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The Beatles Move Into Collectible Coins
Over the years, the Beatles have moved thoughtfully into the merchandise business. The early years of rock ‘n roll artist merch were both an afterthought and a mostly disorganized cash grab, and the Fab Four became more circumspect over the decades. Now, however, The Beatles’ landmark 1968 animated movie classic, Yellow Submarine, is being honored with a series of authentic, legal-tender collectible coins by Scottsdale, Ariz. company The Crown Mint. We spoke with Steven Harris, a principal at Crown Mint. His company has been in business since 2008, initially as a design shop. The company started making packaging for coins, and eventually realized it should evolve into making the coins themselves, “as we could do it better,” he says. Once the company made that pivot, they shifted again. Aft...
The Beatles Revisit Revolver With Rarities-Packed Deluxe Reissues
The Beatles have set an Oct. 28 release date for six different deluxe reissues of their iconic 1966 album Revolver, all of which feature a new mix by Giles Martin and Sam Okell. For hardcore fans, the big ticket will be 31 “session takes and home demos” from the Revolver period. Several editions feature a 100-page book with a foreword by Paul McCartney and an essay by Questlove, as well as the album’s original 1966 mono mix. Detailed information is available from The Beatles’ official store, which is also offering new Revolver-themed merchandise. According to a post from the band’s Twitter account, “the new stereo mix, sourced directly from the original four-track master tapes, is brought forth in stunning clarity with the help of cutting edge de-mixing technology developed by Peter Jackso...
The Best Beatles Merch on Amazon: Must-Have Collectibles for Fans of All Ages
All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. The Beatles released their eighth studio album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart Club Band on March 26, 1967. In honor of the album’s 55th anniversary this year and one of of the most legendary bands of all time, we’ve rounded up a collection of some of the coolest Beatles merchandise that you can find on Amazon. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The collection below celebrates John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr with a variety of items that are perfect for Father’s Day, birthdays and Glob...
The Music In Coinbase’s Viral Super Bowl Ad Was Produced By Com Truise and Samples The Beatles
Coinbase’s viral Super Bowl advertisement was a hit. For Coinbase, it was a hit to their servers. The commercial was simply a QR code that bounced around the screen like the classic DVD logo in the 90s. It was a simple and ingenious marketing strategy, and the traffic that Coinbase received during the ad’s 60-second run time temporarily crashed the company’s servers. But the music was also a hit. The track from the commercial was created by electronic music veteran Com Truise, who sampled the melody of a motown classic and produced an eerie chillwave song. “Money (That’s What I Want)” was originally written by Berry Gordy and Janie Bradford. Barrett Strong was the first artist to record and release the track in 1959 before The Beatles and The Kingsmen ea...
Get Back – The Creation of the Last Released Beatles Album Revisited
The received wisdom over the last five decades was that the last album released by The Beatles was only produced after much internal strife and acrimony. The original documentary film was prime evidence, especially because the film was pulled from circulation shortly thereafter. Word began to spread a couple of years ago that the seemingly endless hours of film originally shot by Michael Lindsay-Hogg were being turned over to Peter Jackson, who would provide another perspective of how Let It Be came together. What we now have is a six-hour opus revealing the creative process of the most influential band in history, as well as a revised look on how The Beatles worked together on the album. The film is catnip to any Beatles fan and is worth the time commitment for anyone interested in the ma...
Let It Be – Super Deluxe Version Repaints the Beatles’ Final Album
The controversy that surrounds the album Let It Be down the years makes it the most intriguing release by The Beatles. Many observers consider it ill-conceived, a slapdash affair and a sad ending to a great legacy. It is doubtful any band (of any longevity) had as much influence as The Beatles in their seven-year recording career. McCartney still peppers his live setlist with the title track. Some call it a very weak album, but with three No. 1 singles, it certainly warrants the current attention. The story is fairly well known. McCartney hatched the idea of capturing on film the band creating, rehearsing and performing entirely new songs. In the cavernous and dank Twickenham film studios the band gathered on the second day of 1969 (“like playing table tennis in a football stadium”). The f...
Watch First Trailer for The Beatles Get Back Docuseries
The trailer for the upcoming The Beatles: Get Back documentary has arrived. Directed and refurbished for the big screen by Peter Jackson, restored Get Back recording session videos are making their way to the surface after being locked in a vault for decades. The docuseries is set to premiere on Disney+ on November 25, 26, and 27 with each day bringing a new two-hour long episode. [embedded content] The long-archived videos have been newly restored, bringing to life the vibrancy of the band and the 1969 record, showing John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr with colorful fits and ear-to-ear grins in the studio. Even though the true emotions and turbulence behind the making of Get Back were not always positive or easy, these previously unseen ...
The Beatles Get Back to Let It Be With Special Edition Releases
This year’s Beatles release is for their final 1970 record, Let It Be, including special edition packages available on October 15. Beatlemaniacs can now hear exclusive session recordings, rehearsals, studio jams, and three newly remixed tracks, “Let It Be,” “Don’t Let Me Down,” and “For You Blue.” There are three different special edition packages, super deluxe, deluxe and standard. All of the releases include a new stereo mix of the album, sourced directly from the original sessions and infamous rooftop performance eight-track tapes. For those indulging in the super deluxe, it features a four-track Let It Be EP, 27 previously unreleased session recordings, and the never before heard 14-track Get Back stereo LP mix compiled by Beatles’ engineer Glyn Johns in 1969. The Beatles started recor...
Jim James, Wayne Coyne, Angel Olsen on the Legacy of All Things Must Pass
George Harrison released his third solo project, the expansive triple-LP All Things Must Pass, in November 1970. And its songs — like “My Sweet Lord,” “Wah-Wah,” “Isn’t It a Pity,” “Behind That Locked Door,” and “Beware of Darkness” — solidified the former Beatle’s signature balance of earthly and divine, from his soulful slide-guitar to the searching spirituality of his lyrics. To celebrate the album’s “50th” anniversary reissue — including the massive Uber Deluxe Edition, complete with gnome replicas — SPIN spoke to three famous Harrison fans about his early masterpiece. Below, Jim James (My Morning Jacket), Wayne Coyne (The Flaming Lips) and Angel Olsen go deep on the influence and legacy of All Things Must Pass — and Harrison himself. Jim James (My Morning Jacket) CREDIT: Nei...
5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: Gary Kemp
Name Gary Kemp Best known for Songwriter and guitarist for Spandau Ballet; Sy Spector in The Bodyguard; Ronnie Kray in The Krays; guitarist and singer in Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets. Current city London. Really want to be in A concert hall full of beautiful folk watching a show. I may or may not be on stage. I don’t bloody mind at the moment, just give me anything! Excited about My new solo album, INSOLO (July 16). My current music collection has a lot of Solo female artists in it: St. Vincent, The Anchoress, Lana del Rey, Rachel Eckroth… And a little bit of Prog. Actually, a lot of prog. Don’t judge me for Liking Yacht Rock. Preferred format Always vinyl at home. It’s the arena albums were designed to fit in: two 20-minute acts, unless it’s prog, then it can be four. And, of course,...
A Company Is Developing a Musical “Doomsday Vault” on an Island Near the North Pole
Okay, 2020 was bad. But was it “doomsday” bad? Elire Management Group sure thinks so. According to Billboard, the Oslo-based company is developing “a doomsday vault” on an arctic island between the North Pole and Norway. Dubbed the Global Music Vault, the repository is said to be able to withstand ice and snow at a depth of 1,000 feet underneath the frigid Svalbard archipelago. The vault is meant to safeguard what Elire deems to be the world’s most important musical works, such as historic Australian Indigenous music and legendary tracks by the Beatles. They’ve partnered with the Paris-based International Music Council to figure out the “most precious and loved” music to preserve, but an Elire exec indicated that...
The 50 Best Live Albums of the 1970s
The concert industry exploded in the 1970s, and the live album, a stopgap project once reserved for only the biggest artists, became a compulsory ritual and a pivotal moment for many artists. Live albums captured legendarily loud bands like The Who and The Ramones in their natural element. Once obscure regional acts like Bob Seger, KISS and Cheap Trick exploded into the mainstream with live albums. The Band, The Stooges, and Velvet Underground put their final gigs on vinyl. Jimi Hendrix, Neil Young (as his ongoing archive series shows), and Jackson Browne recorded entire sets of new songs onstage. The Grateful Dead released several official live albums (and continue to do so) that only made fans want to bootleg shows on their own more. With the 50th anniversary of a landmark live album, Th...
