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“They didn’t understand how important image was – they started the thing about us being academic geeks. It really hurt us”: The Zombies on living large, inheriting the Beatles’ studio and staff, and being prisoners in a concert hall

Colin Blunstone and Rod Argent look back on finding fame in their teens and experiencing the highs and lows of the music industry over six decades

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"George had a smugness on his face when he came in with this one, and rightly so - he knew it was absolutely brilliant.": Beatles engineer Geoff Emerick on the recording of Abbey Road, track-by-track

A classic interview with the band's late chief engineer – "You could really see the joy in their faces as they played; it was like they were teenagers again"

MusicRadar

Midas Man review – Jacob Fortune-Lloyd is heartfelt as Beatles’ kingmaker

As the ‘fifth Beatle’ Brian Epstein, Fortune-Lloyd’s performance holds an otherwise sanitised narrative together in well-meaning biopic

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TV tonight: can Prince William really end homelessness?

People who have been homeless discuss their experiences with the prince, plus the stunningly intense documentary Helmand: Tour of Duty. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Vinyl thrives at United Record Pressing as the nation's oldest record maker plays a familiar tune

In its 75 years in operation, United Record Pressing in Nashville has survived 8-tracks, cassettes, CDs, Napster, iPods and streaming services

The Independent UK

“Originally we said, ‘Let’s make an album about witchcraft’… but I supposed pyramid power was a sort of witchcraft, so we zeroed in on that”: When The Alan Parsons Project mixed magic with madness (without visiting Egypt)

Box set edition gives former Beatles and Pink Floyd engineer the chance to recall the crazy times and ambitious attitude that resulted in 1978’s Pyramid

Louder

Francis McPeake obituary

Traditional Irish musician and the third in the lineage of pipers in an internationally renowned family

The Guardian - UK

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“Carol Kaye taught me real hard, telling me, ‘No, no, you’re playing the notes but you’re not playing the feel’”: Gene Simmons names 6 bass players who shaped his sound

The Kiss icon explains how Ronnie Wood is a better bassist than guitarist, why he can’t recall anything John Paul Jones played, and what makes him the Burger King Whopper of bass players

Guitar World

"This is a fired-up performance - a man determined to prove everyone wrong": Paul McCartney rails against the critics, John Lennon, Fela Kuti and muggers on Wings' classic Band On The Run

Recorded in Nigeria as his bandmates deserted him, Band On The Run might just be the best post-Beatles work by any Beatle

Louder

"We All Shine On": A new look at Lennon

Author Elliot Mintz reveals the weight of Lennon’s legacy beyond the music, shadowed by loss and what-ifs

Salon

Lee to Music By John Williams: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

The fierce Lee Miller is the role Kate Winslet was born to play, plus Steven Spielberg and more line up to wax lyrical about the most legendary composer in the history of cinema. What a bringer of joy

The Guardian - UK

Wombles composer Mike Batt: A pizza ruined my collaboration with Beatles star George Harrison

Wombles composer Mike Batt exclusively told BANG Managing Director Rick Sky about the time he nearly recorded a song with Beatles legend George Harrison.

BANG Premier

The Beatles recording console used for Abbey Road is going on sale

The Beatles' console used by the Fab Four to record their iconic 1969 album 'Abbey Road' - the band's final LP - has been restored and is going up for sale.

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‘It just lifted me’: new research suggests shared reading groups combat loneliness – and the effects can be astounding

In Eleanor Rigby, the Beatles asked: “All the lonely people – where do they all come from?” The answer to that question is complex, but loneliness is a widespread feeling among Australians. One in three people feel lonely, and one in six experience severe loneliness.

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The Independent UK

John Lennon and Yoko Ono were ‘obsessed with staying skinny,’ reveals friend

‘John kept a journal where each day he would write what his weight was,’ says Elliot Mintz

MusicRadar

"Anybody who gets this console, it'll be the most famous studio in the world": The legendary mixing desk used on The Beatles’ Abbey Road is going up for sale

"It's one of the best albums that’s ever been made, and it sounds so good because of this recording console"

Evening Standard

Liverpool mayor honours legacy of John Lennon on visit to New York

Steve Rotheram attended a meeting between music leaders from Merseyside and New York to discuss future projects

MusicRadar

“Taylor is the ‘now’ one. We are the ‘still now’”: Ringo Starr has his say on people comparing Taylor Swift to The Beatles

“She’s pulling them in,” adds Starr, who first met Swift when she was just 14

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Ringo Starr announces first album in 6 years after cancelling tour dates due to illness

The Beatles legend has also confirmed new live dates to showcase his latest offering, which will feature 11 original songs

Guitar World

“It turned out so well there was some campaigning from John Lennon for it to serve as the A-side instead of Lady Madonna”: Paul McCartney was in bass peak form on this lesser-known Beatles gem

Recorded at Abbey Road Studios in February 1968, Hey Bulldog was one of the last Beatles sessions tracked as a band

Guitar World

“Arguably one of the most significant Beatles and Lennon artefacts to come to market”: John Lennon’s first Vox amp – used at the Cavern and to record Please Please Me – is headed to auction

The Vox AC15 Twin, believed to be the unit purchased by Lennon at Liverpool’s Hessy’s Music, is going under the hammer with an auction estimate of $130,000-$260,000

Louder

"When I listen to him it's like: Why am I even playing?” Paul Gilbert reveals the guitarist who blows his mind as he unveils the soundtrack of his life

Mr. Big guitarist and solo artist Paul Gilbert picks his records, artists and of lasting significance

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The Beatles top BBC Radio 2 ultimate British group poll

The Beatles have been voted the ultimate British group in a poll of BBC Radio 2 listeners to mark National Album Day later this month.

The Independent UK

BBC Radio poll reveals ‘the ultimate British group’

Poll was held by the BBC as part of National Album Day celebrations

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Joseph Quinn cast as George Harrison in Beatles biopics

Joseph Quinn will take on the role of George Harrison in Sam Mendes' Beatles biopics that will tell the story of the Fab Four from the viewpoint of each member.

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