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Monthly Archives: January 2009

Jan 28
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Beatles Rarity Of The Week – Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey (rough mix)

Welcome to this week’s Beatles Rarity Of The Week. Yes, there were lots of arguments and bickering amongst the Beatles in 1968 during the sessions for their infamous White Album. Ringo even quit the band at one point. Yet you can’t say that there wasn’t still good times between the four of them too. Any [...]

Jan 21
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Beatles Rarity Of The Week – Slippin’ & Slidin’ (Roots version)

It goes without saying that the great early rock and roll tunes of the 1950′s were close to John Lennon’s heart and of course, in the early days of The Beatles, their stage act covered hundreds of them. This week the BROW focuses on John’s “oldies” album of covers called Rock ‘N’ Roll released in [...]

Jan 16
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Beatles Rarity Of The Week – I Want To Hold Your Hand (Hollywood Bowl)

On August 23, 1964, The Beatles performed live at The Hollywood Bowl for the first time. All 18,700 seats were sold. Legend has it that one woman was so intent on not missing the show that she gave birth midway through the performance after waiting the entire day outside the venue until the show began [...]

Jan 08
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Beatles Rarity Of The Week – To Know Her Is To Love Her (Decca audition)

Welcome to BROW. It’s a snowy day in my neighborhood. This week’s post takes a look at another snowy January Monday, 47 years ago, when The Beatles, supervised by A&R assistant Mike Smith played 15 songs, carefully selected by their new manager Brian Epstein, for Decca Records in West Hampstead, London in hopes of securing [...]

Jan 01
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Beatles Rarity Of The Week – If Not For You (30th Anniversary Concert Celebration)

Welcome to this week’s Beatles Rarity Of The Week and HAPPY NEW YEAR! Perhaps the most memorable concert event of the 1990′s occurred on October 16, 1992 at New York’s Madison Square Garden. It was one of the biggest collections of artists ever assembled under one roof and included John Mellencamp, Stevie Wonder, Carolyn Hester, [...]