Post by sandi on Jul 13, 2006 11:25:46 GMT -5
The Great Beatles Heist
A man who handled stolen tapes of The Beatles final recording sessions tried to sell them a court in London has heard.
Nigel Oliver of Slough is charged of with handling stolen goods and trying to sell the tapes on behalf of two unknown men.
The 504 tapes containing 80 hours worth of material recorded during the sessions for ‘Let It Be’ in 1969 were recovered in 2003 during an undercover police operation.
The operation was in conjunction with the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and the tapes were eventually found in a house in Lisse, Holland.
Neil Aspinall of Apple Corps told the court according to the BBC: "These tapes have a huge commercial value. There's lots of very unknown stuff and music they wouldn't have recorded in a normal session."
"For example, they covered over 200 songs on these tapes. Songs of the day, such as Bob Dylan."
A man who handled stolen tapes of The Beatles final recording sessions tried to sell them a court in London has heard.
Nigel Oliver of Slough is charged of with handling stolen goods and trying to sell the tapes on behalf of two unknown men.
The 504 tapes containing 80 hours worth of material recorded during the sessions for ‘Let It Be’ in 1969 were recovered in 2003 during an undercover police operation.
The operation was in conjunction with the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and the tapes were eventually found in a house in Lisse, Holland.
Neil Aspinall of Apple Corps told the court according to the BBC: "These tapes have a huge commercial value. There's lots of very unknown stuff and music they wouldn't have recorded in a normal session."
"For example, they covered over 200 songs on these tapes. Songs of the day, such as Bob Dylan."
