Everything Fab Four
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
Of all the Beatles-related milestones, the 40th anniversary of the Rutles may be the most dubious of them all. But then again, the Rutles’ 1978 mock-documentary All You Need Is Cash may be the most hilarious of them all and well worth celebrating its … [Continue reading] about Everything Fab Four: The Rutles at 40
In 1995, the Britpop band Oasis exploded into international fame with the hit single “Wonderwall.” Composer Noel Gallagher had originally entitled the song as “Wishing Stone,” later explaining that a person’s “wonderwall” refers to the “imaginary … [Continue reading] about Everything Fab Four: George Harrison’s “Wonderwall”