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#askNat – Concerning John Lennon’s 12-string guitars
This week’s #askNat inquiry comes from Twitter follower dawsongeek3000 who asks me this: Do you know how many and the types of twelve-string guitars that John Lennon used? A good question indeed!...
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#askNat – concerning John, Paul & George as drummers
On #askNat this week I’m getting to a follow-up question from James Dryden in Los Angeles whose previous question pertained to instances where John Lennon or George Harrison played bass on a Beatles...
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Beatles Rarity Of The Week –“Baby’s In Black” (‘unsweetened’ Shea Stadium...
Welcome to the Beatles Rarity of the Week. One of the highlights of rock music history was the very first major stadium concert. The act that has the honor of being at the top of the bill for this...
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#askNat – concerning the selection of “Mr. Moonlight” over “Leave My Kitten...
This week’s #askNat inquiry is from Andy Puritz of New York and the message from him that I am addressing this week is: Hi Nat. Here’s a question I always thought I’d ask Paul McCartney if I found...
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Beatles Rarity Of The Week –“Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey” (live at The...
Welcome to The Beatles Rarity of the Week. On both July 26 and August 1, 1962, a couple of Granada TV producers came out to Liverpool to check out the pre-Ringo Starr line-up of The Beatles at their...
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#askNat – concerning why The Beatles released so many albums
It’s time for another week’s #askNat and I have an interesting question this week that comes from Michael Mincey of Texas. He says: Nat, While I’m grateful for The Beatles releasing so many albums,...
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Beatles Rarity Of The Week –“I Feel Fine” (German/Odeon duophonic mix)
Welcome to the Beatles Rarity of the Week. On the evening of October 6th, 1964 The Beatles were hard at work on completing their Beatles For Sale album. In a three hour session at EMI Studio 2 between...
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The Beatles in Mono 14-LP vinyl box set due out on September 9, 2014
The long-awaited mono counterpart to the 16-LP stereo Beatles album collection of remasters issued in November 2012 is finally here – or at least will be on September 9th. The Beatles’ official website...
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#askNat – concerning the Sessions album
This week’s #askNat question comes from David over in the U.K. whose message sent to me a couple months back reads as follows: Hi Nat, Only recently found your site and since then have spent many happy...
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Beatles Rarity of the Week –“Yesterday” (live in Munich, 1966)
Welcome to the Beatles Rarity of the Week. This week I’m going to touch on a little bit about “Yesterday.” Don’t worry though – I promise to not go into anything about the too-well-known account of...
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#askNat – concerning songs by The Beatles on 45rpm
This week on #askNat I’m responding to Ted Mills from Santa Barbara, CA. I’ve gathered by Ted’s inquiry that he apparently prefers to listen to his Beatles music on 45 rpm vinyl. For you under-12s that...
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#askNat – concerning the title for Beatles For Sale
As most already know, every week here on The Beatles Rarity, I do a thing called “#askNat,” where someone who has sent me in a Beatles-related question gets to have my answer back to them shared with...
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Beatles Rarity of the Week –“Rock And Roll Music” (live in Paris, 1965)
Welcome to The Beatles Rarity of the Week. In June 1965, you might think The Beatles would’ve been getting a little rusty with their live act. The last time the group performed a full concert on stage...
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#askNat – concerning the differences between the U.K. and U.S. Beatles albums...
This week’s #askNat question comes from Steve Levine of San Francisco and here is what he’s written in: Why were the Beatles albums issued in the U.S. not the same as the ones issues in the U.K.?...
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Beatles Rarity of the Week –“Rock And Roll Music” (live in Europe, 1965)
Welcome to The Beatles Rarity of the Week. I had a request earlier in the year to feature something from The Beatles’ only live show in Madrid, Spain. The show took place on July 2nd, 1965 and unlike...
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#askNat – concerning the sound of the old Beatles vinyl vs. the new
This week’s #askNat question comes from Tony in South Carolina who wants to know how the 2009 stereo remastered Beatles catalog compares to the earlier vinyl box set The Beatles Collection (commonly...
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#askNat – concerning New Years Eve
Welcome to #askNat and Happy New Year’s Eve! This will be the final installment in the #askNat series which I began back in the Spring of 2012 with answering Beatles-related questions sent in by many...
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