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 - The U.S. Albums - 13-CD Box Set - Sealed - US - cd album box set - £124.99, $153.74, €147.49 (New Item) (arrived 21-Jan-2025 13:31)on January 21, 2025 at 3:09 pm
THE BEATLES The U.S. Albums (2014 US limited edition remastered 13-CD box set containing 13 original U.S. albums on Compact Disc presented in both Mono and Stereo, inside replica miniature LP cover packaging. This collection adds the last piece to the complex jigsaw that was The Beatles and their releases in both the United States and the United Kingdom, from 'Please Please Me' to their US swansong album 'Hey Jude'. This set contains all of the US album releases from 'Meet The Beatles!' through to 'Hey Jude', with each album replicating the original cover artwork and catalogue inners where appropriate, even to the extent of providing a textured 'slick' sticker for you to create your own pasteover 'Butcher' sleeve on 'Yesterday And Today'. The attention to detail is everything you'd hope for and the CDs each contain the mono & stereo mixes on a label replica designed disc. Complete with a 64-page illustrated booklet, all housed inside a rigid slipcase picture box with a title insert, and still factory sealed!. Recommended)
- The Beatles - 1 (One) - 180gm - DeAgostini 2017 - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £39.99, $49.19, €47.19 (New Item) (arrived 20-Jan-2025 09:29)on January 21, 2025 at 3:09 pm
THE BEATLES 1 (2017 UK/EU limited edition remastered issue of the 2000 27-track double LP compilation pressed on 180gram Vinyl, re-released as part of the DeAgostini Vinyl Collection series, featuring new stereo mixes by Giles Martin & Sam Okell of every #1 achieved by the band in the UK & US charts. Comes housed in a deluxe gatefold picture sleeve complete with the picture inners, large fold-out poster & four portrait postcards. The packaging shows minimal wear and the vinyl has just a few faint scuffs to indicate play)
- The Beatles - Love - Sealed - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £124.99, $153.74, €147.49 (New Item) (arrived 18-Jan-2025 10:34)on January 21, 2025 at 3:09 pm
THE BEATLES Love (Sealed 2007 UK/EU Limited Edition 27-track double LP pressed on Heavyweight Vinyl, containing a generous seventy-eight minutes of stereo music issued in conjunction with the extravagant Cirque Du Soleil at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas. Features classic Beatles tracks reworked from the original sixties session masters by George Martin & his son Giles, complete with a deluxe full size twenty-eight page booket, artwork inners & high quality gatefold picture sleeve. This collector's copy remains factory sealed in its hype stickered shrinkwrap. The vinyl is Mint & unplayed)
- The Beatles - 1 - One - EX - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £50.00, $61.50, €59.00 (New Item) (arrived 18-Jan-2025 10:52)on January 21, 2025 at 3:09 pm
THE BEATLES 1 (2000 UK/EU 27-track double LP compilation pressed on Heavyweight Vinyl, featuring every #1 achieved by the band in the UK & US charts. Comes housed in a deluxe gatefold picture sleeve complete with four psychedelic art prints, alarge fold-out full-colour poster showing various original Beatles 7" picture sleeves from around the world & illustrated inners. The sleeve is Excellent with little shelf wear & the vinyl is clean & in Excellent condition with few signs of play)
- The Beatles - Love - Sealed - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £124.99, $153.74, €147.49 (New Item) (arrived 18-Jan-2025 18:00)on January 21, 2025 at 3:09 pm
THE BEATLES Love (Sealed 2007 UK/EU Limited Edition 27-track double LP pressed on Heavyweight Vinyl, containing a generous seventy-eight minutes of stereo music issued in conjunction with the extravagant Cirque Du Soleil at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas. Features classic Beatles tracks reworked from the original sixties session masters by George Martin & his son Giles, complete with a deluxe full size twenty-eight page booket, artwork inners & high quality gatefold picture sleeve. This collector's copy remains factory sealed in its hype stickered shrinkwrap. The vinyl is Mint & unplayed)
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