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“The serial number was the same as John Lennon’s amp. I couldn’t believe it”: John Lennon’s first Vox amp – used on early Beatles recordings and Cavern gigs – was lost for 60 years. Now it may have been found, covered in black paint, on an auction site | Guitar World

    “The serial number was the same as John Lennon’s amp. I couldn’t believe it”: John Lennon’s first Vox amp – used on early Beatles recordings and Cavern gigs – was lost for 60 years. Now it may have been found, covered in black paint, on an auction site | Guitar World

Heard on Please Please Me and Love Me Do, this unassuming 1962 Vox AC15 Twin may have just become the most valuable amp on the planet – and we’ve had

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The Traveling Wilburys session Tom Petty said was one of a kind

    The Traveling Wilburys session Tom Petty said was one of a kind

In the late 1980s, George Harrison formed possibly the most star-studded supergroup in history, The Traveling Wilburys. The former Beatle teamed up with his old friend Bob Dylan and the

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The Beatles’ triumphant return to Liverpool – archive, 1964 | The Beatles | The Guardian

    The Beatles’ triumphant return to Liverpool – archive, 1964 | The Beatles | The Guardian

The Beatles returned to Liverpool last night to attend the northern premiere of their film A Hard Day’s Night and, presumably, to put an end to the rumours that their

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The Beatles Song John Lennon “Always Hated” and Called “A Throwaway” – American Songwriter

    The Beatles Song John Lennon “Always Hated” and Called “A Throwaway” – American Songwriter

When you’re as prolific of a band as the Beatles, there will inevitably be a few songs you dislike—like the “throwaway” track from ‘Rubber Soul’ that John Lennon said he

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The artist George Harrison called “one of the best songwriters”

  The artist George Harrison called “one of the best songwriters”

It’s safe to say that The Beatles did more for rock and roll than almost any other band of their

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Music Review: In a new expanded collection, how much of John Lennon’s ‘Mind Games’ is too much? – ABC News

  Music Review: In a new expanded collection, how much of John Lennon’s ‘Mind Games’ is too much? – ABC News

The new remixed and expanded “Mind Games: The Ultimate Collection” is for those John Lennon fans who really, really love

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The Beatles’ ‘Love’ Show Closes After 18-Year Run

  The Beatles’ ‘Love’ Show Closes After 18-Year Run

Producers of the Beatles’ Love stage show thanked fans for 18 years of success after the curtain came down for

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Remixing Giles Martin: ‘The Beatles: Love’ producer opens up on life, music and his father

  Remixing Giles Martin: ‘The Beatles: Love’ producer opens up on life, music and his father

On October 9, 1969, seven weeks and a day after The Beatles’ final recording session together at Abbey Road Studios,

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The John Lennon album that inspired a Pink Floyd classic

  The John Lennon album that inspired a Pink Floyd classic

By the early 1970s, The Beatles had already expanded the possibilities of music, showcasing the transformative power of studio technology

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So, on July 6th 1957 Ivan Vaughan

  So, on July 6th 1957 Ivan Vaughan

So, on July 6th 1957 Ivan Vaughan had the foresight to take his friend Paul McCartney along to St Peter’s

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