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“There was half a bass note that got chopped. That was my fault. Nobody noticed, though. I think I got away with it!”: Alan Parsons on engineering the side 2 medley on The Beatles’ Abbey Road

“Every day I walked up those famous Abbey Road steps and opened the door felt like I was stepping into a magic kingdom," he tells us. "There really is something very special about that building”

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“A perfect example of interpretive genius from a visionary guitarist”: The 20 greatest guitar cover versions

We asked, you voted, and the results are in, with a top 20 covers list featuring Guns N' Roses, Aretha Franklin, SRV and Joe Bonamassa. But who was voted number one?

Guitar World

"I pulled it down quickly and I just looked at Paul and said, ‘What was that all about?!’" Beatles engineer Ken Scott reveals the reason behind Helter Skelter’s strange ending

Ken Scott shares his memories of the White Album sessions

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British & Irish Lions 2025: Predicting the squad to tour Australia

With less than a year to go until the Lions head down under, the race to be selected by Andy Farrell is hotting up

The Independent UK

England rue missed opportunity as New Zealand extend Eden Park dominance

New Zealand 24-17 England: Steve Borthwick’s side suffered another narrow defeat as the All Blacks secured a 2-0 series victory

The Independent UK

‘A little bit weird’: England cross paths with Eddie Jones in Japan Test

Steve Borthwick’s side face Jones’s Brave Blossoms in a one-off Test in Tokyo before heading to New Zealand

The Guardian - UK

Japan vs England: Kick-off time, TV channel, live stream, team news, lineups, venue, odds today

Steve Borthwick’s side face former boss Eddie Jones in a warm-up for New Zealand series

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Rock and Roll!

Two wonderful and highly recommended treatments of the early history of rock-and-roll.

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“I’m at work in the petrol station and I read the album is at No. 23. I’d last heard it at a playback in George Martin’s studio”: Stackridge’s Monty Python-like experience with The Man In The Bowler Hat

A unique band with a comedy edge, they couldn’t believe it when Beatles producer agreed to work with them in 1973 – but their luck didn’t hold

Louder

Jeff Daniels "in awe" of George Harrison

On "Everything Fab Four," the acclaimed actor discusses the Beatles, his career and Netflix series "A Man in Full"

Salon

"I know me and I know my playing... and then there's Rain": The Beatles' greatest b-side was ahead of its time, but it also exposed a difference of perspective between Lennon and McCartney

Rain features some of the greatest individual performances by the four Beatles while sounding like it was beamed from the future

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“We never did any TV-throwing – I’d rather nick ’em than throw ’em out the window”: Jeff Lynne recalls how easy it was for ELO to take over the 70s

From working with Roy Wood and hanging with the Beatles to finding that songs simply poured out of him, the bandleader still can’t believe his luck

Louder

"I doubt we will have anyone breaking through in the kind of monumental way that The Beatles did, or like The Who or The Rolling Stones": George Martin correctly predicted the future in 1983. Or did he?

Well, Taylor Swift fans might disagree…

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"I never intended the statement to mean 'Paul McCartney quits Beatles'... It was all a misunderstanding. I just thought 'Christ, what have I done? Now we’re in for it'": The day the world learned the Fab Four were over

McCartney spilled the beans on this day in 1970

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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"

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

Louder

"It's been a rough road. I never got to the point ever where I thought I'd actually achieved anything": An epic Jeff Beck interview

Jeff Beck was the guitar hero everyone admired, yet throughout his career he shunned the limelight more than basked in it

Guitar World

“George Martin wasn’t going to leave his own studio, and Jeff never gave directions or said much, so there was nobody telling us what to do”: Listen to Wilbur Bascomb’s bassline on Jeff Beck’s Goodbye Pork Pie Hat

New York session bassist Wilbur Bascomb Jr. recorded on Jeff Beck’s 1976 version of this Charles Mingus ballad

The Guardian - UK

England under Borthwick on the upslope for first time in a long time

Despite the narrow defeat in France, there is evidence of a serious pack and speed, strength and skill in the three-quarters

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France 33-31 England: Six Nations player ratings from Lyon

Damian Penaud sparkles to help France snatch victory late on and ensure Ollie Lawrence’s efforts end in vain for England

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"He wrote it for me, but the record company had the power to prevent any other record coming out and they said, ‘This is a number one smash: Beck doesn’t get this’”: The story of the Stevie Wonder and Jeff Beck connection

Denied the song Stevie Wonder wrote for him, he instead gifted the guitarist a composition that would inspire one of his greatest performances

The Guardian - UK

Shooting for the stars: young guns are lighting up this year’s Six Nations

From Le Garrec’s mega pass to the mesmerising Menoncello and the mighty Martin, a new wave of impressive young talent is making its mark

Evening Standard

England player ratings vs Ireland: Barnstorming Ben Earl as Marcus Smith keeps his nerve

Immanuel Feyi-Waboso and Ollie Lawrence impress in last-gasp win, but Henry Slade continues to struggle

The Guardian - UK

England 23-22 Ireland: Six Nations player ratings from Twickenham

Ben Earl shone for England but it was a difficult day for Dan Sheehan and the Ireland pack

The Guardian - UK

England 23-22 Ireland: Six Nations 2024 – as it happened

Marcus Smith’s game-ending drop goal earned a dramatic win to put Ireland’s title party on ice

The Guardian - UK

Jamie George calls on England to ‘defend our home’ in Ireland clash

Ireland head to Twickenham as red-hot favourites knowing a bonus-point win would secure the Six Nations title

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