http://www.thebeatles.com.hk/ The Beatles Studio is an information center for Beatles fans around the world! en Copyright 2005 - 2006 The Beatles Studio http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ Thu, 13 Sep 2007 01:07:45 +0800 Thu, 13 Sep 2007 01:07:45 +0800 22.371824998496525 114.11622405052185 http://www.thebeatles.com.hk/ http://www.thebeatles.com.hk/images/menuheader-beatlessite.jpg 20 http://www.thebeatles.com.hk/news/index.asp?news=2007-9-9 Apple Corps Ltd have announced the eagerly anticipated DVD release of The Beatles' second feature film Help! on October 29 which will be marketed and distributed by EMI Music.    The DVD will be a 2-disc set. Disc 1 will feature the original film digitally restored with a newly created 5.1 soundtrack, while Disc 2 contains an hour of extra features, including:  - The Beatles in Help! - 30 minute documentary about the making of ... Thu, 13 Sep 2007 01:07:45 +0800 http://www.thebeatles.com.hk/news/index.asp?news=2007-5-25 The music video for the first single off Memory Almost Full , "Dance Tonight" is directed by Michel Gondry and features Natalie Portman and Mackenzie Crook. The video was posted on the YouTube on May 23. The single will be released on June 18, and here is the press release. Dance Tonight - The new single out Monday June 18th 2007 Taken from the album, Memory Almost Full This was the last track I recorded for the album. I was on my way into a meeting ... Fri, 25 May 2007 10:10:23 +0800 http://www.thebeatles.com.hk/news/index.asp?news=2007-5-2 Memory Almost Full is Sir Paul McCartney's 21st solo studio album and will be released on June 4 via Hear Music Label, the label formed by Starbucks Entertainment and Concord Music Group. The press release from Sir Paul stated that the recording session for this album started before Chaos And Creation In The Backyard , released in 2005, and final mixing for Memory Almost Full was finished in February this year. The tracklisting for the album: Dance Tonight ... Wed, 2 May 2007 11:46:05 +0800 http://www.thebeatles.com.hk/news/index.asp?news=2007-4-2 Apple have called a press conference at the EMI label headquarters in London UK time tomorrow (April 2), where boss Steve Jobs will make a major announcement about iTunes. There is speculation that the two companies will announce the Beatles' back catalogue going to be available on digital format. The Beatles' own Apple Corps and computer giant Apple Inc. recently settled on the dispute on the usage of the brand name, which leads to rumors that the Beatles' back catalogue will be ... Mon, 2 Apr 2007 09:01:28 +0800 http://www.thebeatles.com.hk/news/index.asp?news=2007-1-3 As previously reported , the Royal Mail will issue a set of six Beatles album cover stamps on January 9. You can order the stamps and first day cover on the Royal Mail website now. Wed, 3 Jan 2007 11:12:59 +0800 http://www.thebeatles.com.hk/news/index.asp?news=2006-11-20 The Beatles album Love is released today worldwide! It is released on standard CD and deluxe CD+DVD versions. The lyrics to the songs are here: Because (Love version) Get Back (Love version) Glass Onion (Love version) Eleanor Rigby/Julia (transition) (Love version) I Am The Walrus (Love version) I Want To Hold Your Hand (Love version) Drive My Car/The Word/What You're Doing (Love version) Gnik Nus (Love version) ... Mon, 20 Nov 2006 14:18:18 +0800 http://www.thebeatles.com.hk/news/index.asp?news=2006-11-19 You can now use your registered thebeatles.com account to preview the whole album Love on here . You can also watch the TV advert and EPK. Sun, 19 Nov 2006 02:01:54 +0800 http://www.thebeatles.com.hk/news/index.asp?news=2006-11-16 5 days before the release of Love , the CD version is leaked on the Internet. Thu, 16 Nov 2006 12:16:36 +0800 http://www.thebeatles.com.hk/news/index.asp?news=2006-11-14 EMI Hong Kong held a listening session for the forthcoming Beatles album, Love (it is coming out next Monday!!!), this afternoon in BOSE display room. The session was opened to media and press only. Nearly half of the DVD album was played on 5.1 surround sound system. Before the album playback, EMI displayed a half-hour show prepared by Access Hollywood called Access Love , which features interviews with Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono, Olivia Harrison, Sir ... Tue, 14 Nov 2006 23:00:05 +0800 http://www.thebeatles.com.hk/news/index.asp?news=2006-11-3 You can preview four tracks from the forthcoming Love album on The Beatles Official Website now. They are "Strawberry Fields Forever" , "Octopus's Garden" , "Lady Madonna" and "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" . The same four tracks were also released on a promotional sampler CD and were leaked on the Internet now. You can click on the above song titles to read the lyrics of the new version. Fri, 3 Nov 2006 14:24:29 +0800 http://www.thebeatles.com.hk/news/index.asp?news=2006-10-20 Apple issued a press release on Love last Tuesday: "LOVE" RELEASED IN STEREO AND 5.1 - ON NOVEMBER 20TH 2006 Tuesday 16th October We are releasing the LOVE album in stereo and 5.1, November 20th. This will be the first Beatles album available in 5.1.   The stereo CD will contain 78 minutes of music. The DVD surround sound version on DVD disc album will be a slightly extended version with 81 minutes of music. After being asked ... Fri, 20 Oct 2006 11:08:53 +0800 http://www.thebeatles.com.hk/news/index.asp?news=2006-10-20 The late John Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono, has filed a lawsuit in Manhattan's state Supreme Court, accusing EMI and Capitol Records Inc. of violating a half-dozen agreements by "willfully and knowingly underreporting royalties" by hiding the "true use and disposition of Lennon's recordings." Ono's three-page filing, which included a summons and notice but no detailed complaint, also accuses EMI and Capitol of "intentionally and systematically rendering dishonest and ... Fri, 20 Oct 2006 11:07:53 +0800 http://www.thebeatles.com.hk/news/index.asp?news=2006-10-18 The album, LOVE , will be released on November 20 on CD and CD+DVD deluxe edition via Apple/Cirque du Soleil/EMI. It will be a 78-minutes album with remixes from the Beatles back catalogue. The album was created by Sir George Martin with his son Giles Martin. The tracklisting is as follow: Because (Love version) Get Back (Love version) Glass Onion (Love version) Eleanor Rigby/Julia (Transistion) (Love version) I Am The Walrus (Love version) I Want To Hold Your Hand (Love ... Wed, 18 Oct 2006 10:11:47 +0800 http://www.thebeatles.com.hk/news/index.asp?news=2006-10-11 Here comes the album artwork: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 16:03:26 +0800 http://www.thebeatles.com.hk/news/index.asp?news=2006-10-8 Sir Paul McCartney has just found out in the next decade, the copyright to the Beatles' back catalogue songs written by him with the late John Lennon will return to him without any legal actions. Speaking to the Daily Express, Paul said, "In about 10 years a lot of the back catalogue returns to me, just legally. Some of the important rights are about to return which I didn't realise." As Paul puts it, "You know what doesn't feel very good is going on tour and paying to sing ... Sun, 8 Oct 2006 00:49:36 +0800 http://www.thebeatles.com.hk/news/index.asp?news=2006-10-3 LOVE Soundtrack will be released in November, with an exact release date yet to be confirmed. The album LOVE came about when Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr plus John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono and George Harrison's widow Olivia, asked the Beatles producer Sir George Martin and his son Giles to make experimental mixes from original Beatles master tapes for a collaboration with Cirque De Soleil. Speaking about the project, Sir George Martin said, "The music was ... Tue, 3 Oct 2006 04:16:31 +0800 http://www.thebeatles.com.hk/news/index.asp?news=2006-9-20 The license plate "BEATLES" as part of the new customised license plate scheme by Hong Kong Government was auctioned last week and it was sold at HKD$370,000. Mr. Chan, who won the bid, claimed he would buy a new car to accompany the plate with, and then he would drive the car whislt listening to the Beatles songs. He originally expected to win the bid at the price of one million, and he now found the pirce "much cheaper than expected". Wed, 20 Sep 2006 10:20:35 +0800 http://www.thebeatles.com.hk/news/index.asp?news=2006-9-15 Hop over to theBeatles.com and you will see a new tag saying the Official Beatles Online Store (only US store opens at the moment). You can click here to go directly to the store. Fri, 15 Sep 2006 14:54:14 +0800 http://www.thebeatles.com.hk/news/index.asp?news=2006-9-14 (Top, left to right: With The Beatles , Sgt. Pepper , Revolver ; Bottom, left to right: Abbey Road , Help! , Let It Be ) The UK Royal Mail is going to issue a set of 6 stamps with classic Beatles album artwork on. They are expected to be issued in January 2007. A Royal Mail spokesman said, "The Beatles special stamps promise to be a big hit with fans the world over when they go on sale." He continued, "Royal Mail is ... Thu, 14 Sep 2006 10:38:15 +0800 http://www.thebeatles.com.hk/news/index.asp?news=2006-9-7 Here are the soundtrack album details. The cover of the album is on the right. The CD tracklisting of the soundtrack The U.S. Versus John Lennon is: Power To The People Nobody Told Me Working Class Hero I Found Out Bed Peace The Ballad Of John And Yoko (by The Beatles) Give Peace A Chance Love Attica State (live) Happy Xmas (War Is Over) I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier Mama Imagine How Do You Sleep? (instrumental score) New York City John Sinclair Scared God Here We ... Thu, 7 Sep 2006 01:52:09 +0800 http://www.thebeatles.com.hk/news/index.asp?news=2006-8-30 It would be nice if you could help a hand and vote for The Beatles Studio here . Thank you! Wed, 30 Aug 2006 13:44:39 +0800 http://www.thebeatles.com.hk/news/index.asp?news=2006-8-15 You can watch the trailer of The U.S. Versus John Lennon below. Tue, 15 Aug 2006 11:20:41 +0800 http://www.thebeatles.com.hk/news/index.asp?news=2006-8-10 The album artwork for Paul's upcoming classical album, Ecce Cor Meum is on the right. Thu, 10 Aug 2006 00:10:41 +0800 http://www.thebeatles.com.hk/news/index.asp?news=2006-8-3 Paul will release a new classical album, his fourth to date, Ecce Cor Meum on September 25, 2006 via EMI Classical. Press release as follow: Paul McCartney To Release New Classical Work 'Ecce Cor Meum' Release Date: 25th September 2006 Paul McCartney releases his new full-length work of classical music Ecce Cor Meum through EMI Classics on 25th September 2006. Ecce Cor Meum (Behold My Heart) is Paul's fourth classical album since his first released in 1991, The ... Thu, 3 Aug 2006 12:54:58 +0800 http://www.thebeatles.com.hk/news/index.asp?news=2006-7-29 NME reports that the soundtrack for the documentary film, The U.S. Vs. John Lennon , will be released on September 26 in the US. The soundtrack will include a live version of "Attica State" , recorded at the John Sinclair Freedom Rally in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1971, and an instrumental version of "How Do You Sleep?" . The UK release date is to be settled. Sat, 29 Jul 2006 14:57:08 +0800