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 - Get Back + Insert - UK - 7" picture disc - £45.00, $56.70, €54.45 (New Item) (arrived 21-Dec-2024 18:00)on December 21, 2024 at 8:24 pm
THE BEATLES Get Back (1989 UK limited edition '20th Anniversary' issue 7" Picture Disc single, also including Don't Let Me Down, complete with series back insert within a PVC sleeve RP5777)
- The Beatles - From Liverpool - The Beatles Box - EX - UK - vinyl box set - £175.00, $220.50, €211.75 (New Item) (arrived 18-Dec-2024 18:00)on December 21, 2024 at 8:24 pm
THE BEATLES From Liverpool (1980 UK limited edition mail-order only EIGHT vinyl LP set featuring a total of 124 tracks, many of which are rare, alternative and otherwise very hard to obtain. Each LP comes in a unique front-laminated picture sleeve and are housed together in a superb 12" picture box designed to look like a wooden crate. There is just a little shelfwear evident to the box with a split to one corner and the vinyl themselves appear to be in barely played condition SM701/708)
- The Beatles - From Liverpool - The Beatles Box - EX - UK - vinyl box set - £175.00, $220.50, €211.75 (New Item) (arrived 18-Dec-2024 13:12)on December 21, 2024 at 8:24 pm
THE BEATLES From Liverpool (1980 UK limited edition mail-order only EIGHT vinyl LP set featuring a total of 124 tracks, many of which are rare, alternative and otherwise very hard to obtain. Each LP comes in a unique front-laminated picture sleeve and are housed together in a superb 12" picture box designed to look like a wooden crate. There is just a little shelfwear evident to the box with a split to one corner and the vinyl themselves appear to be in barely played condition SM701/708)
- The Beatles - Images Of An Iconic Band - UK - book - £30.00, $37.80, €36.30 (New Item) (arrived 18-Dec-2024 14:02)on December 21, 2024 at 8:24 pm
THE BEATLES Images Of An Iconic Band (2008 UK 14" x 14" hardback book by Tim Hill featuring stunning photographs of the fab four supported by detailed commentary. The black cover has gold embossed titles and silhoutte of The Beatles playing their instruments. The cover shows a few indentations whilst all pages are free of penmarks, rips, tears etc)
- The Beatles - The Beatles Box - UK - book - £18.00, $22.68, €21.78 (New Item) (arrived 18-Dec-2024 14:19)on December 21, 2024 at 8:24 pm
THE BEATLES The Beatles Box (Deleted 2003 UK box set containing 4 softback biographical books by Alan Clayson on George, John, Paul & Ringo; more than 1,450 pages in total! Presented in a card picture slipcase - an essential collectors' reference guide. The outer slipcase has some light scuff marks and nicks around the edges, but is otherwise excellent; the books themselves remain near MINT!!)
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