Archive for the ‘1969’ Category
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Arrivederci 1969
31 Dec 2019As one looks back on the decade just ending, one feels reflective. But also one feels tired, very tired. I…
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Late December, 1969
29 Dec 2019These were quiet times in the world of The Beatles, with everyone laying low trying to figure out what they…
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Bonus Track: It Was 13 Bars Long
27 Dec 2019The Abbey Road Super Deluxe Edition includes take 3 of “The End,” which is a very primitive version of the…
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Christmas 1969
25 Dec 2019The Beatles’ seventh and last Christmas single is clearly the product of four independent camps; it doesn’t sound like any…
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Bonus Track: Perverted Sex in a Polythene Bag
24 Dec 2019Like “Sun King” and “Mean Mr. Mustard,” “Polythene Pam” and “She Came in Through the Bathroom Window” were recorded as…
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December 22–23, 1969
23 Dec 2019On these days John and Yoko travelled to Montreal, where they gave a press conference, and to Ottawa, where they…
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Bonus Track: A Lot of People to Keep
22 Dec 2019When Abbey Road was first released on CD, the somewhat arbitrary decision was made to index each part of the…
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December 20, 1969
20 Dec 2019Joe Goodden’s The Beatles Bible has been an invaluable resource throughout the writing of this blog, providing a roadmap and…
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December 19, 1969
19 Dec 2019John and Yoko had given a bunch of interviews on the 18th, most of which can be safely skipped over,…
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December 17–18, 1969
18 Dec 2019John and Yoko were in Canada during this period, staying through December 23. Because everyone in rock’n’roll knows everybody else,…