From Loudersound.
The Beatles are continuing to break records in the UK, some 53 years after disbanding.
The Liverpool band scored their 18th UK number one single last week with their final song, Now And Then, extending their run as the British act with the most number one singles in chart history: only Elvis Presley has landed more chart-topping songs, with 21 UK number ones.
Now And Then racked up 78,200 combined chart units, including 48,600 sales (physical and download), making it the fastest selling single of 2023 in the UK. Its 38,000 physical sales are the most by any single in almost a decade, and having sold 19,400 copies on vinyl, it’s the fastest-selling vinyl single of the century.
The song, built up from a John Lennon cassette recording, was streamed over five million times in its first week of release, and its Peter Jackson-directed video was played 2.15 million times.
The band are now on course to score another UK number one success tomorrow, November 17, as their re-released ‘Red’ and ‘Blue’ compilations are set to chart at number one and two, with the ‘Blue’ album, 1967-1970 currently outselling the ‘Red’ album, 1962-1966. The box set version of the two LPs is also destined to chart in the Top 10. The new charts will be announced tomorrow.
Last night, November 15, Giles Martin, the son of legendary Beatles producer George Martin, and conductor Ben Foster, introduced a 58-piece orchestra at Abbey Road Studios, as they performed original and new arrangements of 10 Beatles classics taken from the two compilation albums.
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- The Beatles - The Early Beatles - US Mono Edition - Remastered 180 Gram - Sealed - UK - vinyl LP - £34.99, $44.44, €41.99 (New Item) (arrived 21-Nov-2024 16:36)on November 21, 2024 at 11:04 pm
THE BEATLES The Early Beatles (US Mono Edition 2024 UK/EU limited edition 11-track LP pressed on 180-gram black vinyl. Using the original 1964 mono master new lacquers have been cut all-analog by Kevin Reeves at Nashville's East Iris Studios. The picture sleeve is a faithful replica of the original release and includes a new insert with essay by Beatles historian Bruce Spizer. Complete with 'The Beatles Are Coming!' hype sticker, factory sealed. Recommended)
- The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever - 1st - Solid - UK - 7" vinyl - £35.00, $44.45, €42.00 (New Item) (arrived 20-Nov-2024 18:00)on November 21, 2024 at 11:04 pm
THE BEATLES Strawberry Fields Forever (1967 UK solid centre 7" single with 'Gramophone Co' & 'Sold In The UK' label text, also including Penny Lane, Parlophone die cut company sleeve. The vinyl is clean & in excellent conditon with a few faintpaper hairlines not affecting play R5570)
- The Beatles - The Beatles [White Album] - 1st (b) - VG - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £595.00, $755.65, €714.00 (New Item) (arrived 20-Nov-2024 18:00)on November 21, 2024 at 11:04 pm
THE BEATLES The Beatles [White Album] (Rare 1968 UK 30-track mono double vinyl LP with 'Sold In UK' & 'An E.M.I. Recording' label print, complete with fold-out lyric/picture poster, jet black die-cut inners & four individual band member portrait inserts', all housed in a fully laminated & embossed top opening gatefold sleeve manufactured by Garrod & Lofthouse with internal flipbacks & individual number print on the front PMC7067-8) See 'More Info' for condition details... #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
- The Beatles - Revolver - 2nd - EJD - VG - UK - vinyl LP - £125.00, $158.75, €150.00 (New Item) (arrived 20-Nov-2024 18:00)on November 21, 2024 at 11:04 pm
THE BEATLES Revolver (Rare 1966 UK second issue 14-track mono vinyl LP, housed in the Garrod & Lofthouse front laminated flipback picture sleeve. A noted discrepancy is that the label is printed 'DOCTOR ROBERT', whereas the sleeve lists 'DR. ROBERT', as opposed to later pressings which credit 'DOCTOR' on both PMC7009) See 'more info' for further details ... #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
- The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's - 2 Box - EMI - laminated - UK - vinyl LP - £30.00, $38.10, €36.00 (New Item) (arrived 20-Nov-2024 18:00)on November 21, 2024 at 11:04 pm
THE BEATLES Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1980 UK issue of the 1967 stereo 13-track LP on the two boxed EMI logo label with 'EMI Records' perimeter text, fully laminated gatefold picture sleeve with intact cut-out sheet. The sleeve shows only minimal shelfwear & the vinyl remains in superb condition with few signs of play PCS7027)
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