ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE: A BEATLES TRIBUTE CONCERT HEADLINES THE WILBUR THEATRE ON FEBRUARY 13TH

Boston, MA – All You Need Is Love: A Beatles Tribute Concert is set to perform The Wilbur Theatre on Thursday, February 13th, 2014 at 7:30pm

 

Love is a soundtrack remix album of music recorded by The Beatles, released in November

2006. It features music compiled and remixed as a mashup for the Cirque du Soleil show of the

same name. The album was produced by George Martin and his son Giles Martin, who said,

“What people will be hearing on the album is a new experience, a way of re-living the whole

Beatles musical lifespan in a very condensed period.”

 

George Martin and his son Giles began work on Love after getting permission from Paul

McCartney, Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono, and Olivia Harrison (the latter two representing the estates

of John Lennon and George Harrison, respectively). In discussing the project, Giles Martin

noted that elements were used from recordings in The Beatles catalogue, “the original four

tracks, eight tracks and two tracks and used this palette of sounds and music to create a

soundbed.”

 

Giles Martin said in an interview that he was afraid they would not get the green light to do the

project, so he started by making digital back-ups of the original multi-track recordings just to get

started on the project. He also said that he and his father mixed more music than was eventually

released, including “She’s Leaving Home” and a version of “Girl” that he was particularly fond of

which was eventually released in 2011 as a bonus track on the album on iTunes.

McCartney and Starr, the surviving members of The Beatles, responded very positively to the

album. McCartney noted that “This album puts The Beatles back together again, because

suddenly there’s John and George with me and Ringo”. Starr commended George and Giles

Martin for the album and said that the album is “really powerful for me and I even heard things

I’d forgotten we’d recorded.”

 

The album was first played publicly on Virgin Radio’s The Geoff Show. Virgin Radio DJ Geoff

Lloyd, a Beatles fan, chose to play the entire album uninterrupted to allow younger fans to

experience an album premiere.

 

Love placed at #3 in the UK Albums Chart during its first week of release, trailing Westlife’s The

Love Album and Oasis’ Stop the Clocks compilation. It was also successful in the United States,

debuting at #4 in the Billboard 200, where it was certified Platinum in late 2006. At the 50th

annual Grammy awards on 10 February 2008, the album won Grammys in two categories—

Best Compilation Soundtrack Album and Best Surround Sound Album.

Love was released as a digital download in the iTunes Store on 8 February 2011. It includes two

exclusive bonus tracks.

 

Bill Blumenreich presents All You Need Is Love: A Beatles Tribute Concert

Thursday, February 13th, 2014 at 7:30pm

The Wilbur Theatre is located at 246 Tremont St. in Boston’s Historic Theatre District

Tickets: $40-$50

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