WhenJohn Scott played fluteon “You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away” in 1965, he became the first outside musician invited by the Beatles onto one of their records. But that’s not necessarily what makes him beloved by baseball fans. Nearly a decade after that session, the celebrated com...
As if they were actors in an old-fashioned silent movie, the two Beatles executed a perfectly timed double take and then bolted up the stairs together, full speed, in a frantic dash to retrieve their compatriot. They knew all too well that the(EMI) rooftophad only a narrow parapet and t...
Ian MacDonald says of “Run for Your Life”: “The performance is slapdash, Lennon muffing the words and “ popping” the microphone several times by getting too near to it. The guitar-work, some of which is badly out of tune, is similarly rough…” Likewise, inWay Beyond...
thrown-together follow-up toSgt. Pepper's– right down to its equally slapdash album cover. "TheMystery Tourpackaging was all Paul's idea,” Beatles press officer Tony Barrow subsequently confirmed. "Everything happened in a mad rush after Brian ...
Robert Freeman came up with an initial idea involving a montage of the Beatles' four faces, but that was ultimately shelved in favor of a design by Klaus Voormann, an old friend from the Hamburg days. Voormann drew the Beatles' faces from memory, though he struggled with one. "George'...
(Rodriguez,Revolver, How The Beatles Reimagined Rock’n’Roll, 112 and Lewisohn,The Beatles Recording Sessions, 79). Kit will discuss the contributions of Motown in the “Fresh New Look” segment, but the performance of these five musicians on this track certainly added that Memphis soul flair...
Fearful that the Beatles might split after their longtime manager died, an overwhelmed McCartney took the lead on the ill-conceived, thrown-together follow-up toSgt. Pepper's– right down to its equally slapdash album cover. "TheMystery Tourpackaging was all Paul's idea,” Beatles press offic...
Fearful that the Beatles might split after their longtime manager died, an overwhelmed McCartney took the lead on the ill-conceived, thrown-together follow-up toSgt. Pepper's– right down to its equally slapdash album cover. "TheMystery Tourpackaging was all Paul's idea,” Beatles press offic...
What goes on in your mind? You are tearing me apart, When you treat me so unkind, What goes on in your mind? The other day I saw you, As I walked along the road, But when I saw him with you I could feel my... Write your interpretation ...
Robert Freeman came up with an initial idea involving a montage of the Beatles' four faces, but that was ultimately shelved in favor of a design by Klaus Voormann, an old friend from the Hamburg days. Voormann drew the Beatles' faces from memory, though he struggled with one. "George'...