From: slchb@cc.usu.edu
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Subject: Journal Citations
Date: 30 Dec 92 14:02:11 MDT
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 AUTHOR(S):      Joel, Billy
 TITLE:          Billy Joel's top ten Beatles songs.

 SOURCE:         Rolling Stone 86-8 Aug 23 '90

 ABSTRACT:       Part of a special section on the music of the 1960s.  Billy
                   Joel discusses his ten favorite Beatles songs.
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 TITLE:          McCartney blames Yoko for Jackson's Beatles purchase.

 SOURCE:         Jet 78:38 May 7 '90


 ABSTRACT:       According to Paul McCartney, hesitation on the part of Yoko
                   Ono enabled Michael Jackson to purchase the rights to many
                   Beatles classics.  McCartney had suggested that he and Ono
                   each put up $10 million to get back the rights that he and
                   Lennon had signed away years earlier.  Ono attempted to
                   stall for a lower price.  During the delay, Jackson bought
                   the catalog for a reported $50 million.
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 AUTHOR(S):      Ressner, Jeffrey.
 TITLE:          Tracking the Beatles.

 SOURCE:         Rolling Stone 15-17 Feb 9 '89

 SPECIAL FEATURES:
                 il.

 ABSTRACT:       Mark Lewisohn provides a comprehensive look at the Beatles'
                   recording dates in his new book The Beatles Recording
                   Sessions:  The Official Abbey Road Studio Session Notes,
                   1962-1970.  To research his book, Lewisohn listened to
                   virtually all of the Beatles tapes filed away in Abbey
                   Road's vaults, including nearly 400 hours of rehearsals,
                   backing tracks, jamming, and vocal dubs.  He discovered
                   original titles of familiar songs, alternate takes of a number
                   of tracks, and a batch of nearly completed numbers that were
                   never released.  In addition to studying the tapes, Lewisohn
                   interviewed Paul McCartney, producer George Martin, and
                   various engineers, technicians, and session musicians who
                   contributed to specific songs.  Their comments and anecdotes
                   reveal a great deal about the group's creative process.  The
                   Abbey Road studio itself, where the Beatles went to escape
                   the outside world and dabble in new sounds, occupies a
                   central position in the book.

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 AUTHOR(S):      Young, Pamela.
 TITLE:          Beatlemania lives.

 SOURCE:         Maclean's 101:44-5 Oct 17 '88

 ABSTRACT:       Part of a cover story on John Lennon.  Although the Beatles
                   disbanded 18 years ago, their music remains a staple of pop
                   radio and has moved strongly into the compact disc market.
                   Beatles festivals draw large crowds of old and new fans.
                   Unlike their music, the Beatles themselves have not been
                   untouched by time.  Paul McCartney has become a wealthy film
                   and record producer.  George Harrison is also producing
                   films and has recently returned to the pop charts.  Ringo
                   Starr is a television pitchman and will have a role in an
                   upcoming children's television show.  John Lennon, who was
                   murdered eight years ago, continues to make headlines.

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 AUTHOR(S):      Richardson, Ken.
 TITLE:          Beatles: Past masters, vol 1 and 2.

 SOURCE:         High Fidelity (New York, N.Y.) 38:77-8 Jul '88

 ABSTRACT:       The Beatles' Past Masters, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 (Parlophone)
                   feature the 27 tracks that had yet to be digitized in the CD
                   format.  The chronological collection also contains six
                   alternate takes of previously transferred material  For the
                   most part, the sound is excellent and the playing times are
                   respectable.
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 TITLE:          I want to hold your hand.

 SOURCE:         Rolling Stone 64 Sep 8 '88


 ABSTRACT:       Part of a special section ranking the 100 best singles of the
                   last 25 years.  "I Want to Hold Your Hand," by the Beatles,
                   placed third on the list Composed by John Lennon and Paul
                   McCartney, "Hand" was recorded at EMI Studios on October 19,
                   1963, and released in the United States on December 26, 1963
                   The song had an earthshaking effect, igniting the phenomenon
                   of Beatlemania  It bubbled with an optimistic energy that
                   proved to be just the cure for an American public still in


                   shock over the assassination of John Kennedy.  Little more
                   than a month after the song's release, the British Invasion
                   was in full swing and the Beatles made their first
                   appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show.  A few months later, the
                   Beatles held the top five positions on the pop charts, an
                   unprecedented feat that has never been matched.

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 AUTHOR(S):      Grogan, David.
 TITLE:          Liverpudlian Mike McCartney, Paul's brother, publishes some
                   first photos of the Fab Four.

 SOURCE:         People Weekly 29:34-7 Jan 11 '88


 ABSTRACT:       Mike McCartney, the younger brother of former Beatle Paul
                   McCartney, has published Mike Mac's White and Blacks:  An
                   Intimate Portrait of Liverpool in the '60s.  The book is a
                   nostalgic collection of early photographs of the Beatles.
                   As an amateur photographer, Mike documented the group's
                   early years.  Determined to make it on his own in the music
                   business, he adopted the name Mike McGear, but his success in
                   that field was short-lived and he eventually took up
                   photography again.

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 AUTHOR(S):      Simels, Steve.
 TITLE:          The Beatles on compact disc.

 SOURCE:         Stereo Review 52:122 Jun '87


 ABSTRACT:       A survey of Beatles albums on compact disc provides brief
                   reviews of Please Please Me, With the Beatles, A Hard Day's
                   Night, and Beatles for Sale, all on the Parlophone/Capitol
                   label.  Although some fans will be disappointed by the fact
                   that all four discs are in mono, the recordings sound
                   wonderful.  Tape hiss is virtually inaudible, and the
                   overall sound is rich and deep.  The bass and drums have


                   enormous punch, the guitar sound is clear, and the vocals are
                   superb.  Please Please Me and With the Beatles were recorded
                   on two tracks under relatively primitive conditions, but A
                   Hard Day's Night and Beatles for Sale exist in true-stereo
                   mixes on LP.  Capitol should give serious thought to
                   releasing stereo CD versions of the latter two recordings.
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 AUTHOR(S):      Wild, David.
 TITLE:          Beatles CDs generate strong sales.

 SOURCE:         Rolling Stone 13+ Apr 9 '87



 ABSTRACT:       The first four Beatles compact discs sold briskly during                         their  first days on the market.  Capitol Records' initial orders
                   were slightly more than 350,000 copies per title.  The
                   company is releasing the Beatles catalog on CD in
                   chronological order starting with Please Please Me, With the
                   Beatles, A Hard Day's Night, and Beatles for Sale.


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 TITLE:          Beatles: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

 REVIEWED BY:    Loder, Kurt.
 SOURCE:         Rolling Stone 51-2+ Jun 18 '87


 ABSTRACT:       The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band may be
                   dated, but it encapsulates 1967's psychedelic Summer of
                   Love.  By mid-1966, the Beatles had evolved into the world's
                   most charismatically creative group, and the four had
                   retired from live performance to devote themselves to studio
                   work.  The increasing sophistication of the group's music,
                   as revealed on 1965's Rubber Soul and 1966's Revolver, put
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 AUTHOR(S):      Fricke, David.
 TITLE:          Capitol to release Beatles CD's.

 SOURCE:         Rolling Stone 25+ Feb 26 '87

 ABSTRACT:       The Beatles will finally appear on compact disc when EMI Music
                   Worldwide releases CD versions of the group's first four
                   albums on February 26.  The albums, Please Please Me, With
                   the Beatles, A Hard Day's Night, and Beatles For Sale, will
                   appear in their original British formats on the Parlophone
                   CD label.  EMI plans to have released the Beatles' entire
                   U.K. catalog in chronological order by October.  An attorney
                   for the Beatles claims that EMI has delayed release of the
                   CDs as leverage in the settlement of a legal suit that the
                   group and Apple Corps has filed against the record company.

                  EMI chairman Bhaskar Menon contends that the delay was                              caused by insufficient manufacturing capacity.

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 AUTHOR(S):      Fricke, David.
 TITLE:          Capitol to release Beatles CD's.

 SOURCE:         Rolling Stone 25+ Feb 26 '87

 ABSTRACT:       The Beatles will finally appear on compact disc when EMI Music
                   Worldwide releases CD versions of the group's first four
                   albums on February 26.  The albums, Please Please Me, With
                   the Beatles, A Hard Day's Night, and Beatles For Sale, will
                   appear in their original British formats on the Parlophone
                   CD label.  EMI plans to have released the Beatles' entire
                   U.K. catalog in chronological order by October.  An attorney
                   for the Beatles claims that EMI has delayed release of the
                   CDs as leverage in the settlement of a legal suit that the
                   group and Apple Corps has filed against the record company.
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 Capitol to release Beatles CD's...   (CONTINUED)

 ABSTRACT:       EMI chairman Bhaskar Menon contends that the delay was caused
                   by insufficient manufacturing capacity.
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 AUTHOR(S):      Handelman, David.
                 Walker, Michael.
 TITLE:          Controversy surrounds Beatles CDs.

 SOURCE:         Rolling Stone 25+ Apr 23 '87

 ABSTRACT:       A controversy is brewing over the decision to release the
                   first four Beatles compact discs in mono rather than stereo.
                   Beatles producer George Martin and Capitol/EMI claim that
                   Please Please Me, With the Beatles, A Hard Day's Night, and
                   Beatles for Sale were issued in mono because that's the way
                   they were originally mixed.  Beatles collectors, however,
                   claim that 1963 trade advertisements prove that the first
                   two albums were available in some form of stereo.  It
                   appears that the real reason why EMI released the four CDs

 ABSTRACT:       in mono is simply that it ran short of time before the
                   February 26 release date.  Rupert Perry, managing director
                   of EMI Records U.K., now says that there is a chance that
                   stereo versions of A Hard Day's Night and Beatles for Sale
                   will be released after the initial complete set of Beatles
                   CDs is out.

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 AUTHOR(S):      Pond, Steve.
 TITLE:          The digital Fab Four. (Beatles CD's).

 SOURCE:         Rolling Stone 129+ Jul 16-30 '87



 ABSTRACT:       With its 1987 series of Beatles reissues on compact disc,
                   Capitol Records has adopted a clever marketing ploy by
                   releasing the CDs in small batches designed to lure fans to
                   buy them all.  The CDs correspond to the British rather than
                   the American album configurations, confusing some fans who
                   will search in vain for hits like "She Loves You" and "Day
                   Tripper."  Capitol also stirred up some unnecessary fuss by
                   releasing the Sgt. Pepper CD on the 20th anniversary of the
                   original album's release.  Although the recording stands the
                   test of time, it is hardly the "Greatest Album Ever," as
                   Capitol claims.  The Beatles CDs give fans a chance to hear
                   some of the best rock ever recorded without the surface
                   noise accrued by most people's Beatles albums throughout the
                   years   To compare the emotions accompanying the CD reissue
                   series to the excitement surrounding the release of the
                   original Beatles albums is a mistake, however.

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 TITLE:          Glimpse the truth. (Help!; Rubber soul; Revolver; Sgt Pepper's
                   Lonely Hearts Club Band).

 SOURCE:         High Fidelity (New York, N.Y.) 37:94-9+ Nov '87

 SPECIAL FEATURES:
                 il.

 ABSTRACT:       Most observers agree that the Beatles canon should begin                        with  the British Parlophone LPs, not the truncated American
                   Capitol releases; now four Parlophone CDs aim to please
                   Beatle fans who want to replace their old recordings with
                   CDs that sound better and are historically correct.  Help!
                   has all 14 songs of the British version, without the
                   orchestral movie music of the Capitol version.  Song order

                   and content have also been restored on Revolver; the CD
                   improves the pacing and shows John Lennon's full
                   contribution.  The CD version of Rubber Soul has been
                   digitally remixed to make the sound tougher and cleaner
                   Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band shows its age more
                   than the earlier albums; its finest songs are the most
                   direct:  "A Day in the Life" and "With a Little Help from My
                   Friends.".

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 TITLE:          Here come the CD Beatles.

 SOURCE:         U.S. News & World Report 102:42 Feb 23 '87



 ABSTRACT:       The first Beatles compact discs will appear in stores on
                   February 26, and retailers are preparing for a buying
                   frenzy.  Sales are expected to top those of Bruce
                   Springsteen's three-CD collection, which came out last
                   November The Beatles' first 4 English albums will appear in
                   CD format, and the group's other 12 studio albums will
                   follow later this year.

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 AUTHOR(S):      Jenkins, Mark D.
 TITLE:          Lost Beatles script to emerge. (Musical based on unfinished
                   screenplay by J Orton to be composed by T  Rundgren).

 SOURCE:         Rolling Stone 14 Mar 12 '87

 ABSTRACT:       A Broadway musical based on Up Against It, a long-lost Joe
                   Orton screenplay originally intended as the basis for the
                   Beatles' third movie, will go into production at the end of
                   this year, with off-Broadway performances expected by early
                   1988.  Joseph Papp, producer of the New York Shakespeare
                   Festival, has teamed with songwriter Todd Rundgren to create
                   the musical.  Orton wrote the first draft of Up Against It
                   in 1967, but his subsequent murder and the death of Beatles
                   manager Brian Epstein that same year destroyed hopes for a
                   third Beatle movie.
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 AUTHOR(S):      Goldberg, Michael.
 TITLE:          Rock's most influential album? (Reaction to Sgt Pepper).

 SOURCE:         Rolling Stone 57+ Jun 18 '87

 ABSTRACT:       The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band has
                   probably had more influence on pop music than any other
                   album.  Heralded by months of hype and rumors, the record
                   was released on June 1, 1967, to unprecedented critical
                   acclaim, drawing comparisons to Duke Ellington and T. S.
                   Eliot.  Many musicians and producers cite Sgt. Pepper as a
                   crucial influence in their development, although others say
                   that it was contrived and that it abandoned the Beatles'
                   rock 'n' roll roots.  At least one critic has pointed out
                   that the album's production innovations paved the way for

 ABSTRACT:       excesses by less talented groups.  A number of musicians,
                   composers, producers, and critics recall their initial
                   responses to the record.

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 TITLE:          The Sarge at 20. (Photographing cover of Sgt Pepper album
                   twenty years ago).

 SOURCE:         People Weekly 27:159-61 Jun 8 '87

 ABSTRACT:       On June 1, 1967, the Beatles released Sgt. Pepper's Lonely
                   Hearts Club Band, a complex and novel album with equally
                   unusual cover art.  For the front sleeve, photographer
                   Michael Cooper created a montage that featured the Beatles
                   along with a huge bass drum, a flower arrangement, and
                   cardboard cutouts and wax models of famous personalities.
                   Photographs that were taken during the one-day cover shoot
       are reproduced.
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 AUTHOR(S):      Riggs, Michael.
 TITLE:          When stereo isn't stereo. (Releasing early non-stereo Beatles
                   albums on stereo compact discs).

 SOURCE:         High Fidelity (New York, N.Y.) 37:5 Dec '87

 ABSTRACT:       In order for a recording to be called stereo, it must stage
                   the music in some way, even if the results are not
                   realistic.  The so-called stereo versions of the early
                   Beatles LPs are actually not in stereo.  These two-channel
                   recordings were never intended for release in stereo in the
                   first place; the separate tracks were made only for the sake
     of creating a final mono mix.  In spite of the spate of mono
                   recordings that have been reissued after having been
                   "electronically rechanneled for stereo," it is impossible to
                   obtain true stereo from a mono recording.  Fortunately, many
                   record companies are shying away from this practice as they
                   reissue their libraries on CD.  EMI, for example, has
                   decided to release the first two Beatles CDs in mono.
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 AUTHOR(S):      DeCurtis, Anthony.
 TITLE:          Illegal sale of Beatles LP's alleged.

 SOURCE:         Rolling Stone 13-14 May 22 '86

 ABSTRACT:       Attorney Leonard Marks, who represents the Beatles-owned Apple
                   Records in a $20 million lawsuit that Apple is pressing
                   against Capitol Records and EMI Records, alleges that John
                   LaMonte, a key figure in the current probe of Mob
                   involvement in the record industry, bilked the Beatles out
                   of millions of dollars in royalties.  Marks maintains that
                   in the mid-1970s, LaMonte and his confederates illegally
                   purchased Beatles records from Capitol Records'
                   Jacksonville, Illinois, plant and then sold the records to
                   wholesalers and retailers.  The Beatles received no

                royalties on these sales.  Capitol claims that it scrapped 19
                   million Beatles records as excess inventory; Marks asserts
                   that some of those records were illegally sold to LaMonte.
                   In a recent related suit in England, the Beatles were
                   awarded about $4 million.

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 AUTHOR(S):      Puterbaugh, Parke.
 TITLE:          Meet the Beatles, again. (Plan to replace first ten US albums
                   with original British versions).

 SOURCE:         Rolling Stone 10 Jan 16 '86


 ABSTRACT:       In an effort to standardize the Beatles' catalog, Capitol
                   Records is replacing the Beatles' first ten U.S. albums with
                   the seven original British LPs from which they were taken.
                   Although the decision to release the British albums was made
                   three years ago, Capitol is waiting to sell off its
                   inventory before making the switch, which will occur in the
      next six to twelve months.  The British Beatles releases
                   differ radically from their American counterparts, and in
                   the case of some albums such as "Yesterday" . . . and Today,
                   Beatles VI, and Something New, the U.S. LPs were pieced
                   together from stray British tracks.  The British discs have
                   more songs and are sequenced as the Beatles intended.  The
                   catalog will eventually be released on compact disc and
                   formatted like the British LPs, making instant collector's
                   items out of American hybrids like Meet the Beatles! and
                   Beatles '65.

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 AUTHOR(S):      Fricke, David.
 TITLE:          Jackson pays $47.5 million for Beatles songs.

 SOURCE:         Rolling Stone 22 Sep 26 '85

 ABSTRACT:       Michael Jackson has paid $47.5 million to acquire ATV Music
                   from the English conglomerate Associated Communications.
                   ATV owns the rights to most of the Beatles' songs, as well
                   as 5000 other tunes by the likes of Kenny Rogers, Little
                   Richard, Pat Benatar, and Chrissie Hynde.  Jackson's
                   interest is not solely economic; he is a genuine fan and
                   will exercise discretion in selling song rights, according
       to a spokesman.  Mercury paid a reported $100,000 to use the
                   music from "Help!" in a commercial, and Ford is negotiating
                   for the rights to "Good Day Sunshine."  Jackson also owns
                   the Sly and the Family Stone catalog and may be considering
                   the purchase of Jobete Music, the company with the rights to
                   many Motown classics.

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 TITLE:          Michael to Paul: beat it. (M Jackson acquires rights to
                   Beatles' tunes).

 SOURCE:         Newsweek 106:48 Aug 26 '85

 ABSTRACT:       Although Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney are good friends,
                   Jackson recently defeated McCartney and Yoko Ono in a battle
                   over acquisition of the music publisher ATV.  The company
                   holds the rights to many of the songs that McCartney wrote
                   with John Lennon between 1964 and 1970.  Jackson, who paid
                   $47 million for the company, is now one of the world's
                   fifteen largest music publishers.  Annual royalties from the
   Beatles songs will probably be at least $3.2 million.  The
                   Beatles lost control of their rights to the music years ago,
                   and McCartney was undoubtedly eager to regain them.


From: knotts@hpl-opus.hpl.hp.com (Tom Knotts)
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 20:39:07 GMT
Subject: Re: fantasy:Digital 8 track release.
Organization: HP Labs, High Speed Electronics Dept., Palo Alto, CA