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What Causes Beatlemania?

Report by Eden, KRLA Beat, 9 October 1965

YOU'VE SEEN it hundreds of times before — in mob scenes at airports, in screaming crowds of fans at concerts, even in one's and two's ...

The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Review by Charles Shaar Murray, Q, July 1987

AND ONCE THE tumult and the shouting have died, and life returns to something resembling normality... Sgt. Pepper remains a central pillar of the mythology ...

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Gypsy Dave on the Beatles (1981)

Interview by Keith Altham, Rock's Backpages audio, 1981

Travel with Donovan-acolyte Gypsy Dave to the ashram at Rishikesh to witness The Beatles meeting the Maharishi. Gypsy Dave is the cynic in the camp, and makes his escape with Ringo and Maureen.

File format: mp3; file size: 19.8mb; Interview length: 21' 38"; sound quality: **

Paul McCartney (2003)

Interview by Johnny Black, Rock's Backpages audio, 14 March 2003

A long, free-flowing conversation, during which Paul talks about Phil Spector and Let It Be, on his relationship with Yoko and the "whose name first" saga, and the deaths of John Lennon and George Harrison, plus much more.

File format: mp3; file size: 75.8mb, total interview length: 1h 22' 44" sound quality: ****

Richard Lester (2004)

Interview by Mat Snow, Rock's Backpages audio, 2004

Film director Lester looks back at A Hard Day's Night, Help!, working with Lennon on How I Won The War, and his life as a film-maker.

File format: mp3; file size: 51.2mb, interview length: 55' 53" sound quality: ***

Ringo Starr (2015)

Interview by Paul Zollo, Rock's Backpages audio, April 2015

The Beatles' tub-thumper talks about his latest album, Postcards from Paradise; the songs he wrote for the Beatles like 'Octopus's Garden' and 'Don't Pass Me By'; on drumming, and on the way Beatles songs would evolve in the studio.

File format: mp3; file size: 19.4mb, interview length: 21' 09" sound quality: ***

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Newcomers To The Charts: Liverpool's Beatles Wrote Their Own Hit

Profile by Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 26 October 1962

MAKING THEIR NME Chart debut with 'Love Me Do' this week are the Beatles, a vocal-instrumental group who hail from Liverpool, the birthplace of such ...

Chart Chatter by June Harris: Frank Ifield Just Had To Hit That Top Spot!

Report by June Harris, Disc, 10 November 1962

THERE'LL BE no stopping Frank Ifield now! It HAD to happen that 'Lovesick Blues' would hit number one, and establish the Australian as our leading ...

"We made sure of applause — we took our fans with us" reveal The Beatles

Interview by Norman Jopling, Record Mirror, 24 November 1962

"WHEN WE played outside Liverpool, as often as not we would hire a couple of coaches and take an audience with us," said a Beatle. ...

Beatles Find Show Biz Isn't All Fun

Interview by Jean Carol, Disc, 24 November 1962

THE BEATLES, newest British group to join the ever-growing list of outfits to challenge the Shadows, dropped into the DISC office just about 12 hours ...

At a Recording Session with the Beatles

Report and Interview by Alan Smith, Mersey Beat, 3 January 1963

THE SECONDS tick away, high in the control room at EMI's recording studios in St. John's Wood, London. Through the glass panel I could see ...

You've Pleased-Pleased Us Say The Beatles

Interview by Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 1 February 1963

THINGS ARE beginning to move for the Beatles, the r-and-b styled British group which crashed back into the NME Chart this week at No. 17. ...

Beatles Beatles

Report and Interview by Wesley Laine, Record Mirror, 2 February 1963

WHETHER YOU like them or not, you've got to admit that the Beatles are just about the most talked-about group on the British beat scene. ...

Why The Beatles Create All That Frenzy

Profile and Interview by Maureen Cleave, The Evening Standard, 2 February 1963

THE BEATLES are the darlings of Merseyside. The little girls of Merseyside are so fiercely possessive about their Beatles that they forced Granada to put ...

The Beatles: Liverpool Group Takes Britain by Storm

Profile by June Harris, Disc, 9 February 1963

LAST WEEK Brian Matthew described The Beatles as "the most original musical and visual sensation since The Shadows." And the off-beat writings of leader John ...

The Beatles: New Album and Single

Report and Interview by Norman Jopling, Record Mirror, 16 February 1963

THERE'S been a lot of stuff written on the Beatles lately. Rightly, too, for they happen to be in the class of the rarest performers ...

Beatles Almost Threw 'Please Please Me' Away

Interview by Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 8 March 1963

THE BEATLES opened a copy of the NME and gazed proudly at the Charts when 'Please Please Me' hit the top recently. It was a ...

Merseyside Beat Pays Off At Last!

Interview by June Harris, Disc, 23 March 1963

IT'S ALL happening up in Liverpool! First The Beatles, now Gerry and the Pacemakers and in a few weeks time, who knows? The music the ...

The Hamburg Scene: An NRM Special Report

Report and Interview by David Griffiths, Record Mirror, 6 April 1963

WHERE, WOULD you reckon, is the greatest training ground for British beat singers and groups? ...

Throat Sweets Keep Us Going Say Beatles!

Interview by Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 19 April 1963

A NEVER-ENDING supply of throat sweets is one of the secrets behind the continued success of the Beatles, who come crashing into the NME Chart ...

Cliff Richard, The Beatles, The Tornados, Joe Brown et al: NME Poll Winners Concert, Empire Pool, Wembley, London

Live Review by Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 26 April 1963

MIKE BERRY burst into the second half to the throbbing beat of 'La Bamba'. Close on its heels came his current release 'My Little Baby' ...

How that lucky Mr. Epstein got a head's start with the Beatles

Profile and Interview by Maureen Cleave, The Evening Standard, 27 April 1963

IT WOULDN'T be difficult to be exceedingly jealous of Brian Epstein. In fact, I should think a lot of people are — managers particularly. ...

Billy J. Kramer Adds To Liverpool Chart Invasion!

Interview by Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 3 May 1963

FIRST THE BEATLES, then Gerry and the Pacemakers. Now a new Liverpool name, Billy J. Kramer, looks set to take the NME Chart by storm ...

Top Acts Explain The Beat-Boom

Interview by Ian Dove, New Musical Express, 3 May 1963

IAN DOVE quizzes SHADOWS, TORNADOS, BEATLES, JET & TONY, and GERRY & PACEMAKERS ...

The Beatles: From You To Us Inspired 'From Me To You'

Interview by Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 10 May 1963

according to THE BEATLES who told Alan Smith ...

...Disaster nearly struck The Beatles!

Interview by June Harris, Disc, 25 May 1963

Back from their holiday in the Canary Isles, the boys tell of the moment when... ...

The Beatles, Roy Orbison, Gerry & the Pacemakers: Adelphi, Slough

Live Review by June Harris, Disc, 25 May 1963

Beatles-Roy Orbison tour is a sensation! ...

John Lennon: El's Still The King — But He's Got To Watch It!

Interview by Jean Carol, Disc, 6 July 1963

That 'I don't like Presley' remark on Juke Box Jury has caused an uproar, but JOHN LENNON is sticking to what he said.... ...

The Beatles did it on an LP, now the Isley Brothers and Tremeloes make the 30

Profile and Interview by June Harris, Disc, 6 July 1963

THERE ARE very few way-out, wild rhythm and blues numbers which hit the British charts. 'Twist And Shout' by The Isley Brothers is one of ...

Beatles Recover From That Fantastic EP

Interview by June Harris, Disc, 17 July 1963

JOHN LENNON removed his black rimmed glasses and wiped the steam off with his tie. The other three Beatles hunted blindly for chairs, dropped in ...

The 'Twist And Shout' Battle Hots Up! (And How The NME Helped)

Report by Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 19 July 1963

THERE'S A long and fascinating story behind the big come-back success of 'Twist And Shout' (now with three versions in the best-sellers) — and it's ...

Pete Best: The Other Beatle

Profile by Bill Harry, Mersey Beat, 1 August 1963

'Moody and Magnificent' 
they said — 'He was the Great Attraction'.
 Fans went wild over him. He was... The Other Beatle ...

Close-Up on Paul McCartney, a Beatle

Interview by Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 9 August 1963

I WENT roof-climbing with the Beatles – up a rickety wooden ladder, over drainpipes, and past the huge chimney-pots of London's plush Washington Hotel. The ...

The Beatles, the Liverpool Sound, Gerry and the Pacemakers... The Cavern — This Is Where It All Started!

Report by Jean Carol, Disc, 17 August 1963

JEAN CAROL finds out what it is really like. ...

The Year of the Beatles, part one

Profile and Interview by Maureen Cleave, The Evening Standard, 17 October 1963

AS THEY MAKE THE ROYAL SHOW: A STUDY OF HOW THEY DID IT ...

Part II Of "The Year of the Beatles": This is where the 'O' level world becomes Rock...

Interview by Maureen Cleave, The Evening Standard, 18 October 1963

WHAT DISTINGUISHES the Beatles and the Liverpool Movement from the rest is their self-confidence. ...

Part III Of 'The Year Of The Beatles': It's Like Living It Up With Four Marx Brothers

Profile and Interview by Maureen Cleave, The Evening Standard, 19 October 1963

EACH BEATLE differs so much from the other Beatles that it's odd they get on so well together. They like each other best. "We are ...

The Beatles: With The Beatles (Parlophone)

Review by Peter Jones, Record Mirror, 9 November 1963

WITH THE BEATLES IS THE TITLE OF THE FANTASTIC NEW BEATLES ALBUM. HERE'S A DETAILED REVIEW BY PETER JONES ...

The Beatles: Only Do TV — At First

Report and Interview by Alan Walsh, Disc, 7 December 1963

WHEN THE Beatles go to America next year it will be virtually only to appear on the Ed Sullivan TV show. Speaking to me in ...

The Beatles Go Home To Liverpool In Triumph

Report by Alan Walsh, Disc, 14 December 1963

RINGO STARR, perched on a dais six feet above the stage of Liverpool's Empire Theatre, looked chilled despite his overcoat. Below him on the stage ...

The Beatles' views on Juke Box Jury

Report by Peter Jones, Record Mirror, 14 December 1963

WELL, NOW we KNOW what the Beatles really like, loathe, love and feel "nowt" about on the pop scene. Their take-over job on the panel ...

Beatles: Yes, It's All So Different Now, Says John

Report and Interview by June Harris, Disc, 21 December 1963

JOHN LENNON was the first to enter the Southend Odeon. He strolled across the stage looking very un-Beatlish in a suede cap and huge dark ...

Paris Prepares For That Beatle Invasion

Interview by June Harris, Disc, 21 December 1963

June Harris talks to Jo Bergman of the Beatles Press office, just back from Paris ...

The Beatles — and 1964

Interview by June Harris, Disc, 21 December 1963

Nobody can look back on 1963 with more satisfaction than The Beatles. In the last 12 months they've caused riots at the Royal Variety Performance, ...

The Beatles — and 1964

Interview by June Harris, Disc, 21 December 1963

This year has been just fantastic, but despite what the pessimists say, the next 12 months could be even bigger for the Beatles. Nobody can look ...

The Beatles: Backstage at the London Palladium

Report and Interview by David Griffiths, Record Mirror, 21 December 1963

The Man Who Guides The Stars Behind The Scenes ...

The Beatles: Yes, It's All So Different Now, Says John

Interview by June Harris, Disc, 21 December 1963

JOHN LENNON was the first to enter the Southend Odeon. He strolled across the stage looking very un-Beatlish in a suede cap and huge dark ...

Beatles Head For No.1 In U.S.!

Report by June Harris, Disc, 18 January 1964

THE BEATLES' 'I Want To Hold Your Hand' is heading straight for the Number One spot in the American 100! Last Friday the record soared ...

Beatles Booked for U.S. Carnegie Hall

Report by June Harris, Disc, 25 January 1964

THE INCREDIBLE, unbeatable, fab Beatles! There's no stopping them! Now... a bill-topping Carnegie Hall concert... U.S. tour offers pouring into Brian Epstein's office... more American ...

Beatles Heat Flares in Court

Report by uncredited writer, Billboard, 25 January 1964

CHICAGO — The Beatles, the nation's hottest recording property today, are becoming the object of the nation's hottest lawsuits, at least as far as the ...

How the Frenzied, Furry Beatles Took Over England

Profile by Maureen Cleave, The San Francisco Examiner, 2 February 1964

'We Are Our Friends, Pals And Buddies' ...

Beatles look at New York — from behind barricades

Report by Maureen Cleave, The Evening Standard, 8 February 1964

AND THEY'RE JUST POTTY WITH JOY ...

The Beatles: Worried About That American Trip? Not Us, Say John and George

Report and Interview by June Harris, Disc, 8 February 1964

TOMORROW (Friday) is B-Day in New York. And in New York. The Beatles mean big business! They will arrive at 1.40 p.m. to be met ...

Beatles Panned By U.S. Critics

Report by Maureen Cleave, The Evening Standard, 10 February 1964

But they wow TV audience and bring out mounted police ...

Beatles' Wisecracks Win the Day

Report by Maureen Cleave, The Evening Standard, 11 February 1964

NEW YORK, Tuesday. — The American Press had a go at the Beatles yesterday. They stayed with them from ten in the morning until seven ...

The Great American Love Affair with the Beatles

Report by Maureen Cleave, The Evening Standard, 12 February 1964

From MAUREEN CLEAVE: Washington, Wednesday ...

It's Bedlam for the Beatles

Report by Maureen Cleave, The Evening Standard, 13 February 1964

THINGS ARE really getting beyond a joke. The Beatles arrived back in New York from Washington yesterday afternoon and were marooned for three-quarters of an ...

The Beatles: The One Who Got Away

Interview by Keith Altham, Fabulous, 15 February 1964

PETE BEST is the Beatle who got away. The drummer who was replaced by Ringo Starr just before the boys hit the big time. What ...

In a Mellotone

Essay by Michael Lydon, Yale Daily News, 20 February 1964

NOTE: When the Beatles hit America in the winter of 1964, the event created a tidal wave in pop music that swept all before it. ...

The Beatles: I Love Them All, Says Ringo

Report and Interview by Maureen Cleave, The Evening Standard, 22 February 1964

THERE WERE 8000 on the roof. A thousand running through the building. And police galore. ...

The Beatles: Music's Gold Bugs

Essay by Al Aronowitz, Saturday Evening Post, March 1964

BRIAN SOMMERVILLE is a balding 32-year-old Londoner whose jaw juts out like the southeast corner of England when he thinks he is about to say ...

Livin' Eatin' Breathin' Beatles Film!

Interview by Keith Altham, Fabulous, 7 March 1964

THE VERY LATEST INFO ON THE FAB FOUR'S FIRST FILM BY KEITH ALTHAM ...

Musicians Union Watching Invasion of British Groups

Report by uncredited writer, Billboard, 28 March 1964

NEW YORK — The influx of the British musical groups on the U.S. personal appearance scene is disturbing the American Federation of Musicians. It's understood ...

Star Beat: Mike Grant Reporting On The Mersey Scene

Report by Mike Grant, Rave, April 1964

A BLONDE hairdresser is said to be very much the apple of Ringo Starr's eye at the moment. She lives and works in Liverpool and ...

A Beatle In His Own Write!

Report by Peter Jones, Record Mirror, 4 April 1964

John Lennon Talks About His New Book ...

Should A Pop Star Marry?

Report by Peter Jones, Norman Jopling, Record Mirror, 16 May 1964

Norman Jopling and Peter Jones take a look at the pros and cons of pop star marriages ...

Sshhh!!!!! Silence!!! Lights!!! Camera!!! Action!!! It's Those Beatles!

Report and Interview by Keith Altham, Fabulous, 16 May 1964

BEATLES HERE. Beatles there. Beatles tearing about everywhere, down at Twickenham film studios. I didn't expect any of them to have time for a chat, ...

Now You Can Be A Beatle People And Get Right In Here With Them

Overview by uncredited writer, Rave, June 1964

● Just a few people share the Beatles' lives — and their wit, charm, gaiety — because the Beatles can't meet everyone. ● But now YOU ...

Teledate: Sylvia Stephen talking to George Harrison

Interview by Sylvia Stephen, Fabulous, 13 June 1964

Y'KNOW, I'D like to adopt George Harrison. (Sit down those girls who yelled "So would we.") I don't have a favourite Beatle, they're all FAB, ...

The Beatles: A Hard Day's Night (Dir: Richard Lester)

Film/DVD/TV Review by Peter Jones, Record Mirror, 11 July 1964

It's a Great Day's Night! ...

The Beatles: A Hard Day's Night (Parlophone)

Review by Peter Jones, Record Mirror, 11 July 1964

AND THEIR NEW LP... ...

Beatles' Triumphant Return Home

Report by Bill Harry, Mersey Beat, 16 July 1964

Liverpool Airport — 5pm ...

Beatle Talk by Sylvia...

Report and Interview by Sylvia Stephens, Fabulous, 1 August 1964

"Actually," Paul McCartney said solemnly, "I've been married for three years." My eyes shot straight up through my McCartney type fringe. "Yes," he continued, still ...

3,000 gatecrash the Beatles

Report by Ivor Davis, Daily Express, 31 August 1964

From IVOR DAVIS Atlantic City, Sunday ...

Brian Epstein: 'I Knew They'd Be Bigger Than Elvis Presley...'

Interview by David Griffiths, Record Mirror, 4 September 1964

SAYS BRIAN EPSTEIN TO DAVID GRIFFITHS IN THE FIRST OF OUR NEW 'STARMAKERS' SERIES ...

The Beatles on Wax

Report by Sylvia Stephens, Fabulous, 3 October 1964

I FOUGHT my way past the body of Napoleon lying in state, having already paid my respects to Nelson dying at Trafalgar, turned my head ...

Brian Epstein: A Cellarful Of Noise (Souvenir Press)

Book Review by Peter Jones, Record Mirror, 10 October 1964

The night George got a black eye… ...

John Lennon: Happy Birthday to the Head Beatle

Interview by Keith Altham, Fabulous, 10 October 1964

Although The Beatles have never officially had a leader, John Lennon has always been regarded as Beatle-boss because of his major role in their success. ...

The Beatles, Mary Wells, Sounds Incorporated, Tommy Quickly: Apollo Theatre, Ardwick, Manchester

Live Review by Bill Harry, Mersey Beat, 22 October 1964

Beatles in Action ...

The Beatle Who Lost Out!

Retrospective and Interview by uncredited writer, Rave, November 1964

In a lonely caravan Rave finds the man who started it all. Name... Ken Brown ...

Ringo Talks About El

Interview by Keith Matthews, Record Mirror, 14 November 1964

ALTHOUGH the Beatles are continually quoted and misquoted, interpreted and misinterpreted, they don't really mind what is said about them. ...

The Beatles: Big Four on T.V.

Report by Vicki Wickham, Fabulous, 21 November 1964

"Hello, whack. What a rush, but we're here. Is there possibly anything to eat — we're starving?" It could only be The Beatles. ...

The Beatles: Beatles For Sale (Parlophone)

Review by Maureen Cleave, The Evening Standard, 28 November 1964

BEAUTIFUL BEATLES ...

Pop Music Democratised

Essay by Geoffrey Cannon, New Society, 3 December 1964

Author's note, 2018: Here is my late 1964 insight on the transformation of British pop into rock which can be dated to 21 February 1963 ...

The Beatles: What We Bought At Harrods

Interview by Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 24 December 1964

CHRISTMAS COMES but once a year... and when it comes it brings special problems for the Beatles. Those four famous faces can't just nip into ...

Other Stars View The Stones

Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, January 1965

THOSE ROLLING STONES, with their headline-hogging activities have always been controversial. There are more Stone-knockers than door-knockers in some of the snootier parts of the ...

Beatles Praise L.A.! Hull, Taylor Visiting Scene Of Beatle Movie

Report by Dave Hull, Derek Taylor, KRLA Beat, 10 March 1965

KRLA's Dave Hull and Derek Taylor are on Nassau, guests of the Beatles during filming of their second movie. Their reports and interviews are being ...

Beatle Quotes: It's Not Quiet In Studio As Beatles Make New Disc

Interview by uncredited writer, KRLA Beat, 15 March 1965

WHILE THE Beatles filmed in the Bahamas, George Martin, (the Beatles recording manager), sat back in London listening to tapes of the last recording session. ...

The Fab Four Step On The Gas

Report by Nancy Lewis, Fabulous, 27 March 1965

Talk with any boy, and chances are he has a real interest in cars. And our pop star friends are certainly no exception! Brand new ...

The Beatles: Hullabalooer and Ringo

Interview by Dave Hull, Derek Taylor, KRLA Beat, 31 March 1965

THE REPORT that the Beatles planned to name their second movie "Eight Days a Week" proved to be about 25 per cent correct. The first ...

George Harrison: Beatle Plans Revealed

Interview by Dave Hull, Derek Taylor, KRLA Beat, 7 April 1965

More of Hull-Taylor Interview Tells About Beatles' Life ...

John Lennon: Beatle Rumors Ended!

Interview by Dave Hull, Derek Taylor, KRLA Beat, 14 April 1965

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the third in a series of Beatle interviews by Dave Hull and Derek Taylor, who talked to John, Paul, George and ...

The Beatles, The Rolling Stones et al: NME Poll Winners' Concert, Empire Pool, Wembley, London

Live Review by Keith Altham, Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 16 April 1965

IT WAS THE GREATEST POP SHOW ON EARTH ...

The Beatles: Let's Talk With Paul

Interview by Dave Hull, Derek Taylor, KRLA Beat, 21 April 1965

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the fourth in a series of Beatle interviews by Dave Hull and Derek Taylor, who talked to John, Paul, George and ...

The Beatles: Making A Gold Record

Report by Derek Taylor, KRLA Beat, 5 May 1965

ST. JOHN'S WOOD is very much London. Solid and a little old. But nice and comfortable, and not yet shabby. The buildings have dignity and ...

Here Come The Beatles!

Memoir by Derek Taylor, KRLA Beat, 12 May 1965

Liverpool 4 Here In August ...

How The Beatles Spend An Evening

Interview by Norman Jopling, Record Mirror, 15 May 1965

IT WAS A typical quiet evening at London's Savoy Hotel. Quiet that is until the Beatles turned up to see Bob Dylan. They all trooped ...

The No.1 Boys

Interview by Sylvia Stephens, Fabulous, 15 May 1965

Who are the girls in the lives of the chart topping boys? Who are the girls who know them, who have encouraged them, who have ...

Once Upon a Time There Were Poor Beatles...

Interview by Dawn James, Rave, June 1965

Who became fantastically rich Beatles. Fabulously famous Beatles. Big-headed Beatles? Well, fairy tales are not all phoney, was this one? Rave asked longtime Beatle friend, ...

Derek Taylor's Life With The Beatles

Memoir by Derek Taylor, KRLA Beat, 9 June 1965

Recalls First Meeting When He Marveled At Their Magnetism ...

The Beatles: George, M.B.E., Always Knew...

Comment by Maureen Cleave, The Evening Standard, 12 June 1965

SO THE Beatles have the MBE; they may be pleased but I doubt whether they're surprised. If they'd been made dukes I doubt whether they ...

Derek Taylor Recalls Early Beatle Appeal

Memoir by Derek Taylor, KRLA Beat, 16 June 1965

(Editor's note: Last week Derek Taylor began the story of his association with the Beatles. He told of attending a concert in which he first ...

Liverpool: Home Town

Report and Interview by Sylvia Stephens, Fabulous, 19 June 1965

...that's Liddypool, home of so many greats in the pop world, and from the streets where they lived Fab's SYLVIA STEPHEN reports... ...

Derek Taylor: My Life With The Beatles — Beatlemania Grips England

Memoir by Derek Taylor, KRLA Beat, 23 June 1965

(Editor's Note: This is the third and concluding installment of Derek Taylor's life with the Beatles, first as a newspaperman covering their exciting rise to ...

The Beatles: Help! (Parlophone)

Review by Richard Green, Record Mirror, 24 July 1965

THIS ALBUM could easily be titled "The Many Moods Of The Beatles". Showcased in fourteen tracks are ballads, rock and roll, folk, country and western ...

A Touch of Magic

Comment by Dawn James, Rave, August 1965

WARMTH, TINGLE, love. Eyes that penetrate to the farthest seats in the theatre. Magnetism by a fragile body. A person, just like any other, only ...

Beginning a new study of our four Beatles, M.B.E. First, this month — Profile on Paul

Profile and Interview by Dawn James, Rave, August 1965

PAUL McCARTNEY sat astride an antique chair, the gold of it touching his well-styled suit. He looked at home, relaxed and confident. His neat face ...

The Beatles: John Lennon Slams The Critics

Interview by Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 6 August 1965

JOHN LENNON shouted for food, then turned to me in the vast, near-deserted auditorium of Blackpool's ABC theatre. In two hours he and the rest ...

The Beatles: Is Beatlemania Dying?

Report by uncredited writer, KRLA Beat, 7 August 1965

BEATLE RUMORS are flying again, and it's the same old story. According to the latest rumblings from the grapevine, "the Beatles are slipping in popularity." ...

The Beatles Will Make the Scene Here Again, but the Scene Has Changed

Overview by Robert Shelton, The New York Times, 11 August 1965

JOHN, PAUL, George and Ringo are bringing it all back home. That means the Beatles are returning to the United States. They will arrive Friday ...

Wild Richmond Festival — and Meeting Two Unexpected Guests

Live Review by Keith Altham, New Musical Express, 13 August 1965

FROM A STEEL tower out in the middle of Richmond Athletic Ground the anxious voice of an American cameraman crackled through a walkie-talkie set held ...

How To Get Our Autograph — And Live!

Interview by uncredited writer, Disc, 14 August 1965

* stage door routine * butter-up compere * through fan club ...

The Beatles: Help! (Parlophone PMC 1155)

Review by Maureen Cleave, The Evening Standard, 14 August 1965

SMALL WONDER the Americans pressed a million copies of this LP before they released it. Seven of the 11 new songs are what I can ...

Cannibal & The Headhunters: Land of 1000 Laughs

Interview by Ann Moses, Rhythm 'n' News, 10 September 1965

(Editor's note: This is the first of two parts dealing with Cannibal and the Headhunters — their group, their thoughts, their experiences as one of ...

Ken Dodd Champions The Beat Groups

Interview by Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 10 September 1965

"YES!" CACKLED Ken Dodd as he stood there in his dressing room at the London Palladium, wearing big boots, baggy trousers, a yellow daisy and ...

Cannibal & The Headhunters: Beatles Threw Marbles, Pillows

Interview by Ann Moses, Rhythm 'n' News, 17 September 1965

"THERE WERE so many things that happened, I can hardly think of them all" reflected Yo Yo of Cannibal & The Headhunters. As we talked ...

Ride In Space With Fab Four

Interview by Nikki Wine, KRLA Beat, 18 September 1965

THIS WEEK, star-gazers, I thought it might be fun to go on a space journey, Well, after all — if you can't beat 'em, JOIN ...

A Beatles Press Conference — What's It Like?

Report by Louise Criscione, KRLA Beat, 25 September 1965

LET'S GO SEE... with Louise Criscione ...

Brenda Holloway Tells Inside Story of Career

Interview by uncredited writer, KRLA Beat, 25 September 1965

SHE'S REALLY a nice person — one of the nicest in the business. She probably doesn't have any enemies — and that's rare. ...

It's a keen pad... Cyril Lord could make a fortune in this place, say the Beatles

Report by Maureen Cleave, The Evening Standard, 26 October 1965

THE BEATLES went to Buckingham Palace this morning to see the Queen. The occasion was the presentation of their MBEs. But the confrontation was inevitable, ...

Liverpool: News from the North

Report by Dawn James, Rave, November 1965

RAVE girl Dawn James pays a return visit to Liverpool, home of the Beatles, birthplace of the big British Pop Scene, and discovers some interesting ...

Paul: Secrets of the New Beatle Film

Interview by Maureen O'Grady, Rave, December 1965

Another RAVE exclusive! RAVE reporter Maureen O'Grady finds out the latest news about the next Beatle film, straight from Paul himself in this personal interview. ...

The Beatles: Rubber Soul

Review by uncredited writer, Record Mirror, 4 December 1965

It's Rubber Soul Time... ...

ALAN SMITH goes on tour with THE BEATLES!

Report and Interview by Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 10 December 1965

LIKE SOMETHING from the world of James Bond and international intrigue, a sleek Austin Princess with black tinted windows headed out of London in the ...

The Beatles, The Moody Blues: Odeon, Glasgow

Live Review by Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 10 December 1965

Beatles terrific... and rest of bill ...

The Beatles: Rubber Soul (Parlophone)

Review by Richard Green, Record Mirror, 11 December 1965

(Pssst... here's someone who 
actually DISLIKES
 the new Beatles LP.
 It's RM's Richard 
Green...) ...

London Turns On The Beatlemania

Report by Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 17 December 1965

Another tour special by ALAN SMITH ...

What They Bought At Harrods

Interview by Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 24 December 1965

CHRISTMAS comes but once a year... and when it comes it brings special problems for the Beatles. Those four famous faces can't just nip into ...

When Your Favourites Go On Holiday, They Usually Have To Work!

Report and Interview by Alan Smith, New Musical Express Summer Special, 1966

WHEREVER YOU are on holiday this year... the chances are you may bump into your favourite pop star! Some of the biggest names in the ...

Who is the Funniest Beatle?

Comment by Dawn James, Rave, January 1966

JOHN, GEORGE, Paul and Ringo stood squashed together in an hotel corridor, besieged by people young and old. One of the younger ones screamed "aahh!," ...

The Beatles: Rubber Soul (Parlophone UK)

Review by Eden, KRLA Beat, 1 January 1966

The Lowdown On The British Rubber Soul ...

Pop think in: John Lennon

Interview by uncredited writer, Melody Maker, 15 January 1966

John Lennon knew all about the MM's Pop Think-in when he was approached to sit in the "hot seat". "Yeah, it'll be a laugh," he ...

Wedding Belles: George Pities Paul

Report by Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 28 January 1966

"I PITY Paul," said George Harrison, with a wry grin, "'cos now he's the only Beatle left, you lot will hound him all over the ...

My Missing Years, by Freddie Lennon, John Lennon's Father

Interview by Maureen O'Grady, Rave, February 1966

For eighteen years Freddie Lennon vanished. From the time he was six until he was twenty-four John heard nothing from him. When he returned he ...

Bud Shank: A Jazzman Speaks Out On The Beatles

Profile and Interview by Carol Deck, KRLA Beat, 19 February 1966

JAZZ. OF THAT word didn't scare you away and you're still reading, congratulations, you're among a maturing generation of pop fans whose world expands daily. ...

Lennon and McCartney: Songwriters — A Portrait from 1966

Interview by Michael Lydon, unpublished, March 1966

Just after the release of Rubber Soul, I had the chance to meet John Lennon and Paul McCartney in London, and I conducted in-depth interviews ...

Pattie Boyd: The Model Bride

Report by Dawn James, Rave, March 1966

She was the model bride. He was the model husband. Why was it that they were meant for each other? ...

How Does a Beatle Live? John Lennon

Profile and Interview by Maureen Cleave, The Evening Standard, 4 March 1966

ON A HILL IN SURREY... A YOUNG MAN, FAMOUS, LOADED AND WAITING FOR SOMETHING ...

How a Beatle Lives, Part 2: Ringo Starr — So Who's Afraid of Dogs and Babies! (Especially Babies)

Report and Interview by Maureen Cleave, The Evening Standard, 11 March 1966

RINGO LIVES in Weybridge at the bottom of the hill of which John lives on top. His house, too, is large and Tudor-ish. It has ...

Now Only Beatle Left — What Will Happen To Paul?

Comment by Louise Criscione, KRLA Beat, 12 March 1966

AND NOW there is only one — unmarried Beatle, that is. What will become of Paul McCartney now that he is the sole eligible (?) ...

How A Beatle Lives Part 3: George Harrison — Avocado With Everything…

Report and Interview by Maureen Cleave, The Evening Standard, 18 March 1966

GEORGE HARRISON is 23, the youngest Beatle and the least well-known. He isn't one of the two who sing and he isn't Ringo; indeed some ...

How A Beatle Lives, No. 4: Paul All Alone: Running Hard To Catch Up With The Music

Interview by Maureen Cleave, The Evening Standard, 25 March 1966

THE SCENE SHIFTS FROM WEYBRIDGE TO LONDON ...

Brian Epstein: The Man Behind The Beatles And How He Lives

Profile and Interview by Maureen Cleave, The Evening Standard, 1 April 1966

Many theories developed about Brian Epstein: he was crooked, he was straight; he was a tough businessman, he was a lousy businessman; it was all ...

All About The World's Greatest Pop Show: 1966 NME Concert Mightiest Ever!

Live Review by Keith Altham, Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 6 May 1966

THOUSANDS upon thousands of fans converging on the massive Wembley Empire Pool for the biggest pop show in the world on Sunday... the staggering, the ...

How Far Out Can The Poppers Go?

Report by Nick Jones, Melody Maker, 28 May 1966

NOW YOU'RE NEVER ALONE — WITH A SITAR ...

The Beatles: 'Paperback Writer'/'Rain' (Parlophone)

Review by Maureen Cleave, The Evening Standard, 11 June 1966

  IT'S HARD to know what to say about either of these songs. One thing is certain: Ella Fitzgerald and all the gang of real singers ...

The Beatles: Ringo Played Cards As Others Sang 'Paperback'!

Interview by Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 17 June 1966

...reveals GEORGE MARTIN, the Beatles' recording manager, in an interview with Alan Smith. ...

The Beatles: My Broken Tooth — by Paul McCartney

Interview by Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 24 June 1966

I HAVE interviewed Paul McCartney travelling in a car at speed. Battling up a crowded flight of stairs. In a smoky billiards room. On the ...

Beatle LP Cover Banned

Report by uncredited writer, KRLA Beat, 2 July 1966

THE BEATLES have turned out the most nauseating album cover ever seen in the U.S. The jacket [of yesterday and Today — RBP Ed] is ...

Such a Small Thing to Ask... But Bill Harry Tells How The Beatles can do an Old Friend a Favour

Report and Interview by Bill Harry, Record Mirror, 16 July 1966

AS FAR AS I'm concerned, JOHN, PAUL, GEORGE and RINGO are friends of mine. We've worked together and helped each other in the past and ...

Psychedelics: That's The New Fad

Report by Lillian Roxon, Sydney Morning Herald, the, 17 July 1966

The Pop movement has become old-hat now. In its place a brand new gimmick has started to sweep American discotheques. ...

John Lennon: 'A Subconscious Urge To Get Above People'

Interview by Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 22 July 1966

Beatle Dreams by Alan Smith ...

Paul McCartney: 'I Get Caught Out In Street In Underwear!'

Interview by Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 29 July 1966

Beatle Dreams by Alan Smith ...

Beatle Fans Defecting To Stone-Side Of Fence?

Report by Eden, KRLA Beat, 30 July 1966

WE BUILD THEM UP — we idolize them — we lay the physical manifestations of adulation, worship, and success at their feet. ...

The Beatles: Revolver (Parlophone PMC 7009)

Review by Maureen Cleave, The Evening Standard, 30 July 1966

THIS COMES out next Friday. The cover shows the Beatles with huge heads of Beardsley hair and little photographs of themselves propped up on the ...

The Beatles: Revolver (Parlophone)

Review by uncredited writer, Disc and Music Echo, 30 July 1966

RAY DAVIES reviews the BEATLES LP: 'Really, it's a load of RUBBISH' ...

The Beatles: Revolver (Parlophone)

Review by uncredited writer, Melody Maker, 30 July 1966

BEATLES BREAK BOUNDS OF POP ...

The Beatles: Revolver (Parlophone)

Review by Richard Green, Peter Jones, Record Mirror, 30 July 1966

WELL, THIS is it! The latest Beatle LP, aptly called Revolver. The production that blokes like RM's Tony Hall, having been granted advance whispers of some of ...

Norman Smith... A&R Man

Interview by Kevin Swift, Beat Instrumental, August 1966

UNTIL RECENTLY the name Norman Smith was synonymous with the Beatles, Cilla Black, Manfred Mann and many other famous recording names. He was the sound ...

New singles from the Beatles, Small Faces, Percy Sledge et al

Review by Penny Valentine, Disc and Music Echo, 6 August 1966

THIS IS THE BEST BEATLE SONG EVER! ...

Pop Singles inc. the Beatles, Small Faces, John Mayall with Eric Clapton

Review by uncredited writer, Melody Maker, 6 August 1966

CUTE & POTTY RINGO ...

The Beatles, Small Faces et al: New Singles

Review by Peter Jones, Norman Jopling, Record Mirror, 6 August 1966

Wonderful new Beatles, and 2 versions of America's 'Napoleon' hit. Very good Small Faces & old Righteous Bros & Ike and Tina. Slower Nancy and ...

The Beatles: Revolver (Capitol ST-2576/T-2576)

Review by Pete Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 7 August 1966

New Beatles Album Best Yet ...

Revolver Is Title For New Beatle LP

Report by Tony Barrow, KRLA Beat, 13 August 1966

DURING THEIR Germany/Far East tour THE BEATLES worked out a final running order for their upcoming U.K. album, due for Parlophone release August 5. ...

Cliff Bennett First To Cover Revolver

Report by Tony Barrow, KRLA Beat, 13 August 1966

WHENEVER A new album by THE BEATLES goes on the market, we know to expect a flood of cover-version singles from different parts of the ...

George Martin: Make Them Top Here!

Interview by Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 19 August 1966

NMExclusive: 'Submarine' recording hilarious recalls A&R manager GEORGE MARTIN to Alan Smith ...

The Beatles: Four Smiling, Tired Guys Talk About Their Music

Interview by Loraine Alterman, Detroit Free Press, 19 August 1966

THEY'RE REAL. The Beatles, that is. I had never seen them in the flesh before, so I expected some kind of supermen to step out ...

The Beatles: Revolver (Capitol)

Review by Richard Goldstein, The Village Voice, 25 August 1966

SWINGING LONDON, August 17 — The reception which the Beatles have received so far on their American tour has been less than ecstatic. But it ...

The Beatles: Revolver (Capitol)

Review by Richard Goldstein, The Village Voice, 25 August 1966

SWINGING LONDON, August 17 — The reception which the Beatles have received so far on their American tour has been less than ecstatic. But it ...

The Beatles: Shea Stadium, Queens, New York NY

Live Review by June Harris, New Musical Express, 26 August 1966

THE BEATLES THRILL 45,000 AT SHEA'S ...

Beatles 'Ban-Wagon' Rolls!

Report by uncredited writer, KRLA Beat, 27 August 1966

Epstein Fears Security Dangers During U.S. Tour ...

Summertime Songs on the Heat Parade

Review by Pete Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 28 August 1966

THIS SUMMER may rank along with most Christmases for the number of seasonal records it has produced — every radio station's hit list is loaded ...

The Beatles, the Ronettes et al: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles CA

Live Review by Pete Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 29 August 1966

40,000 Yell, Weep as Beatles Belt Out 10 Hits at Stadium ...

The Beatles: Candlestick Park, San Francisco CA

Live Review by Philip Elwood, The San Francisco Examiner, 30 August 1966

Beatles Strike Out at Ball Park ...

Beatle Bravery Worth More Than Money

Interview by June Harris, New Musical Express, 2 September 1966

A FEW days after the tornado, we're still recovering from the Beatles visit! The concert is over, and so is the tour. The amount the ...

The Beatles: Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle WA; Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles CA; Candlestick Park, San Francisco CA

Live Review by Tracy Thomas, New Musical Express, 2 September 1966

Meanwhile, back in California... ...

Cass Meets John

Interview by Jamie McCluskey III, KRLA Beat, 10 September 1966

THE MEETING of the Century has finally taken place. Yes, the Large Bird from America has finally made contact with the Chief Beatle of Blightyland ...

Letters to the Editor: Lennon Vs. Christianity

Readers' Letters by Various Writers, KRLA Beat, 10 September 1966

(Ed. NOTE: The BEAT has received hundreds of letters, both pro and con, concerning John Lennon's remarks about Christianity. Unfortunately, we do not have nearly ...

The Beatles: Revolver (Capitol)

Review by uncredited writer, KRLA Beat, 10 September 1966

Whatever Happened To The Beatle Soul? ...

Barrow Dispels Beatle Rumors

Interview by uncredited writer, KRLA Beat, 24 September 1966

As Seen By A Beat Reporter After A Long Luvley Chat With Tony Barrow ...

Beatles Having A Love Affair

Report by Louise Criscione, KRLA Beat, 24 September 1966

I RATHER THINK the Beatles are currently enjoying a two-sided love affair with California. Even when the "Jesus-Lennon" controversy was enjoying its peak and the ...

The Beatles, The Ronettes et al: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, Ca.

Live Review by Rochelle Reed, KRLA Beat, 24 September 1966

"THIS JUST stuns me!" said awed Byrd David Crosby, a Beatle mate. He was standing on the field of Dodger Stadium, gazing up at the ...

The Remains: Beatle Tour — 'Like Playing In A Closet'

Interview by Rochelle Reed, KRLA Beat, 24 September 1966

"PLAYING THE Beatle tour was like performing in a closet with the lights off," confessed Briggs, one of the Remains who wandered up to The ...

A Conversation with Paul McCartney

Interview by Miles, International Times, November 1966

THIS WAS recorded at Paul's house in Cavendish Avenue, Saint John's Wood in November 1966 for  International Times, known as  IT, the London Underground newspaper. ...

RSG RIP: Another pop show bites the dust!

Report by Vicki Wickham, uncredited writer, Disc and Music Echo, 19 November 1966

Ready, Steady Go! Editor Vicki Wickham reviews highlights of the TV aeries that ends on December 23 ...

Beatles Off Guard

Interview by Ann Moses, New Musical Express Annual, December 1966

When two Los Angeles security men guarded the Beatles during their last U.S. tour there were no reporters... no photographers. The Beatles never thought this story would be ...

Beatles Split?... Epstein Mum

Report by uncredited writer, KRLA Beat, 3 December 1966

THREE YEARS after instigating an entire era, the Beatles are breaking up. ...

A Hard Day's Surfin' Safari: When Brian Met Macca

Memoir by Derek Taylor, World Countdown News, 1967

When Beatles press officer Derek Taylor swapped Swinging Britain for LA's Sunset Strip in 1965, he played a pivotal part in bringing the worlds of ...

Pop Eye: Ravi and the Teenie Satori

Report by Richard Goldstein, The Village Voice, 5 January 1967

THEY ARE waiting for him in the glass-enclosed library of Asia House, over coffee, cream, and croissants. All the regulars are there: the lady reporter ...

Platter Chatter: Albums from The Beatles, Donovan, Ravi Shankar et al

Review by uncredited writer, Hit Parader, February 1967

SUNSHINE SUPERMAN, Donovan's first big "commercial" success, is a
beautiful, poetic, soothing, soaring, lyrical, rhythmic, groovy experience. ...

The Beatles' Plans For '67: Records, TV Specials and...?

Report by Tony Barrow, KRLA Beat, 11 February 1967

NEWSPAPER REPORTERS and magazine editors on both sides of the Atlantic seem to have had a thoroughly enjoyable time over the past couple of months ...

Paul's 'Penny' And Lennon's 'Strawberry' — from The Inside

Report by Tony Barrow, KRLA Beat, 25 February 1967

IT'S BEEN six months since The Beatles brought out a single. Now as ultimate evidence for all those split-up rumour-builders here comes the group's first ...

Saville Riots Row

Report by uncredited writer, Record Mirror, 25 February 1967

OVER 1,000 Teddy Boys wearing their 1950 zoot suits, winkle pickers and beetle crushers (we are told) rioted last Sunday at the Saville Theatre in ...

Beatles Stage Happening With Monkee, Stones...

Report by Tony Barrow, KRLA Beat, 11 March 1967

41 OF BRITAIN'S most accomplished classical musicians wearing formal evening dress, false noses, assorted king-size sun shades and other good-humoured embellishments. ...

Boos, Jeers Greet Two Beatles At Berry Show

Report by uncredited writer, KRLA Beat, 25 March 1967

LONDON — JOHN Lennon, Ringo Starr and their manager, Brian Epstein, were the object of booing and jeering from the audience at the Epstein owned ...

Paul drops in at a Beach Boys recording session

Report by Derek Taylor, Disc and Music Echo, 22 April 1967

DEREK TAYLOR reporting from Hollywood on a meeting of the giants ...

Beatle Jive-Up

Report by uncredited writer, 16 Magazine, May 1967

Up-to-the-minute news & views on the Fabulous Four — Paul, Ringo, George & John! ...

Klaus Voorman: Klaus Must Choose

Interview by Kevin Swift, Beat Instrumental, May 1967

"I ENJOY my life in music", said Klaus Voorman, opening a discussion on his dual-talent career. He's a brilliant artist, an outstanding musician. How does ...

Paul McCartney In America; Beatles Finish Sgt. Pepper

Report by Tony Barrow, KRLA Beat, 6 May 1967

ON MONDAY, April 3, Paul McCartney flew from London to the West Coast of America, via Paris, accompanied by Mal Evans who is one of ...

The Way Out is In: A George Harrison Interview

Interview by Miles, International Times, 19 May 1967

GH: If you could just say a word and it would tell people something straight to the point, then you take all the words that ...

Pop Concerts — Essential or Obsolete in '68?

Report by Tony Barrow, KRLA Beat, 20 May 1967

THE BEATLES have decided that it is no longer possible for them to gain anything other than dollars galore from putting on concert performances. ...

The Worshippers

Interview by Dawn James, Rave, June 1967

Fans make success for a pop star — more than money, more than influence, more than talent. But what are fans? Why do they remain ...

The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Capitol)

Review by Pete Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 1967

'Hearts' of the Beatles Beat as One on New Disc ...

The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts' Club Band (Parlophone)

Review by uncredited writer, International Times, 2 June 1967

ONE OF THE hang-ups on the pop scene is that too many groups have been writing "psychedelic" music before they have achieved sufficient insight into ...

BEAT EXCLUSIVE: A Behind The Scenes Story Of Beatles' Sgt. Pepper

Report by Tony Barrow, KRLA Beat, 3 June 1967

LONDON — On the first day of February THE BEATLES began to record a song called 'SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND'. Paul had contributed ...

The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Capitol SMAS 2653)

Review by Philip Elwood, The San Francisco Examiner, 3 June 1967

Last Respects to Beatles In an Album That Turns on ...

The Beatles: Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band (Capitol SMAS 2653)

Review by Richard Goldstein, The New York Times, 18 June 1967

We Still Need the Beatles, but… ...

Paul McCartney: 'If You'll Shut Up About It I Will'

Report by Tony Barrow, KRLA Beat, 15 July 1967

ON THE evening of Monday June 19, thirty six hours after the British press had reported and examined Paul McCartney's statement regarding LSD (originally contained ...

The Beatles: I Blew My Cool Through The New York Times

Comment by Richard Goldstein, The Village Voice, 20 July 1967

IF BEING A critic were the same as being a listener I could just enjoy Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Other than one cut ...

AIR: George Martin — 700 Hours To Complete Sgt Pepper

Interview by Peter Jones, Record Mirror, 22 July 1967

IF I WERE a recording manager, I'm sure you'd never catch me on the hop if you asked how many number ones, or top ten ...

George Harrison: A Different Face, New Life

Profile by Rochelle Reed, KRLA Beat, 29 July 1967

HE'S A member of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band resplendent in an orange braided uniform and flowing hair, with a mustache that somehow grows ...

Pills and Pop Music: A Psychedelicate Subject

Comment by Pete Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 1967

One pill makes you larger And one pill makes you small And the ones that mother gives you Don't do anything at all." ...

Down in Deepest Beatle-land, All John Gets is Love

Report by David Hughes, Disc and Music Echo, 5 August 1967

DOWN IN the prosperous community of St. George's. Hill, Weybridge, in Surrey, something stirred. It wasn't a bird – it was a caravan, John Lennon's ...

From Los Angeles, a warm story of how — A Beatle out of "prison" plays it cool with hippies

Report by Derek Taylor, Disc and Music Echo, 19 August 1967

DEREK TAYLOR reporting on George Harrison's American visit. GEORGE talks of the "magic of his beads". ...

Harrison Arrives Stateside; Explains Controversial Ad

Report and Interview by uncredited writer, KRLA Beat, 27 August 1967

LOS ANGELES — Beatle George Harrison arrived at the Los Angeles International Airport for what he described as a "little bit of business and pleasure." ...

George Harrison: The Scene and Heard Interview

Interview by Miranda Ward, unpublished, September 1967

NOTE: In a brief conversation that appeared on the BBC Radio program Scene and Heard, George Harrison spoke with reporter Miranda Ward from the set ...

The Flower Game

Report by Maureen O'Grady, Rave, September 1967

What do flowers mean to you? To the Flower People (the Gentle People, the Beautiful People) they signify love, freedom, goodness, fun and new experiences. ...

The George Harrison Interview

Interview by Alan Walsh, Melody Maker, 2 September 1967

"You may think this interview is of no importance to me," said George Harrison across a table in NEM's Enterprises Mayfair offices. "But you'd be ...

Brian Epstein: In Memoriam

Memoir by Derek Taylor, Disc and Music Echo, 9 September 1967

Derek Taylor — Disc Hollywood writer, was Beatles press officer before leaving for America to work with the Beach Boys, Byrds and other top groups. ...

The George Harrison Interview (part 2)

Interview by Alan Walsh, Melody Maker, 9 September 1967

George Harrison, Beatle, human being and musical innovator, spoke of God, LSD, the Hippies and Haight Ashbury last week in the first of these two ...

Allen Ginsberg: Poet Who Swam in the Ganges — And Started Something

Report by Lillian Roxon, Sydney Morning Herald, the, 10 September 1967

NEWS THAT the Beatles were flying to India for two months in October, that they were giving up drugs and taking up Indian mysticism may ...

Beatles And A Stone To Wales With Mystic

Report by Tony Barrow, KRLA Beat, 23 September 1967

ANY GOOD groupie and, indeed, any teenybopper of average intellect would assure you that one of the least likely places top pop people are to ...

The Beatles: Two Magical Mystery Tours

Report by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 23 September 1967

'Ringo stood on my foot,' said one girl helpfully. 'But I don't know where they've gone!' ...

Klaus Voorman: Mann Talk

Interview by Richard Green, Record Mirror, 30 September 1967

EVER SINCE the days of '5-4-3-2-1', Manfred Mann has been improving. Until it has now reached the stage where it can either change it's style ...

Platter Chatter: New Albums From The Beatles, Mothers Of Invention etc.

Review by uncredited writer, Hit Parader, October 1967

ABSOLUTELY FREE by the Mothers (Of Invention) must be heard to be believed and appreciated. The music is incredibly dynamic, the lyrics irresistibly memorable. ...

The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Capitol)

Review by Paul Nelson, Hullabaloo, October 1967

LIKE THE Beatles themselves, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Capitol) is both enigmatic and brilliant, comprised of so many elements that one hardly knows ...

Brian Epstein's Death Is Ruled Accidental Overdose

Report by Tony Barrow, KRLA Beat, 7 October 1967

THE NEWS OF Brian Epstein's tragic death led to an immediate storm of speculation about the future of his artists and his various pop empires ...

The Times Of India and Sgt. Pepper

Review by uncredited writer, Record Mirror, 14 October 1967

IN THE POP column of a recent edition of the Times of India, critic Z. H. has his first listen to Sgt Pepper. Here's his ...

Harrison Finds Help In House

Report by Tony Barrow, KRLA Beat, 21 October 1967

GEORGE HARRISON'S contribution to the soundtrack of the Beatles' self-directed hour-long television show Magical Mystery Tour is a new song which he wrote while he ...

Extra! The English Scene

Report by Miranda Ward, Hit Parader, November 1967

...from Our Gal In London... Miranda Ward ...

The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Review by uncredited writer, Hit Parader, November 1967

EVER SINCE THE Beatles demonstrated an amazing originality and maturity with their Rubber Soul and Revolver albums, they've been burdened with the responsibility of discovering new and increasingly far-out ...

Harrison & Lennon Discuss Religion

Interview by Tony Barrow, KRLA Beat, 4 November 1967

BEFORE DEPARTING for India and the beginning of a two to three month meditation study course under the guidance of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Beatles John ...

New Singles including The Beatles, Pink Floyd and Buffalo Springfield

Review by Nick Jones, Melody Maker, 18 November 1967

STILL THE BEATLES OLD SOUL AND FEELING ...

The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour

Review by Mike Jahn, Saturday Review, December 1967

WHOEVER IT WAS that wrote the Bhagavad-Gita (the Celestial Song of Hindu theology) intended to define the perfect disciple when he wrote: "Who sees Me ...

The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour

Review by Norman Jopling, Record Mirror, 1 December 1967

MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR is another example of a subject in which the Beatles have been able to exercise their vivid imaginations. ...

A New Development — An Electric Sitar

Report by uncredited writer, KRLA Beat, 2 December 1967

ELEVEN YEARS ago a pixieish Indian named Ravi Shankar hit these shores. His sole objective in coming here was to make the western world aware ...

The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour (Capitol)

Review by Philip Elwood, The San Francisco Examiner, 7 December 1967

Beatles' Astonishing Tour — Old Sound Gone in New Album ...

The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour (Capitol); Buffalo Springfield: Buffalo Springfield Again (Atco)

Review by Pete Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 10 December 1967

Beatles Back With Another LP ...

Beatle George And Where He's At

Interview by Nick Jones, Melody Maker, 16 December 1967

For many people, the Beatles have long passed the stage where they are merely a pop group. The first indication of this development was probably ...

Beatle George And Where He's At (Part 2)

Interview by Nick Jones, Melody Maker, 30 December 1967

WE WERE talking about how meditation and yoga leads to self realization. ...

The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour (Capitol 2835)

Review by Richard Goldstein, The New York Times, 31 December 1967

Are They Waning? ...

The Beatles: Hope You Do Enjoy The Show

Interview by Keith Altham, Hit Parader Yearbook, Winter 1967

DESPITE THEIR flamboyant appearance, the Beatles are still the same, sane, straightforward people they were four years ago. Their opinions and beliefs are the same, ...

Records of the Year: The Beatles, The Beach Boys

Review by David Griffiths, Record Mirror, 6 January 1968

The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band THIS ONE has historical value as a milestone in pop music, and in the art of recording, so ...

The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour (Apple Corps/BBC)

Film/DVD/TV Review by Alan Walsh, Melody Maker, 6 January 1968

WE HEAR a lot in the pop world about that magical mystery word "communication." ...

London: Beatles Clip Banned

Column by Nick Jones, Rolling Stone, 20 January 1968

  THERE ARE a few gloomy faces in England these days since our pound has devalued (what?) but it's mainly the profiteers who can't bear the ...

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi: The Politics of Salvation

Report by Richard Goldstein, The Village Voice, 25 January 1968

The question of the hour is: can an honest man still be a fraud? ...

Beatles in TV Controversy

Report by Tony Barrow, KRLA Beat, 27 January 1968

A VIOLENT storm of controversy surrounded the London unveiling of Magical Mystery Tour, the Beatles' first self-made TV movie. When the show was screened by ...

Beatles by Barrow: Paul — the Cute Beatle Boy

Profile by Tony Barrow, Melody Maker, 10 February 1968

PROBING NEW BEATLES SERIES BY THE MAN WHO'S KEPT SILENT FOR FIVE YEARS ...

Beatles by Barrow: Beatle Who's Changed The Most

Profile by Tony Barrow, Melody Maker, 17 February 1968

TONY BARROW, the Beatles press representative, writes about the Beatles for the first time in five years. Naturally, he chose Melody Maker. Barrow has been ...

Beatles by Barrow: Beatle at the Back

Profile by Tony Barrow, Melody Maker, 24 February 1968

TONY BARROW, the Beatles press representative, writes about the Beatles for the first time in five years, Naturally, he chose Melody Maker. Barrow has been ...

Lennon the Outrageous Beatle

Profile by Tony Barrow, Melody Maker, 2 March 1968

TONY BARROW, the Beatles' press representative, concludes his four part series with this article on John Lennon. Barrow has been associated with the Beatles since ...

Platter Chatter: Albums from The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Jefferson Airplane, Cream and Kaleidoscope

Review by uncredited writer, Hit Parader, April 1968

BEACON FROM MARS/THE KALEIDOSCOPE — Here is the most versatile band we have ever heard. You want ragtime? Listen to 'Baldheaded End OfA Broom' which ...

Maharishi links Beatles and Beach Boys

Interview by Keith Altham, New Musical Express, 6 April 1968

NME helps find World Peace venue ...

Revolution: That's What The Beatles Are Planning With This (picture of an apple)

Report and Interview by Alan Walsh, Melody Maker, 1 June 1968

APPLE, THE Beatles' artistic mindchild, is a feeling, an effort and a purpose. ...

Paul McCartney: 'We Have a Handful of Songs and a Band Called the Beatles'

Interview by Alan Walsh, Melody Maker, 8 June 1968

PAUL McCARTNEY, new-style businessman of Apple, took time off from creative planning last week and talked about the Beatles recording plans. Paul spoke to the MM the ...

The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour (Apple Corps/BBC)

Film/DVD/TV Review by Tom Nolan, Los Angeles Free Press, 21 June 1968

THE BEATLES' Magical Mystery Tour is superb, brilliant, great, heavy, boss, light entertainment, good clean fun, a Message Picture, an entertaining nightmare, and it has ...

Beatle Wife Pattie Sets Up Shop...

Interview by Caroline Boucher, Disc and Music Echo, 3 August 1968

PATTIE BOYD, a regular customer of the Chelsea Antique Market, changed sides of the counter last week when she opened her own stall there. ...

"Beatles' Loose Habit Of Recording"

Interview by Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 17 August 1968

Paul McCartney in a no-punches pulled interview with NME's Alan Smith ...

Why does nobody loves the Beatles?

Comment by Alan Walsh, Melody Maker, 17 August 1968

THE KNIVES are out in force. Fleet Street is gunning for the Beatles. ...

20 Revolutionary Singles, as requested

Letter by Geoffrey Cannon, unpublished, 28 October 1968

25 FLORENCE TERRACE, FALMOUTH, CORNWALL TELEPHONE: FALMOUTH 1840 23rd October 1968 ...

The Beatles: The Beatles (White Album) (Apple)

Review by Alan Walsh, Melody Maker, 9 November 1968

Are the Beatles going backwards? ALAN WALSH PREVIEWS THE NEW BEATLES DOUBLE ALBUM ...

The Beatles: The Beatles (Apple)

Review by Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 9 November 1968

BEATLES DOUBLE-LP IN FULL The Brilliant, the Bad and the Ugly — Track-by-Track review of 30 songs ...

The Beatles: The Beatles (Parlophone)

Review by Penny Valentine, Disc and Music Echo, 9 November 1968

73 bob is the cost of the Beatles' LP. Pay up and smile THE BEATLES GETS AWAY FROM SERGEANT PEPPER ...

Yellow Submarine (King Features/Apple Corps, Dir. George Dunning)

Film/DVD/TV Review by Lita Eliscu, East Village Other, 15 November 1968

YELLOW SUBMARINE is the full-length cartoon made on the basis of the Beatle's Sgt. Peppers' album, and as the story goes, the Beatles wanted nothing ...

The Beatles: The Beatles (White Album) (Apple)

Review by uncredited writer, Record Mirror, 16 November 1968

THE BEATLES ALBUM TRACKS IN DEPTH strange vibrations from John... ...

Back with the real Beatles: The Beatles (White Album) (Apple)

Review by Geoffrey Cannon, The Guardian, 19 November 1968

The Beatles' new album is about to be released. This is the first of two articles on what is likely to be the biggest event ...

The Beatles: The Beatles (Apple)

Review by Philip Elwood, The San Francisco Examiner, 19 November 1968

Beatles' Latest-in a Plain Wrapper ...

The Beatles: The Beatles [The White Album] (Apple)

Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 21 November 1968

TOMORROW THE BEATLES will release their first album in a year, titled simply The Beatles. ...

Back to Spring: The Beatles: The Beatles (White Album) (Apple)

Review by Geoffrey Cannon, The Guardian, 26 November 1968

"EARTH, WATER, fire, and air met together in a garden fair," chants Robin Williamson, of the Incredible String Band, in 'Koeeoaadi There'. And if the ...

The Beatles: The Beatles (White Album)

Review by Miles, International Times, 29 November 1968

WELL, THE new Beatle album's here with 30 catchy little numbers for you to whistle on your way to work, glide around the Mecca to, ...

The Beatles: The Beatles (White Album) (Apple)

Review by uncredited writer, Melody Maker, 30 November 1968

WITH OVER a million quid already in the coffers for this latest two-LP set handed down from the Liverpudlian heights, it is difficult to put ...

The Beatles: The Beatles (The White Album)

Review by Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 30 November 1968

BEATLES CHART HISTORY BY GETTING DOUBLE LP IN. ...

The Beatles: Paul Recalls Inspirations Of LP

Interview by Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 30 November 1968

PAUL McCARTNEY has been talking about The Beatles' new double-album and he is understandably and humanly chuffed at the cover versions of his songs. He ...

Has Apple Gone Rotten?

Interview by Alan Walsh, Melody Maker, 7 December 1968

HAS APPLE GONE SOUR? That's a question people are starting to ask as directors quit, and the film division virtually closes down. There are also ...

The Beatles: The Beatles (Apple SWBO 101)

Review by Pete Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 8 December 1968

Another Beatles Winner ...

Album of the Month — The Beatles: The Beatles (White Album) (Apple)

Review by Alan Walsh, Melody Maker, 14 December 1968

'Back In The USSR', 'Dear Prudence', 'Glass Onion', Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da', 'Wild Honey Pie', 'The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill', 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps', 'Happiness ...

The NEW Blind Date: Alvin Lee

Review by uncredited writer, Melody Maker, 21 December 1968

ALVIN LEE, guitarist-leader of Ten Years After, recently returned from a successful Stateside tour, lent an ear to this week's selection of albums and singles ...

The Beatles: The Beatles (White Album) (Apple PCS 7067 & 8)

Review by David Griffiths, Record Mirror, 4 January 1969

LAST YEAR'S obvious standout LP was Sergeant Pepper and now we have its unbelievable, impossible, out-of-sight successor. It's no feat of critical perception to pick ...

The Beatles: Yellow Submarine

Film/DVD/TV Review by Miller Francis, The Great Speckled Bird, 13 January 1969

Yellow Submarine is rapidly on its way to canonization, so I felt that along with unrestrained praise for its animation designer Heinz Edelmann, should go ...

The Beatles: Yellow Submarine (Apple Records, Stereo PCS7O70)

Review by uncredited writer, Record Mirror, 18 January 1969

'Yellow Submarine'; 'Only A Northern Song'; 'All Together Now'; 'Hey Bulldog'; 'It's All Too Much'; 'All You Need Is Love'; 'Pepperland'; 'Sea Of Holes'; 'Sea ...

The Beatles and John Lennon

Essay by John Sinclair, Ann Arbor Argus, 24 January 1969

I KNOW YOU'RE tired of hearing all the bullshit about the Beatles and all, but there are things going on that nobody seems to be ...

The Beatles: Too Big For The Band?

Comment by Geoffrey Cannon, The Guardian, 25 February 1969

MARY HOPKIN, the film music for Yellow Submarine and Wonderwall, and the Two Virgins album, were all made by Beatles. But they have no other ...

Apple: 1988 — A Year For Nostalgia

Memoir by Derek Taylor, Hit Parader, March 1969

IT WAS GOOD then, good when we were young then, when we were new and The Apple was fresh and the other apples, wrinkling and ...

Beatles Music Straightforward On Next Album: An Interview with John Lennon

Interview by Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 3 May 1969

"IF I COULD ONLY get the time to myself right now, instead of all this Monopoly and financial business with Northern Songs, I think I ...

John Lennon: Ringo's Right, We Can't Tour Again

Interview by Ritchie Yorke, New Musical Express, 7 June 1969

JOHN LENNON, over here in Canada with his wife Yoko, revealed for the first time that there had been considerable disagreement between him and Paul ...

John Lennon: "The Beatles' Wealth is a Myth"

Interview by Richard Williams, Melody Maker, 20 September 1969

JOHN LENNON hasn't had a royalty cheque for two years. And, believe it or not, he's feeling the pinch. ...

The Beatles: Abbey Road Album Track-By-Track

Review by Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 20 September 1969

A YOUNG lady wrote to Radio One's Scene and Heard at the weekend, her heart full of hate, her pen dipped in vitriol, and her ...

George Harrison Talks About The Beatles' Album, Abbey Road

Interview by Ritchie Yorke, Detroit Free Press, 26 September 1969

LONDON — Abbey Road is a short street in North London with only one distinctive feature — it houses the studios of E.M.I., the world's ...

The Beatles: Abbey Road (Apple Stereo PCS 7088)

Review by Lon Goddard, Record Mirror, 27 September 1969

John Lennon: "you can feel his disease..." Strange lyrics from Beatles ABBEY ROAD album... ...

The Beatles: Abbey Road (Apple)

Review by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 27 September 1969

Natural Born Beatles   ...

The Beatles: Abbey Road (Apple)

Review by Mike Gormley, Detroit Free Press, 30 September 1969

THE FIRST Beatle album since just before Christmas, 1968, is being played all over the place. The album, Abbey Road, evidently will precede another LP around ...

One Pair Of Eyes: The Beatles

Essay by Steve Turner, Beatles Monthly, October 1969

The Parents who said "Ooh, you'll grow out of it" in 1963 are wondering about growing into it themselves in 1969. ...

The Beatles: Abbey Road (Apple)

Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 4 October 1969

Abbey Road by Beatles Marked by Moderation ...

The Beatles: Abbey Road (Apple)

Review by Geoffrey Cannon, The Guardian, 8 October 1969

Abbey Road backtrack ...

Are We Burying McCartney Before He Is Dead?

Report by Mike Gormley, Detroit Free Press, 17 October 1969

What's the Meaning of Beatle Death Symbolism? ...

The Beatles: Christmas Release for Get Back — Album Won't Set the World on Fire

Review by Mike Gormley, Detroit Free Press, 17 October 1969

THE BEATLES' next album, Get Back, actually recorded before their recent album Abbey Road, probably won't set the scene on fire. It's better than Abbey ...

The Chambers Brothers: 'They Put Us Up for Sale; People Bought'

Interview by Mike Gormley, Detroit Free Press, 31 October 1969

THE CHAMBERS Brothers, who are Willie, George, Joe and Lester Chambers plus Brian Keenan, were dressed in the usual cool clothes they've been noted for ...

Abbey Road: The Beatles Come Together

Report and Interview by Miles, Oz, November 1969

ON INITIAL hearing I thought that the isolated life led by The Beatles had at last begun to show in their work: that they lacked ...

Beatle Single — By George!

Interview by Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 1 November 1969

1969 WILL END up being George Harrison's year. He's waited a long time for real recognition, has George, but his composition 'Something' is released as ...

The Beatles: Abbey Road (Apple)

Review by John Mendelssohn, Rolling Stone, 15 November 1969

SIMPLY, SIDE TWO does more for me than the whole of Sgt. Pepper, and I'll trade you The Beatles and Magical Mystery Tour and a ...

John & Yoko (part 1)

Interview by Richard Williams, Melody Maker, 6 December 1969

"We had to do a lot of selling out. Taking the MBE was a sell-out for me". Part 1 of a new series by RICHARD ...

Keith Richard on Mick, Beatles, Led, Faith, Tull, Gees

Interview by Ritchie Yorke, New Musical Express, 6 December 1969

THE NEWS that the Rolling Stones have resumed personal appearances must have gladdened the hearts of pop fans everywhere. The Stones always were the most ...

George And Eric Inspire Each Other

Interview by Roy Carr, New Musical Express, 20 December 1969

Friendship and a mutual love of music brought George Harrison and Eric Clapton together for the recent Delaney and Bonnie tour. At a stopover In ...

John Lennon: Bore, Fool or Saint?

Interview by Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 20 December 1969

THEY SAY John Lennon is insane, a fool, and a bore. They call him an embarrassment, a joke, and a man too interested in his ...

Harrison Assesses the Beatles' Past, Present, Future

Interview by Ritchie Yorke, Los Angeles Times, 21 December 1969

LONDON — George Harrison, long reputed to be the most "normal" member of the Beatles, was sitting in a spacious armchair at Apple headquarters, writing ...

Question Time With George Harrison

Interview by Roy Carr, New Musical Express, 27 December 1969

Roy Carr concludes his exclusive Question-time with George Harrison, taped in the lounge of a Liverpool hotel during a break in the recent Delaney and ...

The Age Of Aquarius

Essay by Geoffrey Cannon, The Partisan Review, Spring 1969

Update, 2020: Here is how I came to write the essay below on the Beatles and the Stones for the US intellectual quarterly Partisan Review ...

John Lennon: A Private Talk With John

Interview by Ritchie Yorke, Rolling Stone, 7 February 1970

YOU'VE BEEN talking lately about the fact that the Beatles aren't the musical group they were two or three years ago — that you are ...

John, Yoko & Year One

Report by Ritchie Yorke, Rolling Stone, 7 February 1970

TORONTO — The scene couldn't have been more appropriately peaceful if it had been staged by a film director. A color TV set flickered soundlessly ...

The Beatles '75

Guide by Loyd Grossman, Fusion, 20 February 1970

The Beatles – do you still want to know what they're up to? Even if, sub specie aeternitatis, it's, like, nothing? Well, go ahead, indulge ...

Sly Stone: Stone Too Sick to Rock

Report by Mike Gormley, Detroit Free Press, 24 February 1970

Refunds Available ...

Paul McCartney: Let It Be

Interview by uncredited writer, Record Mirror, 18 April 1970

Your own dossier on The McCartney Affair: Paul replies ...

Paul McCartney: Your Friendly Press Agent Knew That The Day Would Not Be Easy

Report by Derek Taylor, Record Mirror, 18 April 1970

DEREK TAYLOR, THE MAN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE McCARTNEY AFFAIR (AND WHAT BETTER PLACE TO BE?) TELLS THE INSIDE STORY ...

The Beatles: Let It Be (Apple)

Review by Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 9 May 1970

NEW LP SHOWS THEY COULDN'T CARE LESSHave Beatles sold out? asks NME's Alan Smith ...

Let It Be (Dir. Michael Lindsay-Hogg, United Artists)

Film/DVD/TV Review by Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 23 May 1970

Unusual, fascinating Beatles documentary ...

George Harrison: Why Is George In New York?

Report and Interview by Al Aronowitz, Rolling Stone, 11 June 1970

Sunrise doesn't last all morning The cloudburst doesn't last all day Seems my love is up and has left with no warning But it's not ...

The Beatles: Let It Be (Apple)

Review by John Mendelsohn, Rolling Stone, 11 June 1970

TO THOSE WHO found their work since the White Album as emotionally vapid as it was technically breathtaking, the news that the Beatles were about ...

Booker T-MGs Invade Beatle Land

Interview by Roy Carr, New Musical Express, 13 June 1970

THINK YOU recognise the album cover on the right? Well, just look again! It's the sleeve to Booker T & the MG's new album McLemore ...

Agnew urges curbs on "brainwashing" lyrics

Report by Lillian Roxon, Sydney Morning Herald, the, 16 September 1970

NEW YORK, Tuesday. — The Vice-President, Mr Spiro Agnew, last night accused some songwriters and motion picture makers of "brainwashing" young Americans with lyrics and ...

Ringo Stars: Geoffrey Cannon on the Beatles' Solo Albums

Review by Geoffrey Cannon, The Guardian, 19 December 1970

Ringo Starr: Beaucoups of Blues; Paul McCartney: McCartney; John Lennon: John Lennon Plastic Ono Band; George Harrison: All Things Must Pass ...

Rock Music: Drumbeat For Drugs?

Essay by Mike Jahn, New York Times Special Features Syndication, 3 January 1971

"If you're tired or a bit run down, can't seem to get your feet off the ground Maybe you oughta try a little bit ...

The Beatles: It's Open Warfare

Report by Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 6 March 1971

Why Beatles ended in a sordid mudbath.It isn't coincidence that these solo singles have just been released, says Alan Smith ...

Beatles Were Awful... They Talked Their Way Into A Recording Contract

Interview by Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 10 July 1971

...says their former soundman NORMAN 'HURRICANE' SMITH to ALAN SMITH Former Beatles' sound engineer Norman "Hurricane" Smith talking about the world-dominating group with whom he worked ...

At home with the Lennons, Part 2: "Ringo's Sellers is my Paul"

Interview by Val Mabbs, Record Mirror, 14 August 1971

"THESE PAST two years have been very heavy," Yoko told me earnestly. "We've been having the Paul thing and the Kyoko thing going on for ...

The Beatles: Produced By George Martin

Interview by Richard Williams, Melody Maker, 21 August 1971

GEORGE MARTIN is probably the most shadowy character in rock and roll history. His influence has been immense, yet few people outside the immediate circle ...

Come Out, Paul... Beefheart's Here!

Report and Interview by Peter Jones, Record Mirror, 1 April 1972

UNDERGROUND hero Captain Beefheart surfaced in London with a plea: "Where are you, Paul McCartney?" and being a helpful sort of diary page, we echo: ...

Motown Making Millions

Profile by Geoffrey Cannon, The Guardian, 1 May 1972

Author's update, 2019. "The Manchester Guardian? That's the best fuckin' newspaper in the world!" So David Crosby told me in early 1969. He had answered ...

The Beatles & Me: An Era Dribbles On...

Memoir by Michael Lydon, The Boston Globe, 9 July 1972

ELK, CALIF. — Letter in the mail: Globe editor hopes I'll fill his "bathtub of an idea," What Impact Did The Beatles Have On Your ...

Ringo: Apple to the Core

Interview by Andrew Tyler, Disc, 16 December 1972

RINGO WAS always supposed to be like that empty-headed klutz who followed Peter Sellers everywhere in the Magic Christian — a good-humoured and honourable Tonto-figure ...

Hurricane Smith: The Sixth Beatle

Profile and Interview by Steven Rosen, Los Angeles Free Press, March 1973

HURRICANE SMITH is not your ordinary pop star. At 49, he hardly exudes the virility and youthfulness of a Rod Stewart. His music is neither ...

Paul McCartney: Spilling the beans...

Interview by Andrew Tyler, Disc, 14 April 1973

Paul McCartney on Wings, Klein and the chances of a Beatles get-together. Andrew Tyler reports ...

Peter McCabe and Robert D. Schonfeld: Apple To The Core (Martin, Brian and O'Keeffe)

Book Review by Phil Hardy, Let It Rock, May 1973

A short sighted look beyond the stars ...

The Beatles: 1962-1966, 1967-1970 (Apple)

Review by Richard Riegel, Phonograph Record, July 1973

Author's Note, 2009: This review of "the red and blue albums" generated the first-ever hate mail from a reader in my rock-critical career. He wasn't ...

John Lennon: The Beatle in exile

Interview by Ivor Davis, Daily Express, 17 November 1973

PHOTONEWS with the full version of John Lennon's blues... and his song of love ...

The Act You've Known For All These Years: The Beatles and Sgt. Pepper

Retrospective by Mick Gold, unpublished, 1974

ALL ENTERTAINMENT HAS AN EXISTENTIAL dimension: all successful performances imply a life-style and a sense of values, a sub-structure of assumptions upon which the performer ...

The Rolling Stone Interview: Paul McCartney

Interview by Paul Gambaccini, Rolling Stone, 31 January 1974

THIS JANUARY marks the tenth anniversary of the Beatles' appearance on the American charts. Last month Rolling Stone conducted its first full-scale interview with Paul ...

Ringo's Agenda: Movie, Music, But No Beatles

Interview by Loraine Alterman, Rolling Stone, 23 May 1974

LOS ANGELES — "No, it's not getting back together, I promise you, not this year, folks," said Ringo Starr, who should know whether "it," the ...

The Beatles: Silly Charlie and the Not-So-Red-Hot Pepper

Essay by Charles Shaar Murray, New Musical Express, 25 May 1974

Will Ringo get the mums? Can George hold the mystics? Who was the Walrus? Is Charles Shaar Murray a loony? Only the last question need ...

Sgt. Pepper Hits the Road

Report by Susin Shapiro, Crawdaddy!, February 1975

NEW YORK — It had to happen. The formation of a road show with the music of Lennon and McCartney had to be money in ...

Apple Corps: They didn't have to be so nice... (We would have liked them anyway)

Report by Roy Carr, New Musical Express, 17 May 1975

Inquest by ROY CARR ...

Is Natty Dread better than Sgt. Pepper?

Essay by Idris Walters, Sounds, 24 May 1975

It doesn't matter, says IDRIS WALTERS. Rock's big enough, and the WAILERS are making waves... ...

Phil Spector Again

Report and Interview by Roy Carr, New Musical Express, 20 March 1976

Flourishing a revolver our weird hero enters his dark, refrigerated room to recount strange tales the likes of which may never before have been heard ...

Wings: The Band On The Road

Report by Mitchell Cohen, Phonograph Record, May 1976

THE WINGS LIVE show has been evolving over the past three years, and McCartney deliberately kept a low profile during its earliest stages, a university ...

Paperback Writer: A New History Of The Beatles by Mark Shipper (Marship Publications)

Book Review by Marty Cerf, Phonograph Record, June 1977

BEATLEFICTION. It's so simple so obvious, it's amazing no one's thought of it till now. What, short of the re-grouped Beatles, could be more logical ...

I Don't Believe in Zimmerman

Book Excerpt by Mark Shipper, Paperback Writer (New English Library), 1978

THE FIRST few months of 1966 were pleasant ones for the Beatles. Meat The Beatles remained at the top of the charts all over the ...

Repackaging Pleasant Memories: The Beatles' Love Songs

Comment by Wesley Strick, Circus, 5 January 1978

Beatles' Love Songs Presents Twenty-Five Romantic Gems ...

Mistakes And All: Recreating The Fab Four in Beatlemania

Report and Interview by John Mendelsohn, Los Angeles Times, 9 April 1978

IF THE FOUR young musicians who portray the Beatles in Beatlemania deliver anything less than the "incredible simulation" a sign in the Shubert Theater ticket ...

Beatlemania’s Boys in the Band

Report and Interview by John Mendelsohn, Rolling Stone, 18 May 1978

JOE PECORINO, A small, affable young man who earns his living by pretending to be John Lennon in the successful stage production, Beatlemania, denies that ...

The Beatles: The Beatles: The Authorised Biography, Hunter Davies

Book Review by Bob Woffinden, New Musical Express, 15 July 1978

FIRST PUBLISHED in 1968, Hunter Davies' official biography of The Beatles had just been reissued, for the most part in its entire, original form. ...

Father-Figure Knows Best: Rock managers from Elvis to Elvis

Overview by Dave Marsh, Trouser Press, June 1980

EVER SINCE Col. Tom Parker, genius entrepreneur of Hadacol, dancing chickens and Eddy Arnold, signed Elvis Presley to an exclusive (on both parts) contract, managers ...

John Lennon: I Was Never Lovable – I Was Just Lennon

Obituary by Philip Norman, The Sunday Times, December 1980

ONE OF THE more persistent myths surrounding John Lennon claims that he was brought up in poverty by working-class Liverpool parents. ...

John Lennon 1940-1980: Nothing To Do To Save His Life

Obituary by J. Kordosh, Creem, March 1981

"...Laurel and Hardy, that's John and Yoko. And we stand a better chance under that guise 'cause all the serious people like Martin Luther King ...

George Martin

Profile and Interview by Stuart Grundy, John Tobler, The Record Producers (BBC Books), 1982

IN MUCH THE same way as Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller were the first American record producers, that accolade in Britain belongs to the man ...

George Martin: From Comedy Records To Rock Classics

Profile by John Tobler, The History of Rock, 1982

While the man himself might deny it with typical modesty, there's little doubt that George Martin is one of the most celebrated record producers of ...

The Times Profile: Paul McCartney

Profile and Interview by Richard Williams, The Times, 4 January 1982

In the year of his 40th birthday Paul McCartney, the world's most successful pop musician, adjusts the record ...

Murray the K Dies; "Fifth Beatle" Was 60

Obituary by Wayne Robins, Newsday, 23 February 1982

SUBMARINE RACE watchers walked hand-in-hand listening to golden gassers on the Swingin' Soiree. Teens jabbered in a peculiar language, taunting parents and teachers by inserting ...

Paul McCartney: "Once There Was Away To Get Back Homeward..."

Interview by Deborah Frost, Record, September 1984

LONDON. IN A city where nearly every kid on the street looks like he's rushing off to audition for Duran Duran, Paul McCartney, dressed for ...

The Producers: Ken Scott

Interview by Chas de Whalley, International Musician & Recording World, January 1986

Ken Scott muses on his journey from Bowie to Kajagoogoo. Chas de Whalley listens attentively ...

Four Who Dared : Backstage With the Beatles on Their Last Tour

Retrospective by Judith Sims, Los Angeles Times, 3 August 1986

Twenty years ago this month, the Beatles, on their third American tour, staged 18 concerts in 14 cities and played to more than 450,000 screaming ...

The Beatles: The Final Invasion

Retrospective by Dave Zimmer, BAM, 5 September 1986

Twenty-four thousand screaming fans couldn't be wrong. But what they didn't realise on that late August evening was that the Beatles didn't want to be ...

CDs: The Slipped Disc

Report by Adam Sweeting, The Guardian, 27 February 1987

Compact Disc has brought the second coming of The Beatles and the promise of a revolution in the rock industry. But is it a sound ...

The Beatles: Sgt Pepper, The Inside Story Part II

Retrospective and Interview by Steve Turner, Q, July 1987

'STRAWBERRY FIELDS Forever' and 'Penny Lane', released in February '67, were the first-fruits of the sessions and they didn't disappoint. As American rock critic Greil ...

Fab! Gear! The George Harrison Interview (part 1)

Interview by J. Kordosh, Creem, December 1987

IN A PLUSH Warner Bros, office, Bill Holdship and I listened to George Harrison's first album in over five years, Cloud Nine. "I wracked my brains ...

Fab! Gear! The George Harrison Interview (part 2)

Interview by J. Kordosh, Creem, January 1988

DID YOU ever see that show in London: John, Paul, George, Ringo & Bert? ...

Timothy W. Ryback: Rock Around The Bloc – A History Of Rock Music In Eastern Europe And The Soviet Union (Oxford University Press)

Book Review by Tim Riley, The Boston Phoenix, February 1990

WHEN PAUL MCCARTNEY announced his $8.5 million promotion deal with Visa at a recent press conference, he was challenged to explain how his new sideline ...

Gareth L. Pawlowski: How They Became The Beatles and Denny Somach, Kathleen Somach and Kevin Gunn: Ticket To Ride

Book Review by Mat Snow, Q, April 1990

THERE'S A NEW story about The Beatles, and it was told by Pete Best, the drummer famous for getting sacked. ...

Ringo Starr

Interview by Robert Sandall, Q, January 1991

"LAST YEAR," says the man with more rings in his ears than on his fingers, "I was sittin' round wondering what I was gonna do ...

Once-cool songs now politically incorrect

Comment by Jim Sullivan, The Boston Globe, 9 January 1992

IT'S TIME TO re-evaluate that good ol' time rock 'n' roll. Or, as you may discover, not so good ol' time rock 'n' roll. ...

What's In A Name?

Essay by John Mendelssohn, Musician, April 1992

Band names have mirrored the aspirations and excesses of the times. A definitive field guide to the epic trends and gonzo greats of rock nomenclature. ...

Who The Hell Does RINGO STARR Think He Is?

Interview by Tom Hibbert, Q, June 1992

He was The Lovable One who cracked his daft mop-top jokes for The Queen. The Fab With The Big Nose who you could take home ...

Pointing Pistols at the throne

Essay by Jon Savage, The Guardian, 2 June 1993

There is something Rotten in the state of England. Republicanism is emerging as an option even for Tory meritocrats — thanks to the punk's subversiveness ...

Astrid Kirchherr

Profile and Interview by Graham Reid, The New Zealand Herald, 1994

AT 55, ASTRID Kirchherr still loves rock music and listens to it every day: The Beatles, the Doors, Bowie... "and Prince, he's such a genius ...

The Beatles and Astrid Kirchherr: They Loved Stu Yeah Yeah Yeah

Report and Interview by John Harris, New Musical Express, 2 April 1994

They weren't always old men owning half of Scotland and giving all their money to spiritual motor racing gurus. On the eve of a Beatles ...

Backbeat and The Beatles Industry

Report and Interview by Graham Reid, The New Zealand Herald, May 1994

HIS LETTERS back home don't tell the whole story. But such letters seldom do. He says there are plenty of girls "but none of us ...

Backbeat: A Bit Of Slap And A Wig

Report and Interview by Mat Snow, Q, May 1994

Backbeat, the much-trumpeted, unauthorised Beatles biopic with the grunge-pedigree soundtrack, est arrivé. It revolves around the tragic story of original bassist Stu Sutcliffe, who died ...

Eyewitness: Dylan Turns The Beatles On To Dope

Essay by Al Aronowitz, Q, May 1994

History ahoy! In the second of our new series, journalist Al Aronowitz recalls introducing Bob Dylan to The Beatles and how His Bobness turned the ...

Don Was & Glyn Johns: Speaking for the Record

Interview by Mark Rowland, Musician, August 1994

From Get Back to Backbeat Glyn Johns and Don Was Have Produced a Rock 'n'Roll Hall of Fame. ...

Who the hell does MAX CLIFFORD think he is?

Interview by Tom Hibbert, Q, September 1994

Hamster snack outrage! Lycra thigh-shots farrago! Politician-toe-to-actress-tonsil coincidence! All the proud work of one proud PR man, ever spoon-feeding the media, manipulating the smaller-format newspapers, ...

The Beatles in Hamburg

Retrospective and Interview by Gillian G. Gaar, Goldmine, 25 November 1994

ON DECEMBER 27, 1960, the Beatles appeared at the Litherland Town Hall Ballroom in Liverpool in a performance widely regarded as being a turning point ...

The Moment: 25 Years of Rock Photography

Book Excerpt by Jill Furmanovsky, 'The Moment' (Paper Tiger), 1995

A Beatles fan MY FIRST ROCK picture, taken circa 1967 on an instamatic camera, was of Paul McCartney with two of my school friends outside his ...

The Beatles: Live At The BBC

Review by Jon Savage, MOJO, January 1995

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS on from their demise, The Beatles continue to exercise a hypnotic spell as the ur-myth of modernist pop culture. As befits the group ...

The Beatles: A Hard Day's Documentary: You Can't Do That! The Making of A Hard Day's Night

Retrospective by Kirk Silsbee, Los Angeles Reader, 3 March 1995

FILM CRITIC Roger Ebert ranks it "among the five best musicals I've ever seen." Andrew Sarris dubbed it "the Citizen Kane of jukebox movies." ...

My Blue Period: John Lennon

Interview by Miles, MOJO, November 1995

WE DID THESE interviews on September 23 and 24, 1969, at Apple. When Allen Klein fired Ron Kass, the head of Apple Records, John and ...

The Beatles: The Outtakes

Review by Jon Savage, MOJO, November 1995

Behind every great Beatles track is a version not quite so good. But not necessarily less interesting... Jon Savage listens to the outtakes. ...

Apple Corps

Retrospective and Interview by Sylvie Simmons, Request, 1996

"It was a good scene even when it was shitty, wasn’t it?"– Derek Taylor, Beatles publicist, 1970. ...

The Beatles: Anthology 1

Review by Mat Snow, MOJO, January 1996

ANTHOLOGY IS RIGHT. HERE IS A SEQUENCE of snap shots that just so happen to have been taken in the six years from 1958's toddling ...

The Apple Scruffs: "We're waiting for The Beatles"

Retrospective by Cliff Jones, MOJO, October 1996

Spookily present wherever The Beatles went and finally immortalised in song by George, the Apple Scruffs bore a privileged witness to all the highs and ...

The Beatles: "We're a damn good little band"

Interview by Mat Snow, MOJO, October 1996

On the eve of the release of Anthology 3, Paul McCartney casts his mind back to The Beatles' glorious sunset.                                                           * ...

The Beatles: Anthology 3

Review by Chris Ingham, MOJO, November 1996

"WHAT DO YOU THINK OF ALL THAT?" ENQUIRES PAUL McCartney after half a dozen silly-voice choruses of ‘Why Don’t We Do It In The Road’. ...

We Can Work It Out: The Ten Most Over- & Underrated Beatles Songs

Comment by Richard Riegel, Real Groove, December 1996

The Ten Most Underrated Beatles Cuts (Arranged Chronologically) ...

...And The Arrest is History: Great Rock'n'Roll Drug Busts Through the Ages

Retrospective by Stuart Bailie, New Musical Express, 25 January 1997

Liam Gallagher's caution for possession of cocaine is the latest in a long line of rock'n'roll drug busts. STUART BAILIE remembers those other pop stars ...

The Sound of Acid

Overview by Jon Savage, The Guardian, 31 January 1997

Hey man — it's time to beat that cosmic tabla and slap on a droning tape loop. Drug-infused psychedelia, says Jon Savage, never went away ...

Copyright: Pepper corn

Interview by Caroline Boucher, The Observer, 23 March 1997

ONE OF the most famous album covers of all time is about to become the subject of bitter legal wrangling. Peter Blake, 64, designed the ...

He May Be Sir Paul, But He's Still a Beatle

Interview by Bob Spitz, The New York Times, 25 May 1997

ON A RECENT afternoon in the kitchen of a quaint 17th-century mill house overlooking the English Channel, there was a sense of eventfulness. The room ...

Taylor of Savile Row: Derek Taylor, 1932-1997

Obituary by Chris Bourke, The New Zealand Herald, September 1997

DEREK TAYLOR, WHO will forever be known as "the Beatles' press officer", leant across and switched my tape recorder to "pause". I had just admitted ...

Derek Taylor, 1932-1997

Obituary by Chris Welch, The Independent, 9 September 1997

DEREK TAYLOR, the Beatles' press officer, brought calm, authority and a sense of dignity to the chaos of the '60s. As spokesman for the band ...

Derek Taylor 1932-1997

Obituary by Philip Norman, Rolling Stone, 30 October 1997

THE SIMPLE term "music publicist" does not begin to describe Derek Taylor, who died from cancer of the esophagus at his home, in Suffolk, England, ...

Derek Taylor: Obituary

Obituary by Richard Williams, MOJO, November 1997

IN 1963, WHEN BRIAN EPSTEIN INVITED HIM TO HANDLE the Beatles' PR, Derek Taylor was a 31-year-old national newspaper reporter with a suit and tie. ...

The backroom boys who wield a big stick

Interview by Paul Sexton, The Times, 20 March 1998

Sir George Martin talks to Paul Sexton about the power of the producer ...

George Martin: In My Life

Review by Terry Staunton, Uncut, May 1998

The "fifth Beatle" signs off with a little help from his friends ...

"No one else had the flair, the panache, the wit that Brian had," says Paul McCartney. So why did he die miserably and alone?

Retrospective by Jon Savage, The Guardian, 18 December 1998

Jon Savage describes how Brian Epstein fell victim to drugs and the pressures of being a secret homosexual. ...

The alternative top 10

Guide by Tom Cox, The Guardian, 29 January 1999

1 Nick Drake Bryter Layter (Island, 1970) ...

Tony Barrow: Beatles Confidant Offers Glimpse Inside Mania

Report and Interview by Frank Tortorici, sonicnet.com, 29 March 1999

Publicist Tony Barrow was there for the "We're more popular than Jesus" and "Paul is dead" crises. ...

Timeless Illustrious Past: Why The Beatles Are Still Big Business

Essay by Steve Turner, Wiener Zeitung, June 1999

ALTHOUGH THE Beatles disbanded almost thirty years ago, public interest in the group has never waned. Beatles records still sell in their millions worldwide (six ...

Undercurrents #7: Fables of the Deconstruction

Retrospective by Edwin Pouncey, The Wire, July 1999

In the latest in our series uncovering the hidden wiring of 20th century music, Edwin Pouncey shows how rock 'n' roll's face was changed forever ...

Paul McCartney: Run Devil Run

Interview by Jim Irvin, MOJO, October 1999

THE LURE had been the chance of a lengthy one-on-one with Paul McCartney discussing all his solo albums. "You could turn it into a book," ...

John Lennon: From the Quarrymen to the MBE

Retrospective by Johnny Black, MOJO, October 2000

"THAT WAS THE day," said John Lennon. "The day that I met Paul, that it started moving." ...

The Death Of The Beatles

Retrospective by David Stubbs, Uncut, November 2000

JANUARY 2, 1969. They are probably the four most famous people in the world, but this morning at the raw beginning of the last year ...

The Beatles: 1

Review by Charles Shaar Murray, MOJO, December 2000

Does The Fabs' 'Best Of' Add Up? Packed 27-track single-disc summary of pop's best-loved repertoire, but no Please Please Me? Strawberry Fields Forever? Hello-o-o-o-o? ...

The Man Who Killed Paul McCartney

Retrospective by Jim Yoakum, unpublished, 2001

The incredible, never-before-revealed true-life event that sparked the greatest rock ‘n’ roll rumor of all time. ...

Ian MacDonald: Revolution In the Head - The Beatles' Records And The Sixties (1994, revised 1995, Pimlico)

Review and Interview by Phil Sutcliffe, Q, April 2001

IAN MACDONALD, now 52, was enraptured by The Beatles as a teenager, then generally disappointed by pop music from 1980 onwards. His attempt "to bring ...

Once Upon A Beatle

Comment by David Dalton, Gadfly, 14 May 2001

"DADDY, TELL US how it all began, how the walls of Pepperland crumbled, how the Blue Meanies with their lawyers and chartered accounts came and ...

George Harrison: All Things Must Pass

Comment by Adam Sweeting, The Guardian, 30 November 2001

For those who grew up in the 60s, George Harrison's death further compounds the feeling that popular culture will never be as good again. ...

George Harrison 1943-2001

Obituary by Chris Welch, The Guardian, 1 December 2001

George Harrison, singer, guitarist, composer and filmproducer: born Liverpool 25 February 1943; MBE 1965; married1966 Pattie Boyd (marriage dissolved 1977), 1978 OliviaArias (one son); died ...

George Harrison: Harrison in the Haight

Retrospective by Ben Fong-Torres, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 December 2001

IT WOULD BE a stretch to say that George Harrison ever left his heart in San Francisco. ...

The Day the Angels Spent Christmas with the Beatles

Memoir by David Dalton, Gadfly, 12 December 2001

WELL, NO, IT'S NOT that kind of story, exactly, although given the fairytale element in the legend of the Fab Four you might, circa 1964, ...

Arise, Sir George: The Man Behind the Beatles

Interview by Joe Matera, Mixdown, 2002

BEST KNOWN as the man who produced the Beatles, Sir George Martin was there at the beginning of the British pop revolution and went on ...

George Harrison

Obituary by Carol Clerk, Uncut, February 2002

'You know, life flows on within you and without you'– George Harrison ...

The Beatles' 'Ticket To Ride' 


Retrospective by Johnny Black, Blender, May 2002

RELEASED: 19 April 1965 (US) HIGHEST CHART POSITION: 1 ...

Miles: John, Paul, George and… Barry

Profile and Interview by Mick Brown, Daily Telegraph, 16 October 2002

IN 1965, A YOUNG bookseller named Barry Miles decided to throw a birthday party in his London flat for his friend, the beat poet Allen ...

The Death of Brian Epstein

Retrospective by Jim Irvin, MOJO, November 2002

THERE'S A story, probably apocryphal, concerning John Lennon during his infamous 'lost weekend', the period in the mid-'70s when he split from Yoko and devoted ...

Get It Better: The Story of Let It Be… Naked

Report and Interview by Jim Irvin, MOJO, 2003

Is it getting back to 'Get Back'? Is it Let It Be exorcised of Spector? Is it the record it always should have been? ...

Fandom of the pop era

Retrospective by Bob Stanley, The Times, 14 January 2003

As we bid farewell to Beatles Monthly, our writer discusses how fanzines come and go - but they have always been vital to the music. ...

Paul McCartney: Back In The World, Earls Court, London April 21st

Live Review by Richard English, Rock's Backpages, April 2003

ALL MY LIFE I’d wanted to see the Beatles. My sister saw them at Hammersmith in the ‘60s and screamed. This was my ...

The Beatles: Let It Be...Naked

Review by Daryl Easlea, Record Collector, November 2003

IN THE permanently recycled world of Fabs folklore, Let It Be is always viewed as a missed opportunity. Planned to be a back-to-basics album and ...

The Beatles: Let It Be… Naked

Review by Kit Aiken, Uncut, December 2003

The Beatles' 1969 back-to-basics project remade. In other words: de-Spectorised, remixed, re-sequenced. ...

The Beatles: Don't Fear The Reeperbahn

Retrospective by Johnny Black, 'The Beatles: Ten Years that Shook the World', 2004

"LIVERPOOL AND HAMBURG had a lot in common in the early sixties," muses Gibson Kemp. "They're both seaports, they're both on the same line of ...

The Beatles: Gary Pig Gold Presents A Fab Forty

Guide by Gary Pig Gold, fufkin.com, February 2004

HAS IT REALLY been four decades already since television's greatest-ever talent scout took a chance on a brash young musical novelty act from far-off Britain? ...

More Than Words: Musings on Music Journalism — Life Goes On

Comment by Devon Powers, PopMatters, 10 March 2004

FEBRUARY 24 WAS a banner day for the Copy Left, a loose network of computer activists, intellectuals, forward-thinking musicians and zealous fans who continue to ...

25 Essential Music DVDs

Guide by Nicholas Jennings, Inside Entertainment, September 2004

1. The Last Waltz THE BAND'S elegant swansong is the ultimate rock concert movie. Director Martin Scorsese's discreet camerawork and superb sound captures inspired performances from ...

Kenny Lynch: Nothing But The Real Thing

Sleeve notes by Kieron Tyler, RPM Records, September 2004

KENNY LYNCH HAS been at the heart of British showbusiness over 40 years. Whether he's acting, writing for light entertainment or drama, singing, performing comedy ...

Nice Country, We'll Take It: Beatlemania in America

Retrospective by Dave Marsh, MOJO, September 2004

40 years ago this month, the Beatles' first full tour of the States rewrote the rulebook of rock. Death threats and Dylan, music and meat-throwing: ...

Rock Was Dead Before The Beatles!

Retrospective and Interview by Sid Griffin, MOJO, September 2004

And lo, the Beatles begat the Byrds. As said unto Sid Griffin. ...

Al Aronowitz: The Man Who Invented the '60s

Profile and Interview by Gary Pig Gold, Cosmik Debris, October 2004

Gary "Pig" Gold meets the Man Who Invented the Sixties. ...

Abbey Road: Where Magic Was Made

Profile by Paul Trynka, The Guardian, 11 March 2005

Paul Trynka looks back at the relationship between the biggest band of all time and the studio that helped them create their sound ...

The Top 10 Psychedelic Moments in Rock

Comment by Lenny Kaye, Harp, May 2005

Mind expansion. The walls are breathing. Herewith, a personal list of a trip into the whirlpool of creation. ...

The Longest Cocktail Party: An Insider's Diary Of The Beatles

Book Review by Terry Staunton, Record Collector, July 2005

The madness and mayhem of the Apple empire ...

Revolutionaries, Eight Days a Week: New Beatles books

Book Review by Mark Rozzo, Los Angeles Review of Books, 4 December 2005

IN THE LATE summer of 1963, with Beatlemania sweeping into every corner of the British Isles, a reporter approached Paul McCartney for his thoughts on, ...

The Beatles: After Pepper

Essay by Jim Irvin, MOJO, Summer 2005

IT WAS APRIL 1967, the morning after The Beatles had completed Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, and The Zombies walked into Abbey Road Studios ...

Hello Me Ol' Mateys: the BBC's Saturday Club

Retrospective by Spencer Leigh, Now Dig This, March 2006

Spencer Leigh returns to the BBC Written Archives for an appraisal of Saturday Club. ...

Bob Spitz: The Beatles – The Biography (Aurum Press)

Book Review by Robert Sandall, The Sunday Times, 7 May 2006

WITH ITS BIBLICAL length and its epigraph from that underused pop pundit, Plato — "When the mode of the music changes, the walls of the ...

Geoff Emerick

Profile and Interview by Richie Unterberger, Record Collector, June 2006

BESIDES GEORGE Martin, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr, Geoff Emerick worked on more Beatles sessions than any other individual. ...

The Beatles: Love (Apple)*****

Review and Interview by Jim Irvin, MOJO, December 2006

WE'RE NOT unsympathetic to readers who complain of Beatles fatigue, but we reserve the right to counsel: "Deal with it", because for a large section ...

Geoff Emerick: Recording the Beatles

Interview by Jeff Slate, Tape Op, January 2007

I'D COME TO A midtown Manhattan law office to meet Geoff Emerick, the infamous engineer on most of the significant recordings by the Beatles, to ...

George Martin

Interview by Jim Irvin, MOJO, January 2007

THE PENTHOUSE mixing room at the top of Abbey Road Studios. We await Sir George Martin, who is 30 minutes late. "This is most unlike ...

The Sound Of Sgt. Pepper

Retrospective and Interview by Jim Irvin, MOJO, January 2007

THE RECORD ALWAYS regarded as a harbinger of pop's future is full of old-fashioned sounds. These are, in order of appearance: a theatre orchestra tuning ...

Neil Aspinall: The Man Who Really Made The Beatles

Profile by Philip Norman, Daily Mail, 12 April 2007

LOYALTY IS not a virtue associated with the pop music industry. Treachery, exploitation and kiss-and-tell are its far more familiar signature-tunes. ...

Visiting Royalty

Retrospective and Interview by Andria Lisle, Memphis Flyer, 3 May 2007

Stax artists weren't the only ones who wanted to record at Soulsville: Tales of the ones who got away and one who didn't. ...

It was 40 years ago today: Remaking Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Report and Interview by Robert Sandall, Daily Telegraph, 31 May 2007

The Beatles' monumental album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is being re-recorded by some of the biggest names in pop. Robert Sandall reports. ...

The Real Fifth Beatle: Sir George Martin On Sgt. Pepper, Why Abbey Road is Better and More

Interview by Alan Light, MSN.com, June 2007

There were many who vied for the title, but in the recording studio, there was really only one Fifth Beatle. ...

Summer of Love: London

Retrospective by Alan Light, Rolling Stone, 12 July 2007

Tightly knit, decadent and explosively creative, the scene was too good to last ...

George Harrison Visits Haight-Ashbury In Summer 1967

Retrospective by Richie Unterberger, MOJO, Summer 2007

UNCOMMON sightings were downright common in the Haight-Ashbury during the Summer of Love. But even in that colorful context, the visit of George Harrison to ...

When Acid Reigned

Retrospective by Harry Shapiro, MOJO, Summer 2007

Hippies tripped, tabloids raged and police cheered as Engelbert Humperdinck's Jan '67 hit, 'Release Me' became the real theme tune for the Summer of Love. ...

Two Encounters With Neil Aspinall

Memoir by Chris Charlesworth, Rock's Backpages, March 2008

RBP REGULARS will doubtless have read last week's obituaries for Neil Aspinall, who worked for the Beatles from 1961 until shortly before he died. He ...

Magical Mysteries... The 'Fifth Beatle' Who Kept Their Innermost Secrets To The Very End

Obituary by Philip Norman, Daily Mail, 26 March 2008

NEIL ASPINALL, the deservedly-named 'Fifth Beatle' who has died in New York aged 66, was not an easy man for a journalist to befriend. ...

James Taylor: Taylor Made

Profile and Interview by Paul Zollo, Record Collector, May 2008

TO GET TO his home, you drive down a winding country road in the heart of rural Massachusetts, under arches of ancient oaks and elms, ...

By George: Harrison's Post-Beatles Solo Career

Retrospective by Roy Trakin, Capitol Vaults blog, June 2009

MOST PEOPLE THINK of George Harrison as "the Quiet Beatle," the spiritual one, the first to turn the band on to transcendental meditation, but the ...

You Never Give Me Your Money: The Battle For The Soul Of The Beatles by Peter Doggett

Book Review by Jude Rogers, New Statesman, 8 October 2009

BY NOW all of us should have recovered from our latest dose of Beatlemania, occasioned by the release of the Beatles' remastered back catalogue on ...

Naked Eye: An Interview with Ethan Russell

Interview by Steve Matteo, Long Island Pulse, 26 October 2009

PHOTOGRAPHER ETHAN Russell prefers to let his pictures do his talking. In a rare interview, the only photographer to do an album cover for the ...

The Birth of Beatlemania: The Fab Four on Tour, 1963

Book Excerpt by Martin Creasy, 'Beatlemania!' (Omnibus), March 2011

NOTE: Martin Creasy spent two years tracing the trajectory of the Beatles' UK tours, interviewing scores of people who in some way connected with John, ...

The Beatles: Twist and Shout

Retrospective by Mark Rozzo, The New York Times, 25 March 2011

IN APRIL OF 1961, an English art-school screw-up and musician named John Lennon stepped into a doorway in the St. Pauli neighborhood of Hamburg, Germany, ...

David Browne: Fire And Rain: The Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, James Taylor, CSNY and the Lost Story Of 1970 (Da Capo)

Book Review by Rob Young, The Word, June 2011

AROUND 15 MAY 1970, Neil Young glanced at Time magazine's coverage of the killing of four students at Kent State, grabbed a guitar and within ...

The Beatles on the Beach

Retrospective by Mark Rozzo, The New York Times, 2 September 2011

ON SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 1963, the Beatles played Memorial Hall in Northwich, England — the concert poster described them as "Hit recorders of 'Please, Please ...

Lebensraum Twist

Retrospective and Interview by Alan Clayson, Record Collector, Fall 2011

Alan Clayson investigates British artists of the 1960s whose early output included records issued only in Germany. ...

Writing To Reach You

Overview by Graeme Thomson, The Word, March 2012

Because sometimes the only way musicians can actually talk to each other is by writing songs ...

80 years of Abbey Road

Report by Jon Savage, The Observer, 10 June 2012

It's the world's most famous studio and everyone from Edward Elgar to Ella Fitzgerald – and, of course, the Beatles – has made music there. ...

Where Were You In '62? Pop's last pre-Beatle year flowed with undercurrents and hinted at the future

Memoir by Gene Sculatti, Rock's Backpages, 29 August 2012

IT WAS 50 YEARS ago today, more or less. I was in the car with my parents, somewhere in Oregon, en route from our home ...

The Beatles and Hamburg

Retrospective by David Burke, Vintage Rock, Winter 2012

THE BEATLES may have come from Liverpool, England – but they were made in Hamburg, Germany. That, at least, is the view of Allan Williams, ...

Ringo Starr

Interview by Alan Light, Newsweek, Spring 2012

IN. 1962, RINGO Starr was the scruffy-looking drummer in a Liverpool band called Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. The group was one of the bigger ...

Produced by George Martin is a must see, especially on his 87th birthday

Review by Jeff Slate, Examiner.com, 3 January 2013

I WAS LUCKY to meet George Martin, who turns 87 today, on two occasions. The first was at the recording session for the original cast ...

Marshall Crenshaw's Incredible Simulators: B.B. Kings, New York

Live Review by Iman Lababedi, Rock NYC, 6 January 2013

IN 1978, Marshall Crenshaw played John Lennon to Glen Burtnik's Paul McCartney in the touring company of Beatlemania. 35 years later the two men were ...

The Day the Music Died? Feb. 3, 1959 – Feb. 7, 1964

Comment by Mitchell Cohen, Rock's Backpages, 4 February 2013

THE WHOLE "Day The Music Died" mythology is a crackpot idea of rock history. Buddy Holly died for somebody's sins, but not to become a ...

The Beatles: I Was A Beatlemaniac

Retrospective by Phil Sutcliffe, Q, May 2013

I DIDN'T GET Elvis because I didn't get sex. Well, that was 1956 and I was eight. But The Beatles… ...

Mark Lewisohn: Tune In: The Beatles – All These Years, Volume 1

Book Review by Tim Riley, The New York Times, 6 December 2013

APPROACHES TO retelling the Beatles' story slice in two distinct directions: narrow or wide. Some authors choose a single figure and bore down deep, which ...

The Beatles: On Air – Live At The BBC Volume 2

Review by Chris Charlesworth, Just Backdated, 7 September 2014

WHAT DO Gwendolyn Hopkins of Nottingham, Diane and Jenny of Bedford, Jill, Janet, Mary, Brenda and Lynn from Wakefield, Carolyn Hill and Jane Richards from ...

Ken Mansfield on Capitol Records and the Beatles

Interview by Barney Hoskyns, Rock's Backpages, 2015

INTERVIEWER'S NOTE: Ken Mansfield is a former Capitol executive and was the U.S. Manager of Apple Records. He was on the rooftop at Savile Row ...

Manna for Fans: The history of the hidden track in music

Retrospective by Jude Rogers, The Guardian, 25 January 2015

From inner groove loops to absurd backmasking, artists have long found ways to embed secret songs, cryptic writings and coded messages in their albums. ...

Ringo Starr (2015) [transcript]

Audio transcript of interview by Paul Zollo, Rock's Backpages transcripts, April 2015

This is a transcription of Paul's audio interview with Ringo. Listen to the audio of this interview. ...

The Beatles' No. 1s: 1963

Retrospective by Phil Sutcliffe, MOJO, August 2015

'From Me to You' #1 in: UK Released: April 11, 1963 ...

Rubber Soul 50 Years On

Retrospective by Harvey Kubernik, Rock's Backpages, December 2015

"Rubber Soul was the album that changed the musical world we lived in then to the one we still live in today." (Andrew Loog Oldham) ...

Ringo Starr auctions off the first copy of The Beatles' White Album: The story of a revolutionary record

Report by Peter Silverton, The Independent, 1 December 2015

The mythology surrounding the White Album takes in warring Beatles, Charles Manson and installation art. What's even weirder is that Starr ended up with the ...

Capitol at 75

Book Excerpt by Barney Hoskyns, 'Capitol 75' (Taschen), 2016

NOTE: Herewith the full "director's cut" version of the historical essay I contributed to the spectacularly lavish Taschen book marking the 75th anniversary of West ...

10 Unjustly Overlooked British Invasion Albums (1964–1966)

Retrospective by Mitchell Cohen, Music Aficionado, September 2016

SO MANY artists in the tsunami of music from the U.K. that flooded America in the mid-'60s went on to make extraordinary albums over a ...

The Beatles: Live At The Hollywood Bowl (Apple/EMI)

Review by Jamie Atkins, Record Collector, October 2016

THE BEATLES AT The Hollywood Bowl was always the last to be picked in a quick Beatles LPs jumpers-for-goalposts knockabout – the only snotty-nosed, clod-humper ...

Killer Riffs: A Guide to Parody in Popular Music

Essay by Simon Reynolds, Pitchfork, 19 October 2016

From the Residents' freakish Beatles sendups, to Spinal Tap's meta-metal escapades, to the gastronomic goofs of "Weird Al", a chronicle of those who have turned ...

In Praise of the Hollies

Retrospective by Mitchell Cohen, Music Aficionado, 2017

WITH THEIR EXUBERANT three-part harmony, chiming guitar riffs, and keen sense of what makes a memorable hook, the Hollies created a signature sound. At first, ...

Roy and the Boys: Roy Orbison and the Beatles On Tour

Retrospective and Interview by David Burke, Vintage Rock, 2017

PICTURE THE SCENE – Roy Orbison is at the back of the bus working on 'Oh, Pretty Woman', the song that would become his biggest ...

Steve Turner: Beatles '66 – The Revolutionary Year

Book Review by Chris Charlesworth, Just Backdated, February 2017

"ED SHEERAN," screams the cover of this months GQ magazine. "How he became the biggest pop star on the planet." Not while Paul McCartney walks ...

America's Beatles

Retrospective by Harold Bronson, Rock's Backpages, April 2017

THIS YEAR THERE have been more events to celebrate the rock music of the 1960s than in any previous one, and it's still only April. ...

Looking Back on Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Retrospective by Steve Matteo, Boomer, 1 June 2017

FOR THE BEATLES, the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album, released on June 1, 1967, may have really begun on Aug. 29, 1966, at ...

Richard Russell: Rich Pickings

Interview by Jamie Atkins, Record Collector, March 2018

As Richard Russell's collaborative album, Everything Is Recorded, is released, RC's Jamie Atkins meets him to talk about the recording and the music that led ...

Derek Taylor: As Time Goes By (Faber)

Book Review by Mick Brown, Sunday Telegraph, 5 May 2018

ONE MAGICAL weekend in the summer of 1968, Derek Taylor, the press agent for the Beatles, took a trip with Paul McCartney and the singer ...

Derek Taylor: The Fifth Beatle

Retrospective by Jon Savage, GQ, 20 May 2018

He was the proto multi-hyphenate, serving as press officer, PA and confidante to the Beatles while still finding time to master journalism, launch the Byrds, ...

Paperback Writer

Guide by Steve Matteo, Boomer, 17 August 2018

Recent books by and about favorite boomer musicians and influencers ...

The Untold Stories of Paul McCartney

Interview by Chris Heath, GQ, 11 September 2018

He's as famous and accomplished as a man can be. He could just stay home, relax, and count his money. But Paul McCartney is as ...

Danny Boyle's Yesterday

Film/DVD/TV Review by Chris Charlesworth, Just Backdated, July 2019

A WORLD WITHOUT the Beatles is not somewhere I would want to live, but this is the unlikely scenario on which this strange, occasionally enjoyable ...

Mark Lewisohn: Why I can't just ...Let It Be!

Interview by Graeme Thomson, Mail On Sunday, 13 July 2019

The world's foremost authority on the Beatles, Mark Lewisohn, reveals why he'll stop at nothing to complete his definitive history of the band. ...

Why the Beatles' Abbey Road reigns supreme 50 years on

Retrospective by David Hepworth, New Statesman, 9 October 2019

The interesting thing about the 1969 record is that it is bigger now than it was then. ...

How 'Twist and Shout' Shook the World

Retrospective by Mitchell Cohen, Music Aficionado, November 2019

UNLIKE MOST stories, this one begins with a twist. "Come on, baby," Hank Ballard commanded, "let's do the Twist," immortalizing a dance that was catching ...

Interview: Cousin Brucie Morrow

Interview by Larry LeBlanc, Celebrity Access, 6 February 2020

IT'S THE PERFECT American fantasy of the '60s. Riding in a Mustang down a rural stretch of highway to the strains of the car radio ...

From Beetles to Beatles: It was 60 years ago today

Essay by Simon Warner, Kerouac.com, 1 June 2020

How Beat and a British poet changed the history of rock music ...

The Beatles "Meet the..."

Retrospective by Gary Pig Gold, earcandymag.com, 14 January 2021

BEING EIGHT YEARS old in the Toronto suburbs of 1963, I was at the perfect age – and in the perfect place – to, yes, ...

The blazing talent – and heartbreaking decline – of "fifth Beatle" Billy Preston

Retrospective by Ian Winwood, Daily Telegraph, 26 November 2021

The revered keyboardist saved Let It Be and put his fingerprints on countless rock classics. But he kept his true self hidden to the end. ...

The Quarrymen — A Legend is Born

Retrospective by David Burke, Vintage Rock Presents The Beatles: The Early Years, 2022

"EVERYBODY WAS in a skiffle group," said George Harrison of the hep new craze that swept through Britain in 1956. ...

The Beatles' Revolver: A report and five rave reviews

Retrospective by Various Writers, Rock's Backpages, October 2022

1: Revolver is Title for New Beatle LP Tony Barrow, KRLA Beat, 13 August 1966 ...

My City: Keith's Wine Bar

Memoir by Spencer Leigh, Liverpool Echo, March 2023

IN THE LATE 1990s Bob Wooler, the former Cavern DJ, used to live off Lark Lane, and I would meet him every Saturday at Keith's ...

You say you don't want a 'Revolution 9'

Book Excerpt by Michel Faber, 'Listen: On Music, Sound and Us' (Canongate), November 2023

In this excerpt from "The siren call of horrible din", the eighth section of his Listen: On Music, Sound and Us (Canongate), Michel explains why ...

It was 60 years ago today: the Beatles invade North America

Retrospective by Harvey Kubernik, Rock's Backpages, February 2024

I HAD SEEN and heard the Beatles mentioned in a Walter Cronkite CBS news television program in December 1963, one of the first times they ...

see also George Harrison

see also John Lennon

see also George Martin

see also Paul McCartney

see also Ringo Starr

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