It's That Time Of Year
The annual , excellent Goldmine Beatles issue is upon us, and besides several read-worthy Fabs and related tales, there is a real newsy item.
-As noted in the PCC at an earlier date, the weird find of a specially
produced Sgt. Pepper LP with Capitol/EMI big-shots' faces in place of (most) of the regular (famous) ones is chronicled.
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The Goldmine piece includes words from Stan "The Beatleman" Panenka, who claims to have the best American issue Beatle collection "on the planet."
http://www.ultimatebeatlescollection.com/
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The Beatleman is quoted as saying that he "should" acquire what may be one of only 30-100 produced- who knows how many are still sealed like this one in question-and this week Panenka said that he expects to sew up the deal for the special Pepper soon and/or forthwith.
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Both the seller and buyer have agreed not to go public with the price.
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For more details on this amazing collector's item, pick up the Nov. 6 GOLDMINE.
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And just when you thought it was safe to go back in your music store without any Beatle hype, Apple has announced their initial foray into digital delivery with the Dec. 8 release of the Beatles Stereo USB apples. (Click on left image.)-
"Limited" to 30,000 units-here we go again!-the apple shaped sticks will contain all of the tracks from the new stereo box set, as well as visuals and artwork.
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The best thing to be said about this release is the use of FLAC 44.1 24bit, virtually lossless audio, as well as the standard tin-ear MP3 digital drek.
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The fruity stick will retail for around $280, but like the CD box, may sell for less.
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The idea that you can carry the entire Beatles catalogue around in your shirt pocket in good sounding audio is pretty cool, we must admit.
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Wal-Mart and other music retailers have been selling single album music sticks for over a year, but so far the format has not really caught on.
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Will the Beatles' music do the trick?
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I would not bloody doubt it.
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