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5 hours ago
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- Yahoo
How ‘Beatles ‘64' Remastered the Legendary Band's Live Performances for New Documentary
At this point, restoring famed Beatles performances is familiar territory for Giles Martin. The producer, son of legendary 'fifth Beatle' George Martin, has worked on Fab Four material for nearly 20 years since he first oversaw the music with his father on Love — the 2006 Beatles Cirque du Soleil show — subsequently producing everything from anniversary editions of albums to the so-called 'last Beatles song' with 2023's 'Now and Then.' More from The Hollywood Reporter How 'The Day of the Jackal' Team Brought a "Semi-Derelict" Border Building Back to Life: "This Was a Huge Undertaking" 'Awards Chatter' Pod: Seth Rogen on 'The Studio' and How It Was Shaped by 'Freaks and Geeks,' 'Superbad,' 'The Green Hornet' and the Sony Hack How Costumes From Shows Like 'Emily in Paris' and 'Sirens' Illustrate That Fashion, Like Friendships, Is Complementary and Competitive Now, Martin has secured his third Emmy nomination for sound mixing for his work on the documentary Beatles '64, and he's looking to earn a second victory following his 2022 win for The Beatles: Get Back. This latest nomination is both affirming and surprising, Martin tells THR, given that it's one of the most technically difficult archival Beatles projects he's taken on to date. 'The material we had, as far as audio quality goes, was so bad, and we had to do so much work to make it listenable,' he says. 'The fact that it's being recognized at all is a surprising and a massive honor.' The same machine-assisted-learning tech that powered Peter Jackson's Get Back and 'Now and Then' went into Beatles '64, with Martin pulling 60-year-old live recordings from the earlier days of Beatlemania and meticulously extracting individual stems of Ringo Starr's drums or John Lennon's vocals and enhancing them while looking to keep their authentic sound. 'What's fascinating is we couldn't have done this work, say, two years ago, [until] what we did with Jackson's team and Get Back,' Martin says. 'It's a bit like knowing there are amazing artifacts beneath the soil in Pompeii, and scanning them and seeing if you can bring them to the surface. That's the kind of work we're doing.' Martin likens the job to time travel, calling the process both fascinating and 'a bit eerie.' He recalls one moment pulling vocals on Lennon from their 1964 Washington, D.C., concert at the Washington Coliseum: 'I was thinking to myself, 'Well, this is slightly unnatural because these vocals I'm hearing could've only existed if you were right next to his mouth that day.' ' Martin emphasizes that the work 'has to be done for a reason,' given the responsibility that comes with restoring the archives. Overall, the goal is to have a subtle enough touch that no audience would notice he did much at all. 'If I'm playing you a mix I've done, the last thing I want you to think about is what my mix was like, that it sounds like me — that's how you know it wasn't done right,' he says. 'I want you to just think about how the song makes you feel.' This story first appeared in an August stand-alone issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. To receive the magazine, click here to subscribe. Best of The Hollywood Reporter MTV VMAs: 27 of the Awards Show's Wildest Moments of All Time From 'Party in the U.S.A.' to 'Born in the U.S.A.': 20 of America's Most Patriotic (and Un-Patriotic) Musical Offerings Most Anticipated Concert Tours of 2025: Beyoncé, Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar & SZA, Sabrina Carpenter and More Solve the daily Crossword
Forbes
06-08-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
The Beatles Continue To Defy Time On The Charts
The Beatles rarely experience a slow week on the charts in the United Kingdom, the band's home turf, but some frames show an extra boost attached to the group's catalog. Right now, the most successful rockers of all time are climbing across both song and album tallies, with multiple titles from different eras enjoying another exciting frame. 1967–1970 Leads the Way for Beatles Albums Among the group's many full-lengths, 1967–1970 is the biggest winner this frame. The late-career-spanning compilation improves to No. 64 on the Official Albums chart, while on the Official Albums Streaming list, it also rises, moving to No. 50. The set has now spent 121 weeks on the main albums tally and 116 on the streaming chart — an impressive run for a collection first released in the mid-'70s. 1962–1966 Scores a Double-Digit Gain The companion set 1962–1966 also makes gains, though its rise comes on just one list. The release jumps 11 spaces to No. 88 on the Official Albums Streaming chart after nearly falling away last frame. The title, which gathers early Beatles tunes, has only spent about half as many weeks on the streaming ranking as 1967-1970 has. Early Beatles Singles Climb on Multiple Tallies Three Beatles tracks appear on U.K. song rankings this frame, and two of them land on more than one chart. 'I'll Get You' rises to No. 15 on the Official Physical Singles chart and to No. 13 on the Official Vinyl Singles list. 'All My Loving' moves up on both tallies as well, lifting to No. 17 on the physical ranking and No. 14 on the vinyl-specific roster. 'Now and Then' Remains Historic, Despite a Drop The only Beatles track currently charting that slips this frame is 'Now and Then.' The single, marketed as the final from the outfit, falls nearly 20 spots to No. 75 on the Official Physical Singles chart, but it holds as the only one of the group's current entries to have reached No. 1 on the lists on which they all appear at the moment. It's also the longest-charting of the bunch, as it reaches its eighty-first week on the tally.
Los Angeles Times
10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
Paul McCartney announces new U.S. arena tour, his first since 2022
Paul McCartney is hitting the road for his first North American tour since 2022. After a brief, frenzy-inducing run at the relatively tiny Bowery Ballroom in New York, McCartney announced a new slate of arena and stadium dates Thursday that will hit most of the U.S. — but not Los Angeles just yet. The tour kicks off with its only Southern California-area date, at the Acrisure Arena in Palm Desert on Sept. 29, before moving to Las Vegas and beyond. Tickets will go on presale (if you register at McCartney's website) on July 15 at 10 a.m., with a general on sale beginning July 18. The tour is a new leg of his long-running 'Got Back' run that covers the whole of his catalog, from the Beatles, Wings and solo material. McCartney most recently won a Grammy for rock performance for 'Now and Then,' the single billed as the final Beatles track, which was recovered from demos with the help of cutting-edge mix technology.
New York Post
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr reflect on ‘special' bond as only living members of The Beatles
They get by with a little help from each other. Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr are looking back on their decades-long friendship as the only surviving members of The Beatles. The duo reflected on their 'special' bond in a profile of Starr in The New York Times published on Wednesday, July 2. Advertisement 7 McCartney and Starr have been the last Beatles standing for nearly 25 years. AP 'With John and George not here, I think we realize nothing lasts forever,' McCartney, 83, said. 'So we grasp onto what we have now because we realize that it's very special.' The Beatles were active from 1960 until the four-piece rock band formed in Liverpool broke up in 1970. Advertisement McCartney and Starr, 84, were joined by John Lennon, who was shot and killed in 1980 at age 40, and George Harrison, who died from lung cancer in 2001 at age 58. 7 The Beatles were active from 1960 until they broke up in 1970. Bettmann Archive The pair have been the last Beatles standing for nearly 25 years. 'It's something hardly anyone else has. In fact, in our case, it's something no one else has,' McCartney continued. 'There's only me and Ringo, and we're the only people who can share those memories.' Advertisement In December 2024, McCartney and Starr reunited on stage for the first time in five years during the final night of McCartney's 'Got Back' tour. 7 McCartney and Starr reunited on stage for the first time in five years in December 2024. REUTERS Starr joined McCartney at London's O2 arena to perform Beatles hits 'Helter Skelter' and 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.' 'Should we rock? Get on your kit,' McCartney said as Starr appeared. Advertisement At the end of the show, Starr said, 'It's fantastic, playing with me old mate, but there comes a time when we've got to go home. All that remains to be said… I've had a great night, and I love you all.' 7 McCartney and Starr released 'Now and Then' in 2023. Getty Images McCartney told The New York Times that even though 'Helter Skelter' is an 'out-and-out rocker,' he found himself getting 'a little bit emotional.' In 2023, McCartney and Starr released 'Now and Then,' billed as 'the last Beatles song.' Originally written and recorded by the late John Lennon before his death, the track was completed with the help of AI, which was used to refine the 'Imagine' singer's vocals. 7 'Now and Then' earned the band a Grammy for Best Rock Performance at the 2025 awards. Getty Images The final version earned the band a Grammy for Best Rock Performance and a nomination for Record of the Year at the 2025 awards. Starr also recently admitted that McCartney was the reason the 'Twist and Shout' band released so much music. Advertisement 'Because of Paul, who was the workaholic of our band, we made a lot more records than John and I would've made,' Starr told Dan Rather for AXS TV. 'We liked to sit around a little more and then Paul would call, 'All right lads,' and we'd go in.' 7 The Beatles are set to get the silver screen biopic treatment. AFP/Getty Images The Beatles are the latest musical act set to get the silver screen biopic treatment — in four separate films. Directed by Sam Mendes ('1917' and 'Skyfall'), each installment, together titled 'The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event,' will focus on one member of the iconic group. Advertisement The cast of the biopic series was announced at CinemaCon 2025 in Las Vegas. 7 Harris Dickinson, Paul Mescal, Barry Keoghan and Joseph Quinn will portray the iconic British rock band in the upcoming biopic series. Ilaria Urbinati / Instagram Paul Mescal will play Paul McCartney, Barry Keoghan will play Ringo Starr, Harris Dickinson will play John Lennon and Joseph Quinn will play George Harrison. All four movies are set to hit theaters in April 2028.
Winnipeg Free Press
31-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Winnipeg Free Press
Technology helps resurrect late bandmate's vocals for debut LP
The Beatles were back in the news in November 2023 when a raw demo recorded by John Lennon in the late 1970s finally saw the light of day, thanks to artificial intelligence and a little help from his friends. Using audio technology director Peter Jackson pioneered during production of the acclaimed 2021 Beatles documentary Get Back, surviving members Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr were able to isolate Lennon's vocals for the song Now and Then by eliminating all background noise, including a spotty piano accompaniment. The pair next headed into the studio to add newly recorded instrumentation to their late mate's singing voice, the culmination of which was a fresh-sounding track that turned out to be the first Beatles composition in 53 years to top the Billboard charts. Lloyd Peterson is the owner of Paintbox Recording, a full-service studio at 600 Shaftesbury Blvd. that has hosted the likes of Fred Penner, Begonia and the Dirty Catfish Brass Band. In addition to being intrigued with the Now and Then project from a professional standpoint, Peterson also began to wonder whether he and his longtime collaborator Chris Maxfield could utilize the same creative high jinks, to assist them with a set of amateur recordings they'd been holding onto for 40-plus years. Daniel Crump / Free Press Maxfield (left) and Peterson spool up Go Jetter's original 1979 reel-to-reel recordings. On May 13, following months of trial and error, Peterson and Maxfield unveiled From the Word Go, the debut album from Go Jetter, the band they formed in 1979 in London, Ont., with their pal Rob 'Iggy' Morningstar, who died by suicide in 1983. 'It's really hard to describe how fulfilling it was to bring this record back to life,' Maxfield says, seated next to Peterson in Paintbox Recording's reception area, where the digital release's lead single, the uptempo rocker Tuesday Night in the Morning, is playing in the background. Peterson chimes in, saying there were definitely moments during the last year that were 'just magical,' as they played along — Peterson on guitar, Maxfield on drums — to Iggy's vocals and keyboard/bass lines, which they'd successfully wrested from a grainy reel-to-reel tape, using essentially the same AI app as the ex-Beatles. 'There Chris and I would be, counting a song in, and then Iggy would start singing through our headphones. We'd look at each other and be like wow, this is exactly how it was, 46 years ago.' Peterson and Maxfield became friends while attending Westlane Secondary School in Chippawa, a community in Niagara Falls, Ont. They met Morningstar during their second year of high school, after he moved to Chippawa from Prescott, Ont. 'He could play guitar, he looked like David Bowie… right away we were asking ourselves, 'who the heck is this guy?'' Maxfield says, crediting a Sam the Record Man employee for granting Morningstar the nickname Iggy, for a coif resembling that of Stooges lead singer Iggy Pop. Supplied Rob 'Iggy' Morningstar died by suicide in 1983. Peterson and Maxfield had already belonged to their share of upstart bands when they approached Morningstar to see if he'd be interested in jamming with the two of them. Sure, came his response, and in Grade 12, the trio entered a talent contest at their school, billing themselves as Dallas Cooper, a colourful unit that covered the catalogue of — you guessed it — Alice Cooper. After graduating in 1977, Peterson briefly attended the University of Guelph, before moving to Winnipeg, where his parents had relocated. In early 1979 he received a call from Maxfield, who let him know that he and Morningstar intended to form a new group, with the goal of writing and recording original material. Peterson announced he was in. They settled into a rented house in London, having chosen that burg simply because none of them had ever set foot there before, and they were seeking an entirely new adventure — one fuelled largely by popcorn and roll-your-own cigarettes. 'We had this 'cutting edge' two-track technology, so what we did was record guitar, drums and vocals on one track, then play that back and add flute, bass and synthesizer,' Peterson says, mentioning they adopted the moniker Go Jetter after a dog, Jetter, Morningstar brought home one afternoon as a surprise. 'We were just kind of making it up as we went along; it was basically us putting down ideas — beginnings, middle eights, endings — that would evolve into full-fledged songs,' adds Maxfield, noting because their musical influences were all over the map, from the Clash to Steely Dan to Gordon Lightfoot, the outcome was everything from 'punk blasts' to more folk-tinged arrangements. Daniel Crump / Free Press Lloyd Peterson jams with fellow Go Jetter bandmate Chris Maxfield, in Peterson's Winnipeg Studio, Paintbox Recording. When they weren't writing and recording, Go Jetter performed live here and there around the southern Ontario city. But after neglecting to pay the rent for a prolonged period, they received what Maxfield calls an official-looking letter from their landlord, instructing them to pack their belongings and vamoose — a set of circumstances that sealed the fate of Go Jetter. 'It's really hard to describe how fulfilling it was to bring this record back to life'– Chris Maxfield In the wake of the band's demise, Peterson and Maxfield moved first to Toronto, then later to Winnipeg where they helped form the Cheer, an upbeat foursome that enjoyed a modicum of success during the 1980s. Meanwhile, Morningstar headed to Ohio, where he joined the post-punk outfit the F Models. Peterson remembers getting set to board a van in December 1983 to leave for a Cheer show in Thompson when he received a call from Morningstar's brother Randy, to let him and Maxfield know their chum had been found dead, two days before his 25th birthday. 'If somebody gets taken from you at such a young age, they're always going to be the person you knew when you were 20; you're never going to see them grow old,' Peterson states, running a hand through his hair. 'Like lots of people, Iggy was complicated and had a lot of stuff to overcome in his life, but in his heart he was an entertainer, and he was very talented when it came to music.' Daniel Crump / Free Press Recording pro Lloyd Peterson was inspired to revisit Go Jetter's '70s recordings after AI tech helped resurrect John Lennon's vocals from a rough demo. Peterson and Maxfield remained in touch after the end of the Cheer in 1989. Peterson eventually moved over to the production side of things — he established Paintbox Recording in the mid-2000s — while Maxfield forged a successful career as a travel executive and currently, as the owner of his own communications firm. In January 2024, Peterson and Maxfield were out for breakfast when the topic of the aforementioned Beatles documentary came up. Specifically, they discussed back and forth how the producers had been able to clean up the Fab Four's old recordings by extracting individual vocal, guitar and drum tracks from existing tapes — an action Peterson equated with removing the flour or baking powder from an already-prepared biscuit. 'There Chris and I would be, counting a song in, and then Iggy would start singing through our headphones. We'd look at each other and be like wow, this is exactly how it was, 46 years ago'– Lloyd Peterson 'I did a bit of homework and found the applicable AI app,' Maxfield says. 'I happened to have a Go Jetter song on my phone and after running it through the app, I had this eureka moment… I couldn't believe we'd be able to pull Iggy's vocals out and rebuild the song, if that's what we chose to do.' One song turned into two, two became four, until the pair had successfully recreated 11 Go Jetter tunes from a quarter-inch tape marked 'Go Jetter, Summer of '79.' (Thinking ahead, Peterson also commissioned a local production crew to film the goings-on for what turned out to be a nearly nine-minute-long documentary augmented with grainy snapshots of the three of them, taken with a 'crappy, $15' Instamatic camera.) Prior to the album being released on streaming services, Peterson and Maxfield were in touch with Morningstar's siblings, who joyfully gave the undertaking their blessing. They also heard from Morningstar's adult nephew, who contacted them from his home in Alberta. Supplied The band in 1977, before they were Go Jetter 'He was too young to have known his uncle — he'd only heard stories about him through his mom — and he was really excited to learn more about Iggy, from Lloyd's and my perspective,' Maxfield says. Every Second Friday The latest on food and drink in Winnipeg and beyond from arts writers Ben Sigurdson and Eva Wasney. For obvious reasons, Peterson and Maxfield don't have any plans to play live shows as Go Jetter, though attendees at a June 14 show at Blue Note Park, featuring a resurrected Cheer alongside Monuments Galore and Chocolate Bunnies From Hell, may be fortunate enough to hear one song off the LP From the Word Go. 'There were so many times we wished Iggy could have been a part of this and we're thinking of playing Minor Sins from the new album, a fresh one written years after he died, all about him and our time together,' Peterson says. 'It will be our tribute to him from the surviving Go Jetter members, carried on by the Cheer,' Maxfield adds. Supplied From left, Chris Maxfield, Lloyd Peterson and Rob 'Iggy' Morningstar perform together 40-plus years ago. For more information, go to David Sanderson Dave Sanderson was born in Regina but please, don't hold that against him. Read full biography Our newsroom depends on a growing audience of readers to power our journalism. If you are not a paid reader, please consider becoming a subscriber. Our newsroom depends on its audience of readers to power our journalism. Thank you for your support.
