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 - A Hard Day's Night - Red Vinyl + Black 82 Obi - Japanese - vinyl LP - £150.00, $189.00, €180.00 (New Item) (arrived 14-Feb-2025 17:00)on February 16, 2025 at 12:34 pm
THE BEATLES A Hard Day's Night (Rare 1982 Japanese 'Original Mono Record' issue of the 1964 13-track LP pressed on Translucent Red Vinyl, picture sleeve with Japanese/lyric insert & rare narrow black obi-strip. These were originally limited to 10,000 copies but quickly disappeared into collections & now rarely surface for sale. The shows minimal wear with just a dent to the front & the vinyl is Near Mint EAS-70132) #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
- The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - 180gm - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £25.00, $31.50, €30.00 (New Item) (arrived 14-Feb-2025 17:00)on February 16, 2025 at 12:34 pm
THE BEATLES Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (2012 UK/EU remastered issue of the 1967 13-track stereo LP pressed on 180gram Vinyl, housed in a glossy & deluxe gatefold sleeve reproducing the original album artwork with replica cut-outs sheet & a fold-out card illustrated narrative insert. The sleeve shows minimal wear & the heavyweight vinyl is clean & in Excellent condition with just the odd faint paper hairline not affecting play) #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
- The Beatles - Please Please Me - Red + 86 Obi - Japanese - vinyl LP - £150.00, $189.00, €180.00 (New Item) (arrived 14-Feb-2025 08:51)on February 16, 2025 at 12:34 pm
THE BEATLES Please Please Me (Rare 1986 Japanese limited edition 14-track mono LP pressed on Translucent Red Vinyl, picture sleeve complete with fold out lyric insert and wide 'It Was 20 Years Ago' obi-strip. Aside from a little discolouration to the insert, this copy is Near Mint - an outstanding example EAS-70130)
- The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's - Red + 86 Obi - Japanese - vinyl LP - £195.00, $245.70, €234.00 (New Item) (arrived 14-Feb-2025 08:58)on February 16, 2025 at 12:34 pm
THE BEATLES Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Rare 1986 Japanese limited edition 13-track Mono LP pressed on TRANSLUCENT RED VINYL, thick card gatefold picture sleeve with Japanese lyric insert & wide 'It Was20 Years Ago' red picture obi with discography on the back. Both the sleeve & vinyl are Near Mint. Long deleted & highly sought after! EAS-70137)
- The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night - Red Vinyl + Black 82 Obi - Japanese - vinyl LP - £150.00, $189.00, €180.00 (New Item) (arrived 14-Feb-2025 09:09)on February 16, 2025 at 12:34 pm
THE BEATLES A Hard Day's Night (Rare 1982 Japanese 'Original Mono Record' issue of the 1964 13-track LP pressed on Translucent Red Vinyl, picture sleeve with Japanese/lyric insert & rare narrow black obi-strip. These were originally limited to 10,000 copies but quickly disappeared into collections & now rarely surface for sale. The shows minimal wear with just a dent to the front & the vinyl is Near Mint EAS-70132) #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
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