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 - Revolver - 2nd - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £295.00, $365.80, €342.20 (New Item) (arrived 20-Apr-2024 11:39)on April 20, 2024 at 12:11 pm
THE BEATLES Revolver (Rare 1968 UK stereo issue of the 1966 14-track LP, front laminated flipback picture sleeve with small block 'stereo' text in the top right corner of the sleeve. As this was a transitional copy, the sleeve features the 'Dr. Robert' spelling with 'Doctor Robert' on the label. One for the serious Beatles collector! PCS7009) See 'More Info' for further details.... #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
- The Beatles - Let It Be - 1st - Solid - P/S - EX - UK - 7" vinyl - £75.00, $93.00, €87.00 (New Item) (arrived 18-Apr-2024 08:20)on April 20, 2024 at 12:11 pm
THE BEATLES Let It Be (1970 UK Apple label solid centre 7" single, also featuring You Know My Name (Look Up My Number) with Brian Jones on saxophone & with the matrix number on the B-side scratched out, housed in the original lightly textured flipback picture sleeve. The sleeve has a little handwritting on the top right corner but otherwise shows only light edgewear & the vinyl is Excellent with minimal play R5833)
- The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's - Wide Spine - VG+ - UK - vinyl LP - £395.00, $489.80, €458.20 (New Item) (arrived 17-Apr-2024 14:30)on April 20, 2024 at 12:11 pm
THE BEATLES Sgt. Pepper's (1967 UK first MONO pressing of the classic 13-track vinyl LP on the black & yellow Parlophone label, fully laminated internal flipback gatefold picture sleeve variant with WIDE SPINE and upside down spine print, complete with the red & white psychedelic inner & intact sheet of cut-outs PMC7027)See 'More Info' for further details
- The Beatles - We Can Work It Out - 1976 - UK - 7" vinyl - £10.00, $12.40, €11.60 (New Item) (arrived 17-Apr-2024 15:25)on April 20, 2024 at 12:11 pm
THE BEATLES We Can Work It Out (1976 UK issue of the 1965 7" vinyl single with an intact four prong centre, also including Day Tripper, issued as part of 'The Singles Collection 1962-1970', title sleeve with super cool period colour band shot on the rear R5389) `
- The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever - 1976 - UK - 7" vinyl - £12.00, $14.88, €13.92 (New Item) (arrived 17-Apr-2024 15:28)on April 20, 2024 at 12:11 pm
THE BEATLES Strawberry Fields Forever (1976 UK 7" single with an intact four prong centre, issued as part of 'The Singles Collection 1962-1970', also including Penny Lane, picture sleeve with period band image on the back. The sleeve has a handwritten initial on the inside opening of the sleeve and shows just a little creasing. The vinyl remains in Excellent condition R5570)
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