Posted by whynotsmile99 at 24-205-35-62.gln-eres.charterpipeline.net on January 13, 2003 at 23:38:29:
In Reply to: The Beatles. (from CNN.com) posted by Le Grande Illusion on January 13, 2003 at 23:29:29:
: I don't think this has been discussed yet...and to me it's important. I guess the world of music has been crazy the last month...with the deaths' of Strummer, and Gibb, Pedophile Pete Townshend, and, the finding of some 500 Beatles tapes...with unreleased songs. (crossing fingers for their release)
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: 'Original Beatles' tapes recovered
: Friday, January 10, 2003 Posted: 1:43 PM EST (1843 GMT)
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: LONDON, England (AP) -- Police raids in England and the Netherlands have recovered what could be about 500 original Beatles' tapes that were stolen in the 1970s, including some never-released tracks by the Fab Four.
: British police said on Friday the tapes were "priceless" and that the only recordings from them that have ever been heard before were on bootlegs.
: Dutch police, who recovered all the tapes in the Netherlands, agreed, but said their analysis of the material was still under way.
: A total of five people were arrested in separate police raids in England and in Holland. Their names were not immediately released.
: The tapes contain what are known as the "Get Back" sessions that were to be an album in 1969 before the project was shelved. Instead, some of the songs, including "Get Back" itself, became part of the "Let It Be" album, said London police.
: For many devoted fans and collectors, the original reel-to-reel tapes would be a valuable, wonderful recovery by Apple, the Beatles' record company. Over the years, pirate copies had turned up in Britain, continental Europe and the United States.
: The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry led the investigation in consultation with London detectives. They first identified suspects who were thought to have been involved in the theft and handling of the tapes. Further inquiries across Europe led to the joint operation by British and Dutch police.
: Two people were arrested in West London on Friday, and three at an undisclosed location south of Amsterdam, police said.
: "This is a good example of how an international multiagency approach by both the private sector and police agencies can combat offenses of this nature," Detective Inspector Paul Johnston said in London.
: In Amsterdam, prosecutor spokesman Robert Meulenbroek said: "We're currently investigating whether they really are the originals, but it appears to be so. There are about 500 tapes, so there's quite a bit to research."
he looks more like albert fish than the great guitar god that he is