News on the Sept. 14th, 1999 reissue of the Beatles "Yellow Submarine" film
on home video and revised soundtrack CD.

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George Martin on Yellow Submarine:

"They've completely re-worked the
picture in a brilliant way. Happily,
they've done the music very well, too.
It's not a new picture -- it's still the great
one it was -- but it's in a much better
technical state."

  (09/19/99) The "Hey Bulldog" video will also have its premiere today on VH1 immediately following the repeat broadcast(s) of the "Yellow Submarine Sails Again." documentary. Recent YS News Articles: BBC News | Entertainment | Beatles unleash Bulldog film ;  Beatles Buffed, Polished in a Vibrant 'Yellow' (LA TIMES) ;  Missing Beatle submariner surfaces on board a boat ;  Phoenix New Times Online - phoenixnewtimes.com | Music | September 16 - 22, 1999 and  Phoenix New Times Online - phoenixnewtimes.com | Sidebar | September 16 - 22, 1999 .

For YS Merchandise:  Yellow Submarine

Company Press Release

Apple Corps Releases Last-Ever
Unseen Footage of the Beatles at
Abbey Road

LOS ANGELES--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Sept. 16, 1999--Due to public demand, Apple Corps is set to release the much talked about footage of The Beatles recording their lesser known rock & roll song "Hey Bulldog.''

The footage, filmed in 1968, is the last known unseen film of The Beatles recording at Abbey Road Studios, London.

"Hey Bulldog,'' a song by John Lennon, was recorded from scratch in just 10 takes on Sunday, Feb. 11, at Abbey Road. On that day, The Beatles were scheduled to be filmed working at Abbey Road to make a promotional film for their forthcoming single "Lady Madonna.''

However, once inside the studio, The Beatles decided to record instead, and "Hey Bulldog'' was created. The song later formed part of the 1969 "Yellow Submarine'' soundtrack album.

Since the announcement earlier this year that The Beatles are releasing a new "Yellow
Submarine'' album -- "The Yellow Submarine Songtrack'' -- featuring all the songs from the movie in remixed form, speculation about the existence of the "Hey Bulldog'' footage has been rife among Beatle fan clubs around the world.

Due to many requests from fans, Apple Corps has decided to release the "Hey Bulldog'' footage for the first time. It will be made available to the media but will not be released for sale.

An Apple spokesman said: "The 'Hey Bulldog' film was only discovered after 'The Beatles Anthology' TV series was finished. Had it been discovered before, it would have been in 'The Beatles Anthology.'''

The spokesman added: "Although 'Hey Bulldog' is not as well known as other songs from
'Yellow Submarine,' such as 'Eleanor Rigby' or 'Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds,' it has long been considered by Beatles fans and critics alike to be something of a 'forgotten gem.' The song itself was recently described as sounding like 'The Beatles doing Oasis doing The Beatles.'''

Commenting on "Hey Bulldog'' and the recording session caught on film, Paul McCartney said, "One of the things I liked about John's songwriting style was its quirkiness; it's quite surreal -- and 'Hey Bulldog' is very surreal.''

Talking of the film of the recording of "Hey Bulldog,'' Paul added: "I like the moment when I'm harmonising with John and he says something about a dog, and I just started barking; I started being a dog. He sort of says have I got any more of that and then I'm off, I'm howling!

"The spirit of that session is brought back by the recording. It's a very free and open spirit that I like a lot.

"So we were there recording 'Hey Bulldog,' and this film crew just got a lot of footage of us recording, and it has only just shown up. We'd all forgotten about it. But I think it makes a really cool video; it's very of the time.''

For further information, contact: Geoff Baker, The Yellow Submarine Press Office, telephone: 0171-225-1700 or 01380-860-169 or 0410-509069.

Thursday September 16, 9:30 am Eastern Time

Company Press Release

SOURCE: United States Postal Service

Post Office to Unveil New 'Beatles
Yellow Submarine' Stamp This Fri.,
Sept. 17, at Denver Hard Rock Cafe

DENVER, Sept. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Hey Denver! If you're a fan of the ``Fab Four,'' stop by the Denver Hard Rock Cafe or your local post office this Friday, Sept. 17th. The Beatles new "Yellow Submarine'' stamp is going on sale for the first time nationwide, as part of 15 popular stamps honoring the 1960s, as voted on by the American public. (See other stamps below.)

Denver Postmaster Mike Flores will unveil the new 33-cent Beatles "Yellow Submarine'' stamp this Friday, Sept. 17, at the Denver Hard Rock Cafe, downtown at the Denver Pavilions Mall at 16th and Glenarm. The ceremony will start at 11:15 a.m. inside the Hard Rock by the Beatles display. There will be other activities including Beatles music and contests, the "Yellow Submarine'' stamp and a special Denver souvenir postmark, etc.

At the Hard Rock from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. this Friday only, and at all post offices starting Sept. 17, the "Yellow Submarine'' stamp and all 15 of the 1960s "Celebrate The Century'' stamp series will be available for the first time.

Besides the "Yellow Submarine'' stamp, the 1960 stamp subjects to be available Sept. 17
include: "Star Trek''; "Woodstock''; "I Have a Dream''; Man Walks on the Moon; The
Integrated Circuit; Lasers; The Vietnam War; the Peace Symbol; The Peace Corps; Super Bowl I; Green Bay Packers; Roger Maris, 61 in '61; Ford Mustang; and the Barbie Doll.

``We invite everyone to join us and help salute the Fab Four and the new 'Yellow Submarine' stamp at the Hard Rock,'' says Denver Postmaster Mike Flores. "It's a fact the Beatles are one of the greatest musical groups of all time. During the '60s, the Beatles influenced virtually everyone. They dominated the worlds of music, fashion, entertainment, and pop culture for millions of people around the globe. Their music is still very popular worldwide.''

The Beatles were selected by Americans during nationwide balloting in May 1998, as one of 15 top popular stamp subjects saluting the 1960s. The Postal Service is honoring the famous people, places, events and trends of each decade of the 20th Century by issuing 15 stamps for each decade (150 stamps total). It's called the "Celebrate The Century'' stamp program. The American public voted on the popular stamp subjects for the last 50 years of the century. The stamps of the 1900s-1950s are available now.

The Denver Post Office will also provide a first day special postmark at the "Yellow
Submarine'' stamp unveiling ceremony at the Hard Rock.

SOURCE: United States Postal Service

Friday September 17, 7:03 am Eastern Time

Company Press Release

The Robin Shepherd Group
Illustrates Yellow Submarine Stamp
For U.S. Postal Service

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 17,
1999--Yellow submarines keep following Robin Shepherd around. Shepherd, the owner and president of The Robin Shepherd Group, began his career painting animation cells for The Beatles' Yellow Submarine movie. Thirty years later, he and staff graphic designer Caleb Lawrence illustrated the Yellow Submarine postage stamp recently unveiled by the U.S. Postal Service.

The new stamp officially debuted in late August in a special ceremony in Liverpool, England. The ceremony was part of a daylong event to celebrate the re-release of the animated film, Yellow Submarine.

Former Beatle Paul McCartney will be among those using the postage stamp. "It's lovely for the Yellow Submarine to become a postage stamp and I'm going to send lots of letters to people with little Yellow Submarines on them,'' McCartney was quoted as saying in a news release issued by the U.S. Postal Service in late August.

The stamps will be issued by the Postal Service today in Green Bay, Wisconsin as one of 15 commemorative stamps saluting the 1960's. These stamps will join six panes of 15 stamps saluting the 1900's-1950's, now available at post offices nationwide.

The Robin Shepherd Group is a Jacksonville-based, full-service marketing, public relations and interactive firm that has offices in Atlanta, Washington and New Jersey.

Contact:

     The Robin Shepherd Group, Jacksonville
     Tina Kicklighter, 904/359-0981 x42

(09/15/99) See the "Hey Bulldog" video this Friday on ABC's "20-20":
This Friday, September 17, at 10pm ABC's "20-20" will show the entire "Hey Bulldog" video. It's the last video ever made of a Beatles performance, so don't miss it!

(09/14/99) Harlem Gospel Choir to Perform the Beatles' “All You Need Is Love” on Good Morning America: Performance to Celebrate the 30th Anniversary Of The Beatles' Yellow Submarine Album: The Choir will sing “All You Need is Love'' today to a live audience at GMA's newly opened Times Square studio and a worldwide television audience of 60 million fans.

Best Buy offers free limited edition theatrical poster with the purchase of Yellow Submarine: Beginning Tuesday, September 14, Best Buy stores nationwide will offer the
re-release of The Beatles "Yellow Submarine'' movie and songtrack. A free limited-edition replica of the original "Yellow Submarine'' theatrical poster is available with the purchase of the CD, cassette, DVD, or VHS movie. The re-release of the "Yellow Submarine'' on DVD includes behind-the-scenes footage, interviews, original theatrical trailer, and an 8-page booklet on the movie.

(09/12/99) Mitch McGeary's website has added a page for YS with scans of CD, video and in store promotional items: Yellow Submarine CD and Video release 1999 .

How do Paul, George and Ringo feel about the Yellow Submarine reissue? Find out here. As part of their promotional efforts for Yellow Submarine, Apple is seeking the actor who provides the voice of George Harrison for YS. Here's another interesting article with background details on YS: We can all live in a 'Yellow Submarine' again .

(09/10/99) Read "New York Times" music critic (and Beatles' authority) Allan Kozinn's excellent article: "News From Pepperland: 'Yellow Submarine' Resurfaces".

(09/10/99)From "The London Times": The Times: Britain: Beatles make tracks for Paris (includes photograph of Eurotrain). Also see Day-tripping with the Beatles under the Channel (this article includes George Harrison's reaction to the Eurotrain).
From "Wall of Sound": Beatles Submarine Becomes Theme Park Ride

(09/09/99) The latest buzz about the Beatles stamp being issued on September 17th by the U.S. Postal service: Beatles Fans Will Pay $4.95 For Passage On 'Yellow Sub' Stamp

(09/09/99) A major graphical revision to the Yellow Submarine site at Hollywood and Vine. Very nicely done. Here's Capitol's press release about the web site:

Come Join The Yellow Submarine!

Come join us as the Beatles set sail into cyberspace for the very first time in celebration
of the September 14th release of the digitally remixed and remastered soundtrack, DVD and home video of YELLOW SUBMARINE!
The Yellow Submarine site, using Lightwave's "metanurbs" to create a true 3D model for the site and incorporating Macromedia's leading edge web design tool, Flash 4, takes internet users through a tour with the movie's most loveable characters:  The Apple Bonkers, Old Fred, Jeremy, Max, and the infamous Blue Meanies!
Other site features! Special preview clip of the animated video "Hey Bulldog"! "Things You Never Knew" about the Yellow Submarine! "Come Aboard" for free Beatles email updates! AND A list comparing the original soundtrack to the new songtrack!

(09/03/99) "Mix Magazine Online" features an excellent article on the remastering /  remixing of the "Yellow Submarine" soundtrack for both the DVD (in 5.1 surround sound) and CD (newly remastered in stereo).

"Salon Magazine" has an interesting 2 part article on "Yellow Submarine".

For theatrical premier reviews of "Yellow Submarine" in various locations, follow the links on this Beatles news page.

(09/02/99) PROMOTIONAL ITEMS:

Company Press Release

SOURCE: CMJ

CMJ FilmFest '99 To Present First
U.S. Screening of Restored Animated
Beatles Movie Yellow Submarine

Release of Yellow Submarine Marks Last Official Large-Scale Beatles Event
of this Century

NEW YORK, Sept. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- CMJ FilmFest '99 presented by the Independent Film Channel is proud to host the first U.S. screening of Yellow Submarine, the animated classic featuring the Beatles. Released first in 1968, the film has been visually restored and enhanced with previously unseen footage. The newly restored Yellow Submarine will be shown twice as part of the CMJ FilmFest '99 on September 17th at 5:30 p.m. and September 18th at 3:00 p.m. at the Cineplex Odeon Worldwide, on the heels of the September 14th release of a new, digitally remastered and remixed Yellow Submarine songtrack on Capitol Records.

"We're very excited to include the first U.S. screening of this timeless Beatles classic on our lineup this year,'' says Festival Director Donita Dooley. "Yellow Submarine truly celebrates theunion of music and cinema.''

Yellow Submarine is the third of four feature-length Beatles films. It was directed by German poster artist Heinz Edelman, and depicted the animated Fab Four's journey to mystical Pepperland to liberate its denizens from the tyrannical Blue Meanies. It is by far the "trippiest'' of Beatles movies, the ultimate visual representation of John, Paul, George and Ringo's fanciful psychedelia. All four contributed voiceovers to a film that is beloved by animation fans as well as Beatlemaniacs.

The relaunching of Yellow Submarine is the last official large-scale Beatles event of this
century, and the re-release of the film lands on the film's 30th Anniversary. On August 30th, the entire city of Liverpool was given over to Yellow Submarine festivities, culminating with the new version's first screening. As well as gaining release on home video and DVD, Yellow Submarine's soundtrack on Capitol Records has also been rehauled. Initially comprising six Beatles songs, among them ``Hey Bulldog,'' ``All Together Now'' and "It's All Too Much,'' and producer George Martin's orchestral score, the "songtrack'' now features every song that appeared in the film, and includes such classics as "Eleanor Rigby,'' "Love You To,'' "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds,'' "Think For Yourself,'' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band,'' "With A Little Help From My Friends,'' "You're A Rich Man,'' "All You Need Is Love,'' "When I'm 64,''and "Nowhere Man.''

The U.S. debut of the restored 35mm print of Yellow Submarine is part of a stellar lineup for the fifth annual CMJ FilmFest, which will include an assortment of independent features as well as some of the year's hottest new releases such as Sugar Town, Happy, Texas and The Minus Man. The CMJ Film Festival has long brought the spotlight to breakout films, such as Pulp Fiction, American History X and Boogie Nights.

Once again, this year's festival will run concurrently with CMJ Music Marathon & MusicFest, September 15th-18th, 1999 in New York City. This is the first year that the CMJ FilmFest is open to the public. Full festival passes ($45) are available online until September 10th (http://www.cmj.com/FilmFest) or at the door starting September 15, 1999 after 12 PM (Cineplex Odeon Worldwide, 340 W. 50th). For more information, call 516-498-3156.

About The Independent Film Channel

The Independent Film Channel (IFC), managed and operated by Bravo Networks, is the
alternative movie channel on television, presenting the true spirit of independent film uncut and commercial-free, 24 hours a day. Presenting television's most extensive independent film library on television -- combined with original series, live events and enhanced new media programming -- IFC delivers a highly distinctive movie-watching experience to over 23 million homes.

All inquiries regarding CMJ FilmFest '99 should be directed to Festival Director Donita Dooley at 516-498-3156 or donitad@cmj.com.

SOURCE: CMJ

Wednesday September 8 12:05 PM ET

Eurostar Trains Celebrate Beatles

LONDON (AP) - It may not be a submarine, but it does travel underwater.

The Eurostar train system unveiled a special Beatles Express on Wednesday in honor of the reissue of the band's 1968 cinematic landmark, "The Yellow Submarine.''

The brilliantly adorned Express pulled out of London's Waterloo station for its inaugural trip under the English Channel and on to Paris. The service will run three times a day between London, Paris and Brussels until December.

All 18 Express carriages are decorated with psychedelic images from the film, in which the Beatles travel in a magical Yellow Submarine to Pepperland and liberate the country from the music-hating Blue Meanies.

"I think it looks absolutely brilliant,'' said Bridget Hearne, 55, from Glastonbury, Somerset, who boarded the train with her daughter. "We only booked up yesterday for a three-day trip to Paris and had no idea we'd be on a Beatles train.''

Former Beatle Paul McCartney said passengers just may see him on the Express.

"I won't go on ceremony,'' he said. "I'll just show up on it one day.''

“Yellow Submarine'' is being relaunched as a home video, a digital video disc and a remixed CD soundtrack next week.

Friday September 3, 8:31 am Eastern Time

Company Press Release

SOURCE: American Royal Arts Corp.

Beatles' Yellow Submarine Original
Artwork Resurfaces

WESTBURY, N.Y., Sept. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- American Royal Arts Corp., the nation's largest animation art dealer, is pleased to announce that it has signed a worldwide exclusive licensing agreement with Signatures and Apple to produce and distribute
animation art from The Beatles' Yellow Submarine. A pop art phenomenon originally released in 1968, it is a testament to an era and a time when the world was in change.
  (Photo: NewsCom: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19990903/NYF001 )

Yellow Submarine was released theatrically in 1968. For years it has been unavailable on video and images from the film have been nonexistent. The very limited theatrical re-release of Yellow Submarine is scheduled for September 1999.

The digitally re-mastered film along with a video and DVD release have already created a stir in the animation field as well as among pop art collectors and Beatles fans in general. Combine those properties with a re-mixed CD featuring a never before released Beatles track and you have the making of a major new product release.

American Royal Arts is licensed by Apple and Signatures to produce hand painted limited
edition cels, sericels and fine art giclees featuring The Beatles' from Yellow Submarine. The artwork will be signed by some of the same people who were responsible for making the original film. They include the composer, Sir George Martin, the producer and co-author, Al Brodax, and Erich Segal, co-author of the original Yellow Submarine screenplay and Ringo Starr, who needs no introduction.

``As the release date approaches, there has been a steadily increasing amount of interest in the film, both on the foreign and domestic fronts,'' said Jerry Gladstone, president of American Royal Arts. "We are very excited about having the opportunity to release artwork from such an extraordinary phenomenon as Yellow Submarine.''

Founded in 1986, American Royal Arts Corp., located at 123 Frost Street in Westbury, New York, is the nation's largest supplier of animation art. The company engages in the marketing and sales of a variety of collectibles, with its main emphasis on animation art. American Royal Arts exclusively distributes artwork from a wide variety of studios including Twentieth Century Fox (The Simpsons), DreamWorks, United Media including Dilbert, UPA Studios including Mr. Magoo and Dick Tracy, Garfield, and Felix the Cat. To view the art, please visit our web site, http://animationartonline.com or phone 800-888-9449 or 516-997-2220.

SOURCE: American Royal Arts Corp.

Friday September 3, 3:29 pm Eastern Time

Company Press Release

SOURCE: ForeignTV.com

ForeignTV.com to Feature Exclusive
On-Line Preview of Beatles Re-Release of Yellow
Submarine

www.foreigntv.com

NEW YORK, Sept. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- In an exclusive for Beatles fans everywhere starting Monday September 7th, ForeignTV.com (OTC Bulletin Board: FNTV - news) will feature a sneak preview of songs and segments from Yellow Submarine, the landmark psychedelic Beatles film, including a never before released animated track called, ``Hey Bulldog''. ForeignTV.com will also feature ``Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds'', ``When I'm 64'', among other excerpts from the film.

Hailed as ``the most stupendous animation feat in decades'' (The Los Angeles Times), the 1968 Beatles film Yellow Submarine has been digitally renovated and will be re-released by Metro Goldwyn Mayer on September 14th. Beatles fans will get to hear the songs featured in the film in a way they haven't before.

ForeignTV.com (OTC Bulletin Board: FNTV - news) is an Internet broadcaster specializing in producing and aggregating streaming media content -- available worldwide to online users on-demand -- from around the world. At www.foreignTV.com, users can access rich, in-depth video and audio information whenever they choose including global news, fashion, arts, culture, travel and adventure, sports and entertainment. Each day, foreignTV.com delivers content from dozens of countries and cities including exclusive interviews and web- only features from foreignTV.com reporters led by Chief Foreign Correspondent Peter Arnett. The company is also building a series of in-depth location- specific sites, such as parisTV.com and beijingTV.com, along with select special interest sites -- for example its recently launched internet-only radio station devoted to world music. The foreignTV.com audience includes business and leisure travelers, a broad range of business users, as well as a growing community of armchair globetrotters seeking engagement and interaction with the world's people, places, ideas and culture.

"Safe Harbor'' Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Statements in this press release regarding foreignTV.com's business which are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements'' that involve risks and uncertainties. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see "Risk Factors'' in the Company's Prospectus.

SOURCE: ForeignTV.com

(09/01/99) Brian Epstein: The unsung hero of "Yellow Submarine."

[From Official Press Release]

AT LAST!   AMERICA SEES THE “LIFE OF BRIAN” !!!

A&E PREMIERES “BIOGRAPHY” OF BEATLES MANAGER BRIAN EPSTEIN - IN WHICH SIR PAUL McCARTNEY DUBS HIM “THE 5th BEATLE”

TV SALUTE COINCIDES WITH REISSUE OF EPSTEINÆS GREATEST COMMERCIAL TRIUMPH AS VISIONARY MANAGER OF THE BEATLES - "YELLOW SUBMARINE" - AND WITH THE VERY PRESTIGIOUS ISSUE OF THE  U.S. MAIL STAMP COMMEMORATING THE BEATLES.

A&E  (Arts & Entertainment Network) “Biography:  Brian Epstein”

Friday September 17, 1999.  8pm and 12 midnight (ET) - 5pm and 9pm (PT)

Tuesday September 14, 1999 sees the release of several new Beatles
productions relating to the restored “Yellow Submarine” movie.  The
restored film will be released worldwide on VHS and DVD.  And a
brand-new Beatles album “Yellow Submarine Songtrack” will also be
released.  Coinciding with all of this activity Signatures Network
(formerly Sony Signatures) has licensed no less than 250 new items of
“Yellow Submarine” merchandising - the highest number of licensed items
since the heday of Beatlemania.

With the unprecedented number of merchandising tie-ups the Beatles are
confidently expected to gross in excess of one hundred million dollars
($100,000,000) just from merchandising.  With income from the theatrical
reissue, the new CD, home video and DVD - industry experts are
projecting a gross approaching HALF A BILLION DOLLARS from the “Yellow
Submarine” project - exceeding even the success of the “Beatles
Anthology.”

And Friday September 17 sees the introduction of a Beatles stamp by the
U.S. Mail - a very prestigious honor marking the mammoth impact on 20th
Century popular culture of the Beatles.

Brian Epstein was the man who masterminded the Beatles breakthrough and
guided them to mega-stardom.  And Epstein was directly responsible for
the “Yellow Submarine” project - championing it to a very reluctant
group who initially wanted no part in the endeavor.  (See additional
info on this point at the end of this news release.)

Fortunately for millions of Beatles fans throughout the world - and even
more fortunately for the Beatles coffers - he prevailed in his quest to
see the project come to fruition.

On Friday September 17, 1999 - just three days after the “Yellow
Submarine” reissue - and on the day that the Beatles U.S. stamp is
issued -  U.S. TV viewers will see the American premiere of the
award-winning BBC TV documentary “BRIAN EPSTEIN” - a profile of the
enigmatic Beatles manager who died 32 years ago - and who has been a
comparatively forgotten man in recent times.

The American version of the documentary will air on A&E (The Arts &
Entertainment Network.)  There will be two screenings.  8pm and 12
midnight (ET) - 5pm and 9pm (PT)

“Biography” attracts approximately 2 million viewers per show.

However - the version American viewers will see is considerably shorter
than the UK original.  The BBC version (which premiered at Christmas
1998) ran 135 minutes - and in April of this year won the British
equivalent of an Emmy (The 1999 BAFTA Award) for best documentary.  The
A&E version has to conform to the 60 minute commercial TV structure -
which will result in a program of just 48 minutes duration.

(There are currently no plans for the full-length version to be seen on
American TV or to be released on home video anywhere in the world.)

During the program Sir Paul McCartney dubs the Beatles manager with the
title “The 5th Beatle.” Many people have used this expression before -
primarily to describe either Epstein or Beatles  producer Sir George
Martin.  But this is the first time ever that a Beatle has made such a
public pronouncement.  As such it is considered by Beatles insiders to
be an unofficial anointment.  A declaration of ultimate respect by the
Beatles after many years of comparative silence about the man who
discovered them and who subsequently guided them to fulfilling his
highly improbable 1962 declaration  that they would be “Bigger than
Elvis!”

In recent years there has been a campaign underway to restore public
appreciation of the Beatles manager - who died of an accidental sleeping
pill overdose in August 1967.

British humorist Martin Lewis (who is considered to be among the worldÆs
leading Beatles scholars) is the founder and organizer of MBE! - a
campaign to get Epstein inducted alongside Sir George Martin in the
non-performers section of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall Of Fame.  The campaign
has already attracted over 15,000 signatures from around the world.

Lewis is also the creator and host of MBE! - The Official Brian Epstein
website - which features an online petition for this campaign.

The website address is:  http://www.martinlewis.com/mbe

The campaign and website are named MBE! - in a nod to the prestigious
royal award the Beatles received from The Queen  in 1965.  The letters
stand for “Member of the British Empire”  However - when the Beatles
were asked at the post-inauguration press conference what “MBE” stood
for - Paul McCartney immediately responded “Mister Brian Epstein!”

As part of the campaign Lewis spearheaded the 1998 reissue of Epstein’s
1964 autobiography “A Cellarful Of Noise.”  The new edition
(Rhino/Pocket Books - $9.95) features a 15,000-word companion
narrative by Lewis - which details Epstein’s considerable
achievements  after the book’s 1964 publication and relates how
Epstein’s death undoubtedly contributed to the breakup of the Beatles.

“After Brian died I knew that that was it.  I knew we’d had it.” - John
Lennon (1970)

Commented Lewis on news of the US TV premiere of the “Biography: Brian
Epstein”

“It’s wonderful that Americans will get to see SOMETHING about Brian
Epstein - even though it’s not the full 135 minute original  film.

The timing of the show though is wonderful.

As the world again takes pleasure in the genius of the Beatles
creativity - Americans will have a chance to learn more about the
remarkable man who gave so much to the world - and who received so
little recognition.

The immense talent of the Beatles would never have found its way to the
public without Brian Epstein.  And there would never have been a “Yellow
Submarine” movie without this man’s prescience and persistence.

I hope that this TV show reminds everyone who was impacted by the
cultural, social and political changes wrought by the Beatles (which is
a huge proportion of the civilized world) to spare a thought of
appreciation for Brian Epstein and express that sentiment to at least
one friend.

And if they want to seem him alongside Sir George Martin, Phil Spector
and others in the non-performers section of the Rock ‘n’ oll Hall Of
Fame - the “Sign For Brian!” online petition is a few seconds away.

http://www.martinlewis.com/cgi-bin/petition.cgi

Not a lot of time to give for the memory of the man who brought us the
Beatles.

FURTHER INFO ABOUT BRIAN EPSTEIN’S ROLE AS THE UNSUNG HERO OF
“YELLOW SUBMARINE”

The Beatles had not seen the point in doing an animated movie.  Brian
Epstein saw the long-term potential benefits of a film which would
enshrine them for children of future generations.  He persuaded the
doubting Beatles to commit to contributing four new songs for the
project.  Even after they agreed - the film was seen as Brian’s folly
and the Beatles would joke that if a song wasn’t “good enough for Sgt.
Pepper”  that they should “give it to ‘Yellow Submarine’.”

The (erroneous) conventional wisdom about Brian Epstein is that for all
his promotional talents and honesty - he was a poor businessman for the
Beatles.  This judgment is based just on one 1964 agreement whereby a
poorly-advised Epstein was ripped off by sharks in the brand-new,
completely uncharted waters of mass merchandising.  It effectively
discounts all the other superlative work that Epstein undertook for the
Beatles.  It also ignores his persistence in getting the Beatles to
agree to “Yellow Submarine.”  That persistence over 30 years ago will
gross the Beatles hundreds of millions of dollars this year alone.

Not a bad legacy for the man who supposedly a bad businessman.

Brian Epstein is the unsung hero of “Yellow Submarine.”

September 3 -- 15

The Castro Theatre
Castro at Market Street
in San Francisco

Daily: 12:30, 2:45, 5:00, 7:15, 9:30
Fri & Sat Late Shows: 11:30

There has always been some debate over who the fifth
Beatle was, but in the case of Yellow Submarine we can
definitely state that the fifth Beatle was the film's director
George Dunning (and there's a pretty strong case for art
designer Heinz Edelman for the sixth Beatle). A little more
than 30 years ago today, Yellow Submarine taught the
world that cartoons weren't just for kids anymore and now
it can be seen as never before. MGM has restored the
picture; working with the Abbey Road studio, the company
created a brand-new DTS stereo-mix soundtrack. The
restoration also includes a song segment for Hey Bulldog
cut from the US version and features a 3-headed animal.
Toy Story director John Lassiter chose Yellow Submarine
to play at a tribute at the San Francisco Film Festival in
1997. He wrote, 'I picked Yellow Submarine because it's
a landmark in animation history. It has such a different
way of telling a story in a striking graphic way. That's what
made it so unusual, that and the music and the
personalities of the Beatles. And of course it evokes
the whole '60s era as well. It really was the first pop
animated feature.' Twelve songs by the Beatles were
used (including four written specifically for the film) and
each was depicted in a different artistic style. The film
is a veritable compendium of 20th-century art, from
Aubrey Beardsley to Robert Rauschenberg, from Art
Nouveau to Xerox Art, with stops at Pop, Op and everything
in between. The story follows Old Fred, the conductor of
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, who escapes
when the Blue Meanies attack Pepperland and flees to
Liverpool, where he meets the Beatles and convinces
them to return with him to save the day. Traveling in the
Yellow Submarine, they pass through many strange seas --
the sea of time, the sea of monsters, the sea of green,
and the sea of holes, where they meet the Nowhere Man.
Eventually they reach Pepperland and in the climactic
battle restore life and color to the world. But it is the
music that makes Yellow Submarine so great. The songs
include: A Day in the Life, All Together Now, Eleanor Rigby,
Nowhere Man, Only a Northern Song, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely
Hearts Club Band, When I'm Sixty-Four, All You Need is
Love, and, of course, Yellow Submarine. There are also
seven instrumental tracks by Beatle producer George
Martin. Directed by George Dunning. Art Direction by Heinz
Edelman. Starring Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
Screenplay by Lee Minoff, Al Brodax, Erich Segal, Jack
Mendelsohn, based on the song by John Lennon and
Paul McCartney. (1968) 90 minutes.

Beatle Millennium Message -- All You Need Is Love

LONDON (Reuters) - The Beatles told the world in the 1960s that "All You Need Is Love'' and now the three surviving members of the Fab Four say the song is an appropriate anthem for the new millennium.

"I still think the message is really true. I think that it is still what people need,'' Paul McCartney told Britain's top-selling Sun tabloid in an interview published Wednesday.

"The people have got the message but the warring factions haven't. But when they get it, the will of the people will be done.''

McCartney has joined George Harrison and Ringo Starr in a promotion drive for the relaunch of "The Yellow Submarine,'' three decades after the classic Beatles animated film was made.

The film, first released in 1968, has been digitally restored and Captain Fred and his crew of Beatles are ready to set sail again through psychedelic seas to save Pepperland from the music-loathing Blue Meanies.

The movie will go on sale worldwide on home video and video disc in mid-September and 15 Beatles songs from it are being released on the same album for the first time.

The fourth Beatle, John Lennon, was shot dead by a deranged fan in New York in 1980.

Starr, the group's drummer and a rare voice on their records, was given the lead role on the song "Yellow Submarine.''

"That song's given me a career. Everyone can sing that song, even fetuses know that song,'' Starr said.

(08/31/99) From Sky News:
                  YELLOW FEVER HITS LIVERPOOL FOR
                  BEATLES BASH

                  Beatlemania has resurfaced in Liverpool as
                  the city hosted Yellow Submarine Day.

                  Camera crews from 27 worldwide stations
                   from Poland to Chile and Argentina to
                   Australia, gathered outside Liverpool Town
                   Hall to see the city's mayor Joe Devaney cut
                   a yellow ribbon marking the special day.

                  With almost as many media present as members
                  of the public at the Town Hall launch, the US
                  Postal Service unveiled a new Beatles Yellow
                  Submarine stamp as part of their Celebrate the
                  Century programme of commemorative stamps.

                  Not only was it the first launch of a US stamp
                  outside the country, it is believed to be the first
                  American stamp in honour of a rock group. As US
                  stamps cannot depict images of those who are
                  still alive, the Yellow Submarine was chosen to
                  represent them on the 33c stamp.

                  And while crowds waited for tribute bands to do
                  their thing on the Yellow Submarine stage, a 9ft
                  high Blue Meanie shouted to the crowd: "I've been
                  away for 30 years" before a member of Merseyside
                  Police duly obliged and arrested the monster.

                  The rest of the city meanwhile was playing host to
                  around 250,000 people in one of the country's
                  biggest free parties.

                  The annual Mathew Street Festival, which started
                  at noon has 150 bands playing across 50 venues,
                  as well as Party at the Pier, which includes top
                  bands such as Another Level and Gary Barlow.

                  And tonight marks the re-launch of the digitally
                  enhanced and remixed 1968 Beatles feature-length
                  cartoon, which enchanted the `Love Generation'
                  with its message of peace and music.

                  The new cut, featuring previously unseen footage,
                  receives its world premiere at a sell-out showing at
                  the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall.

                  The screening is the highlight of 1999 International
                  Beatles Week which will see an anticipated
                 200,000 music-lovers descend on the Fab Four's
                  home city.

                  But unlike the original premiere at the London
                  Pavilion on July 17, 1968, which boasted guests
                  from Mick Jagger to the Bee Gees, organisers
                  insist the premiere is for the fans. Speculation that
                  one of the remaining members of The Beatles may
                  attend has been denied.

                  The inspiration for the film, which sees The
                  Beatles liberate Pepperland from the music-hating
                  Blue Meanies, came to Paul McCartney in a
                  dream-like state before he drifted off to sleep.

                  The song Yellow Submarine was written for
                  drummer Ringo Starr. Actor Geoffrey Hughes, who
                  dubbed Paul McCartney's voice said at the launch:
                  "It's a fantastic idea to re-master the film, bringing
                  it to a new generation.

                  "Paul didn't think I was anywhere near his voice,
                  but the Beatles all thought the others voices
                  wwere great, but theirs weren't very good."

(08/31/99) From the Liverpool Post:

The day music came back to where it once belonged

THE Beatles' Yellow Submarine was re-launched in Liverpool yesterday in front
of a world-wide audience and creating a bigger splash than when it hit the
screens more than three decades ago.

Hundreds of journalists from countries such as Australia, Venezuela and America
converged on the city to witness the launch of the recently revamped and
enhanced feature-length cartoon.

Helping to set the scene a yellow submarine stage was set up outside Liverpool
Town Hall on Castle Street.

The film, which enchanted the Love Generation with its message of peace and
music, has been digitally-restored and remixed for the 21st century.

The new cut, featuring previously unseen footage, had its world premiere at a
sell-out showing at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall last night.

Speculation that one of the remaining members of the Beatles might turn up for
the launch proved unfounded although Sir George Martin made an appearance.

Paul McCartney's publicist, Geoff Baker, received a round of applause as he
faced journalists and film crews in the city council chamber before the
official launch of Yellow Submarine Day.

He told the assembled media: "The musical beat has always been the heart of
this city. It has changed the world and continues to change the world. If there
was ever a fifth Beatle it is Liverpool."

The day was used to unveil a special US postage stamp commemorating the
Beatles.

A giant version of the stamp - depicting the famous yellow submarine - was
unfurled on the Town Hall balcony by Liverpool's Lord Mayor, Joe Devaney.

The Fab Four are the first rock 'n' roll band to be honoured with their own
stamp in the States.

They won the US stamp of approval after Americans were balloted on which
subjects they wished to see on a new series of stamps.

The postal service even flew in its senior vice president of government
relations, Deborah Willhite, to mark the event.

She said: "During the 60s the Beatles influenced virtually everyone. They
dominated the worlds of music, fashion, entertainment and pop culture for
millions of people around the globe."

Thousands of Beatles fans, all decked out in yellow submarine baseball hats,
gathered in Castle Street for the launch of Yellow Submarine Day.

They booed as a 9ft tall Blue Meanie - a character from the film - invaded the
roof of the stage launching into a verbal attack of the Beatles.

The booming voice emanated from none other than Paul Angelis, one of the
original voices heard in The Yellow Submarine.

He said: "It was amazing to do this more than 30 years on. Everyone loves to
hate the Blue Meanies!"

Angelis provided the voice of the Blue Meanie as well as Ringo and some of
George Harrison's lines in addition to the now famous opening narration: "Once
upon a time.. or maybe twice.. there was an unearthly paradise called
Pepperland."

Also among the crowds was Liverpool poet Roger McGough who helped make the
film's script sound less American and more Liverpudlian.

The Yellow Submarine film is scheduled to go on general release in two weeks'
time, when the album of the same name will be released.

Last night's screening was the highlight of the 1999 International Beatles Week
which saw more than 200,000 music-lovers descend on the Fab Four's home city.

An estimated 160 bands played across 60 venues as part of the annual Mathew
Street Festival, as well as Party at the Pier, which included top bands such
Gary Barlow and Westlife.

A staggering 30,000 people attended the free concert at Liverpool's waterfront,
organised by Radio City.

The day's events came just hours after the success of Creamfields one of the
weekend's musical events which are estimated to have brought around £6m into
the Merseyside economy.

The Creamfields event alone, which attracted more than 36,000 people, netted at
least £1.6m in ticket sales.

The Mathew Street Festival generated around £4.4m based on an average spend of
£36 per person, double the figure from last year's festival which only netted
£2m.

The Lord Mayor launched the annual festival at the Town Hall at noon yesterday,
officially naming it Yellow Submarine Day.

It was given official Beatles backing for the first time this year attracting
twice the number of people than usual.

Dave Jones, at Cavern City Tours which organised the event, said: "We expected
attendance to be increased by 60 per cent on last year's festival. The last
figure collated for extra expenditure was around £3.6m but we are looking more
at a figure of around £6m."

The festival featured more than 160 bands playing at 60 venues across the city
centre.

At the Pier Head spectators began queuing from 7am to see big names like Gary
Barlow perform at Radio City's Party at the Pier.

Some had even camped out overnight to ensure they got to see their pop idols.

Tom Hunter of Radio City said: "If people were turned away it just means we are
going to have to build a bigger Pier Head to accommodate them all. It has been
a resounding success."

©Liverpool Daily Post & Echo 1999

From Liverpool Echo:
A whole new Meanie-ing!
Yellow Submarine, Philharmonic Hall: Review by Peter Grant

THIRTY-one years ago I sat and watched this animated extravaganza - a bemused
ten-year-old familiar with the songs but confused by characters such as The
Blue Meanies and the Apple Bonkers.

The Beatles changed the face of music but also turned the music movie genre on
its head when Yellow Submarine sailed into cinemas and our subconscious.

While Disney dominated the big screen with whimsy, this was a grown-up morality
tale delivered with child-like innocence. A place where The Meanies banned
music and where the word YES was forbidden. The Beatles' job was to bring back
life, love and music to Pepperland.

Last night in the Phiharmonic Hall the digital version was given its world
premiere by EMI/ Apple and MGM in a marvellous piece of marketing.

The songs remain the same but hearing John Lennon singing Nowhere Man in the
acoustically perfect hall brought a lump to my throat as did the cartoon Ringo
walking beneath the Liver Buildings accompanied by Paul's Eleanor Rigby.

I'd forgotten, too, just how clever the Roger McGough script is.. The colour is
magnificent as the Beatles and their trusty submarine weave in and out of
scenes that merge psychedelia with Scouse wit and classic songs from When I'm
Sixty Four to Hey Bulldog and George Martin's sweeping orchestrations.

As a film it was - and still is - ahead of its time and it works on two levels;
the sheer spectacle of the animation for children and for the adults who will
appreciate the one-liners and the true message of All You Need is Love.

Before the closing credits The Beatles appear briefly messing around in real
life.

I have the video but watching it on the big screen and with a stunning sound
system is a must for any Beatle fan.

Book into Pepperland now

There are three screenings of the film at the Phil today. Ring the box office
on 0161-709 3789. It is released nationwide on September 14.

©Liverpool Daily Post & Echo 1999

YS STAMP PRESS RELEASE:

                 Tuesday, August 31, 1999;

       NEW POSTAGE STAMP MAY CAUSE FAB FOUR FAN
                  MAIL FRENZY The Beatles Stamp to be Unveiled in
                  Liverpool, England

                  WASHINGTON - On Feb. 9, 1964, millions of American
                  youngsters sat glued to their television sets as four rock n' roll
                  musicians from Liverpool, England made their American
                  television debut on The Ed Sullivan Show.

                  It was a defining moment in entertainment history. During that
                  performance, the Beatles--John, Paul, George, and
                  Ringo--changed the face of the music and entertainment
                  industry forever.

                  At a special ceremony in Liverpool today, U.S. Postal Service
                  Senior Vice President of Government Relations Deborah
                  Willhite and the Lord Mayor of Liverpool unveiled the new
                  Beatles commemorative U.S. postage stamp. The ceremony
                  was part of a day-long event to celebrate the rerelease of the
                  animated film Yellow Submarine.

                  "During the '60s, the Beatles influenced virtually everyone,"
                  said Willhite. "They dominated the worlds of music, fashion,
                  entertainment, and pop culture for millions of people around
                  the globe.

                  "In a similar manner, the Postal Service helps bind our
                  country together as a world leader in the communications
                  industry. We are proud to honor this innovative and creative
                  musical group through the Celebrate The Century program,"
                  said Willhite.

                  The Beatles stamp was selected by the public during
                  nationwide balloting in May 1998 as one of 15 commemorative
                  stamps saluting the 1960s. Over a two-year period the public
                  was offered opportunities to vote for stamp subjects honoring
                  the 1950s through the 1990s, as part of the Celebrate The
                  Century stamp and education program.

                  "This is great, it's a huge honor," said Paul McCartney. "It's
                  lovely for the Yellow Submarine to become a postage stamp
                  and I'm going to send lots of letters to people with little Yellow
                  Submarines on them. The letters will be winging around
                  everywhere with this stamp on them."

                  "I like postage stamps, I've always liked stamps," said
                  George Harrison. "I used to collect them when I was a kid; it's
                  something to do with the fine art of stamps and the way they
                  print them is very good quality. I've seen stamps of all kinds of
                  people and things, so why not a Yellow Submarine?"

                  Other winning 1960s stamp subjects include: Man Walks on
                  the Moon; The Integrated Circuit; Lasers; "I Have a
                  Dream"; Woodstock; The Vietnam War; Peace Symbol; The
                  Peace Corps; Star Trek; Super Bowl I; Green Bay Packers;
                  Roger Maris, 61 in '61; Ford Mustang; and Barbie Doll.

                  The stamps will be issued Sept. 17, 1999, in Green Bay, Wis.,
                  joining six panes of 15 stamps saluting the 1900s-1950s, now
                 available at post offices nationwide.

                  The Celebrate The Century commemorative stamp and
                  education program honors some of the most significant people,
                  places, events, and trends of each decade of the passing
                  century. In cooperation with the U.S. Department of Education
                  and 12 leading education associations, the Postal Service has
                  developed a curriculum being used in some 300,000
                  classrooms nationwide, taking students on a field trip through
                  the last 100 years of American history.

                  The origin of the Beatles can be traced to 1957 when Paul
                  McCartney joined John Lennon in his newly formed band, the
                  Quarry Men. Within a year, guitarist George Harrison joined
                  the group and they later rechristened themselves the Silver
                  Beetles.

                 Later, two other boys also joined the group; an art school
                  friend of Lennon's, Stuart Sutcliffe, and Pete Best who became
                  the drummer. By August1960 the group had a new name, the
                  Beatles, dreamed up by Lennon.

                  In 1961, a local record store manager, Brian Epstein, took an
                  interest in the group and became their manager in January
                  1962. He secured them an audition with EMI record producer
                  George Martin, who was largely responsible for their musical
                  success.

                  In August 1962, drummer Pete Best was replaced by Ringo
                  Starr. Sutcliffe had died months earlier of a brain hemorrhage.
                  December 1963 marked the release of their first commercial
                  hit single record in the United States. "I Want To Hold Your
                  Hand" was number one for seven weeks and the Beatles
                  became a household name in America.

                  Although the group officially disbanded in 1970, 30 years later,
                  their music continues to influence a new generation of music
                  lovers.

                  The Celebrate The Century series of 150 commemorative
                  stamps, available on 10 stamp panes honoring each decade of
                  the 20th century, captures 100 years of American history in a
                  colorful and educational way. For more information on stamps,
                  or to see an image of the Beatles stamp, visit the Postal
                  Service Website at http://www.usps.com and click on
                  "Stamps." To order the Celebrate The Century stamps, or
                  other stamp products, go directly to
       http://www.stampsonline.com.

Monday, August 30th, 1999

       Thousands show up for Yellow Submarine

                 LIVERPOOL, England (AP) -- Thousands of
               fans gathered in the Beatles' hometown Monday to
               celebrate the re-issue of Yellow Submarine, the
               1968 cinematic landmark of Beatlemania.

               A screening of the feature-length cartoon musical,
               digitally enhanced and including previously unused
               footage, is the highlight of International Beatles
               Week in Liverpool.

               Monday was Yellow Submarine Day, beginning at
               Town Hall, where Mayor Joe Devaney cut a
               yellow ribbon.

               In the film, the Beatles travel in the magical Yellow
               Submarine to Pepperland, where they liberate the
               country from the music-hating Blue Meanies.

Saturday August 28 3:34 AM ET

Liverpool Goes Yellow For 'Beatlennium'

By Paul Majendie

LONDON (Reuters) - Liverpool is going yellow for its most famous sons with a giant "Beatlennium'' street party Monday to relaunch "The Yellow Submarine.''

The U.S. Postal service will be there to honor the world's most famous pop group with the unveiling of a special stamp. Until now, Alfred Hitchcock and Winston Churchill have been the only Britons honored with their own American postage stamp.

Up to 180 tribute bands from Argentina to Turkey are to blare out their greatest hits to 150,000 fans and a remixed, renovated version of the Beatle cartoon is getting its world premiere.

Fifteen Beatle songs are being released from the film on the same album for the first time. Even a Eurostar train is to head under the Channel between England and France in special Yellow Submarine livery.

"Thirty years ago, through 'Yellow Submarine,' The Beatles sent a message of peace and love around the globe,'' said Liverpool City Council leader Mike Storey.

"The Beatles sent a message of love and peace around the globe. Now in the last summer of the century Liverpool is ready to be part of relaunching that positive message.''

The sixties animated classic film has been digitally restored and finished in sensurround. The submarine is ready to set sail again through psychedelic seas to save Pepperland from the music-loathing Blue Meanies.

Among those attending the premiere will be its scriptwriter Erich Segal, famed above all for the best-selling "Love Story.''

At the time, he was a professor of Greek and Latin at Yale University, totally wrapped up in his academic studies and unaware of the Beatles phenomenon.

"When the producer told me this film would be a big deal because Sergeant Pepper had already sold three million albums, I was so hermetically sealed in my academic world that I said 'Er, Mrs Pepper must be very happy','' he recalled.

The title song has been translated into several languages including Yiddish and Latin. For those wishing to singalong in Latin, the chorus is "Vivimus in navi lutea, in navi lutea, in navi lutea.''

Paul McCartney recalled how the idea for the song came to him. "I was just drifting off to sleep and there's that nice twilight zone when you drift off. I remember thinking that it would be a good idea to write a children's song,'' he said.

"I thought of images and the color yellow came to me and a submarine came to me and I
thought 'That's kind of nice, like a toy, very childish yellow submarine.'''

And with all the hype surrounding the relaunch of Beatlemania, the merchandising marketeers are determined not to miss out on the bandwagon -- they are offering everything from Yellow Submarine baby bibs to boxer shorts.

By Maria Breslin, PA News

Fab Four fans from across the globe were coming together today as the 1999
International Beatles Week gets under way.

The highlight of the festival, this year officially backed by the band for the
first time, is a world premiere screening of the revamped Yellow Submarine
film.

According to tradition the music extravaganza kicks off in London with a party,
featuring top US Beatles' cover band A Hard Day's Night, at The Rock Garden, in
Covent Garden.

But on Thursday the scene switches to Liverpool, the original home of the music
legends, for six days of Beatlemania.

Tribute bands from as far afield as Argentina, Brazil, Norway, Poland and
Venezuela have been booked to entertain the hundreds of thousands of music-mad
fans expected to flock into the city.

Other events include a Paul McCartney tribute concert at the fame school he
helped found, a Beatles flea market and auction and a party with former Beatle
Pete Best at the Casbah Club where the "fab four" played their first gigs long
before the days of the legendary Cavern.

International Beatles Week comes to a climax on Bank Holiday Monday, which has
been officially dubbed Yellow Submarine Day in Liverpool.

Up to 150,000 fans from 40 countries, 180 bands from 15 nations and TV and
media from across the continents are expected to party in the streets at the
last big Beatles festival of the century which will see their music performed
non-stop for eight hours.

The event coincides with a free festival at the historic Pier Head, hosted by
independent Liverpool station Radio City, featuring acts such as former Take
That frontman Gary Barlow, chart-toppers Phats and Small, and the Brand New
Heavies.

At neighbouring Chavasse Park The Last Summer of Love festival, which
celebrates the music of sixties' legends, is expected to welcome One Flew Over
the Cuckoo's Nest author Ken Kesey.

Tickets for the premiere screening of the revamped Yellow Submarine at the
Liverpool Philharmonic Hall have already sold out.

The new version, which has not been shown in cinemas since The Sixties,
includes footage cut from the original 1968 film.

The screening will be followed on September 14 with the release of a new Yellow
Submarine album featuring 15 digitally remastered and remixed Beatles songs
from the film.

Mike Storey, leader of Liverpool City Council, said: "We are very proud and
excited to be welcoming the world to this celebration of The Beatles and their
music.

"Thirty years ago, through Yellow Submarine, The Beatles sent a message of
peace and love around the globe. Now, in the last summer of the century,
Liverpool is ready to be part of relaunching that positive message through
Yellow Submarine Day."

c. 1999 Press Association

Company Press Release

The Film That Took the '60s
Generation on a Fantastical Beatles
Voyage Returns to the Big Screen --
"Yellow Submarine"

Commemorating MGM Home Entertainment's Sept. 14 Video and DVD
Release, Screenings Will Be Held in Key Markets Nationwide

SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 24, 1999-- Theaters Feature DTS Sound Systems To Showcase

Digitally Renovated Picture and Remixed Soundtrack

With 5.1 Dolby(TM) Surround Sound

The landmark film that captured audiences in 1968, The Beatles' ``Yellow Submarine'' returns to the silver screen in celebration of MGM Home Entertainment's video and DVD release on Sept. 14.

Appearing in select markets, including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston and San
Francisco, among others, Yellow Submarine will be shown in specially selected theaters featuring DTS Sound Systems to showcase the film's new, digitally renovated picture, remixed soundtrack with DTS Digital Sound, and the fully animated song, ``Hey Bulldog,'' which was not included in the original 1968 film.

The videocassette and DVD will launch simultaneously with the release of the remastered and remixed Yellow Submarine songtrack CD from Apple Records.

Proclaimed ``The most stupendous animation feat in decades'' (The Los Angeles Times), Yellow Submarine will soon be available on videocassette for $19.98 and DVD for $29.98 and features the Fab Four's classics, ``All You Need Is Love,'' ``Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds,'' ``Eleanor Rigby,'' ``Nowhere Man,'' and ``Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band,'' among others.

"Yellow Submarine'' screenings

Dates and locations of ``Yellow Submarine'' screenings are outlined below.

CITY                THEATER          DATES

New York         Union Square     Sept. 10-17
Los Angeles     Nuart                  Sept. 3-9
Chicago            Music Box          Sept. 10-16
Boston              Brattle                Sept. 1-9
San Francisco   Castro                Sept. 3-15
Minneapolis     The Uptown        Sept. 3-9
Seattle              Egyptian             Sept. 1-16
San Diego        The Hillcrest       Sept. 10-16
Denver             The Esquire        Sept. 10-17

Film Synopsis

The Beatles psychedelic voyage aboard their fantastic Yellow Submarine is the legendary rock group's only full-length, animated feature of wildly colorful and imaginative fantasia. The adventure begins in Pepperland, where the despicable Blue Meanies have declared war on all that is good -- especially music. The Fab Four vow to save the day with some tuneful ammunition of their own, including Beatles classics ``Nowhere Man,'' ``When I'm Sixty Four,'' and of course, the title song.

Yellow Submarine Special Edition DVD

The Yellow Submarine widescreen DVD includes a behind-the-scenes featurette, audio
commentary, music-only track, video and audio interviews with the filmmakers, behind-the-scenes photos, and three storyboard sequences including two that were not featured in the film, among other added-value elements.

MGM Home Entertainment controls the home video and DVD rights to the largest library of filmed entertainment in the world. The company manages worldwide home video and DVD distribution rights to United Artists and current Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer theatrical releases, as well as titles from the Orion, Goldwyn and PolyGram libraries, totaling more than 5,000 films. For more information about MGM Home Entertainment, its products and services, access MGM Online at http://www.mgmhomevideo.com.

Note to Editors: For art and screener/DVD requests, contact the request hotline at 310/477-4647 ext. 750 or by fax at 310/478-7914

Contact:

     MGM Home Entertainment, Santa Monica
     Steve Wegner, 310/449-3372
     swegner@mgm.com
          or
     BENDER/HELPER IMPACT
     Shawna Lynch or Julia Simmons, 310/473-4147
     shawna_lynch@bhimpact.com
     julia_simmons@bhimpact.com

The show premieres on: Tuesday 9/14/99 - 7:30pm ET/PT

Repeats: Sunday 9/19/99 - 12:30pm ET/PT;  4:30pm ET/PT
                Thursday 9/23/99 - 12 noon ET/PT

(08/22/99) More details on the Liverpool Beatles Convention that takes place during the Yellow Sub celebration:
1 - No bootleg vendors allowed.

2 - The video provider has been prohibited by MPL from showing any material prior to 1989! (In anticipation of the upcoming "Wings Anthology" one would assume).

3 - Only officially sanctioned items available for sale at the vendor stalls
(Apple reps could possibly nick your stuff...).

Have fun....if you still can!

(08/16/99) Capitol Record's "Yellow Submarine" press kit lists an incredible number of items. Some of the more esoteric: baby bibs, fabric playmats, alarm clocks, squishy keychains, hand-held toys, Quiksilver snowboarding wear, surf wear, backpacks, snowboards and sunglasses, boxer shorts, tea pot and cup sets, mini disc holders, cell phone ringer lights, 3-D mugs, bookends, finger puppets and comics. And that's only a partial list.

This site has scans from Capitol / EMI’s new release catalogue for Sept. 14th, 1999 detailing the release of the “Yellow Submarine Songtrack”.

(08/16/99) Saturday, Britain's Express newspaper had an interview with Paul, George and Ringo about the remastering of Yellow Submarine . MOST INTERESTING QUOTE: About the audio remixes, Paul says, "The sound is brilliant and the music very fresh. When they first made 'Yellow Submarine,' you didn't have things like Surroundsound, so it was kind of flat. But they've taken advantage of modern techniques and it sounds good. On 'Eleanor Rigby,' it sounds like you're in the string quartet."

One other piece of news:  Audio versions of the Yellow Submarine remixes are already circulating via bootleg.

(08/12/99) "Yellow Submarine" Promo CD: A digipak promo CD sampler for the reissued "Yellow Submarine" containing four songs -- "Hey Bulldog", "Yellow Submarine", "Eleanor Rigby" and "It's All Too Much" -- will ship on Aug. 19. (08/23/99) Update: The 4 track Promo CD (DPRO-7087) with full color cover has Geoff Emerick credited as the original engineer with Peter Cobbin as remix engineer.

(08/05/99) “We All Live In A Yellow Train?”: A London-to-Paris train that travels under the English Channel will be repainted with “Yellow Submarine” graphics to promote the reissue of the 1968 animated movie.

The surviving Beatles - Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr - are paying more than $160,000 to transform the Eurostar train. Hundreds of yards of plastic panels painted with psychedelic cartoons from the movie will be used to remake the 18 carriage train, which will make its first three hour journey on September 8th.

A spokeswoman for Eurostar confirmed the painted train would be one of the fleet which
regularly travels through the Channel Tunnel. She added: "We have been in discussion for some time with companies who want to use the marketing opportunities of the trains, and this will be the first one." Update:(08/06/99) According to a "Rolling Stone" article, the quarter mile long train will be traveling at a speed of 186 miles per hour! In the same article, Beatles spokesperson, Geoff Baker commented "It's going to be f---ing huge, like a piece of traveling art." According to Baker, the outside of the train may be just the beginning, "We're trying to get a Blue Meanie to drive it."

(08/04/99) From Matt Hurwitz, Publisher, "Good Day Sunshine Magazine":

 Hi, all--

    I've just returned from a screening of "Yellow Submarine" at
    MGM's screening theater here in Los Angeles. They showed me
    the entire film, in Dolby 5.1 Surround, in some spots switching back
    and forth between the new print and an original print, with its old
    mono soundtrack. Needless to say, it was like black and white (or
    should I say "blue" and white).

    I had forgotten what a truly wonderful film this was. It's completely
    entertaining from beginning to end. And for those of us who grew
    up in the 60's, it brings back that amazing feeling of creativity and
    freedom that, for the most part, came whenever a new Beatles
    project was released.

    Besides the sharp images and bright colors (one can see the brush
    strokes on some of the cels in spots, it's that clean), the real highlight
    is the Surround sound mix. In the beginning, one hears the crowd of
    Pepperlanders rushing past you, trying to escape the Blue Meanies.
    The Glove emits a great roar and flies about the theater. And as the
    Yellow Submarine takes off with Old Fred to find help, it too flies
    behind and around the viewer.

    But the real treat is hearing The Beatles' music in Surround. During
    "Yellow Submarine," John's "A life of ease. . . " bits seem to come
    from everywhere, as do the effects sounds in the song. During "All
    Together Now," you'll feel like you're part of the crowd, singing
    along with the chorus on all sides in a full theater (there were only
    four of us watching this screening, but it still seemed like the theater
    was full!). And, most amazing, was to hear "Only a Northern Song"
    in, not just true stereo for the first time, but in Surround, the
    glascenda (that tinkling percussion instrument heard throughout)
    clearly separated in the back, with each band member's instrument
    nice and clear. Just amazing.

    And, of course, to finally get to see (and hear) "Hey Bulldog" in all
    its glory was terrific.

    "Yellow Submarine" will be shown in *nine* theaters around the
    country, shortly before MGM's release of the video and DVD on
    September 14.

    These theaters are (current dates from MGM as of today):
    --Boston: The Brattle - 9/1 to 9/9
    --Seattle: The Egyptian - 9/1 to 9/16
    --Los Angeles: The Nuart - 9/3 to 9/9
    --San Diego: The Ken - 9/3 to 9/9
    --San Francisco: The Castro - 9/3 to 9/15
    --Minneapolis: The Uptown - 9/3 to 9/9
    --Denver: The Esquire - 9/10 to 9/17