Hey John: 11 Beatles-Related Web Goodies

First of all, a musical treat: Blossom Dearie extends her tiny-voiced affection to John Lennon, whom she met on a chat show:
Hey John, look at me digging you digging me!
It’s a lovely little soufflé called Hey John.  Kind of makes you wonder what Dearie would've thought of the Plastic Ono Band record he was making? Now that would be some cover version!


Right, now onto the links!

1. Faux-Beatles records on WFMU: ‘Have You Heard The Word?’

2. Pop Hates the Beatles - Allan Sherman clearly wasn't their biggest fan.

3. Kenny Everett’s interviews with the Beatles – there is a great interview online in which plays and comments on the entire Pepper’s album with the Beatles – but I don't know where it is at the moment. Until someone points it out to me, have a listen to this one: Kenny Everett Interviews the Beatles.

4. The Lost ‘Beatles’ Album, Everyday Chemistry

5. Wonderful book by the Beatles Releasing Collective called Let’s Put the Beatles Back Together Again 1970-2010: How to Assemble and Appreciate the 2nd Half of the Beatles’ Legacy (and you can download a sampler EP here). For biographical info, here's the relevant site.

6. Hilariously bad covers of Beatles songs. A good sample track would be his ‘The Inner Light’, which made me do one of those involuntary snorts.

7. Someone with access to the master tapes has uploaded them onto YouTube, so you can now have fun Deconstructing Sgt Pepper’s

8. Fela Kuti meets the Beatles: Afrobeatles

9. Self-plug #1: The Beatles’ ‘Beatlesque’ Use of Descending Chord Progressions

10. Self-plug #2: The Alternate Beatles

11. The Source - acetates and tapes c. 1957-1970. Some master tapes, radio records.

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