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The Beatle Invasion

Archive for October 2007

October 25th, 2007

Album - “Beatles for Sale” (1964)

Just over two months after completing "A Hard Day’s Night", The Beatles were back in the studio, working on their fourth official UK album. After the all-original "A Hard Day’s Night", many people were critical of "Beatles for Sale" for the covers that comprise almost half of the album. Still exhausted from the previous album […]

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October 25th, 2007

Single - “I Feel Fine” / “She’s a Woman” (1964)

Just a month after the release of “A Hard Day’s Night” the band was already back in the studio preparing what would eventually become their next album, “Beatles for Sale”. During those sessions, The Beatles managed to churn out a single with two original songs that would not feature on the album.
“I Feel Fine” is […]

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October 24th, 2007

Interview - Paul on blogotheque.net

French music blog La Blogothèque has posted an insightful new interview of Paul, coinciding with his Paris concert this week. You can read it here in English or here in French, or even hear some audio of the telephone interview (links on the site).

"You take yourself away somewhere, the room where the piano is, or […]

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October 24th, 2007

Video - “A Hard Day’s Night” in Yiddish!

To all you Yiddishists out there, this one’s for you.
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October 24th, 2007

Video - “A Hard Day’s Night” Behind the Scenes

A "behind the scenes" look at the movie from 1964. Enjoy.
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October 24th, 2007

Film - “A Hard Day’s Night”

With The Beatles suddenly huge in the US and internationally, a film was proposed. United Artists, convinced that interest in the band was at its peak and would soon fizzle, set out to make a film as fast and as cheaply as possible (total budget: £200,000), in order to make money from sales of a […]

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October 19th, 2007

This (14th) Week in Beatles Sightings

With two of The Beatles dead, and Ringo somewhat of a recluse, the "sightings" spotlight is usually taken by Paul or various members of the extended Beatles family. Today is different. John has been sighted.
An article on azcentral.com claims that John’s son Julian Lennon was visited by John th week during an Australian Aboriginal ceremony. […]

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October 19th, 2007

This (14th) Week in Beatles History

October 14 - 1963. All London newspapers run front page photos of the band’s performance at the Palladium.October 15 - 1980. Auction begins of old Abbey Road Studios recording material.October 16 - 1968. A copy of "It’s All Too Much" is labelled Take 196, the highest "take" number ever for Beatles material.October 17 - 1967. […]

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October 19th, 2007

Track - “I’ll Be Back”

With track 12 "You Can’t Do That" already covered in the "Can’t Buy Me Love" single post, we now reach the final track of "A Hard Day’s Night", entitled "I’ll Be Back".
John originally envisioned the song as a 3/4 waltz, but the idea was scrapped during recording when, on take two, John fumbled the words, […]

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October 19th, 2007

Track - “When I Get Home”

"When I Get Home" is another John tune with Rythm and Blues influences. The key switches back and forth from major to minor, one of John’s favourite devices. A prominent feature is the "whoa-oh-oh-hiiiii" jumping into the boys’ upper vocal ranges between sections.
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