Beatles

June, 2019

• 27 June

  New from HMC, CCC and the Pear labels!

  

  The HMC label has returned with a great new Macca release, ‘Off The Ground’ rarities features some brand new session mixes from Macca’s 1993 album alongside some new tracks that haven’t been on silver before and, to top off the first disk, some heady remixes. The second CD in the ...

February, 2019

• 8 February

  The Beatles – MMT Vol 3 – The Trailer

  

  As is now standard with the HMC label, once they announce a new release, a trailer sneaks out to promote it – And so here we are – Some of the visuals that you can expect for their third volume in the list of Magical Mystery Tour compilations. See the ...

January, 2019

• 31 January

  The latest MMT release from HMC!

  

  The His Masters Choice label have just announced the third in their trilogy of Magical Mystery Tour releases. ‘The Best Of The Rest’ would seem to imply that this the the last release we’ll see from this material (Though, as we know, this is always subject to change.) A compilation ...

December, 2018

• 23 December

  Paul McCartney – Closed Soundcheck At Tokyo Dome 10.30.2018 (No Label)

  

  Paul Mccartney, ‘Closed Soundcheck At Tokyo Dome 10.30.2018’ (No Label) Disc 1 – Instrumental Soundcheck – Soundcheck / A Hard Day’s Night / Come On to Me / Fuh You / Something / Saxophone – Guitars – Drums / Drums (Come On to Me) / Guitars – Drums – Keyboards / Instrumental Jam – With ...
• 18 December

  John Lennon – Holy Grails, Upgrades & Reconstructions Vol. 5 (TMOQ Gazette / HMC 051)

  

  John Lennon, “Holy Grails, Upgrades & Reconstructions Vol. 5” (TMOQ Gazette / HMC 051) DVD – Imagine Recording Sessions – Oh My Love – 21 May 1971 36:56 / Imagine Recording Sessions – How Do You Sleep – 21 May 1971 49:45 / Ken Dewey Memorial Service 16 Sept 1972 01:00 CD – Love ...
• 18 December

  Paul McCartney – Under The Staircase (No label DVD)

  

  Paul McCartney – Under The Staircase (No label DVD) Intro. / A Hard Day’s Night / Juniors Farm / One After 909 / Drive My Car / Come On To Me / I’ve Got A Feeling /  I’ve Just Seen A Face / Confidante / Love Me Do / We Can ...
• 10 December

  New Macca release on Copy Cat Chronicles plus others!

  

  The CCC label have a new Macca release out in time for the holidays, ‘Palacio de los Deportes – Mexico City’ features a soundboard recorded from the Driving Mexico tour, 2nd of November, 2002. A 2 CD set featuring the full show with remastered audio. The HMC label are reissuing ...
• 4 December

  The Beatles – Live at the Star Club (The executive version) (No Label)

  

  The Beatles, ‘Live At The Star Club (Executive Version)’ (No Label) Disc 1 – Be-Bop-A-Lula / I Saw Her Standing There / Hallelujah I Love Her So / Red Hot / Sheila / Kansas City / Shimmy Like Kate / Reminiscing / Red Sails In The Sunset / Sweet Little ...

November, 2018

• 2 November

  New Beatles on HMC – ‘Filling In The Gaps’

  

  Just in time for the boxed set season, HMC have come for your shelf space once more. ‘Filling In The Gaps’ features some more exclusive, new footage which will blow your socks off. Footage of ‘Paperback Writer’, ‘Rain’, ‘Revolution’, ‘Hey Jude’, ‘Hello Goodbye’ and ‘Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!’ all in is ...

October, 2018

• 28 October

  Wings ‘Last Flight’ on DAP!

  

  The DAP label have issued what appears to be the last, exhaustive word on Wing’s last live shows in 1979. A 2 CD set containing the full show at the Apollo Centre, Glasgow on the 17th of December, 1979 also includes music from the Concerts for the People of Kampuchea ...
• 8 October

  The Beatles – On Our Way Home (Golden Eggs – Eggs 035)

  

  The Beatles, “On Our Way Home” (Golden Eggs – Egg 35) Tracklist – ‘It’s The Beatles’, (2018 Source), Liverpool, Empire Theatre, Dec 7, 1963 – From Me To You / I Saw Her Standing There / Intro / All My Loving / Intro / Roll Over Beethoven / Intro / Boys / Intro / Til There Was You / She Loves You ...
• 5 October

  Paul McCartney – Collaborations (TMOQ Gazette / HMC 052)

  

  Paul McCartney, “Collaborations” (TMOQ Gazette / HMC 052) Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band – U2 / With A Little Help From My Friends – Ringo Starr / Cosmically Conscious – Ringo Starr / I Saw Her Standing There – Bruce Springsteen / Twist And Shout (Bruce Springsteen) / Cut ...

September, 2018

• 30 September

  The Beatles – Rare, Unseen and Unheard (HMC / TMOQ 050)

  

  The Beatles, ‘Rare, unseen and Unheard’ (TMOQ / His Masters Choice – HMC 050) After we were sent the very first trailers to promote this set and the Lennon ‘Holy Grails Vol. 5’ set, the internet pounced – Much was made of this fantastic bundle of videos and audio that ...
• 12 September

  Macca’s ‘Egypt Station’ promotion gets booted

  

  In one of the first releases from, no doubt, a few, the DAP label have raced in to announcing their compilation of the much discussed Grand Central Station ‘secret show’ that Paul McCartney pulled in NYC. This 2 CD, 1 DVD and 1 blu-ray set features not just the show ...

August, 2018

• 24 August

  John Lennon, “Holy Grails, Upgrades & Reconstructions Vol. 4” (TMOQ Gazette / HMC 049)

  

  John Lennon, “Holy Grails, Upgrades & Reconstructions Vol. 3” (TMOQ Gazette / HMC 048) DVD: Plastic Bands And More 1-1 Give Peace A Chance (May 31, 1969 Hotel Queen Elizabeth, Montreal) 6:36 / W5 (Toronto December 1969 CTV News Canada) 6:04 / Avro’s Televizier – Dutch TV, 16 December 1969 ...

July, 2018

• 8 July

  More news on those new HMC releases

  

  Just in time for the height of Summer news .. the latest HMC releases are due. Firstly, the Paul McCartney ‘Collaborations’ 2 CD set is due to drop alongside the latest release on CCC (Copy Cat Chronicle), a compilation of ‘White album’ era demos, remixes, oddities and live (solo) versions ...

June, 2018

• 30 June

  New from the HMC label – Macca collaborations

  

  Touted as featuring 40 collaborations between the cute fab and his musical buddies, the TMOQ gazette, edition No. 40 (See a theme?) is a space saving comp of a lot of Macca’s live appearances with friends – Stepping the fine line (yes!) between a true duets album (There is one ...
• 23 June

  The title is ‘Rare, Unseen and Unheard’ ..

  

  Or at least that’s all speculative on our behalf but we present to you the second trailer for HMC’s massively exciting new DVD / CD set, due this summer .. This leaves everything drifting in it’s wake. Rare, Unseen and Unheard   If you liked this review, buy me a ...
• 2 June

  Coming from HMC this summer ..

  

  Looking for something new from Beatles? Your friendly His Masters Choice label will be your point of call this summer. Yes, we’re promised a batch of brand new video and audio outtakes (“Rare, Unseen and Unheard”) and you’re gonna love it! But don’t just take my word for it .. ...

May, 2018

• 31 May

  John Lennon, ‘Holy Grails .. Vol. 5’ – preview

  

  Volume 4 seems to be appearing in dealers hands and soon enough, Vol. 5 will appear. A small JPEG for it’s artwork has started to circulate online but here, exclusively, is your video preview .. Holy Grails 5 If you liked this review, buy me a cup of joe. (Suggested: ...