We present an interview with Yes drummer Alan White talking about his days playing with the Plastic Ono Band and working with George Harrison, a Q&A with Olivia Harrison discussing the "George Harrison: Living in the Material World" book and film, a debate between Beatles authors David Beford and Richard Buskin over the controversial track attributed to "Stu Sutcliffe," and an exclusive full album preview of the forthcoming "Ringo 2012."
Also in this issue is a look back at how "Stop and Smell the Roses" derailed Ringo's career comeback, a latterday Macca Top 20, an Apple Delight installment on the mysterious Chris Hodge and a report on a performance by a band that re-creates the type of show the early Beatles did in Hamburg. Also reports and photos from McCartney's On the Run tour in Europe and Ringo's South American tour, an appreciation of John and Yoko's "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" and a look at new and upcoming releases. Plus you'll find album and book reviews, a roundup of the latest news and much more!
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Ringo Starr?s new studio album, ?Ringo 2012,? is set for release Jan. 31 by Hip-O Records. It features remakes of a couple of previous Ringo tracks (?Wings? from 1977?s ?Ringo the 4th? and ?Step Lightly? from the 1973 ?Ringo? album) as well as his recent Buddy Holly cover, ?Think It Over,? and his latest autobiographical song, ?In Liverpool.? ... Paul McCartney's new, as yet untitled album will be out Feb. 7 on Hear Music/Concord Records and will feature standards he grew up with as well as two new self-penned compositions. MPL says that in the studio, for the first time ever, Paul performed exclusively in the vocal booth without no instrument. The album was recorded at the legendary Capitol Studios in Los Angeles, New York and London throughout 2011. Eric Clapton and Stevie Wonder are featured respectively on the original compositions "My Valentine" and "Only Our Hearts." ... To mark the first anniversary of The Beatles? music hitting iTunes, the two Apples have teamed up to issue a ?Yellow Submarine? iBook that lets readers use their iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch to immerse themselves in the film?s colorful sights and sounds. ... An exhibition of items from the George Harrison Estate at the Grammy Museum in downtown Los Angeles will run through Feb. 14. The displays range from previously unseen photos of George as a child to letters and postcards he sent to his family, pages from his diary, famous outfits he wore (including the leather jacket he wore in Hamburg and his Shea Stadium jacket), mementos from the Traveling Wilburys and, of course, some of his many guitars, including the black Gretsch Duo Jet that he played in the Cavern Club days. . . . For the latest Beatles news, subscribe to Beatlefan/EXTRA! . . . Bill King offers commentary on The Beatles (and much more) at Quick Cuts, an Internet journal on pop culture. Click here to read it. For the latest Beatles news, subscribe to Beatlefan/EXTRA! . . . Bill King offers commentary on The Beatles (and much more) at Quick Cuts, the new Internet journal on pop culture. Click here to read it.
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