wood", since 1980. Feel free to quote from the site, but please give me credit and a link back to the original item. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. This is not a news site per se, but if we hear about something that has yet to be reported by other Beatles news services, we tend to write about it. Apart from that, we will write stuff about the Beatles on an irregular basis at the whim of the author. A lot of our readers arrive at specific articles from internet searches or references to this site from forums and other Beatles sites. If you did, we encourage you to click here to access the main page, and also to indulge in our archives - you may find other posts that are interesting. You may also subscribe to news from the site and have each new issue delivered to your rss feed reader.
This is not a begging letter... but feel free to support me by donating money! It'll keep me in business... Or just buy a t-shirt! Or take a look at my Amazon wish list...If you have Beatles related product to push, feel free to send us a copy, the address is:
Roger Stormo
Baglergata 21B
NO-2004 Lillestrøm
NORWAY
email: roger.stormo@gmail.com
We can't promise that your product will be featured on the site, but it stands a better chance than the ones we don't get...
Mobile site
Move over, Ms L!
Wednesday 31 July 2013
The Beatles & Bournemouth Exhibition
Exhibition
Beacon Hotel, Bournemouth
Opens 15 August
To mark the 50th anniversary of The Beatles’ first shows in Bournemouth, on 19 August 1963 when they opened a six-day residency at the Gaumont (now the Odeon) cinema on Westover Road, a new exhibition celebrating their many connections to the town is to open.
The Beatles played more shows at the Gaumont than in any other UK theatre outside London, notching up no less than 16 shows between August 1963 and their final visit on 2 October 1964.
The exhibition, at the Beacon Hotel on Priory Road, Bournemouth, includes dozens of photos of The Beatles in Bournemouth, as well as posters, handbills, reviews and programmes from the group’s four visits to the town. There are various other photos from Robert Freeman’s photo shoot of the boys at the Palace Court Hotel on Westover Road that produced the iconic half-shadow sleeve shot for their second album, With The Beatles. Also at the Beacon Hotel you can find the main venue sign, a section of stage and some seats from the historic Winter Gardens theatre where The Beatles played on 16 November 1963 and were filmed for US television – the first footage America was to see of the Fab Four.
Much interest is bound to fall on the remarkable photo of John Lennon with his young son Julian and his Aunt Mimi at Sandbanks Ferry, just yards from the harbourside bungalow he bought for Mimi in 1965 and where he visited her many times before he left these shores for good in 1971.
The exhibition tells an incredible story of how a small resort on the south coast of England came to play a significant part in the history of the greatest rock ‘n’ roll group of them all.
In conjunction with the exhibition there is a new restaurant opening at the Beacon Hotel in August.
The Bournemouth Rock Cafe uses Harry Taylor’s iconic ‘Stick of Rock’ photo as part of its logo and will be serving gourmet burgers and a full menu in rooms that are adorned with Bournemouth music memorabilia from all eras and genres.
For more information please contact Dave Robinson at the Beacon Hotel on 01202 553319; or Nick Churchill, author of the book Yeah Yeah Yeah; The Beatles & Bournemouth on 01929 472621.
Useful links
http://www.natula.co.uk/BournemouthBeatles.html
http://beatlesbournemouth.blogspot.co.uk/
Half a chocolate bar started the Beatles
"Here's a story. Matt Damon told it. But it's not about Matt Damon. It's about Bono. But it's not really about Bono, either; it's about Paul McCartney. But Damon heard it from Bono. One day, Bono flew into Liverpool. Paul was supposed to pick him up at the airport, and Bono was shocked when Paul picked him up at the airport alone, behind the wheel of his car. "Would you like to go on a little tour?" Paul said. Sure, Bono said, because Bono, you see, is a fan of Paul's, in the same way that Damon is a fan of Bono's. "Bono's obsessed with the Beatles," Damon said at the table in the lobby of the gated hotel in the little town in Germany.
"He's, like, a student of the Beatles. He's read every book on the Beatles. He's seen every bit of film. There's nothing he doesn't know. So when Paul stops and says 'That's where it happened,' Bono's like, 'That's where what happened?' because he thinks he knows everything. And Paul says, 'That's where the Beatles started. That's where John gave me half his chocolate bar.' And now Bono's like, 'What chocolate bar? I've never heard of any chocolate bar.' And Paul says, 'John had a chocolate bar, and he shared it with me. And he didn't give me some of his chocolate bar. He didn't give me a square of his chocolate bar. He didn't give me a quarter of his chocolate bar. He gave me half of his chocolate bar. And that's why the Beatles started right there.' Isn't that fantastic? It's the most important story about the Beatles, and it's in none of the books! And Paul tells it to Bono. Because he knows how much Bono loves the Beatles."
Excerpted from an interview with actor Matt Damon in Esquire. I wonder if this story will appear in the new Mark Lewisohn book?
UPDATE: In an email to us, Lewisohn confirms that this alternative meeting is detailed in his book, but that he didn't know about the chocolate. More will be revealed in October when the book comes!
Tuesday 30 July 2013
Weston Special Edition Newspaper
One incident which occurred during the Beatles’ stay at Weston-Super-Mare was the murder of 16-year-old Liverpudlian Barbara Herron at Wolvershill near Banwell. The Beatles actually visited the murdered girl’s friend Joan McNulty in hospital, according to a local eyewitness, Ian McEachran.
The Weston Mercury
Monday 29 July 2013
A Magical History Tour - Beatling around LA
The Gillymobile |
There are a few cities in the world with organized Beatles tours, Liverpool of course, London of course, Hamburg, New York and Los Angeles. In 2005 I had the pleasure of attending a New York Beatles walking tour, guided by Trina Yannicos, and I have attended Richard Porter's London Beatlewalks several times. Liverpool and Hamburg I have mainly explored on my own. You can explore a few Beatles sights in Los Angeles by walking, but most sights are far apart, so the best option is to do a tour by car.
As I was the only participant on Gillian's Beatles tour that day, I had the privilege of being driven around in her own trusty Toyota Camry, having her undivided attention. She started off by asking me about my level of Beatles knowledge, which was a good way both to start to get to know each other, and also helped her with her presentation of the sights she was going to show me. Gillian is a down to earth kinda gal (as you'd expect from a Merseysider), and also works as a Beatles news reporter for 97.1 KLSX and 95.5 KLOS Breakfast with the Beatles, among others.
If you've ever been on a Beatles tour or if you have travelled to see a Beatles sight, you'll know that seeing the places you've previously just read about, transforms your inner vision from the mythical to the down-to-earth. And no, seeing a place on TV doesn't accomplish this.
The Capitol Tower is a building you will have come across quite a few times if you're a Beatles fan. The last Beatles related use of this location was when Paul McCartney finally got his "Hollywood Walk Of Fame" star just outside the building last February, and he also gave a invitation only concert in the building's own studio the same day. In the above video you'll see Ringo Starr and Harry Nilsson make use of the rooftop of the building for the music video of "Only You" back in 1974. Ringo revisited the very same rooftop in 2007 to hoist the "Help!" flag (see video). If you want to see a bit more of it, here's a film from 1958. When I finally came around to see the Capitol Tower for myself, I was amazed over how small it really was.
Please, no "that's a nice hat" remarks! |
The order is John, George, Ringo, Paul. |
The view from a car, notice the statue of Kermit. Of course, Kermit the frog was as wild about the Beatles as we are.
Of course, George also recorded at this studio, which is located at 1416 North La Brea Avenue in Hollywood. The Police filmed their "Every Breath You Take" video here, and in 1985, the USA for Africa hit single and video "We Are the World" was recorded there.
Rock'n'Roll! |
The Beatles played several concerts at the Hollywood Bowl in 1964 and 1965, as commemorated on an official LP and cassette release in 1977. When I visited the hills overlooking Hollywood, I realised that the recording equipment from Capitol records didn't have a long way to travel in order to capture these concerts on tape.
You'll notice the Capitol Records tower in the upper left corner and the Hollywood Bowl at the bottom right.
Of course, I couldn't visit Hollywood without seeing a show at the Hollywood Bowl, so we booked tickets for a Grease singalong at the venue, the day before my Beatles tour with Gillian. Here's a photo taken at that occasion, I took the liberty of replacing the view of the Grease scene on stage with a more appropriate scene for this blog.
During what looked like a bathroom break and a time for something to eat or drink, Gillian stopped at the Farmer's market. Ah, but it was no coincidence, because she showed me a photocopy of a thank you note from the Beatles at a stall which sold freshly made peanut butter:
Although the dubious look of the signatures (Neil Aspinall's, perhaps?) seems to rule out that they signed in person, I'm sure they still meant to thank for the peanut butter. Gillian speculated that this Elvis Presley favourite had yet to make it to British shops back in the day, so this may have been the fabs first encounter with the spread. I've always enjoyed peanut butter myself, and have since the sixties, so it was certainly available here in Norway.
During our trip, Gillian was playing mix tapes (yes, they were actually cassette tapes!) while we were driving, and every time we approached a new sight, miraculously an appropriate song would start to play. She must have spent acres of time accomplishing just the right mix! But this meant that when I heard "Blue Jay Way" on the stereo (not a favourite of Gillian's), I knew what was around the corner.
Her detective work had also provided us with the exact location of the house where George wrote the song, but she made me promise not to bring it further. After all, it's her business secret. There was no fog upon LA that day, but the city certainly presented itself in a haze from this particular point of view.
Another house Gillian showed me, was the very house where the one and only meeting between the Beatles and Elvis Presley took place. And, funnily enough, over at the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Elvis' and the Beatles' stars are placed right next to each other. I doubt that Elvis is very pleased with this, after all, he thought they corrupted the youth, if we should believe these tales.
I won't go into more detail about the tour, suffice to say that we started at 10 am and finished just before 5 pm, so yes - there are certainly a lot of Beatles sights to be seen and this tour is worth every cent. The tour I got was quite extended, regular Beatles tours last 3,5 - 4 hours. If you are planning to visit LA or even if you're an LA resident, you'll want to tag along. Gillian has met a number of Beatles people during her time and also as a news reporter for several radio stations, and she'll share her anecdotes with you. Here are some of the people she's met: Paul & Linda McCartney, all the McCartney children, Ringo Starr, Neil Aspinall, Dhani Harrison, Denny Laine, Henry McCullouch, Laurence Juber, Peter & Gordon, Joey Molland, Barbara Bach, Olivia Harrison, Yoko Ono ... and lots more.
The tours are currently not scheduled regularly, you'll have to book in advance. You can get in touch with Gillian through her website amagicalhistorytour.com or give her a call at 310-582-1120. Email: britgilly@yahoo.com
The highlight for me? After Hollywood Bowl, probably this pool.
Links to other Beatles tours:
London (Richard Porter)
New York City (Susan Ryan)
Liverpool (Jackie Spencer)
Hamburg (Peter Paetzold)
Sunday 28 July 2013
John Kosh Interview
From Paul McCartney's recreation of the Abbey Road cover, 1993 |
Rock Cellar Magazine
Friday 26 July 2013
Birthday film
Most of the streets in LA were decorated with this Ringo poster during my stay there |
You may have noticed my absense the first three weeks of July. The reason for this was that I spent three weeks vacationing in the USA, mostly in Los Angeles. While there, I visited the Grammy museum to check out their ongoing Ringo exhibition. It was truly wonderful to be able to study some of the historical artifacts up close, like the Abbey Road/Let It Be drum kit, the Sgt Pepper suit and the black and green 1966 stage suit. The museum also had a film theatre where they were showing a 17 minutes long film about Ringo. The ending of that film was a professionally filmed and recorded version of "Birthday", performed by Paul McCartney at Ringo's 70th birthday bash at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. As far as I knew, this was the first time I've seen this film, earlier I had only seen fan films from this event. However, a YouTube search resulted in me finding this video, uploaded on March 5th this year:
Thursday 25 July 2013
Amazing discovery
The Beatles at The Cavern Club 1962 - Kansas City
Tuesday 23 July 2013
Paul teams up with Nirvana again
Paul McCartney made rock history on Friday night when he brought out Nirvana's surviving members during the encore of his show at Seattle's Safeco Field. It was only the second time that drummer Dave Grohl and bassist Krist Novoselic (plus touring guitarist Pat Smear) have performed together in Nirvana's hometown since Kurt Cobain's death in 1994, and the first time they've played there in more than 15 years.
The Nirvana bandmates backed McCartney on "Cut Me Some Slack" – the original song they recorded for Grohl's Sound City documentary last year – as well as joining McCartney's band on a handful of Beatles classics, including "Get Back," Little Richard's "Long Tall Sally," "Helter Skelter" and "The End."
More here: Rolling Stone
More video:
Cut Me Some Slack
Get Back
Helter Skelter