the Beatles CD

Hey Jude

2010-08-11T00:50:00.000-08:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEKgYKpEJ3o

Paul McCartney Sets Record For Fastest Ever Selling Show

2010-05-05T01:45:00.000-08:00

Foro Sol Stadium - May 27th 2010

Macca mania has hit the streets of Mexico City! Paul McCartney's forthcoming show at the Foro Sol Stadium on Thursday May 27th is set to be a wild night. The people of Mexico have made it clear to their musical hero that they are desperate to see him and can't wait to be rocked. Tickets for the 60,000 capacity stadium sold out in literally a matter of minutes, setting a brand new record! In fact sources at Ticketmaster Mexico think the tickets could have gone even faster but the technology couldn’t support the overwhelming demand!

http://www.paulmccartney.com/news.php#/1915/2010-04

When John met Paul and George

2010-01-20T06:23:00.000-09:00

Lucy Vodden loses brave battle with lupus

2009-09-29T02:56:00.005-08:00

Ross Vodden and the O'Donnell family regretfully have to announce the sad passing of their beloved Lucy aged 46, after an incredibly brave fight against lupus.

Lucy was the childhood friend of Julian Lennon and the inspiration for the Beatles' 1967 psychedelic classic "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds".

Julian and Lucy were linked together by something that happened more than 40 years ago when Julian brought home a drawing from school and told his father, "That's Lucy in the sky with diamonds."

She added "I am sure that many people will wish to pass on their support to Lucy's family and they can do so via the St. Thomas Lupus Trust by e-mailing fundraising@lupus.org.uk."

Lucy Vodden was at nursery school in Weybridge with John Lennon's son Julian, who one day took home a drawing of a girl surrounded by stars.

When John asked him to describe he said, "It's Lucy in the sky with diamonds"

The Beatles Stereo Box Set

2009-09-27T02:07:00.003-08:00

FEATURES:

-Dimensions: 12"x6"x3"

-Description:

Hard black glossy lift top with magnet clasp
CDs packaged in three panel digi-pak with digital mini documentaries

-Contains:

All 13 Studio remasters plus Past Masters
(digi packaging with digital mini documentaries)

Please Please Me
With The Beatles
A Hard Day's Night
Beatles For Sale
Help!
Rubber Soul
Revolver
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Magical Mystery Tour
The Beatles
Yellow Submarine
Abbey Road
Let It Be
Past Masters

Also includes a DVD of all 13 mini-documentaries (Running time: 40 minutes)

Who could have ever thought it would have been possible? 09/09/09 has become a red-letter date in the history of Beatle-dom. It could be the repetitive nature of the phrase "Number Nine, Number Nine" featured in the track "Revolution 9" from "The White Album". Or, even the bit of dialogue "dial 9-9-9" from the 1965 motion picture "Help!" However, 09/09/09 has become important for a far better reason.

After more than 22 years of having The Beatles' albums on CD, we are finally treated to the definitive box set of Beatles music. This time, the folks at EMI and Apple finally got things right for a change. While having Beatles CDs is a thrill, it is now even more-so with this brilliant audio collection. For the very first time, their entire recorded output has been remastered for the 21st century, complete with unique liner notes and special digipak-packaging to boot. With the exception of the "Past Masters" set, each disc also contains a brief mini-documentary about that album. These short bits can only be utilised with the assistance of a computer's disc drive. However, the box set does include a bonus DVD disc featuring all of these short sequences together so you can enjoy it on your very own DVD player. What you have here are the original British Beatles albums just like what had been released before; only now, the listener can enjoy the first 4 albums - "Please Please Me". "With The Beatles", "A Hard Day's Night", "Beatles For Sale" - available in true stereo for the very first time. Combined with the remaining 9 albums recorded by the group between 1965 and 1970, this is a masterpiece set, and a special treasure trove of timeless, classic songs that changed the entire structure of popular music as we know it today.

Each CD is carefully and painstakingly put together in a very special 3-border fold-out, which allows the CD to be housed in a slot on the far right-hand side (except for the double discs, which have their CDs fitted inside the packaging). Each title also comes with a special CD booklet containg many unreleased photographs that represent the time when each album was originally released, plus well-written liner notes (including the original notes from the first 4 albums). The "Yellow Submarine" booklet contains both the original UK and US back cover notes together for the very first time. And, what a thrill it is to finally be able to have the photo/comic-strip booklet from "Magical Mystery Tour", that was initially issued in the American LP in 1967, in an official CD release for the very first time. The "White Album" packaging includes the original poster, in a CD sized reproduction, that features the photo collage on one side, and the album's song-lyrics on the other side. This marks the second time that this poster was made available in a "White Album" CD release, following the 30th anniversary reissue from 1998.

The sound quality of the songs are, without a doubt, the very best that I have ever heard before. For the first time, the audio quality of each track is sharp, crisp, crystal clear and truly an audiophile's dream come true. It should also be noted that the songs "Love Me Do" (both versions), "P.S. I Love You", "Only A Northern Song", "She Loves You", "I'll Get You" and "You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)" are all presented in their original monaural mixes, whereas the remaining songs are all in true stereo. Even "I Am The Walrus" still has its orignal mix of half-stereo/half-duophonic, just like the first time around. All in all, this box set far surpasses all other box sets that have come before.

And, the bonus DVD of the mini documentaries is also well-produced. Each segment features audio comments from The Beatles themselves along with George Martin. This DVD gives a fascinating insight into why these classic albums have stood the test of time so well, and continue to be so popular, even into the 21st century.

Many current and legendary artists have called The Beatles a major influence. One listen to this music and you too will see why. Beatlemania will live on forever!

Timothy Swan "disc jockey" (Boring, Oregon USA)

The Beatles Mono Box Set

2009-09-27T02:06:00.001-08:00

Originally billed as a 10,000 copy limited edition The Beatles Mono Box Set was compiled as a special interest package for the hard-core fan. It presents the first ten albums in re-mastered mono (the final 3 albums made their debuts in stereo only), and a double album of singles and EPs, called "Mono Masters". At the time of writing, the mono albums are not available individually. Why would anyone want a newly minted mono collection? The final mono songs were sometimes different. Stereo mixes were usually done days, if not weeks after the original mono mix, and could include different takes when the engineers made the overdubs. Stereo mixes, particularly for the first five albums, did not include as much critical listening from George Martin, and almost none from the Fab' Four. Also, stereo in early 60's England was not broadcast over the air, and the format was largely the preserve of the hi-fi snob. For more than half The Beatles recorded repertoire, the most affordable "weapon of choice" for the twisting, shouting teenage market was the mono mix. Ironically - this box set is the best The Beatles have ever sounded. Like the stereo sibling these are re-mastered, not re-mixed, but unlike the stereo, they have not been clipped or limited to push levels closer to current music ingested through our MP3 players. These albums are cleaner than ever before and compared to the 1980s CD editions you're taken aback by how much dynamic range is on those original tapes. Nothing in this box sounds like a 45 year old recording. Each disc is presented as if it were a miniature "33", replete with plastic anti-scratch sleeve, inner paper sleeve, original album cover, inserts and all original text rendered frustratingly small for anyone old enough to have bought the LPs the first time around. -- Hugo Munday

Product Description
FEATURES:

-Dimensions: 5.75" x 5.38" x 2.63"

-Description:

·Hard white glossy slip box
·Limited edition
·CDs packaged as mini LP replicas (replica artwork, sleeves and gatefolds)
·Remastered by Paul Hicks, Sean Magee with Guy Massey and Steve Rooke

-Contains:

Original Mono version - 11 albums (12 discs)

+= mono mix CD debut

·Please Please Me
·With The Beatles
·A Hard Day's Night
·Beatles For Sale
·Help! (CD also includes original 1965 stereo mix)+
·Rubber Soul (CD also include original 1965 stereo mix)+
·Revolver+
·Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band+
·Magical Mystery Tour+
·The Beatles+
·Mono Masters (features all of the mono tracks that appeared on singles, EPs. or that never made it onto the 13 albums)

-Essay written by Kevin Howlett

*note: Yellow Submarine, Abbey Road and Let It Be are not included, as they were originally recorded in stereo

2009-04-16T01:13:00.001-08:00

1961	Performance at the Top Ten Club, 136 Reeperbahn, Hamburg, Germany.
1963	BBC-TV's `625 Show' broadcast (filmed 13 April 1963).
1964	Interview with Ed Sullivan in London, during `A Hard Day's Night' shootings.
1964	Studio 2. 10.00am-1.00pm. Recording: `A Hard Day's Night' (takes 1-9). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Geoff Emerick. Afternoon. St John's Secondary School (Church of England), London. Outside location filming for `A Hard Day's Night': scene at police station.
1964	Heathsfield Street, London. Shooting for `A Hard Day's Night'.
1964	`The Portland Arms' pub, London. Shooting for `A Hard Day's Night' (scene deleted from film).
1965	Wembley TV Studios, Wembley, Middlesex. George and John are interviewed for the TV programme `Ready Steady Goes Live!'.
1966	Studio 2. 2.30pm-1.30am. Recording: `Rain' (overdub onto take 5, tape reduction take 5 into take 6; takes 7-8). Mono mixing: `Rain' (remixes 1-4, from take 7). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.
1967	Performance of the Impressions at the Saville Theatre. [?]
1967	Performance of Bo Diddley, Ben E. King and the Alan Bown Set at the Saville Theatre.
1969	Studio 3. 2.30-5.00pm. Recording: `Old Brown Shoe' (take 1). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Phil McDonald; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush. Studio 3. 7.00pm-2.45am. Recording: `Old Brown Shoe' (takes 1-4); `Something (takes 1-13). Stereo mixing: `Old Brown Shoe' (remixes 1-3, from take 4). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Jeff Jarratt; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush. Recording of 2nd demo (2.30-5.00pm session) and 1st proper take (7.00pm-2.45am session) of `Old Brown Shoe'.
1971	UK single release: `It Don't Come Easy'/`Early 1970'.
1971	Paul and Linda McCartney appear on the cover photograph of `Life' magazine. Magazine includes Paul's interview.

Today In Beatles History

2009-04-14T01:08:00.000-08:00

April 14

1963: Teddington TV Studios, Middlesex. Filming for ABC-TV's 'Thank Your Lucky Stars'.
After they drive to the Crawdaddy Club.
Evening. The Beatles see the Rolling Stones at the Crawdaddy Club, Richmond, Surrey, London.
After the show, party at Jagger, Jones and Richards's flat (102 Edith Grove, West Brompton, London). The Beatles attend, staying until 4am.
1964: Arlington Road (at Rosslyn Road), St Margaret's, Twickenham, Middlesex. Shooting for 'A Hard Day's Night': traffic jam scene (deleted from film).
1965: 'Ticket To Ride' number 1, 1st week in the ranking (UK New Musical Express chart).
Ailsa Avenue, St Margaret's, Twickenham, Middlesex. Shooting for 'Help!': the Beatles get into 4 houses.
1966: Studio 3. 2.30-7.30pm. Recording: 'Paperback Writer' (overdub onto take 2).
Studio 3 (control room only). 7.30-8.00pm. Mono mixing: 'Paperback Writer' (remixes 1, 2, from take 2).
Studio 3. 8.30pm-1.30am. Recording: 'Rain' (takes 1-5). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.
1969: Studio 3. 2.30-9.00pm. Recording: 'The Ballad Of John And Yoko (They're Gonna Crucify Me)' (working title of 'The Ballad Of John And Yoko') (takes 1-11). Studio 3 (control room only). 9.00-11.00pm. Stereo mixing: 'The Ballad Of John And Yoko (They're Gonna Crucify Me)' (working title of 'The Ballad Of John And Yoko') (remixes 1-5, from take 10). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: John Kurlander.
1st session for 'The Ballad Of John And Yoko'/'Old Brown Shoe'.
1990: Paul's concert in Miami ('Get Back' tour).

Today In Beatles History

2009-04-13T09:07:00.000-08:00

April 13

1962: Start of Star Club performances.
1963: Studio E, BBC Lime Grove Studios, London. Filming appearance on BBC-TV's 'The 625 Show'. 1st BBC-TV appearance.
Evening. Home of Bruce Welch, 157 Headstone Lane, North Harrow, Middlesex. Party thrown by Welch. The Beatles attend. They meet Cliff Richard for the first time.
1964: The title of the new film, 'A Hard Day's Night', is announced to the press.
US gold certification: 'The Beatles' Second Album'.
1965: Studio 2. 7.00-11.00pm. Recording: 'Help!' (takes 1-12). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Ken Scott.
The Beatles receive two Grammy Awards for 1964: Best New Artist Of 1964 and Best Performance by a Vocal Group ('A Hard Day's Night').
1966: 'Rubber Soul', 19th week in the Top 10 (UK New Musical Express chart).
Studio 3. 2.30-6.30pm. Recording: 'Granny Smith' (working title of 'Love You To') (tape reduction take 6 into take 7, overdub onto take 7). Mono mixing: 'Granny Smith' (working title of 'Love You To') (remixes 1-3, from take 7). Editing: 'Granny Smith' (working title of 'Love You To') (of mono remixes 1-3).
Studio 3. 8.00pm-2.30am. Recording: 'Paperback Writer' (takes 1-2). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.
1969: Article accusing Allen Klein is published on 'Sunday Times' 'Insight' column.

My Beatles mix - ever wish you could just sit and listen to the lads jam?

2009-01-12T06:36:00.000-09:00

White Album #5 sells for almost $30,000.00 US

2008-12-01T22:00:00.006-09:00

Beatles - White Album UK 1968 Mono LP Cover No.0000005 sold on Ebay UK on 23-Nov-08 21:43:36 GMT

The winning bid was £19,201.00 British Pound or $29,117.70 US dollars

The History of No.0000005

Some years ago, this album was taken into the collectors shop named 'Vinyl Revival Records' in Newbury, Berkshire, England by a musician (they did not disclose who) who had visited John in the flat that he shared with Yoko in late 1968 (that was owned by Ringo) at 34 Montague Square, Marylebone, London W.1. The musician saw a pile of White Albums on a table and asked for one. John readily agreed, but said 'Don't take No.1 - I want that'. Instead he took No. 5'.

The album then passed into the hands of Beatles specialist dealer 'Good Humour' who then sold it to its current owner who has now commissioned me to sell it on his behalf.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Beatles-White-Album-UK-1968-Mono-LP-Cover-No-0000005_W0QQitemZ110312162347QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting19,201.00 British Pound = 29,117.7 US Dollar

We are the people we have been waiting for

2008-11-21T13:41:00.003-09:00

We all seem to be starting to understand that we are connected. This film explores the connectedness of one of the Worlds oldest people with the Whales and through words from elders from around the globe describe the plight of these tribes, the plight of the Whales and the plight of the Planet and how the loss of any could become the loss of all.

Whaledreamers - the title alone evokes hypnotic visions of these most magnificent and ancient creatures. This visually stunning film offers an incredible glimpse into a rarely seen and scarcely understood tribal culture whose entire story of creation revolves around whales and has endured for centuries. The film passionately explores the connection between the subtle elegance of these mothers of the sea and ancient civilizations and is an appeal to embrace all living beings thereby creating the unity and peace which the Earth itself can bring.

whaledreamers

The Rutles

2008-09-11T07:09:00.002-08:00

The Rutles on the original Rutland Weekend Television

The Rutles - All you need is cash

The Rutles CD

1. Goose-Step Mama
2. Number Two
3. Baby Let Me Be
4. Hold My Hand
5. Blue Suede Schubert
6. I Must Be In Love
7. With A Girl Like You
8. Between Us
9. Living In Hope
10. Ouch!
11. It's Looking Good
12. Doubleback Alley
13. Good Times Roll
14. Nevertheless
15. Love Life
16. Piggy In The Middle
17. Another Day
18. Cheese And Onions
19. Get Up And Go
20. Let's Be Natural

The Rutles 2 - Can't Buy Me Lunch

The Pre-Fab Four are back, and severely earnest television journalist S.J. Krammerhead (Eric Idle) is hot on their story once again in The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch. A welcome sequel to Monty Python star Idle's 1978 mockumentary The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash, Can't Buy Me Lunch looks back on the mythical Liverpool quartet's long and winding road. Meet anew the group's caustic leader Ron Nasty (Neil Innes), cute bassist Dirk McQuickley (Idle), quiet guitarist Stig O'Hara (Rikki Fataar), and lovable drummer Barry Womble (John Halsey) as they sprint from the Cavern Club through "A Hard Day's Rut," "Tragical History Tour" and beyond. Krammerhead combines new celebrity interviews (Conan O'Brien, Tom Hanks, Bonnie Raitt) with re-edited footage and outtakes from the first film, and while the result isn't as sharp or urgent as Idle's original parody, Can't Buy Me Lunch has many funny moments and good inside jokes for Beatles enthusiasts. --Tom Keogh

Archaeology

From a postmodern perspective, it's entirely fitting for the Rutles, the Beatles spoof band started by Eric Idle (Monty Python) and Neil Innes (Bonzo Dog Band) in 1978, to come back in the mid-'90s. After all, the Beatles did with Anthology, the albums and the documentary. Hence the new Rutles release, Archaeology. But as Spinal Tap proved with its 1992 comeback album, the joke is never as funny the second time around. In any event, the 16 songs on Archaeology are smartly written, deftly recorded, spot-on parodies of the Beatles tunes we hear daily in elevators and dentists' offices. You knew they would be. "Major Happy's Up and Coming Once Upon A Good Time Band" takes on "Sgt. Pepper's," of course, and segues neatly into "Rendezvous," in which the Rutles' drummer is none too happy to get a little help from his friends. "Joe Public" lovingly skewers "Tomorrow Never Knows," as well as the concept of mass-market merchandising, while the single and video "Shangri-La" mix "Magical Mystery Tour" and "All You Need Is Love." But towards the end, the Rutles are running so short on material that they're parodying solo Ringo ("Easy Listening") and Wings ("Eine Kleine Middle Klasse Musik"). The question is: Why bother? The original did all this the first time. The Beatles satirize themselves whenever they attempt anything new. (Don't forget the Traveling Wilburys, or McCartney's foray into ambient house with Youth as the fireman. And let's not even start with Richard Starkey.) And you can hear the ultimate Beatles goof just about any time you turn on modern-rock radio. It's name is Oasis, and if there's a better argument that it's time for phony Beatlemania to bite the dust, I have yet to hear it. Jim Derogatis

Paul McCartney MP3's

2008-06-27T06:47:00.000-08:00

Lennon Legend DVD

2008-02-05T03:01:00.001-09:00

The Beatles CD Webradio

2007-11-27T07:01:00.001-09:00

Lennon on iTunes

2007-08-23T03:01:00.001-08:00

Mill's Mugger

2007-08-23T02:59:00.001-08:00

The Fab Four Virtual Synth

2007-08-05T23:32:00.000-08:00

FAB FOUR is a virtual instrument inspired by the sounds of the Beatles, using the same kind of period instruments and authentic rare EMI recording equipment the Beatles used to create their music.
FAB FOUR sound engineer KEN SCOTT worked on five Beatles albums, including "A Hard Days Night", "Help", "Rubber Soul", "Magical Mystery Tour" (engineer), and "The Beatles" (engineer) - also known as the "White Album".
Drummer DENNY SEIWELL and Guitarist LAURENCE JUBER were both members of Paul McCartney and Wings.
"The Beatles had a profound impact on me musically," said FAB FOUR producer DOUG ROGERS, "and were the influence for my fascination with sound. They were musical geniuses that never rested on their laurels, always producing exciting new music and sounds with each new record, much of it ground-breaking! Putting this project together took well over a year of research, equipment procurement (much of it from collectors), and putting together a team that could pull off such a feat; but it was a labor of love for us all, and the result is truly worth it." No expense was spared finding the same kind of period instruments and rare authentic EMI and other recording equipment the Beatles used to create their sounds to produce this collection, much of which, ironically, will end up in EASTWEST Studio 3, where the Beach Boys "Pet Sounds" was recorded, the inspiration for the Beatles "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album, according to Paul McCartney. Well over a million dollars worth of instruments, amplifiers, microphones, recording desks (including very rare EMI REDD tube and TG12345 desks), outboard equipment (including Fairchild limiters and EMI RS124 modified Altec compressors), and Studer J-37 tube multi-tracks were used in this production. If you are a film/tv/game composer, or a musician/producer looking for sounds not found in other collections to create with, this is it. Blending these unique and sometimes bizarre sounds with today's music should enable you to produce something truly spectacular!

Listen to some tracks made with Fab Four...

Click here to view the full Amazon listing for Fab Four

The Beatles Videos

2007-02-22T03:59:00.000-09:00

In concert, on TV and in the studio

Songs

Get back The Rooftop Concert
Hey Jude
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
Day Tripper
Nowhere Man
Strawberry Fields Forever
Dont let me down
Rain
Two of us
Something
All My Loving
Can't Buy Me Love
Another Girl
Paperback Writer
Penny Lane
She Loves You B/W TV Show
She Loves You Color in concert
Rattle Your Jewelry Royal Albert Hall

The Get Back Sessions
Daily Rushes in B/W

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5

Let It Be - The Movie

New Video added to the Beatles CD

2007-02-18T06:40:00.000-09:00

The Beatles Get back video from the rooftop concert has been added to the website

The Beatles LOVE

2006-11-16T03:18:00.000-09:00

APPLE CORPS LTD/CAPITOL RECORDS TO RELEASE THE BEATLES “LOVE” ALBUM IN STEREO AND 5.1
ON NOVEMBER 21, 2006
Apple Corps Ltd/Capitol Records are to release the Beatles LOVE album in stereo and 5.1 November 21st. This will be the first Beatles album available in 5.1

The stereo CD will contain 78 minutes of music. The DVD surround sound version on DVD disc album will be a slightly extended version with 81 minutes of music.

After being asked by the remaining Beatles, Ringo and Paul, along with Yoko Ono Lennon and Olivia Harrison, to make experimental mixes from their master tapes for a collaboration with Cirque du Soleil, Sir George Martin, The Beatles legendary producer, and his son Giles Martin have been working with the entire archive of Beatles recordings to create LOVE. The result is an unprecedented approach to the music. Using the master tapes at Abbey Road Studios, Sir George and Giles have created a unique soundscape. The release of this album, which is also featured in the Cirque du Soleil/Apple Corps collaborative production of the same name at The Mirage in Las Vegas, has been much anticipated.

“This album puts the Beatles back together again, because suddenly there’s John and George with me and Ringo,” said Paul McCartney. “It’s kind of magical.”

“George and Giles did such a great job combining these tracks. It’s really powerful for me and I even heard things I’d forgotten we’d recorded.” commented Ringo Starr.

“The album has the feeling of love and that’s why the title is Beatles LOVE,“ added Yoko Ono Lennon, "They have let everything that is beautiful and daring come out.”

“The music is stunning. I think the most amazing thing about it is that you can pull it apart and find that all the elements carry with it the essence of the entire song,” said Olivia Harrison.

Andrew Slater, President & CEO Capitol Records said, "The Beatles and George Martin invented everything we love about modern recorded rock music. It is only fitting that they now shake things up and create the new blueprint for rediscovering and falling in love again with the soundtracks to our lives."

The 5.1 disc is a DVD-Audio/DVD-Video hybrid. The audio is presented in high-resolution 96/24 5.1 surround on the DVD-Audio part of the disc. The DVD-Video part carries 5.1 surround in DTS and Dolby Digital as well as a PCM stereo mix. This DVD album is designed to be played on DVD video equipment but will carry no video component.

Apple vs. Apple: Why The Beatles Won’t Win

2006-05-25T08:33:00.000-08:00

For the third time in three decades, the Beatles’ Apple Corps has slapped a lawsuit on Apple Computer. And while we all know the PC giant lost the first two rounds to the tune of $26 million—this time out, Steve Jobs and co. will walk away pretty much unscathed.

As background, since 1968, the name Apple had been associated with the Beatles—as Apple Corps, their holding company, and Apple Records were founded as tax shelters that year. They still exist today, and release Beatles compilations such as Anthology and 1.

Enter Apple Computer. In 1976, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak built the first PC and started a company—probably unwisely calling it Apple Computer in tribute to the group. But two years later, Apple Corps sued the PC firm for trademark violation—specifically for the similarity of the apple-shaped logo. That case was settled in 1981, with the PC firm paying $80K, and agreeing to stay out of the music business.

Sue you sue me blues

In 1991, Apple Corps sued Apple Computer again, alleging that by offering MIDI products stamped with the apple-shaped logo—the computer company violated the ‘81 trademark agreement. This case too was settled, and Apple Computer paid out a whopping $26.5 million, and agreed once more to steer clear of the music biz.

Fast forward to July, 2003—and this third pending lawsuit by Apple Corps, which alleges that Apple Computer’s music products, iTunes and iPod, violate the ‘91 agreement.

But here’s the rub: the Apple Corps suit once again centers on trademark infringement. Now, as far as that goes, they do have a case. Because for a short time after launching iTunes, Apple Computer did breach the trademark part of the ‘91 agreement—the section which directed them not to display their apple-shaped logo on music-related products. But the PC firm has since corrected that—by pulling their logo off the iTunes online store—and killing the similar-sounding domain name www.applemusic.com.

I’ll get you in the end

But what Apple Corps really has in their sights goes way beyond that. They want a piece of those pricey iPods, and who can blame them? At $299 dollars a pop, with 10 million units already sold—the iPod business is where the real money is anyway—not in the few cents iTunes earns on each MP3 song it sells after hefty licensing and transaction fees.

But the surviving Beatles are chasing up the wrong tree. Why? Because if you review the pertinent papers from London’s High Court, it’s clear that Apple Computer has not violated the ’91 hardware part of the agreement—which states the firm cannot package, sell or distribute physical music materials, such as CDs. And of course, since iTunes is not in the business of selling CDs, the PC firm is legally protected.

Further, the ’91 agreement papers state that the use of software to distribute music is clearly within Apple Computer’s rights. And it goes without saying that the iTunes online store, and every MP3 file for sale there—are nothing if not software.

And lastly, taking the hardware issue into further consideration—since the iPod was only built to play MP3 software files, and not to play physical CDs—Apple Computer is legally protected under that point of the agreement as well. Consequently, with all this in mind, the Beatles and Apple Corps just don’t have the big case they might have hoped for.

I should have known better

Now, one should remember the ‘91 agreement preceded the online revolution we take for granted today. In fact, the first Netscape browser wasn’t even around until 1994. To that end, the Beatles couldn’t have foreseen that music would one day be readily available in a downloadable digital format like MP3—so the ’91 agreement didn’t include it. Call it shortsightedness on the part of the Beatles—or just damn good timing for Apple Computer—but because of it, the PC firm has every right to contest the Fab Four’s newest claim.

Even so, most legal analysts think there will be some kind of settlement here. Maybe. You never know what a judge will do with a case. But to those who naively say Apple Computer will be liable for the “biggest payout in music history”—I say you’re dead wrong. Because this time, Steve Jobs and co. are clearly protected under that pre-Internet 1991 agreement.

Still, if for some reason the decision goes against Apple Computer—the worst-case scenario for the firm is they’ll be forced to completely cease-and-desist from music-related products. But even that won’t matter much. The iPod and the iTunes Music Store brands are now firmly established in the social fabric—so moving their music business over to a new division won’t deter from continuing popularity. In fact, such a judgment might even backfire on the Beatles’ good name—by casting them in a greedy, litigious light.

Try to see it my way

If it were up to me—I’d make both parties hammer out some kind of small financial settlement for starters—just to cover Apple Computer’s short trademark infringement period. Then, I’d give Apple Corps the right to oversee how Beatles songs are distributed over the PC firm’s products. This would enable both parties to get out of the courts, and get on with what’s truly important—this business of music.

Because until that time, it’s us, the music lovers, who suffer. The Beatles won’t allow their songs to be legally downloaded—so we can’t purchase them on iTunes, or anywhere else online for that matter. And since Apple Computer is mired in yet another drawn-out legal scuffle with Apple Corps—they’re forced to keep music-related innovation locked up in the workshop and out of the marketplace.

So come on guys. Take a cue from a great Beatles song—and finally figure out a way to say We Can Work It Out!

Related: London’s High Court papers on the Apple vs. Apple case.
http://www.courtservice.gov.uk/judgmentsfiles/j2468/apple-v-apple.htm

© Larry Lange, New York, February 22nd, 2005

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2006-01-17T13:33:00.000-09:00

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2006-01-04T03:49:00.000-09:00

When the spinning stops

2005-12-17T19:39:00.000-09:00

“Spring is here and Leeds play Cheshire tomorrow and Ringo and John and George and Paul are alive and well and living in hope. The world is still spinning and so are we and so are you. When the spinning stops, that’ll be the time to worry. Not before.”

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McCartney demands to top Live 8 bill

2005-06-30T11:51:00.000-08:00

Sir Paul McCartney will open and close Saturday's event after threatening not to appear at all.

After soldiering on through a performance of Let It Be at 1985's Live Aid and then being told he was too old to sing by producers of last year's Band Aid single Do They Know It's Christmas?, the former Beatle is determined that he is going to be in the limelight at the Hyde Park Live 8 event this weekend.

Sir Paul will now open the event with an altered rendition of Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and close it eight hours later with The Long And Winding Road, after he told organisers that he would 'think seriously' about not supporting the event at all if he did not get his way, reports the Daily Mail.

A source told the newspaper that the decision was met with hard feelings by certain other egos involved: "Some of the more fragile egos are upset. Bono, in particular, was quick to demand a share of the opening number and sees what he has done politically over the years as a bit more relevant to Live 8 than what Paul has to offer. Remember, these are the biggest rock stars around. Whatever order they sing in there is going to be friction."

As a compromise, Bono and U2 will join McCartney for the opener, sporting colourful miliatary garb as seen on The Beatles' Sergeant Pepper album cover.

Tuesday, June 28 2005, 09:47 BST -- by Daniel Saney

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2005-06-26T12:15:00.000-08:00

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One of weirdest pieces of Beatles memorabilia to be auctioned

2005-06-25T09:32:00.000-08:00

By The Associated Press
(6/16/05 - NEW YORK) —
It may be one of the weirdest pieces of Beatles memorabilia ever to be auctioned off: the door to their lawyer's office.

The memorabilia site Its Only Rock N Roll.com is auctioning off the front door to office of Apple Records attorney Nat Weiss. John Lennon and Paul McCartney put huge signatures on the door, and it's also signed by George Harrison, Carly Simon, James Taylor and Cat Stevens. The opening bid for the door is $15,000.

Another item for sale is a receipt signed by all FIVE Beatles: John, Paul, George, original bassist Stu Sutcliffe and original drummer Pete Best. The only known complete and original master tape of the Beatles' first American concert in Washington is also for sale, starting at $125,000.

The auction also features items relating to The Beach Boys, Bruce Springsteen, Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, The Doors, Pink Floyd, Nirvana and The Who. It runs through June 28.

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2005-06-24T21:50:00.000-08:00

Sir Paul to play at Live 8 on July 1st

2005-06-24T21:44:00.000-08:00

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2005-06-24T19:08:00.000-08:00

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All you need is cash

2005-06-23T05:55:00.000-08:00

John Lennon's Handwritten Lyrics up for Auction

"All You Need is Love"
The handwritten lyrics by John will be auctioned in London.

The auction will be at The Hippodrome, London.

John's handwritten lyrics to "Nowhere Man" sold for $455,000.00 (£270000) at a sale at Christie's in Nov '03. John's handwritten lyrics to "Dear Prudence" off The White Album were auctioned off for $19,500 in 1987.

Beatles News

2005-06-23T05:43:00.000-08:00

Ringo says no to reunion

RINGO Starr will never again share a stage with fellow former Beatle Paul McCartney, he has told an American TV show.

When asked if the pair would consider joining forces again, he said: "I haven't toured with Paul since '65. We're never going to do it. I go with my band, he goes with his."
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A GUITAR played by George Harrison and John Lennon during Beatles recording sessions sold for more than a quarter of a million pounds at auction.

The Gibson SG guitar fetched Â£294,000 at ChristieÂs in New York, during an auction of rock and entertainment memorabilia.

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THE Beatles' track Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da has been voted the worst song of all time.

news.scotsman.com

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2005-06-23T04:54:00.000-08:00

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2005-06-22T05:30:00.000-08:00

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2005-06-22T05:11:00.000-08:00

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