Hulu, which has the rights to show the new Ron Howard-directed Beatle film Eight Days A Week – The Touring Years, has begun uploading some extracts ahead of it being available to stream live from September 17.
There are five of these so far. First up is “How The Beatles Fought Segregation”:
Also, “When Paul Met John”:
A Whoopi Goldberg memory of seeing the Beatles at Shea Stadium:
The Beatles describe their writing process:
And a very fast fan summary of who they like best, and why:
Meanwhile, over at the official Eight Days A Week website there’s now a downloadable podcast featuring Giles Martin, the producer who supervised the audio for both the film and the new compact disc:
Of course, the best way to see Eight Days A Week: The Touring Years will be on the big screen in the cinema where, as a bonus, the film will be accompanied by screenings of a newly restored version of The Beatles At Shea Stadium – 30 minutes of rare footage from the historic 1965 concert:
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Eight Days A Week: The Touring Years premieres in cinemas in the U.S. on September 16, in the U.K., France, Germany and Australia on September 15, and in Japan on September 22.
They were a two-man band hailing from the town of South Shields in England. Bill Elliott and Bob Purvis wrote all their own material, were produced by George Harrison, and were joined on this album by Harrison (on guitar, mandolin, bass, harmonium and percussion and using the pseudonyms Hari Georgeson, P. Roducer and Jai Raj Harisein), as well as the likes of Klaus Voormann (bass), Billy Preston (organ), Jim Keltner (drums) and Gary Wright (piano).
As you can see from the images above, the book contains the music for twelve songs, scored for small groups:
The other find is of only mild interest, but at only $2.00 who could resist?
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