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The Incredible Story of How a Guitar Magazine Helped Find John Lennon’s Long-Lost Gibson J-160E
By Christopher Scapelliti published
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
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
“It was just born from nothing and worked immediately,” recalls the guitarist

Watch the Beatles’ ‘Please Please Me’ Mini-Documentary
By Rod Brakes published
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
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
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
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
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
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.'

“I Think It Comes From Their Fingers and the Guitars”: Listen to Tracks From the Beatles’ New ‘Revolver’ Releases and Read Giles Martin’s Unmissable Interview on Re-Mixing (and De-Mixing!) the Landmark Album
By Christopher Scapelliti published
Wielding a sonic scalpel, the producer presents the Beatles’ 1966 milestone recording as you’ve never heard it
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