in the steadfast conviction of a guy with everything to prove. to watch a hollywood depiction of the most sanctified songbook in modern music—of the trickster, the prophet, the sage and liar, mainstream outside
Even 50 years after their separation, The Beatles continue to make headlines. John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and George Harrison will be at the heart of a new book in which they recall the recording of their last original album, “Let It Be”. On the program: long ho...
BecauseAug. 12 is often used to markThomas Edison’s invention of the phonograph (though the date is in dispute). Anyhoo, my favorite comics cover featuring an album is 1970’sBatman #222by Neal Adams, which stars the Beatles and has all kinds of fun with the bonkers “Paul is Dead” ...
“The reason he got in the group in the first place was because the only way we could get to Hamburg, (Germany), we had to have a drummer,” Lennon said in an interview posted on Beatles historian David Bedford’s website. McCartney was a bit kinder, saying that Best was a “really...
Their fifth album, Uncle Charlie And His Dog Teddy, which included the hit single “Mr. Bojangles,” was one of the first albums considered to be pure Americana. Their follow-up, 1972’s Will The Circle Be Unbroken, cemented this reputation. Will The Circle Be Unbroken Click to load ...
” From the outset, ALO cultivated the image of the band as anti-establishment, provocative, intelligent, and very much their own people. According to Andrew, “When The Beatles were having hit records and bridging the generation gap, The Stones were saying, you either like us or f**k ...
Beatles Vs Barrett Strong: Money Stones Vs Chuck Berry: Down the road apiece (they had to get one Chuck Berry song right- they'd tried enough) Elvis Vs Big Boy Crudup: that's alright mama Elvis Vs Chuck Willis: feel so bad Elvis Vs Lloyd Price: Lawdy miss Clawdy ...
Cynics will note that there is virtually no difference performance-wise between the mono recordings of his first eight records for Columbia, so why bother? They will then point to the success of the Beatles’ mono box as the financial motivation for Sony (Columbia’s owner) to pull a similar...
British photographer Robert Freeman was first hired by Beatles manager Brian Epstein to shoot his band in 1963. His work with them was found on the covers of 'With the Beatles' (and its American counterpart, 'Meet the Beatles'), ''Beatles for Sale,' 'Help!' and 'Rubber Soul.' He died...
Of course you could be mature and rock hard too, as the Beatles, Rolling Stones, and so many others were proving. But that wasn’t Hardy’s bag, at least at the moment, and perhaps plumbing for non-rock covers that had first been issued more than five years ago was part of that ...