Posts Tagged “The White Album”

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February 3, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Playlist: Paul on Drums – Big Macca Attack

“Ringo! The best drummer in the world? He’s not even”, so the famous quip goes, “the best drummer in The Beatles”. Attributed to John Lennon, it’s actually a clever piece of satire by the comedian Jasper Carrott. Not only is it the funniest thing he said it has a deadly accuracy – John Lennon might […]

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September 30, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Charles Fairchild: Danger Mouse’s Grey Album (33 1/3)

Danger Mouse’s The Grey Album (33 1/3) Charles Fairchild Bloomsbury Academic Charles Fairchild is a Senior Lecturer in Popular Music at the University of Sydney in Australia and here, with his entry into the 33 1/3 series he looks at The Grey Album by Danger Mouse, an exercise in collage and contrast, in the melding […]

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February 5, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1637

The Beatles, With The Beatles (1963) To start with I was really only interested in The Beatles from 1965 onwards – the last few albums particularly, post-Sgt Peppers. But I was raised on the band, as much of a cheap and easy cliché as that may be – my folks were big fans, my dad […]