It’s a great story. The Woolton Village church fete, on 6th July 1957 is where John’s band The Quarry Men are playing on the back of a truck. Ivan Vaughan introduces his schoolfriend Paul McCartney to his friend and band… Read More ›
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The Top Ten Best Beatles Books
Want to know which are the best Beatles Books? With the release of the first part of Mark Lewisohn‘s trilogy of books on the Beatles “Tune In” I thought it might be worthwhile taking a look at the plethora of… Read More ›
45 Years Ago Today – The Beatles White Album: But Is It Better As A Single LP?
Today is the 45th anniversary of the release of “The Beatles”, which was released on 22nd November 1968. Today’s news that a track listing has surfaced of The Beatles White Album as a single LP – drawn up collectively by… Read More ›
The Beatles: “If Brian Hadn’t Come Along They Were About To Break Up”
Two major books on the story of pop music are released this month. They are like buses. Not because you wait for ages and then two come along at once. No, these two resemble buses in size alone. The books… Read More ›
The Beatles: Butcher LP Covers and How A 1966 Album Actually Lost Money
It was very confusing being an American Beatles fan in the sixties. Apparently. I have the disadvantage from a perspective point of view of a) being British and b) having been born in 1970… In the years up to 1966,… Read More ›
Is This The Hard Rock Cafe’s Greatest Treasure?
The Hard Rock Cafe in London’s Piccadilly contains some most amazing treasures. As the silver-cross-wearing and black-nail-varnish sporting readers amongst you may know, Black Sabbath got back together in 2012 to perform a few shows. Regrettably, original Sabbath drummer Bill… Read More ›
Ten Things You Didn’t Know About The Beatles’ Magical Mystery Tour
In a previous post I gave Five Reasons Why We Should Watch The Magical Mystery Tour. I missed out “idle curiosity”, “I don’t have anything better to do’ and “what’s the worst that could happen?” of course. So to while… Read More ›
Every record tells a story 