Beatles will release new album to mark opening of Las Vegas extravaganza
By Hugh Davies
(Filed: 10/04/2006)

An album by the Beatles featuring "completely new music" is in production and will be released to coincide with the first authorised theatrical show of the group's work.
     
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The Beatles ‘did with words what Cirque de Soliel do with images’

After decades of wariness about how to handle their hit legacy on stage, a summer opening in Las Vegas is planned for the extravaganza, with the acrobats of the Cirque du Soleil interpreting the songs.

Neil Aspinall, the head of Apple Corps, the Beatles' record label, said the show was an ambitious project with "a huge investment". "It involves the creation, by the re-mixing and re-mastering of the Beatles' recorded performances, of completely new music, which will be featured in the show, and which should lead to the release of the show album." The producers will have the pick of the Beatles' catalogue, which has long been protected. read full article

Hmmmmm - it'll be interesting to see what 'new' Beatle album they issue, I suspect it'll be re-mixed as per the Yellow Submarine SONGtrack.

I must admit, the idea of paying $134 to see acrobats swinging in time to Hey Jude leaves me cold!!

Me too.
But Mr. Kite and Helter Skelter could be interesting!

I'd like to watche them doing their summersaults to Revolution No 9  
This is Vegas for you.

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Hmmmmm - it'll be interesting to see what 'new' Beatle album they issue, I suspect it'll be re-mixed as per the Yellow Submarine SONGtrack.

I must admit, the idea of paying $134 to see acrobats swinging in time to Hey Jude leaves me cold!!

Ah yes, me too Alan, but  "A splendid time is garaunteed for all".......sorry I couldn't help myself.

I'll be in the bar!!!

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I'll be in the bar!!!

meet you there Al  

Hmm. Well, this should be interesting.

Many of us are waiting for that new unknown material that EMI's still got in the vaults ... any other stuff -I'm afraid- won't be exactly new ...

... How about that Carnival Of Light and those other tracks and alternative takes (Helter Skelter and so) ... Anthologies 4, 5 and 6 now!  

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I'll be in the bar!!!

or on the floor of it if you're too late......

Ha ha - yeah, not far from it now - must go to bed - it's now 3:12 am in my land!

I wish they'd make a computer generated Beatles animated movie instead. That'd be cool. And it would introduce them to a whole new generation. Not that every generation doesn't get introduced to them eventually anyway. It'd just be cool to do another Yellow Submarine type thing. I don't know why they're wasting time with the Cirque De Soliel. I'd rather stick needles into my eyes then watch that crap.

Ye I've fought of a kinda 'Yellow Submarine' sequel, maybe 'Across The Universe' or something like that.

A new Beatles movie would be cool, but NOT computer animated. CGI is a slap in the face to all traditional artists. And besides, it won't look as impressive years from now. The lava in Aladdin, the ballroom scene in Beauty and the Beast- these looksed cool in the earlt nineties, but they look pitifully amateurish now. CGI is impressive now; traditional animation is impressive forever.

END OFF-TOPIC RANT.

Not Beatles, Paul and Ringo will release a album a soundtrack album.

Does anyone have any idea when this will be released?

This is to do with the Cirque du Soleil soundtrack I think - from what I've heard so far, it sounds like George Martin and his son Giles have re-mixed a lot of tracks specially for this.

Have a "sneak preview" here:

http://www.cirquedusoleil.com/CirqueDuSoleil/en/showstickets/love/intro/intro.htm

I was hoping we would get a live album like someone mentioned earlier in the thread. I dont want a C.D. of the same songs remixed again.

I think this is shaping up to be really interesting, they've got the right people in to do the job. Good luck to everyone involved.

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Does anyone have any idea when this will be released?

In September

with our luck, it'll probably just some of the boots we've been trading but offically released.