Beatle news briefs: Quarrymen documentary to be released in PAL format on DVD

October 26, 8:47 PMBeatles ExaminerSteve Marinucci

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"The Quarrymen: The Band That Started the Beatles" a documentary DVD about the original Quarrymen, will be released Dec. 1 in PAL (and apparently not NTSC, which is the American TV format). Many American players will not play PAL so make sure yours does before you order this. We're trying to find out if it will be released in NTSC. It's available for pre-order through a German outlet. The film was first broadcast in June on Star Club TV in June. It features interviews with Colin Hanton, Len Garry and Rod Davis, three original members of the Quarrymen,  It also includes newly discovered photos of the day John met Paul at the St Peter’s Church Fete in Woolton, Liverpool, together with live footage of a modern-day concert by the remaining Quarrymen and the sound of their first new single for over 50 years - “Never Stop Rockin’ ‘n’ Rollin’”.

We received a note from someone who said they saw Julian Lennon backstage at the U2 concert in Pasadena.

If you go to the site for the book "Monsterstermania: Meet the Brittles," which we reviewed here, you'll hear the proposed theme song for a possible cartoon series based on the books.

Interesting, if obviously wrong, listing for a concert Dec. 24 in New York's Central Park. Notice the incorrect spellings and the strange McCartney biography. And Paul will be in Europe, anyway.

An album containing signatures by the Beatles and the Rolling Stones will go on auction in the UK, reports the BBC. 

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