Category: British Invasion

Unlike the film “A Hard Day’s Night,” the film “Help!” is not a gem and a wonder. To me, it is a mess. Like the Dave Clark Five, it tries too hard (in-joke for...

Did you see the title “The Beatles In Italy” and worry that somehow you missed the existence of an incredible live album from the Fab Four’s early touring days? Worry not. The title is...

In late 1964, when the whole world seemed to have lost its mind over The Beatles, and in the midst of a grueling touring schedule, the band went back into the studio to record...

I’ve talked a lot about the various combinations and iterations that the early Beatles albums took, different songs under different titles on different sides of the Atlantic. The Beatles exploded in America with their...

Well, this was bound to happen. Four Beatles records into my collection, and I realize 1) that I’ve missed something, and 2) that I’m very close to having to go out of order. Staring...

“Meet The Beatles!” was released Jan. 20, 1964. That was just 20 days before their appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” The Vee-Jay album “Introducing… The Beatles (Vee-Jay’s version of “Please Please Me”)” was...

Unlike anything that was going on in the record biz in the ’70s, becoming a Beatles fan meant realizing that their albums were released one way in the UK, then (for reasons never revealed)...