Quotetreaclefingers OK...here is the granddaddy of collectible versions of the FIRST DECCA album....The Rolling Stones - s/t - UK 1964 1st Press Decca LP 2A/1A Matrix: ? This just sold on EBAY for GBP 845 plus 19 shipping. Wow! It's notable for having the incorrect 'shorter' version of Tell Me, which I'd always thought was just an early fadeout or something but is ac
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Quoteash QuoteHis Majesty QuoteTurner68 Quotejlowe Ultimate Classic Rock describes the Penny Lane video as a "colourful London travelogue"....in their review of the "1" DVD package. LOL. that's pathetic. But, factual. except for the bits filmed in Knole Park in Kent. Eh? Knole Park was used for the "Strawberry Fields" video, not the "Penny Lane&quo
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Quotetreaclefingers QuoteTitle5Take1 The Beatles' "1+" will be released tomorrow as well as the new James Bond movie "Spectre." New 007 and Beatles. Is it 1965? Thunderball and Yesterday? Actually.... The first Bond Movie (Dr No.) had its London Premiere on 5th October 1962. And that's the exact same day that The Beatles first single was released in the UK.
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QuotePecman In general, when people of importance...stock holders, executives, partners etc...leave an ongoing continuing profitable entity...the general practice is their shares of the organization are sold back to the organization for a multiple of profits. The profits are the profits...it is the multiple that is negotiated...and they are bought out. Let me give some perspective as to why B
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QuotePecman Guys...when Bill was in the group Ronnie was a salaried employee...when Bill left the group in 1993...they bought him out and gave his share to Ronnie Wood and made Wood a profit participant...this all happened at the end of 1993 and before the Voodoo Lounge Tour...don't you remember Wood saying at the time "it's a nice club to be a member now". Secondly...they
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QuotePecman It's very simple... When he split the Stones...he got a flat buyout from the group... PECMAN Please cite your source for that. I've never, ever, heard that before. Thanks
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QuoteIrix Quoteherecomesrichard Has anyone donated any items to Exhibitionism or know how to go about this? Since 'Exhibitionism' will be carried out by the Saatchi Gallery (London, UK), you could try to contact them: . Another possibility would be to contact the promoter of 'Exhibitionism', the australian 'iEC International Entertainment Consulting': .
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Quotewith sssoul But which side do you keep your dangly bits on? That's what really counts :E Check with your wife. She'll have reason to remember well.
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QuoteSomeTorontoGirl Trippy! What is the matter with people. This is the FOURTH thread about this Beatles event. For Clapton's sake, please check if something is already posted. BV - any chance of merging these threads. (And in case anyone thinks I'm anti-Beatles.... how wrong could you be. I manage to stand astride the two universes.
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Quotenovica restored video, which is part of a new deluxe edition of their 1 compilation of chart-topping songs from the U.S. and U.K. The set has been expanded with a series of long-lost promotional films, which the Beatles called “mini movies.” Mick Jagger and Keith Richards – dropped by to see how things were progressing during the “A Day in the Life” shoot. Marianne Faithfull also in vide
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Quotelatebloomer It's a nice pic of Bill, thanks for posting. As to driving in cemetaries, some of them are so big, it's just more practical to allow cars. Usually though, it's limited access to family members only. I have a parking pass for Arlington National Cemetary because my parents are buried there. Bill probably got a pass to drive in from someone close to Brian. Bit
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Terry Taylor?
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DO NOT THROW THEM AWAY!! If you're in the UK, offer them to Bill Wyman. I'm certain he'd be interested. His email address is on his web site (at the bottom of the page).
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Airbrushing Bill from the cover photo on 'Rarities'. Managing their corporate structure (just like Google, Facebook, Amazon etc etc ad nauseam) so that they pay only tiny amounts of tax. Anywhere. (And then when Ronnie was in a car accident in the UK making use of the taxpayer funded emergency services - effing hypochrites.)
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Some of these Michael Copper photos (for sale) really do seem to answer the description 'not previously seen in public' (Strangely I was actually at Proud's 5 weeks ago and there was nothing around about this upcoming exhibition.)
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QuoteNaturalust Yes thanks Cristiano. How times change. Now half the women who go see the Stones and grandmas themselves and are probably taking their grandkids to see the show. lol With all due respect and admiration, I was somewhat shocked looking around at the audience in San Diego this year and seeing so many older people. Perhaps it was because we were up front in the pricey seats and th
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QuoteFather Ted Keith Richards is from a generation when smoking was widespread and its long-term dangers not fully understood, at least not in the public domain. That really is nonsense. Keef's only a couple of years older than me. I had information things up about/against smoking in a house I bought in 1971! The generation argument does not apply. He smokes because he became add
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Is it the same attitude that resulted in Johnny Depp's wife being prosecuted for bringing 2 dogs into Australia? (Edit: "Let them eat cake?" )
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Quoteswimtothemoon QuoteRollingFreak QuoteBeforeTheyMakeMeRun Great. Now where's Let It Be? It would be great to have, but ultimately they are probably right not to release it. It was such a promising goal, and the outcome was exactly NOT what you'd want to see. I'd love to have it as a hardcore fan, but from a marketing standpoint, you are releasing a product that literally show
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My nomination is... Geoffrey Giuliano (Not really disagreeing about Clayson, which is a shame as his early books were good). Turning the thread on its head, one of the best Rock authors I've ever read was Tony Fletcher who wrote an excellent book about Keith Moon.
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QuoteIrix QuoteBitches Brew [...] And there is also that design from Alan Aldridge from 1969... This Illustration is contained in the Book 'The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics' by Alan Aldridge, according to this Post already in the 1st Edition from 1969. The Illustration seems to belong to the Song 'Day Tripper' and is to find in the Book around on Page 110/111. Compared to
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QuoteChicagoCalling Andy showed me many of the sketches, etc. that he made of the Stones members when they were recording Bridges From Babylon. He was a helleva an artist and a helleva nice guy. RIP Andy. I have read an account (not written by Andy, he was too busy sketching) of the week that Andy spent with The Stones when he made those sketches. One thing that comes across is how darned
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I'm sad to report the sudden and unexpected death of Andy Hoogenboom. Andy was one of the early Blues musicians in the orbit of Cyril Davis and Alexis Korner. He introduced Shirley to Charlie Watts and was Best Man at their (secret) wedding, and had been good friends ever since.
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QuoteAnitapal82 I watched it today I bought it in Melbourne Australia. It's not Essential. The highlight is some silent live footage on stage in Sydney with many great close ups of the band for about 2 minutes with the backing of " I'm moving on" live from the Decembers children album ( I think ). With some footage of the stones at a party , And some press conference footage.
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Quoteshattered Don't laugh, where can I get Stone Alone? The absolute best way to get hold of a book that's out of print is.. (there are also .co.uk and probably others, but it's fully worldwide anyway) Think of it as almost every second hand bookstore in the world putting information about their best books online in a searchable format. Over the years I've fou
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QuoteCristiano Radtke Sydney 1965, according to this video: Well spotted! The funniest thing about this video is to do with the soundtrack. Obviously the actual recording of what was being played wasn't available, so someone has tried to synch the vinyl version with the on-screen actions. Done quite well actually. BUT... the live version is much much faster than the offici
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QuoteTooTough QuoteCaptainCorella Quotetumblingdice Didn't Bill say once that they sometimes signed for each other back then? I may be wrong but think I read that somewhere. I can positively confirm that. I think that refers to the signing of the Promotional Album 1969. Sorry. I don't know what you mean. Explicitly then, one band member told me face to face, that this is wha
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QuoteGreen Lady There's a story out there somewhere of George Harrison being asked to sign something and producing imitation signatures for all four Beatles because that's what they always used to do. That's definitely true. But it didn't take long for the process to be moved into the hands of Neil Aspinall (Nell).
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Quotetumblingdice Didn't Bill say once that they sometimes signed for each other back then? I may be wrong but think I read that somewhere. I can positively confirm that.
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Jozo, Whatever the outcome, the stuff you have got there is really nice. There's very little early Fan Club stuff in circulation. As for the autographs, if you're thinking of selling them, then Sotheby's or Christies will look at them and value them. Last time I checked they did that for free, but of course that may have changed. Bill Wyman is always interested in early
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