From Loudersound.
At the end of last month, the Beatles’ classic 1969 album Abbey Road was reissued as a deluxe box set to celebrate its 50th anniversary.
It went straight in at no.1 on the UK album charts – and it’s broken a record in the process.
Abbey Road spent a total of 17 weeks at the top of the UK charts after its release in September 1969 and by reaching the no.1 position once again after 49 years and 252 days, it’s been officially recognised by the Guinness World Records for the longest time for an album to return to the top spot in the UK.
On hearing the news, Paul McCartney tweeted: “It’s hard to believe that Abbey Road still holds up after all these years. But then again, it’s a bloody cool album.”
Meanwhile, it’s been reported that long-lost Beatles footage has been discovered in a bread bin during the clearance of a house in Wales.
Far Out magazine report that the first film, valued at £10,000, shows McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr singing There’s No Business Like Show Business, while further footage shows Lennon talking about the band’s friendship with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi from 1967.
Additional footage also shows Lennon playing an acoustic guitar, performing an alternative version of God, which went on to appear on his 1970 album John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band.
It’s not the first time rare memorabilia has been found in a bread bin. In 2018, a 1963 recording of I Never Dreamed featuring David Bowie and his band The Konrads was discovered stashed away.
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- The Beatles - Live At The B.B.C Sampler - UK - CD album - Promo - £19.99, $26.59, €23.39 (New Item) (arrived 26-Apr-2025 16:46)on April 27, 2025 at 9:25 am
THE BEATLES Live At The BBC Album Sampler (Rare 1994 UK promotional only 9-track 'apple' picture printed CD, housed in a 4-panel fold-out digipak picture sleeve. This is one of the earlier Parlophone promotional CDs that are difficultto track down in mint condition due to pressing plant problems rendering many of them corroded or suffering from 'CD cancer'. The sleeve displays some minor general wear and the disc has some light marks on the playing surface - we have play tested and thereis no issues on playback CDPCSP-DJ-7261)
- The Beatles - Let It Be... Naked - 180gm Vinyl + Bonus 7" - UK - vinyl LP - £250.00, $332.50, €292.50 (New Item) (arrived 25-Apr-2025 16:26)on April 27, 2025 at 9:25 am
THE BEATLES Let It Be... Naked (2003 UK/EU Limited Edition 11-track LP pressed on 180gram Vinyl, featuring their classic album remastered & re-edited without Phil Spector's production. Comes housed in a deluxe gatefold picture sleeve complete with an exclusive booklet containing rare photos, album history, interviews & a Bonus Vinyl 7" featuring a twenty-two minute 'Fly On The Wall' audio documentary with The Fabs at work in rehearsal & studio in January 1969 [in its own deluxe picture sleeve]. This copy has 'recordingis' as one word on back of the 7" sleeve only. The sleeve & the vinyl are near 'as new')
- The Beatles - Beatles For Sale - 1st 3N/4N - VG - UK - vinyl LP - £125.00, $166.25, €146.25 (New Item) (arrived 24-Apr-2025 10:23)on April 27, 2025 at 9:25 am
THE BEATLES Beatles For Sale (Rare 1964 UK first press 14-track Mono LP with -3N/-4N matrices, 'Parlophone Co' perimeter label text, 'Sold in UK' & 'Recording First Published' print, front laminated internal pocket flipback gatefold sleeve with small outline 'mono' on the front PMC1240) . See 'more info' for further details on condition ...
- The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's - 1st - Complete - VG - UK - vinyl LP - £295.00, $392.35, €345.15 (New Item) (arrived 24-Apr-2025 10:25)on April 27, 2025 at 9:25 am
THE BEATLES Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967 UK first press 13-track mono vinyl LP on the black & yellow Parlophone label with 'The Gramophone Co Ltd' & 'Sold In The UK' text, complete with red 'flame' inner & intact sheet of cut-outs, fully laminated internal flipback gatefold picture sleeve PMC7027) See 'More Info' for further information on the condition...
- The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's - 1st - Complete - VG - UK - vinyl LP - £295.00, $392.35, €345.15 (New Item) (arrived 24-Apr-2025 16:00)on April 27, 2025 at 9:25 am
THE BEATLES Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967 UK first press 13-track mono vinyl LP on the black & yellow Parlophone label with 'The Gramophone Co Ltd' & 'Sold In The UK' text, complete with red 'flame' inner & intact sheet of cut-outs, fully laminated internal flipback gatefold picture sleeve PMC7027) See 'More Info' for further information on the condition...
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