There’s a new Beatles Item that was grabbed and was for sale at an auction the other day.. What was it?

It’s Paul McCartney-signed guitar amplifier!

McCARTNEY SALE

A guitar amplifier signed by Sir Paul McCartney sold for £3,900 in a charity auction on eBay.

Proceeds from the sale of the hand-wired Vox AC15H1TV amp went to the campaign group No More Landmines.

McCartney has led a host of celebrities in signing a petition calling for a ban on cluster munitions.

Last April 5, 2008 another die hard Beatles fan and collector has just acquired an autographed stationary of the fab four. As an additional bonus, the autograph was written in Elvis Priestley’s. The auction was held at Heritage Auction Galleries in Dallas.

Here’s the story behind that almost $60,000 piece of paper! Apparently, John, Paul, George and Ringo were scheduled to play the Balboa Stadium in San Diego. At that very moment, the lads heard that Elvis was filming Paradise, Hawaiian Style in Hollywood.

On the night of August 27, 1965, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr arrived at Elvis’s house in Bel Air.

It was also rumored that Elvis himself greeted them at the door and kiddingly said, “If you guys are going to stare at me all night,” joked Elvis, “I’m going to bed!”

Jerry Schilling, a member of Elvis’s “Memphis Mafia,” probably a big fan himself.. (come on! I’m sure those time, everyone who has a radio is a fan of the Beatles) Well anyway, he got the autographs of all four Beatles on a 5″ x 8″ piece of Elvis Presley’s personal stationery, and dated the event “8/27/65.”

And that’s the story behind the $60,000 piece of paper.

“Dear Sir or Madam, will you read my book. It took me years to write will you take a look?” .. and so goes the first line of the Beatles’ first non-love song single - Paperback Writer.

Paperback Writer was mostly written by Paul McCartney and with the accompanying help from John on harmony and musical side.. also suggesting and/or approving some lines of lyrics.

What was the idea behind the song? How did it came to be?

Well, there’s one story that goes..

DJ Jimmy Savile, who says he was reading a book backstage when John Lennon asked McCartney what they should write about next. McCartney’s reply was: ‘Why not write about that book Jimmy is reading?’

Some also believes that McCartney once remarked that he liked the way the phrase “paperback writer” sounded, and wanted to build a song around it.

The idea for Paperback Writer according to Paul McCartney came to hime while driving out to John Lennon’s house in Weybridge in the stockbroker belt for a songwriting session.

By the time McCartney arrived in Weybridge he had the song’s structure in his head. McCartney: “I told John I had this idea of trying to write off to a publishers to become a paperback writer, and I said I think it should be written like a letter. I took a bit of paper out and I said it should be something like ‘Dear Sir or Madam, as the case may be…’

Galing talaga. Such a genius those lads are…

Sir Paul McCartney is in mourning for his childhood friend and Beatles mentor Neil Aspinall, who has died at the age of 66. Neil died last March 24, 2008 in New York because of lung cancer.

Paul and Neil met at school when they were both 11 years old and has been friends ever since.

Mr Aspinall worked as a roadie and accountant for the band before becoming chief executive of Apple Corps and until he quits last year.

In a statement released on behalf of surviving Beatles Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, the company described him as a “great man” who would be missed.

Other quotes from Paul McCartney:

“I was able to say goodbye and thank him for everything he did for us and I send my deepest sympathies to his wonderful family. I will miss him but will remember the laughs, there were plenty.”

John Lennon’s widow, Yoko Ono, also sends here condolences to Neil Aspinall’s family

“Neil was an important member of The Beatles family. John [Lennon] loved him. I continued to treasure his wisdom and support in the years after John’s passing.

“My love and deepest sympathy go to Neil’s wife Suzy, and to his children. With love, Yoko Ono Lennon”.

That was Sir Paul McCartney said in his new ad for PETA. For those who doesn’t know, Paul McCartney is one of the advocate and super fighter for the animal rights. He and his late wife, Linda have been campaigning to save the animals and be vegetarians.

“Many years ago, I was fishing and as I was reeling in the poor fish, I realised, ‘I am killing him – all for the passing pleasure it brings me.’ And something inside me clicked. I realised as I watched him fight for breath, that his life was as important to him as mine is to me.”

As for my take… I’m sorry Sir Paul, I really really like what you’re doing for the animals and all, plus the healthy benefits of the greens but I have been a meat eater all my life and  although I too hates to see maltreated animals, but I can’t stop being a meat eater. It’s my main source of protein.