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« Reply #75 on: March 18, 2012, 03:22:40 AM »

FYI

This is an interview with Michael Lindsay-Hogg, who speculates that Let It Be "may" see the light of day on DVD/Blu Ray in the year 2012.

Wouldn't it be nice!  (Won't hold my breath though.)

http://www.masslive.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2011/10/the_beatles_let_it_be_and_magi.html



Well we know for certain that the Mystery Tour footage and Soundtrack was being cleaned up around three years ago by Giles Martin
and the remaster team. Big rumblings about a refurbished Mystery Tour film coming soon, unlike Help and Hard Day's Night, Mystery Tour
had tons of outtake film footage, even a couple of incidental music pieces like "Jessie's Dream" that didn't get used much in the original
film...

I think Mystery Tour (the film) coming out soon is almost a given. It does show the slow timetable used by the Apple gang.. Which bodes
well for things like Now and Then, for some unexplainable reason, it takes them years to bring these projects to completion and release.

When John Lennon was alive, he would write a song Thursday, record it Friday, and have it in the shops and on radio within ten days, things
like Instant Karma for example.

I have another post with more information on hidden reunion tracks, and all that reunion cloak and dagger stuff coming soon.. After that I may
feel that's it, I'm finished, some things were said to me in another thread, I didn't care for. But I did want to see this thread through, first.

As for Let It be coming this year, I just don't know. I do have one untapped source, very close to the top, I have never used the source, and
I think I want to ask about Now and Then and Carnival of Light, rather than Let It Be.

One last thought. With the newer clean copies of Free As A Bird and Real Love that have come to light it would be possible to do a huge sonic
upgrade on both songs, by simply remixing, dropping the cleaner Lennon vocals into the backing track. There was a particular problem with Real
Love it was down a generation or two more even, than Free As A Bird, this would be an easy thing to do, as those mixes were stored on computer
for an automated console I am sure. Sadly when Anthology came out on Itunes recently, it was remastered, but none of the bad mixes or edits had
been fixed.

Major news on this entire subject may be developing. But it may be awhile longer.
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« Reply #76 on: March 18, 2012, 03:47:13 PM »

The Early 1971 classic Paul McCartney solo album "RAM" with orchestrations by George Martin,
will be re-released in deluxe expanded form with never before released tracks, and other bonus
material, as well as a deluxe book on May 22ND. Pre Order is available now.

Can the remaining unreleased Beatles tracks be far behind?
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« Reply #77 on: March 18, 2012, 05:52:04 PM »

The Early 1971 classic Paul McCartney solo album "RAM" with orchestrations by George Martin,
will be re-released in deluxe expanded form with never before released tracks, and other bonus
material, as well as a deluxe book on May 22ND. Pre Order is available now.

I've always thought it was odd that George Martin was not credited with doing the orchestrations on Ram, in the liner notes.

They are terrific orchestrations, and really make the album.


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« Reply #78 on: March 18, 2012, 06:18:07 PM »

The Early 1971 classic Paul McCartney solo album "RAM" with orchestrations by George Martin,
will be re-released in deluxe expanded form with never before released tracks, and other bonus
material, as well as a deluxe book on May 22ND. Pre Order is available now.

Can the remaining unreleased Beatles tracks be far behind?

Actually the fact that the solo Beatle catalogs are being expanded at the moment probably doesn't bode well for any Beatles projects in the near future.  There seems to be a loose framework when it comes to The Beatles where they don't release new Beatles projects (the recent remasters for instance) at the same time the individual members of the group are releasing solo material.  I would guess the general feeling is any Beatles related release would negatively affect the sales of any solo Beatles release as people are far more likely to buy Beatles releases than releases by John Lennon, George Harrison, Paul McCartney or Ringo Starr.

With Ringo and Paul having recently released new solo projects, this archive series from Paul and the recent Scorsese's documentary on George Harrison hitting the US Market this spring, I don't think any new Beatles releases are going to reach shelves this year perhaps with the exception of a reissue of the "Yellow Submarine" DVD.

Next year however might be a different story.  Who knows?

PS: I read some rumors that there seems to be some conjecture as to just how far McCartney plans to go with this archival series.  The ones that he's already released have not sold all that well and while Macca's solo catalog has it's fair share of great albums, he also has released his fair share of misses which probably would be better off remaining relegated to the bargain bin rather than revisited.
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« Reply #79 on: March 18, 2012, 10:23:35 PM »

The Early 1971 classic Paul McCartney solo album "RAM" with orchestrations by George Martin,
will be re-released in deluxe expanded form with never before released tracks, and other bonus
material, as well as a deluxe book on May 22ND. Pre Order is available now.

I've always thought it was odd that George Martin was not credited with doing the orchestrations on Ram, in the liner notes.

They are terrific orchestrations, and really make the album.



I did not know GM was involved in the album - and I vaguely recall some review of Ram years ago stating that Paul as a producer or arranger was no match for Mr. Martin.  Huh
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« Reply #80 on: March 18, 2012, 10:32:05 PM »

The Early 1971 classic Paul McCartney solo album "RAM" with orchestrations by George Martin,
will be re-released in deluxe expanded form with never before released tracks, and other bonus
material, as well as a deluxe book on May 22ND. Pre Order is available now.

I've always thought it was odd that George Martin was not credited with doing the orchestrations on Ram, in the liner notes.

They are terrific orchestrations, and really make the album.



I did not know GM was involved in the album - and I vaguely recall some review of Ram years ago stating that Paul as a producer or arranger was no match for Mr. Martin.  Huh

He arranged a lot of the stuff.  I believe Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey was his handiwork.  Phil Ramone was also heavily involved but may have went uncredited as well?  I've lost since parted with my CD copy of "RAM" and nowhere near my vinyl collection to dig the LP out.  But yeah George Martin to my recollection worked on some of the arrangements on "RAM"
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« Reply #81 on: March 19, 2012, 06:56:33 PM »

The Early 1971 classic Paul McCartney solo album "RAM" with orchestrations by George Martin,
will be re-released in deluxe expanded form with never before released tracks, and other bonus
material, as well as a deluxe book on May 22ND. Pre Order is available now.

Can the remaining unreleased Beatles tracks be far behind?

Actually the fact that the solo Beatle catalogs are being expanded at the moment probably doesn't bode well for any Beatles projects in the near future.  There seems to be a loose framework when it comes to The Beatles where they don't release new Beatles projects (the recent remasters for instance) at the same time the individual members of the group are releasing solo material.  I would guess the general feeling is any Beatles related release would negatively affect the sales of any solo Beatles release as people are far more likely to buy Beatles releases than releases by John Lennon, George Harrison, Paul McCartney or Ringo Starr.

With Ringo and Paul having recently released new solo projects, this archive series from Paul and the recent Scorsese's documentary on George Harrison hitting the US Market this spring, I don't think any new Beatles releases are going to reach shelves this year perhaps with the exception of a reissue of the "Yellow Submarine" DVD.

Next year however might be a different story.  Who knows?

PS: I read some rumors that there seems to be some conjecture as to just how far McCartney plans to go with this archival series.  The ones that he's already released have not sold all that well and while Macca's solo catalog has it's fair share of great albums, he also has released his fair share of misses which probably would be better off remaining relegated to the bargain bin rather than revisited.


That may be partially true John, but often Beatle releases overlap with solo releases, several examples come to mind off the top of my head.
You yourself just said, Yellow Submarine is coming out yet again, and Ringo and Paul both just launched new studio albums, and the Ram archival
release, and we are just getting more marketing for the Harrison soundtrack bonus disc from the documentary, so that's four solo and one Beatle
thing, more or less happening all at once.

We also just got a second Beatle release of sorts, where the Itunes exclusive on digital content was partially broken allowing this jukebox company
to offer jukebox Beatles in 50,000 locations, I guess this is a substitute for the old fashioned juke box with the actual 45's inside.

Also we know of a plan developing to celebrate the Beatlels 50th anniversary of "Love Me Do" later this year. No word yet on what that might be
a new compilation album, previously unseen or remastered tv appearances, who know's. Possibly the (Hopefully) unreleased songs we have talked about..


In 1973 there was (at that time) the Biggest Beatles albums ever, the red and blue compilation albums. Along with solo releases by John, Paul,George and Ringo.
In fact McCartney released two solo albums in 73 as well as the Live and Let die single on the film soundtrack

In 99 there was Yellow Submarine Songtrack, and McCartney's Run Devil Run.

The Beatles Love, Chaos and Creation   nearly overlapped I think? and two Ringo albums, a live one and a studio one Choose Love, sometimes these albums
are just weeks or months apart.

But yes to some degree, they seem to alternate. At least sometimes.

Ram reissue was supposed to be paired with Venus and Mars reissue at the same time, maybe they just aren't selling, or they  are leaving room
for something special late this year. I don't think EMI/Universal can release anything without the Beatles agreement. At least for group albums.
There is a lot of belief that The Mystery Tour movie will be coming later this year. I don't think thats enough of a bang for fifty years, look what the Beach Boys
are doing, world tour, new studio album, the Smile Box Set and further archival releases, and the new Smile Book...

Again its been several years now, the remasters are long since peaked, the digital downloads are old news, fifty years is coming in just over six months I
hope against all hopes that to celebrate fifty years since the first record with Ringo, that they will release something special, namely the unreleased tracks,
if that isin't a great built in promotional tool then I don't know what to say.

We know many of the Beatles albums have been totally remixed, some of it was issued on the Rockband game. Unreleased tracks, remixed albums with
Bonus tracks, and a couple more films. I don't see what other cards they have to play, what's the point of the big staff then and Jeff Jones? hell they even
released all the other groups that were signed to Apple. all the singles and albums. Remixed albums, Mystery Tour Let it Be (the films) and the unreleased songs.
They could also get a hell of a release by compiling all the promotional song films on one or two cd's in remastered sound and restored video..


Next year is fine, with me, but the fiftieth anniversary is this year. They have to see the millions starting to be raked in by the Beach Boys for their fiftieth


I can see the promotional headline now John   something along these lines

" And now the greatest show on earth, The Beatles return to celebrate fifty years, with seven new tracks,& their greatest hits, remixed in modern digital sound
with a bonus disc of all the Beatles groundbreaking aheadof their time promotional song videos

Seven new songs! Never before heard,   Twenty five restored videos, and their 25 greatest hits all remixed, with new liner notes from Paul McCartney
& Ringo Starr and George and Giles Martin.. Also a new coffee table book written by Mark Lewishon, the beatles post 1970
New songs include, Now and Then, Carnival Of Light, Sour Milk Sea, All For Love and more!
Pre order now from Amazon, music only 59.95 or deluxe version with book, two discs of promotional videos, and four extra bonus tracks $199


I am all over that John, just as a hypothetical release, and if you pay for the ultra deluxe $319 five disc version, you get the complete Shea concert in HD
and  remixed versions of Free As A Bird, and Real Love, and the new Bonus video of Now and Then, included audio only on versions one and two, version
three super deluxe, also has the Now and Then Video, directed by Bob Smeaton.


So you tell me John, would you rather have that or  Magical Mystery tour with 11 minutes of new footage. and a deluxe writing pen for an additional
$179 USD


I think I'd rather have the hypothetical one I described.
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« Reply #82 on: March 19, 2012, 07:22:23 PM »

Points well taken VM although I was specifically speaking of Beatles releases that actually had a chance of competing with solo Beatles releases.  With all due respect to the "Yellow Submarine" DVD or the "Love Me Do" reissue neither release falls into that category. 

As far as the other releases you cited, as I'm sure you can appreciate the seventies were a completely different market than the one that exists today.  I mean for godsakes we still had all four Beatles still roaming the earth and releasing new material.  Their music was also a lot closer to being viewed as contemporary than it is today where even Paul McCartney's legacy is mainly tied to his work with The Beatles.  So different environment, different era, different philosophy.  All you need to know is as far as the current market goes, The Beatles don't issue major releases in the years when they are trying to move their individual solo catalogs.  There seems to be a philosophy of group first, individual members second going back to what I initially noted which is the notion that given the current market people are far more likely to purchase a Beatles release than a solo Beatles release when they have the option of buying either/or.

As far as what releases I'd like to see: I'm actually pretty stoked for the Harrison rarities disc being released stateside along with the "RAM" deluxe edition.  I haven't picked up any of Macca's deluxe edition packages yet but I might make an exception for RAM being that it's both a quality record and apparently also a record with some interesting outtakes and demos attached to it.
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« Reply #83 on: March 20, 2012, 07:54:46 AM »

Points well taken VM although I was specifically speaking of Beatles releases that actually had a chance of competing with solo Beatles releases.  With all due respect to the "Yellow Submarine" DVD or the "Love Me Do" reissue neither release falls into that category. 

As far as the other releases you cited, as I'm sure you can appreciate the seventies were a completely different market than the one that exists today.  I mean for godsakes we still had all four Beatles still roaming the earth and releasing new material.  Their music was also a lot closer to being viewed as contemporary than it is today where even Paul McCartney's legacy is mainly tied to his work with The Beatles.  So different environment, different era, different philosophy.  All you need to know is as far as the current market goes, The Beatles don't issue major releases in the years when they are trying to move their individual solo catalogs.  There seems to be a philosophy of group first, individual members second going back to what I initially noted which is the notion that given the current market people are far more likely to purchase a Beatles release than a solo Beatles release when they have the option of buying either/or.

As far as what releases I'd like to see: I'm actually pretty stoked for the Harrison rarities disc being released stateside along with the "RAM" deluxe edition.  I haven't picked up any of Macca's deluxe edition packages yet but I might make an exception for RAM being that it's both a quality record and apparently also a record with some interesting outtakes and demos attached to it.


John we don't know what the Love Me Do release is going to consist of, It's not that they  are trying to re-release the song Love Me Do necessarily, it's
that the song is the fiftieth anniversary of the Beatles first record, there are earlier pre Ringo demos, so one could argue, that the Beatles formed in 1958.
But 1962 is the fiftieth of John, Paul, George and Ringo, and rumblings are coming out of EMI, that something, (we don't know what) is in the works.
Heavy scuttlebutt about the Mystery Tour movie, but would that really be a big bang for such a significant date, There has to be more. So Ram is in May
by November maybe we will get a Christmas surprise. I Hope so, giving McCartney's and Ringo's albums six months, and Ram and Yellow Sub and Harrison's
bonus disc, six months seems like plenty of time. None of them are big projects really. So I hope for a big big release near the end of the year. Who know's
like you say maybe pie in the sky, But Jeff Jones has had literally years, to assemble something good, let's hope now is the time.That is late 2012. it would be
easy as heck to tack Carnival of Light onto the new Mystery Tour movie, in some fashion...
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« Reply #84 on: March 21, 2012, 02:44:38 PM »


THE BEATLES SESSIONS ALBUM (studio recordings not found on any proper album or single)

1- Free As A Bird
2- Now and Then
3-All For Love
4- Real Love
5- Blue Moon Of Kentucky
6-Baby What you want me to do
7-Carnival Of Light
8-SOur Milk Sea (new mix from Lomax multitrack, lead vocal by Harrison)
9- I lost My LIttle Girl   (lennon vocal, let it be sessions)
10 All Things Must Pass  (composite mix from assorted Let it Be takes)
11 Etcetera  (McCartney white album ditty on acoustic ala Blackbird or Junk)
12  Who Slapped John  (abbey road outtake, Gene Vincent cover)
13  Peggy Sue Got Married   ( I me Mine outtake, Harrison on vocal)
14   Dig It Long Version    (from let it be, five minutes instead of fifty seconds)
15 Come And Get it
16 Leave My Kitten alone
17 Not Guilty
18 I'm Looking Through You (alternate version)
19 What's The New Mary Jane
20 How Do You Do It
21 Besame Mucho
22 One After 909 (1963 version)
23  If You've Got Trouble
24  That Mean's A Lot
25 While My Guitar Gently Weeps  (love version with George Martin strings)
26  Mailman Bring me No More Blues
27 Christmas Time is Here Again (new mix featuring only music and vocals, no spoken word overlay)

Yes, a CD release along these lines would be very exciting imo. Personally, I would place the four main 'reunion' tracks later in the album and perhaps include bits of the Friar Park reunion jam in there if the sound quality's up to it.

A shame that, due to the Beatles group vote thing, we can't have, say, Paul and Ringo take one or two Lennon and/or Harrison demos and 'develop' them into full tracks, ideally  produced by Youth, the other half of McCartney's Fireman project. It appears that there now have to be all four Fabs present on a track to call it a Beatles track, when in their own time, with three, two or even one Beatle present on some tracks, it was still a 'Beatles' track. Strange, as not many people argue that Yesterday or Within You and Without You shouldn't be called Beatles tracks and they both have only one Fab present.  Huh  Interesting grey area that. This has been one of the most interesting threads on here for a long time, good stuff  Smiley
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« Reply #85 on: March 21, 2012, 04:33:15 PM »

I did include two of the Friar Park jams, in that tracklist.

That wasn't supposed to be a running order, just a basic idea
of what tracks should go on there. I probably forgot a couple.

I didn't get into legendary alternate takes at all "27 minute Helter Skelter"
"alternate Hold me Tight"

I didn't get into that.

For my money something along the lines I proposed sells, several million. With a couple new
videos, lots of promotion, and of course the new songs, no one ever heard before.

If you had a copy of that album I proposed, Along with Past Masters, and the regular
canon of 13 studio albums, you would then have, every decent studio track recorded
by the Beatles, as far as we know. Of course there are numerous, live, alternate take
and demos not included. Which could be used for other releases such as the Beatles
Christmas album, or white album demos.


It would be too simple, make the fans too happy, it won't happen that way. It's almost as if
the people in charge, hate the fans, and see them as less than human, and just feed them dog
crap and tell the to like it. I picture a bunch of Apple employees flitting through the halls in slippers
and bathrobes at midnight, blowing soap bubbles and making jokes about the stupid fans.

I notice the new McCartney Ram reissue, basically uses the paradigm started by Purple Chik several
years ago. I expect that's when we'll finally see the rare songs Like Carnival of Light and Now and Then
on the remixed albums, several years hence. God I hope not I hope not.

The revived sessions albums with Carnival and Now and then and Sour Milk sea, and some new videos
would see a freaking ton, several million easy,

Ladies and Gentleman, The last new Beatles songs in History. one two three four!


There is also about enough to compile an early 68 album, of the Lady Madonna, Across the Universe stuff
that would be like a brand new album, using all the unused 67 early 68 non album tracks.


Oh well, remember, they are flitting the halls in Apple, wearing slippers blowing soap bubbles and laughing
about the idiot fans, while they charge new expensive watches and lunches on their company accounts, I don't
think they are paying much attention to what we want to hear

God please let me be wrong.


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« Reply #86 on: March 21, 2012, 11:08:20 PM »


THE BEATLES SESSIONS ALBUM (studio recordings not found on any proper album or single)

1- Free As A Bird
2- Now and Then
3-All For Love
4- Real Love
5- Blue Moon Of Kentucky
6-Baby What you want me to do
7-Carnival Of Light
8-SOur Milk Sea (new mix from Lomax multitrack, lead vocal by Harrison)
9- I lost My LIttle Girl   (lennon vocal, let it be sessions)
10 All Things Must Pass  (composite mix from assorted Let it Be takes)
11 Etcetera  (McCartney white album ditty on acoustic ala Blackbird or Junk)
12  Who Slapped John  (abbey road outtake, Gene Vincent cover)
13  Peggy Sue Got Married   ( I me Mine outtake, Harrison on vocal)
14   Dig It Long Version    (from let it be, five minutes instead of fifty seconds)
15 Come And Get it
16 Leave My Kitten alone
17 Not Guilty
18 I'm Looking Through You (alternate version)
19 What's The New Mary Jane
20 How Do You Do It
21 Besame Mucho
22 One After 909 (1963 version)
23  If You've Got Trouble
24  That Mean's A Lot
25 While My Guitar Gently Weeps  (love version with George Martin strings)
26  Mailman Bring me No More Blues
27 Christmas Time is Here Again (new mix featuring only music and vocals, no spoken word overlay)

Yes, a CD release along these lines would be very exciting imo. Personally, I would place the four main 'reunion' tracks later in the album and perhaps include bits of the Friar Park reunion jam in there if the sound quality's up to it.

A shame that, due to the Beatles group vote thing, we can't have, say, Paul and Ringo take one or two Lennon and/or Harrison demos and 'develop' them into full tracks, ideally  produced by Youth, the other half of McCartney's Fireman project. It appears that there now have to be all four Fabs present on a track to call it a Beatles track, when in their own time, with three, two or even one Beatle present on some tracks, it was still a 'Beatles' track. Strange, as not many people argue that Yesterday or Within You and Without You shouldn't be called Beatles tracks and they both have only one Fab present.  Huh  Interesting grey area that. This has been one of the most interesting threads on here for a long time, good stuff  Smiley

Good point, but if we go that difection, they could compile all the tracks post-Fab when the various members helped each other out. Ringo played drums on the John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band album: also played on All Things Must Pass. George and Ringo were both at the Bangadesh concert; all four members appear on various Ringo albums through the years; Ringo played on 3 Paul albums in the 80's; George has Paul and Ringo on "All Those Years Ago"; etc. Actually, the best tracks from those occasional moments together would make for very nice listening.
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THE BEATLES SESSIONS ALBUM (studio recordings not found on any proper album or single)

1- Free As A Bird
2- Now and Then
3-All For Love
4- Real Love
5- Blue Moon Of Kentucky
6-Baby What you want me to do
7-Carnival Of Light
8-Sour Milk Sea (new mix from Lomax multitrack, lead vocal by Harrison)
9- I lost My LIttle Girl   (lennon vocal, let it be sessions)
10 All Things Must Pass  (composite mix from assorted Let it Be takes)
11 Etcetera  (McCartney white album ditty on acoustic ala Blackbird or Junk)
12  Who Slapped John  (abbey road outtake, Gene Vincent cover)
13  Peggy Sue Got Married   ( I me Mine outtake, Harrison on vocal)
14   Dig It Long Version    (from let it be, five minutes instead of fifty seconds)
15 Come And Get it
16 Leave My Kitten alone
17 Not Guilty
18 I'm Looking Through You (alternate version)
19 What's The New Mary Jane
20 How Do You Do It
21 Besame Mucho
22 One After 909 (1963 version)
23  If You've Got Trouble
24  That Mean's A Lot
25 While My Guitar Gently Weeps  (love version with George Martin strings)
26  Mailman Bring me No More Blues
27 Christmas Time is Here Again (new mix featuring only music and vocals, no spoken word overlay)

Yes, a CD release along these lines would be very exciting imo. Personally, I would place the four main 'reunion' tracks later in the album and perhaps include bits of the Friar Park reunion jam in there if the sound quality's up to it.

A shame that, due to the Beatles group vote thing, we can't have, say, Paul and Ringo take one or two Lennon and/or Harrison demos and 'develop' them into full tracks, ideally produced by Youth, the other half of McCartney's Fireman project. It appears that there now have to be all four Fabs present on a track to call it a Beatles track, when in their own time, with three, two or even one Beatle present on some tracks, it was still a 'Beatles' track. Strange, as not many people argue that Yesterday or Within You and Without You shouldn't be called Beatles tracks and they both have only one Fab present.  Huh  Interesting grey area that. This has been one of the most interesting threads on here for a long time, good stuff  Smiley

Good point, but if we go that direction, they could compile all the tracks post-Fab when the various members helped each other out. Ringo played drums on the John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band album: also played on All Things Must Pass. George and Ringo were both at the Bangadesh concert; all four members appear on various Ringo albums through the years; Ringo played on 3 Paul albums in the 80's; George has Paul and Ringo on "All Those Years Ago"; etc. Actually, the best tracks from those occasional moments together would make for very nice listening.



That doesn't work. There are no Beatle tracks and nothing that isin't already out, you could make that compilation yourself right now
All those years ago and I'm the greatest are both bonafide reunion tracks, but they have different contractual obligations and have been
available for decades on regular albums and compilation greatest hits albums.
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« Reply #88 on: March 25, 2012, 02:37:13 AM »



Here is the Link of Peter Hodgson, seen in numerous photos in 1995 with Paul McCartney.
Several of the photos are taken with McCartney at his "Mill recording studio" on his property.

Hodgson explains in some detail, about the fourth Beatles reunion song "ALL FOR LOVE"

Hodgson's remarks, are directed to Journalist Rip Rense, who first broke the story on the
Beatles third reunion song called "Now And Then" and was elaborating for journalist Rense
and the remarks about the stunning fact, there was a fourth Beatles reunion song!, this time
not one of the Lennon demo's but a new song written apparently by McCartney/Harrison, and
recorded by Paul, George and Ringo, for two days in March 1995.

Oddly Wikipedia made this story disappear, however certain people archived the story, because
of it's importance,and for those of you interested, you can see the photos and read the text
yourself.

http://abbeyrd.best.vwh.net/news/411allforlove.html


Notice, that Hodgson also mentions "Hiroshima Sky is Blue" and of course that Paul/Yoko song
did indeed get released  in Japan, later.

Keith Badman the Beatles author of some good and decent reputation, also verified the story..

Hodgson made other public remarks, that he intended to speak with Paul McCartney and get more
information on ALL FOR LOVE, to clarify any confusion, a few years ago, Hodgson expected to do
that soon. Oddly we never heard another peep out of Hodgson, the story disappeared from Wikipedia
Hodgson who apparently knows McCartney pretty well, either never saw him again, or was somehow
silenced from ever speaking publicly on the matter again.

More info on the Beatles reunion recordings as it becomes available. If anyone knows anything, please
speak up, the Iron curtin of Beatle silence has really been keeping all this quiet, since McCartney spoke
so freely about all this in the mid and late nineties..


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