The Beatles

Sir Paul McCartney at Eighty: Were Wings Really The Band The Beatles Could Have Been?

By Every Record Tells A Story on June 18, 2022 • ( 17 )

“It is hard to understand quite how it happened, but there are millions of teenagers running around now who don’t know who U2 are.” I was talking to my friend Steve the other day after reading this comment online where… Read More ›

Listen Here: The Best Beatles Cover Versions: Part 3

By Every Record Tells A Story on July 26, 2020 • ( 4 )

This is the third and final chapter in the “Without The Beatles” series – a chance to hear some of the best Beatles cover versions around while reading the “liner notes” below to give you a little more context around… Read More ›

Listen Here: The Best Beatles Cover Versions (Part 2)

By Every Record Tells A Story on July 11, 2020 • ( 2 )

Welcome to the “liner notes” to the second of three mixes bringing you the very best Beatles cover versions. You can hear all the tunes mentioned below by playing the embedded Mixcloud player at the top of the page, or… Read More ›

Listen Here: Over Fifty Of The Best Beatles Cover Versions. Part 1

By Every Record Tells A Story on July 7, 2020 • ( 3 )

You can listen to all the music mentioned in this post by clicking the Mixcloud player above, or (if that isn’t working) you can click on this link and the Mixcloud player will open in a new tab. According to… Read More ›

Beatles Reunite As Ringo Starr Joins Paul McCartney Onstage In London

By Every Record Tells A Story on December 17, 2018 • ( 5 )

Beatles fans received an early Christmas present last night as the two surviving Beatles, Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney, played together onstage for the first time since Ringo’s 2015 inauguration into the Rock n Roll Hall Of Fame, for the… Read More ›

Sweet Billy Pilgrim Launch Stunning New Album At St Pancras Old Church

By Every Record Tells A Story on January 20, 2018 • ( 2 )

As the dystopian nightmare of 2017 fades, to be replaced with fresh, new dystopian horrors with a shiny “Made In 2018” badge on them, we find ourselves looking for a fresh start. And what better way to find a fresh… Read More ›

A Brief History of The Beatles

By Every Record Tells A Story on January 26, 2017 • ( 3 )

Last week we published a Beatles Playlist of songs compiled by Every Record Tells A Story readers which we hope will persuade my friend, a Sceptical Swede that The Beatles are actually a half-decent band. In case you missed it,… Read More ›

The Ultimate Beatles Playlist (For People Who Don’t Like The Beatles)

By Every Record Tells A Story on January 17, 2017 • ( 10 )

In the last blog post, I introduced you to a friend from Sweden named Agaton who told me he had always found The Beatles’ music irritating. He asked me to come up with a playlist of Beatles tunes he would… Read More ›

Please Please Help! Build A Beatles Playlist For Someone Who “Doesn’t Like The Beatles”

By Every Record Tells A Story on January 12, 2017 • ( 40 )

I was catching up with a friend recently when he delivered something of a bolt from the blue. With a voice that appeared as nonchalant as that of a serial killer’s he confessed, without apparent shame, that he didn’t like… Read More ›

A Visit To Abbey Road Studios

By Every Record Tells A Story on November 18, 2016 • ( 3 )

Wednesday 6th June 1962. 6pm. The first visit of The Beatles to the EMI Studios in Abbey Road. John, Paul, George and Pete were still unsigned, and their equipment was shabby: wooden unpainted amplifiers, generating as much noise – according… Read More ›