Doc Watson / Earl Scruggs / Ricky Skaggs / Alison Krauss : Banks Of The Ohio. The Beatles. The Beatles were an English rock band that formed in Liverpool, in 1960. With John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, they became widely regarded as the greatest and most influential act of the rock era.[1] Rooted in skiffle, beat and 1950s rock and roll, the Beatles later experimented with several genres, ranging from pop ballads to psychedelic and hard rock, often incorporating classical elements in innovative ways. In the early 1960s, their enormous popularity first emerged as "Beatlemania", but as their songwriting grew in sophistication they came to be perceived as an embodiment of the ideals shared by the era's sociocultural revolutions.
History 1957–62: formation, Hamburg, and UK popularity In March 1957, John Lennon, then aged sixteen, formed a skiffle group with several friends from Quarry Bank school. Koschmider had converted a couple of strip clubs in the district into music venues, and he initially placed the Beatles at the Indra Club. "British Invasion"
Paul McCartney: Chaos and Creation At Abbey Road. Audio Analysis of the Beatles Multitrack Masters. While digging through Usenet, I stumbled on these three unidentified tracks that pick apart three of the Beatles' original multitrack masters, isolating and highlighting pieces from "She's Leaving Home," "A Day in the Life," and "Come Together. " It's an astounding, and very listenable, glimpse into their recording process. Update: Removed the downloads, see update below. Multitrack Analysis of She's Leaving HomeMultitrack Analysis of A Day In the LifeMultitrack Analysis of Come Together Unfortunately, I don't have any information about the source.
In the "Come Together" one, they mention one of the narrators is named "Steve. " Beyond that, I haven't had any luck finding where they came from. Can anyone identify them? Update: It's from a BBC Radio 6 program called The Record Producers, hosted by Richard Allinson and Steve Levine, that aired last month. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be any legal way to purchase or listen to these recordings, and likely won't for some time. Charting The Beatles « The Strange Attractor. 22 January 2010 Beautifully executed infographics illustrating some statistical data about The Beatles. Ongoing project by Michael Deal. These visualizations are part of an extensive study of the music of The Beatles. Many of the diagrams and charts are based on secondary sources, including but not limited to sales statistics, biographies, recording sesion notes, sheet music, and raw audio readings.
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