Dutch Beatles fans lose Nagra tapes claim, fail to win compensation

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Dutch Beatles fans lose Nagra tapes claim, fail to win compensation
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March 30, 2016

Two Dutch Beatles fans involved in a legal wrangle over their claim to own 504 tapes made during a Beatles recording session in 1969, have lost their appeal court case. 



Judges in The Hague ruled on Tuesday that the Dutch state was not wrong in seizing the Nagra tapes from the men in 2003 and returning them to Apple Records. They rejected the men’s claim for compensation and said they had not proved they were the legitimate owners. 



Stan Snelleman and Jos Remmerwaal had claimed recordings were illegally taken from them by Dutch and British police 12 years ago and should be returned. They also wanted €700,000 in damages from the Dutch state in compensation for wrongful arrest. 



The tapes feature members of the Beatles composing and in conversation during the Get Back sessions, which became the basis for the film Let it Be. The recordings were made on Nagra tape recorders and are thought to be linked to a large number of bootlegs. 



Snelleman and Remmerwaal say they bought the tapes from former Apple Records worker Nigel Oliver for the equivalent of €36,000 in 1992 after being outbid by Apple for other tapes at a memorabilia auction. 



Twelve years later they were caught in a police sting when Oliver got in touch again and claimed to have a serious buyer to take the tapes off their hands. In January 2003, Snelleman and Remmerswaal were arrested and charged with money laundering and fencing stolen property. The case against them was formally dropped in 2007.



Intercontinental hunt 
According to Rolling Stone magazine at the time, ‘the arrests in Holland and London climaxed a year-round intercontinental hunt for the tapes, which have been missing since the early 1970s’. The two Dutchmen deny they were in possession of stolen property and describe the charges of money laundering and fencing as ‘extremely curious’.



 In addition, they want to know why Apple Records never reported the theft in the first place. ‘Apple wanted the tapes back and theft has nothing to do with it,’ Snelleman told the Volkskrant last year. ‘We are the victims in all this and we want the tapes back. They belong to us.’

His favourite part of touring

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MAR

30

2016

You Gave Me The Answer - Debbie 

from the US Asks…

Around this time of year we usually find ourselves in the middle of making a series of 
announcements about Paul’s touring plans. This year is no different and he has already 
confirmed dates in the United States, Canada, Germany, France, Spain, Czech 
Republic, The Netherlands and Belgium. Phew. Eight different countries… and we’re 
not even in April yet!

We’ve been lucky enough to watch Paul play from the side of the stage in a few countries, 
including to 50,000 fans in Tokyo. Having witnessed something like that, you can see 
exactly why Paul loves playing live. We’re always happy when we can manage to gather 
together a few friends for a party. Now, imagine being able to gather together 50,000 
friends for a party and for them to want to sing along to your songs. And then to do that 
several nights in a row. Wow!

With the first dates of the new ‘One On One’ tour only a few weeks away now, Debbie 
from the US sent in the perfect question for this month’s ‘You Gave Me The Answer’: 
"What is your favourite part of touring?"

We spoke with Paul as he was starting rehearsals for his new tour. He responded,

“Thank you for your question, Debbie. The things I like about touring are firstly, coming 
into contact with our audience, which often seems like a family reunion. Secondly, just 
getting the chance to fire up our instruments and play them!”

Paul’s instruments are being “fired up” as we write, and everyone on the crew is super 
excited about getting back out therefor a new year of one on ones!
 
Will you be seeing Paul on any of his tour dates this year? Let us know in the comments 
below...

NEW : Pure McCartney

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Pure McCartney
Posted by Roger Stormo
Thursday, March 31, 2016


"Pure McCartney" is a new 2CD or deluxe 4CD compilation of previously released songs.

So the news are out...er somewhat. I guess we'll have to wait for paulmccartney.com for the press release. Meanwhile, we're off to London, so you'll have to do with other news sources for a while.

Likely songs featured:

Maybe I’m Amazed (McCartney)
Heart of the Country (RAM)
Jet (Band on the Run)
Warm and Beautiful (Wings at the Speed of Sound)
Silly Love Songs (Wings at the Speed of Sound)
Listen to What The Man Said (Venus and Mars)
Dear Boy (RAM)
The Song We Were Singing (Flaming Pie)
Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey (RAM)
Early Days (New)
Big Barn Red (Red Rose Speedway)
Another Day (non-album single)
Flaming Pie (Flaming Pie)
Jenny Wren (Chaos and Creation in the Back Yard)
Too Many People (RAM)
Let Me Roll It (Band on the Run)
New (New)
Live and Let Die (non-album single)
English Tea (Chaos and Creation in the Back Yard)
Mull of Kintyre (non album single)
Save Us (New)
My Love (Red Rose Speedway)
Bip Bop (Wild Life)
Let ‘Em In (Wings at the Speed of Sound)
Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five (Band on the Run)
Calico Skies (Flaming Pie)
Hi Hi Hi (non-album single)
Waterfalls (McCartney II)
Band on the Run (Band on the Run)
Appreciate (New)
Sing The Changes (The Fireman – Electric Arguments)
Arrow Through Me (Back To The Egg)
Every Night (McCartney)
Junior’s Farm (non-album single)
Mrs Vandebilt (Band on the Run)
Say Say Say (2015 remix) (Pipes of Peace)
My Valentine (Kisses on the Bottom)
Pipes of Peace (Pipes of Peace)
The World Tonight (Flaming Pie)
Dance Tonight (Memory Almost Full)
Souvenir (Flaming Pie)
Ebony and Ivory (Tug of War)
Fine Line (Chaos and Creation in the Back Yard)
Here Today (Tug of War)
Press (Press to Play)
Wanderlust (Tug of War)
Winedark Open Sea (Off The Ground)
Beautiful Night (Flaming Pie)
Girlfriend (London Town)
Queenie Eye (New)
We All Stand Together (non-album single)
Coming Up (McCartney II)
Too Much Rain (Chaos and Creation in the Back Yard)
Good Times Coming / Feel The Sun (Press to Play)
Goodnight Tonight (non-album single)
Baby’s Request (Back to the Egg or Kisses on the Bottom)
With A Little Luck (London Town)
Little Willow (Flaming Pie)
Only Mama Knows (Memory Almost Full)
Don’t Let It Bring You Down (London Town)
The Back Seat of My Car (RAM)
No More Lonely Nights (Give My Regards to Broad Street)
Temporary Secretary (McCartney II)
Great Day (Flaming Pie)
Venus and Mars/Rock Show (Venus and Mars)
Hope For The Future (non-album single)
Junk (McCartney)

Paul Mccartney Posts Mysterious Five-Second Clip

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Paul Mccartney Posts Mysterious Five-Second Clip
By Michael Gallucci
March 29, 2016


Theo Wargo, Getty Images

Paul McCartney just posted a five-second audio clip on Twitter and Facebook. And we’re not gonna lie to you. We have no clue what’s going on here. We have some guesses, all of which are probably wrong. We can also just throw some random things out there, which would certainly be even more wrong.
Here, take a listen for yourself and see if you can figure out what’s going on.




Baffling, no? We slowed it down. We played it backward. And we’ve come up empty all around. We simply have no idea what’s going on here. Frankly, it sounds like that time we accidentally dropped a sandwich on the record player when we were playing an Elton John album. But with McCartney. And less mayonnaise.
That’s almost definitely McCartney we hear speeding by. But we can’t pick out any of his old songs here. Or much of anything, for that matter. Is this his way of announcing a new album? Possibly. Is there another batch of remasters coming in his reissue series? Doubtful. Those usually arrive in the fall. Is it somehow promoting his upcoming tour? Maybe, but that sure is a messed-up way to promote a tour.
Maybe it’s just an early McCartney April Fools joke. He always seemed like the goofiest Beatle, so we wouldn’t put it past him. Or maybe this is just his strategy to get back the rights to all of his band’s old songs that his former friend bought out from under him in the ’80s. It couldn’t have anything to do with his alleged role in the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie, could it?
Again, we have no clue what’s going on here. Feel free to let us know what you think. Your guess is as good as ours at this point.

Film that claims new details of John Lennon's death to hit film festival circuit

The events on the night John Lennon was killed, seen through the eyes of those who lived it. The great men and women of NYC who did all they could to save a life, some without even knowing it was John Lennon himself. Based on a true story.



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Film that claims new details of John Lennon's death to hit film festival circuit
Steve Marinucci
Beatles Examiner
March 28, 2016



“The Lennon Report,” a film about the events on the night John Lennon was killed, will be featured in three U.S. film festivals that begin in April, a film spokesman told Beatles Examiner. The movie will be featured in two showings at the upcoming Beverly Hills Film Festival on April 6 and April 9. It will then move to the East Coast for the Boston International Film Festival, then go back to the West Coast the following week for the Newport Beach Film Festival in California.


The poster for "The Lennon Report."
Courtesy Francisco Productions

The film, directed by Jeremy Profe and starring Richard Kind, Evan Jonigkeit, Stef Dawson, David Zays and Devin Ratray, looks at the situation faced by medical personnel who had to attend to the mortally wounded John Lennon the night he was shot, including the fact some didn't know it was Lennon who was their patient. It also looks at how the hospital had tried to keep the story quiet.

The spokesman said that when the film's director and producers were doing research for the movie, they discovered what they said were serious inconsistencies in the reporting of the story, including who the actual doctor was that performed surgery on Lennon. They say two different doctors had claimed to have performed surgery on him, though they say neither did. The research resulted in major changes to the script and they say the film includes the conflicting stories of doctors and nurses on duty that night. Some of those medical personnel have been doing interviews for the film and were featured in a report by Fox News media reporter Howard Kurtz that also included a response by Yoko Ono.

The Beverly Hills Film Festival screenings will be at 5:45 p.m. April 6 and 9 p.m. April 9 at TCL Chinese 6 Theatres at 6925 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles. The Boston showing will be at 3 p.m. April 16 in the Bright Family Room of the Paramount Center at 559 Washington Street. The Newport Festival runs from April 21 to April 28.

Paul Takes His 'One On One' Tour To Prague

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MAR

29

2016

Paul Takes His 'One On One' Tour To 

Prague

PAUL McCARTNEY
'ONE ON ONE'
Czech Republic Date Of New Tour Confirmed

Thursday 16th June – O2 Arena, Prague

Paul McCartney has confirmed a brand new date for his 'One On One' tour in the Czech 
Republic this June.

As with the launch of every new Paul McCartney tour, 'One On One' promises to unveil a 
dazzling re-designed set, dozens of classics from the most beloved catalog in popular 
music, spanning Paul's entire career - as a solo artist, member of Wings and of course 
as a Beatle — and no shortage of surprises.

'One On One' is set to hit Prague on 16th June as Paul returns to the city for his first 
appearance since 2004.

PRE-SALE DETAILS:
Fans registered with PaulMcCartney.com by 9am (CET / 8am BST) on Wednesday 
30th March will be eligible to purchase pre-sale tickets for Paul's Prague concert 
through the website at 10am (CET / 9am BST) on the same day (Wednesday 30th 
March).

Register with PaulMcCartney.com by clicking HERE!

'One On One' is the first new Paul McCartney tour since the juggernaut that was 'Out There' 
came to its stunning conclusion on October 22, 2015 with Paul’s first ever concert in 
Buffalo, NY. 'Out There's finale capped off an incredible 2015, in which the tour played 
27 shows in 22 cities throughout the world, with highlights including Paul’s historic debut 
in South Korea — where the crowd at Seoul Olympic Stadium’s refusal to stop singing the 
refrain to 'Hey Jude' literally forced Paul to reprise the song in the first encore, playing that 
signature bassline live for the first time — three nights at the Tokyo Dome and one at 
Budokan, a sold out stand at Paris' majestic Stade de France, more than a dozen packed 
arena shows across the US, UK and Europe, and triumphant headlines at festivals such 
as Firefly, Roskilde, and Lollapalooza in Chicago — the latter a tour de force performance 
for a 100,000-strong crowd featuring a guest appearance from Alabama Shakes' Brittany 
Howard on 'Get Back'.

The Paul McCartney live experience is everything any music lover could ever want from a 
rock show — and so much more: Nearly three hours worth of the greatest moments from 
the last 50 years of music, dozens of songs that have formed the soundtracks of our lives. 
Paul and his band have played an unparalleled range of venues and locations: outside the 
Coliseum in Rome, Moscow's Red Square, Buckingham Palace, The White House, a free 
show in Mexico for over 400,000 people, the last ever show at San Francisco's Candlestick 
Park where The Beatles played their final concert 1966, and even one performance 
broadcast live into Space! Featuring Paul's band of the last 10+ years – Paul "Wix" 
Wickens (keyboards), Brian Ray (bass/guitar), Rusty Anderson (guitar) and Abe Laboriel 
Jr (drums) – the show is never anything short of life-changing.

The 'One On One' Tour will debut a brand new production, as always utilizing state of the 
art audio and video technology and to ensure an unforgettable experience from every seat 
in the house. Employing massive screens, lasers, fireworks and, of course, a staggering 
selection of the best songs ever written or performed, every Paul McCartney show 
promises a once in a lifetime evening that transcends and elevates the potential of live 
music.

Keep checking PaulMcCartney.com for further announcements.

Unused George Harrison album photos for sale in Beatles auction wrap-up

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Unused George Harrison album photos for sale in Beatles auction wrap-up
Steve Marinucci
Beatles Examiner
March 25, 2016

The final items of Beatles items left from Omega Auctions' “Beatles Collection” auction are be sold Sunday, the auction house said Friday. While most of the items in the follow-up sale have low value estimates, there are a couple of exceptions

Lot 207 features the original artwork mock up for George Harrison's “Extra Texture” album. According to the auction house, it was created by Stewart Beckett of Comprehensive Art Services, who was commissioned by Harrison to produce it in 1974. The black artwork folder features the planned dimensions of the sleeve and contact sheet photographs of Harrison, including several that were not used. You can see photos of some of the items in the slide show. The folder includes a signed letter of provenance and a copy of the LP. The value is estimated at between £3,000 to £5,000 ($4,241 to $7,067 USD, 1,898 to 6,330 Euros).

Also being sold is an original 1959 Hofner Club 40 guitar that is said to be identical to the one bought by John Lennon in 1959 and later used by Paul McCartney. The guitar is described as in good condition, though missing its scratch plate. Estimated value is £1,500 to £2,000 ($2,120 to $2,827 USD, 1,899 to 2,531 Euros).

The item in the original sale that got the most attention was a rare Beatles Decca sessions acetate of “Hello Little Girl” and “'Til There Was You” that sold on March 22 for £77,550 or for roughly $110,223 USD.

Bidding for the remaining Beatles Collection items will be through SundThe Saleroomay at The Saleroom website. The timed online auction ends at 19:00 BST (or 2 p.m. EDT/11 a.m. PDT) March 27.


These photos of George Harrison for the "Extra Texture" album are in a lot of items being sold this Sunday.



"Extra Texture" album layout and 1959 Hofner guitar

Items being sold in Sunday's timed sale of Beatles items by Omega Auctions. (Courtesy Omega Auctions)

PAUL McCARTNEY AND NANCY SHEVELL IN ST. BARTS (March 2016)

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Sir Paul McCartney, 73, joins his stunning wife Nancy Shevell, 56, as she shows off her endless legs in thigh-skimming beach cover during sun-soaked St Barts getaway
By CIARA FARMER FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 28 March 2016

They have been a couple for a blissful nine years.
And Sir Paul McCartney and his stunning wife Nancy Shevell looked as loved-up as ever as they were spied disembarking a boat at Gustavia Harbour during a break to St Barts on Sunday.
The 73-year-old former Beatles star was in pure vacation mode as he accompanied his stunning wife, 56, who was looking sensational in a chic beach cover.


The happy couple: Paul McCartney and his stunning wife Nancy Shevell looked as loved-up as ever as they were spied disembarking a boat at Gustavia Harbour during a break to St Barts on Sunday

Nancy, who married Paul in 2011, was the image of timeless holiday elegance in sunflower yellow bikini which she covered with a white cover-up.

Her endless legs were the focal point of the ensemble, boasting a toned, slender shape and an impressively long length - seemingly age-defying in their incredible form.
She pulled on a pair of black sunglasses which masked her wrinkle-free complexion while clutching a straw sun hat, which boasted a yellow flower detailing, which coordinated perfectly with her bikini.


Glamorous displayt: The 73-year-old former Beatles star was in pure vacation mode as he accompanied his stunning wife, 56, who was looking sensational in a chic beach cover


Chilled out: Nancy, who married Paul in 2011, was the image of timeless holiday elegance in sunflower yellow bikini which she covered with a white cover-up

The pretty star pulled a black holdall over her shoulder, equipped with all the beach essentials, while coordinating perfectly with black flip-flops.
Her raven tresses billowed in the Caribbean breeze, while she pinned up half the locks to keep them off her face.
Paul showed off his youthful style in a pair of bold turquoise shorts paired with canvas plimsolls.


All aboard! The pretty star pulled a black holdall over her shoulder, equipped with all the beach essentials, while coordinating perfectly with black flip-flops


Back again: St Barts is a favoured holiday destination for the pair and they are frequently spied soaking up the sun during trips to the island

 
Wet hair, don't care: As they returned from their trip to a villa on Flamands beach, the couple looked as though they had been for a dip, as Nancy's hair was dripping wet

A pink, short-sleeved, linen shirt added a stylish edge, while he sported a similar straw hat to his beautiful spouse.
The good-looking duo were helped off a yacht as they arrived at the hot spot, with Nancy's expert disembarking helping emphasise her endless legs.
As they returned from their trip to a villa on Flamands beach, the couple looked as though they had been for a dip, as Nancy's hair was dripping wet.
St Barts is a favoured holiday destination for the pair and they are frequently spied soaking up the sun during trips to the island.  


Legs eleven: The good-looking duo were helped off a yacht as they arrived at the hot spot, with Nancy's expert disembarking helping emphasise her endless legs


A hand getting on: A pink, short-sleeved, linen shirt added a stylish edge, while he sported a similar straw hat to his beautiful spouse


The only way to travel... Sir Paul and Nancy were having quite the boat party as the embarked on two vessels throughout the day


Stylish arrival: Nancy looked incredibly youthful in a chic pair of raglan dungarees with a long-sleeved white top layered underneath

Earlier in the day, the pair were seen looking wholly less summery, while arriving on the island.
Nancy looked incredibly youthful in a chic pair of raglan dungarees with a long-sleeved white top layered underneath.
She paired the look with plimsolls and her favoured black tote bag.
Sir Paul appeared to remain in the same pink shirt he was sporting later in the day, yet styled it out with a pair of dark denim jeans and a black jacket.


Casual look: Sir Paul appeared to remain in the same pink shirt he was sporting later in the day, yet styled it out with a pair of dark denim jeans and a black jacket


Low-key and lovely: Earlier in the day, the pair were seen looking wholly less summery, while arriving on the island


A helping hand: The chivalrous musician lent his wife a hand as they stepped out of the car