Clips of a Scottish TV interview with the Beatles have been recovered after being forgotten for 44 years in a rusty film can in a garage in South London. It was stacked among 64 other unmarked cans and presumed lost. In the interview, recorded back in April 30th, 1964, John Lennon and Paul McCartney talk about the first time they met and how they record songs. "Normally we try to sit down and bash things out," McCartney explains in the interview. The entire nine and... MORE

If not for the fact that they were arguably the greatest rock band ever, they might well be just another 60s band named after a creature.   But no, The Beatles are The Beatles, and any referent outside of them is neither here nor there.  Curiously, an image of a beetle was never to my knowledge employed in any graphic work associated with them.   "I Am The Walrus" rarity boosted from courtesy of marknavl.  ...Pancakes woodworking umpir... MORE

~tf2vk0mPXDu.mp3 ~   I have this habit of turning on the radio's sleep button as I go to bed. The other night this song was playing as I went to bed. It happens to be one of my favorite Beatles tunes so I decided to share.     Let me take you down
cause I'm going to strawberry fields
Nothing is re... MORE

This is one of my favorite Beatles outtakes. I love the way John Lennon messes up the chords at the beginning of the song. And by the end he yells out, "I showed ya!" to George Martin in the control booth who replies, "Great fine." To me this is a rare historical document hearing The Beatles in the recording studio. I would have loved to be a fly on the wall on this or any of these sessions. You would learn so much on how timeless music is created. About the ly... MORE

Not much is known about this mysterious recording of John Lennon's most likely recorded sometime in the mid-to-late 1970's. It may well have seen the light of day on an official release had John's life not been stolen from him so early. This is in demo form with only John and his acoustic guitar. It might have been a cool idea to have included this on the 2004 John Lennon Acoustic CD release but , ah, what do I know about these things? Anyway, it's called India and it's your ... MORE

A new film depicts surviving Beatles band members, widows and their producer reuniting to collaborate on a lavish stage show with Cirque de Soleil, repots Yahoo. The film entitled "All Together Now"Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr workingYoko Ono, George Harrison's widow Olivia and The Beatles'Sir George Martin to remix their music for the 21st century with the Las Vegas stage production of "Love." "Love"... MORE

These particular session outtakes are really special as they show the difficulty Ringo had in playing this particular drum solo and the lengths John and Paul went to make it easier for him. Though he was the "Master of Fills" solos were something he admits he was not particularly fond of. I took the liberty of bumping up John's suggestion to the beginning But stick with it because half way through (there’s a little pause) the real fun begins Can you think of anot... MORE

The master of The Beatles' 1966 single Paperback Writer was created using take 2 in a recording session that took place on April 13th of that same year. Be a fly on the wall in the studio now (or should I say then?) and listen to it "raw", sans fade-out and preceded by take 1 which was an instrumental take that broke down early. The backing vocals come through much clearer here than on the final mix created a few days later. It was then that the reverb special effects were ad... MORE

 

For all you fab four fans, a little potpourri of George

The White Album. What can I say? I literally grew up with that album. Saved a whole $11 back in 1968 to buy it and paid with so much change they had to count it in a Machine!! Love that album. Burned into my memory cells forever. I'm just now learning how to play some of these songs and thought I would give this one a try:... MORE

Is there a more iconographic rock band in history than the Fab Four themselves – The Beatles? I’d give that a hearty N-O. It might be said that, since the dawn of rock and roll, images of Elvis and Bob Dylan are the only others with as much resonance as those of Beatles John, Paul, George and Ringo together in their 1960s heyday. (And record sales notwithstanding, forget about including Michael Jackson in this discussion. With Jacko, you never know what face mig... MORE

  At the moment I am currently reading a book that's quickly made its way into my top 5 of all time. The Film Club is David Gilmore's, no relation to Pink Floyd, memoir in which he allows his teenage son to drop out of high school on one condition. This unconventional idea hangs on the condition the son doesn't take drugs and watches three films a week with his old man, Gilmore himself.
Gilmore's book is the perfect gift for Father's Day. As I read thi... MORE

You got 290,000 dollars laying around? How about placing a bid on the drum head that appeared on the album cover of The Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band". Christie's of London is expecting to collect as much as £150,000 for the drum cover (that's right, you dont get the actual drum, just the cover that bears the album name). While this costs a pretty penny, it's still significantly cheaper than  the Death Row Records catalog, which is also be... MORE