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Beatles' 'Sgt. Pepper': Inside 'Good Morning Good Morning' - Rolling Stone
The plot may very well have inspired the line that immediately preceded the reference to the show: "People running round, it's five o'clock, everywhere in town is getting dark."
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Beatles' 'A Day in the Life' Inspiration Tara Browne - Rolling Stone
A consummate host, she made a habit of purchasing five dozen eggs every Friday, in anticipation of the inevitable onslaught of guests. "The house was always strewn with bodies. You never knew who was a Beatle, who was an Animal, who was a Trogg and who was a Pretty Thing.
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a fascinating new book focusing on the landmark album. The Beatles and Sgt. Pepper: A Fans' Perspective delves into how the album was experienced and embraced by the group's faithful followers, while also offering an in-depth look at the history and cultural impact of the record.
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“He was teaching art school at that time, and he would say to his students, ‘Paint your heroes,’” she said. “So he put that on the table, saying if you’re going to dress as a band on the cover, then there can be a crowd behind you. (It was a) conventional concept, typical of Peter.”
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Sgt. Pepper helped give Carlos Santana's life purpose after bad LSD trip - TV3 Xposé
Santana never told his friend Harrison about the importance of his song, adding, "We would just be drunk and singing all the time. We never talked about stuff like that."
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Is this George Harrison’s first guitar? Now you can get your hands on it - Liverpool Echo
Until now, it was believed his oldest surviving guitar was an Egmond, which was auctioned off to an anonymous buyer in the mid 1980s.
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Beatles book goes beyond music of 'Sgt. Pepper's' after 50 years - NY Daily News
The album’s iconic cover art is covered in Southall’s pages as well. It was designed by former husband-and-wife artist team, Jann Haworth and Peter Blake.
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Beatles' 'Sgt. Pepper' at 50: Inside 'When I'm Sixty-Four' - Rolling Stone
"I thought it was a good little tune but it was too Vaudevillian, so I had to get some cod lines to take the sting out of it, and put the tongue very firmly in cheek,"
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The Fab Four’s fashion: The worst idea the Beatles ever had | The Economist
what on earth were they thinking with those outfits? In angry magenta, safety-yellow, Kool-Aid-blue and tomato-red faux military uniforms,
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Beatles 'Sgt. Pepper' at 50: How Boca Raton's Dion got on cover
“Me being a Bronx guy, I said ‘It’ll probably sell a lot. Put me on the cover, you’ll sell some records.’”
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Review: The Beatles' 'Sgt. Pepper's' Anniversary Editions - Rolling Stone
appear as McCartney-Lennon creations, rather than the more familiar Lennon-McCartney attribution
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Consumos web. 05/31/2017
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Consumos web. 05/30/2017
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quien veía en el sello los lanzamientos extranjeros era la señora Norma Catanzaro, que era además la que hablaba inglés en la oficina. Don Óscar más bien se centraba en la parte local del negocio
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The Beatles Turn Back the Clock on ‘When I’m Sixty-Four’: The Story Behind Every ‘Sgt. Pepper’ Song
would actually trot out the tune in the Beatles‘ early days, whenever the electrical equipment failed the band. Both drummer Pete Best and John Lennon remember McCartney playing it on piano with the boys onstage.
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Martin played a honky-tonk-esque passage, recorded at a different speed to make it sound higher-pitched (a practice used on the rest of the tune, as well as other portions of Sgt. Pepper).
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“During the mix, I enjoyed whacking the faders all the way up for Ringo [Starr]‘s huge tom hit during the stop time – so much so that the limiters nearly overloaded. But that definitely gets the listeners attention. Add in the flanged bass, miked in an unorthodox way, and it’s all icing on the cake. Take those effects off, and the recording doesn’t have the same magic.”
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the segue, into the somber acoustic guitar strums that start “A Day in the Life,” sets up the Beatles’ all-time greatest song in an unassuming way.
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When Pink Floyd Visited the Beatles' 'Lovely Rita' Sessions - Rolling Stone
'Oh, is your name really Meta?' I told him that it was. We chatted for a few minutes and he said, 'That would be a good name for a song. Would you mind if I use it?' And that was that. Off he went. ... Then, a few months later, I heard 'Lovely Rita' on the radio.
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20170528
Consumos web. 05/28/2017
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India’s Most Polluted Rivers Are Now Legally Humans
It’s a radical legal ruling that’s beginning to gain credibility and momentum around the world and it has the potential to completely change how countries protect the environment.
20170526
Consumos web. 05/26/2017
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'Sgt. Pepper' at 50: Inside 'Within You Without You' - Rolling Stone
"We were all on about the wall of illusion and the love that flowed between us, but none of us knew what we were talking about. We all developed these groovy voices. It was a bit ridiculous, really.
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"Rather sad to see all the beautiful paintings that were done by people like Mick and Marianne, and George and myself, and a lot of our friends have been washed over and demolished.
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George Harrison's Kinfauns house, Esher, to receive blue plaque (From Surrey Comet)
Pattie Boyd, the late musician’s first wife, who lived with him at Kinfauns from 1965 to 1970, will unveil the plaque at 6.30pm today at 16 Claremont Drive, the site of the original building
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Paul McCartney Praises Pot, Slams Fans on ‘Fixing a Hole’: The Story Behind Every ‘Sgt. Pepper’ Song
As with “Sgt. Pepper,” McCartney indicated that Evans would get songwriting credit on the LP, but later changed course to preserve the Lennon/McCartney brand. (Although it is thought that Evans received royalties for his contribution as a silent partner.)
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George Harrison Gets Deep on 'Within You Without You': The Story Behind Every ‘Sgt. Pepper’ Song
“I think he just wanted to relieve the tedium a bit,” Martin said later. “George was slightly embarrassed and defensive about his work. I was always conscious of that. Perhaps I didn’t devote as much attention to George as I had [to Lennon and McCartney].
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“In terms of asking me for particular interpretations, John was the least articulate,” Martin remembered in Anthology. “He would deal in moods. He would deal in colors almost – and he would never be specific about what instruments or what line I had. I would do that myself.”
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Beatles 'Sgt. Pepper' Bandwagon Gets Unofficial Bandwagon Push With Alan G. Parker Movie
if we can find enough archive footage that has been unseen by even real diehard fans and if we have enough to make cast list read ‘starring John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr and Brian Epstein,’ then I want to make this film.’ Within weeks we realized that the stars could include three dead guys.
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Rob Sheffield on Lost Beatles Song 'It's All Too Much' - Rolling Stone
It opens with that Sonic Youth guitar clang and a bit of John chatter, as Paul lingers on that one-chord bass drone like a monster. The other Beatles join in with their "tooooo much! tooooo much!" chant, riding a ferocious Ringo groove for eight minutes. It proves they could jam, even though they couldn't – they just accidentally pulled it off here. George sings his funniest mystic lyrics, with a wry English touch.
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Consumos web. 05/25/2017
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UN experts denounce 'myth' pesticides are necessary to feed the world | Environment | The Guardian
The idea that pesticides are essential to feed a fast-growing global population is a myth, according to UN food and pollution experts.
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A Western Cultural History of Pink, from Madame de Pompadour to Pussy Hats
she commissioned a bright pink porcelain service from Sèvres, which developed a new color for the set called Rose Pompadour in 1757.
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Inside Beatles' 'Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!' - Rolling Stone
vintage enamel advertising signs, an ornate Victorian wheelchair and an altar-sized Roman Catholic crucifix with an enormous Bible to match. "Cartoons, film posters, knitted dolls," Bramwell adds to the list. "Things that Beatles fans had sent him and he'd say, 'Oh, I'll keep that one.' Stuff like that. Lots of books, odd instruments that he never learned how to play – cellos and tubas and brass horns – and strange electronic things.
20170524
Consumos web. 05/24/2017
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The Beatles' 'A Day in the Life,' 50 Years Later - The Atlantic
how well they understood and appreciated each other as artists, how their songs came from an oscillating process of writerly separation and then joining together. It makes me see them as a little universe of invention—all those vivid images and internal rhymes turned out as casually as woodworkers with a lathe.
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Meet the Runaway Who Inspired Beatles' 'She's Leaving Home' - Rolling Stone
'It's you! Come join us!' And before I knew it, I'm 17 and I'm at a table with John Lennon and his entourage! That's how it was."
20170523
Consumos web. 05/23/2017
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Inglaterra perdona a Lennon y Harrison sus delitos fiscales | Empresas | Cinco Días
el Banco de Inglaterra concluyó que tanto Lennon como Harrison habían 'cometido infracciones técnicas', pero que éstas no eran lo 'suficientemente relevantes', por lo que el sumario quedó cerrado
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“We are light years away from anything tonight,” Martin admitted to the reporter. “They know it is awful now, and they’re trying to straighten it out. It may be a week before they’re pleased, if ever.
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sumaron análisis, información, contexto, observaciones y una formidable señalización de detalles que, esperan, harán que el lector corra presuroso a escuchar nuevamente los discos.
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When Jesus Dropped by Beatles' 'Fixing a Hole' Sessions - Rolling Stone
I introduced him to the guys. They said, 'Who's this?' I said, 'He's Jesus Christ.' We had a bit of a giggle over that. ... But that was it. Last we ever saw of Jesus!"
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Consumos web. 05/21/2017
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Van Gogh lookalike's selfie offer draws 'crazy' response - BBC News
"We live in the age of selfie and celebrity, and van Gogh is now more a celebrity than he is painter, so I thought it was a perfect combination of those concepts,"
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Consumos web. 05/19/2017
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Israel spraying toxins over Palestinian crops in Gaza - Al Jazeera English
On January 7, a low-flying agricultural aircraft sprayed herbicides on to Palestinian farmlands along the eastern border, eradicating or damaging up to 162 hectares of crops and farmland along the Israeli border fence.
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Beatles: Remembering Real 'Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds' - Rolling Stone
"As a teenager, I made the mistake of telling a couple of friends at school that I was the Lucy in the song
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20170518
Consumos web. 05/18/2017
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But that’s not because Penny Lane wasn’t an important signpost for Lennon, as well as McCartney. It wasn’t just a street, but a suburban neighborhood in Liverpool in which both songwriters had lived in their youngest years
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Ask me why: Great writers on the Beatles songs they love most - The Washington Post
Ask a lineup of literati to choose the Beatles song that means the most to them. Since everyone likes the Beatles, the results are practically guaranteed to please.
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Inside Beatles' 'With a Little Help From My Friends' - Rolling Stone
Ringo looked to the others for support. 'But I'm knackered,' he protested. To his dismay, both John and George Harrison were taking Paul's side. 'No, come on back here and do some singing for us,'