When I'm Sixty-Four

The first of the Sgt Pepper songs to be recorded, When I'm Sixty-Four was originally intended to be the b-side to Strawberry Fields Forever. Read more »

Abbey Road sold over 3 million copies in the US in a little over a month.

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The Beatles and drugs

From Preludin to heroin, via the marijuana years and the psychedelic times on LSD, The Beatles were no strangers to illicit substances. Read more »

Rubber Soul

The Beatles' sixth UK album and 11th US long-player, Rubber Soul showed the group maturing from their earlier pop performances, exploring different styles of songwriting and instrumentation, and pushing boundaries inside the studio. Read more »

"The more real you get, the more unreal everything else is." - John Lennon

Phil Spector

The legendary record producer Phil Spector was drafted in to work on the Let It Be project. After The Beatles' split he worked on solo recordings by John Lennon and George Harrison. Read more »