More Beatles Cartoons

Here is a select smattering of shimmering 1960's Beatles cartoons:

And Your Bird Can Sing



I'm Only Sleeping



If I Fell



I'll Follow The Sun

Not A Second Time

So i've been on a bit of a hiatus but couldn't resist posting when I came across this. Some of my earliest memories are of sitting indian-style on the shag carpeting in my first house, watching the Beatles Cartoons. Happy Halloween

A Hard Day's Night @ Film Forum This Weekend

This was originally going to be the main feature of my weekend preview but work is exceptionally busy with my cohort and partner-in-crime Mark Cheney gone to England for his 30th birthday. In his honor (or perhaps, to celebrate the 90th anniversary of United Artists), Film Forum is presenting a double feature all weekend long of two of Richard Lester's best known works, The Knack, and How To Get It, and A Hard Day's Night. I say this is a Must-See, if you've never seen it before or have yet to see it on the big screen, soundtrack rolling off tape. If you've any curiousity or skepticism of insight into the Beatles, this film will lay them all to rest and have you thirsting for more. All weekend long, @ 2:30, 6:00, & 9:20 PM. Tix are $10.50

All-time Faves: Yesterday...and Today

One of my favorite albums as a kid was my mom's cassette tape of The Beatles' Yesterday...and Today Most Beatles fans know that until Sgt. Pepper came out, Beatles' albums in the U.S. were released in different versions than those in England. Capitol Records did this to squeeze every ounce of profit out of the Beatles that then could. Anyways, when the Beatles' catalog was released on CD in 1987, Capitol rectified this by releasing only the British versions of their records. Aside from the fact that those albums were (poorly) remixed at the time, there were only few notable differences. One of the main differences were in three songs from Yesterday...and Today: Dr. Robert, And Your Bird Can Sing, and I'm Only Sleeping. The versions of these three songs were different mixes than the versions that were released on Revolver, and were never released on CD. Hence, the only way to hear these versions, the ones I grew up with, are to hear them on vinyl. But Hark!!! Technology exists to rip vinyl to digital now!!!! Here is the original Yesterday... and Today mix of I'm Only Sleeping, one of my favorite songs ever!!!

The other song I'm posting is the American (Capitol) version of Help! complete with James Bond-esque guitar intro. This is from the recent Beatles Capitol Records Box Set. You gotta hear the sound quality on this. Its like hearing it all over again for the first time! So, without further ado:

The Beatles - I'm Only Sleeping (Original Yesterday... and Today mix)

The Beatles - Help! (US Version)