Here, There, and Everywhere: My Life Recording The Beatles by Geoff Emerick (and Howard Massey) is probably my favorite book on The Beatles because it allows me to take such an intimate look at the recording of classic Beatles LPs like 1966\’s Revolver (the first album that Emerick was lead recording engineer on.) I love [...]
I’ve been trying to improve my singing in various ways over the last couple of years and surprisingly I’ve found that one of the most effective ways to practice (and improve) is by playing The Beatles Rock Band. What I really love about it is that I can also practice my harmonies with it because [...]
The Beatles USB is the “digital debut” for The Beatles legendary music. It is the very first release of their classic songs in the mp3 format which has become the main way many people listen to music now. Along with the high quality mp3s, this “Apple” themed USB flash drive also features 24bit FLAC files [...]
I’m sure you’ve already heard a lot about The Beatles 2009 remasters. They’ve got a huge amount of of hype considering that they are essentially re-releases of music that most people who are buying them already own. As someone who grew to love The Beatles music from their 1980s CDs I think that their great [...]
The Beatles entered the world of compact disc in the late 1980s when their entire catalog was released on the (new at the time) medium. Unfortunately there were a couple of big issues with the way their music was released on CD. The first was that it wasn’t mastered particularly well (some would say that’s [...]
With the release of The Beatles USB memory stick on December 8, 2009 (just in time for Christmas, of course) the long wait for The Beatles music to be made available digitally is over, but not quite in the way people thought it would. Most people assumed that it would be possible to downoad their [...]
I’m such an enormous Beatles fan that it’s actually extremely difficult for me to choose just three Beatles albums as my absolute favorites (and of course whenever a music critic like myself calls something the “best” that’s really just that music critic’s “favorite.”) I really think all of their albums are worthwhile listens (even With [...]
Like many people born well after the 60s ended, I love the music of that era. It sounds much fresher to my ears than does most of the music recorded today. These seven bands are my most favorite. (#1) The Beatles – Surprising pick, right? Sometimes conventional wisdom is on target. Yes, The Beatles really [...]
I haven’t read every book on The Beatles but being the big Beatles fan that I am, I have read many of them. I’ve read books that are primarily about their biography and books that are primarily about their music. I’ve read books on The Beatles that are really great and I’ve read some that [...]
What more can be said about the most famous rock album of all time? I think Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band has almost become too legendary for it’s own good. It’s become so legendary that many people seem to not really properly listen to it before dismissing it. I think it’s like that with [...]