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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."
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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!
  
* [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 »]. 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.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 »]. 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!
  
 
==Google Books==
 
==Google Books==

Revision as of 19:16, 15 January 2010

Beatles-related Websites

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

BeatlesTube.net
Many many Beatles videos and clips, organized by album, concerts, movies & radio.

Beatles Examiner
A Beatles Blog by Steve Marinucci

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.

A Hard Day's Site
Great Beatles site.

Beatles Interviews (exhaustive!)
Great site.

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

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!

Google Books

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