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Beatles’ 1962 contract with manager Brian Epstein going to auction

The 1962 contract that officially bound the Beatles and manager Brian Epstein will go to auction in September as part of a Sotheby’s exhibition that’s heavy on items from the Beatles, Bob Dylan and ...
Forbes

The Beatles Hit A Special Milestone With One Of Their Biggest Albums–Again

The Beatles posing together. From left to right: musicians George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, circa 1965. The Beatles have never found it difficult to sell albums in the U.K ...
Forbes

The Beatles Are Back With Two Of Their Most Successful Albums

Photo of the Beatles, April 1963; L-R: Ringo Starr, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, John Lennon - posed, group shot - jumping on wall, Used on the Twist & Shout EP cover (Photo by Fiona ...

On this day 64 years ago, the Beatles entered Abbey Road with a new drummer and recorded the song that helped launch the greatest band of all time

64 years ago today, The Beatles recorded 'Love Me Do' with Ringo Starr for the first time—a pivotal session that launched ...
Salon

The Beatles’ “Red” and “Blue” albums reinvigorate the beloved songs with sparkling new clarity

The so-called “Red” and “Blue” albums — the Beatles compilations that generation after generation have grown up with — just got a whole lot better. Thanks to Peter Jackson’s MAL technology, the tracks ...
Salon

“Now and Then”: The history of the Beatles’ final song and how it’s getting released 46 years later

The Beatles’ new song, the final entry in their extraordinary songbook to be released in November, is a thing of beauty. Titled “Now and Then,” it reminds us, above all else, that the narrative of the ...
Rolling Stone

Beatles’ 1962 Recording From Hamburg Strip Club Going to Auction

A rare recording of the Beatles performing at a Hamburg, Germany strip club in December 1962 is set to hit the auction block starting February 27th. Auction house Ted Owen & Co. will offer up the ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1962, the Full Beatles Lineup Recorded at Abbey Road Studios for the (Second) First Time

Although their musical legacy would inextricably link itself to Abbey Road Studios, formerly EMI Recording Studios, The Beatles didn’t make a good first impression when they first arrived to record in ...
AOL

A Rare 1962 Beatles Album Was Found in a Vancouver Record Store. Now the Owner Wants Paul McCartney to Come Pick It Up

A Beatles audition tape that could date back to the band's early days has been found in a Canadian record shop. On March 12, the Vancouver record store Neptoon Records' owner Rob Frith posted about ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1962, This Record Label Committed Arguably the Biggest Blunder in Music History—and Yes, It Involved The Beatles

Name a music industry record, and chances are the Beatles hold it. With the release of their 1963 debut album Please Please Me, a quartet of shaggy-haired musicians from Liverpool forever altered the ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Beatles’ First Hit Gets 50th Anniversary Re-Release: Here’s Why America Rejected It in 1962

The story of the band's "Love Me Do," why America was initially reluctant to listen and the surviving members' plans put out a replica of the original single. By Tim Appelo The Liverpool quartet known ...
Rolling Stone

Beatles’ 1962 Contract With Manager Brian Epstein Going to Auction

The 1962 contract that officially bound the Beatles and manager Brian Epstein will go to auction in September as part of a Sotheby’s exhibition that’s heavy on items from the Beatles, Bob Dylan and ...