Many classic old movies are today considered family entertainment because they were strict on how much (or how little) naughty behavior could be shown. Sex, prostitution and promiscuity were never shown on screen and may have only been referred to in dialogue after 1934 when the industry began strict enforcement of the Motion Pictures Production Code. And nudity was completely out.But before that, in the years beginning with the introduction of sound in 1929, the industry had a period of freedom

If you watched the 2018 baseball postseason and the World Series, how does it feel to live it all over again? That's what Shout Factory does with not one but two DVD sets "World Series 2018: World Series Champions" and "World Series 2018 Collector's Edition" just released on December 4 that cover the same events in two different ways."World Series 2018: World Series Champions" is the official World Series film that distills all the drama of Red Sox' postseason victory over the Los Angeles Dodger

If you were a fan of “The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson,” you certainly knew the name Joan Embery, who made numerous appearances bringing live animals from the San Diego Zoo tothe show where Carson reacted and interacted with them. On Oct. 4, some of those appearances became be available in stores in a new 6-DVD set of “The Johnny Carson Tonight Show: The Vault Series,” available at Barnes & Noble, Best Buy, Costco, Walmart and other retailers. We recently talkedwith Embery by phone.Steve Mari

Beach Boys

Variety 9/27/2019 By   Steve Marinucci For veteran recording engineer John Kurlander, this week’s celebration of the 50th anniversary of the...

Introduction: Anthony Robustelli is the author of “I Want To Tell You - The Definitive Guide To The Music Of The Beatles Volume 1:1962/1963,...

By Steve Marinucci Published 3/4/2012 Roberta Flack's new album, "Let It Be Roberta" on 429 Records,   her first in eight years, transforms...

Editor's note: In the summer of 2012, news about recordings by Rory Storm and the Hurricanes that reportedly included Ringo Starr on drums s...

  Yoko Ono interview 2 By Steve Marinucci Published 8/1/2018 (This was my second interview with Yoko. She was a little more serious than the...

(We never met Joe Pope in person, but he contacted us during his illness after we had written about him on Abbeyrd's Beatles Page. He sent u...

If you were a fan of “The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson,” you certainly knew the name Joan Embery , who made numerous appearances bringing...

By Steve Marinucci Published Feb. 25, 2011 It's been a long and winding road for Louise Harrison, sister to Beatle George Harrison. She'll...

  Interview: Bill Harry, 'Mr. Mersey Beat,' revising his huge Beatles encyclopedia     Mersey Beat founder and editor Bill Harry, who was ...

By Steve Marinucci Published February, 2016 The newly published “The John Lennon Letters” is a huge collection of letters and communication...

Introduction: In the wonderful movie “Last Days at the Fillmore” – which we highly recommend -- there are many memorable moments thanks to B...

By Steve Marinucci PAUL McCARTNEY: BACK IN THE U.S. (CAPITOL) : Billed as a backstage look at Paul's wildly successful 2002 U.S. tour, "B...

By Steve Marinucci THE BEATLES -- A HARD DAY'S NIGHT (MIRAMAX COLLECTOR'S SERIES): The last few years have certainly been a hard day's nigh...

By Steve Marinucci THE BEATLES ANTHOLOGY (APPLE):  It was a long time coming, but this five-disc set was certainly worth the wait. There's n...

 An interview with Ruth Sowby, star of "Desperately Seeking Paul McCartney" By Steve Marinucci (5/5/2008) Thanks to Ruth Sowby (then Ruth An...

  An interview with Lon and Derrek Van Eaton On Apple Records, working with the Beatles and their new album by  Steve Marinucci (Thanks to L...