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"Treasure trove" of Harrisongs?

By Michael Gerber|2014-12-30T20:15:17-08:00April 21, 2012|George, George Harrison, solo|

King of Fuh The Chicago Tribune's Greg Kot talks to Olivia Harrison and Giles Martin about the impending release of Early Takes, Volume I, a new set of Harrison rarities from the early solo period. According to them, this is just the tip of the iceberg.Says Martin, “You get very excited when you see a tape box marked, ‘George, Eric (Clapton), Ringo (Starr) and Klaus (Voorman),’ and then you listen and realize it’s just hours of them chatting in the studio. But other times you stumble across something really great. You are digging for gold, and there was a lot there.”"Exploring My [...]

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Someplace Else

By Michael Gerber|2014-03-24T11:23:25-07:00February 9, 2012|George Harrison, solo|

MIKE GERBER • I just found this randomly on YouTube and fell in love with it. All due respect to J and P, George Harrison is the one Beatle whose work continues to open and open to me. Gotta dig out 12 Arnold Grove. http://youtu.be/2pdWG3mlk50

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What is this?

By Ed Park|2015-09-19T00:18:24-07:00July 20, 2011|Paul McCartney, solo|

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Ram’s Resurgence

By Michael Gerber|2014-12-24T11:01:50-08:00June 21, 2011|Paul McCartney, Ram, solo|

[After the millionth insightful comment by our indefatigable Nancy, we asked her if there was anything Beatley burning a hole in her well-furnished brains. This is what she wrote; give her a warm Hey Dullblog welcome.--MG] NANCY CARR • When it was released in 1971, Ram was hated—really hated, to the point of practically being crushed and melted—by many rock critics. Rolling Stone’s Jon Landau inveighed against it as “the nadir in the decomposition of Sixties rock thus far,” calling it “incredibly inconsequential” and “monumentally irrelevant.” Robert Christgau was kinder, giving it a C+ and sniffing “If you’re going to be eccentric, [...]

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Where to begin?

By Michael Gerber|2011-01-31T03:26:00-08:00January 31, 2011|Paul McCartney, solo|

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Ram On!

By Devin McKinney|2015-01-19T20:36:27-08:00August 28, 2009|1971, Beatles tributes, McCartney, Paul McCartney, RAM uber alles, solo|

Get a room DEVIN McKINNEY • Speaking of which, did anyone else listen to this? Here's the tracklist: Earlimart :: Too Many People Frankel :: 3 Legs The Parson Redheads :: Ram On Bodies of Water :: Dear Boy Radar Bros. :: Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey Naptunes :: Smile Away Los Baby Fools :: Heart Of The Country Le Switch :: Monkberry Moon Delight The Broken West :: Eat At Home Amnion :: Long Haired Lady The Parson Redheads :: Ram On (reprise) Travel by Sea :: The Back Seat Of My Car It's the expected farrago of good, bad and [...]

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Middle eight

By Ed Park|2015-01-18T11:53:30-08:00January 28, 2009|Paul McCartney, solo|

ED PARK • Q: The Beatles’ music was always wonderful, but at a certain point it became something more than entertainment; at what point did you know that the work you were doing was important? PAUL: It’s difficult to discuss this without sounding immodest, but I think I started to feel it around the time of “Eleanor Rigby.” Prior to that, I thought the music was very good, and I realized we were in a different league when we wrote “From Me To You,” because it had a middle eight in it and went somewhere we hadn’t been before, but you used [...]

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Beatles singles that never were?

By Michael Gerber|2013-12-14T12:22:02-08:00February 17, 2008|1980, alternate history, solo|

45 sleeve for "Coming Up"--very New Wave graphic design This morning, while listening to LA's version of "Breakfast with the Beatles"--I grew up with Terri Hemmert on XRT in Chicago, but I think Chris Carter's show might be even better--I was reminded how John Lennon had been roused to record again by Paul's single "Coming Up." Carter said that the first song Lennon wrote in this ego-pricked, ambitious state was "I Don't Wanna Face It," which later appeared on Milk and Honey. That got me thinking: both songs are good, but I think John and Paul working together would've made [...]

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