In 1964, Madame Tussauds, London unveiled the wax works images of The Beatles – the first rock musicians ever to be immortalized by the famous London institute. The figures of the group were and are still constantly updated. The wax figures of the Beatles, as…
In 1964 “The British Invasion” continued to make its way around the world with The Beatles holding no less than the top six positions on the Australian pop chart! In 1968 The Beatles were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Lady Madonna’, the…
Take a look at these 4 different single sleeves used in France, Norway, UK and USA:
John’s recollections were correct, as Paul explains: “As is one’s wont, in relationships, you will, from time to time, argue or not see eye to eye on things and a couple of the songs around this period were that kind of thing. This one I…
Advance copies were sent to disc jockeys and record reviewers but their negative reaction to the cover photo was so strong Capital recalled 750,000 copies from distributors to have the cover and all the related promotional materials redesigned. At a whopping cost of $250,000, Capitol’s…
It was the development of bigger Beatles amps that started the technical advance of future live gigs-another debt that modern groups owe the Beatles!
It was very exciting, we were all nervous as hell, and we met him in his big house in LA – probably as big as the one we were staying in, but it still felt like, ‘Big house, big Elvis.’ He had lots of guys…
1962 Gibson J-160E acoustic/electric, sunburst finish.” width=”236″ height=”339″ class=”alignnone size-full wp-image-3524″ /> Lennon and Harrison each bought one of these “jumbo” models (price: £161) in Rushworth’s Music House in Liverpool on 10 September 1962 (shown at right with guitar/amp department manager Bob Hobbs). Mersey Beat,…
When asked what strings he used on his Hofner Violin Bass, Paul said:”Long shiny ones” !!!!
