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25th February 2015

On this day we are remembering George.  

Here is a special announcement from http://georgeharrison.com

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY GEORGE! On this day 25 February 1943 George Harrison was born in Liverpool, England. Actually, George himself once said that his actual birthday was the 24th February!

So to celebrate both days, here's a never before seen clip of George singing 'Congratulations'.  It was filmed during the shoot for the 'All Things Must Pass' 30th Anniversary Edition in 2000 at Friar Park. It's a Traveling Wilburys tune, sung by Bob Dylan on their first album: 'Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1.'

Watch George sing 'Congratulations'

Ringo Starr’s 18th studio release, POSTCARDS FROM PARADISE (out March 31 through Universal Music Enterprises) is now available for pre-order on Amazon! 

The solo album, with 11 original tracks, is the first to include a song written and recorded by Ringo Starr and his current All Starr Band – Steve Lukather, Todd Rundgren, Gregg Rolie, Richard Page, Warren Ham and Gregg Bissonette. POSTCARDS FROM PARADISE was produced by Ringo and recorded at his home studio in Los Angeles and, as always, features friends and family. As Ringo often says, “If I am recording and you’re in town and drop by, you’re going to be on the record!”

POSTCARDS FROM PARADISE will be released just after Ringo returns from the road with the All Starrs, who go back out on the road on February 13th with dates in the U.S. and Latin America.

January 30th marks the 80th birthday of The Beatles LOVE by Cirque du Soleil 's very own Eleanor Rigby, Silvia Aderne. 

Watch the birthday greetings from Paul and Ringo!

'A MusiCares Tribute to Paul McCartney' will be released on Blu-Ray and DVD on 24th March.

The film features performances of Paul's music by artists including Dave Grohl [Foo Fighters/Nirvana], Joe Walsh, Alicia Keys, Coldplay, Norah Jones, Neil Young with Crazy Horse, Alison Krauss, James Taylor, Diana Krall, Duane Eddy and Sergio Mendes.

Full details HERE: http://www.paulmccartney.com/news-blogs/news/musicares-tribute-to-paul-mccartney

The Beatles catalog is available at a great price on iTunes for a limited time this holiday season.

Check out all the band's music and film available at the iTunes Store.

Venus and Mars and At The Speed Of Sound - the remastered Wings classic albums and latest instalment of the GRAMMY award-winning Paul McCartney Archive Collection – are out now!  

Wings are one of the most successful acts the UK has ever produced, achieving no less than 14 US Top 10 hits and 12 Top 10 hits in the UK. 

Paul has personally supervised all aspects of the reissues.  The remastering work was done at Abbey Road by the same team who have worked on all the reissues as well as The Beatles’ catalogue.

Read the full story here.  

The four track EP "Long Tall Sally" is to be released in Mono for Record Store Day’s Black Friday in a very limited quantity. The EP complements the recent release of The Beatles in Mono vinyl box and individual vinyl reissues (http://gnikn.us/thebeatlesmonovinyl)

Side One
1. Long Tall Sally
2. I Call Your Name
Side Two 
3. Slow Down
4. Matchbox

Original release date: June 19, 1964

Click for more details of where to order your copy

To celebrate John Lennon's birthday on October 9th, Yoko Ono Lennon and Universal Music Group are proud to announce John's music is now available for you to listen on streaming services, as HD audio downloads and more. 

You can also get his Greatest Hits album 'Power To The People' including a digital booklet at a special low price:

iTunes http://bit.ly/PTTP-iTunes (Mastered for iTunes)
Amazon http://bit.ly/PTTPAmazon
Google Play http://bit.ly/PTTP-Google

STREAMING
Spotify http://bit.ly/JLennon-Spotify
Rdio http://bit.ly/JLennon-Rdio
Deezer http://bit.ly/JLennon-Deezer
Beats Music http://www.beatsmusic.com/ 

DOWNLOAD MP3
iTunes http://bit.ly/PTTP-iTunes (Mastered for iTunes)
Amazon http://bit.ly/PTTPAmazon
Google Play http://bit.ly/PTTP-Google

DOWNLOAD HD 24/96
HD Tracks http://bit.ly/HDLennon-HDTracks
Quobuz http://bit.ly/HDLennon-Qobuz
7 Digital http://bit.ly/HDLennon-7Digital

The Beatles’ nine U.K. albums, the American-compiled Magical Mystery Tour, and the Mono Masters collection of non-album tracks have been released in mono on 180-gram vinyl LPs with faithfully replicated artwork.  

Newly mastered from the analogue master tapes, each album is available both individually and within a lavish, limited 14-LP boxed edition, The Beatles In Mono, which also includes a 108-page hardbound book. 

ORDER THE BEATLES ON MONO AT THE OFFICIAL STORES OR AT YOUR LOCAL RETAILER:

EUROPE  |  USA  | JAPAN  | BRAZIL 

LOCAL RETAILER

Playback the vinyl and find out about the release at thebeatles.com/monovinyl  ​#beatlesmonovinyl

AND SHARE YOUR LOVE OF THE BEATLES ON VINYL!

Tag your posts, photos and videos on Twitter and Instagram with #BEATLESMONOVINYL to appear on the website at thebeatles.com/monovinyl

George's first six solo albums, released between 1968 and 1975 on The Beatles’ Apple Records label have been remastered from the original analogue masters for CD and digital release.

Wonderwall Music, Electronic Sound, All Things Must Pass, Living In The Material World, Dark Horse, and Extra Texture (Read All About It) are available now for preorder, both individually in digipaks and together within the deluxe, eight-disc boxed edition, The Apple Years 1968-75. 

Read the full story and pre-order at georgeharrison.com

A new, Apple-authorised Beatles documentary feature about the band’s touring years is in production. The film will have the full co-operation of Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono Lennon and Olivia Harrison.

•    Ron Howard to direct.

•    White Horse Pictures and Imagine Entertainment to produce.

•    Grammy Award-winning Nigel Sinclair, Scott Pascucci and Academy Award-winner and multiple nominee Brian Grazer to produce with Howard. 

•    Michael Rosenberg and Guy East will serve as executive producers. 

The film will focus on The Beatles' journey from the early days of the Cavern Club in Liverpool and engagements in Hamburg to their last public concert in Candlestick Park, San Francisco, in 1966.

Ron Howard: “I am excited and honored to be working with Apple and the White Horse team on this astounding story of these four young men who stormed the world in 1964. Their impact on popular culture and the human experience cannot be exaggerated." 

ATTENTION BEATLES FANS:

Were you there? Or were your parents or grandparents a part of Beatlemania?  Submit your own Beatles footage or memorabilia at http://thebeatlesliveproject.com/#submit_form

The special tribute that aired on CBS on the 50th anniversary of The Beatles' first Ed Sullivan Show appearance has received six Emmy Award nominations.  

Paul and Ringo performed on the night alongside Stevie Wonder, Katy Perry, John Mayer, Alicia Keys, Dhani Harrison performing alongside Joe Walsh and Jeff Lynne, Pharrell Williams and many others.

Read the Billboard report here: http://gnikn.us/CBSSpecial

​Find out more about the Tribute Concert here: "The Night That Changed America: A GRAMMY Salute To The Beatles." 

THE BEATLES GET BACK TO MONO - THE ORIGINAL MONO STUDIO ALBUMS REMASTERED AT ABBEY ROAD DIRECTLY FROM THE ANALOGUE MASTERS FOR VINYL RELEASE

The Beatles in mono:  This is how most listeners first heard the group in the 1960s, when mono was the predominant audio format.  Up until 1968, each Beatles album was given a unique mono and stereo mix, but the group always regarded the mono as primary.  

On September 8 (September 9 in North America), The Beatles’ nine U.K. albums, the American-compiled Magical Mystery Tour, and the Mono Masters collection of non-album tracks will be released in mono on 180-gram vinyl LPs with faithfully replicated artwork.  Newly mastered from the analogue master tapes, each album will be available both individually and within a lavish, limited 14-LP boxed edition, The Beatles In Mono, which also includes a 108-page hardbound book. 

ORDER THE BEATLES ON MONO AT THE OFFICIAL STORES OR AT YOUR LOCAL RETAILER:

EUROPE  |  USA  | JAPAN  | BRAZIL  |  LOCAL RETAILER

The Beatles' A Hard Day's Night - Digitally Restored & Available Now on iTunes

For the fiftieth anniversary of its world premiere in London, the epoch-making music movie has been digitally restored in 4K resolution from the original camera negative by the Criterion Collection's restoration team. The resulting image, approved by director Richard Lester, will feature a soundtrack remixed and remastered for modern 5.1 sound systems by producer Giles Martin and engineer Sam Okell at Abbey Road Studios.

“the greatest and most entertaining rock movie ever.” Lou Lumenick, New York Post

The programme was filmed earlier this year and celebrates the 50th anniversary of one of the most memorable moments in music and television's joint history - the groundbreaking first appearance by the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1964. 

This musical celebration of that evening sees Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney, along with a host of huge musical names including Alicia Keys, Dave Grohl, Eurythmics, Katy Perry, Ed Sheeran, Pharrell Williams and Stevie Wonder performing Beatles classics, while various presenters and performers including Sean Penn, Johnny Depp and Eric Idle help contextualise and highlight the musical, cultural and historical impact of the group. 

The programme also features David Letterman interviewing Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr at the iconic Ed Sullivan Theatre, as well as interviews with people who worked on the 1964 show and were in the audience.

The Audiophiliac chats with the project's mastering engineers to get the inside scoop on the Beatles sound.

"I bought the US Beatles Capitol Albums sets when they were remastered in 2004, and compared those discs with the 2014 remasters. Frankly, there's no comparison; the new ones sound better. They're more fleshed out, less compressed, and clearer."

Read CNET's Steve Guttenberg's review of the US albums here.

Credit: CBS Interactive/CNET

The U.S. Album 13CD collection spanning 1964’s Meet The Beatles! to 1970’s Hey Jude has been released on CD and Mastered For iTunes.

The official stores have limited edition 50th anniversary bundles - check your local store for more details.

US STORE  |  UK STORE  |  JAPAN STORE  |  BRAZIL STORE  |  YOUR LOCAL RETAILER  |  iTUNES

#thebeatles50

Back by popular demand!  There has been so much incredible interest in THE BEATLES: THE NIGHT THAT CHANGED AMERICA - A GRAMMY® SALUTE that CBS are RE-BROADCASTING the show THIS WEDNESDAY - so if you missed it - it's your chance to see Paul and Ringo perform together, supported by some of the biggest names in music today.  

THE BEATLES: THE NIGHT THAT CHANGED AMERICA - A GRAMMY® SALUTE features today's top artists covering the songs performed by the band on that momentous evening along with other Beatles songs through the years, as well as footage from that landmark Sunday evening and other archival material. In addition, various presenters will help highlight and contextualize the musical, cultural and historical impact of the group and their legendary performance on the Ed Sullivan show.

Watch the show on CBS, Wednesday, Feb 12 at 8:30 EST / 7:30 Central

http://www.cbs.com/shows/the-night-that-changed-america/