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 - Rubber Soul - UK - CD album - £15.00, $19.35, €17.85 (New Item) (arrived 26-Jul-2024 14:10)on July 27, 2024 at 5:23 am
THE BEATLES Rubber Soul (2009 UK Stereo issue limited edition 14-track enhanced CD album digitally remastered by a dedicated engineering team at the world famous Abbey Road studios, originally released in 1965 and including a bonus 'Making Of'video using exclusive original footage from the Beatles' own archive plus other rare footage and the voice-over is entirely spoken by the Beatles themselves and George Martin! Within a triple panel card package using conservation grade FSC paper complete with a set of historical notes to accompany recording notes on the actual process of making the album at the time) #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
- The Beatles - Revolver - 3rd - DR/Doctor - UK - vinyl LP - £250.00, $322.50, €297.50 (New Item) (arrived 25-Jul-2024 16:12)on July 27, 2024 at 5:23 am
THE BEATLES Revolver (1966 UK third press 14-track mono vinyl LP on the black & yellow Parlophone label, with 'Sold in U.K.' & 'Gramophone Co' label credits as well as 'Doctor Robert' for side 2. Comes housed in a Garrod & Lofthouse front laminated flipback picture sleeve with small 'mono' logo on the front & 'Dr. Robert' print on the back. The label text also lists the lead singer before the composer credit, and has 'Doctor Robert' title. See 'more info for condition details PMC7009) #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
- The Beatles - Help! - EMI - Fr Lam - UK - vinyl LP - £25.00, $32.25, €29.75 (New Item) (arrived 25-Jul-2024 08:52)on July 27, 2024 at 5:23 am
THE BEATLES Help! (1979 UK issue of the 1965 14-track stereo LP on the two EMI Boxed logo label with 'EMI Records Limited' perimeter text, front laminated picture sleeve.The sleeve shows minimal wear &the vinyl still looks barely played PCS3071) #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
- The Beatles - The Beatles [White Album] - 2019 - DeAgostini - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £44.99, $58.04, €53.54 (New Item) (arrived 25-Jul-2024 09:30)on July 27, 2024 at 5:23 am
THE BEATLES The Beatles (2019 UK/EU 'Anniversary Edition' limited edition remastered stereo audiophile issue of the 1968 30-track double LP pressed on 180 gram Heayvweight Vinyl, re-released as part of the DeAgostini Vinyl Collection series, including the classic hits Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da and While My Guitar Gently Weeps. Housed in a glossy embossed white gatefold picture sleeve with double-sided lyric poster and four colour portraits. This copy remains in fantastic near as new condition) #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
- The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's - '4th Proof' - VG - UK - vinyl LP - £795.00, $1,025.55, €946.05 (New Item) (arrived 25-Jul-2024 15:37)on July 27, 2024 at 5:23 am
THE BEATLES Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Extremely Rare earliest variant of the 1967 UK first pressing 13-track MONO vinyl LP with 'Gramophone Co' & 'Sold In The UK' label credits, complete with intact sheet of cut-outs & psychedelic'flame' inner, this is the incredibly rare, highly coveted 'Fourth Proof' fully laminated internal flipback gatefold picture sleeve edition with 'patents pending' credit on the back along with the all important 'fourth proof' text on the topflipback inside PMC7027)See 'more info' for further details on the condition of this exciting rarity!...
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