What Beatles Item did you last buy?
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I'm on about the DVD's
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JordanOnTheRun:
I'm on about the DVD's
Every Beatles fan should have the Antholgy DVD
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Euan B:
JordanOnTheRun:
I'm on about the DVD's
Every Beatles fan should have the Antholgy DVD
You're twisting my arm here. Might order it tomorrow
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I Just Brought The Good Evening New York City Two CDs And The DVD Today I Can't Wait To Listen To It And Watch It!
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I've been in Liverpool for a few days so did spend a bit on Beatles items! Mostly little bits and pieces for friends like fridge magnets and things, but did buy a very nice b & w shot of Paul with his Hofner which has now been framed and hung up in the music room. Came home to find the Pauline Sutcliffe book about Stuart had arrived from Ebay so it loks as if I've got some reading material to keep me going for a bit! (I got a book about Linda delivered last week, so will need to find some quiet moments over the next few weeks to get into them). Also, yesterday afternoon I did the tour of both Forthlin Rd and Mendips buying both guide books on the way. I needed hankies coming out of Mendips ops: Found it a bit overwhelming
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Aww caverndweller. Did you have a good time?
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It was fantastic - the tours rounded off a great few days of football and music. The tour started at Mendips and while I'd stood at the gate before to take photos, being in the house that had been such a part of the Lennon and Beatles story was an honour. Some of the features of the building have rarely changed with original doors, floors, fireplaces, door handles.........I just touched all the original parts knowing that John had been there before. I'm not in anyway a spiritual person, but there definitely was something incredibly powerful about being in a place where history was made. The custodian did say that a lot of people find it overwhelming, and that tears and cuddles are very common for visitors. Standing in the small porch knowing that part of history was made on that very spot................add into that some of the incredible sadness about John's childhood (some of which I have a similar experience of) and the combination of emotions was unbelievably powerful, but then I am a sentimentalist! The tour of Forthlin Road (again I've stood outside and taken photos!) felt quite different. The tour guide was quite a jovial guy with a good line in bad jokes (not to mention having a few people suggest he was a bit of a Paul lookalike!) The photos around Forthlin taken by Mike McCartney are on the walls showing the family in each of the rooms (including a shirtless one of Paul on the wall of his bedroom). The only door that wasn't original is Paul's bedroom door that once went to a Hard Rock Cafe and then went missing, but the belfast sink, the quarry tiles on the bathroom floor upon which each of The Beatles have walked remain the same as does the drainpipe which Paul was famously pictured climbing up. I particularly liked the fact that the walls had 3 types of wallpaper pattern - where they ran out of the expensive Chinese style paper, they just finished the wall off with cheaper stuff! There's a great impromptu photo of Jim McCartney hanging in the kitchen, although the real eye catchers are the two famous photos of John and Paul writing in front of the fireplace. Again, in that tiny room, a part of history happened and it does make you want to just close your eyes and imagine the two boys there writing something world changing. Interestingly, James McCartney apparently visited a few months back and it must be great for him to be able to see the place his Dad grew up. I'm sure many of you will have done the tours before, but It outlived my expectations. I suppose it's all only just bricks and mortar, but those walls have seen history and it makes you feel much closer to both John and Paul by being in the homes that played such a huge part of The Beatles story. If you haven't been and plan on going, I'd take a hankie just in case! A very powerful experience.
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Thanks for sharing, caverndweller. I want to go to both homes. I'm sure I'll cry.
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Revolver remastered. I've been buying one remastered cd a month to slowly replace my old collection.
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Caverndweller - I am going on the tour next month and your posts just made me super excited! I can't wait. I don't want to be silly and get a bit emotional...which I probably will but just think how far those young boys came. They didn't know what their future was going to be living there. Anyway, I can't wait. Incidentally, I just bought my ticket for the tour online, so I guess that is the last Beatle item I bought.
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I am a somewhat expert in buying bootlegs and have bought hundreds from all over the world. I guess that you can say that I now have many contacts in finding what ever I want. ONE of the most recent as well as one of my most favorite is THE BEATLES LIVE IN JAPAN 1966 MEMORIAL by Misterclaudel Live Chronicle Series. This 2-DVD set highlights BOTH live Tokyo shows at the Nippon-Budokan Hall on 30 June 1966 and 1 July 1966. This set is without a doubt the BEST picture and sound quality EVER! For the first time EVER, you can now see the 1 July 1966 show in crisp clear picture and sound quality. There are also many documentaries and features in this set, too much to mention that are seen here for the very first time. If you can find this set, BUY IT! Take care.
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Last Saturday I bought the LP's of ''Double Fantasy'' and ''Ringo'. Tomorrow I'm going to buy the LP's of ''Speed of Sound'' and ''Venus and Mars''
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I bought a BEATLES tee shirt..the classic one black with the white letters. I'm going to wear it to Philly on August 14th. Can't wait!!!
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It was my b-day yesterday, so I got the Beatles Box Set and 2 T-shirts; 1 with Lennon saying "War Is Over" and another with a picture of the Beatles from the Abbey Road days
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amandala85:
It was my b-day yesterday, so I got the Beatles Box Set and 2 T-shirts; 1 with Lennon saying "War Is Over" and another with a picture of the Beatles from the Abbey Road days
Hi amandala85! How are you? Happy late B-Day to you, I hope that you enjoy THE BEATLES Boxset. Take care.
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I just got a cool 'Magical Mystery Tour' t-shirt, which I am thrlled with. The shirt itself is a cool orangey-yellow colour just like the background of the original LP. Before that, it was the mono box of remastered CDs. I've had tons of fun comparing them to the stereo versions.
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Just ordered 2 books and 2 DVDs from Amazon Can you guess it's pay day?!
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They actually have Beatles school supplies.....I bought every one in sight!
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jl4761:
amandala85:
It was my b-day yesterday, so I got the Beatles Box Set and 2 T-shirts; 1 with Lennon saying "War Is Over" and another with a picture of the Beatles from the Abbey Road days
Hi amandala85! How are you? Happy late B-Day to you, I hope that you enjoy THE BEATLES Boxset. Take care.
Thank you! I'm loving the Box Set. Listening to the discs in chronological order by release ... I'm on Yellow Submarine right now.
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I just bought 8 books having to do with the Beatles in one way or another, from an outlet place. Like I don't already have way too many books about them! Can't help it; I have to devour every word ever written about them!