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Eh, still there. At least now I know this isn't one of those thread-scrapping forums lol. I had never seen the thread before so I assumed it was recent. Oh well.

Nice purple font, though.
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There are really old discontinued threads in the archives section. The threads can be read, but nothing new can be posted to them. But that's mostly the Michael stuff. There's not that many topics in the music section, lol.
 
Silly Love Songs (Broad Street version)

Paul with Louis Johnson (Brothers Johnson) & Jeffrey Daniel (Shalamar).
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Ringo 2010

Here's some songs from Ringo's new album.
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Here's a tune by Dhani Harrison
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Recent song from Julian Lennon
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I'm a huge Beatles fan i'm trying to memorize the lyrics to their catalog
my rank for their top 4 albums are
1 Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
2 Abbey Road
3 White Album
4 Revolver

I suggest listening to albums rather than individual songs.
 
Band On The Run To Be Reissued

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Paul's Epic #1 Album From 1973 Will Be Available In Multiple Configurations Featuring Remastered Rare Bonus Audio & Video Content
With Special Exclusive Packaging[/b]

November 1st in the UK
November 2nd in the US


MPL and the Concord Music Group are pleased to announce the re-release of Paul McCartney & Wings’ iconic Band on the Run. Heralded as one of the greatest albums of all time, the GRAMMY winning, smash # 1 album - originally released December of 1973 - yielded the immortal title track and world-wide hit “Jet” becoming Wings’ most successful and celebrated album ever.
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Paul personally supervised all aspects of the Band on the Run reissue. The remastering work was done at Abbey Road using the same team who recently remastered the complete Beatles’ catalog.

Band on the Run will be available in a variety of formats originating with the single disc digitally remastered, essential 9-track standard edition. The 3 disc (2CD, 1 DVD) special edition features nine bonus audio tracks (including the top 10 smash “Helen Wheels”), rare footage of the McCartneys in Lagos and behind-the-scenes at the famous album cover shoot, original Band on the Run promotional video clips, the One Hand Clapping television special (highlighted by studio performances filmed at Abbey Road in 1974) all with beautifully enhanced packaging. Collectors will be especially thrilled by the 4 disc (3CD, 1 DVD) deluxe edition which adds an extraordinary 120-page hard bound book containing many unseen and unpublished photos by Linda McCartney and Clive Arrowsmith, album and single artwork, downloadable hi-res audio versions of the remastered album and bonus audio tracks, a full history of the album complete with a new interview with Paul and expanded track by track information for all four discs. The deluxe edition also includes a special Band on the Run audio documentary (originally produced for the 25th Anniversary edition.) The original remastered album and bonus audio content will also be issued in a 2 disc 180gm audiophile vinyl edition that comes with an MP3 download of all 18 tracks. Lastly, the standard and deluxe versions of Band on the Run will be available digitally worldwide.

The musical achievement of Band on the Run is nearly matched by the amazing story behind its creation. Intrigued with recording abroad in the summer of 1973, McCartney searched for a list of studios around the world. Spotting one in the remote location of Lagos, Nigeria, he became enthralled with the idea of recording in Africa. Days before departure, lead guitarist Henry McCullough and drummer Denny Seiwell quit the band leaving the entire project to the three core members, Paul, his wife Linda McCartney and band-member Denny Laine (along with recording engineer Geoff Emerick). Recorded in August and September of 1973 (with further work done at AIR Studios in London in October 1973), they persevered through a tumultuous, yet creatively invigorating 2 month recording process battling difficult studio conditions, oppressive heat and a dangerous mugging at knife point. The thieves made off with the demo tapes (among other valuables), forcing the band to record the entire album from memory.

Band on the Run triumphed both critically and commercially. The album topped the US album chart 3 separate times, won a Grammy and went on to sell more than 7 million copies. Upon the release of Band on the Run, then Rolling Stone reviewer Jon Landau famously gushed, “The finest record yet released by any of the four musicians who were once called The Beatles.”

Paul is currently playing five songs from the album on his ‘Up and Coming Tour’. Live favorites over the last 8 years of touring have included “Jet”, “Band on the Run” and “Let Me Roll It”. In 2008 when Paul played a free outdoor show to over 500,000 people in Kiev, a Ukrainian poll listed “Mrs Vandebilt” as their all time favorite Paul McCartney song. It’s been included in the set ever since. At the start of this tour Paul added “Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five” to the set.

Band on the Run marks the first release from the Paul McCartney Archive Collection, an ambitious reissue program that encompasses 40 years of cherished, classic material from the most successful songwriter and recording artist in music history. It’s also the initial physical release of the recently announced agreement between McCartney’s MPL and Concord Music Group to globally market and distribute Paul’s venerated solo and Wings catalogue.​
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I like The Beatles... they have good music and they're talented
 
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hayzzz...the beatles...the greatest band....greatest composers also....i also luv their music, melodic & sweeet. Real Love have recently been my fav. im inlove w/ it!
 
You are so right and as a small child back in the 60s, Saw them on TV for the 1st time on the Ed Sullivan show.They Changed the world and music as we all know it.They Inspired me to play music and I'm so greatfull.When I heard "Free as a Bird" for the first time,I cried and "Real Love"was so like if It could have been on The Sgt Pepper Lp but I like what George said on The Beatles Anthology aka The Long and Winding Road DVD before he passed away,He stated that it sounds like them now and I agree.
You know If MJ was still Alive,I would have wished to hear him sing Here There Everywhere.I could hear him sing it in my mind and I guess in a dream,That's where I'll get to hear it now that's he's gone.
 
ruchie said:
You know If MJ was still Alive,I would have wished to hear him sing Here There Everywhere.I could hear him sing it in my mind and I guess in a dream,That's where I'll get to hear it now that's he's gone.
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OMG your right....i read "hear there & everywhere" was MJ's fave also along w/ come together...he actually sang it in a hotel (dont remember it) w/ a piano....i also luv that song & literally cried just like real love....and yeah your right i definitely remember/think of MJ whenever i listen to that song...sigh :( miss him
 
4veryoung said:
OMG your right....i read "hear there & everywhere" was MJ's fave also along w/ come together...he actually sang it in a hotel (dont remember it) w/ a piano....i also luv that song & literally cried just like real love....and yeah your right i definitely remember/think of MJ whenever i listen to that song...sigh :( miss him
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I wish that he did atleast sang that song .It does fits his voice.I wonder if he would choose the original key of Gmajor or Did he try it in Emajor or Fmajor. I would had swooned if he sang that on an LP or in Concert. His version would have made "Much Too Soon" Sound Like A Song for A Merrygoround. What a Beautiful song to sing if he was still here.
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'Magical Mystery Tour' Gets DVD & Blu-Ray Release

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By Alex Hudson
Aug. 22, 2012

Earlier this year, the Beatles' animated film Yellow Submarine was cleaned up for a reissue on DVD and Blu-ray. Next up, their 1967 film Magical Mystery Tour will receive a similar treatment. This previously out-of-print flick will drop on DVD and Blu-ray on October 9 through Apple Films.

The live-action Magical Mystery Tour is just under an hour in length and is about a group of people (including the four Beatles) who embark on a psychedelic, acid-drenched bus trip. The footage was restored by the same folks who touched up Yellow Submarine, and the soundtrack (which features songs like "I Am the Walrus" and "The Fool on the Hill") was remixed for stereo and surround sound.

Among the reissue's bonus features are brand new interviews with Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and other cast and crew members. There's also a director's commentary track by Paul, plus a 19-minute making-of feature (which includes some of the aforementioned interviews), deleted scenes, new edits of song performances, a BBC promo and more. The band Traffic show up with a video for their song "Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush," which was commissioned for the film but not includes

Those seeking the ultimate Magical Mystery Tour experience can purchase the 10"x10" boxed edition. It includes both the DVD and Blu-ray versions of the movie, along with a 60-page book and a double 7-inch EP containing the film's six original songs (this version recreates the soundtrack's original UK release).

For the first time ever, the film will also receive a limited theatrical release on September 27. While the participating cities and theatres have yet to be confirmed, there will be Canadian screenings, according to the press release.

The film, which was directed by the Beatles themselves, received poor reviews upon its original release. We'll have to see whether time has made the critics any kinder.

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Magical Mystery Tour

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"Rubber Soul" is the major turning point in the maturation of the band, it's a great album from start to finish.
 
THE BEATLES - THE BEATLES STEREO BOX SET (LIMITED EDITION 16LP BOX SET + BOOK)

Price: $449.99
Now: $349.00

Availability: NOVEMBER 13, 2012
* All specified ship dates are estimates
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Music Direct



The Complete Beatles Stereo Record Albums
Limited-Edition Beatles Vinyl Box Set - Available for a Limited Time for Only $349

All 12 Studio Vinyl Albums plus Magical Mystery Tour and Past Masters Volumes One & Two in Stereo LP Box Set
EXTREMELY LIMITED WORLDWIDE RELEASE: THESE WILL SELL OUT

Includes Gorgeous 252-Page Hardbound Book With Dedicated Chapters for Every Record Album and a Wealth of Insightful Photographs

LPs Sourced from the Original Master Tapes
All Albums Cut at Abbey Road Studios by a First-Rate Team of Producers and Engineers: Stringent Procedures and Safeguards Ensure Optimum Audiophile-Quality Sound
This box set is not eligible for any further discounts.

Twist and shout, shout, shout: The Beatles are at long last getting the treatment they’ve always deserved on vinyl.The most anticipated catalog reissues in music history have arrived and feature the pristine remastering that fans have craved for decades. Your wishes have come true: Every Beatles album. Every official Beatles song. Faithfully reproduced album jackets. All in this glorious box set.
But do not delay: This box has an extremely limited worldwide release. It will sell out. And it includes a gorgeous 252-page hardbound book written by award-winning radio producer Kevin Howlett, and features dedicated chapters for each of the albums as well as tremendous insight into the remasters and how the LPs were prepared. In addition, the 12 x 12 book boasts a wealth of great Beatles images and photos.

Proper care and a painstaking series of steps were taken to ensure that music lovers would hear the Fab Four in all their glory. With EMI’s legendary Abbey Road Studios providing the backdrop, the four-year restoration process combined veteran expertise, state-of-the-art equipment, vintage studio gear, and rigorous testing to net what is without doubt the highest fidelity possible and authentic, jaw-dropping sound guaranteed to rival the original LPs. There is no longer any need to pay hundreds of dollars for Japanese pressings.

At the start of the restoration process, engineers conducted extensive tests before copying the analog master tapes into the digital realm using 24-bit/192 kHz resolution and a Prism A-D converter. Dust build-ups were removed from tape machine heads after the completion of each title. Artifacts such as electrical clicks, microphone vocal pops, excessive sibilance, and poor edits were improved upon as long as it was determined that doing so didn’t at all damage the integrity of the songs. Similarly, de-noising technology was applied in only a few necessary spots and on a sum total of less than five of the entire 525 minutes of Beatles music.

In cutting the digital masters to vinyl, stringent safeguards and procedures were employed. After cutting to lacquer, determined to be warmer and consistent than cutting to DMM, the next step was to use the Neumann VMS80 cutting lathe at Abbey Road. Following thorough mechanical and electrical tests to ensure it was operating in peak condition, engineer Sean Magee cut the LPs in chronological release order. He used the original 24-bit remasters rather than the 16-bit versions that were required for CD production. It was also decided to use the remasters that had not undergone ‘limiting,' a procedure to increase the sound level.

Having made initial test cuts, Magee pinpointed any sound problems that can occur during playback of vinyl records. To rectify them, changes were made to the remasters with a Digital Audio Workstation. For example, each vinyl album was listened to for any‘sibilant episodes.' vocal distortion that can occur on consonant sounds such as S and T. These were corrected by reducing the level in the very small portion of sound causing the undesired effect.

Similarly, any likelihood of inner-groove distortion was addressed. As the stylus approaches the center of the record, it is liable to track the groove less accurately. This can affect the high-middle frequencies, producing a ‘mushy’ sound particularly noticeable on vocals. Using whatMagee has described as ‘surgical EQ,’ problem frequencies were identified and reduced in level to compensate for this.

The last phase of the vinyl mastering process began with the arrival of the first batches of test pressings made from master lacquers that had been sent to the two pressing plant factories. Stringent quality tests identified any noise or click appearing on more than one test pressing in the same place. If this happened, it was clear that the undesired sounds had been introduced either during the cutting or the pressing stage and so the test records were rejected. In the quest to achieve the highest quality possible, the Abbey Road team worked closely with the pressing factories and the manufacturers of the lacquer and cutting styli.

For this project, there was no such thing as too many cooks in the kitchen. Yes, it took a village to get it right.

The Beatles Stereo Box Set Contents:
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
 
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The U.S. Albums
Release Date: January 21, 2014 (January 20 in U.K.)
Label: Apple

The majority of reissues of the Beatles' catalog have been using the British release discography. On January 21, their albums from Meet the Beatles to Hey Jude will be released in their American configuration with The U.S. Albums, a 13-CD set from Apple.

Note that this is NOT a complete collection of the group's recorded works, but a set of the 13 albums that were released in the U.S. with a different track listing, art and liner notes from the British version. Not in this set are Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Magical Mystery Tour, Yellow Submarine, Abbey Road or Let It Be, all of which were the same in both countries.

Apple's release coincides with the fiftieth anniversary of the start of Beatlemania in America, marked by their February 7, 1964 appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show. The group had been on the charts for a year in their native Britain but were yet to make a major impact in the U.S. That all changed after that one night.

All of the albums are presented in both their mono and stereo versions except for The Beatles' Story and Hey Jude which are stereo only.

Collected in a boxed set with faithfully replicated original LP artwork, including the albums’ inner sleeves. Yesterday And Today features the original album cover of the Beatles posing with raw meat and baby dolls. The package also comes with a collectible sticker of the subsequent Yesterday And Today cover art. The 13 CDs are accompanied by a 64-page booklet with Beatles photos and promotional art from the time, as well as a new essay by American author and television executive Bill Flanagan.

In addition, for a limited time, all of the albums (with the exception of The Beatles’ Story, an audio documentary album) will also be available for individual CD purchase. A Hard Day’s Night (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), The Beatles’ Story, Yesterday And Today, Hey Jude, and the U.S. version of Revolver make their CD debuts with these releases.

Meet The Beatles! (1964)
The Beatles’ Second Album (1964)
A Hard Day’s Night (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1964)
Something New (1964)
The Beatles’ Story (1964)
Beatles ’65 (1965)
The Early Beatles (1965)
Beatles VI (1965)
Help! (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1965)
Rubber Soul (1965)
Yesterday And Today (1966)
Revolver (1966)
Hey Jude (1970)
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[h=2]Paul McCartney: John Lennon became a &#8216;martyr, a JFK&#8217; after he was murdered[/h]
The martyrdom of John:

&#8220;The Beatles split up and we were sort of all equal. George did his record, John did his, I did mine, Ringo did his. It was as we were during the Beatles&#8217; times. We were equal. When John got shot, aside from the pure horror of it, the lingering thing was, OK, well now John&#8217;s a martyr. A JFK. So what happened was, I started to get frustrated because people started to say, &#8220;Well, he was The Beatles.&#8221; And me, George and Ringo would go, &#8220;Er, hang on. It&#8217;s only a year ago we were all equal-ish.&#8221; Yeah, John was the witty one, sure. John did a lot of great work, yeah. And post-Beatles he did more great work, but he also did a lot of not-great work. Now the fact that he&#8217;s now martyred has elevated him to a James Dean, and beyond. So whilst I didn&#8217;t mind that &#8211; I agreed with it &#8211; I understood that now there was going to be revisionism. It was going to be: John was the one. That was basically the thing. And when I would talk to mates they&#8217;d say, &#8220;Don&#8217;t worry. People know [the truth]. It&#8217;s OK, they know what you did.&#8221; But then strange things would happen. Like Yoko would appear in the press, and I&#8217;d read it, and it said [comedy Yoko accent], &#8220;Paul did nothing! All he did was book the studio&#8230;&#8221; Like, &#8220;F&#8211;k you, darling! Hang on! All I did was book the f&#8211;king studio?&#8221; Well, OK, now people know that&#8217;s not true. But that was just part of it. There was a lot of revisionism: John did this, John did that. I mean, if you just pull out all his great stuff and then it up against my not-so-great stuff, it&#8217;s an easy case to make.

Wanting to eliminate the &#8220;Lennon/McCartney&#8221; songwriting credit:

&#8220;Well, what happened was there was a backlash from people who didn&#8217;t see where I was coming from. &#8220;Dancing on a dead man&#8217;s grave&#8221; was one of the phrases that came up. &#8220;What a bighead!&#8221; &#8220;Why does he want his name in front of John&#8217;s?&#8221; But it was nothing to do with bighead. It&#8217;s just to do with identifying who wrote what. John did a really good Playboy interview where he did that: &#8220;This is mine, this is Paul&#8217;s.&#8221; So I thought, &#8220;Just use that! John said it!&#8221; I thought that was perfectly reasonable and I still do, by the way. But I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s achievable for some reason&#8230;. So, at the risk of seeming like&#8230; I tell you what, if John was here he would definitely say that&#8217;s OK. Because he didn&#8217;t give a damn. It wasn&#8217;t anything that worried him. But I&#8217;ve given up on it. Suffice to say. In case it seems like I&#8217;m trying to do something to John.&#8221;
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The Beatles 1+ on Limited Edition CD + 2 Blu-Ray or 2 DVD + 124-Page Book Box Set

All-New Editions of The Beatles 1 Pair Beautifully Restored Promotional Films and Videos with Brand New Stereo and Surround Audio Mixes!

The Beatles 1 was originally released in 2000 and quickly became the fastest selling album of all time. Featuring 27 of the band's most significant singles, all of which reached #1 in the US or UK charts, this brand new 2 Blu-ray/CD set represents the ultimate collectors edition of The Beatles 1, featuring all 27 tracks on CD, all 27 promo videos on Blu-ray Disc 1, and an additional 23 videos on Blu-ray Disc 2, including alternate versions, as well as rarely seen and newly restored films and videos.
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All the videos have been beautifully restored up to 4K resolution by a team of film and video technicians and restoration artists who have undertaken painstaking frame-by-frame cleaning, color-grading, digital enhancement and new edits that took months of dedicated, ‘round-the-clock work to accomplish.


This stunning 2 Blu-ray/CD set boasts an expanded 124-page illustrated hardcover book, and also includes exclusive audio commentary and filmed introductions by Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr respectively. 1+ also features fantastic new stereo and 5.1 Dolby Digital and DTS HD surround audio mixes by Giles Martin and Sam Okell at Abbey Road Studios.


CD/Blu-ray 1 songs and videos include: "Love Me Do," "I Want To Hold Your Hand," "Can't Buy Me Love," "I Feel Fine," "Ticket To Ride," "Yesterday," "Day Tripper," "We Can Work It Out," "Paperback Writer," "Penny Lane," "All You Need Is Love," "Hey Jude," "Something," "Come Together" and more!


Blu-ray 2 videos include: "Twist & Shout," "Please Please Me," "Rain," "Strawberry Fields Forever," "A Day In The Life," "Hey Bulldog" and "Free As A Bird."


“These videos and films are spectacular reminders of the era we lived in. They also rock!” - Paul McCartney


“I think it’s really interesting to see the videos we made, some of them incredible and some of them really incredible. How else would we have got to sit on a horse?” - Ringo Starr


The Beatles Store
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