Category Archives: NaBloPoMo

In 1965 the Beatles released their second movie called Help! The album that went with it contained 7 songs that were featured in the film and 7 that were not. Of the seven that were not in the film, 2 … Continue reading →

Beatles For Sale was released in December 1964 and quickly took the top spot on the UK charts (taking it from A Hard Day’s Night). At this point Beatlemania was just past is prime, but the goups was still on … Continue reading →

Note: Trying to do this one post per day for the whole month is a bit difficult for a Sabbath observing Jew. I am writing this on Friday afternoon and will post Saturday evening after the Sabbath. Six days after … Continue reading →

Aside from the new technology used on this recording, another first was that all of the music was original. All of the songs were written by Lennon and McCartney, one of the only albums without a Harrison song and the … Continue reading →

A Hard Day’s Night was the first album recorded on a four track tape recording system. This gave George Martin greater ability to make a stereo mix as well as add nuances to a mono mix. You will see in … Continue reading →

After the success of Please Please Me, the group recorded the next album, With the Beatles, four months after they recorded the first one. Like the first album, this one was a mix of original material and covers. 8 new … Continue reading →

            After listening to pretty much all of the re-mastered music (I have yet to listen to Yellow Submarine) I have come to the realization that they may have made some mistakes. Unfortunately, they may … Continue reading →

Yesterday I wrote about the first six songs on the album Please Please Me. Today I will include my thoughts on the second half of the album. But before I get to that, I want to talk about the album … Continue reading →

Welcome to NaBloPoMo! National Blog Posting Month. This year I have decided to throw my hat in and attempt to post every day this month! If you want to learn about NaBloPoMo, I encourage you to visit their site. Click … Continue reading →