Unboxing the Hollywood Bowl CD

If you've heard me talk about the Beatles new "Live at the Hollywood Bowl" CD (which comes out on Sept. 9) on a recent edition of "Things We Said Today," you'll know I'm very pleased with it. It sounds wonderful. I know there are probably people who will complain about the little reverb added to the vocals, but honestly, I don't mind it. And the screaming does seem to have been turned down slightly. The overall experience is great. It's wonderful to have this out, finally.

But look at the inside of it, the booklet has a few references to scenes in the movie, and some nice graphics. There's also a card that announces the DVD/Blu-ray for "Eight Days a Week" will be out in November.

Here's a look at it. (Photos copyright Apple Corps Ltd.) Be sure to order it, if you haven't already, at the Amazon link above for the U.S. or below for other countries.

You also order it:
at Amazon.co.uk for Great Britain
at Amazon.ca for Canada
at Amazon.co.jp for Japan
at Amazon.de for Germany

The album

The booklet

The card inside.

Hear a preview of 'A Hard Day's Night' from the Beatles 'Live at the Hollywood Bowl'

A preview of a second track has just been posted by The Beatles online from the new "Live at the Hollywood Bowl" album.  Listen to an excerpt of "A Hard Day's Night" below. The CD will be released Sept. 9 worldwide. You can order the vinyl or the CD here for the U.S. version or here for the UK version from Amazon.

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Hear the first track from the new Beatles "Live at the Hollywood Bowl" album now!

Courtesy Apple Corps Ltd.

The Beatles have posted online "Twist and Shout," the first track of the new "Live at the Hollywood Bowl" album. Listen to "Twist and Shout" here then order the vinyl or the CD for the U.S. version or here for the UK version. You can also hear a :30 second preview on Amazon.com. The CD will be released Sept. 9 worldwide. And you can hear Allan Kozinn and myself talk about the album, which we've heard in its entirety, on our latest "Things We Said Today" Beatles radio show.

Beatles' 'Eight Days a Week' film -- U.S. theaters, Hollywood Bowl CD thoughts, more

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As the Beatles "Eight Days a Week" film gets closer, there's some news to be had. A long list of U.S. theaters to show the film has been posted online. The theaters for other countries are on the site, too, but the U.S. list has finally been more available. (We kept getting the European lists.)

We've been listening to the new "Live at the Hollywood Bowl" CD for about a week. We'll talk about it in a little more detail (no audio, sorry) on the next "Things We Said Today" show, but suffice to say that despite our misgivings that there isn't more on the disc, what's there sounds wonderful. For those used to the bootlegs (and who isn't?), the audio has been cleaned up and, as Allan Kozinn notes in our discussion on the show, the voices seemed to have had some reverb added. The new show should be up as early as Wednesday and possibly by Thursday on our Podbean site,  on the show's YouTube channel, my personal YouTube channel and on iTunes. We're also on WCRP1. Subscribe to us on iTunes and you can have the show downloaded automatically when it's available. 

And finally, look for the video for "Boys" to be used to promote the film, sources tell us. You won't find it on the BeatlesVEVO YouTube channel at the moment, though it was there recently, which is a good hint that something might be in the works.

And thanks to a certain C.F. for the picture of the ad in the September Record Collector, shown below.

And here's a review from the Hollywood Reporter..

  

Mysterious Beatles Hollywood Bowl album listing on Amazon

Listings now on Amazon in U.S., but nothing's been announced.

• CD version in U.S.
• Vinyl version in U.S.