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 - Rubber Soul - 1st - Loud Cut - G&L - VG - UK - vinyl LP - £250.00, $305.00, €295.00 (New Item) (arrived 20-Jan-2025 13:23)on January 20, 2025 at 4:57 pm
THE BEATLES Rubber Soul (Rare 1965 UK first press 14-track mono vinyl LP on the black & yellow Parlophone label, with 'The Gramophone Co.' & 'Sold In The UK' text, G&L front laminated flipback picture sleeve with rounded ended flipbacks & 'Patents Pending' on the bottom flip. The matrices both end -1, indicating that this is the earliest & hard to find LOUD CUT variant PMC1267) **See 'More Info' for further details on condition** #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
- The Beatles - Rock 'N' Roll Music Vol. 1 - UK - vinyl LP - £12.00, $14.64, €14.16 (Back In Stock) (arrived 17-Jan-2025 18:00)on January 20, 2025 at 4:57 pm
THE BEATLES Rock 'N' Roll Music Vol. 1 (1980 UK issue of the 1976 14-track compilation LP, including many early classics in the Fab Four's back catalogue, picture sleeve. The sleeve shows just a little light shelfwear & the vinyl remains in superb condition with few signs of play MFP50506)
- The Beatles - Help! - Two Box - Gram - UK - vinyl LP - £35.00, $42.70, €41.30 (New Item) (arrived 17-Jan-2025 08:45)on January 20, 2025 at 4:57 pm
THE BEATLES Help! (1970 UK stereo issue of the 1965 14-track LP on the two boxed EMI logo label with 'Gramophone Co' perimeter text, front laminated picture sleeve. The sleeve shows just a little light shelfwear and the vinyl remains in superbcondition with few signs of play PCS3071) #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
- The Beatles - Revolver - Picture Disc Edition - Sealed - UK - picture disc LP - £34.99, $42.69, €41.29 (New Item) (arrived 17-Jan-2025 17:07)on January 20, 2025 at 4:57 pm
THE BEATLES Revolver (2022 UK/EU online exclusive Picture Disc Edition 14-track LP featuring the New Stereo Mix by Giles Martin and Sam Okell. A visually striking picture record displaying Klaus Voormann's iconic cover artwork, housed inside a die-cut display sleeve with Robert Whitaker's group photo on the reverse. Hype sticker & factory sealed) #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
- The Beatles - Please Please Me - 2nd - VG - UK - vinyl LP - £1,195.00, $1,457.90, €1,410.10 (Back In Stock) (arrived 17-Jan-2025 18:00)on January 20, 2025 at 4:57 pm
THE BEATLES Please Please Me (Rare 1963 UK second press 14-track mono vinyl LP on the legendary black & gold Parlophone label, with 'Northern Songs Ltd' label publishing credit for the songs I Saw Her Standing There, Misery, Do You Want To Know A Secret & There's A Place, & "Dick James Mus. Co" credit for Please Please Me & Ask Me Why. Comes housed in the Ernest J Day front laminated flipback picture sleeve with large mono logo in the top right & 'Photo: Angus McBean' credit to thefar bottom right [no overlap with the print above], complete with the original 'Made In Great Britain' Emitex inner PMC1202) See 'more info' for further details ...
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