The idea came from Denis O’Dell, who produced A Hard Days Night and Help!. With one more film left on The Beatles’ contract with United Artists, O’Dell thought the fantasy epic could be turned into a live-action adventure starring the band. The film would’ve been a musical featuring new Beatles originals. Paul was set to…
“Just For Today” was another early composition for the Cloud Nine album, composed around the same time as Cloud 9. He took the lyrical concept from one of the basic tenets of Alcoholics Anonymous, learned through Derek Taylor’s participation in AA. During the Friar Park sessions for his LP, Duane Eddy added a guitar part…
Between 1963 and 1965, The Beatles released at least three singles a year and two albums, an unbelievable production for a group that was making tours, filming, talking to the press and writing most of their material. By the time the Beatles emerged in the industry, pop music was plastered and somewhat dull. The B-sides…
Electricity from the cutting guitar, then the heavy bass and drums are the first notes you hear from the sunny Rubber Soul. Then comes Paul’s booming voice: Asked a girl what she wanted to be/She said, “baby, can’t you see/I want to be famous, a star on the screen/But you can do something in between…“Drive…
The structure of “Do You Want To Know A Secret” is very similar to most of the songs in Please Please Me album, 1963, being that it follows the ‘verse/ verse/ bridge/ verse’ pattern. One identifiable difference is the Spanish-flavored introduction, which adds a distinguished touch to the song and creates an air of anticipation.Another…
November 9, 1961. From the very first time that Brian Epstein saw The Beatles in person sixty years ago today, he was instantly smitten with their charisma and stage presence. At this point, they had been playing around Liverpool for a few years, and their often unprofessional performances had alienated many promoters and venue owners….
BEATLES “BEATLES 1”:On November 13, 2000, the album called “BEATLES 1” is published in the USA under the Apple / Parlaphone label, Capitol Records, which is a chronological compilation of 27 of the singles that were published by “The Beatles” both in the UK and the USA. they reached the first position of the official…
John and George working on the Imagine album, May-June 1971, Ascot Sound Studios, Tittenhurst Park. Imagine movie, 1972 released and directed by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, was filmed mostly at their Tittenhurst Park home in Ascot, England, during 1971, and was intended for television. All the songs from Lennon’s Imagine album of the same…
NOVEMBER 16, 1962 – The Beatles recorded their second appearance on Radio Luxembourg, for the show “The Friday Spectacular”, a program designed to plug EMI’s latest releases. Recorded at EMI House, the label’s headquarters in Manchester Square, London, The Beatles were interviewed and then performed both sides of their latest single, “Love Me Do” and “P.S….
When this rarely-seen photo first emerged, it was sent to Roag Best, brother of Pete and custodian of both the Casbah Club and the Magical Beatles Museum in Liverpool. Roag had never seen the photo before but confirmed that it is a photo taken in one of the upstairs rooms of 8 Hayman’s Green, the…