Beatle news briefs: Remasters trailer isn't a taste of Beatles music to come

April 8, 11:22 PMBeatles ExaminerSteve Marinucci

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  Think that Beatles remastered trailer has remastered music?
  Think again. (Copyright Apple Corps Ltd. 2009.)

In case you were wondering, the trailer for the remastered albums on the Beatles website does not contain remastered music, we've been told. But it does have "Please Please Me" and  "Eight Days a Week" in stereo and a glimpse at what the remaster packages might look like. But both those songs have been out in stereo. It's just been a while that the UK mixes have been available legitimately.

ZDNet and ScanSafe have reports that Paul McCartney's official website at www.paulmccartney.com was infected with malware last week on the eve of the David Lynch benefit concert. The ZDNet and ScanSafe stories go into some technical details. The UK Independent quoted a McCartney spokesman as saying the problem has been fixed.

Ahead of next week's ceremony in Hollywood honoring George Harrison, his sister Louise talked with the UK Mirror and shared some early pictures of her baby brother.

The New York Times ran an op-ed commentary Wednesday on the remasters by Verlyn Klinkenborg.

We published a column Wednesday morning with some additional comments about the remasters, including a funny David Letterman-style top 10 list on the subject.

 Les Fradkin, who played George Harrison in the original cast of "Beatlemania," has just released a limited edition five-song EP called "The White Single" with five instrumental versions of Beatle songs played with his Starr Labs Ztar MIDI Guitar and Fender "Rocky" Stratocaster. The songs are "Back in the USSR," " The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill," "Birthday," "Savoy Truffle" and "Goodnight." The disc is available at http://www.cdbaby.com/lesfradkin19 and will soon be on iTunes. In addition, on April 25, Fradkin will be featured on the "Tangerine Dream Fan Zone" Dream of Peace Special, hosted by Chris Newman, with Yoko Ono, Tangerine Dream, Michel Sanchez and others. The program will be available free at http://soundfuturesdirect.com/blog. 

We'd mentioned this previously, but Amazon.com has listings for the separate remastered CDs, but not the box sets: Beatles For Sale (Remastered), Yellow Submarine (Remastered), Let It Be (Remastered), Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Remastered), Rubber Soul (Remastered), A Hard Day's Night (Remastered), Help! (Remastered), With The Beatles (Remastered), Abbey Road (Remastered), Past Masters (Remastered), Revolver (Remastered), Magical Mystery Tour (Remastered), The Beatles (Remastered).