When two random people accidentally ended up on The Beatles’ Abbey Road record sleeve
Back in the day when record sleeves had to be photographed, with limited chance to touch up on the results after the fact, certain things […]
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When The Beatles fired Pete Best, Ringo offered to join on Saturday, and George got a black eye
The Beatles went through their share of turmoil in their time. Their first significant upheaval might have been when they fired their first drummer Pete […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Always Look On the Bright Side of Life» by Monty Python
Always Look On the Bright Side of Life is a song by Monty Python, written to provide an end section on their third feature film […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Wanderlust» by Paul McCartney
It was the summer of 1982. I was ten years old, and my family was car tripping for our summer holidays. We were actually driving […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Her Majesty» by The Beatles
We just celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the classic album Abbey Road, with a release extravaganza of several formats having just been released. People can […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Gimme Some Truth» by John Lennon
With the recent release of a deluxe box set of John Lennon’s Imagine album, it was perhaps predictable that something would appear here. I have […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Handle With Care» by the Traveling Wilburys
The song Handle With Care was released as a single 30 years ago today (as of the day when this article is posted) on 17 […]
THE WIGHT ALBUM – starring John London, Paul McCatnoy, Gnorde Harrison – and Richard Starkey!
OK! It is time for a bit of fun. In writing about a track from The Beatles’ eponymous 1968 album (a.k.a. The White Album) recently, […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Revolution 9» by The Beatles
Sometimes you take a closer look at a track not because of its artistic worth, but because the back story and the circumstances around its […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «It Don’t Come Easy» by Ringo Starr
After the recording of the Abbey Road album, John Lennon announced his departure from The Beatles to the rest of the group on 20 September […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: “You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away” by The Beatles
You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away was recorded on 18th February 1965, and is prominently featured on the album and in the movie Help! […]