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Ecatalina
June 5, 2012
Catalina Island Museum Symposium a Must for Beatles Fans

AVALON, CATALINA ISLAND - The Catalina Island Museum is dedicating its summer to the British Invasion and is hosting a symposium that brings together a slate of rock n’roll personalities, all of whom are familiar to Beatles fans.

http://www.ecatalina.com/news-article-2456.html

Business lessons from rock
June 6, 2012
It was 50 years ago today…

Today is the quinquagenary of the Beatles’ famous audition for record producer George Martin of EMI. As any Beatlephile would know, Martin went on to produce over two dozen #1 hits for the band in the next eight years.

http://businesslessonsfromrock.com/n...years-ago-toda

Daytrippin' Beatles Magazine
June 12, 2012
The long and winding road of Yellow Submarine, now newly restored

http://daytrippin.com/2012/06/11/the...newly-restored

NME
June 12, 2012
The Beatles - Rank The Albums

How can you rank the output of the world’s greatest band? You can’t, and you perhaps shouldn’t, and it will change every time you consider it, but we’re going to anyway. So without further ado here they are. Obviously 'The Best of The Beatles' tops them all, but we knew that already.

http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?bl...&c=1&tb=1&pb=1

Examiner
June 11, 2012
An American Story-photographer Ethan Russell to appear at Morrison Hotel Gallery

This weekend’s events at the Morrison Hotel Gallery in New York will keep Beatles and rock-n-roll fans busy. On June 16-17, photographer Ethan Russell will appear for a special exhibition of his never-before-seen photos of the Beatles, Rolling Stones, The Who, The Doors, The Eagles, and more. This world-premier book signing launches his e-book An American Story, featuring over 250 iconic photos as well as his stories of working with rock-n-roll icons of the 60s.

http://www.examiner.com/article/an-a...alerts_article

I think they did pretty well. I would've probably put MMT a bit higher, but other than that, I agree. I would put Let it Be at the bottom like they did, but I think their comments are too harsh. It's still a great album with some songs that are known and beloved by millions of people. It'd still be better un-Spectorized, though. Which is why I prefer Let it Be Naked. I'm suuuuuuch a brainwashed Paul fan it's not even funny.

Yeah, agreed, that list is reasonable. Although if I pull an album out tonight to put on the turntable, it'll be For Sale over Pepper. I get much more enjoyment out of the lesser listened to albums lately.

Don't agree with it at all, actually. I never listen to Pepper and I LOVE Beatles For Sale and like Let it Be. And With the Beatles is AWESEOME, the diversity of types of songs on that record is amazing for such a young bunch of guys. And I love Help, but better than Rubber Soul? No no no.

I do find it funny that they say you'd be "all kinds of wrong" if you disagreed with Pepper being #1. As if there was a "right" or "wrong" in opinions about music.

Beatles for Sale does NOT deserve to be that low!!! That album has grown on me! Neither does With the Beatles. Why are all the AMAZING albums so low? AHDN and Rubber Soul are my two fave albums earlier albums. White Album deserves to be a tad higher, too.

I guess I'm "all kinds of wrong" for not ranking Sgt. Pepper as number one. It's a great album, but maybe 5th or 6th for me.

I would start my list with both Let It Be and Abbey Road at the bottom.
Beatles For Sale is a great album.

Examiner
June 9, 2012
Update: No offers yet to save Hamburg's Beatles museum from closing

A spokesman for Hamburg's Beatlemania museum, which has announced it will close at the end of the month, says no one has yet to come forward and keep the museum from shutting down.

http://www.examiner.com/article/excl...ts-may-be-sold

I'm not disputing Pepper's top ranking. Not much in it in the end, with AHDN, Revolver and Rubber Soul rightfully not far behind. I'm surprised with PPM's high ranking. I know it still sounds fresh, but I don't think it's a better piece of work than AHDN and Rubber Soul.

Examiner
June 14, 2012
Heartland Men's Chorus performs a tribute to the Beatles at Kauffman Center

The Heartland Men’s Chorus performs Saturday and Sunday at the Muriel Kauffman Theatre in the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas City. “All You Need Is Love” is the last concert of the season for the chorus and celebrates the music of the Beatles. Tickets are available for both performances.

http://www.examiner.com/article/hear...auffman-center

Abbey Road for me. The B side is the best side of an album ever made.

West Coast Sound
June 18, 2012
Exclusive: Unearthed Photos of the Beatles in the Mid-'60s

In 1964, U.K. photographer Harry Benson was headed to Africa on assignment for the Daily Express when he got a call from his editor, saying the plans had changed.

http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoasts...e_road_60s.php

ChinaDaily USA
6/17/2012
Let it be... Beijing
The Chinese capital gets own version of the Fab Four. Ji Xiang soaks up a little Beatlemania.

More than 50 years have passed since the Beatles put out their first records - in Hamburg - but millions of feet are still tapping to their music. Plenty of those fans are in China, and the Beijing Beatles, a tribute band based in the capital, thrives on the music that set off Beatlemania in the early 1960s.

http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2...t_15507274.htm

OUP Blog
June 18, 2012
The Beatles at EMI: The Contract, 18 June 1962

Perhaps the most significant unresolved controversy surrounding the recording of the Beatles first single “Love Me Do” rests on the question of whether or not EMI had finalized a contract with them. To wit: on 6 June 1962, were the Beatles auditioning or were they already under contract? Documentation and personal memories conflict such that no single answer can claim to be definitive, even as the evidence suggests a nuanced social interplay between Parlophone’s George Martin and Beatles manager Brian Epstein.

http://blog.oup.com/2012/06/the-beat...+%28OUPblog%29

BBC News Wales
June 18, 2012
The Beatles in Bangor: 1967 BBC Wales archive footage

As Sir Paul McCartney celebrates his 70th birthday, BBC Wales has uncovered some silent footage from 1967 of The Beatles in Bangor.In June 1967, The Beatles released Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, seen by many as their creative peak. On 24 August, they met Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at a lecture in London, and the following day travelled by train to north Wales for a 10-day conference on transcendental meditation.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-18463979

OceanCityPatch
June 17, 2012
Tickets on Sale Now for 'Beatlemania' on July 2

More than 40 years after the band broke up and long after the deaths of John Lennon and George Harrison, Ocean City residents and visitors will get a chance to see the Beatles come to life.

http://oceancity.patch.com/articles/...ania-on-july-2

TheStar.com
June 15, 2012
Travel news: Fab Four feels Liverpool love

On Aug. 18, 1962, Ringo played with John, Paul and George for the first time. It’s celebrated every year by Beatles enthusiasts as the anniversary of the band’s formation and, since this August will be the 50th, Liverpool’s pulling out the stops.

http://www.thestar.com/travel/europe...liverpool-love

Tengri News
June 19, 2012
Kazakhstan bank purchased rare The Beatles photo

Kazakhstan Bank RBK has purchased a rare photograph of The Beatles. The photo put up for Bloomsbury auction in Great Britain cost the buyer 16 thousand pounds, net of the auction fee, the bank's website wrote.

http://en.tengrinews.kz/art_and_books/10896/

Examiner
June 20, 2012
Behind the Beatles Social Network: an interview with administrator David Bedford

The Beatles Social Network, online since March, is a relatively new cyber gathering place to bring Beatles fans together online. We asked David Bedford, author of “Liddypool,” and administrator of the site, about its origin and what the site offers in this email Q&A.

http://www.examiner.com/article/behi...-david-bedford

Ecatalina
June 5, 2012
Catalina Island Museum Symposium a Must for Beatles Fans

AVALON, CATALINA ISLAND - The Catalina Island Museum is dedicating its summer to the British Invasion and is hosting a symposium that brings together a slate of rock n’roll personalities, all of whom are familiar to Beatles fans.

http://www.ecatalina.com/news-article-2456.html

Beatles Freak
June 21, 21212
CD Review: Beatlesque Four by Alan Bernhoft

http://beatles-freak.com/2012/06/21/...alan-bernhoft/

Examiner
June 22, 2102
Hamburg Beatles museum needs a 'miracle' to save it - update

The huge Beatlemania museum in Hamburg has just over a week left before it's due to close at the end of the month. And a spokesman told Beatles Examiner Friday it would take a "miracle" to keep it open.

http://www.examiner.com/article/upda...cle-to-save-it

Digital Game Developer
June 21, 2012
The ZhuZhu Pets(R) Characters Sing The Beatles on New CD

LOS ANGELES, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 06/21/12 -- Get ready to twist and shout with the ZhuZhu Pets® when the world's most beloved hamsters pay homage to the lads from Liverpool on their new CD, ZhuZhu Pets Meet The Beatles.

http://gamedeveloper.digitalmedianet...ew-CD--2082832