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Why you should definitely own Klaatu's debut album, and it's got nothing to do with The Beatles

When the mysterious Klaatu released their first album, rumours about the musicians' identity sent sales soaring... but it's an album that stands up on its own

Louder

I was a hopeless hoarder – until I was forced to throw out 50 things I own

I can’t get rid of an ancient gig ticket, let alone a useless tea urn or old Cub scout uniform. Will rising to this challenge cleanse my soul – or cause complex psychological trauma?

The Guardian - UK

‘I regret punching Lennon’: Terri Hooley on his wild life in the Belfast punk scene

He belted a Beatle, launched the Undertones and foiled armed kidnappers. Terri Hooley explains how he kept Northern Irish teens kicking as the Troubles escalated

The Guardian - UK

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"I did Bat Out Of Hell thinking it was a comedy record. I did it as a spoof of Springsteen": What a career in music has taught Todd Rundgren

The man who had a public spat with John Lennon and made David Bowie cry says he’s a hard-worker more than a genius, and that music has been devalued

Louder

The 5 George Harrison post-Beatles songs you need to hear: “I write lyrics and I make up songs, but I'm not a great lyricist or songwriter or producer. It's when you put all these things together — that makes me"

Best of 2023: Freed from the creative confines of The Beatles, George Harrison set out to realise his true creative potential. Here are five of his finest works…

MusicRadar

"We take the original image and split it through a double vibrocated sploshing flange with double negative feedback": The Beatles, Les Paul, or Larry Levine? Who really discovered flanging?

Best of 2023: Lennon and George Martin are often given the credit, but flanging might well have been around for years before they 'discovered' it

MusicRadar

John Hogan, former WGN reporter, dies at 82

Mr. Hogan covered everything from the trial of mass murderer Richard Speck to the death of former Mayor Richard J. Daley.

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Top baby names 2024 predictions - inspired by musicians

Musicians offer some brilliant inspiration for 2024's top baby names

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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”

MusicRadar

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

Metal Hammer

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"

MusicRadar

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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

MusicRadar

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

The Independent UK

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

Zenger

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.

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“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

MusicRadar

“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

The Independent UK

‘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’

Evening Standard

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’.

Evening Standard

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

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