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 - Get Back + Insert - UK - 7" picture disc - £45.00, $56.70, €54.45 (New Item) (arrived 21-Dec-2024 18:00)on December 22, 2024 at 4:14 am
THE BEATLES Get Back (1989 UK limited edition '20th Anniversary' issue 7" Picture Disc single, also including Don't Let Me Down, complete with series back insert within a PVC sleeve RP5777)
- The Beatles - From Liverpool - The Beatles Box - EX - UK - vinyl box set - £175.00, $220.50, €211.75 (New Item) (arrived 18-Dec-2024 18:00)on December 22, 2024 at 4:14 am
THE BEATLES From Liverpool (1980 UK limited edition mail-order only EIGHT vinyl LP set featuring a total of 124 tracks, many of which are rare, alternative and otherwise very hard to obtain. Each LP comes in a unique front-laminated picture sleeve and are housed together in a superb 12" picture box designed to look like a wooden crate. There is just a little shelfwear evident to the box with a split to one corner and the vinyl themselves appear to be in barely played condition SM701/708)
- The Beatles - From Liverpool - The Beatles Box - EX - UK - vinyl box set - £175.00, $220.50, €211.75 (New Item) (arrived 18-Dec-2024 13:12)on December 22, 2024 at 4:14 am
THE BEATLES From Liverpool (1980 UK limited edition mail-order only EIGHT vinyl LP set featuring a total of 124 tracks, many of which are rare, alternative and otherwise very hard to obtain. Each LP comes in a unique front-laminated picture sleeve and are housed together in a superb 12" picture box designed to look like a wooden crate. There is just a little shelfwear evident to the box with a split to one corner and the vinyl themselves appear to be in barely played condition SM701/708)
- The Beatles - Images Of An Iconic Band - UK - book - £30.00, $37.80, €36.30 (New Item) (arrived 18-Dec-2024 14:02)on December 22, 2024 at 4:14 am
THE BEATLES Images Of An Iconic Band (2008 UK 14" x 14" hardback book by Tim Hill featuring stunning photographs of the fab four supported by detailed commentary. The black cover has gold embossed titles and silhoutte of The Beatles playing their instruments. The cover shows a few indentations whilst all pages are free of penmarks, rips, tears etc)
- The Beatles - The Beatles Box - UK - book - £18.00, $22.68, €21.78 (New Item) (arrived 18-Dec-2024 14:19)on December 22, 2024 at 4:14 am
THE BEATLES The Beatles Box (Deleted 2003 UK box set containing 4 softback biographical books by Alan Clayson on George, John, Paul & Ringo; more than 1,450 pages in total! Presented in a card picture slipcase - an essential collectors' reference guide. The outer slipcase has some light scuff marks and nicks around the edges, but is otherwise excellent; the books themselves remain near MINT!!)
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