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 - Let It Be - Box Set + Poster - Green Apple Variant - UK - vinyl box set - £2,995.00, $3,743.75, €3,504.15 (New Item) (arrived 18-Apr-2024 17:52)on April 19, 2024 at 7:36 am
THE BEATLES Let It Be (Incredibly rare 1970 UK 12-track LP box set also including the 160-page softback photo book 'The Beatles Get Back', packed with colour/B&W photos & text from the film, which was never sold separately, all housed in a superb laminated outer Garrod & Lofthouse picture slipcase box with 'Patents Pending' lettering. This copy is complete with the rare 'These Fine Albums' Apple Catalogue poster PXS1) See 'More Info' for further details on condition ... #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
- The Beatles - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - EX - UK - 7" vinyl - £20.00, $25.00, €23.40 (New Item) (arrived 17-Apr-2024 15:38)on April 19, 2024 at 7:36 am
THE BEATLES Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1977 UK 3-track 7" vinyl single with four prong centre, also including With A Little Help From My Friends and A Day In The Life. The card picture sleeve has just a little evidence of age & shelfwear & the vinyl remains in Excellent condition with minimal play R6022)
- The Beatles - Rubber Soul - 1st - Loud Cut - G - UK - vinyl LP - £125.00, $156.25, €146.25 (New Item) (arrived 16-Apr-2024 16:08)on April 19, 2024 at 7:36 am
THE BEATLES Rubber Soul (1965 UK first pressing 14-track mono vinyl LP with 'The Gramophone Co' and 'Sold In The UK' label text. The Side One matrix is XEX 579-1, confirming that this is the rare LOUD CUT variant, front laminated flipback picture sleeve. The sleeve shows some general edgwear and creasing, as well as some light foxing marks to the back but is still in Very Good condition for its many years. The vinyl grades Good, as there are some notable surface hairlines and a deeper hairline mark on side 2, however through play only a slight pop can be heard on the track 'Girl', as well as some light crackle. A rare and lesser seen variant of this acclaimed 60s classic! PMC1267) **See 'More Info' for further details on condition** #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
- The Beatles - The Beatles / 1962-1966 - 1st - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £35.00, $43.75, €40.95 (New Item) (arrived 16-Apr-2024 16:08)on April 19, 2024 at 7:36 am
THE BEATLES The Beatles / 1962-1966 (1973 UK 26-track double vinyl compilation LP comprising a collection of their much-loved early hits including Love Me Do, She Loves You, A Hard Day's Night, Yesterday, We Can Work It Out, Eleanor Rigby and many more. Housed in a front laminated gatefold picture sleeve with matching red lyric inners. The sleeve has minimal wear and the vinyl shows only light signs of play PCSP717)
- The Beatles - Beatles For Sale - 1st - VG - UK - vinyl LP - £75.00, $93.75, €87.75 (New Item) (arrived 17-Apr-2024 14:07)on April 19, 2024 at 7:36 am
THE BEATLES Beatles For Sale (1964 UK first press 14-track mono vinyl LP with 'Sold in U.K', 'Recording First Published' & 'The Parlophone Co' label text, complete with Emitex inner, front laminated internal flipback gatefold picture sleeve with outline 'mono' printed on front PMC1240) See 'more info' for further details ...
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