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1968

It was the great glory of The Beatles that they could absorb and transmute so much, first in those tiny houses in Liverpool, listening to eclectic 1940s wireless, then to r’n’r and r&b and to Dylan and the poets and soon to music and messages from India.

Unafraid of growth, dogged individuals with a powerful devotion to the group ethic, the Beatles accepted each other’s offerings and really “cooked” to make each record a feast that left us breathless with admiration. They never stood still.

The Beatles started their own company, Apple Corps with five creative divisions – records, films etc – and then went public with an offer that anyone with an artistic need could come to them and get help. Is there, even now, a machine to count such numbers?

The promise was that all sincere supplicants would be given encouragement, succour, a contract and maybe an envelope full of money. At the same time, the Beatles flew to foothills of the Himalayas to learn meditation. There, between sessions with the Maharishi, they wrote songs for what would become The ‘White’ Album.

When recording started, the songs had come in such profusion that, famously, The White Album had thirty of them – enough for two high-class musicals. They sped from one track to another, content that the unity of the album would transcend the disparity in the style and content of the tracks. It was always their strength that they wrote bewitching singles.

New songs were written to suit themselves; sometimes written alone. This new work could virtually be recorded solo, spontaneously, simply.

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  • georgeharrisonloverforever

    georgeharrisonloverforever on 16th Feb 10:

    “i relate to the beatles(:”

  • Beatles Maniac1000

    Beatles Maniac1000 on 14th Feb 10:

    “To Sgt. BillyShears I am a girl and I DO love their music and they are pretty cute! Great combo!!! I just LOVE George and Sir Paul's hair!!=DDDD”

  • robin p. melahn

    robin p. melahn on 14th Feb 10:

    “THE BEATLES,ARE THE BEST BAND,IN THE,UNIVERSE.CHEERS, R.P.M.”

  • peaceonearth34

    peaceonearth34 on 12th Feb 10:

    “@Sgt.BillyShears, I am in freaking love with Beatles music. I could really care less how they look.”

  • TheMaccaForever

    TheMaccaForever on 5th Feb 10:

    “Maharishi wasn't my favorite time, but I still can't help but listen to the songs on The White Album.”

  • paulmccartneylover

    paulmccartneylover on 3rd Feb 10:

    “Cute and Tantled Who could want more?”

  • mr.eggman

    mr.eggman on 30th Jan 10:

    “within you without you is a inspiration for me tochange people”

  • beatlelove<3

    beatlelove<3 on 22nd Jan 10:

    “to Sgt.BillyShears-
    im a girl and i think ringo is cute BUT their music is even better!!!!!”

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