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 - A Hard Day's Night - Red Vinyl + Black 82 Obi - Japanese - vinyl LP - £150.00, $189.00, €180.00 (New Item) (arrived 14-Feb-2025 17:00)on February 16, 2025 at 4:30 pm
THE BEATLES A Hard Day's Night (Rare 1982 Japanese 'Original Mono Record' issue of the 1964 13-track LP pressed on Translucent Red Vinyl, picture sleeve with Japanese/lyric insert & rare narrow black obi-strip. These were originally limited to 10,000 copies but quickly disappeared into collections & now rarely surface for sale. The shows minimal wear with just a dent to the front & the vinyl is Near Mint EAS-70132) #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
- The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - 180gm - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £25.00, $31.50, €30.00 (New Item) (arrived 14-Feb-2025 17:00)on February 16, 2025 at 4:30 pm
THE BEATLES Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (2012 UK/EU remastered issue of the 1967 13-track stereo LP pressed on 180gram Vinyl, housed in a glossy & deluxe gatefold sleeve reproducing the original album artwork with replica cut-outs sheet & a fold-out card illustrated narrative insert. The sleeve shows minimal wear & the heavyweight vinyl is clean & in Excellent condition with just the odd faint paper hairline not affecting play) #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
- The Beatles - Please Please Me - Red + 86 Obi - Japanese - vinyl LP - £150.00, $189.00, €180.00 (New Item) (arrived 14-Feb-2025 08:51)on February 16, 2025 at 4:30 pm
THE BEATLES Please Please Me (Rare 1986 Japanese limited edition 14-track mono LP pressed on Translucent Red Vinyl, picture sleeve complete with fold out lyric insert and wide 'It Was 20 Years Ago' obi-strip. Aside from a little discolouration to the insert, this copy is Near Mint - an outstanding example EAS-70130)
- The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's - Red + 86 Obi - Japanese - vinyl LP - £195.00, $245.70, €234.00 (New Item) (arrived 14-Feb-2025 08:58)on February 16, 2025 at 4:30 pm
THE BEATLES Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Rare 1986 Japanese limited edition 13-track Mono LP pressed on TRANSLUCENT RED VINYL, thick card gatefold picture sleeve with Japanese lyric insert & wide 'It Was20 Years Ago' red picture obi with discography on the back. Both the sleeve & vinyl are Near Mint. Long deleted & highly sought after! EAS-70137)
- The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night - Red Vinyl + Black 82 Obi - Japanese - vinyl LP - £150.00, $189.00, €180.00 (New Item) (arrived 14-Feb-2025 09:09)on February 16, 2025 at 4:30 pm
THE BEATLES A Hard Day's Night (Rare 1982 Japanese 'Original Mono Record' issue of the 1964 13-track LP pressed on Translucent Red Vinyl, picture sleeve with Japanese/lyric insert & rare narrow black obi-strip. These were originally limited to 10,000 copies but quickly disappeared into collections & now rarely surface for sale. The shows minimal wear with just a dent to the front & the vinyl is Near Mint EAS-70132) #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
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