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John Lennon’s Help! Framus 12-string becomes one of the most expensive guitars to ever sell at auction By Phil Weller published 30 May 24 The acoustic is now the most expensive Beatles guitar to ever sell at auction, having been lost for 50 years
The Incredible Story of How a Guitar Magazine Helped Find John Lennon’s Long-Lost Gibson J-160E By Christopher Scapelliti published 14 June 23 Missing since 1963, this iconic Beatles guitar was found over half a century later and sold at auction for $2.4 million
The Iconic Rickenbacker 325 Has a Story Like No Other Electric Guitar By Rod Brakes published 7 April 23 Favored by John Lennon, this short-scale model was the first in Rickenbacker’s defining Capri range
“It Was Pretty Obvious It Was a Song That Was Going to Go a Long Way”: Glenn Tipton Explains How John Lennon’s Home Inspired Judas Priest’s 1980 Classic “Living After Midnight” By Mark McStea published 3 February 23 “It was just born from nothing and worked immediately,” recalls the guitarist
Watch the Beatles’ ‘Please Please Me’ Mini-Documentary By Rod Brakes published 19 January 23 Video The Fab Four’s debut album turns 60 this year
Here's Why the Beatles’ ‘Let It Be... Naked’ Is a Must-Have Album By Jim Campilongo published 13 December 22 The Fab Four’s 1970 swan song finds its groove in this 2003 redux
Watch the Claypool Lennon Delirium’s Deliriously Wonderful House of Blues Performance By Mark McStea published 1 December 22 Video The quirky quartet puts on a dazzling display of supreme oddness
Get 22% Off the Beatles’ New ‘Revolver’ Special Edition 5CD Box Set By Christopher Scapelliti published 28 October 22 Remixed in stereo, this expanded version of the psychedelic rock masterpiece is available now at a special introductory price
Here’s Why Bob Dylan Was Essential to the Birth of Psychedelic Rock By Christopher Scapelliti published 25 October 22 From the Beatles and the Byrds to Jimi Hendrix and Jefferson Airplane, the folk legend laid the groundwork for all
"Yellow Submarine" Like You've Never Heard it Before: Hear John Lennon's Somber, Newly Unearthed Demo of the Classic Track By Jackson Maxwell published 24 October 22 This early stab at "Yellow Submarine" is a much less peppy affair than the Ringo Starr-fronted version of the song that would go on to appear on 'Revolver.'
