Unlocking the Boys of Dungeon Lane Collage It hasn't even been released yet but quite a bit of work is being done by fans to identify the source of every image seen on the brilliant collage which fills the inside of the gatefold edition (announced just last week) of Paul McCartney's new Boys of…

The Boys of Dungeon Lane – The Variants (So Far) Since we posted about the new Paul McCartney solo release The Boys of Dungeon Lane there have been some developments, principally to do with new variations and vinyl colours being added. As we did for McCartney III and it's sibling McCartney III…

New McCartney – The Boys of Dungeon Lane No doubt you've heard by now there's to be a brand spanking new Paul McCartney solo album called The Boys of Dungeon Lane - due in stores from May 29. Very exciting to get a whole album's worth of new material from the master - especially after a five year…

Beatle Films – Out Now and on the Way There's definitely a bit of a rush on Beatle and Beatle-related documentaries and films at the moment. First up is John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Power to the People - live in concert. This will obviously be a brilliant companion piece to the recent documentary…

New Ringo Starr – Long Long Road Coloured Vinyl, Black Vinyl & CD The old addage "when you're on a good thing, stick to it" comes to mind today as Ringo Starr announces the release of his second album with T Bone Burnett as producer - due out on April 24. It'll be called Long Long Road and it…

Rick Ward – Beatles and Solo Album Designer If I said the name Rick Ward to you, you'd probably reply, "Rick who??" Which is interesting because if you're a Beatle fan with even a half-decent collection you'll definitely have at least five or six examples of his work amongst your vinyl, CDs and…

An Unusual ‘Some Time In New York City’ Whenever we venture up to the suburb of Hornsby in Sydney's north, a visit to the used record store Mix Up Music is always on the cards. As you can probably tell from image, this is not the most appealing shop from the outside, and that vibe continues…

More Auction Buys – Dark Horse Singles As mentioned in December, we made some successful bids on a big Beatle and Beatle-related auction here in Sydney, Australia. The other successful bid was on an auction lot made up of quite hard-to-find, original Australian (plus one quite rare New Zealand)…

Yes, There WILL Be a McCartney: Man On The Run Soundtrack There has been a lot of speculation about the forthcoming documentary film, Paul McCartney - Man On The Run. Would there, or wouldn't there, be an accompanying soundtrack release on physical media? Director Morgan Neville dropped a hint a…

Record Store Day 2026 Titles Announced The people at Record Store Day have just dropped the 2026 list of titles for April 18 and it contains eight titles of interest to Beatle-related collectors. First up is John Lennon - or maybe that should be Sean Ono Lennon channeling his Dad? What's coming is…

He Photographed Paul McCartney – and Upset the Beatle When you see an iconic image like this one it is often fascinating to hear the backstory as to how it came about. Photographer Chris Floyd has a fantastic tale to tell about working with Paul McCartney and the process of capturing an image of…

‘A Song Reborn’ – A New Beatle “Making Of” Film The Beatles have released a new short film on the "making of" their Anthology song, 'Free As A Bird': A Song Reborn is directed by Oliver Murray, who did a similar thing in 2023 for 'Now And Then': Hopefully soon we'll get the Oliver Murray take on…

Grail McCartney/Fireman – Strawberries Ships Ocean Forest It's been quite a while since we've seen a decent Beatle and Beatle-related auction held in our own hometown by a small auction house, but one happened about a week ago and it turned up quite a rare Paul McCartney/Fireman double LP from…

The Pre-Christmas Bealtes Release List – Even More To Add! In late October we published a graphic titled "If You Want To Keep Up, Here's Everything You'll Need To Order" showing what we then thought was every Beatle, solo, or Beatle-related title released (or about to be released) this holiday…

Wings Book – SUPER Super Deluxe Edition There's exclusive, and then there's extra exclusive. Denny Laine's widow Elizabeth Hines has posted to Instagram images of an even more limited edition of the new book, Wings: The Story of a Band On The Run, signed and sent to her by Paul McCartney.…

The Beatles Anthology – New Disney+ Official Trailer Coming on November 26. All cleaned up and looking good, plus new content too:

‘War Is Over!’ Animated Film Coming to YouTube The Academy Award winning film War Is Over! is getting a wider release. We'll finally be able to see it in full on YouTube from 1 December. And here's the trailer: Also, to whet your appetite, here are some stills from film: It looks like it's an…

New Lennon/Plastic Ono Band Zoetrope, and More Dark Horse There's been a further development in the green vinyl 'Happy Xmas (War Is Over)' 7" single release announced a few weeks back..... It all seems timed to coincide with the release of a new children's book, which in turn is adapted from the…

If You Want To Keep Up, Here’s Everything You’ll Need to Order It's been a busy time over the last few weeks and months for Beatle collectors. There's been so much product announced it's hard to keep on top of it. So, we decided to made a visual representation for you, the avid completist, so that…

New Ringo Coloured Vinyl Announced As if we didn’t have enough Beatle or Beatle-related product between now and Christmas…. Now comes news that four coloured vinyl LPs from the Ringo Starr camp are due October 24. They are his first four solo releases, beginning with his solo debut Sentimental…

Record Store Day Black Friday 2025 Titles Announced A couple of Beatle-related and Dark Horse Records titles have popped up in the Record Store Day Black Friday release list published overnight. First up is the next installment in the ongoing George Harrison/Zoetrope disc back-catalogue series,…

Wings Book – Super Deluxe Edition Announced Liveright Books has just announced a special numbered, limited edition of Wings: The Story of a Band On The Run, signed by Paul McCartney. There will be 175 copies available for the US market, and 175 copies for the UK market. These limited signed…

National Album Day 2025, Plus More Harrison/Dark Horse Apple has announced it will re-issue Badfinger's Magic Christian Music on a striking blue vinyl as part of National Album Day in the UK. You might recall last year the theme was 'Great British Groups' and The Beatles A Hard Day's Night was…

Beatles and Solo News Update Woke up this morning to a couple of intriguing emails. First was big news from Apple. Seems they've listened to fan reaction and have decided to offer Anthology 4 as a separate purchase: By popular demand, Anthology 4 is now available as a standalone triple LP…

Another Day, Another Wings Compilation…. Announced yesterday out of the blue a new Wings "best of" compilation to accompany the forthcoming book, Wings - The Story of a Band on the Run (and possibly the new documentary film, Man On The Run): WINGS - The Definitive Collection will contain purely…

The Background to the “One To One” Concerts Ever wondered why the concerts, which form the centrepiece of the forthcoming John Lennon/Yoko Ono Power to the People box set, were called the One To One concerts? The BBC has just released a backgrounder as part of it's Witness History podcast series…

Beatles Anthology – All The Details It's now been announced. Here is the official press release with all the details on the Anthology Collection audio releases, the Beatles Anthology documentary series on Disney+ and The Beatles Anthology book: London – August 21, 2025 – First released three…

Beatles Anthology Disney Connection and Cover Art It looks like The Beatles Anthology TV series is destined for a Disney+ streaming release as expected: When it first aired in 1995 Anthology was a six-part series, so it looks to have been expanded somewhat given the advertising banner says it is…

Beatles ‘Anthology 4’ On The Way? Let the speculation begin. The rumoured Beatles Anthology extension is starting to be publicised on official Beatle socials pages: And on the official website: And these images here: But what will the box contain? This image (reportedly from Amazon) shows an 8 CD…

“I’m Better Than The Beatles” Got to admire his courage though! This was released in 1965, the year The Beatles produced the albums Help! and Rubber Soul. Plus the singles 'Ticket To Ride'/'Yes It Is', 'Yesterday'/'Act Naturally' and 'We Can Work It Out'/'Day Tripper'... Meanwhile, again in 1965,…

John Lennon’s ‘Power To The People’ Announced As he promised months ago, Sean Lennon and the Lennon Estate have this week formally announced they'll releasing (on 10 October, 2025) a mega box set focusing on John Lennon playing live in New York in the year 1972. It's called Power To The People…

McCartney Collaborator and Friend Dies You might know if you're a regular reader that we're quite interested in celebrating artists and creatives who sometimes go unsung, but have helped The Beatles as a band or solo to achieve their artistic vision. One such talented and long-time collaborator…

New Boss of The Beatles’ Apple Corps Announced The Beatles have announced this week that the new CEO of their company, Apple Corps Ltd., will be Tom Greene. He replaces Jeff Jones, who ran the company for almost 18 years and decided to step away from the job last year. In a group statement, Paul…

What Will You Be Doing For Global Beatles Day? This coming Wednesday is officially Global Beatles Day. How will you be celebrating? 25 June is increasingly being recognised as a day set aside to celebrate The Beatles and their music and cultural legacy around the world. Why is GBD June 25? Well,…

It’s Back! The Beatles In Mono LPs to be Reissued Yes it's back, but unless you were very quick you might have missed out because The Beatles In Mono 14 LP box set (out of print since 2014) is already showing as SOLD OUT on both the UK and US official stores. However, there is some confusion as to…

New Details Emerge for McCartney’s “High In The Clouds” The entertainment bible, Variety, is reporting at last that there is definite movement on Paul McCartney's on-again, off-again animated children's feature film, High In The Clouds. The magazine says that "Celine Dion, Himesh Patel and Hannah…

George Harrison: A Gardener’s Life Well, here's something a bit different. We know that George Harrison was a very keen gardener. There was a beautiful article at the end of 2023 in Country Life magazine on some of the work he did to bring the gardens of his country estate, Friar Park, back to…

A Beatle Book for the Next Generation of Fans – and a Book Giveaway As a first generation Beatle fan who fell hook, line and sinker for the band when they took Australia by storm back in 1964, it constantly amazes how subsequent generations come to hear about and love their music - over and over…

Covers for Forthcoming Wings Book Revealed For some reason publishers in the US seem to want to be different to the rest of the world. Take the recently announced book from the McCartney camp, Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run. Initially there was no cover art ready for the official…

Rarest, Most Expensive ‘Sgt. Pepper’? I'm sure most of us have at least a couple of copies of The Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in our collections - either on CD, LP, cassette, or all three! But an email today from the folks at eil.com (the UK purveyor of premium quality rare used…

Beatle Books, Books, Books! Lots of Beatle book news around at the moment. We're a little slow getting to this one, but Paul McCartney has flagged a big Wings book retrospective due later this year - November 4 to be precise. It's called Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run. Clearly its a work…

Huge Number of Dark Horse Titles on the Way We knew that Record Store Day this year will have three Dark Horse titles available for collectors of this Beatle-related sub-brand, but did you know that Dark Horse Records is planning a further big push in late April and early May? RSD will have:…

For The Love of George – Instrumental Tribute Album Hits All The Right Notes Dark Horse Records celebrated George Harrison's birth date this week with the release of a new tribute album by gypsy jazz guitarist Robin Nolan.  For The Love Of George can be streamed on all good streaming services and…

Artist’s Poster the Unsung Star of the McCartney Bowery Gigs Last week, as part of his warm-up for the Saturday Night Live 50th Anniversary Show, Paul McCartney played three small gigs (across three nights) at the relatively humble Bowery Ballroom in New York. It has a capacity of just 575 people,…

New (Old) Ringo Starr Live Album to be Re-Issued The folks at Friday Music have just announced two coloured, limited edition vinyl editions of a 2007 Ringo Starr title, Live At Soundstage. One is on burgundy swirl vinyl: The other is on gold metalic: It's the first time this live performance has…

Record Store Day 2025 – Lists Announced George Harrison’s song ‘Be Here Now’ has been named the RSD Song of the Year for 2025’s Record Store Day on April 12. To celebrate the honor, a double A-Side 12” Single of ‘Be Here Now’ will be released featuring the 2024 mix of George’s original version.…

Benmont Tench – ‘The Melancholy Season’ LP Finally To Be Released Those interested in the Beatle-related label Dark Horse Records will know that the Benmont Tench LP, The Melancholy Season has been something of a mystery in the catalogue. People seemed to know about its existence for a couple of…

Beatles/Lennon – GRAMMY Winners The 2025 GRAMMYs, officially known as the 67th GRAMMY Awards, is airing live and already The Beatles and the Lennon Estate have won big: Best Rock PerformanceWINNER: The Beatles - Now and ThenThe Black Keys - Beautiful People (Stay High)Green Day - The American…

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