Allan Williams R.I.P.

THE MAN WHO GAVE THE BEATLES AWAY

ALLAN WILLIAMS

Paul McCartney Live At A Carlton New Year, The Mean Fiddler ...

Paul McCartney Live At A Carlton New Year, The Mean Fiddler ...

An original ticket stub from the television recording of a performance by Paul McCartney for the A Carlton New Year feature. The performance was recorded on 20th November 1992 at The Mean Fiddler, London and was aired on 1st January 1993. The pink ticket is numbered 000061 and measures 17.5cm x 9.5cm (7 inches x 3.75 inches). The condition is near mint. 

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1979 KAMPUCHEA FLASHBACK

1979 KAMPUCHEA FLASHBACK

PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS

Later in 1979, Secretary-General of the United Nations Kurt Waldheim approached Paul to ask for a Beatles reunion concert in aid of the victims of war-thorn Cambodia, a country which recently had changed the international spelling of their name to Kampuchea. The idea of a Beatles reunion didn't appeal to Paul and the others, but Paul organized a series of concerts at the Hammersmith Odeon in London featuring Queen, The Clash, The Pretenders, The Who, Elvis Costello, Wings and others in aid of the charity.

Rumors were ripe during the night of the Wings performance that George, Ringo and John was to appear alongside Paul, speculations that compere Billy Connolly did nothing to qualm. But Paul told the audience that "they" were not here - and they weren't.

KEN MICHAELS CONTEST

 New Special Contest

which starts Dec. 29--it's one of my biggest! You could win 5 prizes

all in one shot, most of which were major releases of the past year,

including...

1) Beatles 1 (CD + DVD)

2) Eight Days A Week (BluRay Deluxe)

3) The Beatles Live At The Hollywood Bowl CD

4) Pure McCartney 2-CD compilation

5) Songs We Were Singing: Guided Tours Through The

     Beatles' Lesser-Known Tracks by Kit O'Toole

Details will be available on Dec. 28 at http://www.kenmichaelsradio.com/

SAM LEACH R.I.P.

SAM LEACH R.I.P.

FLOWERS IN THE DIRT!!!

PAUL McCARTNEY'S 

FLOWERS IN THE DIRT

COMING MARCH 24, 2017 (?)

01. My Brave Face

02. Rough Ride

03. You Want Her Too

04. Distractions

05. We Got Married

06. Put It There

07. Figure of Eight

08. This One

09. Don't Be Careless Love

10. That Day is Done

11. How Many People

12. Motor of Love

13. Ou Est Le Solei

- the original 13 track album remastered at Abbey Road Studios

- 18 bonus audio tracks across 2 discs, featuring previously unreleased demos with Elvis Costello

- Original B-Sides, remixes and single edits, plus 3 previously unreleased tracks from a cassette demo

Now the multi format reissue- the 10th release in the Paul McCartney Archive Collection, personally supervised by Paul McCartney- is set to be released on March 24th, 2017

- the original 13 track album remastered at Abbey Road Studios

- 18 bonus audio tracks across 2 discs, featuring previously unreleased demos with Elvis Costello

- Original B-Sides, remixes and single edits, plus 3 previously unreleased tracks from a cassette demo

- DVD featuring all of the music videos from the album, "Put it There" documentary and 3 new edits of    unseen archive material

- Downloadable 24-bit-high resolution audio versions of the remastered album and bonus audio discs

- 112 page book containing many previously unpublished images by Linda McCartney, album and single artwork, the story behind the album- including new interviews with Paul McCartney, Elvis Costello and key

 album personnel- and expanded track by track information

- 32 page notebook of Paul's handwritten lyrics and notes

- 64 page photobook featuring the music videos for "This One"

- 32 page exhibition catalog book showcasing Linda McCartney's Flowers in the Dirt London exhibition from 1989.

- Flowers in the Dirt will also be released in a 2CD, 2LP & eAlbum formats

Track Listings

CD #1

01. My Brave Face

02. Rough Ride

03. You Want Her Too

04. Distractions

05. We Got Married

06. Put It There

07. Figure of Eight

08. This One

09. Don't Be Careless Love

10. That Day is Done

11. How Many People

12. Motor of Love

13. Ou Est Le Soleil

CD #2- The original demos

01. The Lovers That Never Were

02. Tommy's Coming Home

03. Twenty Fine Fingers

04. So Like Candy

05. You Want Her Too

06. That Day is Done

07. Don't Be Careless Love

08. My Brave Face

09. Playboy to a Man

CD #3- 1988 Demos  (I believe with band)

01. The Lovers That Never Were

02. Tommy's Coming Home

03. Twenty Fine Fingers

04. So Like Candy

05. You Want Her Too

06. That Day is Done

07. Don't be Careless Love

08. My Brave Face

09. Playboy to a Man

DVD- music videos

01. My Brave Face

02. My Brave Face (version #2)

03. This One (version #1)

04. This One (Version #2)

05. Figure of Eight

06. Party Party

07. Ou Est Le Soleil

08. Put It There

09. Distractions

10. We Got Married

Creating Flowers in the Dirt

01. Paul & Elvis

02. Buds in the Studio

03. The Making of This One

Put It There

01. Put It There Documentary

*Bonus Download: B-Sides, Remixes and Single Edits

01. Back on my Feet

02. Flying to my Home

03. The First Stone

04. Good Sign

05. This One (Club Lovejoys mix)

06. Figure of Eight (Bob Clearmountain Mix)

07. Loveliest Thing

08. Ou Est Le Soleil (12" mix)

09. Ou Est Le Soleil (Tub Dub Mix)

10. Ou Est Le Soleil (7" mix)

11. Ou Est Le Soleil (instrumental mix)

12. Party Party (original mix)

13. Party Party (club mix)

Cassette Demos

01. I Don't Want to Confess

02. Shallow Grave

03. Mistress and Maid

PLUS...

NEW PODCAST SOMETHING ABOUT THE BEATLES

MACCAZINE

                                                              TIMELINE 2015 #2

Available soon! Double Special

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The Weeklings **GIGS**

The Weeklings

up and coming events

Glen Burtnik's XMAS!!!

Friday, December 23

State Theatre NJ 7:00pm

15 Livingston Ave. New Brunswick, NJ 732-246-7469

Tickets

Saturday, January 21, 2017, 8 PM

The Weeklings return to

DARYL’s HOUSE

Tickets $25 Reserved Seating and $15 General Admission

130 Rt. 22

Pawling, NY 12564

845-289-0185

www.darylshouseclub.com

Tickets

THE BEATLES - Mint Rubber Soul Vinyl record

THE BEATLES

RUBBER SOUL

1965 US CAPITOL RECORDS

EAST COAST PRESSING

DAVE DEXTER REVERB VERSION

 The US stereo version: Rubber Soul (stereo) ST 2442 (dexterized)

Supposedly, you need to look at the matrix numbers to know if you have an East Coast version. There are two copies, both are East Coast pressings with New York lacquers and are on the rainbow subsidiary label. Both play with reverb:

Record 1

Side 1 - W8 #1

Side 2 - W14 #2

Record 2

Side 1 W6 #3

Side 2 W14 #2

IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE

PAUL McCARTNEY'S

 NEW SINGLE

"IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE"

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ON

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THE WEEKLINGS !!

NOW

PLAYING 

ON 

FAB4RADIO.COM

This week, Ken, Allan, Al and Steve welcome Glen Burtnik and Bob Burger, Lefty and Zeek respectively from the Weeklings. The guys discuss their brand new soon-to-be released second album, "Studio 2," which was recorded in Studio 2 at Abbey Road Studios. The album includes four Beatles songs -- one from the Decca sessions and three they never released commercially. The recording sessions included some of the same equipment used by the Beatles. Send your thoughts on this or any of our shows to our email address thingswesaidtodayradioshow@gmail.com, join our "Things We Said Today Beatles Fans" Facebook page, tweet us at @thingswesadfab or catch us each on Facebook and give us your thoughts. And we thank you for listening to us and being so loyal. And you can also stream the show on our very own YouTube page. And please rate us on our iTunes page.  

THE WEEKLINGS ARE COMING

THE WEEKLINGS ARE COMING!

Here's the official word on the "Eight Days a Week" home video release ...

Available NOVEMBER 18TH on blu-ray, dvd AND

2-Disc special COLLECTOR’S edition (on DVD or BLU-RAY)

Los Angeles – September 19, 2016 – In The Beatles: Eight Days A Week – The Touring Years, Oscar®-winning director Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind, Apollo 13) explores the history of The Beatles through the lens of the group’s concert performances, from their early days playing small clubs in Liverpool and Hamburg to their unprecedented world tours in packed stadiums around the globe, from New York to Melbourne to Tokyo. Available now for preorder, the acclaimed film will be released on Blu-ray and DVD, plus 2 Disc Special Edition on both formats from November 18th, courtesy of Polygram Entertainment and Capitol/UMe.

The film is produced with the full cooperation of Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono Lennon and Olivia Harrison. White Horse Pictures’ Grammy Award®-winning Nigel Sinclair, Scott Pascucci and Academy Award®-winner and Emmy® Award-winner Brian Grazer of Imagine Entertainment are producing with Howard. Apple Corps Ltd.’s Jeff Jones and Jonathan Clyde are serving as executive producers, along with Imagine’s Michael Rosenberg and White Horse’s Guy East and Nicholas Ferrall.

After their legendary North American television debut on “The Ed Sullivan Show” in 1964, The Beatles transfixed the U.S. and the tremors were felt worldwide, transforming music and pop culture forever with their records and television appearances. The Beatles’ extraordinary musicianship and charisma also made them one of the greatest live bands of all time. The first feature-length documentary authorized by The Beatles since the band’s breakup in 1970, Eight Days A Week features rare and never-before-seen archival footage of shows and interviews, plus new interviews with Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and numerous prominent observers. The film captures the exhilaration of The Beatles’ phenomenal rise to fame as well as the toll it eventually took on the band members, prompting them to stop touring altogether in August 1966 and devote their prodigious musical energy to the series of ground-breaking studio recordings for which they are best known today.

Featuring a wealth of specially created supplementary material totaling 100 minutes of extras, the deluxe home entertainment editions contain exclusively created featurettes for fans to delve even deeper into the band’s world. Accompanying these are stunning, fully restored full length performances of some of the band’s most iconic tracks including “Twist and Shout” and “She Loves You” recorded at the ABC Theatre, Manchester in 1963 and “Can’t Buy Me Love” at the NME Awards, 1964, in London, bringing the experience of seeing The Beatles in concert fully to life for all fans. A full breakdown is included below.

Cert. 12 | Feature Running Time: 100 mins

2-disc Special Collector’s Edition (DVD/BD) includes:

1 x DVD/BD feature disc

+ 1 Bonus Disc (containing approx. 100 minutes of extras, highlighted below)

64 page booklet with an introduction from director Ron Howard, essay by music journalist and author

Jon Savage and rare photos from The Beatles’ private archive

Words & Music (24 mins)

John, Paul, George & Ringo reflect on songwriting and the influence of music from their parents’ generation, Lennon/McCartney writing for other artists, The Beatles as individual musicians, and the band as innovators. Also featuring Howard Goodall, Peter Asher, Simon Schama and Elvis Costello. The interviews with Paul and Ringo are unseen.

Early Clues To A New Direction (18 mins)

A special feature touching on The Beatles as a collective, the importance of humor, the impact of women on their early lives and songwriting, and the band as a musical movement. Featuring John, Paul, George & Ringo, along with Paul Greengrass, Stephen Stark, Peter Asher, Malcolm Gladwell, Sigourney Weaver, Whoopi Goldberg, Richard Curtis, Elvis Costello and Simon Schama. Again the interviews with Paul and Ringo are unseen.

Liverpool (11 mins)

The early days in Liverpool of the late 1950’s and early 1960’s are brought vividly to life by those who worked closely with them at that time including fan club secretary Freda Kelly, Allan Williams an early manager, and Leslie Woodhead multi-award winning documentary film director.

The Beatles in Concert (12 mins)

Five great but rarely seen full length performances of The Beatles live in concert - Twist and Shout, She Loves You, Can’t Buy Me Love, You Can’t Do That and Help!

Additional features are:

Three Beatles' Fans
Ronnie Spector and The Beatles
Shooting A Hard Day’s Night
The Beatles in Australia
Recollections of Shea Stadium
The Beatles in Japan
An alternative opening for the film

Preorder The Beatles: Eight Days A Week - The Touring Years

DVD: http://EightDaysAWeek.lnk.to/DVD

Blu-ray: http://EightDaysAWeek.lnk.to/BluRay

Deluxe Collector’s Edition (2-DVD):http://EightDaysAWeek.lnk.to/Deluxe_DVD

Deluxe Collector’s Edition (2-Blu-ray):http://EightDaysAWeek.lnk.to/Deluxe_BluRay

THE BEATLES ARE COMING!!!!

THE BEATLES ARE COMING!!!!

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ANNOUNCING MY LATEST SPECIAL CONTEST:

ANNOUNCING MY LATEST SPECIAL CONTEST:


In celebration of all the live Beatles projects due out this month, were giving away 3 copies of Chuck Gundersons' fabulous two-volume book SOME FUN TONIGHT!!! First released independently in 2013, Hal Leonard Publishing have acquired the rights to this book, which chronicles every live concert performance of the Fab Four from their North American tours 1964-66. Every detail is covered here-concert attendance for each show, their press conferences, what hotels the group stayed at, behind the scenes activities, rare photos, the opening acts for each tour, and more! It is by far the most comprehensive book to ever come out on this subject.

The books are available in two volumes:
Volume 1 covers 1964 only.
Volume 2 covers 1965 & 1966.

For this contest, I have 3 copies of each of the two volumes
to give away in soft-cover format!!!
Contest starts Sept. 7, 2016! (See rules below!)

PURCHASE LINKS:
BACKWING STORE - HAL LEONARD (Discounted Rate)
AMAZON - VOLUME 1 (1964)
AMAZON - VOLUME 2 (1965-1966)

CONTEST TO WIN "SOME FUN TONIGHT":
Starting Sept. 7 and running through Sept. 14, I will post below on this page, one at a time, the titles of songs that the Beatles performed during their North American tours. The first song will be one they played in 1964, the second song from 1965, and the third from 1966. Write down all 3 song titles and send them to me (Ken) by Sept. 14 at
everylittlething@att.net. Make sure you include your mailing address in your e-mail. You must have all 3 song titles correct to win. Winners names will be announced here on Sept. 15, and... GOOD LUCK!!!

Song #1: LONG TALL SALLY

Every week you can enter my BEATLES TRIVIA contest for your chance to win
one of 9 amazing prizes. See this week's trivia, play along and maybe you'll be
this week's winner. Go to my BEATLES TRIVIA page HERE!

SNEAK PEEK - THE BEATLES HOLLYWOOD BOWL

THE BEATLES HOLLYWOOD BOWL

SNEAK PEEK 

TWIST AND SHOUT

A HARD DAY'S NIGHT

THINGS WE SAID TODAY

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The Beatles Live Shea Stadium - New Song Twist and Shout

The Beatles

TWIST AND SHOUT

from

THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL SHOW

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KEN MICHAELS TRIVIA / CONTEST

BEATLES TRIVIA AND GAMES!
Watch every week as some trivia will be for prizes (as indicated,) others are just for fun!
Since July 30, 2012, trivia questions and games have been posted every Monday, and everyone has a full week (through the following Sunday) to submit their answers. One random winner is chosen every week.
Write to me with your answer(s) at everylittlething@att.net. Answers and winners names provided with every new trivia question! You can win once every 30 days!


NEW CHANGE IN OUR TRIVIA PAGE!!!:
EVERY WEEK (until further announcement) MY BEATLES TRIVIA & GAMES PAGE CAN NOW WIN YOU ONE OF 9 PRIZES!!!!!!!!!
CHOOSE FROM ONE OF THE FOLLOWING 9 PRIZES BELOW!!!
PRIZES MAY VARY FROM WEEK TO WEEK!

1) BEATLES 1 CD & DVD ----Celebrating the 15h Anniversary of the "Beatles 1" CD comes this reissue of the group's 27 #1 hits (U.S. & U.K.) newly remixed supervised by Giles Martin, with the Beatles promotional films for each song packaged together. The group's videos represent an important part of their history, and have been digitally restored and are breathtaking. Possibly the most important release on the group since the Beatles Anthology. (Courtesy UMe)

2) PURE McCARTNEY (2 CD) - Brand new compilation spanning Paul's entire solo-career, including many of his hits, aimed at the casual fan. Also a great collection to introduce Paul's solo-music to a newbie!!! (courtesy Concord Music Group/Hear Music)

3) - CLAYPOOL/LENNON DELIRIUM - Monolith Of Phobos CD--- Released in June, 2016, described as a combination of psychedelic and progressive rock, this is the first collaboration between Les Claypool (Primus) and Sean Lennon!!! (courtesy ATO Records.) See a list of concert dates for New York/New England HERE!

4) SONGS WE WERE SINGING: GUIDED TOURS THROUGH THE BEATLES' LESSER KNOWN TRACKS by Kit O'Toole. Kit, whose works have been published in Beatlefan and Something Else Reviews, explores the Beatles' lesser-known songs, and explains why they deserve more examination and appreciation. Kit also looks at some of John Lennon's lesser-known solo-songs, a few of the solo-Beatles albums, and a chapter on Ringo's most underrated drumming performances on Beatles records.
Listen to some of my interview with Kit on THIS PAGE!

5) SHOULDA BEEN THERE - The first in a series of 9 narrative books on John Lennon covering John's life from 1940 through Dec. 1961, from renowned Lennon author Jude Southerland Kessler.

6) SOLO IN THE 70'S: JOHN, PAUL, GEORGE, RINGO 1970-1980 - Author Robert Rodriguez ("Fab Four FAQ," "Fab Four FAQ 2.0," "Revolver: How The Beatles Reimagined Rock & Roll") analyzes all the solo-Beatles works of their first decade after breaking up. (courtesy Parading Press.)

7) THE BEATLES' STORY ON CAPITOL RECORDS, PART TWO:
THE ALBUMS (Digital Edition) - Bruce Spizer - Includes extensive coverage of all the Beatles' Capitol albums, with explanations as to why the American albums were different from the ones in the U.K. on Parlophone, plus session and chart information, pictures from the covers of the albums, the different label variations on all Capitol albums, plus the full story behind the group's controversial "Butcher cover."
8) DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET? - New autobiography from Liverpool legend Billy J. Kramer, covering his childhood, early success in music, the Lennon-McCartney songs given to him, his relationships with the Beatles, Brian Epstein, George Martin, the Dakotas, his life after leaving the Dakotas, his most recent album
​"I Won The Fight" and much more (courtesy Equinox Publishing.) Listen to my new interview with Billy HERE - scroll down to middle of the page!

9) QUADRUPLE SHOT OF PRIZES!!!! - 1) THE WALRUS AND THE ELEPHANTS: JOHN LENNON'S YEARS OF REVOLUTION by James A. Mitchell - Book explores John & Yoko's early years in NYC, associating with political figures and the band Elephants Memory.
2) POP GOES THE ELEPHANT - Gary Van Scyoc - First CD ever from the former bass player in Elephants Memory. Includes recordings spanning all the decades from the 70's through today. Features the song "Wind Ridge" produced by John Lennon from the Elephants Memory album from Apple-John Lennon helped to write the song with Gary. Also on the collection is an instrumental version of "Imagine" from the members of Elephants Memory as a tribute to John.

3) HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES - Tribute CD to many of our deceased rock stars, the concept started by Alice Cooper, Joe Perry and Johnny Depp. Includes a new recording from Paul McCartney of "Come And Get It," Cooper's cover version of "Cold Turkey," plus appearances from Zak Starkey and Abe Laboriel Jr.

4) JEFF SLATE - SECRET POETRY CD --New York journalist (Rolling Stone, Esquire, Guitar Player, Beatlefan) shares his latest CD of original songs with special guest musicians from Elephants Memory (Gary Van Scyoc, Adam Ippolito,) Wings (Laurence Juber, Steve Holley,) plus Lennon/McCartney/David Bowie personnel (Carlos Alomar, and Earl Slick.) CD is signed by Jeff, Steve Holley, and guitarist Jimmy McElligott!!!

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