Wednesday, April 21, 2010

“Rock' n' roll store to exhibit rare Beatles photos” plus 2

“Rock' n' roll store to exhibit rare Beatles photos” plus 2

Rock' n' roll store to exhibit rare Beatles photos

Posted: 20 Apr 2010 08:01 AM PDT

HUNTINGTON BEACH – A Huntington Beach rock 'n' roll store plans to exhibit 15 rare photos of the Beatles on Wednesday as part of the monthly Surf City Art Walk.

The Rock & Roll Emporium will display the candid Beatles photos taken at a news conference at the Capitol Records building in Hollywood on Aug. 28, 1966, according to a news release.

The photos were provided by emporium customer Lin Holland of Tustin, who said he had forgotten he had the photos for the past 44 years and recently rediscovered the negatives. He had purchased the film from the family of the photographer.

"The reason I like them and they are interesting to me is because they are not the happy mop tops and manufactured Hollywood," he told the Register. "It showed the stress and pressure they were kind of going under."

The Beatles were in Los Angeles that day accepting their Gold Recording Industry Association of America awards for one million advanced sales of their latest album, "Revolver." They were also scheduled to perform their next-to-last live concert that night at Dodger Stadium, the release said.

The photos have been exhibited less than half a dozen times, Holland said.

The images will be available for purchase Wednesday through June 21, while supplies last. The images are direct negative to photographic print and numbered with a certificate of authenticity. The cost is $250 to $400.

There will be four to five photos available from each of the 15 negatives.

The emporium is at 205 Main St. Information: therockandrollemporium.com or 714-960-4040.

Contact the writer: aburris@ocregister.com or 714-796-7922


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McCartney Says Goodbye to E.M.I., Hello to Concord

Posted: 21 Apr 2010 01:56 AM PDT

Three years ago, Paul McCartney was one of the most outspoken of the disgruntled acts at E.M.I., the record label that had been his home since the earliest days of the Beatles, The New York Times's Ben Sisario writes.

He complained in an interview with The Times of London that he and other artists at the label, which had recently been bought by the British private equity firm Terra Firma, were treated as "part of the furniture." He signed a deal with the Concord Music Group, an independent label in California, for his new releases.

Now, in another blow to E.M.I., Mr. McCartney has pulled his full catalog of post-Beatles albums, signing a new deal with Concord for worldwide distribution of the catalog, Concord said Tuesday.

E.M.I. declined to comment on the news, which was first reported by The Wall Street Journal.

Since Terra Firma bought E.M.I. in 2007, the label has suffered a number of prominent, and sometimes acrimonious, artist defections, including, most recently, Pink Floyd. The loss of the McCartney catalog may be of great symbolic significance, but his recent sales have been minimal. Last year, all of Mr. McCartney's solo albums on E.M.I. — including his work with Wings — sold about 95,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Terms of the deal with Concord were not disclosed, The Times said.

The move comes as The Financial Times reported that the head of Terra Firma, Guy Hands, is hoping to hit up investors for an additional £360 million for the troubled label.

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The Beatles Rock Band Website Nominated for a Webby Award

Posted: 19 Apr 2010 10:36 AM PDT

April 19, 2010 - Cambridge, MA - Harmonix Music Systems, Inc. announced today that it has been nominated for Best Games-Related Site in the 14th Annual Webby Awards.

Hailed as the "Internet's highest honor" by the New York Times, The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet.

TheBeatlesRockBand.com introduces people to the unique interactive experience presented by The Beatles: Rock Band. Set in the game's own distinctive style, it provides in-depth background information on the people, places and instruments featured in the game. Cutting-edge web design techniques and high-resolution, behind-the-scenes videos round out the experience.

"Nominees like TheBeatlesRockBand.com are setting the standard for innovation and creativity on the Internet," said David-Michel Davies, executive director of the Webby Awards. "It is an incredible achievement to be selected among the best from the nearly 10,000 entries we received this year."

"TheBeatlesRockBand.com was a true labor of love for the Harmonix Web Team," said Jeff Chausse, Harmonix web director. "Everyone at Harmonix put a ton of passion into the once-in-a-lifetime experience of making The Beatles: Rock Band. We really wanted the game's website to convey the love, talent, and extreme attention to detail put into the game, and I think we accomplished that with a website that is at once cutting-edge, yet timeless."

As a nominee, TheBeatlesRockBand.com is also eligible to win a Webby People's Voice Award, which is voted online by the global Web community. From now until April 29, TheBeatlesRockBand.com fans can cast their votes in The Webby People's Voice Awards at http://webby.aol.com.

Winners will be announced May 4, 2010, and honored at a star-studded ceremony in New York City June 14, where they will have an opportunity to deliver one of the Webby's famous five-word speeches with the world. Past Webby Award winners - and their speeches - include Al Gore ("Please don't recount this vote."), Stephen Colbert ("Me. Me. Me. Me. Me.") and Michel Gondry ("Keyboards are full of germs."). For a full list of last year's five-word speeches, please visit: http://www.webbyawards.com/press/speeches.php.

The Webby Awards is presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, a 650-person judging academy whose members include Internet co-inventor Vinton Cerf, R/GA's Chief Bob Greenberg, "Simpson's" creator Matt Groening, Arianna Huffington, and Harvey Weinstein.

Harmonix Music Systems Inc. based in Cambridge MA and established in is the leading developer of groundbreaking music-oriented videogames. Harmonix was founded by Alex Rigopulos and Eran Egozy who formed the company to invent new ways for non-musicians to experience the unique joy that comes from making music and have pioneered music and rhythm gaming in the US. For more information please visit www.harmonixmusic.com. About The Webby Awards: Hailed as the "Internet's highest honor" by the New York Times, The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet, including Websites, interactive advertising, online film and video, and mobile web sites. Established in 1996, the 13th Annual Webby Awards received nearly 10,000 entries from all 50 states and over 60 countries worldwide. The Webby Awards is presented by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. Sponsors and Partners of The Webby Awards include: Microsoft Expression; Aol; YouTube; Pepsi; Aquent; Yahoo!; Tribal DDB Worldwide; East Media; IDG; PricewaterhouseCoopers; 2advanced.Net; KobeMail; Museum of the Moving Image; Behance; Business Insider and Time Out New York.

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