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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