The Latest Sadly, Neil Aspinall has passed away at age 66. Neil was a childhood friend of Paul McCartney and George Harrison and served as the Beatles' driver, road manager, personal assistant and later as head The Beatles' company Apple Corps. He is the father of former Beatle Pete Best's half brother Vincent "Roag" Best. In a statement released on behalf of surviving Beatles Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, the company described him as a "great man" who would be missed. Read news article Which is your favorite 'REVOLVER' song? Let your choice be known with the poll on the blog (it's near the top in the right hand column). Watch video of Ringo Starr's performance of "Liverpool 8" on 'The Late Show with David Letterman', Jan. 21, 2008. Check out this Ringo For President bumper sticker. Here are four 1965 U.S. radio spots for The Beatles movie HELP! They appear on disc 1 of the newly reissued 'HELP!' DVD. See this popular short clip from 'Family Guy', where "The Beatles" appear in cartoon form in a sarcastic jab at Ringo's songwriting ability (or lack thereof). It appeared in the 100th episode of the Family Guy series, which aired Nov. 4, 2007. Posted on the blog are a few videos, including.... May Pang talks about John Lennon on CBS's "Up To The Minute" Which of The Beatles Was Born Richard Starkey? (1 vs. 100 Question) NBC Today Show > "Lost" Beatles Tapes A short video from a Pete Best & Mona Best Interview. Ringo Starr in a Shriners Hospitals for Children Commercial. Julian Lennon singing "When I'm Sixty-Four" for an Allstate commercial (2002). Ringo Starr's cover of "You're Sixteen" from Ringo's 1978 TV special. See pictures of The Beatles on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine over the last 40+ years! In case you missed it, here's an audio Christmas Greeting from BeatlesLane (and the Beatles). This site is usually updated a few times a week, so check back often. You can add it to your browser Bookmarks by pressing CTRL+D (as you hold down the "CTRL" key on your keyboard, press "D"). Site email: Song Of The Moment John Lennon & Yoko Ono From the 'Live Jam' disc of John and Yoko's 'Some Time in New York City' album, this is "Well (Baby Please Don't Go)" (written by Walter Ward). This version was recorded live at the Fillmore East in New York City with Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention on June 6, 1971. "Well (Baby Please Don't Go)" (3:49) Beatle Bits Lawyers for the Beatles sued to prevent the distribution of unreleased recordings purportedly made during Ringo Starr's first performance with the group in 1962. Eight unreleased tracks are said to be among the recordings, including Paul McCartney singing Hank Williams' "Lovesick Blues". Read news article The first ever free to read online Beatles book has just been launched. Bob Neaverson, author of The Beatles Movies (Cassell, 1997) and co-author (with former Apple Film boss Denis O'Dell) of At the Apple's Core, has just launched a Beatles Movie website, www.beatlesmovies.co.uk  Press release info posted here Beatles engineer Norman Smith dies at age 85. Smith worked on every studio recording the Beatles made between 1962 and 1965. Read more Ringo Starr is sick of being called an ex-Beatle . I hate to say it, but if the other three Beatles didn't choose Ringo to replace Pete Best, there's a great possibilty we never would have even heard of Ringo Starr. "Solo artist" or otherwise. I'm just saying that most musicians would be extremely proud to have once been a Beatle, even if it was the only thing they were known for. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the spiritual guru whose pupils included the Beatles has died. He was thought to be 91, although his exact birth date is unclear. John Lennon was inspired to write the song "Sexy Sadie" about the Maharishi.. Read more - Picture of the Maharishi with the Beatles Ringo sparked fury after telling chat show host Jonathan Ross he misses "nothing" about Liverpool. The ECHO was inundated with angry responses to Ringo's comments... Read more Pete Best was ousted from The Beatles in 1962 and replaced by Ringo Starr – and never spoke to his band mates again. Here's what he says about the possibility of a meeting with the other surviving former Beatles: “The door’s always open for a meeting, although to be realistic it would have to be on Paul’s volition. But we’re not starry-eyed youngsters anymore, it would be nice to meet just for posterity. There were some great moments in Liverpool when we were kids.” Read more Paul McCartney gave an exclusive interview for Clash Magazine. Read it here at clashmusic.com   Paul's only son, James Louis McCartney, 30, is finally stepping out of the shadows and working on his own album. James plays guitar and drums and is a songwriter. His father is helping him with the recording of the album, but says (about James) "He's doing it all. He's writing it all. It's sensational." Read more (and see pics of James) Read more Director Richard Lester, now 75 years old, comments on the Beatles film "Help!". He hadn't seen "Help!" for some 35 years before seeing it recently. Read more - (opens new window) Released on Nov. 6, as a double-DVD set, is an expanded and reissued version of the Beatles movie "Help!" (after originally being slated for Oct. 30 release). This is an upgrade and replacement to both the 1997 and 2000 editions, which, went out of print “due to rights issues.” Read more - (opens new window) See also this Help! photo gallery on latimes.com Paul McCartney has released a deluxe edition of his most recent album 'Memory Almost Full'. It includes videos and bonus tracks. It also contains exclusive live performance footage and music videos for the singles 'Ever Present Past' and 'Dance Tonight'. I have to wonder how people who already bought the CD feel about this... Read more - (opens new window) In this article about "23 Album Covers that Changed Everything", the Beatles' Sgt . Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is at the top. Read it - (opens new window) George Harrison is the fourth and final Beatle to have his solo music available on iTunes. Nine albums from the late Harrison have been made available for downloading. Read more - (opens new window) Although the Beatles catalog (as a group) isn't yet on iTunes, Apple CEO Steve Jobs hints that it could be available within six months. Read more - (opens new window) After almost 50 years, a photograph of John Lennon is uncovered. The photo, which had been locked away in a cupboard, shows a 17-year old Lennon posing with Quarrymen manager Nigel Walley. Walley had not seen the picture since 1958. He said: " It's very emotional for me seeing this photo again after all these years. John was a very good friend of mine." Read more & see the photo- (opens new window) Martin Scorsese to direct an as-yet-untitled documentary about the life of George Harrison. Harrison’s widow, Olivia, will be a producer on the film. Surviving Beatles band mates Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr will likely participate. Read more - (opens new window) - Read more - (opens new window) George Harrison's handwritten Everly Brothers lyrics to go on sale. Most likely written circa 1960, George transcribed the lyrics to Everly Brothers songs that the Beatles may have planned to perform, although it has not been documented that they ever did. Read more - (opens new window) See a scan of "So Sad" written on his notepaper. Incidentally, George wrote a song titled "So Sad" that appeared on his 1974 "Dark Horse" album, just before his cover version of the Everly's "Bye Bye Love." It's been 40 years since the Beatles' manager, Brian Epstein, died at age 32. Epstein was instrumental in making the Beatles household names. Read more from liverpoolecho.co.uk- (opens new window) Former Beatle Pete Best has a cameo in the movie "The Rocker". A character in the movie is in a band and gets kicked out right before they became famous. Sound familiar? Read more - (opens new window) Sixteen of John Lennon's solo albums are now available for download on iTunes. Recently, the solo catalogues of Paul, Ringo and George were added to iTunes. Read more - (opens new window) What makes Paul McCartney cry? "God Only Knows"... Read more She was George Harrison's "Something" and Eric Clapton's "Layla." After her 40-year silence on the subject of George and Eric, Pattie Boyd has written a memoir detailing her life with the rock gods, called "Wonderful Tonight." ABC News article - (opens new window) USA Today article - (opens new window) Daily Mail article - (opens new window) Paul McCartney has released a new three-volume DVD set, 'The McCartney Years'. The discs feature solo music videos, live performances, exclusive footage and personal commentary by McCartney himself. Read more - (opens new window) Dig It A Toot and a Snore in '74 In March of 1974, John and Paul played together in a jam session held in a recording studio. This was the only time that they did so after the break-up of the Beatles. During the session McCartney plays drums and sings harmony, and Lennon is on guitar and lead vocal. Also present are Harry Nilsson, Stevie Wonder, Jesse Ed Davis, Bobby Keys, May Pang and producer Ed Freeman. The bootleg recording is not the best or most organized jam session you're likely to ever hear (there's hardly any complete songs to speak of) but it's interesting for historical reasons. From this blog you can download the bootleg (all nearly 30 minutes worth). Here's Wikipedia's entry about the impromptu jam session. Related to the above, here is the "last known" photograph of John Lennon and Paul McCartney together. The photo was part of the late Who drummer Keith Moon's collection. It was taken in 1974, four years after the Beatles split up, at the recording of US singer Harry Nillson's album Pussycats. Here's a 2000 article on the auctioning of the photo. Click the picture on the right to see the larger version > Also, see this color photo of John and Paul from that same day. This picture is from May Pang's new book "Instamatic Karma". CNN's Todd Baxter lists his top 40 favorite Beatles songs. The article dates back a few years, but is still relevant. Read it - (opens new window) From this July '07 "Rolling Stone’s Ten Best Songwriting Duos Ever" list, Lennon/McCartney rates at #1. I totally agree. Late-night TV musicians Will Lee (from David Letterman) and Vivino (Conan O'Brien) are also members of the brilliant Beatles five-piece cover band, the Fab Faux. Several months ago I saw (and heard) them perform "I Am The Walrus" on the Letterman show and it was excellent! 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