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Friday 18 December 2015
BBFC Magazine Issue 57 - Out Now!
Tuesday 15 December 2015
EXCLUSIVE TRAILER FOR 'THE SESSIONS: A LIVE RE-STAGING OF THE BEATLES AT ABBEY ROAD
FIRST LOOK: EXCLUSIVE TRAILER FOR 'THE SESSIONS: A LIVE RE-STAGING OF THE BEATLES AT ABBEY ROAD
Blockbuster stage show and spectacular access-all-areas musical documentary ‘The Sessions: A Live Re-Staging Of The Beatles At Abbey Road’ is set in a state-of-the-art reproduction of the iconic Abbey Road Studio 2. The show will
stage breath-taking live renditions of the timeless albums recorded
there by The Beatles, to take you on a thrilling and historically
authentic voyage through the events that shaped popular music history.
WATCH THE EXCLUSIVE TRAILER HERE
Executive Producer Stig Edgren said: “This
video is a small window into what we’re trying to achieve, and the
passion and expertise in which we'll do it. With the world class team
we’ve assembled, the clarity of our vision and the amazing venues we’ll
be touring, we have an incredibly exciting opportunity to create the
biggest, most spectacular, most musically authentic Beatles show ever.
We wanted to give people a taste of the process by which we will bring
THE SESSIONS to life, and hope they see our commitment to delivering the
finest Beatle production ever."
Saturday 12 December 2015
BackBEAT - 50's/60's New Years Eve Party
What: BackBEAT
50's/60's New Years Eve Party
When: Saturday December 31 from 8pm
Where: The Hare & Hounds, 278 Lea Bridge Rd, London E10 7LD Phone:020 8558 8282
What: Be transported to the hot, sweaty, smokey, and ELECTRIC early days of British rock & roll with the The BackBEAT Band! Playing all the rock & roll and rhythm & blues belters that were in the The Beatles and Rolling Stones very first sets - when circle skirts, bobby socks and pony tails, DA's, drainpipes and winkle pickers, and jiving like your life depended on it, were the order of the day!
Playing fantastic numbers by the likes of Little Richard, Carl Perkins, Chuck Berry, Smokey Robinson and The Isley Brothers, Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly plus plenty of toe-tappers from the Fab Four to take you into the new year, get yourselves a shot of rhythm and blues with The BackBEAT Band and get ready for BackBEATmania!!!
When: Saturday December 31 from 8pm
Where: The Hare & Hounds, 278 Lea Bridge Rd, London E10 7LD Phone:020 8558 8282
What: Be transported to the hot, sweaty, smokey, and ELECTRIC early days of British rock & roll with the The BackBEAT Band! Playing all the rock & roll and rhythm & blues belters that were in the The Beatles and Rolling Stones very first sets - when circle skirts, bobby socks and pony tails, DA's, drainpipes and winkle pickers, and jiving like your life depended on it, were the order of the day!
Playing fantastic numbers by the likes of Little Richard, Carl Perkins, Chuck Berry, Smokey Robinson and The Isley Brothers, Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly plus plenty of toe-tappers from the Fab Four to take you into the new year, get yourselves a shot of rhythm and blues with The BackBEAT Band and get ready for BackBEATmania!!!
Monday 7 December 2015
Special Members only deal on this fab new book
Special Offer for BBFC Members only: Get the pre-sale prices below AND free UK shipping using the special BBFC members only code. To get the code, email membership@britishbeatlesfanclub.co.uk and ask for the Norman Parkinson Book code. If you a current member, we will respond with the code for you to use.
About the book:
Norman Parkinson with the Beatles features
more than 500 largely unpublished photographs showing the Beatles
recording their second album inside Studio 2 at Abbey Road Studios,
September 12th 1963 as well as images taken earlier in the day at the
President Hotel in Russell Square. The photographs featured in the book
have been reproduced and carefully restored from the original negatives
kept safely in the Parkinson Archive. While a small selection of these
images were originally published in 1964 in a magazine aimed at the
American market, the vast majority of these photographs will be seen for
the first time in over half a century. The images have been carefully
arranged to match and identify the songs being recorded, including “I Wanna be Your Man, Little Child and Don’t Bother Me”
and a narrative has been written by Mojo Magazines Pat Gilbert. As well
as working on the album the band have been captured relaxing between
takes.
Working
with Norman that day was his son Simon, seen in the unique picture
above. Simon has written the introduction to the book and will be
signing every copy of the limited edition leather version. This is a
part of his recollection: "Fifty
years on and one’s teenage memories dim… so that night at Abbey Road,
witnessing the Beatles recording with George Martin, now seems a blur,
for want of a better word. My father earlier in the day had let it slip
that he was ‘snapping’ the Beatles but I had no idea that I might
actually be invited to the recording studio. The shock that I got from
his phone call later that evening -- “You want to come and meet the
Beatles?” – still reverberates. The ‘Sixties’, that is the rejuvenation
(literally) of England, had started and guess who was largely
responsible for this metamorphosis? Do I want to meet the Beatles?
Whaaat! So up to Abbey road, into the studio and “Ullo, Simon”."
This
exquisitely produced book, printed and bound in the United Kingdom,
promises to appeal to both Beatles collectors as well as Parkinson
aficionados and is certain to become a genuine collectors’ keepsake.
Versions:
Norman Parkinson Deluxe Edition. Pre-Sale Price £100 (reverts to £130 after release date). £10 UK Delivery. (See special members only offer at top of page)
Norman Parkinson Deluxe Edition. Pre-Sale Price £100 (reverts to £130 after release date). £10 UK Delivery. (See special members only offer at top of page)
288
page, 300mm square hardback book, numbered and bound with dark blue
wibalin buckram. 170gsm art paper. 1000 copies worldwide.
Norman Parkinson Leather Slipcase Edition. Pre-Sale Price £250 (reverts to £275 after release date). £10 UK Delivery. (See special members only offer at top of page)
288
page, 300mm square hardback book, numbered and bound with recycled blue
leather. 170gsm art paper. Presented in a clamshell box with a limited
edition Norman parkinson silver gelatin print.
Each copy is signed by Simon Parkinson who took some of the shots with his father on the day. 350 copies worldwide.
Wednesday 2 December 2015
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