Category : Beatles

by Super Admin - 7 years ago

Tony Calder obituary

Music promoter behind 60s hits by the Beatles, Rolling Stones and Marianne FaithfullAmong the young visionaries, hustlers and chancers who emerged from the art colleges, advertising agencies, record company mailing rooms and photographers’ studios of...

by Super Admin - 7 years ago

Jane Bown's photographs of the Beatles in colour

GNM Archive has a serendipitous set of rare colour photographs taken of the Beatles by Jane Bown in 1967Jane Bown (1925-2014) worked for the Observer for 65 years, taking unforgettable images of hundreds of subjects. She used basic equipment and ofte...

by Super Admin - 7 years ago

Readers recommend playlist: songs about old and new

Reflecting changes at this time of year, our latest reader-curated playlist includes tunes from the Beatles, the Buggles and Bing Crosby Here is this week’s playlist – songs picked by a reader from your suggestions on last week’s callout. Thanks for...

by Super Admin - 7 years ago

Beatles promoter Tony Calder dies aged 74

The British record executive, producer and manager worked with acts including Marianne Faithfull, Black Sabbath and Fleetwood MacTony Calder, the music manager who promoted the Beatles’ debut single Love Me Do, died on 2 January at the age of 74. Rel...

by Super Admin - 7 years ago

The culture Christmas gift guide 2017

Wes Anderson Top Trumps, Peter Blake’s bomber jacket, A Bigger Splash beach towel, Taylor Swift’s jewellery … and other ideas for the creative pressie-buyer Continue reading...

by Super Admin - 7 years ago

Parsing Beatles’ Most Nonsensical Song

from The Atlantic Released 50 years ago, “I Am the Walrus” is endlessly analyzable, and yet somehow analysis-proof. “It seems very pretty,” she said when she had finished it, “but it’s rather hard to understand!” (You see she didn’t like to confess,...

by Super Admin - 7 years ago

Sexually Inappropriate Songs Thru The Years

by Pat Matthews I was trying to come up with a more interesting title to this piece….to no avail. So, I think I’m going to run with the one I have. Hopefully, I have your attention by now. I received several e-mails here at the Beatles-A-...

by Super Admin - 7 years ago

Put (in)famous names in historical context | Letters

John Dubber says trying to erase difficult parts of history from our national consciousness could be counterproductive, while Peter McKenna makes an interesting observation about Penny LaneMichael Rosen is right that simply removing historic names fr...