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Oct.09.2010
Oct. 9 marks what would have been John Lennon's 70th birthday - a milestone hard to grasp when the final photo of the man froze him in time at the age of 40, senselessly assassinated 30 years ago this coming December. Now that the compact disc format is threatened with extinction, it could...
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Oct.06.2010
There are hundreds if not thousands of Beatles books, with more on the way all the time. Here's an opinionated, selective guide to 15 of the best of them, which covers the very most essential volumes written about the band, as well as the best starting points for those wanting to find out about the...
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Oct.06.2010
CDs (in roughly chronological order):
1. The Decca audition tapes, January 1, 1962: The complete 15-song tape of their unsuccessful audition for Decca Records, long bootlegged, with five cuts finding official release on Anthology 1. This is the first studio-quality, album-length recording of the...
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About Richie
Richie Unterberger is the author of several rock history books, including "Unknown Legends of Rock'n'Roll" and a two-volume history of 1960s folk-rock, "Turn! Turn! Turn!/Eight Miles High." His most recent book, "White Light/White...
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Co-Op America, Global Exchange, Servas, KALW, The Hunger Site