Notes (and other Noises) From The Underground
August 5, 2022
The Velvet Underground came hustling out of Midtown Manhattan’s brownstone gulches high on a cocktail of beat lit, R
The Velvet Underground came hustling out of Midtown Manhattan’s brownstone gulches high on a cocktail of beat lit, R
Undercooked and over-Spectored, Let It Be closed the Beatles career on a downbeat. With George Martin largely absent for all
We’re nearing the end (not to mention The End). Although it initially had the working title of Everest, Abbey Road
Can it really be 11 years next month since we lost Trish Keenan? In her memory, here’s a wander down
The White Album Don’t be fooled by the name(s). The Beatles / White Album was less the collective work of
“The Beatles are turning awfully funny, aren’t they?” (HM Queen Elizabeth to Sir Joseph Lockwood, chairman of EMI, October 1967).
There’s a paradox here: although Pepper is easily the most famous of the Beatle’s albums (arguably the most famous album
From Klaus Voorman’s fabulous artwork (demonstrating that with sufficient talent behind it, black & white can be just as psychedelic
Both chronologically and artistically, Rubber Soul is The Beatles’ pivotal album (and George’s favourite). The moptop days are over: playing