The Beatles

Statue of Eleanor Rigby made from used banknotes goes on display in Liverpool

A sculpture of Eleanor Rigby made of £1m of used bank notes has gone on display in Liverpool. Created by Liverpool-born sculptor Leonard Brown, the five foot two inch figure of the fictional star of the Beatles song of the same name is made of thousands of shredded £5, £10 and £20 notes, which were supplied by the Bank Of England in the form of pellets.

The Beatles’ engineers forced to make new master to save original “sticky, sludgy” Please Please Me tapes

The original tapes for The Beatles' Please Please Me are becoming "sticky" and "sludgy" – so much so that Abbey Road engineers working on the new Beatles In Mono vinyl set have been forced to make a new master for the album.

Richard Lester on filming The Beatles’ A Hard Day’s Night: “The fans had got hold of hacksaws…”

Director Richard Lester, actress Pattie Boyd, extra Phil Collins and choreographer Lionel Blair, among others, recall the filming of The Beatles’ A Hard Day’s Night in the new issue of Uncut, dated September 2014 and out now.
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