Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
New DVD features celebrity memories and unseen Beatles footage
by Dave Haber
In August, Wienerworld, a company in the UK that specialises in CDs and DVDs that promote musical artists, will release a DVD entitled “The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour Memories,” an upbeat rockumentary featuring the vivid memories of those who witnessed the making of the cult Beatle movie, Magical Mystery Tour, in […]
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
Memorabilia rocks his company’s bottom line
By DAVID LIEBERMAN • USA TODAY
George Harrison called his 1970 solo album “All Things Must Pass.” But that doesn’t appear to be true for autographs and other collectibles from the Beatles and other rock music legends.
Last week, Christie’s in London attracted the second-highest price yet for a piece of pop memorabilia — and nearly […]
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Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
Beatles memorabilia sells
Written by Thiago Mattos
While reading of John Lennon’s half-sister’s book – “Imagine This: Growing Up With My Brother John Lennon,” by Julian Baird – a headline caught my attention.
Apparently, the hand-painted drum skin from The Beatles’ “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” (1967) album was sold for £541,250 (U.S. […]
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Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
Were the Beatles a Christian Band?
by Joanne Brokawpaul
In 1966, John Lennon boasted that the Beatles were bigger than Jesus and that “Jesus was all right, but his disciples were thick and ordinary,” setting of a spiritual controversy that follows the band to this day.
But the UK Telegraph now reports that an interview Lennon did in 1969 with Ken Seymour of […]
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Sunday, July 13th, 2008
Beatles iPod Coming…To Bloomingdale’s?
The long-awaited Beatles-iTunes deal could be one step closer to a reality. According to Fashion Week Daily, the Fab Four’s Apple Records has given department store Bloomingdale’s exclusive rights to Beatles images and the store will produce a clothing line featuring Beatles images from records and movies on t-shirts, jackets and accessories for this holiday […]
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Friday, July 11th, 2008
Beatles drum skin, Lennon lyrics star at auction
By Mike Collett-White
The hand-painted drum skin that appeared on the sleeve of the Beatles’ ground-breaking 1967 album “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” sold for $1.1 million at auction on Thursday, four times its estimate.
Billed as the “world’s most famous drum skin,” it was the star lot of Christie’s rock and pop memorabilia sale in […]
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Friday, July 11th, 2008
Sgt Pepper drum skin makes £540,000
The iconic bass drum skin used on the front cover of The Beatles’ 1967 album Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band sold for £541,250 at auction.
Auction house Christie’s had estimated that the hand-painted skin would sell for around £150,000, but it sold for almost four times that.
John Lennon’s hand-written lyrics for Give Peace A […]
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Friday, July 11th, 2008
A Day in the Life of the Fab Four
After a lengthy absence The Beatles are back in Berkshire…well in print form at least. An art gallery in Wokingham is one of a handful of lucky venues selected to display and sell some exclusive prints of the iconic pop band.
TG Art Gallery in Wokingham are currently exhibiting and selling a set of limited edition […]
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Friday, July 11th, 2008
Rare Beatles snaps go on show
By Lucy Clapham
A RARE set of snaps of Britain’s most famous band are set to be unveiled in Little Chalfont on July 10th.
A collection of pictures of The Beatles - taken during their last official publicity shoot - are making a rare public appearance at the Chalfont Art and Framing Gallery.
And the photographer who took […]
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Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
Ringo and the Beatles attracting younger fans
By Natalie Knoth
DAYTON — Alexa Lopez said she became “obsessed” with the Beatles when she was a freshman in high school.
On Tuesday, July 8, the 20-year-old Kettering resident was looking forward to attending the sold out Ringo Starr & his All-Starr Band concert at the Fraze Pavilion.
Starr, 68, is “the best drummer out there,” Lopez […]
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
What’s it Worth? Appraisal for all 4 Beatles autographs on lp cover
4 of the most collectible autographs in
modern history. As a set the are
extremely rare.
Charlie asks:
Please advise your appraisal for the above items. If you need more information, let me know. This item is currently in a safe deposit box, but is accessible if necessary.
AW says: Well that’s certainly quite […]
