By Marvin Marks on Aug 30, 2011 in Music News | 7 Comments
The original recordings from the Beach Boys legendary Smile sessions (’66-’67) are finally set to be officially released. There will be a double CD version, a double vinyl version, and a 9 disc box set! (Click Here to order the box set on Amazon) What’s In The Smile Sessions Box Set? + Five CDs. + [...]
By Marvin Marks on Apr 27, 2011 in Features | 2 Comments
I think it’s interesting to see which classic bands/artists continue to reach new listeners (the great majority of Last.FM users weren’t even alive in the 1960s) so in that vein I’m creating this list of the 10 most popular bands/artists of the 1960s on the Last.FM website. Two notes: (1) I’m only considering bands/artists that [...]
By Marvin Marks on Apr 15, 2011 in Song Reviews | 0 Comments
Continuing my new picking whatever I want to do next approach to the Beatles songs series; today’s song is “Rain.” Yes, I’m really picking up steam. After waiting 9 months between “Hold Me Tight” to “And I Love Her” I’ve waited only 13 days to get to “Rain.” At this rate I may even finish [...]
By Marvin Marks on Mar 13, 2011 in Music News | 1 Comment
The original 1966/67 recordings of the “lost” Beach Boys album Smile are set to be officially released for the first time. Brian Wilson on the original Smile recordings finally being released: “I’m looking forward to this collection of the original recordings and having fans hear the beautiful angelic voices of the boys in a proper [...]
By Marvin Marks on Feb 9, 2011 in Music Trivia | 2 Comments
On February 9th of 1964 The Beatles debuted on The Ed Sullivan Show. This was the very first time that most Americans saw The Beatles on TV. An incredible 73 million Americans watched. As the Washington Post pointed out in their story today; that means that 40% of Americans saw The Beatles that night – [...]
By Marvin Marks on Nov 30, 2010 in Features | 0 Comments
***Due to my obsessive nature I am editing this article with Amazon.com sales rankings included because I’m obsessed with them right now for some sick reason.*** According to the users of the website RateYourMusic.com, these are the top 10 pop/rock albums of the 1960s: #01 The Beatles – Abbey Road (1969) – #82 on Amazon [...]
By Marvin Marks on Nov 12, 2010 in Features | 1 Comment
As a huge fan of Syd Barrett I’m surprised I hadn’t heard about the new remastered Syd Barrett collection called “An Introduction to Syd Barrett” until today. What’s neat about this 18 track collection is that it is remastered and that it includes songs from his time as leader of Pink Floyd and from his [...]
By Marvin Marks on Sep 19, 2010 in Features | 7 Comments
There’s a “special collectors edition” of Rolling Stone out now with a list of The Beatles 100 greatest songs (only original songs, no covers.) 100 songs is a lot. What other band/artist can you imagine making a top 100 list for and it not being absolutely ridiculous? What’s even more amazing is that there are [...]
By Marvin Marks on Aug 28, 2010 in Features | 2 Comments
The Beatles were actively recording songs from 1962 through 1969. To be precise; they did record some demos prior to 1962, most of them can be heard on The Beatles Anthology 1, and they finished a single song in 1970, “I Me Mine” on 1/3/70, but obviously choosing the five best songs from the demos [...]
By BrainFace on Oct 15, 2009 in Features | 0 Comments
My final entry in my “Most Valuable Beatle” series (which except for Yellow Submarine could really be called my Lennon vs. McCartney series.) Before I get to the Past Masters 2 disc let me share my previous entries here: Please Please Me (John), With The Beatles (John), A Hard Day’s Night (John), Beatles For Sale [...]
