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The Revolver Sessions (Limited Edition 1991 Dutch CD Box Set, containing a 12" square 48-page book of previously unpublished photographs taken during the sessions for Revolver in 1966 by Robert Freeman, complete with the Revolver 14-track CD album in a custom card wallet sleeve with facsimile 'Parlophone Rush LP' print & a hand numbered certificate of authentication out of an edition of 2100, all packaged in a unique 12" square picture box & all in Excellent condition)
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THE BEATLES Let It Be (1987 UK Limited Edition HMV Box Set, comprising the 12-track CD album, complete with an exclusive illustrated 12-page booklet & a bonus 1½" diameter 'Beatles Let It Be HMV' badge - all housed in a superb individually numbered 12" x 12" picture box. The box is Excellent with a few light scuff marks & the contents are Near Mint BEACD25/8) #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
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THE BEATLES Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (1987 UK limited edition individually numbered box set, comprising the 13-track CD album with slipcase, a superb eight page 'behind the scenes' booklet, 12" cut-outs sheet & 'It Was 20 Years AgoToday' badge, all housed in a smart 12" square picture box individually numbered on the inside of the lid. The box shows just a little light wear to the edges, all content remains in a superb condition and the CD is still sealed BEACD25/3)
- The Beatles - Abbey Road - EX - UK - cd album box set - £45.00, $58.50, €53.55 (New Item) (arrived 19-Mar-2025 13:12)on March 20, 2025 at 7:59 pm
THE BEATLES Abbey Road (1987 UK HMV limited edition CD box set comprising the 17-track CD album, two different posters, a badge & an eight page booklet, all housed in a superb individually numbered 12" picture box. The box is Excellent with some light general wear and foxing inside & the contents are Near Mint BEACD25/7) #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
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