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- Beatles pictures sell for a fab sum at auction
- The Beatles Ed Sullivan Shows Coming To DVD
- Remembering the Beatles' one gig in Minnesota
| Beatles pictures sell for a fab sum at auction Posted: 20 Aug 2010 08:36 AM PDT INTIMATE pictures of members of The Beatles at their homes in Esher and Weybridge have fetched £6,500 at auction. The collection, which included George Harrison pictured outside his bungalow in Claremont Lane, and John Lennon and Ringo Starr at St George's Hill, went to an American buyer after a competitive telephone sale. The pictures were owned by Sue Baker, a fan of the Fab Four who managed to meet all of her heroes at the age of 15. She declared herself delighted with the amount raised by her collection. The money will go towards her daughter's wedding and reception at Mill Hall, in Newbury, Berkshire, in December. Events booked at Mill Hall support the Mary Hare charity for deaf chidren, and all proceeds from the wedding will go to the good cause. "As I said before, I only actually took the pictures down there to be validated, I had no idea they would go for so much," Mrs Baker said. "I was hoping for about £4,000 to £5,000, so for the whole collection [including other non-Beatles related items] to get double was very pleasing. "We thought the wedding would be a lovely way to spend it. "At least we know the money will be going towards a good cause." After finding Paul McCartney's address in a Beatles magazine, Mrs Baker, or Sue Tebbutt as she was then, travelled to St John's Wood in north London with a friend to meet him. He told them where his bandmates lived and they soon headed to Weybridge by train, walked to St George's Hill and caught a bus to Esher before getting a train back to London. Mrs Baker, who now lives in Reading, also managed to capture John Lennon outside his home, pose in front of George Harrison's car and get a note on which Paul McCartney scribbled their names and addresses. The entire collection was sold at Cameo Auctioneers in Reading on at the beginning of August. Spokesman Glen Norcliffe said they had more than 1,000 expressions of interest from people across the world in all music items on sale, which included Jimi Hendrix's guitar. "It was a great price amid some tight competition," he said. "Mrs Baker's items helped make it a very successful sale indeed." This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php | ||||||||||
| The Beatles Ed Sullivan Shows Coming To DVD Posted: 21 Aug 2010 04:08 AM PDT 08/17/2010 When The Beatles stepped onto Sullivan's New York stage on Sunday, February 9, 1964, to make their American TV debut, 86 percent of all TVs on at that hour--73 million Americans--tuned in. It was the most-watched program in history to that point and remains one of the most-watched programs of all time. Nearly 50 years after the four landmark live performances of The Beatles on "The Ed Sullivan Show," those legendary appearances with newly remastered audio and carefully restored video will finally be made available worldwide on home video through a major distributor. It was announced today by Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) and SOFA Entertainment that The 4 Complete Ed Sullivan Shows Starring The Beatles will be released September 7, 2010, by UMe, a division of Universal Music Group, the world's leading music company. The 4 Complete Ed Sullivan Shows Starring The Beatles was produced by SOFA Entertainment. - more on this story Share this article on Twitter Click here to read today's full report Preview and Purchase Beatles CDs
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| Remembering the Beatles' one gig in Minnesota Posted: 20 Aug 2010 09:24 AM PDT Forty-five years ago, the Beatles played their one and only concert in Minnesota. It was August 21, 1965, and the Fab Four performed before screaming fans at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington. The Current's Jim McGuinn and the Star Tribune's Jon Bream join Midday to talk about that night, and how the Beatles changed pop music forever. GuestsMore from MPRResourcesThis entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
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