First Pre-Sale pirces for Paul’s BRAND NEW Video release ends tomorrow, Sept 28, 2012. It is being released on DVD (#2257)and BluRay (#1121) with a 40 Page Hard Cover Book included. The DVD is ONLY $25.00 and the BLURAY is ONLY $30.00.

Here are the details

“Live Kisses” captures Paul McCartney performing the songs from his critically acclaimed “Kisses On The Bottom” album live from the legendary Capitol Studios in Hollywood. Paul is joined by a virtuoso group of musicians led by Diana Krall on the piano in these sparkling renditions of classic songs from the American songbook and the wonderful new song “My Valentine”. In between the songs there are interview clips with Paul, Diana Krall and many of those involved in the recording of the “Kisses On The Bottom” album. This is an intimate and charming performance which adds yet another facet to Paul’s already broad canvas of talents. The live concert was recorded on February 9th, the exact 48th Anniversary of The Beatles First Ed Sullivan Show appearance.

What makes this Live album so unique is that Paul is not playing any instruments. He is totally focused on the vocals, much as the original singers would have sung these songs all those years ago.

Bonus Features

All six versions of the video for “My Valentine” featuring Natalie Portman & Johnny Depp plus a “behind the scenes” featurette, all Produced by Paul.

Interview with Paul and producer Tony LiPuma on the making of the “Kisses On The Bottom” album.

Kisses On The Bottom photoshoot versions 1 and 2.

Both versions of Live Kisses come with a 40 page Hard Cover Book with photos from the sessions and rehearsals.

Track Listing

1) I’m Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter   2) Home (When Shadows Fall)   3) It’s Only A Paper Moon   4) The Glory Of Love   5) More I Cannot Wish You   6) We Three (My Echo, My Shadow And Me)   7) Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive   8) My Valentine   9) Always   10) My Very Good Friend The Milkman   11) Bye Bye Blackbird   12) Get Yourself Another Fool   13) My One And Only Love

Produced By George Martin DVD & Blue Ray is being released today. Over the weekend we had a very special offer, picking 6 names, at random, from those of you who pre-ordered it through THE FEST. The response was huge and winners have been picked. The winners of the DVD are  Frank Walker, Irene Hinz & Claudia Upton. The Blu Ray winners are Bill Olson, Charles Tyrrell & Paul Ryan. Two of the winners are from New York, one from New Jersey, one from Illinois and two from Washington State. We truly thank all of you who pre-ordered this wonderful new film from THE FEST FOR BEATLES FANS. Your orders will be going out shortly. If you have not ordered it yet, it is only $15.00 for the DVD and $22.50 for the Blu Ray. With the bonus features, it is over 2 1/4 hours.

Saturday, September 7, 1974: I know have told this story before, but some stories are worth repeating. I was just a 26 year old manager at a Sam Goody Music store in NYC and came up with this crazy idea 10 months earlier to gather Beatles fans at a hotel to celebrate a common love for The Beatles on the 10th anniversary of their arrival in America. After months of spending every spare minute trying to get it organized, the day had finally arrived! And I was a nervous wreck. My mind was racing over capacity. What did I forget? How was it going to turn out? Could we fit everyone in the old Commodore Hotel on 42nd St, NYC? About an hour before the doors opened, Tony King, the VP of Apple in the US come up to my suite and brought me the signed instruments for the Charity Raffle, along with other items to auction. All of this is documented in the 10/24/74 cover story of Rolling Stone Magazine!! He then proceeded to give me 7 signed copies of John Lennon’s books, 6 to auction off for charity and one he personalized for me “To Mark, With Love, John Lennon, September Beatlefest, 1974, with sketches on the page. It is my most cherished item in my collection. Tony then told me that John wanted to come down to pick the winner of his guitar. I was so overwhelmed that somehow a calm come over me at that moment and I began to get ready to go downstairs. When I got to the ballroom, about 10 minutes after the opening, I looked out from the balcony and the room was completely full of Beatles fans! It is a moment I will never forget. These fans were all here because of me and my idea, and of course, The Beatles. Only a couple of people were told of John’s surprise and we had figured out his walk through the kitchen up to the balcony where we had set up a mike just for this purpose. Nobody could know or pandemonium would happen. Our MCs were Murry the K and Jim Kerr. Jim kept teasing the audience with rumors that he heard about John being in the building on that first day. We wouldn’t dare tell our MCs about what was to happen on the Sunday night! Unfortunately, John headed up to his farm in upstate NY instead of joining us, but the fans knew that this entire event would not have happened if John didn’t personally give me the go ahead. I did get to personally thank John and tell him about the convention a short while afterwards. There is no way I could have foreseen that 38 years and 117 National FESTS later, we would still be going strong, presenting a vast majority of friends and family of The Beatles and their amazing story.

Shown above is the actual Cover of Rolling Stone.