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===Websites===
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==Official Beatles Sites==
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[http://www.breakfastwiththebeatles.com/ Breakfast with the Beatles]
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* [http://www.TheBeatles.com TheBeatles.com]
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* [http://www.JohnLennon.com JohnLennon.com]
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* [http://www.PaulMcCartney.com PaulMcCartney.com]
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* [http://www.GeorgeHarrison.com GeorgeHarrison.com]
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* [http://www.RingoStarr.com RingoStarr.com]
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* [http://www.originalquarrymen.co.uk/ The Quarrymen's Official Site]
  
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[http://www.examiner.com/x-2082-Beatles-Examiner Beatles Examiner]
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==Beatles Video==
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[http://www.nme.com/nme-video/youtube/search ''New Musical Express'' Beatles Videos]<br />
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Enter: "NME beatles video" (without the quotes) into the search box on this site. Lots of great video.
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[http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=the+beatles+videos The Beatles on YouTube] &#150;
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Check out what's currently available on YouTube &#151; always a whole lot!
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==Beatles-related Websites==
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[http://www.breakfastwiththebeatles.com/ Breakfast with the Beatles (KLOS - 95.5)]<br />
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Hosted by Chris Carter, DJ at KLOS 95.5 in Los Angeles
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<!--[http://www.beatlestube.net/ BeatlesTube.net]<br />
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Many many Beatles videos and clips, organized by album, concerts, movies & radio.-->
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[http://soundcloud.com/tracks/search?q=beatles The Beatles on SoundCloud]<br />
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Listen to myriad modern mixes of Beatles tunes &#151; The Beatles reinterpreted, reimagined and remixed!
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[http://www.examiner.com/x-2082-Beatles-Examiner Beatles Examiner]<br />
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A Beatles Blog by Steve Marinucci
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[http://www.thebeatlesrarity.com/ The Beatles Rarity]<br />
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For those of us who like our Beatles rare....
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[http://kenwoodlennon.blogspot.com/ Kenwood]<br />
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Blog about Kenwood, Kinfauns and other Beatles residences, then and now.
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[http://beatles-365.blogspot.com/ A Year In The Life]<br />
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A Beatles blog that's actually about the music: because there's a Beatles song for every day of the year.
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[http://wogew.blogspot.com/ WogBlog]<br />
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All things Beatle. A blog by Roger Stormo who apparently has some good connections. Great source for Beatle news.
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[http://www.beatlesbible.com/ The Beatles Bible]
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[http://beatlesite.blogspot.com/ A Hard Day's Site]<br />
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Great Beatles site.
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[http://www.beatlesinterviews.org/ Beatles Interviews (exhaustive!)]<br />
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Great site.
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[http://www.facebeatles.com/ Facebeatles]<br />
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A humoristic Beatles history on a parodic Facebook Wall
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[http://www.beatleslyricsarchive.com/ Beatles Lyrics Site]<br />
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Uncluttered & Ad-free!
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[http://beatlespace.ning.com/ My Beatles Space]<br />
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A Social Networking Site for Beatles Fans
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[http://web.ukonline.co.uk/rickenbacker/ Steve's Beatles Page]<br />
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"A Comprehensive Collection of Beatles Bootlegs" &#151; Exhaustive listing of Beatles bootleg recordings ... purely for educational use...
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[http://www.bootlegzone.com/files.php?section=1&sort=1 The Bootleg Zone]<br />
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''Lots'' of Beatles bootlegs info here, as well.
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[http://www.beatlesebooks.com/standing-there Beatles Music History: The In-Depth Story Behind the Songs of the Beatles]<br />
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Lots of good info.
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==Interviews==
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<table id="interviews">
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<th>John Lennon</th>
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<th>Paul McCartney</th>
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* [http://beatlesnumber9.com/lennon1968.html ''Rolling Stone'' Interview, Nov 23, 1968]
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* [http://www.jannswenner.com/Archives/John_Lennon_Part1.aspx Dec 8, 1970, Interview with John Lennon (Part I), ''Rolling Stone'']
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* [http://www.jannswenner.com/Archives/John_Lennon_Part2.aspx Dec 8, 1970, Interview with John Lennon (Part II), by Jann S. Wenner, ''Rolling Stone'']
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* [http://www.angelfire.com/pq/yesterdaysmusic/interview1.html The Playboy Interviews, David Scheff, 1980]
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<!--* [http://beatlesnumber9.com/mccartney.html ''Playboy Magazine'', 1984]-->
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* [http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/courses/rock/paulint.html 1984,''Playboy Magazine'', song-by-song interview]
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* [http://www.macca-central.com/macca-archives/bassplayer.htm July/August 1995, ''Bass Player Magazine'', by Tony Bacon]
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<!--* [http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/sir_paul_rides_again/page/1 Oct 6, 2005, ''Rolling Stone'' interview with Paul McCartney]
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* [http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/9359339 Jan 31, 1974, ''Rolling Stone'' interview with Paul McCartney]-->
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<th>Ringo Starr</th>
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<th>George Harrison</th>
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[http://www.beatlesinterviews.org/db1969.0121.beatles.html Jan 21st 1969, with David Wigg, for the BBC Radio-One program "Scene and Heard."]
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[http://www.moderndrummer.com/web_exclusive/900001114/Ringo%20Starr 2005, ''Modern Drummer Magazine'', by Billy Amendola]
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* [http://www.beatlesinterviews.org/db1969.1008.beatles.html Oct 8, 1969, George Harrison, interviewed by David Wigg]
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* [http://home.att.net/~chuckayoub/interviews8431.html Apr 1970, George Harrison, NYC radio station]
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* [http://www.wolfgangsvault.com/george-harrison/concerts/interview-august-24-1975.html 1975, George Harrison, "King Biscuit Radio Hour" (audio)]
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* [http://www.beatlesinterviews.org/db1977.0200.beatles.html February 1977, George Harrison, ''Crawdaddy Magazine'']
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* [http://krishna.org/george-harrison-interview-hare-krishna-mantra-theres-nothing-higher-1982/ 1982, George Harrison, Krisna.org]
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* [http://www.creemmagazine.com/_site/BeatGoesOn/GeorgeHarrison/Interview001.html Dec 1987-Jan 1988, ''Creem Magazine'' George Harrison interview]
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* [http://www.beatlesinterviews.org/db1969.1008.beatles.html 1995, ''Q Magazine'', George Harrison interview]
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==Articles==
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* [http://triumphpc.com/mersey-beat/beatles/lennon-mccartney.shtml Bill Harry, Editor of ''Mersey Beat'' on Lennon and McCartney writing together]
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* [http://www.beatlesbible.com/1957/07/06/john-lennon-meets-paul-mccartney/ John Lennon Meets Paul McCartney]
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* [http://riprense.com/Revolution.htm Rip Rense on the 10-minute "Revolution 1 (Take 20)" track] Great read!
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==Analysis==
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* [http://waxy.org/2009/10/audio_analysis_of_the_beatles_multitrack_masters/ '''Audio Analysis of the Beatles Multitrack Masters'''] BBC Radio 6 program called [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/musicclub/recordproducers.shtml Record Producers: The Extended Cut], hosted by Richard Allinson and Steve Levine, wherein three of the Beatles' original multitrack masters are analyzed, isolating and highlighting pieces from "She's Leaving Home," "A Day in the Life," and "Come Together." Really amazing!
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* [http://www.scientificblogging.com/news_releases/beatles_unknown_hard_days_night_chord_mystery_solved_using_fourier_transform '''The Opening Chord to "A Hard Day's Night" Solved by a Mathematician!'''] It’s the most famous chord in rock 'n' roll, an instantly recognizable twang rolling through the open strings on George Harrison’s 12-string Rickenbacker. The opening chord to "A Hard Day’s Night" is also famous because, for 40 years, no one quite knew exactly what chord Harrison was playing. In 2004, inspired by reading news coverage about the song’s 40th anniversary, Jason Brown of Dalhousie’s Department of Mathematics decided to try and see if he could apply a mathematical calculation known as Fourier transform to solve this Beatles riddle. It worked.... [http://www.scientificblogging.com/news_releases/beatles_unknown_hard_days_night_chord_mystery_solved_using_fourier_transform Read the article &#187;]. Or, better, [http://www.mscs.dal.ca/~brown/n-oct04-harddayjib.pdf read Jason Brown's article "Mathematics, Physics and ''A Hard Day's Night''" and its shocking conclusion!].
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* [http://www.icce.rug.nl/~soundscapes/DATABASES/AWP/awp-notes_on.shtml '''Alan W. Pollack's Analyses of the Beatles' songs'''] In 1989 the American musicologist Alan W. Pollack started to analyze the songs of the Beatles. His site now contains the analysis of the entire official Beatles' canon, consisting of 187 songs and 25 covers, with an alphabetical, a canonical and a chronological index, as well as a short introduction. Dig it!
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==Online Books==
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* [http://www.scribd.com/doc/6138974/The-Beatles-Recording-Sessions ''The Beatles Recording Sessions'']
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* [http://www.scribd.com/doc/24654803/Playboy-Interview-With-John-Lennon-and-Yoko-Ono-Interviewed-by-David-Sheff-1980 ''Playboy Interviews'' with David Scheff]
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* [http://books.google.com/books?id=asZCAAAAIAAJ&q=hunter+davies+beatles&dq=hunter+davies+beatles&cd=2 ''The Beatles: The Authorized Biography'' by Hunter Davies, 1968]
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* [http://www.scribd.com/doc/12947313/Barry-Miles-Paul-McCartney-Many-Years-From-Now ''Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now'' by Barry Miles]
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* [http://books.google.com/books?cd=4&id=46OfAAAAMAAJ&dq=lennon+playboy+interview&q=magical+mystery+tour ''The Playboy interviews with John Lennon and Yōko Ono'' by John Lennon, Yōko Ono, David Sheff, G. Barry Golson]
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* [http://books.google.com/books?id=4Yoio9MewhcC&printsec=frontcover&dq=george+martin&cd=2#v=onepage&q=&f=false ''All You Need Is Ears'' by George Martin]
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* [http://books.google.com/books?id=rcg50S6jLnoC&lpg=PA18&ots=UEu-GieSZH&dq=%22george%20harrison%22%20%2B%20%22it%20was%20just%20too%20difficult%22&pg=PA18#v=onepage&q=&f=false ''Mystical One: George Harrison: After the Breakup of the Beatles'' by Elliot J. Huntley]
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* [http://books.google.com/books?q=Interview+with+George+Harrison&source=in&ei=R-pNS9nSKJH2sQOBraHMBw&sa=X&oi=book_group&ct=title&cad=bottom-3results&resnum=11&ved=0CDEQsAMwCg Various George Harrison]
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* [http://books.google.com/books?id=hksjpvfowgMC&dq=%22pete+shotton%22+%2B+%22innocently+singing+along%22&source=gbs_navlinks_s ''Beatlesongs'', William J. Dowlding, 1989]

Latest revision as of 10:37, 4 September 2011

Official Beatles Sites

Beatles Video

New Musical Express Beatles Videos
Enter: "NME beatles video" (without the quotes) into the search box on this site. Lots of great video.

The Beatles on YouTube – Check out what's currently available on YouTube — always a whole lot!

Beatles-related Websites

Breakfast with the Beatles (KLOS - 95.5)
Hosted by Chris Carter, DJ at KLOS 95.5 in Los Angeles

The Beatles on SoundCloud
Listen to myriad modern mixes of Beatles tunes — The Beatles reinterpreted, reimagined and remixed!

Beatles Examiner
A Beatles Blog by Steve Marinucci

The Beatles Rarity
For those of us who like our Beatles rare....

Kenwood
Blog about Kenwood, Kinfauns and other Beatles residences, then and now.

A Year In The Life
A Beatles blog that's actually about the music: because there's a Beatles song for every day of the year.

WogBlog
All things Beatle. A blog by Roger Stormo who apparently has some good connections. Great source for Beatle news.

The Beatles Bible

A Hard Day's Site
Great Beatles site.

Beatles Interviews (exhaustive!)
Great site.

Facebeatles
A humoristic Beatles history on a parodic Facebook Wall

Beatles Lyrics Site
Uncluttered & Ad-free!

My Beatles Space
A Social Networking Site for Beatles Fans

Steve's Beatles Page
"A Comprehensive Collection of Beatles Bootlegs" — Exhaustive listing of Beatles bootleg recordings ... purely for educational use...

The Bootleg Zone
Lots of Beatles bootlegs info here, as well.

Beatles Music History: The In-Depth Story Behind the Songs of the Beatles
Lots of good info.

Interviews

John Lennon Paul McCartney
Ringo Starr George Harrison

Jan 21st 1969, with David Wigg, for the BBC Radio-One program "Scene and Heard."

2005, Modern Drummer Magazine, by Billy Amendola

Articles

Analysis

  • Alan W. Pollack's Analyses of the Beatles' songs In 1989 the American musicologist Alan W. Pollack started to analyze the songs of the Beatles. His site now contains the analysis of the entire official Beatles' canon, consisting of 187 songs and 25 covers, with an alphabetical, a canonical and a chronological index, as well as a short introduction. Dig it!

Online Books

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