The Beatles’ Revolver: How Giles Martin remixed and de-mixed a classic | Louder
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Why I ❤️ John Lennon’s Plastic Ono Band, by Eels frontman E | Louder
“If John were alive, there’s been a lot of time for him to make some bad records, but he also might have made something really great. That’s one thing about dying young: it’s good for the ‘iconic’ status. “The positive thing is that it’s good that The Beatles didn’t play at Live Aid or Live 8,…
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Paul McCartney’s “shining memory” of Jimi Hendrix
Upon Hendrix’s arrival in London, whispers soon spread about his mystical abilities on the guitar, and The Beatles soon made it their mission to catch him live. It took them a while to finally see him in action, and it was an event that was more than worth the wait for McCartney. The evening created…
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The song Bob Dylan wrote to insult John Lennon
They never entirely saw eye to eye. It’s hard to ignore, too. Before their meeting, The Beatles’ lyrics were never the forefront of their songs with the melody always being the most essential factor, the group were happy to include “nonsense” lyrics if they sounded correct. The art of storytelling was never their forte until…
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At the end of June 1967, The Beatles Played Live to an Audience of 400 Million. Is It Any Wonder George Fluffed His Solo? | GuitarPlayer
The way sound Engineer Geoff Emerick remembers it, the day before the broadcast, Brian Epstein talked the band into rush-releasing the performance as a single.”John, of course, was keen,” says Emerick, in his book Here, There And Everywhere, “it was his song, after all. It didn’t take much effort to talk Paul into it, either……
Sgt Peppers Album Behind The Scenes – YouTube
“They don’t work all those rules.” ~Paul McCartney Interview with Peter Blake Sgt. Pepper cover designer — Get a behind the scenes look at the making of album art for: “The best POP album of all time” Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
How To Record Drums Like The Beatles In 1963
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How the Beatles Really Ended Up at a Garden Party in Brentwood Los Angeles Magazine
The Beatles at a garden party fund-raiser for the Hemophilia Society in Brentwood, 1964. ALAN HAD TO ARRANGE GETTING THE BEATLES THERE, AND CALLED HIS USUAL LIMO SERVICE, FEELING OBLIGED TO TELL THEM WHO THEY WOULD BE TRANSPORTING. THEY TURNED HIM DOWN—THEY DIDN’T WANT TO RISK GETTING THEIR LIMO DAMAGED BY “CRAZY KIDS.” ALAN CALLED…
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How The Beatles made Revolver, the album that changed Everything | Louder
Revolver’s commercial impact was immediate, the album topping the UK chart for seven weeks and the US chart for six. Culturally, although there had been earlier instances of psychedelic music, mostly in San Francisco, London and New York, Revolver opened the floodgates, and changed the thinking, and the chemical preferences, of young rock and pop…
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George Harrison’s Hilarious Culture Shock Trip Through Small Town America
There was originally going to be an extra passenger on that trip to Illinois – Ringo Starr. On hearing of Louise’s intentions, the legendary drummer ”begged off, saying, ‘If she’s going to make us work, I’m not going.’”Harrison became a slight talking point in the Benton area. He bought a guitar – a Rickenbacker 425…
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Andrew Loog Oldham – A True Original | uDiscover
So many stories about this man. There’s a lot of them in that beard. He’s kind of the HST of the music world. From what I can tell you either liked him or you did not like him. Much sound and much vision. ~D He and Easton signed The Stones to a management deal, securing…
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Watch David Gilmour Play Beatles’ ‘Across the Universe,’ ‘Revolution’ – Rolling Stone
Source: Watch David Gilmour Play Beatles’ ‘Across the Universe,’ ‘Revolution’ – Rolling Stone David Gilmour made a rare public appearance earlier this week when he played two Leonard Cohen songs at the digital book-launch event for A Theatre for Dreamers, a new novel written by Polly Samson, his wife and longtime co-lyricist. The book takes…
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10 Tours That Changed the World | SPIN
3. The Beatles U.S. tour, 1965 The Beatles made their second major tour of the States in the summer of 1965, and I was lucky enough to win tickets to one of the shows. It’s the only thing I’ve ever won. I was 14, living in Portland, Oregon, and the concert was at the Memorial…
Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney record version of lost Lennon song
Sir Ringo enlisted the help of Sir Paul, 77, to play bass on the track, which he admitted had brought him to tears when he first heard it. He said: “Jack asked if I ever heard The Bermuda Tapes, John’s demos from that time. And I had never heard all this. “The idea that John…
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Beatles Art Director on Secrets of the ‘Abbey Road’ Cover – Rolling Stone
Kosh looks back on the analyses and conspiracy theories that followed with amusement, starting with the “Paul is dead” rumors that sprang from supposed clues in the photo. He recalls being in the office when an Apple executive called McCartney in France to make sure he was, in fact, alive; “Fuck off,” McCartney said, hanging…
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