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The Beatles' ultimate record store day

Bright Lights Film Journal

Brakhage, the Beatles, and the footage from the "A Day in the Life" orchestral session

The Daily Beast

Appraising a new documentary about the Beatles' first US visit

The Daily Beast

The revolutionary art of A Hard Day's Night

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"Can't Buy Me Love" as the Beatles' first banger 

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What made the Beatles' first US show so special 

The Daily Beast

The Beatles' musical prowess on The Ed Sullivan Show

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The Beatles' most touching concert (with shout-outs to the Cavern)

The Daily Beast

A new, timelier-than-ever way for John Lennon's murder to hit home

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The avant-garde rusticism of the shelved Get Back LP

The Daily Beast

What to make of "Now and Then" the product and "Now and Then" the venture

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The bludgeoning appeal of legendary second take of "Helter Skelter"

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Feature on John Lennon's "Julia" and its various versions 

The Daily Beast

The outstanding Stowe School tape as one of the core Beatles documents

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The Beatles' July 16, 1963 session at the BBC

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The influence of the Red Album on generations of Beatles fans

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An invaluable lesson learned from the Beatles' failed Decca audition

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The career-setting story of "I Saw Her Standing There"

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Reevaluating the Beatles' much-maligned cover of Dr. Feelgood and the Interns' "Mr. Moonlight"

The Daily Beast

A consideration of "Eleanor Rigby" as a short story in musical form

Rolling Stone

A piece that fell through the archival cracks on the creation of "Strawberry Fields Forever"

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Paul McCartney's formidable guitar playing with the Beatles

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The statement of identity that was the Beatles' first single, "Love Me Do"

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John Lennon's naked submersible: the fascinating, raw early composition tape for "Yellow Submarine"

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Laughing Beatles, Vancouver 1964, "If I Fell"

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A study of Paul McCartney's "I'm Down" 

The Smart Set

The Beatles' two best love songs

The Daily Beast

Plunging down into the waters of Peter Jackson' Get Back docu-series

The Daily Beast

A look at Paul McCartney's Lyrics and a reassessment of sorts

The Daily Beast

Why the Beatles' worst album is actually pretty great

Rolling Stone

The ten best Beatles concerts

The Daily Beast

The freaky joys of the overlooked Yellow Submarine LP

The Smart Set

The singular mash-up of Take #20 of "Revolution"

The Daily Beast

John Lennon's meta, oft-overlooked, pissing taking crisis of the soul, "Yer Blues"

The Daily Beast

The best Beatles bio (with an assist from the band)

Salon

The restorative melancholia of Yellow Submarine

Rolling Stone

The day the Beatles took on and suprassed their heroes