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"We take the original image and split it through a double vibrocated sploshing flange with double negative feedback": The Beatles, Les Paul, or Larry Levine? Who really discovered flanging?

Best of 2023: Lennon and George Martin are often given the credit, but flanging might well have been around for years before they 'discovered' it

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Abbey Road engineer Ken Scott on recording The Beatles: “I was there when Eric Clapton played the solo on While My Guitar Gently Weeps, but it was just another day at the office so it didn't mean anything at the time”

Best of 2023: On working with Lennon and McCartney: “Paul was exceedingly patient, and would keep on going until it was the way he wanted it, whereas John would prefer to get it over with as quickly as possible”

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"I said, 'I wish Sting was here', and they said 'He is, he’s here on holiday!'": Mark Knopfler, George Martin and more on 10 years, 70 albums, massive hit singles, a hurricane and a volcano – the incredible story of AIR Studios Montserrat

Best of 2023: The Police, Dire Straits, Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder and Duran Duran are just a few of the AAA names who enjoyed the most idyllic of recording studios, but it didn't end well for this particular AIR

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Why the Beatles’ song Now and Then is the most important record of the past year

It was last year’s most significant release, both a time capsule of our greatest ever band, and something genuinely new.

Evening Standard

Paul McCartney on bass: "When we met Elvis, I was like, ‘You’re trying to learn bass, are you, son? Sit down, let me show you a few things’"

Classic 1994 interview: "Once I got over the fact that I was lumbered with it, I did get quite proud to be a bass player"

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Barbie, Beatles and Bankman-Fried: how well do you remember 2023? – quiz

Why did MCC members see red? Who turned down Elton? And what hobby did the CEO of Goldman Sachs have to give up? Test your recall with our festive puzzlers

The Guardian - UK

Violent Femmes bassist on Beatles impact

On "Everything Fab Four," the folk-punk rocker discusses music with timeless appeal, from Rolling Stones and beyond

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6 "wrong" production techniques that turned out right

We round up six examples of how ignoring conventional studio wisdom can lead to fantastic musical results

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John Lennon's son says he's 'driven up the wall' by 'dark' Hey Jude

The son of late Beatles superstar John Lennon said he can celebrate the song but ‘it’s something that’ll always be dark to me’.

Evening Standard

“I never liked it. I never understood it. And it made no difference to the way we played, not for a second”: how Bad Company defied punk to make their classic third album Run With The Pack

In 1976, punk was on the verge of exploding. But rock was far from done – and Bad Company were making a stand with Run With The Pack

Louder

Tatty, naff and cheesy: why can’t Britain have a decent Christmas No 1?

Now that LadBaby has passed on the charity baton, let’s return to the days when real talents held sway. Like, erm, Mr Blobby and Benny Hill, writes Barbara Ellen

The Guardian - UK

"Wouldn’t it be funny if we went down?": the night The Beatles almost reunited on Saturday Night Live

John Lennon and Paul McCartney nearly took up SNL producer Lorne Michaels on his offer

Louder

“I didn’t expect some of the backlash. But then you get the Neil fans, who were rabidly protective”: the story of America, the 70s soft rockers behind the greatest Neil Young song Neil Young never wrote

America evoked the wild romance of the West with timeless melodies and harmonies – and served up a 70s soft rock classic in the process

Louder

May Pang on her 18-month love affair with John Lennon: ‘Yoko has erased me’

Five years before his murder, John Lennon described his romance with his personal assistant as a ‘lost weekend’ – despite the pair being together for more than a year, and remaining close until his death. As May Pang shares her side of the story in a new documentary, she speaks…

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The making of Tom Petty's Full Moon Fever: "George Harrison went to the store and bought a ginger root, boiled it and had me stick my head in the pot to get the ginger steam to open up my sinuses. Then I ran in and did the take"

More than 33 years after its release, Tom Petty's solo debut is still making headlines thanks to Grand Theft Autio 6. We dig into the creation of a classic album

The Guardian - UK

‘I just loved to sing!’: Brenda Lee on inspiring Elvis, Lennon and Taylor Swift – and topping the chart at 78

She has just become the oldest person ever to top the US chart, with the classic she recorded at 13 – Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree. She recalls touring with Jerry Lee Lewis, forming a bond with the king of rock’n’roll and what she learned from Judy Garland

Louder

“All I could do to accommodate requests for new sounds for them was just to abuse the equipment": How The Beatles' Revolver revolutionised music

Revolver is a feat of The Beatles' sonic experimentation and songwriting genius, and this is the story behind how the album was made

Louder

"Those were crazy times. I wouldn’t change it for the world": how Goodbye Yellow Brick Road reinforced Elton John's status as a global superstar

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is the second-biggest-selling album released in 1973, with more than 32 million sales worldwide

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"I finally understood that I was in the middle of a Nirvana reunion": revisiting the night that 'Sirvana' - Sir Paul McCartney and the surviving members of Nirvana - rocked Madison Square Garden for charity

On this day in 2012, a Nirvana reunion of sorts took place in New York City. Courtney Love was not amused

The Independent UK

Maná drummer Alex González shares big plans for 2024, including playing London for the first time

During a career than spans over four decades, Grammy-winning Mexican rockers Maná have toured the world, yet has never played London

GamesRadar

Mark Waid on the birth of Kingdom Come's Magog in Batman/Superman: World's Finest

Interview | Mark Waid speaks to Newsarama about what's coming as the Heir to the Kingdom arc of World's Finest heats up

Creative Bloq

How we made Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song short film

Director Oliver Murray explains how he created the new short documentary telling the story of The Beatles' last song, Now and Then.

Tom’s Guide

This Victrola Bluetooth turntable got me playing vinyl again after 5 years

This $600 record player combines traditional hi-fi conventions with modern wireless connectivity, and got me back into playing LPs old and new.

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How to play like John Lennon: 4 key guitar lessons from the early Beatles era

Remembering an often underrated guitarist

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"Hell, let’s do it": John Lennon wrote and recorded Instant Karma in one day. Here's how it happened

Remembering Lennon: "It was like all hell breaking loose. Tape machines, tape loops, tape delays, echo chambers, you name it!"

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