They May Be Parted

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Hey, I’m Dan Rivkin and I’ve been writing about the Beatles’ Get Back sessions since 2012 at theymaybeparted.com.

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OTD, July 20, 1969: A big day in the history of the Beatles' Let It Be film. At the same moment mankind made a giant leap on the moon, the stars of the film sat in place to screen a long working cut of the film. (1/3)

He's the greatest, and you better believe it, baby! To celebrate Ringo Starr's 84th, here's my annual birthday card - delivered with peace and love - looking at his life as it straddled 1968 & '69 and the profound effect the period had on his life since 🎂🥁 theymaybeparted.com/2017/07/07/t...

TMBP Extra: Oh what joytheymaybeparted.com With birthday posts previously produced for Paul McCartney, John Lennon and George Harrison, it’s about time we righted a wrong, and completed the set with the man born as Richard Starkey. Like the ot...

Appropriate for today. From the entry of the terrific Liverpool Beatles Museum.

I’ve been lax in my Bluesky posting. Today’s as good as any to get on track - it should be a holiday. OTD 67 yrs ago, John & Paul met, and the sun started shining brighter. From deep in the TMBP archives: Viewing July 6, 1957, through the lens of January 1969: theymaybeparted.com/2013/07/06/t...

TMBP Extra: Fête accomplitheymaybeparted.com Author's note from July 6, 2017: I originally wrote this several years ago. Unlike the other posts on this blog, to which I try to limit any changes, I've come back to this one a few times, rewritten ...

OTD 54 years ago - May 13, 1970 - Let It Be arrives in theaters dotting the US without any glitzy premiere. Right before Get Back came out in 2021, I wrote at length about the extended lead-up and aftermath of the release of the original film: theymaybeparted.com/2021/11/22/t...

TMBP Extra: That road beforetheymaybeparted.com As a film, Let It Be has more backstory than story. In Beatle-time, the 15-plus-month turnaround from the end of their January 1969 sessions until the film’s release in May 1970 was simply a glacial p...

Outstanding job by the Beatles to get the sky to look like Twickenham for the Let It Be promotional push

NEW! A guide to Let It Be: The Beatles at Twickenham The Let It Be film isn't the linear experience we get in Get Back. I've already written about the context of every scene at Twickenham, so this guide compiles what happened when and dives into the story theymaybeparted.com/a-guide-to-l...

A guide to Let It Be: The Beatles at Twickenhamtheymaybeparted.com Unlike the 2021 Get Back docuseries, the original Let It Be film (1970, restored in 2024) is non-sequential in its portrayal of the Beatles' January 1969 sessions. Here's when each of the scenes happe...

Here’s to good friends, tonight is kind of special 🍺

It’s a day for Let It Be ‘24, but also let’s wish happy 54th to the LP, 1st released May 8, 1970 (in the UK). A soulful, spirited & emotional compilation, imperfectly perfect. Read about, perpetually, at theymaybeparted.com.

NEW POST! TMBP Extra - Then and now On the Let It Be film, and why it matters. theymaybeparted.com/2024/05/07/t...

TMBP Extra: Then and nowtheymaybeparted.com It’s spring 2024 A.D., and when we last saw the Beatles, they were vanishing before our eyes in the “Now and Then” video, ascending to Pepperland, probably. In the moment, it was a powerful and tidy c...

OTD in 1964: "Around the Beatles," a variety show that was an occasional talking point during the Get Back sessions as the group tried to plan a TV special in January 1969, was broadcast in the UK. I took an extremely deep dive into the show a few years ago: theymaybeparted.com/2016/08/31/t...

TMBP Extra: Around the Beatlestheymaybeparted.com In this space, one post from now, you’ll see this quote from Paul McCartney as he describes a new idea for the January 1969 live show: It’s a bit like "Around the Beatles." By early 1969, the nearly f...

The Beatles: Rehearsing, recording, rapping, relaxing, philosophizing, creating. A lovely homage to the original trailer youtu.be/sHxl6eDYLUs?...

Let It Be | Official Trailer | Disney+youtu.be See The Beatles like never before.Let It Be, fully restored for the first time, is streaming May 8 only on Disney+.

Happy Record Store Day! If you’re like me and killing time waiting in line, stick in your headphones, tune your podcast machine to the Record Store Day podcast and listen to me talk Beatles in an episode from last November!

Endless thanks to @pulmyears.bsky.social for bringing me aboard the Record Store Day podcast to talk on and on about the new Beatles song! Listen now (or when you can!) 🎧

And now official: Let it Be will stream on Disney+ starting May 8, the 54th anniversary of the release of the original Let It Be LP release. From the No mention of physical release. Peter Jackson restored from original 16mm film, sound remastered with MAL tech. www.thebeatles.com/let-it-be-last

“LET IT BE” – AT LAST | The Beatleswww.thebeatles.com News - 14 April 2024

Seems like the right time to reshare this, which I first wrote on the eve of Get Back. Remembering what it was like to wait for Let It Be (the first time): theymaybeparted.com/2021/11/22/t...

OTD ✍️ April 14, 1970: Letter from Paul McCartney to Allen Klein, on The Long and Winding Road. "In the future no one will be allowed to add to or subtract from a recording of one of my songs without my permission."

Postscript ⚽️

April 10, 1970: "Spring is here and Leeds play Chelsea tomorrow and Ringo and John and George and Paul are alive and well and full of hope. The world is still spinning and so are we and so are you When the spinning stops – that'll be the time to worry. Not before."

“If the Beatles don’t exist, you don’t exist” - Derek Taylor, April 10, 1970 🧵⬇️

I wasn’t expecting my library hold of the Peter Brown book to arrive on release day, but they came through and saved me the money and effort of buying it (for now). So away we go! 📖

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NEW POST! Jan. 14: Morning, Paul! Morning, Rich! Gather 'round the Blüthner with a couple Beatles for a story of 4 songs (but really 3) written by 4 people (but really 2) - a jazz improv, mammoth ballad and future solo anthem that started out as a "skit." 🎹 theymaybeparted.com/2024/03/29/j...

Jan. 14: Morning, Paul! Morning, Rich!theymaybeparted.com This time, Paul McCartney’s line was delivered with a smile: “And then there was one.” It was up to the viewers of the 2021 Get Back docuseries more than 50 years later to make out the invisible wink ...

HAPPY OPENING DAY! Let's indulge in the two very best things: The Beatles and Baseball. There are more connections than you may think! From a piece I wrote a couple years back for MLB.com (my day job): www.mlb.com/news/top-bea... #OpeningDay #LFGM

All you need is glove: The Beatles and baseballwww.mlb.com During their first extensive tour of the United States in late summer 1964, while hosting a press conference before playing at Municipal Stadium – the home of the Kansas City A’s -- the Beatles were a...

Celebrating what would have been Aretha Franklin's 82nd birthday🎂 From the TMBP archives, when Paul McCartney said he was writing "Let It Be" to give to the Queen of Soul: theymaybeparted.com/2017/03/14/j...

Jan. 8: Let it be herstheymaybeparted.com Mid-afternoon on January 8, 1969, at Twickenham Film Studios, Paul McCartney sat at a piano and microphone and ran though

Happy birthday, Pattie Boyd! 🎂

Linda Eastman and Paul McCartney wed 55 years ago today, March 12, 1969, after months of rumors. It was a lovely romance, and a marriage that lasted nearly 3 decades. Here's a brief thread, starting with a segment from the Wingspan doc 👐💍 www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2w3...

Wingspan Paul and Linda McCartney Documentarywww.youtube.com

Some nights, when you’re writing about January 1969, you need to reread the Flaming Pie liner notes 🔥🥧 🍺

“I’m going to put ‘Wild Honey Pie’ on my Spotify playlist and listen to it when I do my homework. It’s the best song ever. Just kidding, but it’s pretty good, and I’m going to add it right now.” - My 11-year-old, a few minutes ago

Today would have been George Harrison's 81st birthday in the material world (or maybe it was just yesterday). Here's a repost of my little birthday card to George, revisiting his deeply vibrant period between his 25th & 26th birthdays, from February 1968-69 🎂🎸🕉 theymaybeparted.com/2016/02/25/t...

TMBP Extra: Since he fell out of the wombtheymaybeparted.com Over the years, we've celebrated the birthdays of Paul McCartney, John Lennon and Ringo Starr, looking back at the periods straddling the big days in 1968-1969. Today it's George Harrison's turn. It m...

Meanwhile, it’s my 13-year-old’s 8th grade concert, the “Night of Rock.” My boy is repping the family brand - they played a 1964 Beatles medley🍏 (I’m posting during intermission, it’s OK!)

It was 55 years ago today on Feb 22, 1969 - about 3 weeks post-Roof - the Beatles & Billy Preston were marvelously loud at Trident in their first recorded stab at "I Want You (She's So Heavy)", the blurry line between end of Get Back sessions and start of Abbey Road. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvT4...

I Want You (She's So Heavy) (Trident Recording Session & Reduction Mix)www.youtube.com Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupI Want You (She's So Heavy) (Trident Recording Session & Reduction Mix) · The BeatlesAbbey Road℗ 2019 Calderstone...