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Revisiting McCartney’s ‘Press to Play’ 35 Years Later

Posted on September 3, 2021 by beatlefanmagazine

Bill King takes another look at the 1986 album that Macca has all but disowned due to its lack of success. Paul McCartney was not really in a good place, creatively or careerwise, in late summer 1986, when his “Press … Continue reading →

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The Beatles and Motown

Posted on June 27, 2021 by beatlefanmagazine

The Fab Four and Hitsville USA made a great combo, as Kit O’Toole recounts in this expanded version of an article published in Beatlefan #250. When The Beatles first conquered the U.S. in February, 1964, they forever changed American music. … Continue reading →

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More on Our Favorite Solo B-Sides

Posted on March 12, 2021 by beatlefanmagazine

Quite a few unique tracks have shown up on the flip side of solo Beatles singles through the decades. In Beatlefan #248, we flipped over many solo singles and presented some of our contributors’ favorite B-sides. However, due to space … Continue reading →

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Previewing Ringo’s ‘Zoom In’ EP

Posted on February 25, 2021 by beatlefanmagazine

Ringo Starr has a new five-track EP, “Zoom In,” due out March 19 from Capitol/Universal. Here, Bill King provides a preview. … When Ringo Starr released his most recent album, “What’s My Name,” in 2019, he said he thought it … Continue reading →

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Catching Up With Macca

Posted on February 21, 2021 by beatlefanmagazine

Paul McCartney did a lot of press to promote his recent “McCartney III” album. Here are highlights of some of those interviews. … Talking with the BBC, Macca addressed his off-and-on gray pandemic beard, saying, “what I do is, I … Continue reading →

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In the Studio With George Harrison

Posted on December 21, 2020 by beatlefanmagazine

Eoghan Lyng looks back at the recording of “All Things Must Pass” in this bonus to our 50th anniversary coverage of the George Harrison album. You can find much more about “All Things Must Pass” in Beatlefan #247. … Though … Continue reading →

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Paul’s pandemic album: Not top-drawer McCartney, but not bad

Posted on November 30, 2020 by beatlefanmagazine

Beatlefan Publisher Bill King reviews Paul McCartney’s forthcoming “McCartney III” album. … I have to admit that the first time I listened to “McCartney III,” my reaction was not all that positive. However, this is Paul McCartney — master of … Continue reading →

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More Pie!

Posted on August 1, 2020 by beatlefanmagazine

Tom Frangione sends along this wrapup of the extra “Flaming Pie” stuff floating around out there that he did for Joe Johnson’s BeatleBrunch … Well, if the five CDs and two DVDs in the newly released Archive Collection edition … Continue reading →

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When did The Beatles break up?

Posted on April 27, 2020 by beatlefanmagazine

This is the complete, unedited version of Duncan Driver’s article excerpted in Beatlefan #243. ‘… don’t you know that you can count me out, in.’ — Sung by John Lennon on the song ‘Revolution I’ (1968). One of the most … Continue reading →

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GETTING NASTY: A Rutle Remembers

Posted on February 25, 2020 by beatlefanmagazine

Al Sussman pays tribute in Beatlefan #242 to Neil Innes, creator of the brilliant Beatles musical parodies used by The Rutles in addition to playing the band’s Lennon figure, Ron Nasty. Innes was a member of the legendary Bonzo Dog … Continue reading →

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