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Custom Vox used by Beatles George Harrison and John Lennon to be Auctioned

One-of-a-kind custom made Vox expected to fetch between $200,000-300,000 at auction

 

By Alex Baker

 

A rare custom Vox guitar that was created by Mike Bennett and Dickey Denney will be sold at auction on May 18. The guitar was in the possession of the Beatles in the mid-60s and was used by George Harrison for guitar takes on “Read More

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Marshall Crenshaw’s the Incredible Simulators at BB King’s – Friday, January 4th, 2013 – Rock NYC Review

Marshall Crenshaw revisits his Beatlemania days and Rock NYC’s Iman Lababedi brings us this review

 

By Iman Lababedi

 

In 1978, Marshall Crenshaw played John Lennon to Glen Burtnik‘s Paul McCartney in the touring company of Beatlemania, 35 years later the two men were revisiting those days as the Incredible Simulators at BB King’s. And before you go on about how the last thing the world needs is another Read More

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The Beatles Stereo Vinyl Box Set

Beatles original 12 UK studio albums plus Past Masters now available in glorious remastered vinyl box

 

By Alex Baker

 

Having not had their original 12 UK studio albums along with Magical Mystery Tour and the two Past Masters collections remastered since 1987, the Fabs catalog finally got a much-needed digital facelift a couple years back. However then, the newly-remastered albums were only made available on CD and as digitalRead More

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Sir Paul McCartney Paid only £1 for Olympic Opening Ceremony Performance

 

It was a grandstand performance, topping off a rousing opening ceremony witnessed by billions of people around the world; Sir Paul McCartney leading Wembley Arena, and in a manner of speaking, the entire whole world, in a sing-along of the Beatles classic “Hey Jude.”

 

And for bringing down the house, and the final curtain, on a ceremony that lasted more than four hours and officially opened the Read More

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