Everything Fab Four
As compilations of Paul McCartney’s work go, Wings Greatest, released in November 1978, is pretty strange. Arguably, it doesn’t even include the totality of McCartney and Wings’ greatest hits at the time, omitting the number-one 1975 single “Listen … [Continue reading] about Everything Fab Four: Wings, Still the Greatest
Last month saw the reissue of Thrillington, arguably one of the strangest episodes in Paul McCartney’s musical corpus. The Thrillington album, a collection of 11 instrumental cover versions of the original songs from McCartney’s RamLP, offers a … [Continue reading] about Everything Fab Four: Paul McCartney’s “Thrillington”
Rendered for splendid high-definition viewing, the digitally-enhanced re-release of The Four Complete Ed Sullivan Shows Starring the Beatles is a welcome sight indeed. Chockfull of extras, including Ed Sullivan’s 1964 London interview with the … [Continue reading] about Everything Fab Four: “Ladies and Gentlemen, the Beatles!”
At the tail end of May 1968, the Beatles assembled for one of the most extraordinary sessions in their storied career. Known as the “Esher demos,” the rough recordings they produced in George Harrison’s home studio would serve as a blueprint for the … [Continue reading] about Everything Fab Four: The Esher Demos and the Beatles’ “White Album”
In January 1957, Alan Sytner opened the Cavern Club at 10 Mathew St. in Liverpool. Dreaming of owning a jazz club in the tradition of the basement Le Caveau Français in Paris, Sytner founded the Cavern in the cellar of a former fruit warehouse. … [Continue reading] about Everything Fab Four: The Beatles Underground