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From: edc@evolution.bchs.uh.edu (edward s. chen)
Newsgroups: rec.music.beatles
Subject: Paul / ABC
Date: 18 Dec 1992 04:50:05 GMT
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Just a brief piece of news gleaned from "Entertainment Tonight".

Apparently, Paul has signed a contract with the American television
network ABC.  The contract definitely covers three specials covering
the 1993 world tour.   The network claims it also includes a "personal
services" deal so McCartney will promote ABC during the year.  However,
McCartney's press agency says the deal *only* covers the three musical 
programs.

<ESC>
-- 
Something in the way she moves, attracts me like a pomegranate.
                                     -- George Harrison
From: edc@evolution.bchs.uh.edu (edward s. chen)
Newsgroups: rec.music.beatles
Subject: Christmas CD Spotted
Date: 16 Dec 1992 19:17:17 GMT
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A counterfeit version of "The Beatles Christmas Album" has been released
on CD.  Both the front and back covers duplicate the British release
(ie: not the "cubes" cover familar to Americans) -- with the exception
of a typo (possibly intentional).   The original front cover had 1964-era
pictures of the Beatles, with the phrase "From Them to You".   On the CD,
the phrase (in a completely different font) now reads "From Then to You".

Didn't purcahase it, so no comments on sound quality.

Incidentally, I saw the CD for $20.00, so it is probably being sold to
retailers for $10.00 - $15.00.   (As you would expect, since this material
is fairly common on vinyl)

That is all.

<ESC>
-- 
Something in the way she moves, attracts me like a pomegranate.
                                     -- George Harrison
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From: dmac@julia.math.ucla.edu (saki)
Subject: Re: Ex-Fabs at Clapton's wedding reception
Organization: UCLA Mathematics Department
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 92 23:02:38 GMT

In article <BzBJME.Ev6@mtholyoke.edu> mdubey@MtHolyoke.edu (Mandakini Dubey) writes:
>I am completely and utterly confused. All these years I thought that the
>three who performed at Clapton's wedding were Paul, George and Ringo. And
>now Christer says that it was John!

It was Paul, George and Ringo. No John in attendance. The party was in
celebration of Eric Clapton's marriage to Patti Boyd Harrison Clapton
on 19 May 1979.

Other musical merry-makers were Mick Jagger, Denny laine, Lonnie Donegan,
and Ginger Baker.

--
"Some of these tunes are purely instrumental, such as 'Looking Glass',
'Catswalk' and 'Winston's Walk', and others were composed with the modern
audience in mind, tunes like 'Thinking of Linking', 'The One After 909'...."
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From: cq019@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Preston Landers)
Newsgroups: rec.music.beatles
Subject: Re: The Lives of JL
Date: 15 Dec 1992 21:19:45 GMT
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In a previous article, mcsdc1al@dct.ac.uk () says:

>
>Albert Goldman has been thoroughly lambasted several times for attacking dead
>stars who are unable to defend themselves (Elvis, Lenny Bruce, John etc). 
>However, I personally feel that he is a really shrewd writer.  Certainly, his
>Elvis book was the first to reveal the full horror of the singer's death, and
>IMO "TLOJL" is the definitive Lennon biog.

	I have to disagree.  Goldman's book was so iconoclastic and incendary
that many of the things in it are too hard to believe.  Coleman's book,
however, I enjoyed.  Perpetrating the myth? I dunno, but I thought 
Goldman was too hard on ole Johnny.  That isn't stopping me from giving
his book to a friend for christmans, though....

-- 
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From: sjk6119@ritvax.isc.rit.edu (Sgt. Kleper)
Subject: YES, THEY'RE REFORMING!
Reply-To: sjk6119@ritvax.isc.rit.edu
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 06:53:48 GMT

Throughout this whole thread about reforming, nobody has actually
confirmed it! I read in the paper and heard on the news that they
are for a week, to do a TV special. It'll be A&E or something and
a station in England. Sorry, this is all i know.

-Scott
From: zev@ocf.berkeley.edu (Zev Handel)
Newsgroups: rec.music.beatles
Subject: Dead plays Beatles
Date: 15 Dec 1992 06:05:11 GMT
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Keywords: Grateful Dead Rain

The following appeared in a San Francisco Chronicle review of the Grateful
Dead's Sunday, December 13th performance at the Oakland Coliseum:

"For an encore, the Dead unveiled the group's version of the old Beatles
song, 'Rain,' a piece that made its premiere only last week during concerts
in Denver."
From: whare@ac.dal.ca
Newsgroups: rec.music.beatles
Subject: THE definitive Beatles songbook?
Date: 17 Dec 92 19:15:50 -0400
Organization: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

I hope someone answers this quickly!  I used to 
read this newsgroup during the summer, and at 
some point there was a thread about the best 
comprehensive Beatles songbook.  I remember clearly
that there WAS agreement as to the best one 
(it had all of the Beatles songs in it; most if 
not all of the arrangements were excellent).

I've forgotten the title and author!! I'd like
to buy this book as a present for my younger 
brother - I wonder if one of you could help me 
out?  (I'd hate to see him unhappy on Christmas
Day!!)

Thanks,
Andrew
From: bad@pismo.sw.stratus.com (Bruce Dumes)
Newsgroups: rec.music.beatles
Subject: Re: The Singles on CD
Date: 15 Dec 1992 13:28:58 GMT
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Keywords: singles, mono

In article <1gin8eINN7vd@transfer.stratus.com> bad@pismo.sw.stratus.com (Bruce Dumes) writes:
>In article <1992Dec14.163625.22989@news.columbia.edu> brennan@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Joseph Brennan) writes:
>>
>>What mono mixes?  GB/DLMD was the first stereo single by the Beatles.
>
>GB/DLMD was in mono on the UK single, I think.  I'll check tonight if
>I remember.
>
>>

I checked, and the UK single was indeed mono.  And the sound of the 
original UK single is INCREDIBLE!!  

Bruce


-- 
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From: dmac@julia.math.ucla.edu (saki)
Subject: Re: Beatles in the news...
Summary: Don't hold your breath 
Organization: UCLA Mathematics Department
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 92 16:46:37 GMT

In article <8903@dirac.physics.purdue.edu> ns@bohr.physics.purdue.edu (Nancy M. Schnepp) writes:
>In article <1ga53mINNgal@lily.csv.warwick.ac.uk> maujs@csv.warwick.ac.uk 
>(Mr J D Morris) writes:
>*	According to ITN, as of 12 o'clock today:
>*		THE BEATLES ARE GETTING BACK TOGETHER!!!
>*							(sort of)
>*	The feature was mainly about the new 14-part TV series
>*about the Beatles. It seems that PM,GH and RS are all working on
>*it, but not only that, Paul says there is the possibility of them
>*getting together to record some NEW material for it.... 
>
>I also heard this on the news this morning.  Our news said that it
>was a 10-part tv series, probably to be produced by the BBC.
>Also, there is a possibility of a TOUR. 

Just calm down, now.

I don't want to be a spoilsport, but I should point out that
this announcement has been seen before.

It's something that pops up, most curiously, whenever Paul is
working on a new album or planning a tour. And the source of the
statement is usually Paul.

What we don't usually see---and from all evidence, aren't seeing
this time---is concurrent statements from George or Ringo that
they'd *also* like to get together to record/tour/have a pint,
or whatever.

Paul's saying that he'd like to make music with George and
Ringo is *not* the same thing as all three of them (plus
Julian, if you want to throw him in) saying that this is
what they want. The pattern seems to be that Macca remarks
"Oh, someday I'd like to get together with the others and..."---
after which the press jumps all over the remark and it gets
carried to extremes. I'm almost cynical enough to suggest
that Macca says this whenever he wants some publicity; it's
beginning to look like a suspicious technique.

Even so, it's not impossible that someday the ex-Fabs may
want to do a gig together. But until George and Ringo say
something definitive---and until the date and venue are
set---I'll remain skeptical.
--
"Some of these tunes are purely instrumental, such as 'Looking Glass',
'Catswalk' and 'Winston's Walk', and others were composed with the modern
audience in mind, tunes like 'Thinking of Linking', 'The One After 909'...."
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bc-mccartney:12pes
UPI-ID:724611944
 McCartney, ABC near deal on TV specials
   NEW YORK (UPI) - Former Beatle Paul McCartney and the ABC television
network are completing a deal whereby ABC will broadcast three special
McCartney programs and acquire exlusive entertainment rights to his
upcoming world tour, it was announced Thursday.
   Stephen Battaglio, ABC's media relations manager, said negotiation
with McCartney has been in progress for several months and was expected
to be completed early in the New Year. This was confiremd by Joseph
Dera, McCartney's New York spokesman.
   ``This will be a three special deal,'' Dera said. ``There will be a
documentary of the tour, a concert special from the tour, and replay of
a concert special made last week at the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York
that was made for March airing on MTV.
   ``ABC is acquiring exclusive entertainment rights for material from
the tour, including a video clip of the song, 'Coming Up,' to be used in
an upcoming network promotional campaign for the February and May
sweeps,'' he said.
   Neither Battaglio nor Dera would put a dollar figure on the deal but
Battaglio said a reported $50 million was ``not an accurate figure by
any stretch of the imagination.''
   He refused to say whether the actual figure was more or less but it
probably would be more. Barbra Streisand is expected to get $60 million
for a new film and recording contract now being negotiated with Sony
Corp., and Prince and Madonna reportedly got as much as $100 million
each for contracts with Time Warner announced earlier this year.
   McCartney's latest album, ``Off the Ground,'' is expected to be
released early in Feburary about the time his tour starts in Australia.
Dera said a primetime TV special for ABC of McCartney performing at a
top outdoor stadium in the United States in the spring is likely.
   McCartney also is scheduled to host a February broadcast of NBC's
``Saturday Night Live.''
   The singer-guitarist recently turned 50 and is the most visible of
the surviving Beatles. He is reputed to be worth several hundred million
dollars and much of the money he earns for special performances is
donated to charity, such as a recent $172,000 cash prize from the
Swedish government for lifetime achievement which he gave to a hospital
and a school in his native Liverpool.
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From: dthompson@vixvax.mgi.com
Newsgroups: rec.music.beatles
Subject: Re: NO, THEY'RE *NOT* REFORMING!
Date: 17 Dec 92 21:52:20 CDT
Organization: Management Graphics, Inc.

saki writes:
>> sjk6119@ritvax.isc.rit.edu writes:
>>Throughout this whole thread about reforming, nobody has actually
>>confirmed it! 
> 
> That's because it's not confirmed. They're *not* reforming as the Beatles,
> or as anything.
>[much deleted]

Unfortunately, this non-story continues to be repeated in the media. Just a
couple of hours ago, I heard a news report on a national radio network in
which the news-reader casually announced that the Beatles were getting back
together to record a new album. If I hadn't heard the real story in rmb, I
would have driven into the ditch!

This one is not going to die easily. I predict we'll be hearing this reported
as fact for months ("No official word yet on the release date of the new Beatles
album...").

Moko

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From: mcodogno@nyx.cs.du.edu (Maurizio Codogno)
Subject: Re: Beatles in the news...
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the news popped in Italy, too. Apart from calling BBC "Auntie Beep"
(yes, with the p) the columnist wrote that the news seemed to her
just a good way to focus on Macca's new album....
--
ciao! .mau.
-----
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"home" email: mau@beatles.cselt.stet.it
From: mdubey@MtHolyoke.edu (Mandakini Dubey)
Newsgroups: rec.music.beatles
Subject: Re: NO, THEY'RE *NOT* REFORMING!
Date: 17 Dec 92 19:01:53 GMT
Organization: Mount Holyoke College
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I just read the Times (London) report on McCartney's statement, which was
released during a press conference *to announce his world tour*. Apparently
he said that he had met George in California the day before (oh, these
jetsetters), and they had talked about the documentary; they *might* do a
little music together. He then continued rappin', if a rock'n'roller might
be accused of doing that, about his world tour.
I mention this only because Saki's posted something about the
publicity-starved Macca, and this news report obviously means that he wasn't
having the press conference just to sensationalize their film
involvement. Poor guy! Apart from getting wrinkles, he gets to be discussed
as this neurotic public-relations demon. 
Of course the Beatles can't re-form, an important one-fourth of them got
murdered. Anyway, who wants them to reform? I liked 'em naughty.
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From: olemo@dhhalden.no (OLE-MAGNUS OLSEN)
Subject: Re: Seventies Pop lyrics quiz
Organization: Ostfold College
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 13:15:20 GMT

In article <1glq76INNgrp@agate.berkeley.edu> bh@anarres.CS.Berkeley.EDU (Brian Harvey) writes:
>
>Boy, I know *one* of those.
>
>I guess I'm getting old.  :-(

I knew TWO. The Eagles and Don McLean (I'm not saying what's what, though).

But I'm BORN in '71, so I sort of have an excuse...

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From: dmac@julia.math.ucla.edu (saki)
Subject: Re: Book
Summary: Mellers' "Twilight of the Gods"
Organization: UCLA Mathematics Department
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 92 00:05:26 GMT

In article <1992Dec10.121250.19121@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> mcodogno@nyx.cs.du.edu (Maurizio Codogno) writes:
>...Does anyone know whether it is still on print?


It's not. I can't even find it available in catalogues. But it may be a
part of library collections, especially university holdings. Check your
local library if you have access.
--
"Some of these tunes are purely instrumental, such as 'Looking Glass',
'Catswalk' and 'Winston's Walk', and others were composed with the modern
audience in mind, tunes like 'Thinking of Linking', 'The One After 909'...."
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From: ross-c@scs.leeds.ac.uk
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Cc: 
Subject: Re: The Lives of JL

In article <1gl23lINNekt@menudo.uh.edu> you write:
>In article <1992Dec10.192754.2410@dct.ac.uk> mcsdc1al@dct.ac.uk writes:
>>In article <12940.9212082359@csparc12.scs.leeds.ac.uk>, ross-c@scs.leeds.ac.uk writes:
>
>>Albert Goldman has been thoroughly lambasted several times for attacking dead
>>stars who are unable to defend themselves (Elvis, Lenny Bruce, John etc). 
>>However, I personally feel that he is a really shrewd writer.  Certainly, his
>>Elvis book was the first to reveal the full horror of the singer's death, 

[etc].

Even though my name is quoted above, I did not originate *ANY* of the material
quoted in Ed's article.

Cheers,

Ross-c
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Today-in-Music
UPI-ID:724651577
   -18-
   This day in popular music, past and present... by U-P-I's National
Broadcast Features Editor Penny Nelson Bartholomew in Chicago:

   (December 18th)

   On this date in music history...

   In 1970, the Beatles' last record... a Christmas album for the
group's fan club, titled ``From Them To Us''... was released.

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From: mcdowell@iies.ecn.purdue.edu (James M McDowell)
Subject: Re: Lightning Strikes/Rhapsody...
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
Date: 18 Dec 92 17:30:58 GMT

In reference to the recent discussion here on which of these songs were
done first, the following is from the liner notes of Lou Christie's
Rhino CD. Lightning Strikes was released in December of 1965 (MGM 13412)
and Rhapsody In The Rain was released in March of 1966 (MGM 13473).
These same notes make it sound like both songs were recorded at the 
initial MGM recording session.

Jim
From: Patrick_Dubbrow@ms.maus.de (Patrick Dubbrow)
Newsgroups: rec.music.beatles
Subject: Re: The Singles on CD
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 92 16:39:00 GMT
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Hello Jeff,

jbmorris@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu wrote:

J>At any rate, I already mentioned a few of the significantly different
J>monos... Help!, Revolution, Baby You're a Rich Man, Yellow Submarine, and so
J>forth... Do you want a post of all the significant differences?

that would be very nice! Thanx in advance!

Regards

 Patrick
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From: mcodogno@nyx.cs.du.edu (Maurizio Codogno)
Subject: Re: menlove avenue.
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In article <1992Dec12.4213.10181@dosgate> "headly westerfield" <headly.westerfield@canrem.com> writes:
>Could somebody tell me about Menlove Avenue?
>
>The record, not the place.
>
>I assume it comes from The Lost Weekend, or at least some of it.
>Anyone have any info on this?

well, as fas as I know it contains some songs which were re-made
for Rock And Roll (as John decided that Spectorization went too
far). Indeed I prefer this version of _Nobody Loves You_ to the
"official" one...
A nice album, if you like r'n'r and have no moral problems in
buying Yoko's "compilations" :-)
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From: hist1261@waikato.ac.nz
Newsgroups: rec.music.beatles
Subject: Re: Beatles to reform????
Date: 15 Dec 92 11:19:09 +1300
Organization: University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

In article <1992Dec14.154948.18845@malmo.trab.se>, Christer.Gullstrand@malmo.trab.se (Christer Gullstrand) writes:
>>>In article <1992Dec12.103413.2466@dct.ac.uk> mcsdc1gsf@dct.ac.uk writes:
>>>>Just to let you know that next year(1993), Paul wishes to perform with the rest  
>>>>of the band for a one off gig. This will be the first time that they have
>>>>played together since spliting up back in 1977.
>>>>
>>>	Are you referring to the session (I assume it was an informal one)
>>>	held by Paul, George, and Ringo at Eric Clapton's wedding in the
>>>	late seventies?  Does anyone know anything about this? What a band to
>>>	have at your wedding!...I wonder if they played polkas...
>>>
>>>				Nat Pearson
>>>				raindrop@leland.stanford.edu
>>>
>>>	P.S.  It's seems ironic (and sad) that John wasn't there.
>>
>>I thought it was John, George, and Ringo that played at the reception (George
>>played at the wedding, too), but I could be wrong about that.  I do remember
>>reading one tale about it though.  Apparently Eric, when The Beatles were
>>winding down, said "I can't believe no one is taping this".
>>They were reportedly really bad, though.
>>
> 
> Agree! (to the last statement)
> I've heard the boot from this. Very awful indeed.
> It was in fact John, George and Ringo (together with a bunch of other people)
> doing singalong versions of rock standards, a couple of Lennon tunes, AND a couple
> McCartney songs including Yesterday!!! (I think they say some awful things about
> Paul, but I'm not sure...)
> They are obviously very drunk (or similar).
> The sound as well as the "performance" is very bad.
> It sounds like they're playing and singing in different keys...
> Yeah, you've guessed right ... I did NOT buy the boot.
> 
> Christer
> 
Didn't Paul George and Ringo all play on Harrison's Lennon tribute, "All Those
Years Ago", after John's murder?  That's what I've always assumed from the 
information on the sleeve, anyway.

Richard.

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a70901@uwasa.fi (Mikko Suhonen) writes:
>> EMI/Apple has released Beatles Singles Collection box, that contains
>> all 22 singles on separate CD:s. I have't bought it, but I've seen
>> it in a finnish department store. All singles are 5inch picture
>> cd:s. The price was quite high. There's no mention, so I wonder whether
>> the songs are in their mono or stereo form. Anybody bought the set already?

	I've just seen these boxed sets at Tower here in the Bay Area.  The
price I believe was around $180.00 US, and the singles are supposedly mono
up to 'Hey Jude' or 'Get Back', I don't remember which.  I wonder what's 
next on EMI's list, let's just hope it's something other than rehashed mate-
rials being released on different media.
								S. L.