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"Songwriting for me, at the time of Rubber Soul, was a bit frightening because John and Paul had been writing since they were three years old": How The Beatles raised their game in 1965 to create a masterpiece that "broke everything open"
By Neil Crossley published
The Beatles' sixth album Rubber Soul was a colossal creative leap and marked the point at which albums began to be viewed as works of real artistic merit

"There’s plenty of material for us guitarists to learn from – and ‘less is more’ is the overriding lesson": how to play like George Harrison on The Beatles' Abbey Road
By Total Guitar published
Learn the guitar style of the most expressive and accomplished playing The Beatle would ever commit to tape

Four fab Beatles biopics are on the way: Lennon, McCartney, Harrison and Starr will each get a full Sam Mendes movie
By Will Groves published
Oscar-nominated Bond and American Beauty director aiming to "challenge the notion of what constitutes a trip to the movies"

The Paul McCartney Beatles song John Lennon hated: "He made us do it a hundred million times. He did everything to make it into a single and it never was, and it never could've been"
By Will Groves published
Paul McCartney: “I remember the guys getting pissed with me... I was trying to get what was in my head.”

"Incredibly grateful": Paul McCartney has been reunited with his Beatles Höfner bass guitar after over half a century
By Rob Laing last updated
Update: The Beatle says he is "incredibly grateful" for the return of the 500/1 bass that he used in the band's early years

John Lennon's 10 greatest songs with the Beatles and beyond, ranked by you
By MusicRadar published
On the anniversary of his death we're revisiting your ranking of on John's finest songs

Stewart Copeland names Joey Jordison as one of the best drummers he’s ever seen play live, shares his opinion on Ringo Starr
By Stuart Williams published
The Police drummer also chooses his most difficult Police song, offers tuning advice and explains why he plays traditional grip

What if John Lennon had written Now And Then with The Beatles in 1964? A musician using AI has the answer
By Rob Laing published
And it's good!

Everything we know about the final Beatles song Now And Then, and the questions that remain
By Rob Laing published
George Harrison reportedly said that he thought the song's original audio quality was "f*****g rubbish"

Eric Clapton's While My Guitar Gently Weeps solo was laid down on this day in 1968 because, says George Harrison, "I worked on that song with John, Paul and Ringo, and they were not interested in it at all"
By Will Groves published
Check out the story behind the session, and Clapton's isolated guitar part
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