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DVD Review: Strange Fruit: The Beatles’ Apple Records

DVD Review: Strange Fruit: The Beatles’ Apple Records

Dan Wiencek May 3, 2012 1

Want the whole story? Here it is, come and ... oh never mind

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World’s Worst Songs: “Octopus’s Garden” and “I Want You” by the Beatles

World’s Worst Songs: “Octopus’s Garden” and “I Want You” by the Beatles

J.A. Bartlett May 1, 2012 14

When I'm playing Abbey Road, I almost always pass them by

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Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah #03: The “Think for Yourself” Session

Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah #03: The “Think for Yourself” Session

Dan Wiencek April 5, 2012 5

Do what you want to do — just get the f#%&ing note right

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Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah #01: How Compleat Was “The Compleat Beatles”?

Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah #01: How Compleat Was “The Compleat Beatles”?

Dan Wiencek February 9, 2012 11

Dan Wiencek serves up a double-size helping of Beatle-y goodness

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Greatest Un-Hits: Paul McCartney’s “Young Boy” (1997)

Greatest Un-Hits: Paul McCartney’s “Young Boy” (1997)

Brian Boone December 7, 2011 3

The Beatles are kind of always in the not-distant background, as they are the goddamn Beatles. But every five years or so, there’s a major resurgence in Beatles interest, popularity, and nostalgia. It generally

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CD Review: The Beatles With Tony Sheridan: First Recordings 50th Anniversary Edition

CD Review: The Beatles With Tony Sheridan: First Recordings 50th Anniversary Edition

Dan Wiencek November 7, 2011 2

The recordings that started it all. (More or less.)

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Greatest Un-Hits: Sean Lennon’s “Dead Meat” (2006)

Greatest Un-Hits: Sean Lennon’s “Dead Meat” (2006)

Brian Boone October 5, 2011 3

For the past five years or so, Brooklyn-based rich kids hipsters and indie rockers are two sides of the same coin, or at least that’s the public perception or cultural shorthand. The king of the

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Digging for Gold: The Time-Life “AM Gold” Series, Part 11

Digging for Gold: The Time-Life “AM Gold” Series, Part 11

Popdose Staff September 14, 2011 5

Another Wednesday, another batch of AM Gold for your listening pleasure. This week rolls on with the third installment from

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The Popdose Interview: Phil “Fang” Volk

Allison Johnelle Boron August 8, 2011 7

Famed bass players the likes of Brian Wilson and Will Lee have all flipped their instruments of choice in tribute to Phil “Fang” Volk, best known as the grinning bassist of ‘60s rock band

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So Who is Harry Nilsson, Anyway?

Johnny Bacardi August 8, 2011 3

Fewer people are asking that question these days thanks to the 2006 documentary which, against all odds, John Scheinfeld spent several years assembling and which seemed to take even longer before it finally started

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