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When two random people accidentally ended up on The Beatles’ Abbey Road record sleeve

14 March 2025 SB 0

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 […]

When The Beatles fired Pete Best, Ringo offered to join on Saturday, and George got a black eye

7 September 2024 SB 0

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: «Somedays» by Paul McCartney

22 July 2023 SB 0

In the mid-1990s, Paul McCartney was in a Beatles mode. He had been deeply involved in The Bealtes Anthology project, which included a ten-part documentary […]

The Best Music Boxed Sets of 2022

21 January 2023 SB 0

Here we are again! Another year, another batch of released music box sets. 2022 did not disappoint, even if we saw more of a normalized […]

The Best Music Boxed Sets of 2021

10 December 2021 SB 0

Has it really been a year since we did this? At this point 2021 is mercilessly ticking towards its end, and there is a new […]

The Best Music Boxed Sets of 2019

5 January 2020 SB 0

2019 is in the books, and it’s time to take a look back and do a little summarising. From a music perspective, I will primarily […]

THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Her Majesty» by The Beatles

7 October 2019 SB 0

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

25 October 2018 SB 0

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 WIGHT ALBUM – starring John London, Paul McCatnoy, Gnorde Harrison – and Richard Starkey!

17 September 2018 SB 0

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

11 September 2018 SB 0

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: «Maybe I’m Amazed» by Paul McCartney

4 July 2018 SB 0

Maybe I’m Amazed is nothing less than one of the greatest expressions of love ever put into a song. It is not just one of […]

THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: “You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away” by The Beatles

23 January 2018 SB 0

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! […]

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