Billboard: Discogs to List 1,300 Rare Beatles Records From Private Collection
Included in the sale are: a rare 1963 promotional pressing of The Beatles’ debut studio album Please Please Me, one of an estimated 250 copies produced for British radio stations; an early promotional copy of the 1963 single “From Me to You”; an original 1963 U.K. mono first pressing of Please Please Me, featuring the black-and-gold Parlophone label; a rare 1968 pressing of The Beatles (better known as The White Album) featuring the Parlophone label; and a 1970 U.K. box set edition of Let It Be — including the original slipcase, fragile interior tray and book of photographs from the band’s recording sessions — described in a press release as “remarkably well-preserved.”
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Apple Corps Ltd, the multimedia corporation founded by the Fab Four, announced it would create the first ever official Beatles experience in the band's home city.
The plans will see The Beatles Story attraction moved and revamped into a central, immersive attraction in 2028.
Mary said: “The quadrupling in size takes me back to 2008 and the exciting time ahead of us. We were only a small attraction, and we were outgrowing our space. Then Liverpool was European Capital of Culture, and we tripled in size. We got a much bigger shop and a café which we’d never had before.
“So to hear the new attraction is going to be even bigger is amazing because we can only do so much here with being a Grade I listed building. There are only so many people we can get into this building.
“The Apple Corps team are just lovely. They're really respectful of the city, and the people, and the story. For us to be recognised and wanted as part of the new attraction really tells us that our foundation, what we’ve done over the last 36 years, is really important and it's a credit to us and the team.
“I felt like it was a dream come true, to be honest. As we say, we’ve come home, and it’s happened, and we can all now look forward to the next phase.”
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Boston.com: How Boston photographer Roger Farrington got the last photographs of John Lennon at work
...Then, I hear John Lennon himself, singing, coming down the stairs. It was spine-tingling to hear the voice I’d heard thousands of times on records.
He burst into the room, full of energy, dressed head-to-toe in black with this enormous black hat. He seemed seven feet tall. He put his hand out: “I’m John Lennon.” I said, “I know!” [laughs]
His energy was real. He was looking forward to the day. He looked great— tan, his hair was long and sun-lightened because he’d been in Bermuda to work on songs.
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