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June 25, 2024 · 8:05 am

Global Beatles Day (June 25th) and more…

Good morning fellow Beatles Freaks!

According to National Today‘s website, today (June 25th) is Global Beatles Day!

What makes today so special in Beatles’ history? Well, it just happens that it was on this day in 1967 that the BBC aired on live television the Beatles singing All You Need is Love to over 40 million people world wide. Here’s a video of that performance.

Also in today’s new is a report coming from KTLA5 out of Los Angeles that the U.S. is experiencing a Vinyl Revival.

“In 2022, vinyl surpassed compact disc sales for the first time since Def Leppard’s ‘Pour Some Sugar on Me’ and Belinda Carlisle’s ‘Heaven Is a Place on Earth’ topped the charts in 1987.”

For the sake of those of us that haven’t sold off our record collections, let’s hope this revival take hold and grows!

Documentary Review: “Tony Palmer’s Mighty Good – The Beatles”

Tony Palmer’s All You Need Is Love series episode 13 is Mighty Good: The Beatles. Don’t ask me what the first 12 or the last 4 episodes in this series are about because I have no idea. I was trying to spend some points I had earned on one of my credit cards and that’s how I got this DVD for free.

I’m not really sure where to begin in telling about this video. I don’t know that it’s worth too many words or my time to type them! It’s approximately 1 hour long and spends the first half talking about the Beatles. Actually, it’s mostly a stoned and/or drunk Derek Taylor talking about the Beatles (and if you follow this blog for any length of time, you’ll know how I feel about Derek!). They have bits of film with John, Paul and Ringo talking and a whole lot of Murray the K. But after about a half hour, the video turns into something else with Roger McGuinn talking about The Byrds and video clips of The Animals. Eventually, it does get back to the Fab Four, but then drifts off again.

I will admit that some of the interview clips about our boys I have never seen before, but I can’t say it’s worth the wasted hour of time and the recycled clips of girls screaming, crying and fainting to invest. And for that reason…

I rate this DVD, 1 out of 4 Beetles!