Moscow. December 14, 2011. I was there and it was fabulous!

This is my ticket.

My friends.

Paul McCartney Recording Sessions (1969-2011)

http://www.mccartney-recordings.com/en/

Badfinger - "Day After Day" / "Money" (Apple 1841) Released: December, 1971. USA

Badfinger - "Day After Day" (Apple 1841, matrix: S45-X47650) 3:02
Written by Pete Ham.
Producer by George Harrison.

Badfinger - "Money" (Apple 1841, matrix: S45-X47651) 3:34
Written by Tom Evans.
Producer by Todd Rundgren.

All songs from the album "Straight Up" ST-3387.

Beatles.ru club sent an open letter to Sir Paul McCartney with a request to perform a special song at his concert in Moscow

Dear Paul!

We would like to address you on behalf of millions of your fans in the former Soviet Union.

We have a special request and would like to ask you to do one song that you’re not playing this time in your “On the Run” tour.

In order to find out what song is especially popular with your fans, we, supported by your Moscow promoter SAV Entertainment, took a vote among the fans on the website www.beatles.ru, which currently has over 25000 members, and in the three social networks: Facebook, Twitter and Vkontakte.

We made a list of 40 songs that are not included in the “On the Run” tour setlist and asked your fans to pick that they love the most. Following the voting results, we ended up with the five songs listed below (in order of the allocation of votes):

1. Monkberry Moon Delight (this song won by a wide margin)
2. Hope of Deliverance
3. Once Upon a Long Ago
4. Lovely Rita
5. Your Mother Should Know

It’s very likely that after reading this you’ll think that your Russian fans’ choice is quite unusual. That is why we would like to explain why people have picked those songs.

It was very difficult to find a way to listen to music from abroad in Soviet times. The only songs we could hear on the radio, TV and stage were those approved by the Ministry of Culture. The only way to listen to the bands from other parts of the world was to get a hold of the magnetic tape recordings or so called gramophone records “on bones”.

Back in the 70s “Monkberry Moon Delight” was released as a bootleg, people would listen to this record over and over again, and it's fair to say that this song became your first major solo hit in the USSR and it never lost its status. Even though music fans and amateur rock bands didn’t speak English well enough, they were immediately hooked by a remarkably catchy tune and would sing it with abandon at the parties.

Complete text of the letter here.

Русская версия письма находится здесь.

Paul McCartney "Balearic Rarities 1"

Type of Media: 12" vinyl
Publisher: unknown
Reference: MAC001
Date: April, 2011
Made In: unknown
Quality: pro-shot
Total duration: 29:50 min.

SIDE 1:
1. Check My Machine 5:49
2. Frozen Jap (Unreleased Version) 5:31
3. Sunshine Sometime (Unreleased Instrumental) 3:20

SIDE 2:
1. Temporary Secretary 3:13
2. Blue Sway 6:33
3. Front Parlour (Unreleased Version) 5:09

Данная пластинка вышла на 3 месяца раньше нового официального релиза "McCartney II" в составе Paul McCartney Archive Collection и представляла для коллекционеров некоторый интерес. Однако, после официального релиза эти записи потеряли свою актуальность. Практически все композиции вошли в новое официальное издание. Правда, "Blue Sway" на данном бутлеге представлена в своём искомом виде. А композиция "Sunshine Sometime" была написана раньше и не имеет никакого отношения к альбому "McCartney II".
Тем не менее, пластинка довольна интересна для коллекционеров редких записей на виниле. Она встречается с двумя разновидностями этикеток: с надписями композиций на фоне чёрно-белой фотографии Пола Маккартни и просто с белыми чистыми этикетками. Пластинка вкладывается в тонкий белый внутренний пакет и имеет полностью чёрный конверт, без каких-либо надписей. Именно поэтому мне не понятно, почему она называется "Balearic Rarities 1", ведь нигде этого наименования нет.

Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band live in Kiev (Ukraine) on DVD

Type of Media: factory pressed two (DVD-5) discs set
Publisher: HomeMade
Reference: DVD02
Date: 2011
Made In: unknown
Quality: pro-shot
Total duration: approx. 125 min.

DVD 1:
01. It Don't Come Easy (Ringo Starr)
02. Honey Don't (Ringo Starr)
03. Choose Love (Ringo Starr)
04. Hang On Sloopy (Rick Derringer)
05. Free Ride (Edgar Winter)
06. Talking In Her Sleep (Wally Palmar)
07. I Wanna Be Your Man (Ringo Starr)
08. Dream Weaver (Gary Wright)
09. Kyrie (Richard Page)
10. The Other Side Of Liverpool (Ringo Starr)
11. Yellow Submarine (Ringo Starr)
12. Frankenstein (Edgar Winter)

DVD 2:
01. Peace Dream (Ringo Starr)
02. Back Off Boogaloo (ringo Starr)
03. What I Like About You (Wally Palmar)
04. Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo (Rick Derringer)
05. Boys (Ringo Starr)
06. Love Is Alive (Gary Wright)
07. Broken Wings (Richard Page)
08. Photograph (Ringo Starr)
09. Act Naturally (Ringo Starr)
10. With a Little Help from My Friends (Ringo Starr)
11. Give Peace a Chance (All-Starr Band)
12. Bonus: Press conference

Musicians:
Ringo Starr - drums, vocals
Wally Palmar - guitar, harmonica, vocals
Rick Derringer - guitar, vocals
Edgar Winter - keyboards, saxophone, vocals
Gary Wright - keyboards, vocals
Richard Page - bass, vocals
Gregg Bissonette - drums, vocals

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"Beatles For Sale on Parlophone Records by Bruce Spizer & Frank Daniels

В августе 2011 года Брюс на Битлз-фестивале презентовал свою новую книгу «Beatles For Sale On Parlophone Records».  Наконец появилось то волшебное издание о британских битловских релизах, которое так долго все ждали. Все предыдущие попытки систематизировать британскую виниловую дискографию квартета «Битлз» были примитивными и не раскрывали даже на половину данную тему. В книге Брюса Спайзера на 444 страницах воспроизведено более 700 цветных фотографий плюс вложен 22-х страничный буклет с кратким перечнем всех вариантов прессов представленных в книге. Размер страниц примерно 23,5 см х 31 см (что больше листа формата А4), а её вес почти 3 кг.

Книга имеет 4 раздела:

Section One - 45-RPM Singles
3 LOVE ME DO c/w P.S. I LOVE YOU
13 PLEASE PLEASE ME c/w ASK ME WHY
19 FROM ME TO YOU c/w THANK YOU GIRL
23 SHE LOVES YOU c/w I'LL GET YOU
29 I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND c/w THIS BOY
33 CAN'T BUY ME LOVE c/w YOU CAN'T DO THAT
37 A HARD DAY'S NIGHT c/w THINGS WE SAID TODAY
41 I FEEL FINE c/w SHE'S A WOMAN
45 TICKET TO RIDE c/w YES IT IS
49 HELP! c/w I'M DOWN
53 WE CAN WORK IT OUT c/w DAY TRIPPER
57 PAPERBACK WRITER c/w RAIN
63 YELLOW SUBMARINE c/w ELEANOR RIGBY
67 STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER c/w PENNY LANE
73 ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE c/w BABY, YOU'RE A RICH MAN
79 HELLO, GOODBYE c/w I AM THE WALRUS
85 LADY MADONNA c/w THE INNER LIGHT
89 HEY JUDE c/w REVOLUTION
97 GET BACK c/w DON'T LET ME DOWN
103 THE BALLAD OF JOHN AND YOKO c/w OLD BROWN SHOE
107 SOMETHING c/w COME TOGETHER
109 LET IT BE c/w YOU KNOW MY NAME
115 EXPORT SINGLES
119 KOMM, GIB MIR DEINE HAND c/w SIE LIEBT DICH
121 POLYDOR SINGLES

Section Two - Long-Playing Albums
129 PLEASE PLEASE ME
147 WITH THE BEATLES
161 A HARD DAY'S NIGHT
175 BEATLES FOR SALE
187 HELP!
199 RUBBER SOUL
211 REVOLVER
223 A COLLECTION OF BEATLES OLDIES
229 SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND
249 THE BEATLES (The White Album)
273 YELLOW SUBMARINE
281 THE BEATLES; GET BACK (unreleased)
297 ABBEY ROAD
311 GET BACK w/ Let It Be & 10 other songs (unreleased)
315 LET IT BE
325 "FROM THEN TO YOU" (Beatles Christmas Record, 1970)
335 EXPORT ALBUMS
343 MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR (Import)
345 THE BEATLES' FIRST (Polydor)

Section Three - EPs
349 TWIST AND SHOUT
357 THE BEATLES' HITS
361 THE BEATLES (No. 1)
364 THE BEATLES' GOLDEN DISCS (cancelled)
365 ALL MY LOVING
369 LONG TALL SALLY
373 Extracts from the film A HARD DAY'S NIGHT
375 Extracts from the Album A HARD DAY'S NIGHT
377 BEATLES FOR SALE
379 BEATLES FOR SALE (No. 2)
383 THE BEATLES' MILLION SELLERS
385 YESTERDAY
387 NOWHERE MAN
391 MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR
402 YELLOW SUBMARINE (Aborted)
403 TONY SHERIDAN WITH THE BEATLES (Polydor)

Section Four - An EMI Recording
407 A BRIEF HISTORY OF EMI
410 PARLOPHONE RECORDS
410 HAYES * MIDDLESEX * ENGLAND
410 331'3-RPM LONG PLAYING ALBUMS
411 45-RPM SINGLES
412 MASTERING & MANUFACTURING RECORDS
414 TRAIL OFF AREA MARKINGS
415 PRINTING OF LABELS
416 PARLOPHONE LABELS
418 APPLE LABELS
419 DEMONSTRATION RECORDS & FACTORY SAMPLES
420 TAX CODE LETTERS
422 "SOLD IN U.K." (RETAIL PRICE MAINTENANCE)
424 PUBLISHING & COPYRIGHT NOTICES
424 SOLID CENTER PRESSINGS
425 CONTRACT PRESSINGS
425 DECCA RECORDS
425 DECCA ALBUMS
426 DECCA SINGLES
427 ORIOLE
428 CBS RECORDS
429 PHILIPS
430 PYE
431 COMPARISON OF PUSH-OUT CENTER SINGLES
432 THE MYSTERIOUS TRI-CENTER PRESSING
433 COMPANY SLEEVES
440 Apple SLEEVES
441 ALBUM COVERS & INNER SLEEVES
443 BRITISH RADIO & RECORD CHARTS IN THE 1960s
444 PARLOPHONE AROUND THE WORLD

Подробнее про книги Брюса Спайзера и цены на них смотрите здесь

Обсуждение нового издания читайте здесь

Веб-сайт автора http://beatle.net/

"Love Me Tender" - Stuart Sutcliffe

Very rare record! But music, as I think, was imposed on vocal in these days.

Beatles' covers in Russian

From motion picture "Kalif-stork" (Кинофильм "Калиф-аист") USSR, 1968

"Starinki Avtomobil" by Vesyolie Rebyata ("Старенький автомобиль" в исполнении ВИА "Весёлые ребята") USSR, 1971

Theme from TV show "Benefit by Larisa Golubkina" (Бенефис Ларисы Голубкиной, исполняет ВИА "Весёлые ребята") USSR, 1975.
From 0:00 to 0:50, from 1:22 to 2:05 and from 6:15 to 9:47

From TV show "Magic lantern" (Мюзикл "Волшебный фонарь") USSR, 1976

From TV show "OSP-studio" (ОСП-студия) Russia, early 2000s

And as bonus - Balalaika Orchestra (Russia)