Why is Beatlemania back as Britain celebrates B-Day?
LONDON — The Beatles are back, sounding better than ever, and Britain is embracing them one more time. It’s not exactly 1964 — no fainting teens or visible signs of feverish Beatlemania — but the long-awaited release of the remastered Beatles CDs and the Rock Band video game has again brought the Fab Four to the top of the British charts. Or, as John Lennon liked to say, “to the toppermost of the poppermost.” It was B-Day in much of the world Wednesday as the new versions of the old classics finally became available in Britain, the United States and elsewhere and many fans celebrated by flocking to Abbey Road, the studio where the Beatles recorded many of their hits. Uma Nolan, an Irish nurse visiting London, came to the landmark recording studio to be photographed at the pedestrian crossing near the building made famous on the “Abbey Road” album cover. She plans to buy the entire set of 17 remastered CDs — even though she already has all the songs in collection. “I will absolutely go
