
"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!
"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:
Yellow
Submarine Promo CD-ROM Press Kit
includes full color graphics from the film,
song listings, text interviews, movie info, press releases,
merchandising
info, and more.
Yellow
Submarine Promo CD
includes all tracks from the "Yellow
Submarine
Songtrack"
Yellow
Submarine Promo Package
includes YS
Press
Folder with full color die cut folder, 2
full
color character photo cards, and 7 pages of Yellow Submarine movie
facts,
story synopsis, press release, and merchandising info all printed on
Yellow
Submarine letterhead;
a full color digipak 4
track promo CD (DPRO 7087) featuring 1)
Hey
Bulldog, 2) Yellow
Submarine,
3)Eleanor Rigby, and 4) It's All Too Much;
and a Yellow
Submarine Promo CD-Rom Press Kit
(see
above)
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
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
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in San Francisco
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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
--New York: The Union
Square
- 9/10 to 9/17
--Chicago: The Music Box
- 9/10 to 9/16
The digital Surround
soundtrack
is, of course, available on the DVD,
if one has a home theater.
But, as someone who's seen it in a
theater, I can tell you,
it's nothing short of a crime for MGM to have
done all of this work to
bring this classic film back to life, and have
so few of us see it on
the big screen where it belongs. Most people
don't have or can't afford
to purchase home theater equipment, so
for the most part, the
great amount of the effort and months of work
on the film will go
unnoticed
by those of us who will be watching it
on, at best, a 20"
television
screen.
MGM still needs to hear
from each of you who want to be able to
see "Yellow Submarine"
at a theater near you (or, perhaps more
importantly, to share it
with your kids who never saw it). If you
would like to have "Yellow
Submarine" come to your town, please
write me a letter or e-mail
- addressed to "Dear MGM" (not written
to GDS, in other words),
and I will personally deliver it to the
appropriate executives
at MGM. Let them know how much it
means to you to see it
on a big screen and enjoy it the way it was
meant to be seen. It's
still not too late to get it out there.
Send to:
Dear MGM
c/o Good Day Sunshine
P.O. Box 661008
Mar Vista, CA 90066-9608
or e-mail: GDS1964@aol.com
Matt Hurwitz, Publisher
Good Day Sunshine Magazine
(08/04/99) New Yellow Sub Links: The Beatles Yellow Submarine: IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS from the Hieronimus And Company website; TIM BRENT'S YELLOW SUBMARINE PAGE ; The Reel Beatles: Feature Presentation: Yellow Submarine (Reissue) and The Reel Beatles: "Yellow Submarine" (Original) ; Nothing Is Real (theme page) ; BLOCKBUSTER VIDEO: Yellow Sub Video Clip for other details on the video release, go to the BLOCKBUSTER VIDEO main page and do a search for "Yellow Submarine".
(08/01/99) In partnership with "CANOE" and "eNow", EMI Canada is offering the following "Yellow Submarine" contest . PLEASE NOTE: This contest is open only to Canadian residents (see "Rules and Regulations"):
"This September, after a thirty-year wait, the all-time classic psychedelic Beatles project the "Yellow Submarine" finally resurfaces. To celebrate, you could win:
The
Grand Prize
*An all-expenses paid trip for 2 to London, England
(from any major Canadian gateway) to be part of the
International Yellow Submarine Week Bash.
(*itinerary subject to change)
The
Second Prize
A DVD player, a new Yellow Submarine DVD and a
soundtrack CD.
The
Third Prize
Yellow Submarine DVDs and soundtrack CDs.
To
qualify,
stay tuned to eNow Saturday's at 5:30 on CTV and CIVT
in
Vancouver to find out the eNow skill testing trivia question.
INTERNATIONAL BEATLE YELLOW SUBMARINE WEEK
The
winners of the competition to take part in a 7 day package which
is
available through Cavern City Tours. It is a fantastic package which
*includes
many events featured around the International Beatle
Week.
(*itinerary
subject to change)
The
following is a brief summary of the events throughout the whole
week.
WEDNESDAY 25TH AUGUST
Arrive
London Airport - because the various competition winners
would
arrive at different times it would be impossible to co-ordinate all
of
them being met at the airport. We therefore suggest that all
winners
make their own way from the airport to the hotel where they
will
officially register as a group for the 7 days at the YELLOW
SUBMARINE
DESK WHICH WILL BE SET UP AT THE FORUM
HOTEL
IN GLOUCESTER ROAD. From the moment they arrive at
the
Hotel all competition winners will be transported by coach as a
group
and they will remain as a group until their final tour in Liverpool
on
Tuesday 31st August.
In
the evening they will visit the Rock Garden, a famous live music
venue
where they will join a Beatle party featuring five Beatle bands
from
around the world.
THURSDAY
26TH AUGUST
Tour
around London's famous landmarks followed after lunch by a two
hour
walk around London's Beatle sights. They will return to the hotel
with
their tour guide using the London tube system. In the evening
they
visit the famous Abbey Road Studios and will participate in a
recording
session in Studio 2. A recording of the session will be sent
to
each person at a later date. Return to the hotel and rest of evening
free.
FRIDAY
27TH AUGUST
Depart
for Liverpool. In the evening they will be treated to a full
Beatles
Tribute Show. After the gig the fun continues in the Adelphi
night
club (ticket included in price)
SATURDAY
28TH AUGUST
Trip
to a Beatle auction at the famous Paul McCartney fame school.
After
the auction there is a party at the Casbah Club where the
Beatles
played their earliest gigs. Pete Best, one of the original
Beatles
will be present and there will be several bands from all over
the
world playing throughout the afternoon. Later in the evening at the
Royal
Court Theatre, John Lennon impersonator Gary Gibson will
perform
- not to be missed!
SUNDAY
29TH AUGUST
So
much going that it will be impossible to see or do everything.
There
are interviews and guest appearances together with Europe's
largest
Beatle flea market, films, videos, exhibitions and special
events,
plus the whole day is underpinned by the finest Beatle music
from
live bands. The fun continues at the Adelphi night club in the
evening.
MONDAY
30TH AUGUST
The
fantastic Mathew Street Festival - the region's top outdoor festival
featuring
up to 150 bands and artists in a day. The whole event is
underpinned
by Beatles music and this year the festival itself is
called
THE YELLOW SUBMARINE MATHEW STREET FESTIVAL.
There
will be a Yellow Submarine outside stage featuring Beatles
music
and the whole day is dedicated to the launch of the newly
enhanced
Yellow Submarine Songtrack and Film by Apple, EMI and
MGM
Films. There will be a world premiere of the film at the
Philharmonic
Hall followed by Lenny Pane, one of the world's top
tribute
bands - they will showcase the new Yellow Submarine
Songtrack.
Follows a VIP Party at the Adelphi Club.
TUESDAY
31ST AUGUST
Magical
Mystery Tour of Liverpool's Beatle sights ending at the
Cavern
Club where it all began, featuring Instant Karma, Liverpool's
premier
Lennon tribute band performing some songs he never played
live
- the show is labeled The Show That Lennon Never Gave'. This is
followed
by a farewell party.
RULES & REGULATIONS
This contest is open to all Canadian (only) residents excluding those who are employees of EMI Music Canada and their advertising and promotional agencies, and members of their respective immediate families.
1. No purchase necessary to enter this contest. To enter, complete the entry form on the EMI Music Canada website, located at www.emimusic.ca. To be eligible, entries must be completed and received on or by August 21th at the allocated timeslot for CTV's E-Now in your local area. Entries that are incomplete will be disqualified. All entries shall become the property of EMI Music Canada. EMI Music Canada shall not be responsible for entries lost, misdirected or delayed. Entries received by phone, courier or dropped off in person will not be accepted by EMI Music Canada.
2. There will be 3
prizes
awarded, consisting of:
-1 *Grand Prize of an all
expenses
paid trip for 2 to London England (from any major Canadian gateway).
(*itinerary subject to change)
Approximate value of prize is $10,000
-1 secondary prize
consisting
of 1 DVD player, 1 DVD and 1CD of the Yellow Submarine release.
Approximate value of prize is $800
-third prizes consisting od DVD's and CD's.
Approximate value of each prize is $20.00.
3. Winners will be selected in a random draw from all eligible entries received. The draw will take on August 21st, 1999 at the studios of CTV Television Inc.. Winners will be notified via e-mail or phone within 24 hours after the draw. If a selected entrant cannot be reached within this time, or does not claim his/her prize before August 23, 1999 or does not meet all the contest conditions, another entrant will be selected from the remaining eligible entries. To win, the contestant must correctly answer a time limited, skill-testing question.
4. This offer is void where prohibited by law. Chances of winning are solely dependant on the total number of eligible entries received. This contest is subject to all federal, provincial and municipal laws and regulations and participation in the contest indicates acceptance of all contest rules and regulations.
5. The decisions of the contest judges are final. Prize must be accepted as awarded and cannot be exchanged for cash. The prize winner has the sole responsibility of paying any taxes connected to the prize. By entering the contest, entrants or parent/legal guardian of entrant if under the age of majority, consent to the use of their names, city of residence, photograph and/or image on video tape for publicity purposes in all mediums carried out by EMI Music Canada without payment or compensation.
6. EMI Music Canada accepts no liability or responsibility in connection with any injuries, loss or damage of any kind arising out of this contest or the prize.
7. No responsibility
will
be taken for any failure of the website during the promotion or for any
problems or technical malfunction of a telephone network or lines,
computer
on-line systems, servers, access providers, computer equipment,
software,
failure of any e-mail, on-line or Internet entry to be received by EMI
Music Canada on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on
the Internet or at any website, or any combination thereof including
any
injury or damage to an entrant's or any other person's computer related
to or resulting from playing or downloading any material in the
promotion.
EMI Music Canada reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel
or suspend the Internet portion of this contest should a virus, bug or
any other cause beyond the reasonable control of EMI Music Canada
corrupt
the security or proper administration of the contest. Any attempt to
deliberately
damage any website or to undermine the legitimate operation of this
promotion
is a violation of criminal and civil laws, and should such an attempt
be
made, EMI Music Canada reserves the right to seek remedies and damages
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Entries
are subject to verification and will be declared invalid if they are
illegible,
mechanically reproduced, mutilated, forged, falsified, altered or
tampered
with in any way.
These interesting and informative articles from the "Animation
World Magazine" website places the production of the Beatles' "Yellow
Submarine" film in an historical perspective:
The
Beatles' Yellow Submarine Turns 30: John Coates and Norman Kauffman Look
Back
by Karl Cohen
The
Creators of The Beatles' Yellow Submarine: Where Are They Now? by
Robert
R.
Hieronimus,
Ph.D.
The Beatles Launch A NEW Yellow Submarine!!!!
Attention Beatles Fans!!
THE WORLD PREMIERE of the
new
Yellow Submarine movie will be screened in Liverpool in August - as
part
of a huge Yellow Submarine festival for more than 100,000 fans.
Liverpool
Council is to declare Bank
Holiday Monday, August 30th,
Yellow Submarine Day - as the city centre
turns yellow for 24 hours.
Organisers
Cavern City Tours say they expect
fans from 35 countries to
attend
the event, which will be staged to the
sound of 180 bands singing
Beatles
songs in the city.
More than 40 sound stages
for
bands will be built in pubs, clubs and
restaurants all over
Liverpool.
Major streets in the city centre will
be closed to traffic as five
other large sound stages - including a
huge Yellow Submarine stage
in front of the Town Hall - are being built
for an open-air blitz of
Beatles
songs. As part of the day some of the
biggest names from the
contemporary
pop scene will perform for an
audience of 40,000 at a
concert
at Pier Head to mark the 25th birthday
of the Liverpool radio station
Radio City. The concert will also
feature an impressive tribute
to The Beatles and Yellow Submarine.
The climax of the day will
be
the first public screening of the newly-
restored Yellow Submarine
movie.
The new movie has been especially
enhanced and visually
renovated
and will be screened with 5.1
Surroundsound at The
Philharmonic
Hall. The new version of Yellow
Submarine, which has not
been seen theatrically since The Sixties,
also includes footage cut from
the original 1968 film. "The new movie
looks and sounds as it has
never
been seen and heard before", said a
spokesman.
Mike Storey, Leader of
Liverpool
City Council, said: "We are very proud
and excited about welcoming
the world to this annual celebration of The
Beatles and their music. Mr.
Storey added: "Thirty years ago, through
Yellow Submarine , The Beatles
sent a message of peace and love around
the globe. Now, in the last
summer of 1,000 years, Liverpool is ready
to be part of relaunching that
positive message through Yellow
Submarine Day".
The Liverpool premiere of
Yellow
Submarine will precede the worldwide
release of the Beatles movie
on home video and DVD (release date:
September 14th).
Alongside the home video
and
DVD release will be the launch of a new
Yellow Submarine album.
The new album (release date - September 14th)
features 15 Beatles songs from
the film - the first time that all the
Beatles songs from the movie
have been released on one album. Also for
the first time, all the songs
on the new album have been digitally
remastered and remixed.
"The original Yellow
Submarine
soundtrack featured just six Beatles
songs and the rest of the
album
was orchestral music from the movie
performed by George Martin's
orchestra. However, the new Yellow
Submarine songtrack will
contain
15 Beatles songs - it's the trippiest
Beatles album ever and it is
just what the fans have been asking for
for 30 years", said a
spokesman.
THIRTY YEARS after it first
set
sail through Seas of Holes and Time and
Nowhere to save the world from
Blue Meanies, The Beatles are
relaunching their Yellow
Submarine
- as you've never heard it before.
The Beatles are to release
a
new Yellow Submarine album - different
from the soundtrack of the
voyage
that was sailed in the Sixties. The
new Yellow Submarine songtrack
is the new Beatles album that fans have
been asking for since 1969.
For the first time fans are
to
get a chance to hear 15 of The Beatles
songs that featured in the
movie
- and hear them as they've not been
heard before as the entire
songtrack
has been not only digitally
remastered but also remixed..
The original Yellow
Submarine
soundtrack of 1969 included just six
Beatles songs - the other half
of that album featured music from the
movie performed by the George
Martin Orchestra.
The new album features:
Yellow
Submarine, Hey Bulldog, Eleanor Rigby,
Love You To, All Together Now,
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, Think For Yourself, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely
Hearts Club Band, With A Little Help
From My Friends, Baby You're
A Rich Man, Only A Northern Song, All You Need Is Love, When I'm 64,
Nowhere
Man, It's All Too Much.
The new Yellow Submarine
songtrack
- released by Parlophone & Capitol
Records - will surface in
record
stores on September 14th. All aboard
for the trip of your life.
For all the latest Yellow
Submarine
news stay tuned to
http://hollywoodandvine.com/yellowsubmarine
The Beatles - Yellow Submarine Songtrack
C21Q/C41L - 21481
Streetdate: 9/14/99
RC/RC Exempt!!!!
Overview:
Get ready to take the trip of your life!
The Beatles Yellow Submarine is an all new Songtrack from the classic motion picture. Containing fifteen remastered Beatles songs from the movie, this is definitely not a reissue or re-release but a brand new collection that will certainly be a must have for Beatles fans young and old. This is the first time any Beatles songs have been remastered and the new sound will amaze Beatles aficionados and music fans with it's depth and clarity. Coinciding with Capitol's release of the Yellow Submarine Songtrack on September 14th, MGM will release the home video and DVD of the film. If that weren't enough, there will be new Yellow Submarine merchandise in the market for the first time. Sony Signatures and Quicksilver will be introducing all new Yellow Submarine clothing lines, Schwinn will be releasing a limited edition Yellow Submarine bike and that's just some of the cool Yellow stuff that will be exciting Beatles fans around this release. The US Postal Service will release a special Yellow Submarine stamp in September as well.
The Yellow Submarine movie has been off the market for years and it's re-entry combined with the new Songtrack and cool new merchandise will certainly be a major event! So get ready for Beatle-mania to return to your record store, this time with old friends the Blue Meanies, The Glove, Young Fred and of course, The Fab Four.
P.O.P.
Pre-release Posters and Window acetates 1X1s
Posters
Dump bins
Mobiles
Publicity:
A major press offensive is already underway starting with George Harrison's interview in the June 19 issue of Billboard magazine. An EPK will be delivered to national and local news and entertainment outlets. The EPK will contain rare new interview footage of Paul, George and Ringo discussing The Yellow Submarine. Expect reviews and features in dailies, weeklies and monthlies, as well as on TV as the campaign rolls out. As with all Beatles release this will be a major press event!
Advertising:
A significant ad campaign will be launched by MGM to support their video and DVD. Capitol Records will launch an extensive advertising blitz including print in national magazines like Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, and Playboy. Announcement ads will be placed the Sunday before street date in the NY Times and LA Times as well.Radio and TV buys will be placed in the top ten Beatles' markets, starting the week before street date and street week. Ad mats, TV spots, and radio spots will be available for use on a local level as well.
New Media:
In addition to Beatles information being available at hollywoodandvine.com, an official Beatles web site is under construction. E-mails will be sent to Beatles fans through the net. An extensive banner advertising campaign will be launched in early September highlighted by the revolutionary "Toggle This". Web surfers will click on the banner and Blue Meanies will "invade" their computer. To get rid of the little blue trouble makers you simply send them to a friend. "Toggle This" will be the talk of the web and lead people to find out about the Yellow Submarine release.
Radio:
Selected tracks off the Yellow Submarine Songtrack will be serviced to all radio formats. Radio on-air promotions will happen at Classic Rock, Oldies, Hot AC, and CHR formats. Ad buys on the radio will alert listeners to this special release.
Video:
VH1 will partner with Capitol Records to increase awareness of this project by airing "The Making of Yellow Submarine", a half hour special TV show that is sure to be one of the highest rated VH1 programs this year. VH1 will also be serviced with the music sections of the film to air in their regular video programming.
Retail:
Instore play will be a large part of our retail campaign as well as an aggressive price and position campaign that will let consumers easily find the Yellow Submarine up front at retail. Instore visibility will be secured through a variety of P.O.P. elements. Sony Signatures and Quicksilver will make their merchandise available for sale at record retail enhancing instore visibility.
Marketing:
In addition to all of the above, pre-release screenings of the movie will take place in the top fifteen markets and on College campuses upon street date. The US Postal Service will release a special Beatles Yellow Submarine stamp on September 17. Press conferences to announce the stamp will take place in Liverpool and the US at the end of August.
Track Listing:
(The new Songtrack will be listed next to the original version so
you can see what a great new Songtrack this is).
New
Songtrack
1999
Old Soundtrack 1967
(for reference only)
Yellow
Submarine
Yellow Submarine
Nowhere
Man
Only A Northern Song
Eleanor
Rigby
All Together Now
Love To
You
Hey Bulldog
All Together
Now
It's All Too Much
Lucy In The Sky
With
Diamonds
All You Need Is Love
Think For
Yourself
Pepperland*
Sgt. Pepper's
Lonely
Hearts Club
Band
Sea Of Time*
With A Little Help
From My
Friends
Sea Of Holes*
Hey
Bulldog
Sea Of Monsters*
Only A Northern
Song
March Of The Meanies*
All You Need Is
Love
Pepperland Laid Waste*
When I'm
64
Yellow Submarine In Pepperland*
Baby You're A Rich
Man
* = George Martin score
It's All Too Much
Liverpool hosts huge Beatles
festival
on
August 30
World premiere of new Beatles movie "In the
Town
Where I Was Born"
One hundred and fifty thousand people, fans from 40 countries and TV and media from 34 lands will party in Liverpool on Monday, Aug. 30 when the city hosts a huge festival to celebrate Yellow Submarine Day.
The massive Beatles festival, organized in conjunction with Liverpool City Council and Apple Corps., will see 180 bands from around the world playing Beatles music non-stop from 12 noon to 8.00 p.m.
The event will climax with the world premiere screening of the new "Yellow Submarine" movie, now renovated and restored and remixed in 5.1 Surroundsound.
Yellow Submarine Day will be the last -- and largest -- Beatles party of the century; organizers are planning to accommodate a crowd of around 150,000.
Liverpool City Centre will be closed to traffic by police as the town is turned yellow for the day. Bands will perform in every pub, club and restaurant and also on five large outdoor stages.
The principal stage in Castle Street, in front of the Town Hall, will be the Yellow Submarine stage. From here, various photo opportunities and media events will take place. The Lord Mayor of Liverpool and a six-foot Blue Meanie (!!) will declare Yellow Submarine Day from this stage at 12.00 Noon.
At 8.00 p.m. (doors open at 7.00 p.m.), the world premier of the renovated and remixed "Yellow Submarine" movie will be held at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall. This premiere is already sold out. The new version of "Yellow Submarine," which has not been seen theatrically since the Sixties, includes footage cut from the 1968 film. It looks and sounds as it has never been seen or heard before.
The Liverpool premiere will precede the worldwide release on
September
14th of "Yellow
Submarine" on home video and DVD. A new "Yellow Submarine" album
will also be released on September 14th featuring 15 Beatles songs from
the movie; the first time that all the Beatles songs in the movie have
been released on one album. All of the songs have been digitally
remastered
and remixed. The original '60s "Yellow Submarine" soundtrack featured
just
six Beatles songs. The rest of the album was orchestral music from the
movie performed by the George Martin Orchestra. The new "Yellow
Submarine
Songtrack" will contain 15 Beatles songs. It is the trippiest Beatles
album
ever and just what the fans have been asking for for 30 years.