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2008-04-17 13:01:55 Description: You love this music Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, George Harrison, and John Lennon Beatles Soundtrack (partials) 0:00 - 0:13 Twist & Shout 0:14 - 0:29 I Feel Fine 0:29 - 0:41 We Can Work It Out (More) You love this music Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, George Harrison, and John Lennon Beatles Soundtrack (partials) 0:00 - 0:13 Twist & Shout 0:14 - 0:29 I Feel Fine 0:29 - 0:41 We Can Work It Out 0:41 - 0:54 I Wanna Hold Your Hand 0:54 - 1:10 Love Me Do 1:10 - 1:21 She Loves You 1:21 - 1:39 Yes It Is 1:40 - 1:55 I Will 1:56 - 2:20 All My Loving 2:20 - 2:44 Birthday 2:45 - 3:10 Lucy in the Sky 3:10 - 3:26 Sgt. Pepper 3:26 - 3:42 I Am the Walrus 3:42 - 3:57 Magical Mystery Tour 3:57 - 4:13 Yes it Is (again) 4:13 - 4:24 She Loves You (again) 4:24 - 4:44 Ticket to Ride 4:44 - 5:05 Paperback Writer 5:05 - 5:30 Hey Jude 5:30 - 5:52 Get Back 5:53 - 6:02 I need help here, no idea what this one is 6:02 - 6:29 Ob La Di Ob La Da [ above is courtesy of HappyDaze01. Thx HaDz01"!] Origin Liverpool, England Rock/Pop - Years active 1960--1970 Parlophone, Capitol, Apple, Vee-Jay, Polydor, Swan, Tollie Related to Tony Sheridan, The Quarrymen, The Plastic Ono Band, The Dirty Mac, Wings, Traveling Wilburys, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, Ringo Starr All-Starr Band, Billy Preston Members - Ever to Date John Lennon Paul McCartney George Harrison Ringo Starr Former members Stuart Sutcliffe Pete Best The Beatles were an English rock band from Liverpool whose members were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. They are the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed band in the history of popular music. The Beatles are the best-selling musical act of all time in the United States of America, according to the Recording Industry Association of America, which certified them as the highest selling band of all time based on American sales of singles and albums. In the United Kingdom, The Beatles released more than 40 different singles, albums, and EPs that reached number one. This commercial success was repeated in many other countries: their record company, EMI, estimated that by 1985 they had sold over one billion discs and tapes worldwide. In 2004, Rolling Stone Magazine ranked The Beatles #1 on their list of 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. According to that same magazine, their innovative music and cultural impact helped define the 1960s,[2] and their influence on pop culture can still be felt today. The Beatles led the mid-1960s musical "British Invasion" into the United States. Although their initial musical style was rooted in 1950s rock and roll and homegrown skiffle, the group explored genres ranging from Tin Pan Alley to psychedelic rock. Their clothes, styles, and statements made them trend-setters, while their growing social awareness saw their influence extend into the social and cultural revolutions of the 1960s. 1957--1960: Formation The Quarrymen In March 1957, John Lennon formed a skiffle group called The Quarrymen whilst attending Quarry Bank Grammar School in Liverpool.[6] Lennon and the Quarrymen met guitarist Paul McCartney at the Woolton Garden Fête held at St. Peter's Church on 6 July 1957.[7] On 6 February 1958, the young guitarist George Harrison was invited to watch the group (who played under a variety of names) at Wilson Hall, Garston, Liverpool.[8] McCartney had become acquainted with Harrison on the morning school bus ride to the Liverpool Institute, as they both lived in Speke. At McCartney's insistence, Harrison joined the Quarrymen as lead guitarist[9] after a rehearsal in March 1958, overcoming Lennon's initial reluctance because of Harrison's young age.[10] Members continually joined and left the lineup during that period, and in January 1960 Lennon's art school friend Stuart Sutcliffe joined on bass.[11] Lennon and McCartney both played rhythm guitar and the group had a high turnover of drummers. The Quarrymen went through a progression of names — "Johnny and the Moondogs", "Long John and the Beatles", "the Silver Beetles" (derived from Larry Parnes' suggestion of "Long John and the Silver Beetles") — before settling on "The Beatles". There are many theories as to the origin of the name and its unusual spelling. It is usually credited to Lennon, who said that the name was a combination word-play on the insects "beetles" (as a reference to Buddy Holly's band, the Crickets) and the word "beat". Cynthia Lennon suggests that Lennon came up with the name Beatles at a "brainstorming session over a beer-soaked table in the Renshaw Hall bar."[12] Lennon, who was well known for giving multiple versions of the same story joked in a 1961 Mersey Beat magazine article that "It came in a vision — a man appeared on a flaming pie and said unto them, 'From this day on you are Beatles with an A'".[13] During an interview in 2001, Paul McCartney took credit for the peculiar spelling of the name, saying that "John had the idea of calling us the Beetles, I said, 'how about the Beatles; you know, like the beat of the drum?' At the time, everyone was stoned enough to find it hilarious. It's funny how history is made." [14] In May 1960 The Beatles toured northeast Scotland as a back-up band with singer Johnny Gentle.[15] They met Gentle an hour before their first gig, and McCartney referred to the tour as a great experience for the band.[16] For the tour the often drummerless group secured the services of Tommy Moore, who was considerably older than the others.[17] Soon after the tour, however, feeling the age gap was too great Moore left the band and went back to work in a bottling factory as a fork-lift truck driver.[18] Norman Chapman was the band's next drummer, but was called up for National Service in a few weeks. His departure posed a significant problem as the group's unofficial manager, Allan Williams, had arranged for them to perform in clubs on the Reeperbahn in Hamburg, Germany.[19] 1960--1970: The Beatles Hamburg On 15 August 1960, McCartney invited Pete Best to become the group's permanent drummer. He had watched Best play with the Blackjacks[20] in the Casbah Club, owned by Pete's mother, Mona Best. This was a cellar club in West Derby, Liverpool, where The Beatles had played and often visited.[21] In the documentary The Compleat Beatles, Williams said that Best "played not too cleverly, but passable." The Beatles started playing in Hamburg at the Indra and Kaiserkeller bars. They were required to play six or seven hours a night, seven nights a week. Shortly after they began performing at a new venue, the "Top Ten Club",[22] Harrison was deported for having lied to the German authorities about his age.[23] A week later, having started a small fire at their living quarters while vacating it for more luxurious rooms, McCartney and Best were arrested, charged with arson, and deported.[24] Lennon followed the others to Liverpool in mid-December. The reunited Beatles played their first engagement on 17 December 1960 at the Casbah Club and returned to Hamburg in April 1961. Whilst playing at the Top Ten Club they were recruited by singer Tony Sheridan to act as his backing band on a series of recordings for the German Polydor Records label,[25] produced by famed bandleader Bert Kaempfert.[19] Kaempfert signed the group to its own Polydor contract at the first session on 22 June 1961. On 31 October Polydor released the recording "My Bonnie (Mein Herz ist bei dir nur)", which appeared on the German charts under the name "Tony Sheridan and the Beat Brothers", a generic name used for whoever happened to be in Sheridan's backup band.[26] In addition to the legend that this record led to the group's eventual meeting with Brian Epstein, it also resulted in their first mention in the American press. Around the beginning of 1962, Cashbox mentioned "My Bonnie" as the debut of a "new rock and roll team, Tony Sheridan and the Beat Brothers". A few copies were also pressed under the Decca label for U.S. disc jockeys, as American Decca had a distribution deal with Polydor parent Deutsche Grammophon.[27] (This was ironic, considering that by this time the then-unaffiliated British Decca had turned down the group's attempt to gain a recording contract.) When the group returned to Liverpool, Sutcliffe stayed on in Hamburg with his new German fiancee Astrid Kirchherr, [28] and McCartney took over bass duties.[29] Their third stay in Hamburg was from 13 April to 31 May 1962, when they opened The Star Club.[19] Upon their arrival they were informed of Sutcliffe's death from a brain haemorrhage.[30] Epstein took over as the group's manager in January 1962 and led The Beatles' quest for a British recording contract. Epstein had been manager of the record department at North End Music Store (NEMS), an offshoot of his family's furniture store. He played on the status of NEMS as a major record dealer to gain access to producers and recording company executives. In a now-famous exchange, Decca Records A&R executive Dick Rowe turned Epstein down flat, informing him that "Guitar groups are on the way out, Mr. Epstein."[31] While Epstein was negotiating with Decca, he also approached EMI marketing executive Ron White.[32] White (who was not himself a record producer) in turn contacted EMI producers Norrie Paramor, Walter Ridley, and Norman Newell, all of whom declined to record The Beatles.[33] White did not approach EMI's fourth staff producer — George Martin — who was on holiday at the time.[34] Record contract After failing to impress Decca Records, Epstein went to the HMV store on Oxford Street in London to transfer the Decca tapes to discs. There, recording engineer Jim Foy referred him to Sid Coleman, who ran EMI's publishing arm. When Coleman heard the demo tapes he suggested taking the tapes to George Martin, who, Coleman explained, "does comedy records" and headed the Parlophone label at EMI. Epstein eventually met with Martin, who signed the group to EMI on a one-year renewable contract and scheduled their first recording session on 6 June at EMI's Abbey Road studios in north London.[35] Martin had not been particularly impressed by the band's demo recordings,[36] but he instantly liked them as people when he met them. He concluded that they had raw musical talent, but said (in later interviews) that what made the difference for him was their wit and humour.[37] Martin did have a problem with Pete Best, [36] whom he criticised for not being able to keep time. He privately suggested to Epstein that the band use another drummer in the studio. Best was good-looking and popular with the group's fans, but the three founding members had become increasingly unhappy with his drumming and his personality.[citation needed] There was speculation by some that Best's popularity[38] with fans was another source of friction. In addition, Epstein had become exasperated with his refusal to adopt the distinctive hairstyle as part of their unified look. Best also had missed a number of engagements because of illness. The three founding members enlisted Epstein to dismiss Best - which he did on 16 August 1962.[39] They asked Ringo Starr (born Richard Starkey), the drummer for one of the top Merseybeat groups, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, to join the band, as Starr had performed occasionally with The Beatles in Hamburg.[40] The first recordings of Lennon, McCartney, Harrison, and Starr together were made as early as 15 October 1960, in a series of demonstration records privately recorded in Hamburg while acting as the backing group for singer Lu Walters.[41] Starr played on The Beatles' second EMI recording session on 4 September 1962, but Martin hired session drummer Andy White for their next session on 11 September.[42] Their recording contract paid them one penny for each single sold, which was split amongst the four Beatles — one farthing per group member.[43] This royalty rate was further reduced for singles sold outside the UK, on which they received half of one penny (again split between the whole band) per single. Martin said later that it was a "pretty awful" contract.[43] Their publishing contract with Dick James Music (DJM) was also standard for the time: songwriters received the statutory minimum of 50% of the gross monies received, with the publisher retaining the other 50%.[citation needed] The Beatles' first EMI session on 6 June did not yield any releasable recordings but the September sessions produced a minor UK hit, "Love Me Do", which peaked on the charts at number 17.[44] ("Love Me Do" reached the top of the U.S. singles chart over 18 months later in May 1964.) On 26 November they recorded their second single "Please Please Me", which reached no. 2 in the official UK charts and no. 1 in the NME chart. Three months later they recorded their first album (also titled Please Please Me). The band's first televised performance was on the People and Places programme transmitted live from Manchester by Granada Television on 17 October 1962.[45] As The Beatles' fame spread, the frenzied adulation of the group, predominantly from teenage female fans, was dubbed 'Beatlemania'. In November 1963 The Beatles appeared on the Royal Variety Performance and were photographed with Marlene Dietrich, who also appeared on the show.[citation needed] America Although the band experienced huge popularity in the UK record charts from early 1963, EMI's American operation, Capitol Records, declined to issue the singles "Please Please Me" and "From Me to You (their first official no. 1 hit in the UK)".[46] Vee-Jay Records, a small Chicago label, issued the singles as part of a deal for the rights to another performer's masters. Art Roberts, music director of Chicago powerhouse radio station WLS, placed "Please Please Me" into radio rotation in late February 1963 making it the first time a Beatles record was heard on American radio. Vee-Jay's rights to The Beatles were later cancelled for non-payment of royalties.[47] In August 1963, Philadelphia-based Swan Records released "She Loves You", which also failed to receive airplay. A testing of the song on Dick Clark's TV show American Bandstand produced laughter from American teenagers when they saw the group's distinctive hairstyles. New York disc jockey Murray the K featured "She Loves You" on his '1010 WINS record revue' show in January.[48] In early November 1963, Brian Epstein persuaded Ed Sullivan to present The Beatles on three editions of his show in February, and parlayed this guaranteed exposure into a record deal with Capitol Records. Capitol committed to a mid-January release for "I Want to Hold Your Hand",[49] On 7 December 1963 a clip of The Beatles was shown on the CBS Evening News (the story originally had been scheduled to air on 22 November and was aired on the CBS Morning News but was pre-empted by the assassination of John F. Kennedy). The clip inspired a teenage girl in Washington, D.C. to request a Beatles song on a local radio station. The station secured an imported copy of "I Want to Hold Your Hand" — forcing Capitol Records to release the song ahead of schedule on 26 December. Several New York radio stations — first WMCA, then WINS (AM) and WABC — began playing "I Want to Hold Your Hand" on its release day. The Beatlemania that had started in Washington was duplicated in New York and quickly spread to other markets. The record sold one million copies in just ten days, and by 16 January, Cashbox magazine had certified the record number one (in the edition marked 23 January). On 3 January 1964 a film of The Beatles performing "She Loves You" was aired on the late-night Jack Paar Show. Beatlemania crosses the Atlantic On 7 February 1964, a crowd of four thousand fans at Heathrow Airport waved to The Beatles as they took off for their first trip to America as a group.[51] They were accompanied by photographers, journalists (including Maureen Cleave) and Phil Spector, who had booked himself on the same flight.[52] The pilot had radioed ahead, and as they prepared to land said, "Tell the boys there's a big crowd waiting for them." Kennedy International Airport had never experienced such a crowd, estimated at about 3,000 screaming fans.[53] After a press conference (where they first met Murray the K) they were put into limousines and driven to New York. On the way McCartney turned on a radio and listened to a running commentary: "They [The Beatles] have just left the airport and are coming to New York City..."[54] After reaching the Plaza Hotel, they were besieged by fans and reporters. Harrison had a temperature of 102 the next day and was ordered to stay in bed, so Neil Aspinall replaced him for the first television rehearsal.[55] Their first live American television appearance was on the The Ed Sullivan Show on 9 February 1964. The next morning practically every newspaper wrote that The Beatles were nothing more than a "fad", and "could not carry a tune across the Atlantic".[56] Their first American concert appearance was at Washington Coliseum in Washington, D.C. on 11 February.[57] After The Beatles' huge success in 1964, Vee-Jay Records and Swan Records took advantage of their previously secured rights to The Beatles' early recordings and reissued the songs, all of which reached the top ten the second time around. (MGM and Atco also secured rights to The Beatles' early Tony Sheridan-era recordings and had minor hits with "My Bonnie" and "Ain't She Sweet", the latter featuring John Lennon on lead vocal.) In addition to Introducing... The Beatles, which was essentially The Beatles' debut British album with some minor alterations, Vee-Jay also issued an unusual LP called The Beatles Vs The Four Seasons. This 2-LP set paired Introducing... The Beatles and The Golden Hits Of The Four Seasons, another successful act that Vee-Jay had under contract, in a 'contest' (the back cover featured a 'score card'). Another unusual release was the Hear The Beatles Tell All album, which consisted of two lengthy interviews with Los Angeles radio disc jockeys (side one was titled "Dave Hull interviews John Lennon," while side two was titled "Jim Steck interviews John, Paul, George, Ringo"). No Beatles music was included on this interview album, which turned out to be the only Vee Jay Beatles album Capitol Records could not reclaim. The Vee-Jay/Swan-issued recordings eventually ended up with Capitol, who issued most of the Vee-Jay material on the American-only Capitol release The Early Beatles, with three songs left off this final US version of the album. ("I Saw Her Standing There" was issued as the American B-side of "I Want to Hold Your Hand," and also appeared on the Capitol Records album Meet The Beatles. "Misery" and "There's a Place" were issued as a Capitol "Starline" reissue single in 1964, and reappeared on the 1980 Rarities compilation album.) The early Vee-Jay and Swan Beatles records command a high price on the record collectors' market, and all have been copiously bootlegged.[58] The Swan tracks ("She Loves You" and "I'll Get You") were issued on the Capitol LP The Beatles' Second Album. (Swan also issued the German-language version of "She Loves You," called "Sie Liebt Dich." This song later appeared (in stereo) on Capitol's US version of the Rarities compilation album.) In mid-1964 the band undertook their first appearances outside of Europe and North America. They toured Australia and New Zealand without Ringo Starr, who was ill and temporarily replaced by session drummer Jimmy Nicol. In Adelaide they were greeted by over 300,000 people who turned out at Adelaide Town Hall.[59] In June 1965, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II appointed the four Beatles Members of the Order of the British Empire, MBE. The band members were nominated by Prime Minister Harold Wilson (who also was the M.P. for Huyton, Liverpool).[60] The appointment — at that time primarily bestowed upon military veterans and civic leaders — sparked some conservative MBE recipients to return their insignia in protest.[61] The first two were returned on 14 June, before The Beatles received theirs on 26 October 1965.[62] On 15 August that year, The Beatles performed the first stadium concert in the history of rock, playing at Shea Stadium in New York to a crowd of 55,600.[63] Their sixth album, Rubber Soul, was released in early December 1965. It was hailed as a major leap forward in the maturity and complexity of the band's music.[64] Backlash and controversy In July 1966, when The Beatles toured the Philippines, they unintentionally snubbed the nation's first lady, Imelda Marcos, who had expected the group to attend a breakfast reception at the Presidential Palace.[65] When presented with the invitation, Brian Epstein politely declined on behalf of the group, as it had never been the group's policy to accept such "official" invitations.[66] The group soon found that the Marcos regime was unaccustomed to accepting "no" for an answer. After the 'snub' was broadcast on Philippine television and radio, all of The Beatles' police protection disappeared. The group and their entourage had to make their way to Manila airport on their own. At the airport, roadie Mal Evans was beaten and kicked, and the band members were pushed and jostled about by a hostile crowd.[67] Once the group boarded the plane, Epstein and Evans were ordered off, and Evans said, "Tell my wife that I love her."[68] Epstein was forced to give back all the money that the band had earned while they were there before being allowed back on the plane.[69] Almost as soon as they returned from the Philippines, an earlier comment by Lennon made in March that year launched a backlash against The Beatles from religious and social conservatives in the United States. In an interview with British reporter Maureen Cleave,[70] Lennon had offered his opinion that Christianity was dying and that The Beatles were "more popular than Jesus now."[71] Afterwards, a radio station in Birmingham, Alabama, ran a story on burning Beatles records, in what was considered to be a joke. However, many people affiliated with rural churches in the American South started taking the suggestion seriously. Towns across the United States and South Africa started to burn Beatles records in protest. Attempting to make light of the incident, McCartney said, "They've got to buy them before they can burn them." Under tremendous pressure from the American media, Lennon apologised for his remarks at a press conference in Chicago on August 11, the eve of the first performance of what turned out to be their final tour.[72] The group's two-year series of Capitol compilations also took a strange twist in the United States when one of their publicity shots, used for a Yesterday and Today album and a poster promoting the UK release of "Paperback Writer", created an uproar, as it featured the band draped in meat and plastic dolls. Thousands of these copies had to be withdrawn. Years later, the cover shot was linked with the group's interest in German expressionism.[72] Elvis Presley disapproved of The Beatles's anti-war activism and open use of drugs, later asking President Nixon to ban all four members of the group from entering the United States. Peter Guralnick writes, "The Beatles, Elvis said, [...] had been a focal point for anti-Americanism. They had come to this country, made their money, then gone back to England where they fomented anti-American feeling."[73] Guralnick adds, "Presley indicated that he is of the opinion that The Beatles laid the groundwork for many of the problems we are having with young people by their filthy unkempt appearances and suggestive music while entertaining in this country during the early and middle 1960s."[74] Despite Elvis' remarks, Lennon still had some positive feeling towards him: "Before Elvis, there was nothing."[75] The studio years The Beatles at their last concert, Candlestick Park.In April 1966, the group began recording what would be their most ambitious album to date, Revolver. During the recording sessions for the album, tape looping and early sampling were introduced in a complex mix of ballad, R&B, soul and world music. The Beatles performed their last concert before paying fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco on 29 August 1966.[72] McCartney asked Tony Barrow to tape the event, but the 30-minute tape he used ran out halfway through the last song. The concert lasted a little under 35 minutes.[76] From then on, The Beatles concentrated on recording. Less than seven months after recording Revolver, The Beatles returned to Abbey Road Studios on 24 November 1966 to begin the 129-day recording sessions for their eighth album, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, released on 1 June 1967. On 25 June 1967, The Beatles became the first band globally transmitted on television—before an estimated 400 million people worldwide. The band appeared in a segment within the first-ever worldwide TV satellite hook-up, a show titled Our World. The Beatles were transmitted live from Abbey Road Studios, and their new song "All You Need Is Love" was recorded live during the show. The band's business affairs began to unravel after manager Brian Epstein died of an accidental prescription drug overdose on 27 August 1967 at the age of 32. At the end of 1967, they received their first major negative press in the UK with disparaging reviews of their surrealistic TV film Magical Mystery Tour.[77] Part of the criticism arose because colour was an integral part of the film, but in 1967 few viewers in the UK had colour televisions. The film's soundtrack, which features one of The Beatles' few instrumental tracks ("Flying"), was released in the United Kingdom as a double EP, and in the United States as a full LP (the LP is now the official version). The group spent the early part of 1968 in Rishikesh, Uttar Pradesh, India, studying transcendental meditation with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.[78] Upon their return, Lennon and McCartney went to New York to announce the formation of Apple Corps. The middle of 1968 saw the band busy recording the double album The Beatles, popularly known as The White Album because of its plain white cover. These sessions saw deep divisions opening within the band, with Starr temporarily walking out. The band carried on, with McCartney recording the drums on the songs "Martha My Dear", "Wild Honey Pie", "Dear Prudence" and "Back in the USSR". Among the other causes of dissension were that Lennon's new girlfriend, Yoko Ono, was at his side through almost all of the sessions, and that the others felt that McCartney was becoming too dominating.[79] Internal divisions within the band had been a small but growing problem during their early years; most notably, this was reflected in the difficulty that George Harrison experienced in getting his own songs onto Beatles albums. On the business side, McCartney wanted Lee Eastman, the father of his then-girlfriend Linda Eastman, to manage The Beatles, but the other members wanted New York manager Allen Klein. All past Beatles' decisions had been unanimous, but this time the four could not agree. Lennon, Harrison and Starr felt the Eastmans would put McCartney's interests before those of the group. In 1971 it was discovered that Klein, who had been appointed manager, had stolen £5 million from The Beatles' holdings. Years later, during the Anthology interviews, McCartney said of this time, "Looking back, I can understand why they would feel that he [Lee Eastman] was biased against them." Their final live performance was on the rooftop of the Apple building in Savile Row, London, on 30 January 1969, the next-to-last day of the difficult Get Back sessions. Most of the performance was filmed and later included in the film Let It Be. While the band was playing, the local police were called because of complaints about the noise. Although the group was simply asked to end their performance, the band members later remarked in the Anthology video that they were disappointed they were not arrested — pointing out that the police hauling the band members off in handcuffs would have been "an appropriate ending" for the film. The Beatles recorded their final album, Abbey Road, in the summer of 1969. The completion of the song "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" for the album on 20 August was the last time all four Beatles were together in the same studio. Their final new song was Harrison's "I Me Mine", recorded 3 January 1970 and released on the Let It Be album. It was recorded without Lennon, who was in Denmark when the song was recorded.[80] Breakup John Lennon announced his departure to the rest of the group on 20 September 1969 but agreed that no announcement was to be publicly made until a number of legal matters were resolved. In March 1970 the Get Back session tapes were given to American producer Phil Spector, who had produced Lennon's solo single "Instant Karma!". Spector's "Wall of Sound" production values went against the original intent of the record, which had been to record a stripped-down live performance. McCartney was deeply dissatisfied with Spector's treatment of "The Long and Winding Road", and unsuccessfully attempted to halt release of Spector's version of the song. McCartney publicly announced the break-up on 10 April 1970, a week before releasing his first solo album, McCartney. Pre-release copies included a press release with a self-written interview explaining the end of The Beatles and his hopes for the future.[81] On 8 May 1970, the Spector-produced version of Get Back was released as Let It Be, followed by the documentary film of the same name. The Beatles' partnership was finally dissolved in 1975.[82] 1970--present: After The Beatles Ringo Starr, 1968 Shortly before and after the official dissolution of the group, all four Beatles released solo albums, including Lennon's John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, McCartney's McCartney, Starr's Sentimental Journey, and Harrison's All Things Must Pass. Some of their albums featured contributions by other former Beatles; Starr's Ringo (1973) was the only one to include compositions and performances by all four, albeit on separate songs. Other than an unreleased jam session in 1974 (later bootlegged as A Toot and a Snore in '74), Lennon and McCartney never recorded together again. In the wake of the expiration in 1975 of The Beatles' contract with EMI-Capitol, the American Capitol label, rushing to cash in on its vast Beatles holdings and freed from the group's creative control, released five LPs: Rock 'n' Roll Music (a compilation of their more uptempo numbers), The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl (containing portions of two unreleased shows at the Hollywood Bowl), Love Songs (a compilation of their slower numbers), Rarities (a compilation of tracks that either had never been released in the U.S. or had gone out of print), and Reel Music (a compilation of songs from their films). There was also a non-Capitol-EMI release of a show from the group's early days at the Star Club in Hamburg captured on a poor-quality tape. Of all these post-breakup LPs, only the Hollywood Bowl LP had the approval of the group members. Upon the American release of the original British CDs in 1986, these post-breakup Capitol American compilation LPs were deleted from the Capitol catalogue. John Lennon was shot and killed by Mark David Chapman on 8 December 1980 in New York City. Shortly afterward, in 1981, the three surviving Beatles reunited to record "All Those Years Ago", released as a George Harrison solo single. Its original lyrics had been rewritten as a tribute to Lennon. The BBC has a large collection of Beatles recordings, mostly comprising original studio sessions from 1963 to 1968. Much of this material formed the basis for a 1988 radio documentary series The Beeb's Lost Beatles Tapes. In 1989, many outtakes from The Beatles sessions appeared on the radio series The Lost Lennon Tapes. Later, in 1994, the best of the BBC sessions were given an official EMI release on Live at the BBC. In 1988 The Beatles were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a group (not as individual performers) during their first year of eligibility.[83] On the night of their induction, Harrison and Starr appeared to accept their award along with Lennon's widow Yoko Ono and his two sons. McCartney stayed away, issuing a press release citing "unresolved difficulties" with Harrison, Starr, and Lennon's estate. Solo Beatles later inducted were Lennon in 1994, McCartney in 1999 and Harrison in 2004. Collage of the various covers of the Anthology seriesIn February 1994, the three surviving Beatles reunited to produce and record additional music for a few of Lennon's home recordings. "Free as a Bird" premiered as part of The Beatles Anthology series of television documentaries and was released as a single in December 1995, with "Real Love" following in March 1996. These songs were also included in the three Anthology collections of CDs released in 1995 and 1996, each of which consisted of two CDs of never-before-released Beatles material. Klaus Voormann, who had known The Beatles since their Hamburg days and had previously illustrated the Revolver album cover, directed the Anthology cover concept. 450,000 copies of Anthology 1 were sold on its first day of release. In 2000, a compilation album named 1 was released, containing almost every number-one single released by the band from 1962 to 1970. The collection sold 3.6 million copies in its first week (selling 3 copies a second) and more than 12 million in three weeks worldwide. The collection also reached number one in the United States and 33 other countries and had sold 25 million copies by 2005 (about the ninth best selling album of all time). George Harrison during this time showed his socio-political consciousness and earned respect for his contribution for arranging the Concert For Bangladesh in New York in August 1971 along with sitar maestro Ravi Shankar. Harrison died of lung cancer on 29 November 2001. More recently, in 2006, George Martin and his son Giles Martin remixed original Beatles recordings to create a soundtrack to accompany Cirque du Soleil's theatrical production Love. Musical evolution The Beatles' constant demands to create new sounds on every new recording, combined with George Martin's arranging abilities and the studio expertise of EMI staff engineers such as Norman Smith, Ken Townshend and Geoff Emerick, all played significant parts in the innovative sounds of the albums Rubber Soul (1965), Revolver (1966) and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967). The Beatles continued to absorb influences long after their initial success, often finding new musical and lyrical avenues by listening to their contemporaries. Among those influences were Bob Dylan, who influenced songs such as "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" and "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)".[84] Other contemporary influences included the Byrds and the Beach Boys, whose album Pet Sounds was a favourite of McCartney's.[85] Along with studio tricks such as sound effects, unconventional microphone placements, tape loops, double tracking and vari-speed recording, The Beatles began to augment their recordings with instruments that were unconventional for rock music at the time. These included string and brass ensembles as well as Indian instruments such as the sitar as in Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) and the swarmandel as in Strawberry Fields Forever. They also used early electronic instruments such as the Mellotron, with which McCartney supplied the flute voices on the intro to "Strawberry Fields Forever", and the ondioline, an electronic keyboard that created the unusual oboe-like sound on "Baby You're a Rich Man". Beginning with the use of a string quartet (arranged by George Martin with input from McCartney) on "Yesterday" in 1965, The Beatles pioneered a modern form of art song, exemplified by the double-quartet string arrangement on "Eleanor Rigby" (1966), "Here, There and Everywhere" (1966) and "She's Leaving Home" (1967). A televised performance of Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 directly inspired McCartney's use of a piccolo trumpet on the arrangement of "Penny Lane". The Beatles moved towards psychedelia with "Rain" and "Tomorrow Never Knows" from 1966, and "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "I Am the Walrus" from 1967. Influence on popular culture Lifestyle The Beatles' lifestyles were greatly altered by their success and the income they earned. The availability of the first oral contraceptive and illegal drugs changed many people's opinions — including The Beatles' — about life, marriage, and sexual relationships.[86] Recreational drug use In Hamburg, The Beatles used "prellies" (Preludin) both recreationally and to maintain their energy through all-night performances.[87] McCartney would usually take one, but Lennon would often take four or five.[87] Bob Dylan introduced them to cannabis during a 1964 visit to New York.[88] McCartney remembered them all getting "very high" and giggling.[89] The Beatles occasionally smoked a spliff in the car on the way to the studio during the filming of Help!, which often made them forget their lines.[90] In April 1965, Lennon and Harrison were introduced to LSD by an acquaintance, dentist John Riley.[91] Lennon in particular became an avid "tripper", claiming in a 1970 interview in Rolling Stone to have taken LSD hundreds of times. McCartney was more reluctant to try the drug, but finally did so in 1966 and was the first Beatle to talk about it in the press. The Beatles added their names to an advertisement in The Times, on 24 July 1967, which asked for the legalisation of cannabis, the release of all prisoners imprisoned because of possession, and research into marijuana's medical uses. The advertisement was sponsored by a group called Soma, and was signed by 65 people, including Brian Epstein, Graham Greene, R.D. Laing, 15 doctors, and two MPs.[92] On a sailing trip to Greece, in 1967, the whole band sat around on the boat and took acid.[93] Meditation On 24 August 1967, The Beatles met the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at the London Hilton, and a few days later went to Bangor, in North Wales, to attend a weekend 'initiation' conference.[94] There, the Maharishi gave each of them a mantra.[95] Their time in early 1968 at the Maharishi's ashram in India was highly productive from a musical standpoint, as practically all of the songs that would later be recorded for The White Album and Abbey Road were composed there by Lennon, McCartney, and Harrison.[78] Discography Further information: List of Beatles songs by singer, The Beatles record sales, worldwide charts, The Beatles bootlegs, and List of Beatles hit singles Official CD catalogue In 1987, EMI released all 12 of The Beatles' studio albums — as originally released in the UK — on CD worldwide. (North American releases were on EMI's American subsidiary Capitol Records). It was a considered decision by Apple Corps to standardise The Beatles catalogue throughout the world. Because there were tracks that had been released in the UK on singles and EPs that had not been released on the original UK albums, in order for all their recordings to be available on CD it was necessary to create three further CDs that would contain the missing tracks. One CD was of a 1967 US compilation album that featured the 6-track 1967 UK EP Magical Mystery Tour and the various singles released in that year. The other two CDs were new compilations that gathered together all the other singles, EP tracks and recordings from 1962--1970 that had not been issued on the original British studio albums. Magical Mystery Tour - 8 August 1987[96] Past Masters, Volume One - 7 March 1988 Past Masters, Volume Two - 7 March 1988 According to EMI and the Guinness Book of Records, The Beatles have sold in excess of one billion units (1,010,000,000, including cassettes, records, CDs and bootlegs). Beginning in 2004, the US album configurations were released as a series of box sets from Capitol Records (The Capitol Albums, Volume 1 & Volume 2); these included both stereo and mono versions based on the mixes that were prepared for vinyl at the time of their original 1960s releases. Song catalogue In 1963 Lennon and McCartney agreed to assign their song publishing rights to Northern Songs, a company created by music publisher Dick James. The company was administered by James' own company Dick James Music. Northern Songs went public in 1965, with Lennon and McCartney each holding 15% of the company's shares whilst Dick James and the company's chairman, Charles Silver, held a controlling 37.5%. In 1969, following a failed attempt by Lennon and McCartney to buy the company, James and Silver sold Northern Songs to British TV company Associated TeleVision (ATV), from which Lennon and McCartney received stock. In 1985, after a short period in which the parent company was owned by Australian business magnate Robert Holmes à Court, ATV Music was sold to Michael Jackson for a reported $47 million (trumping a joint bid by McCartney and Yoko Ono), including the publishing rights to over 200 songs composed by Lennon and McCartney. A decade later Jackson and Sony merged its music publishing businesses. Since 1995, Jackson and Sony/ATV Music Publishing have jointly owned most of the Lennon-McCartney songs recorded by The Beatles. Sony later reported that Jackson had used his share of their co-owned Beatles' catalogue as collateral for a loan from the music company. Meanwhile, Lennon's estate and McCartney still receive their respective songwriter shares of the royalties. (Despite his ownership of most of the Lennon-McCartney publishing, Jackson has only recorded one Lennon-McCartney composition himself, "Come Together" which was featured in his film Moonwalker.) Although the Jackson-Sony catalogue includes most of The Beatles' greatest hits, four of their earliest songs had been published by one of EMI's publishing companies prior to Lennon and McCartney signing with Dick James — and McCartney later succeeded in personally acquiring the publishing rights to "Love Me Do", "Please Please Me", "P.S. I Love You" and "Ask Me Why" from EMI. Harrison and Starr did not renew their songwriting contracts with Northern Songs in 1968, signing with Apple Publishing instead. Harrison later created Harrisongs, his own company which still owns the rights to his post-1967 songs such as "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" and "Something". Starr also created his own company, called Startling Music. It holds the rights to his two post-1967 songs recorded by The Beatles, "Don't Pass Me By" and "Octopus's Garden". The future of The Beatles catalogue The Beatles are but a few of the major artists (aside from Led Zeppelin and Garth Brooks) who have not to date allowed their entire recorded catalogue to be available through major online music services (iTunes, Napster, etc.). This may be due to the massive royalty fees demanded by the group. As a result, The Beatles' music (both officially and unofficially released) has been made available through illegal music search engines such as eMule and BearShare, and have apparently raised the ire of the entire music industry. However, sure signs that official online distributions may be coming is the fact that the video for Tomorrow Never Knows/Within You Without You (the remix from their album Love) is currently being distributed (as of June, 2007) via Napster, and many Internet radio networks (such as Pandora Internet Radio and Live365.com) are allowing Beatles songs to be broadcasted over the world wide web. There has been talk of negotiations to make such an official online distribution schedule possible. Officials at Apple Corps have hinted at this, as they have confirmed that the entire Beatles catalog has been digitally remastered for online distribution. On film Main article: The Beatles on film The Beatles appeared in several films, all of which featured associated soundtrack albums. The band played themselves in two films directed by Richard Lester, A Hard Day's Night (1964) and Help! (1965). The group produced and starred in the hour-long television movie Magical Mystery Tour (1967), while the documentary Let It Be (released 1970) followed the recording sessions for the Get Back project in early 1969. In addition, the psychedelic animated film Yellow Submarine (1968) followed the adventures of a cartoon version of the band; the members did not provide their own voices, appearing only in a brief live-action epilogue. Other projects Anthology Main article: The Beatles Anthology Love Main article: Love (Cirque du Soleil) Instrumentation Rickenbacker, Gretsch, Epiphone, Gibson, Fender, and C.F. 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Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, George Harrison, and John Lennon
Beatles Soundtrack (partials)
0:00 - 0:13 Twist & Shout
0:14 - 0:29 I Feel Fine
0:29 - 0:41 We Can Work It Out
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Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, George Harrison, and John Lennon
Beatles Soundtrack (partials)
0:00 - 0:13 Twist & Shout
0:14 - 0:29 I Feel Fine
0:29 - 0:41 We Can Work It Out
0:41 - 0:54 I Wanna Hold Your Hand
0:54 - 1:10 Love Me Do
1:10 - 1:21 She Loves You
1:21 - 1:39 Yes It Is
1:40 - 1:55 I Will
1:56 - 2:20 All My Loving
2:20 - 2:44 Birthday
2:45 - 3:10 Lucy in the Sky
3:10 - 3:26 Sgt. Pepper
3:26 - 3:42 I Am the Walrus
3:42 - 3:57 Magical Mystery Tour
3:57 - 4:13 Yes it Is (again)
4:13 - 4:24 She Loves You (again)
4:24 - 4:44 Ticket to Ride
4:44 - 5:05 Paperback Writer
5:05 - 5:30 Hey Jude
5:30 - 5:52 Get Back
5:53 - 6:02 I need help here, no idea what this one is
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Origin Liverpool, England
Rock/Pop - Years active 1960--1970
Parlophone, Capitol, Apple, Vee-Jay, Polydor, Swan, Tollie
Related to Tony Sheridan, The Quarrymen, The Plastic Ono Band, The Dirty Mac, Wings, Traveling Wilburys, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, Ringo Starr All-Starr Band, Billy Preston
Members - Ever to Date
John Lennon
Paul McCartney
George Harrison
Ringo Starr
Former members
Stuart Sutcliffe
Pete Best
The Beatles were an English rock band from Liverpool whose members were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. They are the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed band in the history of popular music.
The Beatles are the best-selling musical act of all time in the United States of America, according to the Recording Industry Association of America, which certified them as the highest selling band of all time based on American sales of singles and albums. In the United Kingdom, The Beatles released more than 40 different singles, albums, and EPs that reached number one. This commercial success was repeated in many other countries: their record company, EMI, estimated that by 1985 they had sold over one billion discs and tapes worldwide. In 2004, Rolling Stone Magazine ranked The Beatles #1 on their list of 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. According to that same magazine, their innovative music and cultural impact helped define the 1960s,[2] and their influence on pop culture can still be felt today.
The Beatles led the mid-1960s musical "British Invasion" into the United States. Although their initial musical style was rooted in 1950s rock and roll and homegrown skiffle, the group explored genres ranging from Tin Pan Alley to psychedelic rock. Their clothes, styles, and statements made them trend-setters, while their growing social awareness saw their influence extend into the social and cultural revolutions of the 1960s.
1957--1960: Formation
The Quarrymen
In March 1957, John Lennon formed a skiffle group called The Quarrymen whilst attending Quarry Bank Grammar School in Liverpool.[6] Lennon and the Quarrymen met guitarist Paul McCartney at the Woolton Garden Fête held at St. Peter's Church on 6 July 1957.[7] On 6 February 1958, the young guitarist George Harrison was invited to watch the group (who played under a variety of names) at Wilson Hall, Garston, Liverpool.[8] McCartney had become acquainted with Harrison on the morning school bus ride to the Liverpool Institute, as they both lived in Speke. At McCartney's insistence, Harrison joined the Quarrymen as lead guitarist[9] after a rehearsal in March 1958, overcoming Lennon's initial reluctance because of Harrison's young age.[10] Members continually joined and left the lineup during that period, and in January 1960 Lennon's art school friend Stuart Sutcliffe joined on bass.[11] Lennon and McCartney both played rhythm guitar and the group had a high turnover of drummers.
The Quarrymen went through a progression of names — "Johnny and the Moondogs", "Long John and the Beatles", "the Silver Beetles" (derived from Larry Parnes' suggestion of "Long John and the Silver Beetles") — before settling on "The Beatles". There are many theories as to the origin of the name and its unusual spelling. It is usually credited to Lennon, who said that the name was a combination word-play on the insects "beetles" (as a reference to Buddy Holly's band, the Crickets) and the word "beat". Cynthia Lennon suggests that Lennon came up with the name Beatles at a "brainstorming session over a beer-soaked table in the Renshaw Hall bar."[12] Lennon, who was well known for giving multiple versions of the same story joked in a 1961 Mersey Beat magazine article that "It came in a vision — a man appeared on a flaming pie and said unto them, 'From this day on you are Beatles with an A'".[13] During an interview in 2001, Paul McCartney took credit for the peculiar spelling of the name, saying that "John had the idea of calling us the Beetles, I said, 'how about the Beatles; you know, like the beat of the drum?' At the time, everyone was stoned enough to find it hilarious. It's funny how history is made." [14]
In May 1960 The Beatles toured northeast Scotland as a back-up band with singer Johnny Gentle.[15] They met Gentle an hour before their first gig, and McCartney referred to the tour as a great experience for the band.[16] For the tour the often drummerless group secured the services of Tommy Moore, who was considerably older than the others.[17] Soon after the tour, however, feeling the age gap was too great Moore left the band and went back to work in a bottling factory as a fork-lift truck driver.[18] Norman Chapman was the band's next drummer, but was called up for National Service in a few weeks. His departure posed a significant problem as the group's unofficial manager, Allan Williams, had arranged for them to perform in clubs on the Reeperbahn in Hamburg, Germany.[19]
1960--1970: The Beatles
Hamburg
On 15 August 1960, McCartney invited Pete Best to become the group's permanent drummer. He had watched Best play with the Blackjacks[20] in the Casbah Club, owned by Pete's mother, Mona Best. This was a cellar club in West Derby, Liverpool, where The Beatles had played and often visited.[21] In the documentary The Compleat Beatles, Williams said that Best "played not too cleverly, but passable."
The Beatles started playing in Hamburg at the Indra and Kaiserkeller bars. They were required to play six or seven hours a night, seven nights a week. Shortly after they began performing at a new venue, the "Top Ten Club",[22] Harrison was deported for having lied to the German authorities about his age.[23] A week later, having started a small fire at their living quarters while vacating it for more luxurious rooms, McCartney and Best were arrested, charged with arson, and deported.[24] Lennon followed the others to Liverpool in mid-December.
The reunited Beatles played their first engagement on 17 December 1960 at the Casbah Club and returned to Hamburg in April 1961. Whilst playing at the Top Ten Club they were recruited by singer Tony Sheridan to act as his backing band on a series of recordings for the German Polydor Records label,[25] produced by famed bandleader Bert Kaempfert.[19] Kaempfert signed the group to its own Polydor contract at the first session on 22 June 1961. On 31 October Polydor released the recording "My Bonnie (Mein Herz ist bei dir nur)", which appeared on the German charts under the name "Tony Sheridan and the Beat Brothers", a generic name used for whoever happened to be in Sheridan's backup band.[26] In addition to the legend that this record led to the group's eventual meeting with Brian Epstein, it also resulted in their first mention in the American press. Around the beginning of 1962, Cashbox mentioned "My Bonnie" as the debut of a "new rock and roll team, Tony Sheridan and the Beat Brothers". A few copies were also pressed under the Decca label for U.S. disc jockeys, as American Decca had a distribution deal with Polydor parent Deutsche Grammophon.[27] (This was ironic, considering that by this time the then-unaffiliated British Decca had turned down the group's attempt to gain a recording contract.) When the group returned to Liverpool, Sutcliffe stayed on in Hamburg with his new German fiancee Astrid Kirchherr, [28] and McCartney took over bass duties.[29]
Their third stay in Hamburg was from 13 April to 31 May 1962, when they opened The Star Club.[19] Upon their arrival they were informed of Sutcliffe's death from a brain haemorrhage.[30]
Epstein took over as the group's manager in January 1962 and led The Beatles' quest for a British recording contract. Epstein had been manager of the record department at North End Music Store (NEMS), an offshoot of his family's furniture store. He played on the status of NEMS as a major record dealer to gain access to producers and recording company executives. In a now-famous exchange, Decca Records A&R executive Dick Rowe turned Epstein down flat, informing him that "Guitar groups are on the way out, Mr. Epstein."[31] While Epstein was negotiating with Decca, he also approached EMI marketing executive Ron White.[32] White (who was not himself a record producer) in turn contacted EMI producers Norrie Paramor, Walter Ridley, and Norman Newell, all of whom declined to record The Beatles.[33] White did not approach EMI's fourth staff producer — George Martin — who was on holiday at the time.[34]
Record contract
After failing to impress Decca Records, Epstein went to the HMV store on Oxford Street in London to transfer the Decca tapes to discs. There, recording engineer Jim Foy referred him to Sid Coleman, who ran EMI's publishing arm. When Coleman heard the demo tapes he suggested taking the tapes to George Martin, who, Coleman explained, "does comedy records" and headed the Parlophone label at EMI. Epstein eventually met with Martin, who signed the group to EMI on a one-year renewable contract and scheduled their first recording session on 6 June at EMI's Abbey Road studios in north London.[35] Martin had not been particularly impressed by the band's demo recordings,[36] but he instantly liked them as people when he met them. He concluded that they had raw musical talent, but said (in later interviews) that what made the difference for him was their wit and humour.[37]
Martin did have a problem with Pete Best, [36] whom he criticised for not being able to keep time. He privately suggested to Epstein that the band use another drummer in the studio. Best was good-looking and popular with the group's fans, but the three founding members had become increasingly unhappy with his drumming and his personality.[citation needed] There was speculation by some that Best's popularity[38] with fans was another source of friction. In addition, Epstein had become exasperated with his refusal to adopt the distinctive hairstyle as part of their unified look. Best also had missed a number of engagements because of illness. The three founding members enlisted Epstein to dismiss Best - which he did on 16 August 1962.[39] They asked Ringo Starr (born Richard Starkey), the drummer for one of the top Merseybeat groups, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, to join the band, as Starr had performed occasionally with The Beatles in Hamburg.[40] The first recordings of Lennon, McCartney, Harrison, and Starr together were made as early as 15 October 1960, in a series of demonstration records privately recorded in Hamburg while acting as the backing group for singer Lu Walters.[41] Starr played on The Beatles' second EMI recording session on 4 September 1962, but Martin hired session drummer Andy White for their next session on 11 September.[42]
Their recording contract paid them one penny for each single sold, which was split amongst the four Beatles — one farthing per group member.[43] This royalty rate was further reduced for singles sold outside the UK, on which they received half of one penny (again split between the whole band) per single. Martin said later that it was a "pretty awful" contract.[43] Their publishing contract with Dick James Music (DJM) was also standard for the time: songwriters received the statutory minimum of 50% of the gross monies received, with the publisher retaining the other 50%.[citation needed]
The Beatles' first EMI session on 6 June did not yield any releasable recordings but the September sessions produced a minor UK hit, "Love Me Do", which peaked on the charts at number 17.[44] ("Love Me Do" reached the top of the U.S. singles chart over 18 months later in May 1964.) On 26 November they recorded their second single "Please Please Me", which reached no. 2 in the official UK charts and no. 1 in the NME chart. Three months later they recorded their first album (also titled Please Please Me). The band's first televised performance was on the People and Places programme transmitted live from Manchester by Granada Television on 17 October 1962.[45] As The Beatles' fame spread, the frenzied adulation of the group, predominantly from teenage female fans, was dubbed 'Beatlemania'. In November 1963 The Beatles appeared on the Royal Variety Performance and were photographed with Marlene Dietrich, who also appeared on the show.[citation needed]
America
Although the band experienced huge popularity in the UK record charts from early 1963, EMI's American operation, Capitol Records, declined to issue the singles "Please Please Me" and "From Me to You (their first official no. 1 hit in the UK)".[46] Vee-Jay Records, a small Chicago label, issued the singles as part of a deal for the rights to another performer's masters. Art Roberts, music director of Chicago powerhouse radio station WLS, placed "Please Please Me" into radio rotation in late February 1963 making it the first time a Beatles record was heard on American radio. Vee-Jay's rights to The Beatles were later cancelled for non-payment of royalties.[47]
In August 1963, Philadelphia-based Swan Records released "She Loves You", which also failed to receive airplay. A testing of the song on Dick Clark's TV show American Bandstand produced laughter from American teenagers when they saw the group's distinctive hairstyles. New York disc jockey Murray the K featured "She Loves You" on his '1010 WINS record revue' show in January.[48] In early November 1963, Brian Epstein persuaded Ed Sullivan to present The Beatles on three editions of his show in February, and parlayed this guaranteed exposure into a record deal with Capitol Records. Capitol committed to a mid-January release for "I Want to Hold Your Hand",[49] On 7 December 1963 a clip of The Beatles was shown on the CBS Evening News (the story originally had been scheduled to air on 22 November and was aired on the CBS Morning News but was pre-empted by the assassination of John F. Kennedy). The clip inspired a teenage girl in Washington, D.C. to request a Beatles song on a local radio station. The station secured an imported copy of "I Want to Hold Your Hand" — forcing Capitol Records to release the song ahead of schedule on 26 December.
Several New York radio stations — first WMCA, then WINS (AM) and WABC — began playing "I Want to Hold Your Hand" on its release day. The Beatlemania that had started in Washington was duplicated in New York and quickly spread to other markets. The record sold one million copies in just ten days, and by 16 January, Cashbox magazine had certified the record number one (in the edition marked 23 January). On 3 January 1964 a film of The Beatles performing "She Loves You" was aired on the late-night Jack Paar Show.
Beatlemania crosses the Atlantic
On 7 February 1964, a crowd of four thousand fans at Heathrow Airport waved to The Beatles as they took off for their first trip to America as a group.[51] They were accompanied by photographers, journalists (including Maureen Cleave) and Phil Spector, who had booked himself on the same flight.[52] The pilot had radioed ahead, and as they prepared to land said, "Tell the boys there's a big crowd waiting for them." Kennedy International Airport had never experienced such a crowd, estimated at about 3,000 screaming fans.[53] After a press conference (where they first met Murray the K) they were put into limousines and driven to New York. On the way McCartney turned on a radio and listened to a running commentary: "They [The Beatles] have just left the airport and are coming to New York City..."[54] After reaching the Plaza Hotel, they were besieged by fans and reporters. Harrison had a temperature of 102 the next day and was ordered to stay in bed, so Neil Aspinall replaced him for the first television rehearsal.[55]
Their first live American television appearance was on the The Ed Sullivan Show on 9 February 1964. The next morning practically every newspaper wrote that The Beatles were nothing more than a "fad", and "could not carry a tune across the Atlantic".[56] Their first American concert appearance was at Washington Coliseum in Washington, D.C. on 11 February.[57]
After The Beatles' huge success in 1964, Vee-Jay Records and Swan Records took advantage of their previously secured rights to The Beatles' early recordings and reissued the songs, all of which reached the top ten the second time around. (MGM and Atco also secured rights to The Beatles' early Tony Sheridan-era recordings and had minor hits with "My Bonnie" and "Ain't She Sweet", the latter featuring John Lennon on lead vocal.) In addition to Introducing... The Beatles, which was essentially The Beatles' debut British album with some minor alterations, Vee-Jay also issued an unusual LP called The Beatles Vs The Four Seasons. This 2-LP set paired Introducing... The Beatles and The Golden Hits Of The Four Seasons, another successful act that Vee-Jay had under contract, in a 'contest' (the back cover featured a 'score card'). Another unusual release was the Hear The Beatles Tell All album, which consisted of two lengthy interviews with Los Angeles radio disc jockeys (side one was titled "Dave Hull interviews John Lennon," while side two was titled "Jim Steck interviews John, Paul, George, Ringo"). No Beatles music was included on this interview album, which turned out to be the only Vee Jay Beatles album Capitol Records could not reclaim.
The Vee-Jay/Swan-issued recordings eventually ended up with Capitol, who issued most of the Vee-Jay material on the American-only Capitol release The Early Beatles, with three songs left off this final US version of the album. ("I Saw Her Standing There" was issued as the American B-side of "I Want to Hold Your Hand," and also appeared on the Capitol Records album Meet The Beatles. "Misery" and "There's a Place" were issued as a Capitol "Starline" reissue single in 1964, and reappeared on the 1980 Rarities compilation album.) The early Vee-Jay and Swan Beatles records command a high price on the record collectors' market, and all have been copiously bootlegged.[58] The Swan tracks ("She Loves You" and "I'll Get You") were issued on the Capitol LP The Beatles' Second Album. (Swan also issued the German-language version of "She Loves You," called "Sie Liebt Dich." This song later appeared (in stereo) on Capitol's US version of the Rarities compilation album.)
In mid-1964 the band undertook their first appearances outside of Europe and North America. They toured Australia and New Zealand without Ringo Starr, who was ill and temporarily replaced by session drummer Jimmy Nicol. In Adelaide they were greeted by over 300,000 people who turned out at Adelaide Town Hall.[59]
In June 1965, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II appointed the four Beatles Members of the Order of the British Empire, MBE. The band members were nominated by Prime Minister Harold Wilson (who also was the M.P. for Huyton, Liverpool).[60] The appointment — at that time primarily bestowed upon military veterans and civic leaders — sparked some conservative MBE recipients to return their insignia in protest.[61] The first two were returned on 14 June, before The Beatles received theirs on 26 October 1965.[62] On 15 August that year, The Beatles performed the first stadium concert in the history of rock, playing at Shea Stadium in New York to a crowd of 55,600.[63] Their sixth album, Rubber Soul, was released in early December 1965. It was hailed as a major leap forward in the maturity and complexity of the band's music.[64]
Backlash and controversy
In July 1966, when The Beatles toured the Philippines, they unintentionally snubbed the nation's first lady, Imelda Marcos, who had expected the group to attend a breakfast reception at the Presidential Palace.[65] When presented with the invitation, Brian Epstein politely declined on behalf of the group, as it had never been the group's policy to accept such "official" invitations.[66] The group soon found that the Marcos regime was unaccustomed to accepting "no" for an answer. After the 'snub' was broadcast on Philippine television and radio, all of The Beatles' police protection disappeared. The group and their entourage had to make their way to Manila airport on their own. At the airport, roadie Mal Evans was beaten and kicked, and the band members were pushed and jostled about by a hostile crowd.[67] Once the group boarded the plane, Epstein and Evans were ordered off, and Evans said, "Tell my wife that I love her."[68] Epstein was forced to give back all the money that the band had earned while they were there before being allowed back on the plane.[69]
Almost as soon as they returned from the Philippines, an earlier comment by Lennon made in March that year launched a backlash against The Beatles from religious and social conservatives in the United States. In an interview with British reporter Maureen Cleave,[70] Lennon had offered his opinion that Christianity was dying and that The Beatles were "more popular than Jesus now."[71] Afterwards, a radio station in Birmingham, Alabama, ran a story on burning Beatles records, in what was considered to be a joke. However, many people affiliated with rural churches in the American South started taking the suggestion seriously. Towns across the United States and South Africa started to burn Beatles records in protest. Attempting to make light of the incident, McCartney said, "They've got to buy them before they can burn them." Under tremendous pressure from the American media, Lennon apologised for his remarks at a press conference in Chicago on August 11, the eve of the first performance of what turned out to be their final tour.[72]
The group's two-year series of Capitol compilations also took a strange twist in the United States when one of their publicity shots, used for a Yesterday and Today album and a poster promoting the UK release of "Paperback Writer", created an uproar, as it featured the band draped in meat and plastic dolls. Thousands of these copies had to be withdrawn. Years later, the cover shot was linked with the group's interest in German expressionism.[72]
Elvis Presley disapproved of The Beatles's anti-war activism and open use of drugs, later asking President Nixon to ban all four members of the group from entering the United States. Peter Guralnick writes, "The Beatles, Elvis said, [...] had been a focal point for anti-Americanism. They had come to this country, made their money, then gone back to England where they fomented anti-American feeling."[73] Guralnick adds, "Presley indicated that he is of the opinion that The Beatles laid the groundwork for many of the problems we are having with young people by their filthy unkempt appearances and suggestive music while entertaining in this country during the early and middle 1960s."[74] Despite Elvis' remarks, Lennon still had some positive feeling towards him: "Before Elvis, there was nothing."[75]
The studio years
The Beatles at their last concert, Candlestick Park.In April 1966, the group began recording what would be their most ambitious album to date, Revolver. During the recording sessions for the album, tape looping and early sampling were introduced in a complex mix of ballad, R&B, soul and world music.
The Beatles performed their last concert before paying fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco on 29 August 1966.[72] McCartney asked Tony Barrow to tape the event, but the 30-minute tape he used ran out halfway through the last song. The concert lasted a little under 35 minutes.[76]
From then on, The Beatles concentrated on recording. Less than seven months after recording Revolver, The Beatles returned to Abbey Road Studios on 24 November 1966 to begin the 129-day recording sessions for their eighth album, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, released on 1 June 1967.
On 25 June 1967, The Beatles became the first band globally transmitted on television—before an estimated 400 million people worldwide. The band appeared in a segment within the first-ever worldwide TV satellite hook-up, a show titled Our World. The Beatles were transmitted live from Abbey Road Studios, and their new song "All You Need Is Love" was recorded live during the show.
The band's business affairs began to unravel after manager Brian Epstein died of an accidental prescription drug overdose on 27 August 1967 at the age of 32. At the end of 1967, they received their first major negative press in the UK with disparaging reviews of their surrealistic TV film Magical Mystery Tour.[77] Part of the criticism arose because colour was an integral part of the film, but in 1967 few viewers in the UK had colour televisions. The film's soundtrack, which features one of The Beatles' few instrumental tracks ("Flying"), was released in the United Kingdom as a double EP, and in the United States as a full LP (the LP is now the official version).
The group spent the early part of 1968 in Rishikesh, Uttar Pradesh, India, studying transcendental meditation with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.[78] Upon their return, Lennon and McCartney went to New York to announce the formation of Apple Corps. The middle of 1968 saw the band busy recording the double album The Beatles, popularly known as The White Album because of its plain white cover. These sessions saw deep divisions opening within the band, with Starr temporarily walking out. The band carried on, with McCartney recording the drums on the songs "Martha My Dear", "Wild Honey Pie", "Dear Prudence" and "Back in the USSR". Among the other causes of dissension were that Lennon's new girlfriend, Yoko Ono, was at his side through almost all of the sessions, and that the others felt that McCartney was becoming too dominating.[79] Internal divisions within the band had been a small but growing problem during their early years; most notably, this was reflected in the difficulty that George Harrison experienced in getting his own songs onto Beatles albums.
On the business side, McCartney wanted Lee Eastman, the father of his then-girlfriend Linda Eastman, to manage The Beatles, but the other members wanted New York manager Allen Klein. All past Beatles' decisions had been unanimous, but this time the four could not agree. Lennon, Harrison and Starr felt the Eastmans would put McCartney's interests before those of the group. In 1971 it was discovered that Klein, who had been appointed manager, had stolen £5 million from The Beatles' holdings. Years later, during the Anthology interviews, McCartney said of this time, "Looking back, I can understand why they would feel that he [Lee Eastman] was biased against them."
Their final live performance was on the rooftop of the Apple building in Savile Row, London, on 30 January 1969, the next-to-last day of the difficult Get Back sessions. Most of the performance was filmed and later included in the film Let It Be. While the band was playing, the local police were called because of complaints about the noise. Although the group was simply asked to end their performance, the band members later remarked in the Anthology video that they were disappointed they were not arrested — pointing out that the police hauling the band members off in handcuffs would have been "an appropriate ending" for the film.
The Beatles recorded their final album, Abbey Road, in the summer of 1969. The completion of the song "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" for the album on 20 August was the last time all four Beatles were together in the same studio.
Their final new song was Harrison's "I Me Mine", recorded 3 January 1970 and released on the Let It Be album. It was recorded without Lennon, who was in Denmark when the song was recorded.[80]
Breakup
John Lennon announced his departure to the rest of the group on 20 September 1969 but agreed that no announcement was to be publicly made until a number of legal matters were resolved.
In March 1970 the Get Back session tapes were given to American producer Phil Spector, who had produced Lennon's solo single "Instant Karma!". Spector's "Wall of Sound" production values went against the original intent of the record, which had been to record a stripped-down live performance. McCartney was deeply dissatisfied with Spector's treatment of "The Long and Winding Road", and unsuccessfully attempted to halt release of Spector's version of the song. McCartney publicly announced the break-up on 10 April 1970, a week before releasing his first solo album, McCartney. Pre-release copies included a press release with a self-written interview explaining the end of The Beatles and his hopes for the future.[81] On 8 May 1970, the Spector-produced version of Get Back was released as Let It Be, followed by the documentary film of the same name. The Beatles' partnership was finally dissolved in 1975.[82]
1970--present: After The Beatles
Ringo Starr, 1968 Shortly before and after the official dissolution of the group, all four Beatles released solo albums, including Lennon's John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, McCartney's McCartney, Starr's Sentimental Journey, and Harrison's All Things Must Pass. Some of their albums featured contributions by other former Beatles; Starr's Ringo (1973) was the only one to include compositions and performances by all four, albeit on separate songs.
Other than an unreleased jam session in 1974 (later bootlegged as A Toot and a Snore in '74), Lennon and McCartney never recorded together again.
In the wake of the expiration in 1975 of The Beatles' contract with EMI-Capitol, the American Capitol label, rushing to cash in on its vast Beatles holdings and freed from the group's creative control, released five LPs: Rock 'n' Roll Music (a compilation of their more uptempo numbers), The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl (containing portions of two unreleased shows at the Hollywood Bowl), Love Songs (a compilation of their slower numbers), Rarities (a compilation of tracks that either had never been released in the U.S. or had gone out of print), and Reel Music (a compilation of songs from their films). There was also a non-Capitol-EMI release of a show from the group's early days at the Star Club in Hamburg captured on a poor-quality tape. Of all these post-breakup LPs, only the Hollywood Bowl LP had the approval of the group members. Upon the American release of the original British CDs in 1986, these post-breakup Capitol American compilation LPs were deleted from the Capitol catalogue.
John Lennon was shot and killed by Mark David Chapman on 8 December 1980 in New York City. Shortly afterward, in 1981, the three surviving Beatles reunited to record "All Those Years Ago", released as a George Harrison solo single. Its original lyrics had been rewritten as a tribute to Lennon.
The BBC has a large collection of Beatles recordings, mostly comprising original studio sessions from 1963 to 1968. Much of this material formed the basis for a 1988 radio documentary series The Beeb's Lost Beatles Tapes. In 1989, many outtakes from The Beatles sessions appeared on the radio series The Lost Lennon Tapes. Later, in 1994, the best of the BBC sessions were given an official EMI release on Live at the BBC.
In 1988 The Beatles were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a group (not as individual performers) during their first year of eligibility.[83] On the night of their induction, Harrison and Starr appeared to accept their award along with Lennon's widow Yoko Ono and his two sons. McCartney stayed away, issuing a press release citing "unresolved difficulties" with Harrison, Starr, and Lennon's estate. Solo Beatles later inducted were Lennon in 1994, McCartney in 1999 and Harrison in 2004.
Collage of the various covers of the Anthology seriesIn February 1994, the three surviving Beatles reunited to produce and record additional music for a few of Lennon's home recordings. "Free as a Bird" premiered as part of The Beatles Anthology series of television documentaries and was released as a single in December 1995, with "Real Love" following in March 1996. These songs were also included in the three Anthology collections of CDs released in 1995 and 1996, each of which consisted of two CDs of never-before-released Beatles material. Klaus Voormann, who had known The Beatles since their Hamburg days and had previously illustrated the Revolver album cover, directed the Anthology cover concept. 450,000 copies of Anthology 1 were sold on its first day of release. In 2000, a compilation album named 1 was released, containing almost every number-one single released by the band from 1962 to 1970. The collection sold 3.6 million copies in its first week (selling 3 copies a second) and more than 12 million in three weeks worldwide. The collection also reached number one in the United States and 33 other countries and had sold 25 million copies by 2005 (about the ninth best selling album of all time).
George Harrison during this time showed his socio-political consciousness and earned respect for his contribution for arranging the Concert For Bangladesh in New York in August 1971 along with sitar maestro Ravi Shankar. Harrison died of lung cancer on 29 November 2001.
More recently, in 2006, George Martin and his son Giles Martin remixed original Beatles recordings to create a soundtrack to accompany Cirque du Soleil's theatrical production Love.
Musical evolution
The Beatles' constant demands to create new sounds on every new recording, combined with George Martin's arranging abilities and the studio expertise of EMI staff engineers such as Norman Smith, Ken Townshend and Geoff Emerick, all played significant parts in the innovative sounds of the albums Rubber Soul (1965), Revolver (1966) and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967).
The Beatles continued to absorb influences long after their initial success, often finding new musical and lyrical avenues by listening to their contemporaries. Among those influences were Bob Dylan, who influenced songs such as "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" and "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)".[84] Other contemporary influences included the Byrds and the Beach Boys, whose album Pet Sounds was a favourite of McCartney's.[85]
Along with studio tricks such as sound effects, unconventional microphone placements, tape loops, double tracking and vari-speed recording, The Beatles began to augment their recordings with instruments that were unconventional for rock music at the time. These included string and brass ensembles as well as Indian instruments such as the sitar as in Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) and the swarmandel as in Strawberry Fields Forever. They also used early electronic instruments such as the Mellotron, with which McCartney supplied the flute voices on the intro to "Strawberry Fields Forever", and the ondioline, an electronic keyboard that created the unusual oboe-like sound on "Baby You're a Rich Man".
Beginning with the use of a string quartet (arranged by George Martin with input from McCartney) on "Yesterday" in 1965, The Beatles pioneered a modern form of art song, exemplified by the double-quartet string arrangement on "Eleanor Rigby" (1966), "Here, There and Everywhere" (1966) and "She's Leaving Home" (1967). A televised performance of Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 directly inspired McCartney's use of a piccolo trumpet on the arrangement of "Penny Lane". The Beatles moved towards psychedelia with "Rain" and "Tomorrow Never Knows" from 1966, and "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "I Am the Walrus" from 1967.
Influence on popular culture
Lifestyle
The Beatles' lifestyles were greatly altered by their success and the income they earned. The availability of the first oral contraceptive and illegal drugs changed many people's opinions — including The Beatles' — about life, marriage, and sexual relationships.[86]
Recreational drug use
In Hamburg, The Beatles used "prellies" (Preludin) both recreationally and to maintain their energy through all-night performances.[87] McCartney would usually take one, but Lennon would often take four or five.[87] Bob Dylan introduced them to cannabis during a 1964 visit to New York.[88] McCartney remembered them all getting "very high" and giggling.[89] The Beatles occasionally smoked a spliff in the car on the way to the studio during the filming of Help!, which often made them forget their lines.[90]
In April 1965, Lennon and Harrison were introduced to LSD by an acquaintance, dentist John Riley.[91] Lennon in particular became an avid "tripper", claiming in a 1970 interview in Rolling Stone to have taken LSD hundreds of times. McCartney was more reluctant to try the drug, but finally did so in 1966 and was the first Beatle to talk about it in the press.
The Beatles added their names to an advertisement in The Times, on 24 July 1967, which asked for the legalisation of cannabis, the release of all prisoners imprisoned because of possession, and research into marijuana's medical uses. The advertisement was sponsored by a group called Soma, and was signed by 65 people, including Brian Epstein, Graham Greene, R.D. Laing, 15 doctors, and two MPs.[92] On a sailing trip to Greece, in 1967, the whole band sat around on the boat and took acid.[93]
Meditation
On 24 August 1967, The Beatles met the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at the London Hilton, and a few days later went to Bangor, in North Wales, to attend a weekend 'initiation' conference.[94] There, the Maharishi gave each of them a mantra.[95] Their time in early 1968 at the Maharishi's ashram in India was highly productive from a musical standpoint, as practically all of the songs that would later be recorded for The White Album and Abbey Road were composed there by Lennon, McCartney, and Harrison.[78]
Discography
Further information: List of Beatles songs by singer, The Beatles record sales, worldwide charts, The Beatles bootlegs, and List of Beatles hit singles
Official CD catalogue
In 1987, EMI released all 12 of The Beatles' studio albums — as originally released in the UK — on CD worldwide. (North American releases were on EMI's American subsidiary Capitol Records). It was a considered decision by Apple Corps to standardise The Beatles catalogue throughout the world. Because there were tracks that had been released in the UK on singles and EPs that had not been released on the original UK albums, in order for all their recordings to be available on CD it was necessary to create three further CDs that would contain the missing tracks.
One CD was of a 1967 US compilation album that featured the 6-track 1967 UK EP Magical Mystery Tour and the various singles released in that year. The other two CDs were new compilations that gathered together all the other singles, EP tracks and recordings from 1962--1970 that had not been issued on the original British studio albums.
Magical Mystery Tour - 8 August 1987[96]
Past Masters, Volume One - 7 March 1988
Past Masters, Volume Two - 7 March 1988
According to EMI and the Guinness Book of Records, The Beatles have sold in excess of one billion units (1,010,000,000, including cassettes, records, CDs and bootlegs).
Beginning in 2004, the US album configurations were released as a series of box sets from Capitol Records (The Capitol Albums, Volume 1 & Volume 2); these included both stereo and mono versions based on the mixes that were prepared for vinyl at the time of their original 1960s releases.
Song catalogue
In 1963 Lennon and McCartney agreed to assign their song publishing rights to Northern Songs, a company created by music publisher Dick James. The company was administered by James' own company Dick James Music. Northern Songs went public in 1965, with Lennon and McCartney each holding 15% of the company's shares whilst Dick James and the company's chairman, Charles Silver, held a controlling 37.5%. In 1969, following a failed attempt by Lennon and McCartney to buy the company, James and Silver sold Northern Songs to British TV company Associated TeleVision (ATV), from which Lennon and McCartney received stock.
In 1985, after a short period in which the parent company was owned by Australian business magnate Robert Holmes à Court, ATV Music was sold to Michael Jackson for a reported $47 million (trumping a joint bid by McCartney and Yoko Ono), including the publishing rights to over 200 songs composed by Lennon and McCartney.
A decade later Jackson and Sony merged its music publishing businesses. Since 1995, Jackson and Sony/ATV Music Publishing have jointly owned most of the Lennon-McCartney songs recorded by The Beatles. Sony later reported that Jackson had used his share of their co-owned Beatles' catalogue as collateral for a loan from the music company. Meanwhile, Lennon's estate and McCartney still receive their respective songwriter shares of the royalties. (Despite his ownership of most of the Lennon-McCartney publishing, Jackson has only recorded one Lennon-McCartney composition himself, "Come Together" which was featured in his film Moonwalker.)
Although the Jackson-Sony catalogue includes most of The Beatles' greatest hits, four of their earliest songs had been published by one of EMI's publishing companies prior to Lennon and McCartney signing with Dick James — and McCartney later succeeded in personally acquiring the publishing rights to "Love Me Do", "Please Please Me", "P.S. I Love You" and "Ask Me Why" from EMI.
Harrison and Starr did not renew their songwriting contracts with Northern Songs in 1968, signing with Apple Publishing instead. Harrison later created Harrisongs, his own company which still owns the rights to his post-1967 songs such as "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" and "Something". Starr also created his own company, called Startling Music. It holds the rights to his two post-1967 songs recorded by The Beatles, "Don't Pass Me By" and "Octopus's Garden".
The future of The Beatles catalogue
The Beatles are but a few of the major artists (aside from Led Zeppelin and Garth Brooks) who have not to date allowed their entire recorded catalogue to be available through major online music services (iTunes, Napster, etc.). This may be due to the massive royalty fees demanded by the group. As a result, The Beatles' music (both officially and unofficially released) has been made available through illegal music search engines such as eMule and BearShare, and have apparently raised the ire of the entire music industry.
However, sure signs that official online distributions may be coming is the fact that the video for Tomorrow Never Knows/Within You Without You (the remix from their album Love) is currently being distributed (as of June, 2007) via Napster, and many Internet radio networks (such as Pandora Internet Radio and Live365.com) are allowing Beatles songs to be broadcasted over the world wide web. There has been talk of negotiations to make such an official online distribution schedule possible. Officials at Apple Corps have hinted at this, as they have confirmed that the entire Beatles catalog has been digitally remastered for online distribution.
On film
Main article: The Beatles on film
The Beatles appeared in several films, all of which featured associated soundtrack albums.
The band played themselves in two films directed by Richard Lester, A Hard Day's Night (1964) and Help! (1965). The group produced and starred in the hour-long television movie Magical Mystery Tour (1967), while the documentary Let It Be (released 1970) followed the recording sessions for the Get Back project in early 1969. In addition, the psychedelic animated film Yellow Submarine (1968) followed the adventures of a cartoon version of the band; the members did not provide their own voices, appearing only in a brief live-action epilogue.
Other projects
Anthology
Main article: The Beatles Anthology
Love
Main article: Love (Cirque du Soleil)
Instrumentation
Rickenbacker, Gretsch, Epiphone, Gibson, Fender, and C.F. Martin & Company guitars
Höfner, Fender and Rickenbacker basses
Vox, Fender, and Selmer amplifiers
Premier and Ludwig drums
Zildjian cymbals
Steinway, and Blüthner pianos
Hammond, Vox and Lowrey electric organs
Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer, and Hohner Pianet electric pianos
Moog Modular synthesiser
Mellotron Polyphonic Keyboard
Neumann, AKG, and STC microphones
Bill Stoll
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Ann Shenton, Barry 7 & Steven Claydon.
http://www.addntox.com/
Feature from 1999 on Chnnl4 UK.
*Simon Reynold's excellent review of 'Add Insult to Injury' from 2000:
Imagine an alternate universe where the synthesizer displaced the guitar as rock's primary instrument. A world where the superbands of the 1970s weren't Zep or Sabbath but keyboard-dominated prog-rockers like Heldon and Goblin, where punk was kickstarted by Silver Apples and Suicide not the Velvet Underground and the New York Dolls, and where techno never needed to happen. This is the parallel reality conjured by Add N To (X).
Where synth-based fare today is dancefloor oriented, pulse-based, and hypnotic, Add N To (X)'s music is heavy riffing and headbanging. Electronic music has an in-built tendency towards Appollonian neatness and prissy subtlety. Psychotic rather than neurotic, Add N To (X) seize upon the synthesizer's under-explored capacity for mess, mayhem, and Dionysian disorder. They relish the analog synth's vocabulary of vulgar blurts, toxic emissions, fartacious eruptions, and histrionic whinnies. Their tracks are steam-punk contraptions, creaking and hissing like B-movie computers pushed to the limit. Add N To (X) are also a rampaging, fully live band, with two human drummers (well, if it was good enough for the Allman Brothers and Adam and the Antz).
They may hate electronica's machine rhythms, but they're not totally averse to digital techniques: "Peanuts for Eno" features jungle-style drum breaks that are pitchshifted and computer-edited, and they even dabbled in sampling on their last album Avant Hard (with a sample from Canterbury scene proggers Egg!). "Plug Me in", the single, is deceptively light and Air-y, and it foregrounds one of the irritating aspects of their analog fetish: the belief that deploying voice-box is any kind of big whoop, even after Cher's "Believe" and the endemic use of vocoder in recent R&B. Mostly, though, Add N To (X) eschew kitsch in favor of bombast: the mastodon boogie of "Incinerator No. 1", the 16 minute pomp and circumstance of "The Regent Is Dead." There's also an oddly appealing English seediness: "Monster Bobby," with its thuggish chant and Gary Glitter beat crunching like a Doc Marten in the groin, could be a soundtrack candidate if they ever remade A Clockwork Orange, while the sleazy bass-pummel of "Peanuts for Eno" recalls the Moog-laced punk of The Stranglers's "Bring On the Nubiles".
Some folk regard Add N To (X) as just a conceptualist novelty outfit, pure English art school. But Add Insult to Injury is actually the group's third album in three years, and if not quite Grand Funk Railroad three-albums-per-year rate, still testifies to a desire to be taken seriously as a proper musical entity. In that parallel universe where the burn-outs play air synth, Add N To (X) are the hardest workin', hard-rockin' band around.
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94, 04:30, 2008-04-17 15:10:20 Description: Roderick David (Rod) Stewart (Londen, 10 januari 1945) is een Britse rockzanger van Schotse herkomst, bekend om zijn rauwe bluesy stem. Hij wordt de witte met de zwarte stem genoemd of ook wel eens de (More) Roderick David (Rod) Stewart (Londen, 10 januari 1945) is een Britse rockzanger van Schotse herkomst, bekend om zijn rauwe bluesy stem. Hij wordt de witte met de zwarte stem genoemd of ook wel eens de laatste "song and dance man" vanwege zijn podiumpersoonlijkheid, zijn onstuitbaar enthousiasme tijdens live-optredens en zijn, haast, persoonlijk contact met elk mens in zijn publiek. Song and dance man is een begrip uit de tijd dat entertainment nog echt en aanraakbaar was. Rod Stewart is CBE (Commander of the order of The British Empire), een onderscheiding die hij met kerst 2006 kreeg uitgereikt door Elizabeth II voor bewezen diensten, (cultureel, artistiek en de verkoop van meer dan 300 miljoen platen) aan het Britse Koninkrijk. Hij is ook opgenomen in de Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.------------------Biografie Op jonge leeftijd wilde Stewart voetballer worden en kwam terecht bij Brentford F.C.. Al snel richtte hij zich echter op de muziek en werd straatzanger. Na enige omzwervingen door Europa (hij werd Spanje zelfs uitgezet wegens landloperij), werd hij op het station van Twickenham ontdekt door Long John Baldry. Vanaf 1964 trad hij veel op met Shotgun Express, Steampacket, Long John Baldry, Julie Driscoll en Alexis Corner. Zijn eerste opvallende plaatopname was zijn virtuoze mondharmonicaspel op het nummer My Boy Lollipop van Millie Small, een skazangeresje in 1964. Hij bleef relatief onbekend totdat hij zich in 1967 aansloot bij de Jeff Beck Group (voorloper van Led Zeppelin en vele anderen) met virtuoos gitaarspeler Jeff Beck, bassist Ron Wood en drummers Aynsley Dunbar en Micky Waller.-----------------------------The Faces The Faces (Stewart 2e van rechts In 1969 verliet hij de Jeff Beck Group om samen met Ron Wood over te stappen naar The Faces. Hij bracht in datzelfde jaar nog een soloalbum uit,"An Old Raincoat Want Ever Let You Down" en met The Faces het album "First Step". In 1970 verscheen zijn tweede soloalbum "Gasoline Alley" en met The Faces "Long Player". "Every Picture Tells a Story" uit 1971 betekende de echt grote doorbraak voor Rod Stewart en vanaf dat moment genoot hij internationale bekendheid. Toen het B-kantje Maggie May vaak op de radio werd gedraaid kreeg hij met het album en de single gelijktijdig een nummer 1 in de Verenigde Staten en in Groot-Brittanni, iets dat in de geschiedenis van de populaire muziek nooit eerder was voorgekomen en sindsdien nog door niemand is gevenaard. Het album "Every Picture Tells A Story" is opgenomen in de befaamde "Rock & Roll Hall of Fame" en bekleedt daar de zeventiende plaats in de top 500 van albums die de meeste invloed en verandering hebben teweeggebracht in de twintigste eeuw. "A Nod's As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse", ook al uit 1971, bracht The Faces in deze tijd hun enige top 10-hit in de VS met het nummer Stay with me. In 1972 verscheen "Never A Dull Moment", Stewarts vierde soloalbum. Samen met The Faces bracht hij ook nog eens het onvolprezen "Ooh La La" uit waarop enkele pareltjes van de hand van Ronnie Lane. "Sing It Again", de verzamelaar uit 1973 had onvoldoende ruimte om de meesterwerken van de vier eerste soloalbums te herbergen. The Faces brachten dat jaar ook een verzamelaar uit, "Snakes And Ladders", waarop hun laatste nummer-1-hit in het Verenigd Koninkrijk, "Pool Hall Richard" echter waren ze toch de populairste liveband in het Verenigd Koninkrijk tot ze in 1974 uit elkaar gingen. Cindy Incidentally en Pool Hall Richard stonden er weken op de eerste plaats. In 1974 brachten The Faces ook nog "Coast To Coast-Averture and Beginners" uit, een livealbum dat hun reputatie waarmaakte.----------------------------Succesrijke soloperiode 1974 betekende voor Stewart ook zijn laatste soloalbum voor Mercury Records, het uit "Smiler" gesponnen lied "Farewell" was niet toevallig vermits Rod de grote stap over de Atlantische Oceaan reeds plande en zijn kreatiefste periode uit zijn leven afsloot om te beginnen aan zijn "lucratiefste". Het grote geld ging nu pas komen. In 1975 werd de verzamelaar van The Faces, "Snakes and Ladders" heruitgebracht in het zog van het succes van "Atlantic Crossings", het eerste soloalbum bij Warner Bros/Atlantic. De albums "An Old Raincoat", "Gasoline Alley", "Never A Dull Moment", "Smiler", "A Nod's As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse" en "Ooh La La" kunnen gezien worden als behorende tot de belangrijkste rockalbums ooit. "Every Picture Tells A Story" hoort hier ook in thuis, en Rod Stewart nam hiermee ook zijn intrede in de gerenommeerde Rock and Roll Hall Off Fame. In tegenstelling tot wat je zou mogen aannemen was de hierna volgende periode, waarin Rod Stewart op zijn populairst was, niet zijn creatiefste. Hij had intussen onderdak gevonden bij "Warner Bros, Atlantic". Zijn contract hield in dat alle rechten op zijn songs totaal in eigen handen bleef, Warner streek enkel procenten op voor de verkoop van platen en niet voor auteursrechten, waardoor Warner zich natuurlijk dubbel zo hard inspande voor de promotie van Rods platen. Sailing uit "Atlantic Crossings" (1975), en Tonight's The Night uit "A Night On The Town", dat zestien weken op nummer 1 stond in de Amerikaanse Billboard in 1976, bevestigden toch nog het talent van Rod Stewart. Uit "Footloose And Fancy Free" (1977) stamt de rocker "Hot Legs. Aan het eind van 1978 uit het album "Blonds Have More Fun" had hij nog een hit met het nummer Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?, waarschijnlijk het meest verguisde nummer uit zijn carrire, dat wel meteen doorstootte naar de nummer-1-posities over de ganse wereld. Het bracht Rod echter geen dollar in de beurs want alle rechten werden geschonken aan het kinderfonds van "Unicef".-----------------------Jaren 80 1980 bracht nog het album "Foolish Behaviour", 1981 "Tonight I'm Your's" en in 1982 het dubbele livealbum "Absolutely Live" waar hij Tina Turner opnieuw aan het grote publiek voorstelde. Het optreden in de L.A.Forum bezorgde Tina Turner de start van haar comeback en bevestigde Rod Stewart als een van de grootste rockperformers aller tijden. Uit de tachtiger jaren herinneren we nog de albums "Body Wishes", 1983, "Camouflage", 1985, en dan weer hoopgevend "Every Beat Of My Heart", 1986, "Out Of Order", 1988, waarin hij weer helemaal terug was met de massieve hit "Infatuation". 1989 bracht de vierdelige verzamelaar "Storyteller".--------------------------Jaren 90 Daarna nam zijn productiviteit wat af en stond hij meer bekend als rockster, dan om zijn muzikale talent. Uit die periode de kwamen twee rocksongs Hot Legs en Foolish Behaviour, niet te vergeten "I Was Only Joking" een zelfreflectie met de nodige humor en emotie. In 1993 nam hij samen met Sting en Bryan Adams de hit All for Love op voor de film The Three Musketeers. Dit werd door sommige fans als een groter dieptepunt dan "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" in zijn carrire gezien. Rod Stewart gaf in 1994 een gratis concert op het strand van Copacabana, dat meer dan 3,5 miljoen bezoekers trok. Dit werd vermeld in het Guinness Book of Records. "Unplugged And Seated" bewees in 1995 nogmaals het livetalent van Rod Stewart die een eerlijke traan niet schuwde als hij de cover van Van Morrison, "Have I Told You Lately" aan zijn toenmalige echtgenote Rachel Hunter opdroeg.-------------------------------Jaren 00 In 2002 keerde Rod terug in de top van de albumlijsten met It Had To Be You, een verzameling van oude klassiekers van Cole Porter tot Nat King Cole uit de jaren '20 en '30 . De verkoop staat op 4.200.000 exemplaren wat een unicum is in de jaren van downloaden. Geen enkele andere artiest van zijn generatie heeft hem dit nagedaan. Eind 2003 keert hij weer terug met het album As Time Goes By waarmee hij de tweede plaats bezet in de Amerikaanse en de Canadese en de eerste in de Australische albumhitlijst in november 2003. 2004 luidt voor Rod Stewart, financieel, het meest succesvolle jaar in zijn lange carrire tot nu toe in. Hij gaat op tournee in de Verenigde Staten en Canada met een volledig uitverkochte stadiontournee die loopt van januari tot augustus, getiteld "From Maggy May to the Great American Songbook". De show bestaat uit twee delen: een eerste deel van goed anderhalf uur rock, en afsluitend een half uur Amerikaanse klassiekers. Rod krijgt voor iedere avond, gemiddeld 22 avonden per maand en dit voor acht maanden, een miljoen Amerikaanse dollars binnen. Na de tour zal Rod samen met Ronnie Wood in de studio duiken voor de afwerking van hun album "You'll Strut, I'll Sing". 19 oktober 2004 verscheen de derde en laatste in de serie Great American Songbooks, genaamd "Stardust", dat meteen doorstoot naar de nummer-1-positie in de Amerikaanse albumcharts. Gasten zijn onder andere Eric Clapton, Stevie Wonder en Dolly Parton.------------------------Invloed op anderen Rod Stewart solo en vooral ook Rod Stewart samen met de Faces wordt door vele artiesten als hun grote voorbeeld genoemd, zoals o.a. Alanis Morissette, The Black Crowes, Stereophonics, Pearl Jam (die zelfs enkele riffs van de Faces geleend hebben) en zelfs Rage Against The Machine. Paul Cook en Steve Jones van de Sex Pistols hebben jaren na hun punkglorie toegegeven dat het nummer Pool Hall Richard (1973) van de hand van Rod Stewart en Ron Wood voor hun de eerste echte Britse punk-song was, de tekst Bang go the Queen, she's so obscene, her hands are dirty but her image clean, Pool Hall Richard, kid you're wicked, whe now! zegt genoeg.----------------------Privleven Rod Stewart is tweemaal getrouwd geweest en gaat na de scheiding van zijn tweede vrouw voor de derde keer in het huwelijksbootje stappen. Hij heeft zeven kinderen. Zijn eerste kind is zijn dochter Sarah Thubron (41 jaar), ze was het resultaat van een tienerromance. De moeder is Susannah Boffey. Toen Sarah geboren werd was Rod 18 jaar. Hij trouwde voor het eerst op 6 april 1976 met Alana Collins, met haar kreeg hij 2 kinderen: dochter Kimberly (geb. 21 augustus 1979) en zoon Sean (geb. 1 september 1980). Hij scheidde van haar in 1984. Op 17 juni 1987 werd Rod vader van derde dochter Ruby, haar moeder was Kelly Emberg, een toenmalige vriendin van Rod. Rod trouwde voor de 2de keer met Rachel Hunter op 15 december 1990. Met haar kreeg hij 2 kinderen: dochter Renee (geb. 1 juni 1992) en zoon Liam McAlister (geb. 4 september 1994). Op 4 juni 2005 heeft hij officieel de scheiding aangevraagd met zijn tweede vrouw. Al vanaf 1999 leven zij niet meer samen. Als hij van Rachel Hunter gescheiden is, wil hij voor de derde keer gaan trouwen, en wel met Penny Lancaster. Op 26 mei 2005 werd bekend dat Penny in verwachting is. Op 27 november 2005 werd zijn derde zoon geboren, Alastair. Op 16 juni 2007 is Rod getrouwd met Penny Lancaster in La Cervara nabij Portofino, Itali. Op de bruiloft waren ongeveer 100 familieleden en vrienden getuige van hun huwelijk. De receptie vond plaats in Santa Margherita alwaar men uitzicht had over de kust. Diner, feest en vuurwerk duurden tot in de kleine uurtjes toen het bruidspaar, dat erin slaagde hun speciale dag priv te houden, vertrokken voor een Mediterriaanse vakantie. (Less)
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94, 02:14, 2008-04-17 15:08:50 Description: THE FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS 1967 - 1969 Older Guys Intro: G G D G I don't ever think about tomorrow Em D C What or why are all (More) THE FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS 1967 - 1969 Older Guys Intro: G G D G I don't ever think about tomorrow Em D C What or why are all on another day G C But I think that it's been said Em C By somebody up ahead G The older guys tell us what it's all about (ooh ooh ooh) C The older guys really got it all worked out (ooh ooh ooh) G D Since we got the older guys to show us how G C I don't see why we can't start right now G C G D C G It's so costly living down on the ocean Bed on the beach is where I wanna rent my home And I think that it's been said By somebody up ahead The older guys get the ladies with the style (ooh ooh ooh) The older guys squeeze them till it makes them smile (ooh ooh ooh) What's the use in looking like a cop on the beat What's the use in looking like a girl on the street Flying Burrito Bros. v. 1.0 Ian Dunlop: vocals, bass, guitar, sax Mickey Gauvin: drums Barry Tashian: vocals, guitar Billy Briggs: keyboards Junior Markham: horns Bobby Keys: sax and sometimes Gram Parsons: vocals, guitar, keyboards Flying Burrito Bros. v. 2.0 Gram Parsons: vocals, r. guitar, keyboards Chris Hillman: vocals, r. guitar, mandolin Sneaky Pete Kleinow: pedal steel Chris Ethridge: vocals, bass, piano Session drummers Flying Burrito Bros. v. 2.1 Gram Parsons: vocals, r. guitar, keyboards Chris Hillman: vocals, r. guitar, mandolin Sneaky Pete Kleinow: pedal steel Chris Ethridge: vocals, bass, piano Jon Corneal: drums The Gilded Palace of Sin A&M SP 4175 February 1969 US #164 "Christine's Tune (Devil in Disguise)": The titular Christine was Miss Christine Frka, one of the GTOs with Pamela DesBarres. When she died a couple years later, the Burritos felt remorseful for having portrayed her in an unflattering light and changed the name of the song to "Devil in Disguise" on Last of the Red Hot Burritos. Soul covers: "Dark End of the Street" was written by Dan Penn and Chips Moman and was a hit for Goldwax soul singer James Carr in 1967. It was later covered by, among others, Percy Sledge and Aretha Franklin. The song is mistakenly credited to Spooner Oldham and Penn on several Burritos releases. "Do Right Woman" was also written by Dan Penn and Chips Moman and made famous by Aretha Franklin in 1967. Session drummers: Corneal drummed on five tunes from Gilded Palace of Sin (A&M, 1969). Session man Eddie Hoh drummed on two cuts; he left and the band hired Sam Goldstein, a friend of Sneaky Pete Kleinow. Goldstein drummed on only one song; Popeye Phillips, a friend of Chris Ethridge, drummed on the remaining three tracks. The history of the Flying Burrito Brothers is long and checkered. The definitive line-up began with two ex-Byrds, Gram Parsons and Chris Hillman, and soon added a third, Michael Clarke. Both Gene Clark and David Crosby guested on recordings by the Burritos. Gene Parsons and Skip Battin would play with subsequent incarnations of the group. Indeed, the band went through a ridiculous number of iterations over the years, many of which had only the most tenuous of connections to the definitive Parsons-Hillman line-up. Ironically, even Gram Parsons had a fairly flimsy claim on the name when he took it over from a group of his former bandmates in 1968. The Flying Burrito Brothers v. 1.0 The first version of the Burritos formed after bassist Ian Dunlop and drummer Mickey Gauvin left the International Submarine Band in spring of 1967. Their bandmates Gram Parsons and John Nuese kept the ISB name, hired a number of session players and friends, and recorded Safe at Home (LHI, 1968). The split was driven by different musical visions -- Parsons and Nuese wanted to concentrate on country music, while Dunlop and Gauvin wanted to combine R&B, rock and country -- but was relatively amicable. Dunlop and Gauvin began playing their blend of styles at clubs around LA with a shifting group of musicians as the Flying Burrito Brothers. (Dunlop came up with the name.) Other original original Burritos include guitarist and vocalist Barry Tashian and keyboardist Billy Briggs, late of Boston's legendary group, the Remains; horn player Junior Markham and saxman Bobby Keys (who played with Leon Russell and later backed Delaney & Bonnie, Joe Cocker, and the Rolling Stones). Parsons actually played at their debut gig, and from time to time thereafter. The roster was flexible, featuring any number of friends and fellow-travelers, including Russell and Jesse Ed Davis. The original Burritos deliberately eschewed the music industry -- they didn't want to get signed, they didn't want to have hits, they just wanted to play the music they liked. In fact, when they were recognized by fans on the streets of LA in mid-'68, they concluded that they were becoming too well-known and moved the core of the band to New York City. They continued to play under the Burrito name out East, even after Parsons adopted the name for his new group. Courtesy A&M Records. The Flying Burrito Brothers v. 2.0 and 2.1 During the brief tenure of Gram Parsons in the Byrds, he and Chris Hillman discussed forming a band that would play country music with a rock 'n' roll attitude. They even recorded a few sessions with Clarence White, Gene Parsons, and Gib Guilbeau in what Gene Parsons called a "prototype Burrito Brothers."* Before any decision could be made, Parsons had quit the band and become persona non grata with Hillman. "I was ready to murder him," said Hillman.* Meanwhile, White and Gene Parsons had become Byrds. Once Hillman quit the Byrds, Parsons, back from London, looked him up. Before long they had reconciled their differences, and revived their plans to form a country band. Parsons had already lined up a bassist in Chris Ethridge, who had been in the second version of the International Submarine Band and played on the LP. They called Clarence White and Gene Parsons to offer them jobs, but both decided they liked their odds better with the Byrds. Instead, they brought in Sneaky Pete Kleinow on steel guitar. Kleinow was a known quantity: he had played steel behind the Sweetheart Byrds at a few live gigs in early '68. The band went without a regular drummer. Burritos v. 2.0 on the cover of 1988 compilation Farther Along. Courtesy A&M Records. They decided to borrow the name of Ian Dunlop's band, by this time relocated to New York: the Flying Burrito Brothers. Parsons and Hillman got a house in the San Fernando Valley and dubbed it "Burrito Manor." In 1985, Hillman recalled it as a fruitful period for the two: "To this day the most productive time I've ever had, including all the bands I was ever in, the most productive time was living with [Parsons] in Reseda in 1968 when I was getting a divorce and so was he and we shared a house and we were putting the Burritos together then. We didn't have a drummer, we had Chris Ethridge and Sneaky Pete. We woke up in the morning and we would write every morning.... It was a great time. To this day I've never peaked like that working with other people."* The two wrote some of the most memorable tunes of both their careers during this period, including "Christine's Tune (Devil in Disguise)," "Wheels," "Juanita," and "Sin City," Hillman's jab at Byrds manager Larry Spector. Parsons also fleshed out a pair of Ethridge's melodies into "Hot Burrito #1" (aka "I'm Your Toy") and "Hot Burrito #2." The Burritos quickly landed a recording contract with A&M and by the end of 1968 were at work on their first album, The Gilded Palace of Sin (A&M, 1969). All the above songs, plus a couple of soul covers, "Dark End of the Street" and "Do Right Woman" (featuring an uncredited David Crosby on high harmony), and a Parsons number from the Submarine Band days, "Do You Know How It Feels," were recorded in late 1968. ISB drummer Jon Corneal played on half the songs and three different session drummers handled the rest. The Gilded Palace of Sin. Courtesy A&M Records. Ever conscious of appearances, Parsons took the group to Nudie's Rodeo Tailors for some flashy sequined suits of the type some country musicians favored -- of course, no other country musician had a Nudie suit embroidered with the marijuana leaves, pills and naked ladies that festooned Parsons's jacket. The band were captured in their new cosmic country duds on the cover of the first album, shot in the Mojave Desert. Gilded Palace was released in early '69 to critical acclaim and indifference from the public. The LP wheezed up to #164 on the US chart. To follow the career of the Flying Burrito Brothers, see The Flying Burrito Brothers: 1969 - 1970. Notes "Prototype Burrito Brothers..." Fong-Torres, Hickory Wind at 100. "I was ready to murder him." Griffin, Gram Parsons at 86. "To this day..." Griffin, Gram Parsons at 85. (Less)
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74, 01:18, 2008-04-22 10:06:44 Description: http://ellisguitars.com/stompbox.html NEWS VIA JAMIE CULLUM ON 30 August 2006 Stomp on! A Stompbox is a little wooden block the size of a CD case. It has a tiny pick up inside which amplifies a (More) http://ellisguitars.com/stompbox.html NEWS VIA JAMIE CULLUM ON 30 August 2006 Stomp on! A Stompbox is a little wooden block the size of a CD case. It has a tiny pick up inside which amplifies a tapping foot - genius! Jamie acquired the device whilst touring in Australia at the beginning of April and has been stomping ever since! Only Jamie's Stompbox mysteriously disappeared in transit somewhere between the UK and South Africa. A big thank you to Ellis Guitars for saving the day with an overnight replacement from the other side of the world! Stomp on! This was originally filmed by http://www.youtube.com/user/Phoemail The Ellis Stomp Box is a hand crafted amplified solid timber box which you tap with your foot to provide a rhythm to accompany your stringed instrument playing both in the Studio and in a live situation. Stomp Boxes are popular with multi-instrumentalists such as John Butler Trio, Xavier Rudd and Harry Manx. "A small wooden structure with a pick up inside, so guitarists can tap their feet to produce a booming percussion sound The Ellis Stomp Box is the original hand crafted amplified acoustic solid timber box which you tap with your foot to provide a rhythm to accompany your stringed instrument playing both in the Studio and in a live situation. Stomp Boxes are popular with multi-instrumentalists such as John Butler Trio, Xavier Rudd and Ash Grunwald. Also known as a foot pedal, cajon, percussion box, wood drum djembe, porchboard, rhythm box, box drum, foot stomp, hand drum, bass drum, bass drum pedal, hand pedal, beat box, wood drum, foot drum, wooden drum and many other names around the world. The Ellis stompbox is used for innovative percussion, latin percussion, as a drum trigger, solo guitarist foot rhythm, hand percussion, indian percussion, folk music percussion, country music percussion, high hat simulation, and is known for it's flexibility, durability, compact size and ease of use. Ellis Stompbox Players include Harry Manx, Phil Keaggy, Bjorn Berge, Jamie Cullum, Joe Camilleri, Don Ross, Michael Fix, Bruce Mathiske As a quality Australian luthier, Ellis Guitars makes Stompbox from the best Australian and international timbers such as Quilted Big Leaf Maple Stompbox, Flamed Big Leaf Maple Stompbox, Australian Curly Marri Red Gum Stompbox, West Australian Tuart Stompbox, Tasmanian Sassafras Stompbox, box drum, Camphor Laurel Stompbox, Lacewood Stompbox, Silky Oak Stompbox, Tasmanian Myrtle Stompbox, Plain West Australian Marri Red Gum Stompbox, East Indian Rosewood Stomp box, Australian Peppermint Stomp box, Australian Beefwood Stompbox, Tasmanian Redheart Leatherwood Stomp box, Tasmanian Blackwood Stompbox, Australian Sheoak Stompbox, West Australian Red Jarrah Stompbox, Australian Holly Leaf Banksia Stompbox, Australian Native Woody Pear Stompbox, Californian Walnut Stompbox, French Walnut Stomp Box and American Oak Stompbox. and many more from around the world. stompboxes, one as a bass drum sound board stomp boxes stomp box foot acoustic instrument guitar foot percussion stomp box pedals, drum triggers, electronic drums and base drummers, foot drum stompbox, stompboxes, cajon drum, cajon drum wood ,wooden drum, wood drum djembe, stomp boxes guitarists, stomp boxes pedals, percussion instruments, innovative percussion, percussion tools, bass drum triggers, electronic drums drum triggers midi, electronic drums, kinds of percussion instruments, list of percussion instruments, base drum pedal, base drum pedals guitar stompbox, stompbox effects, stompbox sound, guitar stomp box, stompbox music, stompbox net, the stompbox, stompbox band acoustic stomp box, bass stompbox, stompbox media, stomp box net, wooden stomp box, stomp box music, stompbox mods, stomp box reviews, acoustic stompbox, blues stomp box, stompbox creative, bass stomp box stomp box order, stompbox music, wood stompbox, stomp box effects, best stomp box loop stomp box, stompbox reviews, stomp box pedal, stompbox order, wood stomp box, what is a stompbox, effects pedals, pedal board the stomp box, guitar rig, best stompbox, how to build a box, guitar stomp boxes, guitar, stomp box guitar, stomp boxes, stomp board, stomp board boxesbase drum, djembe, djembe drum, djembe drums, remo djembe, african djembe, african djembe drum, base drum pedal, base drum pedals, base drums, djembe drumming, djembe how to play, drum & base, drum and base, drum n base, base djembe wood, drum and base dj, drum and base djs, drum and base events, drum and base music ,drum army basee, drums and base, instrument djembe, stompbox gallery, stomp percussion, stomp boxes, ellis equipment (Less)
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45, 08:16, 2008-04-21 16:16:43 Description: The Cosmic Lounge presents Deep House Music: 'Soul Alive' by Kevin Yost. "Kevin Yost was a musical child, who at a very early age demonstrated a keen sense of rhythm. This quickly grew (More) The Cosmic Lounge presents Deep House Music: 'Soul Alive' by Kevin Yost. "Kevin Yost was a musical child, who at a very early age demonstrated a keen sense of rhythm. This quickly grew into a love of playing drums and soon after keys. Listening to his father's Chuck Mangione records, his love of music continued to grow throughout his youth. Yet his small rural farm town in Waynesboro, PA USA had no outlets to develop a child's skill thus he turned to self-instruction over formal education. The spark of jazz music was lit inside Kevin at this young age; however growing up in the early 80's, he soon gathered an affinity for the burgeoning electronic music scene. At age eleven Kevin started DJing with a cheap set of turntables and a mixer he got for Christmas. His skills quickly refined as he met an older friend who introduced him to beat mixing. He began to play school dances and other partie. He saved money from his gigs and slowly put together a home studio. By the time he was fourteen years old he purchased a drum machine, a keyboard, and sequencer. Propelled by this new ability to create, at the age of seventeen Kevin decided to attend Berkley College of Music. He later went on to Shenandoah Conservatory. His main areas of study were music composition and percussion. As a result of this formal training, his early childhood bonds with jazz were reaffirmed, but his love of DJing and electronic music still remained. By the time he left school he had all the tools needed to work in many different genres. His first concept was to combine all of his interests and create a jazz/electronic fusion that could be played by a DJ. At age 23 he took this on as his initial solo project and in 1995 eager to let others hear his first creations he sent out demo tapes to various independent labels. Out of this grew an affiliation with New Jersey's i! Records. This new team effort between the label and Kevin developed into many releases including his groundbreaking album "One Starry Night". Unlike anything ever done before it's percussive jazz electronic fusion was met with open arms as it went on to sell over 50,000 units worldwide. This caught the ear of many major labels, which enlisted Kevin to work with artists such as Eric Clapton, Everything but the Girl, the Kodo Drummers, and Cirque de Soleil. Over the past eight years Kevin has released over 70 vinyl records and a mixture of CDs. His success has flourished both as a producer and a DJ, traveling to many different countries and playing some of the world's most respected venues and festivals. This year Kevin has again challenged himself and endeavored to create a completely live show under taking the orchestration of a full band. Appearing in 2004 will be The Kevin Yost Group, a six person group that will be touring throughout Europe this summer." http://www.last.fm/music/Kevin+Yost (Less)
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44, 04:30, 2008-04-17 15:10:32 Description: Roderick David (Rod) Stewart (Londen, 10 januari 1945) is een Britse rockzanger van Schotse herkomst, bekend om zijn rauwe bluesy stem. Hij wordt de witte met de zwarte stem genoemd of ook wel eens de (More) Roderick David (Rod) Stewart (Londen, 10 januari 1945) is een Britse rockzanger van Schotse herkomst, bekend om zijn rauwe bluesy stem. Hij wordt de witte met de zwarte stem genoemd of ook wel eens de laatste "song and dance man" vanwege zijn podiumpersoonlijkheid, zijn onstuitbaar enthousiasme tijdens live-optredens en zijn, haast, persoonlijk contact met elk mens in zijn publiek. Song and dance man is een begrip uit de tijd dat entertainment nog echt en aanraakbaar was. Rod Stewart is CBE (Commander of the order of The British Empire), een onderscheiding die hij met kerst 2006 kreeg uitgereikt door Elizabeth II voor bewezen diensten, (cultureel, artistiek en de verkoop van meer dan 300 miljoen platen) aan het Britse Koninkrijk. Hij is ook opgenomen in de Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.------------------Biografie Op jonge leeftijd wilde Stewart voetballer worden en kwam terecht bij Brentford F.C.. Al snel richtte hij zich echter op de muziek en werd straatzanger. Na enige omzwervingen door Europa (hij werd Spanje zelfs uitgezet wegens landloperij), werd hij op het station van Twickenham ontdekt door Long John Baldry. Vanaf 1964 trad hij veel op met Shotgun Express, Steampacket, Long John Baldry, Julie Driscoll en Alexis Corner. Zijn eerste opvallende plaatopname was zijn virtuoze mondharmonicaspel op het nummer My Boy Lollipop van Millie Small, een skazangeresje in 1964. Hij bleef relatief onbekend totdat hij zich in 1967 aansloot bij de Jeff Beck Group (voorloper van Led Zeppelin en vele anderen) met virtuoos gitaarspeler Jeff Beck, bassist Ron Wood en drummers Aynsley Dunbar en Micky Waller.-----------------------------The Faces The Faces (Stewart 2e van rechts In 1969 verliet hij de Jeff Beck Group om samen met Ron Wood over te stappen naar The Faces. Hij bracht in datzelfde jaar nog een soloalbum uit,"An Old Raincoat Want Ever Let You Down" en met The Faces het album "First Step". In 1970 verscheen zijn tweede soloalbum "Gasoline Alley" en met The Faces "Long Player". "Every Picture Tells a Story" uit 1971 betekende de echt grote doorbraak voor Rod Stewart en vanaf dat moment genoot hij internationale bekendheid. Toen het B-kantje Maggie May vaak op de radio werd gedraaid kreeg hij met het album en de single gelijktijdig een nummer 1 in de Verenigde Staten en in Groot-Brittanni, iets dat in de geschiedenis van de populaire muziek nooit eerder was voorgekomen en sindsdien nog door niemand is gevenaard. Het album "Every Picture Tells A Story" is opgenomen in de befaamde "Rock & Roll Hall of Fame" en bekleedt daar de zeventiende plaats in de top 500 van albums die de meeste invloed en verandering hebben teweeggebracht in de twintigste eeuw. "A Nod's As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse", ook al uit 1971, bracht The Faces in deze tijd hun enige top 10-hit in de VS met het nummer Stay with me. In 1972 verscheen "Never A Dull Moment", Stewarts vierde soloalbum. Samen met The Faces bracht hij ook nog eens het onvolprezen "Ooh La La" uit waarop enkele pareltjes van de hand van Ronnie Lane. "Sing It Again", de verzamelaar uit 1973 had onvoldoende ruimte om de meesterwerken van de vier eerste soloalbums te herbergen. The Faces brachten dat jaar ook een verzamelaar uit, "Snakes And Ladders", waarop hun laatste nummer-1-hit in het Verenigd Koninkrijk, "Pool Hall Richard" echter waren ze toch de populairste liveband in het Verenigd Koninkrijk tot ze in 1974 uit elkaar gingen. Cindy Incidentally en Pool Hall Richard stonden er weken op de eerste plaats. In 1974 brachten The Faces ook nog "Coast To Coast-Averture and Beginners" uit, een livealbum dat hun reputatie waarmaakte.----------------------------Succesrijke soloperiode 1974 betekende voor Stewart ook zijn laatste soloalbum voor Mercury Records, het uit "Smiler" gesponnen lied "Farewell" was niet toevallig vermits Rod de grote stap over de Atlantische Oceaan reeds plande en zijn kreatiefste periode uit zijn leven afsloot om te beginnen aan zijn "lucratiefste". Het grote geld ging nu pas komen. In 1975 werd de verzamelaar van The Faces, "Snakes and Ladders" heruitgebracht in het zog van het succes van "Atlantic Crossings", het eerste soloalbum bij Warner Bros/Atlantic. De albums "An Old Raincoat", "Gasoline Alley", "Never A Dull Moment", "Smiler", "A Nod's As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse" en "Ooh La La" kunnen gezien worden als behorende tot de belangrijkste rockalbums ooit. "Every Picture Tells A Story" hoort hier ook in thuis, en Rod Stewart nam hiermee ook zijn intrede in de gerenommeerde Rock and Roll Hall Off Fame. In tegenstelling tot wat je zou mogen aannemen was de hierna volgende periode, waarin Rod Stewart op zijn populairst was, niet zijn creatiefste. Hij had intussen onderdak gevonden bij "Warner Bros, Atlantic". Zijn contract hield in dat alle rechten op zijn songs totaal in eigen handen bleef, Warner streek enkel procenten op voor de verkoop van platen en niet voor auteursrechten, waardoor Warner zich natuurlijk dubbel zo hard inspande voor de promotie van Rods platen. Sailing uit "Atlantic Crossings" (1975), en Tonight's The Night uit "A Night On The Town", dat zestien weken op nummer 1 stond in de Amerikaanse Billboard in 1976, bevestigden toch nog het talent van Rod Stewart. Uit "Footloose And Fancy Free" (1977) stamt de rocker "Hot Legs. Aan het eind van 1978 uit het album "Blonds Have More Fun" had hij nog een hit met het nummer Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?, waarschijnlijk het meest verguisde nummer uit zijn carrire, dat wel meteen doorstootte naar de nummer-1-posities over de ganse wereld. Het bracht Rod echter geen dollar in de beurs want alle rechten werden geschonken aan het kinderfonds van "Unicef".-----------------------Jaren 80 1980 bracht nog het album "Foolish Behaviour", 1981 "Tonight I'm Your's" en in 1982 het dubbele livealbum "Absolutely Live" waar hij Tina Turner opnieuw aan het grote publiek voorstelde. Het optreden in de L.A.Forum bezorgde Tina Turner de start van haar comeback en bevestigde Rod Stewart als een van de grootste rockperformers aller tijden. Uit de tachtiger jaren herinneren we nog de albums "Body Wishes", 1983, "Camouflage", 1985, en dan weer hoopgevend "Every Beat Of My Heart", 1986, "Out Of Order", 1988, waarin hij weer helemaal terug was met de massieve hit "Infatuation". 1989 bracht de vierdelige verzamelaar "Storyteller".--------------------------Jaren 90 Daarna nam zijn productiviteit wat af en stond hij meer bekend als rockster, dan om zijn muzikale talent. Uit die periode de kwamen twee rocksongs Hot Legs en Foolish Behaviour, niet te vergeten "I Was Only Joking" een zelfreflectie met de nodige humor en emotie. In 1993 nam hij samen met Sting en Bryan Adams de hit All for Love op voor de film The Three Musketeers. Dit werd door sommige fans als een groter dieptepunt dan "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" in zijn carrire gezien. Rod Stewart gaf in 1994 een gratis concert op het strand van Copacabana, dat meer dan 3,5 miljoen bezoekers trok. Dit werd vermeld in het Guinness Book of Records. "Unplugged And Seated" bewees in 1995 nogmaals het livetalent van Rod Stewart die een eerlijke traan niet schuwde als hij de cover van Van Morrison, "Have I Told You Lately" aan zijn toenmalige echtgenote Rachel Hunter opdroeg.-------------------------------Jaren 00 In 2002 keerde Rod terug in de top van de albumlijsten met It Had To Be You, een verzameling van oude klassiekers van Cole Porter tot Nat King Cole uit de jaren '20 en '30 . De verkoop staat op 4.200.000 exemplaren wat een unicum is in de jaren van downloaden. Geen enkele andere artiest van zijn generatie heeft hem dit nagedaan. Eind 2003 keert hij weer terug met het album As Time Goes By waarmee hij de tweede plaats bezet in de Amerikaanse en de Canadese en de eerste in de Australische albumhitlijst in november 2003. 2004 luidt voor Rod Stewart, financieel, het meest succesvolle jaar in zijn lange carrire tot nu toe in. Hij gaat op tournee in de Verenigde Staten en Canada met een volledig uitverkochte stadiontournee die loopt van januari tot augustus, getiteld "From Maggy May to the Great American Songbook". De show bestaat uit twee delen: een eerste deel van goed anderhalf uur rock, en afsluitend een half uur Amerikaanse klassiekers. Rod krijgt voor iedere avond, gemiddeld 22 avonden per maand en dit voor acht maanden, een miljoen Amerikaanse dollars binnen. Na de tour zal Rod samen met Ronnie Wood in de studio duiken voor de afwerking van hun album "You'll Strut, I'll Sing". 19 oktober 2004 verscheen de derde en laatste in de serie Great American Songbooks, genaamd "Stardust", dat meteen doorstoot naar de nummer-1-positie in de Amerikaanse albumcharts. Gasten zijn onder andere Eric Clapton, Stevie Wonder en Dolly Parton.------------------------Invloed op anderen Rod Stewart solo en vooral ook Rod Stewart samen met de Faces wordt door vele artiesten als hun grote voorbeeld genoemd, zoals o.a. Alanis Morissette, The Black Crowes, Stereophonics, Pearl Jam (die zelfs enkele riffs van de Faces geleend hebben) en zelfs Rage Against The Machine. Paul Cook en Steve Jones van de Sex Pistols hebben jaren na hun punkglorie toegegeven dat het nummer Pool Hall Richard (1973) van de hand van Rod Stewart en Ron Wood voor hun de eerste echte Britse punk-song was, de tekst Bang go the Queen, she's so obscene, her hands are dirty but her image clean, Pool Hall Richard, kid you're wicked, whe now! zegt genoeg.----------------------Privleven Rod Stewart is tweemaal getrouwd geweest en gaat na de scheiding van zijn tweede vrouw voor de derde keer in het huwelijksbootje stappen. Hij heeft zeven kinderen. Zijn eerste kind is zijn dochter Sarah Thubron (41 jaar), ze was het resultaat van een tienerromance. De moeder is Susannah Boffey. Toen Sarah geboren werd was Rod 18 jaar. Hij trouwde voor het eerst op 6 april 1976 met Alana Collins, met haar kreeg hij 2 kinderen: dochter Kimberly (geb. 21 augustus 1979) en zoon Sean (geb. 1 september 1980). Hij scheidde van haar in 1984. Op 17 juni 1987 werd Rod vader van derde dochter Ruby, haar moeder was Kelly Emberg, een toenmalige vriendin van Rod. Rod trouwde voor de 2de keer met Rachel Hunter op 15 december 1990. Met haar kreeg hij 2 kinderen: dochter Renee (geb. 1 juni 1992) en zoon Liam McAlister (geb. 4 september 1994). Op 4 juni 2005 heeft hij officieel de scheiding aangevraagd met zijn tweede vrouw. Al vanaf 1999 leven zij niet meer samen. Als hij van Rachel Hunter gescheiden is, wil hij voor de derde keer gaan trouwen, en wel met Penny Lancaster. Op 26 mei 2005 werd bekend dat Penny in verwachting is. Op 27 november 2005 werd zijn derde zoon geboren, Alastair. Op 16 juni 2007 is Rod getrouwd met Penny Lancaster in La Cervara nabij Portofino, Itali. Op de bruiloft waren ongeveer 100 familieleden en vrienden getuige van hun huwelijk. De receptie vond plaats in Santa Margherita alwaar men uitzicht had over de kust. Diner, feest en vuurwerk duurden tot in de kleine uurtjes toen het bruidspaar, dat erin slaagde hun speciale dag priv te houden, vertrokken voor een Mediterriaanse vakantie. (Less)
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41, 04:12, 2008-04-17 15:13:33 Description: Roderick David (Rod) Stewart (Londen, 10 januari 1945) is een Britse rockzanger van Schotse herkomst, bekend om zijn rauwe bluesy stem. Hij wordt de witte met de zwarte stem genoemd of ook wel eens de (More) Roderick David (Rod) Stewart (Londen, 10 januari 1945) is een Britse rockzanger van Schotse herkomst, bekend om zijn rauwe bluesy stem. Hij wordt de witte met de zwarte stem genoemd of ook wel eens de laatste "song and dance man" vanwege zijn podiumpersoonlijkheid, zijn onstuitbaar enthousiasme tijdens live-optredens en zijn, haast, persoonlijk contact met elk mens in zijn publiek. Song and dance man is een begrip uit de tijd dat entertainment nog echt en aanraakbaar was. Rod Stewart is CBE (Commander of the order of The British Empire), een onderscheiding die hij met kerst 2006 kreeg uitgereikt door Elizabeth II voor bewezen diensten, (cultureel, artistiek en de verkoop van meer dan 300 miljoen platen) aan het Britse Koninkrijk. Hij is ook opgenomen in de Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.------------------Biografie Op jonge leeftijd wilde Stewart voetballer worden en kwam terecht bij Brentford F.C.. Al snel richtte hij zich echter op de muziek en werd straatzanger. Na enige omzwervingen door Europa (hij werd Spanje zelfs uitgezet wegens landloperij), werd hij op het station van Twickenham ontdekt door Long John Baldry. Vanaf 1964 trad hij veel op met Shotgun Express, Steampacket, Long John Baldry, Julie Driscoll en Alexis Corner. Zijn eerste opvallende plaatopname was zijn virtuoze mondharmonicaspel op het nummer My Boy Lollipop van Millie Small, een skazangeresje in 1964. Hij bleef relatief onbekend totdat hij zich in 1967 aansloot bij de Jeff Beck Group (voorloper van Led Zeppelin en vele anderen) met virtuoos gitaarspeler Jeff Beck, bassist Ron Wood en drummers Aynsley Dunbar en Micky Waller.-----------------------------The Faces The Faces (Stewart 2e van rechts In 1969 verliet hij de Jeff Beck Group om samen met Ron Wood over te stappen naar The Faces. Hij bracht in datzelfde jaar nog een soloalbum uit,"An Old Raincoat Want Ever Let You Down" en met The Faces het album "First Step". In 1970 verscheen zijn tweede soloalbum "Gasoline Alley" en met The Faces "Long Player". "Every Picture Tells a Story" uit 1971 betekende de echt grote doorbraak voor Rod Stewart en vanaf dat moment genoot hij internationale bekendheid. Toen het B-kantje Maggie May vaak op de radio werd gedraaid kreeg hij met het album en de single gelijktijdig een nummer 1 in de Verenigde Staten en in Groot-Brittanni, iets dat in de geschiedenis van de populaire muziek nooit eerder was voorgekomen en sindsdien nog door niemand is gevenaard. Het album "Every Picture Tells A Story" is opgenomen in de befaamde "Rock & Roll Hall of Fame" en bekleedt daar de zeventiende plaats in de top 500 van albums die de meeste invloed en verandering hebben teweeggebracht in de twintigste eeuw. "A Nod's As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse", ook al uit 1971, bracht The Faces in deze tijd hun enige top 10-hit in de VS met het nummer Stay with me. In 1972 verscheen "Never A Dull Moment", Stewarts vierde soloalbum. Samen met The Faces bracht hij ook nog eens het onvolprezen "Ooh La La" uit waarop enkele pareltjes van de hand van Ronnie Lane. "Sing It Again", de verzamelaar uit 1973 had onvoldoende ruimte om de meesterwerken van de vier eerste soloalbums te herbergen. The Faces brachten dat jaar ook een verzamelaar uit, "Snakes And Ladders", waarop hun laatste nummer-1-hit in het Verenigd Koninkrijk, "Pool Hall Richard" echter waren ze toch de populairste liveband in het Verenigd Koninkrijk tot ze in 1974 uit elkaar gingen. Cindy Incidentally en Pool Hall Richard stonden er weken op de eerste plaats. In 1974 brachten The Faces ook nog "Coast To Coast-Averture and Beginners" uit, een livealbum dat hun reputatie waarmaakte.----------------------------Succesrijke soloperiode 1974 betekende voor Stewart ook zijn laatste soloalbum voor Mercury Records, het uit "Smiler" gesponnen lied "Farewell" was niet toevallig vermits Rod de grote stap over de Atlantische Oceaan reeds plande en zijn kreatiefste periode uit zijn leven afsloot om te beginnen aan zijn "lucratiefste". Het grote geld ging nu pas komen. In 1975 werd de verzamelaar van The Faces, "Snakes and Ladders" heruitgebracht in het zog van het succes van "Atlantic Crossings", het eerste soloalbum bij Warner Bros/Atlantic. De albums "An Old Raincoat", "Gasoline Alley", "Never A Dull Moment", "Smiler", "A Nod's As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse" en "Ooh La La" kunnen gezien worden als behorende tot de belangrijkste rockalbums ooit. "Every Picture Tells A Story" hoort hier ook in thuis, en Rod Stewart nam hiermee ook zijn intrede in de gerenommeerde Rock and Roll Hall Off Fame. In tegenstelling tot wat je zou mogen aannemen was de hierna volgende periode, waarin Rod Stewart op zijn populairst was, niet zijn creatiefste. Hij had intussen onderdak gevonden bij "Warner Bros, Atlantic". Zijn contract hield in dat alle rechten op zijn songs totaal in eigen handen bleef, Warner streek enkel procenten op voor de verkoop van platen en niet voor auteursrechten, waardoor Warner zich natuurlijk dubbel zo hard inspande voor de promotie van Rods platen. Sailing uit "Atlantic Crossings" (1975), en Tonight's The Night uit "A Night On The Town", dat zestien weken op nummer 1 stond in de Amerikaanse Billboard in 1976, bevestigden toch nog het talent van Rod Stewart. Uit "Footloose And Fancy Free" (1977) stamt de rocker "Hot Legs. Aan het eind van 1978 uit het album "Blonds Have More Fun" had hij nog een hit met het nummer Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?, waarschijnlijk het meest verguisde nummer uit zijn carrire, dat wel meteen doorstootte naar de nummer-1-posities over de ganse wereld. Het bracht Rod echter geen dollar in de beurs want alle rechten werden geschonken aan het kinderfonds van "Unicef".-----------------------Jaren 80 1980 bracht nog het album "Foolish Behaviour", 1981 "Tonight I'm Your's" en in 1982 het dubbele livealbum "Absolutely Live" waar hij Tina Turner opnieuw aan het grote publiek voorstelde. Het optreden in de L.A.Forum bezorgde Tina Turner de start van haar comeback en bevestigde Rod Stewart als een van de grootste rockperformers aller tijden. Uit de tachtiger jaren herinneren we nog de albums "Body Wishes", 1983, "Camouflage", 1985, en dan weer hoopgevend "Every Beat Of My Heart", 1986, "Out Of Order", 1988, waarin hij weer helemaal terug was met de massieve hit "Infatuation". 1989 bracht de vierdelige verzamelaar "Storyteller".--------------------------Jaren 90 Daarna nam zijn productiviteit wat af en stond hij meer bekend als rockster, dan om zijn muzikale talent. Uit die periode de kwamen twee rocksongs Hot Legs en Foolish Behaviour, niet te vergeten "I Was Only Joking" een zelfreflectie met de nodige humor en emotie. In 1993 nam hij samen met Sting en Bryan Adams de hit All for Love op voor de film The Three Musketeers. Dit werd door sommige fans als een groter dieptepunt dan "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" in zijn carrire gezien. Rod Stewart gaf in 1994 een gratis concert op het strand van Copacabana, dat meer dan 3,5 miljoen bezoekers trok. Dit werd vermeld in het Guinness Book of Records. "Unplugged And Seated" bewees in 1995 nogmaals het livetalent van Rod Stewart die een eerlijke traan niet schuwde als hij de cover van Van Morrison, "Have I Told You Lately" aan zijn toenmalige echtgenote Rachel Hunter opdroeg.-------------------------------Jaren 00 In 2002 keerde Rod terug in de top van de albumlijsten met It Had To Be You, een verzameling van oude klassiekers van Cole Porter tot Nat King Cole uit de jaren '20 en '30 . De verkoop staat op 4.200.000 exemplaren wat een unicum is in de jaren van downloaden. Geen enkele andere artiest van zijn generatie heeft hem dit nagedaan. Eind 2003 keert hij weer terug met het album As Time Goes By waarmee hij de tweede plaats bezet in de Amerikaanse en de Canadese en de eerste in de Australische albumhitlijst in november 2003. 2004 luidt voor Rod Stewart, financieel, het meest succesvolle jaar in zijn lange carrire tot nu toe in. Hij gaat op tournee in de Verenigde Staten en Canada met een volledig uitverkochte stadiontournee die loopt van januari tot augustus, getiteld "From Maggy May to the Great American Songbook". De show bestaat uit twee delen: een eerste deel van goed anderhalf uur rock, en afsluitend een half uur Amerikaanse klassiekers. Rod krijgt voor iedere avond, gemiddeld 22 avonden per maand en dit voor acht maanden, een miljoen Amerikaanse dollars binnen. Na de tour zal Rod samen met Ronnie Wood in de studio duiken voor de afwerking van hun album "You'll Strut, I'll Sing". 19 oktober 2004 verscheen de derde en laatste in de serie Great American Songbooks, genaamd "Stardust", dat meteen doorstoot naar de nummer-1-positie in de Amerikaanse albumcharts. Gasten zijn onder andere Eric Clapton, Stevie Wonder en Dolly Parton.------------------------Invloed op anderen Rod Stewart solo en vooral ook Rod Stewart samen met de Faces wordt door vele artiesten als hun grote voorbeeld genoemd, zoals o.a. Alanis Morissette, The Black Crowes, Stereophonics, Pearl Jam (die zelfs enkele riffs van de Faces geleend hebben) en zelfs Rage Against The Machine. Paul Cook en Steve Jones van de Sex Pistols hebben jaren na hun punkglorie toegegeven dat het nummer Pool Hall Richard (1973) van de hand van Rod Stewart en Ron Wood voor hun de eerste echte Britse punk-song was, de tekst Bang go the Queen, she's so obscene, her hands are dirty but her image clean, Pool Hall Richard, kid you're wicked, whe now! zegt genoeg.----------------------Privleven Rod Stewart is tweemaal getrouwd geweest en gaat na de scheiding van zijn tweede vrouw voor de derde keer in het huwelijksbootje stappen. Hij heeft zeven kinderen. Zijn eerste kind is zijn dochter Sarah Thubron (41 jaar), ze was het resultaat van een tienerromance. De moeder is Susannah Boffey. Toen Sarah geboren werd was Rod 18 jaar. Hij trouwde voor het eerst op 6 april 1976 met Alana Collins, met haar kreeg hij 2 kinderen: dochter Kimberly (geb. 21 augustus 1979) en zoon Sean (geb. 1 september 1980). Hij scheidde van haar in 1984. Op 17 juni 1987 werd Rod vader van derde dochter Ruby, haar moeder was Kelly Emberg, een toenmalige vriendin van Rod. Rod trouwde voor de 2de keer met Rachel Hunter op 15 december 1990. Met haar kreeg hij 2 kinderen: dochter Renee (geb. 1 juni 1992) en zoon Liam McAlister (geb. 4 september 1994). Op 4 juni 2005 heeft hij officieel de scheiding aangevraagd met zijn tweede vrouw. Al vanaf 1999 leven zij niet meer samen. Als hij van Rachel Hunter gescheiden is, wil hij voor de derde keer gaan trouwen, en wel met Penny Lancaster. Op 26 mei 2005 werd bekend dat Penny in verwachting is. Op 27 november 2005 werd zijn derde zoon geboren, Alastair. Op 16 juni 2007 is Rod getrouwd met Penny Lancaster in La Cervara nabij Portofino, Itali. Op de bruiloft waren ongeveer 100 familieleden en vrienden getuige van hun huwelijk. De receptie vond plaats in Santa Margherita alwaar men uitzicht had over de kust. Diner, feest en vuurwerk duurden tot in de kleine uurtjes toen het bruidspaar, dat erin slaagde hun speciale dag priv te houden, vertrokken voor een Mediterriaanse vakantie. (Less)
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44, 00:31, 2007-04-03 12:56:22 Description: The new Travis Barker working for Creative? Sick solo and funny as hell...lol This is Rock and Roll..
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Travis Barker doin some (More) The new Travis Barker working for Creative? Sick solo and funny as hell...lol This is Rock and Roll..
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Travis Barker doin some crazy snare drum solos off the top of his head.
No i am not travis barker so stop asking... this is just a video i found and thought was cool.
Check out some of my other video's... they are pretty random but let me know what you think ha ha.
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'Jacob Armen' as he performed way back when on the Johny Carson show.
At only 7 years old (then) its mind blowing how advanced he is.
He is like a young buddy rich or some thing, a must see if your a drummer, or musician.
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This is my first video lesson, so I would love to hear any feedback what so ever regarding teaching method, the material, or anything. Also, feel free to ask questions. I will be happy to answer them. And let me know if I was in any way helpful! I would love to hear some success stories. Thanks for watching!
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36, 06:24, 2007-10-02 23:00:56 Description: (AUDIO NOT WORKING - go to http://news.prd.go.th/news_detail.php?newsid=215223
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The Phuket Yacht Club at the picturesque Ao Yon Bay near Cape Panwa on the south west side of (More) (AUDIO NOT WORKING - go to http://news.prd.go.th/news_detail.php?newsid=215223
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The Phuket Yacht Club at the picturesque Ao Yon Bay near Cape Panwa on the south west side of Phuket,
held their Open Day last Sunday the 30th of September, and despite the heavy rain quite a few residents, members, and visitors, both foreign and Thai, turned up to watch and join in
an informal and fun program of small dinghy sailing, canoe racing and especially international dragon boat racing, being held for the first time ever in Phuket.
We arrived as they were holding some short kayak or canoe races for several active kids, including Maxine, Lilo and Emma here who didn't mind get wet and splashed in the rain and sea:
During the rain break, Bill Smith, secretary of the club, explained some of the club's activities and so-called adoption of sailing dinghies scheme, to attract more sponsors and provide a stable financial support for this small but long established club.
Then Mike Downard, from sponsors Sail in Asia showed the first two groups of willing oarsmen and women, some tips on how to row or stick their oars in, at the same time and rhythm for the dragon boats.
Once they learnt the basics it was time to push their boats out and hit the water;
We went on board to experience the thrill and speed of these first timers:
together with the young drummers, keeping the beat in rhythm with the crew:
They lined up for a couple of short races and did remarkably well to keep them in a straight line without crashing into each other.
After the races, one of the crews practiced a capsizing to know how to act in an emergency:
After they pulled in to shore we spoke to oarsman, and environmentalist Marco Reinhard, who recently cycled and canoed all round Phuket, and to Mike about this first outing for the crews:
"Well I think today went well....... sorry to get you wet."
Mike is willing to train and help crews form for proper races at PIMEX boat show on Sunday December 9th:
For more details on how to join or form dragon boat teams see www.phuketdragonboat.com or telephone Mike on 087 2810458.
While everyone was recharging their energy with a hearty BBQ and refreshments, we asked Katy Gooch, Sailing Secretary, more about the club's regular sailing activities in the next few months:
For more information on Phuket Yacht Club please see website www.phuketyachtclub.info or contact Katy on 085 215 9185
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32, 05:23, 2008-04-17 15:10:32 Description: Roderick David (Rod) Stewart (Londen, 10 januari 1945) is een Britse rockzanger van Schotse herkomst, bekend om zijn rauwe bluesy stem. Hij wordt de witte met de zwarte stem genoemd of ook wel eens de (More) Roderick David (Rod) Stewart (Londen, 10 januari 1945) is een Britse rockzanger van Schotse herkomst, bekend om zijn rauwe bluesy stem. Hij wordt de witte met de zwarte stem genoemd of ook wel eens de laatste "song and dance man" vanwege zijn podiumpersoonlijkheid, zijn onstuitbaar enthousiasme tijdens live-optredens en zijn, haast, persoonlijk contact met elk mens in zijn publiek. Song and dance man is een begrip uit de tijd dat entertainment nog echt en aanraakbaar was. Rod Stewart is CBE (Commander of the order of The British Empire), een onderscheiding die hij met kerst 2006 kreeg uitgereikt door Elizabeth II voor bewezen diensten, (cultureel, artistiek en de verkoop van meer dan 300 miljoen platen) aan het Britse Koninkrijk. Hij is ook opgenomen in de Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.------------------Biografie Op jonge leeftijd wilde Stewart voetballer worden en kwam terecht bij Brentford F.C.. Al snel richtte hij zich echter op de muziek en werd straatzanger. Na enige omzwervingen door Europa (hij werd Spanje zelfs uitgezet wegens landloperij), werd hij op het station van Twickenham ontdekt door Long John Baldry. Vanaf 1964 trad hij veel op met Shotgun Express, Steampacket, Long John Baldry, Julie Driscoll en Alexis Corner. Zijn eerste opvallende plaatopname was zijn virtuoze mondharmonicaspel op het nummer My Boy Lollipop van Millie Small, een skazangeresje in 1964. Hij bleef relatief onbekend totdat hij zich in 1967 aansloot bij de Jeff Beck Group (voorloper van Led Zeppelin en vele anderen) met virtuoos gitaarspeler Jeff Beck, bassist Ron Wood en drummers Aynsley Dunbar en Micky Waller.-----------------------------The Faces The Faces (Stewart 2e van rechts In 1969 verliet hij de Jeff Beck Group om samen met Ron Wood over te stappen naar The Faces. Hij bracht in datzelfde jaar nog een soloalbum uit,"An Old Raincoat Want Ever Let You Down" en met The Faces het album "First Step". In 1970 verscheen zijn tweede soloalbum "Gasoline Alley" en met The Faces "Long Player". "Every Picture Tells a Story" uit 1971 betekende de echt grote doorbraak voor Rod Stewart en vanaf dat moment genoot hij internationale bekendheid. Toen het B-kantje Maggie May vaak op de radio werd gedraaid kreeg hij met het album en de single gelijktijdig een nummer 1 in de Verenigde Staten en in Groot-Brittanni, iets dat in de geschiedenis van de populaire muziek nooit eerder was voorgekomen en sindsdien nog door niemand is gevenaard. Het album "Every Picture Tells A Story" is opgenomen in de befaamde "Rock & Roll Hall of Fame" en bekleedt daar de zeventiende plaats in de top 500 van albums die de meeste invloed en verandering hebben teweeggebracht in de twintigste eeuw. "A Nod's As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse", ook al uit 1971, bracht The Faces in deze tijd hun enige top 10-hit in de VS met het nummer Stay with me. In 1972 verscheen "Never A Dull Moment", Stewarts vierde soloalbum. Samen met The Faces bracht hij ook nog eens het onvolprezen "Ooh La La" uit waarop enkele pareltjes van de hand van Ronnie Lane. "Sing It Again", de verzamelaar uit 1973 had onvoldoende ruimte om de meesterwerken van de vier eerste soloalbums te herbergen. The Faces brachten dat jaar ook een verzamelaar uit, "Snakes And Ladders", waarop hun laatste nummer-1-hit in het Verenigd Koninkrijk, "Pool Hall Richard" echter waren ze toch de populairste liveband in het Verenigd Koninkrijk tot ze in 1974 uit elkaar gingen. Cindy Incidentally en Pool Hall Richard stonden er weken op de eerste plaats. In 1974 brachten The Faces ook nog "Coast To Coast-Averture and Beginners" uit, een livealbum dat hun reputatie waarmaakte.----------------------------Succesrijke soloperiode 1974 betekende voor Stewart ook zijn laatste soloalbum voor Mercury Records, het uit "Smiler" gesponnen lied "Farewell" was niet toevallig vermits Rod de grote stap over de Atlantische Oceaan reeds plande en zijn kreatiefste periode uit zijn leven afsloot om te beginnen aan zijn "lucratiefste". Het grote geld ging nu pas komen. In 1975 werd de verzamelaar van The Faces, "Snakes and Ladders" heruitgebracht in het zog van het succes van "Atlantic Crossings", het eerste soloalbum bij Warner Bros/Atlantic. De albums "An Old Raincoat", "Gasoline Alley", "Never A Dull Moment", "Smiler", "A Nod's As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse" en "Ooh La La" kunnen gezien worden als behorende tot de belangrijkste rockalbums ooit. "Every Picture Tells A Story" hoort hier ook in thuis, en Rod Stewart nam hiermee ook zijn intrede in de gerenommeerde Rock and Roll Hall Off Fame. In tegenstelling tot wat je zou mogen aannemen was de hierna volgende periode, waarin Rod Stewart op zijn populairst was, niet zijn creatiefste. Hij had intussen onderdak gevonden bij "Warner Bros, Atlantic". Zijn contract hield in dat alle rechten op zijn songs totaal in eigen handen bleef, Warner streek enkel procenten op voor de verkoop van platen en niet voor auteursrechten, waardoor Warner zich natuurlijk dubbel zo hard inspande voor de promotie van Rods platen. Sailing uit "Atlantic Crossings" (1975), en Tonight's The Night uit "A Night On The Town", dat zestien weken op nummer 1 stond in de Amerikaanse Billboard in 1976, bevestigden toch nog het talent van Rod Stewart. Uit "Footloose And Fancy Free" (1977) stamt de rocker "Hot Legs. Aan het eind van 1978 uit het album "Blonds Have More Fun" had hij nog een hit met het nummer Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?, waarschijnlijk het meest verguisde nummer uit zijn carrire, dat wel meteen doorstootte naar de nummer-1-posities over de ganse wereld. Het bracht Rod echter geen dollar in de beurs want alle rechten werden geschonken aan het kinderfonds van "Unicef".-----------------------Jaren 80 1980 bracht nog het album "Foolish Behaviour", 1981 "Tonight I'm Your's" en in 1982 het dubbele livealbum "Absolutely Live" waar hij Tina Turner opnieuw aan het grote publiek voorstelde. Het optreden in de L.A.Forum bezorgde Tina Turner de start van haar comeback en bevestigde Rod Stewart als een van de grootste rockperformers aller tijden. Uit de tachtiger jaren herinneren we nog de albums "Body Wishes", 1983, "Camouflage", 1985, en dan weer hoopgevend "Every Beat Of My Heart", 1986, "Out Of Order", 1988, waarin hij weer helemaal terug was met de massieve hit "Infatuation". 1989 bracht de vierdelige verzamelaar "Storyteller".--------------------------Jaren 90 Daarna nam zijn productiviteit wat af en stond hij meer bekend als rockster, dan om zijn muzikale talent. Uit die periode de kwamen twee rocksongs Hot Legs en Foolish Behaviour, niet te vergeten "I Was Only Joking" een zelfreflectie met de nodige humor en emotie. In 1993 nam hij samen met Sting en Bryan Adams de hit All for Love op voor de film The Three Musketeers. Dit werd door sommige fans als een groter dieptepunt dan "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" in zijn carrire gezien. Rod Stewart gaf in 1994 een gratis concert op het strand van Copacabana, dat meer dan 3,5 miljoen bezoekers trok. Dit werd vermeld in het Guinness Book of Records. "Unplugged And Seated" bewees in 1995 nogmaals het livetalent van Rod Stewart die een eerlijke traan niet schuwde als hij de cover van Van Morrison, "Have I Told You Lately" aan zijn toenmalige echtgenote Rachel Hunter opdroeg.-------------------------------Jaren 00 In 2002 keerde Rod terug in de top van de albumlijsten met It Had To Be You, een verzameling van oude klassiekers van Cole Porter tot Nat King Cole uit de jaren '20 en '30 . De verkoop staat op 4.200.000 exemplaren wat een unicum is in de jaren van downloaden. Geen enkele andere artiest van zijn generatie heeft hem dit nagedaan. Eind 2003 keert hij weer terug met het album As Time Goes By waarmee hij de tweede plaats bezet in de Amerikaanse en de Canadese en de eerste in de Australische albumhitlijst in november 2003. 2004 luidt voor Rod Stewart, financieel, het meest succesvolle jaar in zijn lange carrire tot nu toe in. Hij gaat op tournee in de Verenigde Staten en Canada met een volledig uitverkochte stadiontournee die loopt van januari tot augustus, getiteld "From Maggy May to the Great American Songbook". De show bestaat uit twee delen: een eerste deel van goed anderhalf uur rock, en afsluitend een half uur Amerikaanse klassiekers. Rod krijgt voor iedere avond, gemiddeld 22 avonden per maand en dit voor acht maanden, een miljoen Amerikaanse dollars binnen. Na de tour zal Rod samen met Ronnie Wood in de studio duiken voor de afwerking van hun album "You'll Strut, I'll Sing". 19 oktober 2004 verscheen de derde en laatste in de serie Great American Songbooks, genaamd "Stardust", dat meteen doorstoot naar de nummer-1-positie in de Amerikaanse albumcharts. Gasten zijn onder andere Eric Clapton, Stevie Wonder en Dolly Parton.------------------------Invloed op anderen Rod Stewart solo en vooral ook Rod Stewart samen met de Faces wordt door vele artiesten als hun grote voorbeeld genoemd, zoals o.a. Alanis Morissette, The Black Crowes, Stereophonics, Pearl Jam (die zelfs enkele riffs van de Faces geleend hebben) en zelfs Rage Against The Machine. Paul Cook en Steve Jones van de Sex Pistols hebben jaren na hun punkglorie toegegeven dat het nummer Pool Hall Richard (1973) van de hand van Rod Stewart en Ron Wood voor hun de eerste echte Britse punk-song was, de tekst Bang go the Queen, she's so obscene, her hands are dirty but her image clean, Pool Hall Richard, kid you're wicked, whe now! zegt genoeg.----------------------Privleven Rod Stewart is tweemaal getrouwd geweest en gaat na de scheiding van zijn tweede vrouw voor de derde keer in het huwelijksbootje stappen. Hij heeft zeven kinderen. Zijn eerste kind is zijn dochter Sarah Thubron (41 jaar), ze was het resultaat van een tienerromance. De moeder is Susannah Boffey. Toen Sarah geboren werd was Rod 18 jaar. Hij trouwde voor het eerst op 6 april 1976 met Alana Collins, met haar kreeg hij 2 kinderen: dochter Kimberly (geb. 21 augustus 1979) en zoon Sean (geb. 1 september 1980). Hij scheidde van haar in 1984. Op 17 juni 1987 werd Rod vader van derde dochter Ruby, haar moeder was Kelly Emberg, een toenmalige vriendin van Rod. Rod trouwde voor de 2de keer met Rachel Hunter op 15 december 1990. Met haar kreeg hij 2 kinderen: dochter Renee (geb. 1 juni 1992) en zoon Liam McAlister (geb. 4 september 1994). Op 4 juni 2005 heeft hij officieel de scheiding aangevraagd met zijn tweede vrouw. Al vanaf 1999 leven zij niet meer samen. Als hij van Rachel Hunter gescheiden is, wil hij voor de derde keer gaan trouwen, en wel met Penny Lancaster. Op 26 mei 2005 werd bekend dat Penny in verwachting is. Op 27 november 2005 werd zijn derde zoon geboren, Alastair. Op 16 juni 2007 is Rod getrouwd met Penny Lancaster in La Cervara nabij Portofino, Itali. Op de bruiloft waren ongeveer 100 familieleden en vrienden getuige van hun huwelijk. De receptie vond plaats in Santa Margherita alwaar men uitzicht had over de kust. Diner, feest en vuurwerk duurden tot in de kleine uurtjes toen het bruidspaar, dat erin slaagde hun speciale dag priv te houden, vertrokken voor een Mediterriaanse vakantie. (Less)
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38, 03:52, 2009-02-25 21:08:01 Description: Artist:Redbone
Website:http://www.leobennink.nl
''NEW'',Download Leo Bennink Albums, Tracks and Songs,on the''ITUNES''store The high Quality AAC Music.
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Website:http://www.leobennink.nl
''NEW'',Download Leo Bennink Albums, Tracks and Songs,on the''ITUNES''store The high Quality AAC Music.
Pete DePoe is Redbone's first drummer. He is playing on "Redbone", "Potlatch" and "Message from a Drum". He gives those firsts albums this incredible "prehistoric rhythm".
He was 19. And the beats he made up was The King Kong Beat. he was the first drummer that played a 16th note rhythm pattern on the high hat and snare drums that was never before recorded by any other drummer(many drummers all over the world copying his King kong beat a-specially in Funk,Soul and Disco music)And that is on the first Redbone album. If you listen, you will hear. Listen to Things go better, Jambone,prehistoric rhythm and Sweet Mode. And you will hear the beat that he plays.
Leo began as a guitar-player in 1959 (14years old)with the indorock group the Real Rhythm Teens,in 1960 He started A professional career as a member of the Twangies and played for several years in Germany,The same clubs where The Beatles started,Starclub,Hamburg,Jollybar,Hanau Atlanticbar,Hanau,Spudnikbar,Manheim,Stu dio15,Essen,Dance Palais,Keulen. He Was (16 years old)when he played on tape(F.B.I.)(guitar white leather hofner with whammy bar)(see YouTube)In 2005 Leo Bennink found this tape 40 years after recording,Leo is very glad that this unique document was saved by the Bennink family.
Leo & Dihl Bennink have a long musical history behind them,both were members of two famous Dutch groups in the sixties Dihl(Tee Set) Leo(The Motions)in 1996 they got the idea to join together and started the legendary guitar group The Black Albinos with Hoss on fenderbass, It makes this band a true time capsule of one of the best guitar talents/bands in this world around. Leo began as a guitar-player in 1959 with the Indo-Rock groups THE REAL RHYTHM TEENS and THE ROCKING SENSATION BOYS. In 1962 (17 years old) he started a professional career as a member of THE TWANGIES and he played for several years in Western Germany. His last contract in Germany was with THE REBELS, in which he met drummer Leo Kappé. Back in Holland he played guitar in such guitar-groups as RENE & ALLIGATORS, THE SPECIALS, THE SPECIAL FIVE and THE BLACK ALBINO'S. With THE SPECIAL FIVE he recorded Silly Silly and it's his most remembered instrumental. At that time Leo also was the first guitarist in Holland, who could play all the Mosrite stuff from Nokie Edwards. In 1966 his career got a lift when he was a member of Dutch beat groups as THE JAY JAYS and THE MOTIONS. For THE JAY JAYS LP he also recorded Cruncher (from Ventures LP Surfing). With THE MOTIONS he toured all over Europe and even did concerts is the USA together with ERIC BURDON, FRANK ZAPPA, ALICE COOPER and THE MONKEES. In 1991 he was a member of the 'new' JUMPING JEWELS and a single was recorded for CNR with Hot Samba (written by Leo Bennink) and Dakota. Also released in Japan on CD (Sound Of Euro Instro/ CENTURY) together with a third track Africa. Leo is a real Strat-man, but in the mid-sixties he used his own build guitar 'Maserati' with 6 pick-ups and silver scratchplate. Since 6 years has Bennink a musicschool at home and he's teaching guitar, bass and keyboard and he's also producing modern r&b with new talents. (Less)
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26, 00:48, 2006-05-28 23:50:32 Description: ROCK 101 SKY SHOW XV
Arms Park
Downtown Manchester
Sunday, May 28, 2006
Park opens at 1pm
Kick off the 101 Days of Summer with Rock 101 and the Verizon Wireless Arena. Featuring the music of:
(More) ROCK 101 SKY SHOW XV
Arms Park
Downtown Manchester
Sunday, May 28, 2006
Park opens at 1pm
Kick off the 101 Days of Summer with Rock 101 and the Verizon Wireless Arena. Featuring the music of:
Aerosmith as performed by Draw the Line
During a January 1998 interview, Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler singled out Draw The Line as the best of the Aerosmith tribute bands. They are the only tribute band who has been featured on the Official Aerosmith Website as well as that of Aerosmith's Official Fan Club. With support and accolades from Aerosmith themselves, as well as journalists, top DJs, and fans worldwide, its no wonder that Draw The Line is recognized as a one-of-a-kind.
Draw The Line's lead singer, Neill Byrnes, even won a Steven Tyler look-alike contest. MTV agrees to the easily mistaken identity of Steven Tyler. Hailing from Boston, Draw the Line has had a fifteen-year career that has taken them all over the world. If you love Aerosmith, this is the tribute show You Don't Wanna Miss!
Green Day - as performed by Basket Case
We are Basket Case--The Ultimate Green Day Tribute Band. We got together over the summer of 2005 on Long Island, NY and been rocking Green Day tunes ever since. If you're a die hard fan or a novice we play all the hits to some of the obscure covers. For anyone and everyone who comes to see our show we will pour our hearts and souls into the music to give you a good time
Led Zeppelin as performed by Kashmir
Kashmir is Jean Violet on vocals, Andy Urban on Guitars, Frank Piccolo on Bass, and Paul Cooper on Drums. Kashmir wants every Zeppelin fan to feel that during the performance that they are getting as close as they can get to a live Led Zeppelin show. The band not only looks like Zeppelin without really trying (no wigs) but primarily is focused on the music and the vibe as they perform for their audience. Each member loves and appreciates playing the music of Led Zeppelin and they want that to be reflected as they perform for their audience. Kashmir will put you in another place and time, a journey into the mystical powers and spell binding music of Led Zeppelin. Kashmir will leave a spell on you singing your favorite tunes all the way home and wanting to come back for more.
Camarojuana
The year was 1984. While traveling from the Iron Curtain Metal festival in Moscow to the Castle Knebbinton "Metal For Polio" benefit in London Camarojuana's plane went down over the icy northern reaches of Finland and the world lost quite possibly it's hardest rocking band. Or so it thought... 20 years later an arctic research team stumbled across the frozen Learjet. The band was defrosted in a Los Alamos research facility and immediately picked up where they left off...rocking, drinking and shagging their way around the world leaving a path of destruction, empty Jagermeister bottles and paternity suits in their wake.
Once again the world is feeling the thunderous tsunami-like drums of Doug Deep, the bowel shaking rumble of Butch R. Block's bass, the mind boggling shred of Spider Von Manhayden's guitar and the over the top, mullet-fueled rock star pyrotechnics of front man David Beef Broth.
And a special performance from...
Recycled Percussion:
Recycled Percussion has emerged from underground live show sensation to one of the most powerful touring shows in the U.S. The band has single-handedly brought the terms "Power-Percussion" and "Junk Rock" into mainstream music circles with their acclaimed live show. Remarkable hard-rock drumming led by the world's "fastest extreme drummer" Justin Spencer, and intoxicating hip-hop funk grooves spun by turntablist "DJ Dirty Soul" create music that is sophisticated and technical in construction, mesmerizing in execution, and a fist-pumping thrill to experience.
"Recycled Percussion: Live at Allegheny" captures the band's insane live performance and what is considered to be the peak of on-stage percussion extremity. Performing on everything from their signature "trash" kits, including plastic buckets, huge ladders, mortar casings and giant 50 gallon containers, to an absolutely massive traditional drum kit - the band of three drummers and a DJ keep the audience on their feet through 80 minutes of spark-emitting, masterfully played power tools, and a mind-blowing beat box "vocal artillery" session, backed up by chest crushing, power-driven, sweat-drenched drumming. Bonus footage includes scenes from the "Rock Your Junk" tour and NBA performances.
And, for the first time ever at Sky Show, Red Bull TNT Freestyle Motocross demos!
Featuring: Jeff Tilton, X-Games Gold Medalist, Tommy Clowers
ALL CAPPED OFF with the signature 30-MINUTE FIREWORKS SPECTAUCLAR!! Be part of the tradition!
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• 603-625-6915
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28, 02:06, 2008-04-17 15:09:59 Description: The Honeycombs were an English Beat/pop group of the 1960s. Their most distinguishing mark was their female drummer, Honey Lantree. Discovery One night the group, known then as The Sheratons, was (More) The Honeycombs were an English Beat/pop group of the 1960s. Their most distinguishing mark was their female drummer, Honey Lantree. Discovery One night the group, known then as The Sheratons, was playing in a London pub, The Mildmay Tavern in the Balls Pond Road. In the audience were Ken Howard and Alan Blaikley, a very prolific British songwriting team, who later wrote hits for such artists as Lulu, Elvis Presley, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich and Petula Clark. Howard and Blaikley, then working in production for BBC Television, liked what they saw and suggested the band might like to hear some of their material. The band had an upcoming audition with indie record producer Joe Meek, whom most notably had produced The Tornados, and composed their number one hit ("Telstar") in 1962, and were eager for some new material. At the audition in Meek's studio in Holloway Road, they played Howard and Blaikley's "Have I the Right?" which Meek immediately recorded. The group's founder Martin Murray had worked as a hairdresser, Honey Lantree being his assistant. They decided to combine his profession with the name of the drummer, and changed their name to The Honeycombs. They were signed to the Pye record label. After proving a 'sleeper' for seven weeks the record took off in the summer of 1964 reaching the number one spot around the world and selling over 2 million records. It was Meek's final hit in the United States, where it was issued on the Interphon label. The Honeycombs were managed by Howard and Blaikley who went on to write more successes for them. [edit] Success "Have I The Right?", the Honeycombs' first recording, took off - going to number one in the UK and number five in the U.S. in the Autumn of 1964, shortly after the start of the British Invasion in pop music. They were especially successful in Sweden (four consecutive number ones) and in Japan ("Love in Tokyo" went to number one and they issued a Japan only released live album). Honey Lantree was an accomplished drummer and the star attraction of the group, as she was one of very few female drummers at the time. The unique and heavily compressed bass drum sound on "Have I The Right?", which many other drummers of the period tried to replicate, was augmented by the group stamping on the stairs of Meek's studio. Meek achieved this by placing four microphones under the stairs, attached with bicycle clips. The Honeycombs also recorded the song in German. They made many appearances on music-television-shows such as Top of the Pops, Ready Steady Go! (UK) and Beat-Club (Germany). They also recorded their second album entitled All Systems - Go! in 1965. A fine dubbed performance appears in the 1965 British film Pop Gear, (U.S. title: Go Go Mania!). The Honeycombs line up changed in 1966 and the group became known as the New Honeycombs. The New Honeycombs were re-formed at that time by the original drummer and vocalist Anne (Honey) Lantree and bassist John Lantree. Included in the new line up were Rod Butler, lead guitar and vocals, Colin Boyd, vocals and guitar, and Eddie Spence, keyboards and vocals. Further singles were recorded at the studio of Joe Meek which were released on the Pye label. The New Honeycombs went on to tour extensively in the UK and Europe. [edit] Personnel The group consisted of:- Dennis D'Ell - (born Denis James Dalziel, 14 October 1943, Whitechapel, East London died 6 July 2005) - Lead singer and harmonica player Martin Murray - (born 7 October 1939, The City of London) - Lead guitar Alan Ward - (born 12 December 1945, Nottingham) - Rhythm guitar John Lantree - (born John David Lantree, 20 August 1940, Newbury, Berkshire) - Bass guitar Honey Lantree - (born Ann Margot Lantree, 28 August 1943, Hayes, Middlesex) - Drums. Peter Pye (born 12 July 1946, Walthamstow, London), who was brought into the band by Murray, and eventually replaced him. Colin Boyd (born Colin Nicholas Nicol, 4 June 1946, Combe, outside Bath, Somerset) who was a singer and songwriter for The Honeycombs ca. 1966; he went on to form Honeybus, and was from then on was known as Colin Hare. Rod Butler (born Rodney Butler, 27 May 1944, London), played lead guitar with the band from 1966 until 1968; and went on to play with The Lemmings and subsequently The College Boys, formed by ex Honeycomb Martin Murray. Butler later joined forces with Dennis D'Ell and formed ZarHoneycombs - She's Too Way Out (Less)
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