This Song was the lead single off of George Harrison’s 1976 album Thirty-Three & 1/3. The album name was inspired by George’s age while recording it, along with the speed the record played at on a turntable (33 1/3 rpm for those of you in the post-vinyl age). This Song, with it’s intentionally generic title [...]
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While My Guitar Gently Weeps – George Harrison (at the Concert for Bangla Desh, 1971)
The Concert For Bangla Desh was held at New York’s Madison Square Garden on August 1, 1971. It was a charity event to raise funds for relief to the refugees in East Pakistan (now Bangla Desh) after the 1970 Bhola cyclone and during the Bangla Desh 1971 atrocities and Bangla Desh Liberation War. The event [...]
Beatles Rarity Of The Week – Power To The People (out-take version)
Welcome to the Beatles Rarity of the Week. On January 22, 1971, John Lennon gave an interview to Tariq Ali, editor of the underground UK magazine Red Mole, and his assistant Robin Blackburn. The interview touched on John’s seemingly radical political views and how they were surfacing in his recent music. A detailed discussion of [...]
George Harrison – Bangla Desh
Sixty-eight years ago today George Harrison, MBE, was born in Liverpool, UK, and went on to receive international fame as lead guitarist of The Beatles. So, yeah, we all know that. I don’t feel like I need to type up that George was such a great guy or why he was such a great guy [...]
Instant Karma! (We All Shine On) – 1970 promo
Instant Karma! was John Lennon’s third US/UK single following Give Peace A Chance and Cold Turkey and was released in February 1970, which was still a couple months before The Beatles were disbanded officially. John had Phil Spector produce the record and this could have been a way of trying him out prior to giving [...]
Beatles Rarity Of The Week – Let It Be (take 27A)
Welcome to the Beatles Rarity of the Week. To this day, this song still sends chills down my spine. On January 31, 1969, The Beatles were wrapping up their Get Back/Let It Be sessions and had performed their famous rooftop concert the day before. The idea now was to polish off the three new songs [...]
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