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#askNat – concerning a speed/tempo change and other details about “Ob-La-Di,...
This week’s #askNat inquiry comes from Jack (or JB) from somewhere in the U.S. and the message I’m addressing from him goes like this: Greetings Nat, The White Album track, “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da,” starts...
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Beatles Rarity Of The Week –“Can’t Buy Me Love” (take 1)
Welcome to The Beatles Rarity of the Week. This week’s entry is sort of an addendum to an earlier BROW where I give a little bit of background info on the recording of “Can’t Buy Me Love” which...
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Beatles Rarity of the Week –“Get Back” (sung by George Harrison)
Welcome to the Beatles Rarity of the Week. When American R&B artist Doris Troy signed up with Apple Records in 1969 there was a lot of work to be done. It was a case of friends and fellow...
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Beatles Rarity of the Week –“Come And Get It” (true stereo demo, 1969)
Welcome to the Beatles Rarity of the Week. In late winter/early spring 1969 Ringo Starr along with Peter Sellers, Raquel Welch and John Cleese were busy on the set of the British comedy film The Magic...
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Beatles Rarity Of The Week –“Tell Me Why” (original U.S. duophonic soundtrack...
Welcome to the Beatles Rarity of the Week. I want to do something this week in keeping with A Hard Day’s Night turning 50 years old – not to mention the new remastered Blu-Ray DVD set. Fifty years old!...
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Beatles Rarity Of The Week –“Ticket To Ride” (raw studio tape)
Welcome to The Beatles Rarity of the Week. On Monday, February 15, 1965, exactly one week before they would fly to the Bahamas to begin filming their yet untitled second movie, The Beatles met up at...
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Beatles Rarity of the Week –“Maxine” (unplugged Traveling Wilburys out-take)
Welcome to the Beatles Rarity of the Week, often informally referred to as the BROW and which by my own definition, not only includes rare music recorded while The Beatles were together but also music...
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Beatles Rarity of the Week –“Revolution” (take 2 from promo clip performance)
Welcome to the Beatles Rarity of the Week. During the last week of August 1968, The Beatles released their first single on their new Apple label. With “Hey Jude” on the A-side and “Revolution” on the...
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#askNat – concerning John Lennon’s contribution to David Bowie’s “Fame”
This week’s #askNat’s entry includes a correspondence sent in from Kurt Valenta of Pittsburgh, PA. Here is what Kurt has to say: Hello Nat, I am addicted to your site and Facebook postings. Thanks for...
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Beatles Rarity of the Week –“Cold Turkey” (raw alternate vocal version)
As this is John Lennon’s birthday week, the focus of the BROW (Beatles Rarity of the Week) will be on him. As 1969 began, the cohesiveness of The Beatles was already starting to show a few cracks. The...
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Beatles Rarity of the Week –“Money (That’s What I Want)” (Saturday Club...
Welcome to The Beatles Rarity of the Week. One week before The Beatles flew to Paris for a scheduled gig at the Olympia Theatre, they managed to whip out another set of recordings for the BBC program...
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Beatles Rarity of the Week –“We Can Work It Out” (take 1)
Welcome to the Beatles Rarity of the Week. During The Beatles’ earliest days, John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote many songs together. However, despite their agreed upon Lennon-McCartney moniker for...
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#askNat – concerning LP sales/charts success of the post-Beatles albums up to...
This week’s #askNat comes from Elias in Argentina and this is what he has for me: Hi, Nat! Could you give us a a chart indicating the sales of the solo albums (and maybe also the singles) up to “Double...
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Beatles Rarity of the Week –“Television Medley” (James Paul McCartney TV...
Welcome to The Beatles Rarity of the Week. After spending 1972 touring his new band Wings at British universities and around Europe, Paul McCartney spent the rest of the year recording in both Los...
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“One” Receives a Major Upgrade
The word has been out for a couple of days now about the upcoming upgrade to The Beatles One compilation and some excited Beatles fans are now awaiting its November 6th, 2015 release. Originally...
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Beatles Rarity of the Week –“Crippled Inside” (alternate take)
Welcome to The Beatles Rarity of the Week. John Lennon’s Imagine album was his second release following the breakup of The Beatles and is considered his most well-known. This is mainly because of the...
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Beatles Rarity of the Week –“Arrow Through Me” (early rough mix)
Welcome to the Beatles Rarity of the Week. Between late June and early October 1978 Paul McCartney & Wings recorded their seventh and final studio album Back To The Egg. While the tracks had a...
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Beatles Rarity of the Week –“Do They Know It’s Christmas” (12-in single mix)
Welcome to the Beatles Rarity of the Week and happy holidays! For this week’s BROW I wanted to continue the tradition of putting something up that is appropriate for the season and in years past have...
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#askNat – concerning New Years Eve
Welcome to #askNat and Happy New Year’s Eve! This will be the final installment in the #askNat series which I began back in the Spring of 2012 with answering Beatles-related questions sent in by many...
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Beatles Rarity of the Week –“Give Ireland Back To The Irish” (live in Montreux)
Welcome to the Beatles Rarity of the Week. The focus is on Paul McCartney this week who will be turning 74 years old on Saturday June 18th (2016). I’m sure many reading have already gotten a copy of...
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