Beatles news briefs: 'Pirates' star meets Macca's kids; the day Paul met Linda

Note: We deferred this from its usual time because of the historic Quarrymen post. We plan to do another Beatle News Briefs roundup late tonight for tomorrow.)

On this date in 1967, Paul McCartney and Linda Eastman met at a Georgie Fame concert. He recalled it in an essay he wrote for Times Online.

"I can still recall our first meeting. It was at a London club, the Bag O’ Nails, when Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames were playing one night. Across a crowded room, as they say, our eyes met and the violins started playing – but they were drowned out by, of all people, Georgie Fame. Another northerner. There was an immediate attraction between us. As she was leaving – she was with the group the Animals, whom she’d been photographing – I saw an obvious opportunity. I said: “My name’s Paul. What’s yours?” I think she probably recognised me. It was so corny, but I told the kids later that, had it not been for that moment, none of them would be here. Later that night, we went on together to another club, the Speakeasy. It was our first date and I remember I heard Procol Harum’s A Whiter Shade of Pale for the first time. It became our song. " 

-- Paul McCartney

A student from Maghull in Liverpool will play Pete Shotten, John Lennon's longtime friend, in "Nowhere Boy," the film about Lennon's early life, reports the Liverpool Echo.

We recently stumbled upon the above YouTube video of Mary McCartney taking pictures of Keira Knightley in a Red Nose Day t-shirt.

We've been told by a source at EMI that the mono remasters will only be in the box set and not available individually.

A Beatles inspired Mini-Cooper will be donated to charity, reports CNET News. The car is to celebrate the maker's 50th birthday.

The next podcast of of "Just Four Guys" will be "Beatle Songs That Don't Have the Song Title Within the Song Itself."  It's available at http://justfourguys.blogspot.com/.

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