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Abbey Road engineer Ken Scott on recording The Beatles: “I was there when Eric Clapton played the solo on While My Guitar Gently Weeps, but it was just another day at the office so it didn't mean anything at the time”

Best of 2023: On working with Lennon and McCartney: “Paul was exceedingly patient, and would keep on going until it was the way he wanted it, whereas John would prefer to get it over with as quickly as possible”

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Good look at what spurs sabre rattling

Maybe Lennon was 'a dreamer'.

Newcastle Herald

"Yes, we all want to bang our heads at Christmas, but we also want to sit down with a cup of tea and a mince pie and have a bit of a chillout": Rob Halford's 8 favourite Christmas songs

Metal God Rob Halford salutes the most wonderful time of the year, as he selects his eight favourite Christmas songs

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Princess of Wales chats to 13-year-old footballer and coach during surprise Christmas tea party

The Princess of Wales' televised carol service at Westminster Abbey will air on Christmas Eve

Evening Standard

Why the Beatles’ song Now and Then is the most important record of the past year

It was last year’s most significant release, both a time capsule of our greatest ever band, and something genuinely new.

Evening Standard

Paul McCartney on bass: "When we met Elvis, I was like, ‘You’re trying to learn bass, are you, son? Sit down, let me show you a few things’"

Classic 1994 interview: "Once I got over the fact that I was lumbered with it, I did get quite proud to be a bass player"

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“It was when we knew Roger Waters wasn’t going to be part of anything we did, but before he’d officially left. He had us trapped in limbo. I was putting my toe in the water”: David Gilmour’s solo career

Despite saying it’s less complicated to work alone, David Gilmour’s association with Pink Floyd means he never wandered far, or for long, from the band

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6 "wrong" production techniques that turned out right

We round up six examples of how ignoring conventional studio wisdom can lead to fantastic musical results

MusicRadar

John Lennon’s son Julian reveals the one Beatles song that drives him ‘up the wall’

‘It’s something that’ll always be dark to me,’ musician and photographer Julian said of classic track

The Independent UK

Menu From Beatles’ Flight In 1965 Sold For Nearly $9K

The group traveled to the Bahamas in Feb 1965 to film scenes for their second feature film HELP! before returning a month later.

Zenger

“Who knows?! There are tapes that I would love to get my hands on…”: Eddie Kramer isn’t ruling out using Beatles-like AI techniques to restore more lost Jimi Hendrix tapes

The South African producer and engineer collaborated intimately with Hendrix in the ‘60s and has since worked on numerous posthumous projects. Now he says he’s open to embracing AI to add to the guitarist’s legacy

Guitar World

“I’m sure if we found another tape where Jimi’s voice is buried, I know I could use something similar”: Eddie Kramer talks AI and digital audio restoration, and hints at more Jimi Hendrix recordings to come

In the '60s, Kramer helped make Hendrix's tone dreams come true. Now he is making his fans' dreams come true restoring lost tapes, and he doesn't rule out AI sound separation saving a future mix

MusicRadar

‘He lived for the music’: Jim Ladd, ‘The Last DJ’ who inspired Tom Petty song, dies aged 75

DJ who ‘never stopped caring’ was the inspiration for Tom Petty’s 2002 song and album, ‘The Last DJ’

The Independent UK

John Lennon's son says he's 'driven up the wall' by 'dark' Hey Jude

The son of late Beatles superstar John Lennon said he can celebrate the song but ‘it’s something that’ll always be dark to me’.

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Princess of Wales releases photo of herself as a child at Christmas dinner

Taken in 1983, the image has been released ahead of Kate’s Together At Christmas carol service airing on Christmas Eve

The Guardian - UK

‘One kid barfed on my feet’: how There’s No One Quite Like Grandma became a Christmas No 1

‘I have no problem with it being included in Worst Christmas Songs Ever lists. But, even though it’s sort of dreadful, there’s an ear-worm quality. And we had such a good time’

Louder

"Wouldn’t it be funny if we went down?": the night The Beatles almost reunited on Saturday Night Live

John Lennon and Paul McCartney nearly took up SNL producer Lorne Michaels on his offer

The Independent UK

May Pang on her 18-month love affair with John Lennon: ‘Yoko has erased me’

Five years before his murder, John Lennon described his romance with his personal assistant as a ‘lost weekend’ – despite the pair being together for more than a year, and remaining close until his death. As May Pang shares her side of the story in a new documentary, she speaks…

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‘I just loved to sing!’: Brenda Lee on inspiring Elvis, Lennon and Taylor Swift – and topping the chart at 78

She has just become the oldest person ever to top the US chart, with the classic she recorded at 13 – Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree. She recalls touring with Jerry Lee Lewis, forming a bond with the king of rock’n’roll and what she learned from Judy Garland

Louder

“All I could do to accommodate requests for new sounds for them was just to abuse the equipment": How The Beatles' Revolver revolutionised music

Revolver is a feat of The Beatles' sonic experimentation and songwriting genius, and this is the story behind how the album was made

Louder

Driven by an obsession and a devotion to music, John Brennan amassed a huge collection of rock star signatures - and now he's selling them off

John Brennan initially collected records, then slept out for concert tickets... but he had to get one step closer

Creative Bloq

How we made Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song short film

Director Oliver Murray explains how he created the new short documentary telling the story of The Beatles' last song, Now and Then.

The Guardian - UK

The week in TV: Platform 7; Smothered; Louis Theroux Interviews Chelsea Manning; Seeds of Deceit: The Sperm Donor Doctor – review

A teacher investigates her own death in ITV’s dark new thriller; an odd-couple romcom has charm to burn; Chelsea Manning and Louis Theroux face off; plus, the haunting fallout of one doctor’s God complex

Evening Standard

Kate and William joined by children at Westminster Abbey carol service

The Princess of Wales hosted her Together At Christmas event at Westminster Abbey

Marie Claire

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