Archive for November, 2018
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“Daddy Went a Bit Crazy”
29 Nov 2018Revolution 3: Legend has it that many of the short “Revolution”s scattered throughout the album are parts of a larger…
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November 28, 1968
28 Nov 2018Today John Lennon appeared in court to enter a plea in response to the drug possession charges leveled against him…
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“Take Your Knickers Off and Let’s Go”
27 Nov 2018According to the Wikipedia entry I’ve just edited, Number Nine, often referred to simply as “#9,” is the ninth studio album by…
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Introducing: Number Nine
26 Nov 2018I finally listened to the 2018 remaster of the White Album, and it certainly sounds crisp and clean. Maybe a…
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The Village Green Preservation Society
24 Nov 2018Also released on this weekend in 1968 — with considerably less fanfare than the White Album — was The Kinks…
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November 22–25, 1968
22 Nov 2018So this was the weekend that The Beatles, instantly and forevermore known as the White Album, hit the streets (Nov.…
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White Album Reissue Breakdown, part 3
21 Nov 2018…continued “I Will” (take 13): A fun alternate take with some goofy studio banter. “Rattle them skulls,” says John. “Blue…
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White Album Reissue Breakdown, part 2
20 Nov 2018…continued “Sexy Sadie (take 3)”: I believe that’s George at the beginning warbling “It’s getting better all the time”; a…
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White Album Reissue Breakdown, part 1
19 Nov 2018Having been on the road a lot, I haven’t had time to give the White Album 50th anniversary reissue a…
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November 17, 2018
17 Nov 2018Today Beatle George, who had been in L.A. working on the Jackie Lomax album, appeared on CBS’s The Smothers Brothers Comedy…