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Robert Freeman, long time photographer of The Beatles, has passed away - he created some of the most iconic images of the band, featured on the album covers of With The Beatles, A Hard Day's Night, Beatles For Sale, Help! and Rubber Soul.
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“And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.” #OTD in 1969,  The Beatles shot the cover of Abbey Road. ⁠ ⁠
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ANNOUNCING THE BEATLES: GET BACK The band’s first official book since bestselling Beatles Anthology. Global publication 31/08/2021 by Callaway & Apple Corps – to coincide with the release of Peter Jackson’s “THE BEATLES: GET BACK” feature doc. Full info: thebeatles.com
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Today is the 50th anniversary of The Beatles’ final public performance. After wild discussions, deliberating on where they should play, the band surprised passersby when they appeared on the rooftop of their Savile Row offices and played a 42-minute set. gnikn.us/DontLetMeDown
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(1/4) GET BACK TO ‘LET IT BE’ WITH SPECIAL EDITION RELEASES The Beatles’ chart-topping 1970 album Let It Be is beautifully presented in Special Edition packages...
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#OTD #1970 #LetItBe was released as a single in the US. “We were honest with each other and we were honest about the music. The music was positive. It was positive in love. They did write - we all wrote - about other things, but the basic Beatles message was Love” - Ringo
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“Sgt Pepper was our grandest endeavour. It gave everybody - including me - a lot of leeway to come up with ideas and to try different material.” - Ringo
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“People ask me what music I listen to. I listen to traffic and birds singing and people breathing. And fire engines. I always used to listen to the water pipes at night when the lights were off, and they played tunes.” - John
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“That was the thing about The Beatles: they never stuck to one style. They never did just blues, or just rock. We loved all music.” - John
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“John was always helpful. He said things like, ‘When you’re writing, try to finish the song immediately, because once you leave it it’s going to be harder to complete,’ which is true. Sometimes, anyway.” - George
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"That was the thing about The Beatles: they never stuck to one style. They never did just blues, or just rock. We loved all music.” - John
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#OTD #1965 #TicketToRide reached No.1 on the UK’s NME chart. “‘Ticket To Ride’ was slightly a new sound at the time. It was pretty heavy for then, if you go and look in the charts for what other music people were making. (…) It’s a heavy record and the drums are heavy too” -John
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“Sgt Pepper did its thing - it was the album of the decade, of the century maybe. It was very innovative with great songs, it was a real pleasure and I’m glad I was on it, but the ‘White’ album ended up a better album for me.” - Ringo
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“Sgt Pepper was our grandest endeavour. It gave everybody - including me - a lot of leeway to come up with ideas and to try different material.” - Ringo
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“I think the original idea was Paul’s idea to rehearse some new songs and then we were going to pick a location and record the album of the songs in a concert.” George in 1994
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Happy Birthday, Ringo! Join and fans from around the world this Friday on July 7th, and spread #PeaceandLove! At noon your local time, all you need to do is say or even think, “Peace and Love” - and help create a wave of Peace and Love around the planet.… Show more
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“‘Strawberry Fields’ was psychoanalysis set to music, really. (…) Instead of penting up emotion or pain, feel it - rather than putting it away for a rainy day. (...) Why shouldn’t we cry? They tell us to stop crying about twelve: ‘Be a man.’ What the hell’s that? Men hurt” -John
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#OTD in 1969 - a Friday, at 11.35am - the photoshoot for the cover of Abbey Road takes place at EMI Studios, London, with photographer Iain MacMillan. ⁠
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