April 14th, 2008
Some of the bloggers here on the b5 music channel decided to record our Soundtrack For A Day yesterday. This could take different forms, be it all the songs you listened to on that day, a selection from certain moments, or a particular album.
I decided to stick my media player on random and note down […]
By Dave Parrack -- 4 comments
April 2nd, 2008
There are rumours that a long lost song written by John Lennon for The Beatles could now be completed and released as a tribute to Neil Aspinall.
Aspinall was band’s manager, and long-time friend who was regarded as “the fifth Beatle” until his death on March 24th.
The track, titled Now and Then, was discovered along with […]
By Dave Parrack -- 1 comment
March 25th, 2008
Neil Aspinall, The Beatles manager and confidant died on Sunday night at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre in Manhattan. He was there receiving treatment for lung cancer, and was only 66 when he passed away.
Aspinall was often referred to as “The Fifth Beatle”, a title which George Harrison himself gave to the man with probably […]
By Dave Parrack -- 1 comment
March 23rd, 2008
You might think that after 45 years of making money from being in The Beatles, the surviving members, namely Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, would have enough wealth not to worry about the odd release of a few unlicensed tracks here and there.
But it seems not, as Apple Corps, the Beatles company rather than […]
By Dave Parrack -- 0 comments
March 8th, 2008
Ah The Beatles, they were great weren’t they? Probably the best band in the world ever, and the inspiration for a ton of music which has come and gone since.
So you’d think life would be pretty sweet for the former members of the group, well Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr at least, seeing as […]
By Dave Parrack -- 2 comments
January 10th, 2008
Sony/ATV Music Publishing has opened up The Beatles back catalogue, making 259 songs available to advertisers for use in commercials.
Although open for commercial licensing, the tracks will however, have to be re-recorded by other artists, rather than the Beatles originals used in adverts.
This is the first time that Beatles songs have been available for […]
By Dave Parrack -- 1 comment
January 4th, 2008
There have been some brilliant British bands over the years, with the UK leading the way when it comes to big, over the topm talented bands. I’m sure some Americans may disagree but I don’t think we can be beaten for the number of fantastic bands to have emerged since the sixties.
With that in mind, […]
By Dave Parrack -- 2 comments
November 11th, 2007
The Heather Mills Versus Paul McCartney battle is doomed never to end, with the latest being a report in the News of the World newspaper claiming Paul called Heather “a one legged bitch”.
In her recent train wreck interview on GMTV, she claimed she had a box of evidence about her ill treatment at the hands […]
By Dave Parrack -- 1 comment
October 29th, 2007
I don’t think this is ever going to happen to me, I mean I’d have to go on a cruise or a long haul flight first… and I just don’t do that. BUT, were I ever to get stranded on a desert island with only music as company, these are the 10 British albums I’d […]
By Dave Parrack -- 5 comments
July 18th, 2007
This blog is all about the British Music Scene right? Yes, but that doesn’t mean I sit in a room all day just listening to British bands and singers, in fact I love a lot of American music as well as other countries musical output. So I thought I’d share a video which proves that […]
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