Beatles ’87 pt2
Yesterday and Today
English - November 19, 2023 19:13 - 1 hour - 102 MB - ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsMusic the beatles paul mccartney john lennon george harrison ringo starr apple corps apple rock and roll rock british invasion Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
The next wave of Beatles compact discs arrived as spring turned to summer, 1987 - marking (handily) the 20th anniversary of Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Taking the theme of "It was twenty years ago today" and running with it, Apple and their distribution arms at Capitol and EMI launched an elaborate campaign that culminated in a documentary film featuring current interviews with both Paul McCartney and George Harrison. An enchanted public teeming with nostalgia (and a chance to own such an iconic release in pristine CD-quality) drove Pepper to the #1 position on billboard's top compact discs chart, and the #3 overall slot in the UK. But this was only the beginning of the fruits of this event, as both Paul and George were busy crafting new music with a similarly-attuned nostalgic bent...
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