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Thursday, May 25, 2017

Special Beatles 'Sgt. Pepper' media event on June 1 in Los Angeles

The historic Capitol Records tower at night. Photo: Steve Marinucci

The 50th anniversary of the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper" album will be celebrated June 1, 50 years to the day of the release of the album with a special media event photo op flag raising at 9 a.m. PT at the Capitol Records tower on Vine Street in Hollywood. According to the media announcement, "Sgt. Pepper’ from the Las Vegas stage production of The Beatles™ LOVE™ by Cirque du Soleil® will raise a custom ‘Sgt. Pepper’ flag at 9:09am PDT that day.

The announcement said the Capitol Records tower will also be decked out in commemorative ‘Sgt. Pepper’ regalia from the ground up, including special signage and a large inflatable ‘Sgt. Pepper’ drum above Capitol’s Vine Street entrance. After sunset, vibrant rooftop lighting in the four colors of The Beatles’ ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ suits will be featured. A spokesman for Universal Music said Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr would not be attending.

The news of the event comes a day before the release of several CD box sets, including the big prize -- a 6-disc set with a new remix, outtakes, the mono mix, a hardback book and a DVD and Blu-ray. The price on this has dropped in the last several weeks and is now under $120.

Friday, April 7, 2017

Beatles 'Sgt. Pepper' Super Deluxe set top music seller on Amazon for second day

We reported in this blog on Thursday that the pre-orders for the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper" sets were big sellers on Amazon.com with the Super Deluxe 6-disc set at #1 in Music, Rock and Pop.

Well, that hasn't ended. For the second day in a row, at the time of writing, the Beatles 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' 6-disc Super Deluxe 50th Anniversary set (4 CDs/DVD and Blu-ray) is still the top CD in the Music, Pop and Rock categories on Amazon's site.

The other sets have slid a little, though. The 2-CD set is #24 in Music, down from #17 in Music Thursday, #12 in Rock CDs and Vinyl (down from #7) and #24 in Pop CDs and Vinyl, down from #17. The two-disc Vinyl set is also still making a strong showing at #15 in Music (though down from #8 yesterday), #6 in Rock CDs and Vinyl (down from #3) and #15 in Pop CDs and Vinyl (down from #8). The single Anniversary Edition CD is #389 in Music (down from #253), #225 in Rock CDs and Vinyl (down from #136) and #369 in Pop CDs and Vinyl (down from #239).

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That's What I Want Beatles Store "Sgt. Pepper" Anniversary sets

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