GEORGE’S FIRST-EVER CAREER-SPANNING SOLO HITS COLLECTION, ‘LET IT ROLL: SONGS BY GEORGE HARRISON,’ IS RELEASED TODAY BY CAPITOL/EMI

iTunes Exclusively Offers Previously Unreleased Bonus Track, “Isn’t It A Pity” (Earliest Demo Version), with Digital Album Purchase.

The album covers George’s solo hits from 1970’s All Things Must Pass Through 2002’s Brainwashed, Remastered, Plus Live Recordings from 1971 Concert For Bangladesh.

Today, Capitol/EMI releases the collection in CD and digital formats, and iTunes exclusively offers the digital album with a previously unreleased bonus track, George’s earliest demo version of “Isn’t It A Pity.”

The CD version includes a 28-page booklet featuring previously unseen and rare photos, and newly-written liner notes by Warren Zanes. The collection’s 19 tracks have been digitally remastered by Giles Martin at EMI’s Abbey Road Studios.

Visit georgeharrison.com for Let It Roll music previews, videos, e-cards, wallpapers and more

Included on the album

#1 Billboard Pop singles “My Sweet Lord”, “Isn’t It A Pity”, “Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)”, and “Got My Mind Set On You”.

Let It Roll also features live recordings of three timeless Harrison-penned Beatles songs, “Something”, “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”, and “Here Comes The Sun” from his 1971 all-star Concert For Bangladesh benefit at Madison Square Garden.

“The keyhole into the world of George Harrison is the music itself. Yet his songs and the accomplishments for which he’s remembered are inextricably bound-and those accomplishments are, without question, eclectic in scope”, Zanes writes.

To order your copy:

Official Store (UK) Amazon (US) iTunes (US) iTunes (EUROPE)

The tracklisting:

Let It Roll: Songs by George Harrison (CD, digital)
1. Got My Mind Set On You
2. Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)
3. The Ballad Of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll)
4. My Sweet Lord
5. While My Guitar Gently Weeps [Live] – Concert For Bangladesh
6. All Things Must Pass
7. Any Road
8. This Is Love
9. All Those Years Ago
10. Marwa Blues
11. What Is Life
12. Rising Sun
13. When We Was Fab
14. Something [Live] – Concert For Bangladesh
15. Blow Away
16. Cheer Down
17. Here Comes The Sun [Live] – Concert For Bangladesh
18. I Don’t Want To Do It
19. Isn’t It A Pity
iTunes Bonus Track: Isn’t It A Pity (Earliest Demo Version)

Pondertone heeft het gewaagd We’re All Water van Yoko Ono onder handen

te nemen. Op www.coverclub.nl kun je het hele album inclusief artwork

downloaden. Behalve Pondertone ook bijdragen van Silence Is Sexy (Billy

Jean) en The Gasoline Brothers (Close To You). Van alle nummers zijn ook

(vaak hilarische) Youtube filmpjes gemaakt, met beelden van de originele

uitvoerenden.

Hieronder het hele persbericht van Coverclub – Guilty Pleasures

P E R S B E R I C H T

Nieuwe editie Coverclub opnieuw gratis te downloaden

10 Nederlandse indie-acts komen uit de kast met hun ‘guilty pleasure’

Een beetje coverband draait zijn hand niet om voor een cover van een

populair top 40-liedje. Bij indiebandjes met de nodige street

credibility ligt dat heel anders. Maar voor de nieuwe editie van de

Coverclub waren 10 Nederlandse indie-acts bereid om – met het schaamrood

op de kaken – hun zogenaamde guilty pleasures te onthullen. Het gaat om

nummers die in de beschermde omgeving van de eigen zolderkamer hard

meegezongen worden, maar die tegelijkertijd niet bewierookt kunnen

worden in het bijzijn van hippe-vriendjes-met-verantwoorde-muzieksmaak.

Onder de noemer ’Guilty pleasures’ – songs you always wanted to cover

but were afraid to like…’ namen de 10 bands desondanks hun favoriete

schaamplaat op. De liedjes worden vanaf 22 juni gratis aangeboden aan

gansch het volk via de website HYPERLINK “http://www.coverclub.nl”

www.coverclub.nl.

Van de fraaie, verstilde versie van ‘Lydia’ door Anne Soldaat tot de

onverschrokken bewerking van ‘Billie Jean’ door Silence is Sexy, van de

hijgerige stalkerversie van ‘Close to you’ door The Gasoline Brothers

tot de je-moet-wel-meezingen-uitvoering van ‘Can’t get you out of my

head’ door Ponoka: dit zijn liedjes waarvoor een hippe alternatieve band

echt uit de kast moest komen…

De complete line-up van deze editie:

Anne Soldaat – Lydia (Dean Friedman)

Silence is Sexy – Billie Jean (Michael Jackson)

Solo – Annabel (Hans de Booij)

Tim Knol – Cry (Godley & Creme)

Ponoka – Can’t get you out of my head (Kylie Minogue)

Pien Feith – An Englishman in New York (Sting)

The Gasoline Brothers – Close to you (The Carpenters)

Pondertone – We’re all water (Yoko Ono)

Markowski – Durch den Monsun (Tokio Hotel)

Novack – Gyspy Woman (Crystal Waters)

Een (shareable) player is te vinden op HYPERLINK

“http://coverclub.bandcamp.com/album/coverclub-guilty-pleasures”

http://coverclub.bandcamp.com/album/coverclub-guilty-pleasures

Hilarische Youtube-clips

Voor deze Guilty pleasures-editie hebben we ook nog iets speciaals

gedaan: we hebben namelijk de originele videoclips voorzien van onze

coveropnames. Het resultaat is in veel gevallen hilarisch. Kijk op

HYPERLINK “http://www.youtube.com/user/kofferklup”

http://www.youtube.com/user/kofferklup (10 video’s).

Over de Coverclub

De Coverclub is eind 2006 opgericht. Het idee is dat een aantal

aanstormende Nederlandse bands eens in de zoveel tijd covers opnemen

rond een bepaald thema of van een van te voren bepaalde artiest. Deze

covers worden vervolgens gratis aangeboden op de website HYPERLINK

“http://www.coverclub.nl” www.coverclub.nl, inclusief hoesje. Inmiddels

is de Coverclub aan zijn vierde editie toe. In eerdere edities kwamen de

thema’s Punk 1977, Kerst en Neil Young aan bod. Al deze edities zijn nog

steeds gratis verkrijgbaar op de Coverclubwebsite. De bands die

deelnemen aan de Coverclub kunnen per editie verschillen.

Meer info

E-mail: HYPERLINK “mailto:info@coverclub.nl” info@coverclub.nl

Web: HYPERLINK “http://www.coverclub.nl” www.coverclub.nl

Player: HYPERLINK

“http://coverclub.bandcamp.com/album/coverclub-guilty-pleasures”

http://coverclub.bandcamp.com/album/coverclub-guilty-pleasures

Youtube: HYPERLINK “http://www.youtube.com/kofferklup”

http://www.youtube.com/kofferklup

discography of 7″ releases by Paul McCartney. With the help of many

collectors and Paul McCartney enthusiasts from around the world, it was

possible to create a unique catalogue of all of McCartney’s single

releases to date.

www.mccartney-discography.com

Southampton – Paul McCartney will once again make history as he performs the first concert at the new Citi Field in New York City. McCartney’s performance kicks-off a year that is jammed with exciting Beatles releases, including The Beatles Rock Band video game and the entire Beatles remastered C.D. catalog. 92.9 and 96.9 EHM celebrates the legacy of the Fab Four by hosting “Revolution” a fine art show featuring rare artwork created by John Lennon, McCartney and Ringo Starr, as well as famous Beatles photographs, album cover lithographs and one-of-a-kind Beatles animation on Thursday, July 9 through Sunday, July 12, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Duck Walk Vineyards, 231 Montauk Highway (Route 27) in Southampton, and Wednesday, July 15 through Sunday, July 19, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Duck Walk Vineyards, 44535 Main Road in Southold. Admission to the shows are free and all works are available to purchase.

One of the many highlights of the show is a rare live appearance of famed Beatles animator Ron Campbell. Campbell is the director of the legendary Saturday morning Beatles Cartoon series that aired on ABC from Sept. 25, 1965 through April 20, 1969, and animator on The Beatles film “Yellow Submarine.” In his book, “Up Periscope,” “Yellow Submarine” producer Al Brodax gives Campbell a great deal of credit for saving the movie and tying it all together at the last minute.
Campbell will have many of his original Beatles paintings on sale created specially for this show as well as give attendees a live demonstration of his painting.
In addition to his Beatles past, Campbell has been involved with some of the most beloved cartoons including, “Scooby Doo,” “George of the Jungle,” “The Jetsons,” “The Flintstones,” “The Smurfs,” “Rugrats,” “Winnie The Pooh” and dozens more.
Other “Revolution” highlights include new hand-signed artwork from Starr, a very rare limited edition art piece from the fifth Beatle, Stuart Sutcliffe, signed by Pauline Sutcliffe (Stuart’s sister and Water Mill resident), hand-signed art from McCartney, a gold etched record of Lennon’s “Imagine,” a newly released posthumous Beatles drawing from artist Al Hirschfeld, photographs from Linda McCartney and much more. It’s a visual history of the Fab Four.
“Revolution” is the largest exhibit of its kind in the world and it’s only at Duck Walk Vineyards for a limited time. Come celebrate the music and art of the Fab Four.
For further information, contact Scott Segelbaum at 610-389-1807; scott@rockartshow.com.

Mr. Cox said it is normal for Mr. McCartney to do interviews before a concert.
“It’s not designed to help boost ticket sales,” he said. “It localizes the McCartney message to the region.”
On Monday, Mr. McCartney will appear on CTV and CBC television.
He will fly into Halifax from New York on July 10 and perform a sound check before 50 guests chosen through a radio contest. He will also personally inspect the sound and video systems, Mr. Cox said.
“Last year in Quebec, he performed in front of 350,000 people and only 12 people got into the sound check,” he said. “It will be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.”
Mr. Cox said a “memorable addition” to the show will be announced today or Friday. He wouldn’t give details but said it doesn’t involve another performer joining the lineup.
Despite his superstar status, Mr. McCartney didn’t ask for anything extraordinary in his concert contract, Mr. Cox said.
He noted that Mr. McCartney, well-known for his animal rights beliefs and vegan diet, takes his personal chef on concert tours.
A 200-person crew, not counting police and security, will assemble the outdoor production.
The concert is expected to inject about $12 million into the local economy.

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Hysterie om dood Jackson. (door Cactus Flower)

Eergisteren werdt de wereld opgeschrikt over de dood van Michael Wacko Jackson. Deze bijna levende mummie ging “plotseling” dood door een hartstil stand. Ik kon geen tv station vinden die niet vrij van die mafkees was vrijgesteld. MOest effe flink zoeken voordat ik een tv station gevonden had. Ik begreep effe de wereld niet met het “zwaan-kleef-aan- gedrag”, de mensheid lijkt net echt roedeldieren tot en met.

Ik ben geen Jackson fan, nooit geweest. Er is maar een nummer van hem die ik mooi vindt, “Ben” die zong hij mooi en hij was toen nog ongeschonden van alle plastishe chirurgieshe ingrepen die zijn gezicht had verminkt. Ik scrijf deze stuk oprecht en ik zal er geen doekjes om winden dat ik niet mee had gedraaid in die media gekte.
Slaap zacht Michael RIP.
Cactus Flower.

In 1982 zongen de twee de hit The Girls is Mine, van het album Thriller.

The Beatles after 45 still popular *scan of an Dutch article*

I have found this rare article about “De Bietjes”

(The Beatles) in the Dutch weekly of the comic magazine Donald Duck. “The Beatles after 45 still popular. Very funny ….

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