FEB 4 2026 - Saluting former Canadian Prime Minister
STEPHEN HARPER (๐จ๐ฆ PM, 2005-2016) - Beatles fan before he was PM, & beyond. Official portrait unveiled "Yesterday" in Ottawa. Includes personal WITH THE BEATLES coffee mug (left). Painting will join portraits of all previous PMs of Canada. Nice. ๐
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JAN 30 2026 - HAPPY BEATLES ROOFTOP DAY ! The final Beatles concert of all took place on the rooftop of 3 Savile Row - on a frosty afternoon OTD in 1969. The final Beatles set EVER, lasted approx. 42 minutes & included Get Back, One After 909 & God Save The Queen. "Hamburg Rooftop" 1961 ! ๐
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JAN 22 2026 - Loved the early UK Beatles EPs for their sleeves & Tony Barrow liner notes ! EP format never caught on in Canada in 1964-67 period. Expensive to manufacture & priced at a premium. Singles were 79 cents while EPs were 1.39. Only one Beatles EP was issued in Canada (MAY 1964). ๐
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FAB photo. I interviewed Toronto-born photographer Douglas Kirkland for The Beatles In Canada book "The Evolution 1964-1970" (DEC 2025) about his time snapping photos of Lennon (with new fisheye lens) at Almeria, Spain (1966). Douglas's story & pix featured on p. 165-6. ๐
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JAN 19 1963 - FIRST GLIMPSE OF BEATLES ? Performing PLEASE PLEASE ME on UK ABC/ITV show 'Thank Your Lucky Stars', broadcast SAT JAN 19. First impression ? They were quirky and different - but I liked them straight away. Followed the evolution and exploits for next seven FAB-filled years ! ๐
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SEP 1965 - BOBB'N'HEAD BEATLES FIGURINES ! Manufactured circa 1964 ? Mail order from Montreal, perhaps almost a year later. Original cardboard mailer box 'franked' (post office dated) Montreal SEP 22 1965 (22 IX 1965). Not seen a set in original package in many years. * image courtesy H. Bouchard ๐
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JAN 15 2026 - It's still snowing in Toronto ๐จ๐ฆ this morning. Oh, what a SNOW DAY to look forward to ! ๐
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SEP 13 1999 - YELLOW SUBMARINE SONGTRACK album issued in Canada; linked with 1999 "re-release" of 1968 animated feature film Yellow Submarine. The SONGTRACK excludes the FAB George Martin orchestral music from the JAN 1969 Apple album, in order to include more Beatles songs from the film. ๐
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JAN 13 1969 - The Beatles' YELLOW SUBMARINE album is issued on 8-Track tape & LP formats in ๐จ๐ฆ. Capitol issues both formats on the new Apple label. Two NEW George Harrison songs - It's Only A Northern Song & It's All Too Much - and George Martin's Pepperland Suite - make this very special. ๐
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NOV 1964 - Months following the PEAK of BEATLEMANIA! in Canada, the BRITISH INVASION nears its peak as well. THE PRETTY THINGS enter 1964's year end charts with their first & best Canadian single - DON'T BRING ME DOWN. They play edgier R&B than The Rolling Stones and their HAIR is longer. ๐
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AUG 1966 - Two NEW mono Beatles songs for 88 cents ? Then package the new double A-side single in a Beatles picture sleeve. FAB ? ๐
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JAN 7 2026 - Wishing (the only) "Official Beatles Biographer" ... HUNTER DAVIES ... a very Happy Birthday today ! ๐
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FEB 1970 - THE BEATLES AGAIN / HEY JUDE comp LP issued in Canada ๐จ๐ฆ & USA on APPLE. Inc. Paperback Writer & Rain. Like cover of Abbey Road LP from OCT 1969, there's NO mention of The Beatles. Many Canadian LPs ship with Apple-themed HYPE STICKER. The Apple sticker is much sought after now. ๐
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MAR 10 1964 - BOB DYLAN appears on CBC TV program QUEST. Dylan appears on TV screens in Canada just as Beatlemania! is taking off, following three successive Sunday night appearances on CBC's ED SULLIVAN SHOW. The weekly CBC TIMES this week in 1964 reports of a "folk song resurgence" ! ๐
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JAN 5 2026 - WINTER BLAHS ? It's SNOWING here in Toronto this morning ... so thoughts look forward to SPRING. Approx. eleven weeks to go until the first day of SPRING (*MAR 20, Equinox). ๐
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JAN 3 2026 - The Evolution 1964-1970 BLUE book ... is featured in today's print edition of Saturday @thestar.com ... along with other Canada McCartney & Beatles news. Order BLUE books online in North America at www.thebeatlesincanada.com or in the UK at omnibuspress.com/products/the... ! ๐
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YouTube video by Brightmoon Liverpool
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JAN 2 2026 - Watch new "Origins Of Beatlemania!" RED book and "Evolution 1964-1970" BLUE book interview, with Liverpool UK's Fab historian DAVID BEDFORD. ๐
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGEn...
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The Beatles in Canada: The Evolution 1964-1970
The definitive history of the Beatles in Canada, starting in 1964 and winding in detail all the way through to mid 1970
JAN 1 2026 - UK followers will be able to ADVANCE ORDER copies of The Beatles In Canada: THE EVOLUTION 1964-1970 (BLUE) book ... via Omnibus Press (UK) after tomorrow at the link below. ๐ ๐
omnibuspress.com/products/the...
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