I’m finishing up my “Most Valuable Beatle” series with the Past Masters non album tracks compilation which I’m splitting up into disc 1 and disc 2 to make it easier to chew. First a recap: Please Please Me (John), With The Beatles (John), A Hard Day’s Night (John), Beatles For Sale (John), Help! (John), Rubber [...]

Alright, I’ve finally made it to the last Beatles album in my “Most Valuable Beatle” series for each album. And as a pre-emptive strike against the comments I’ll get if I don’t mention this; I know that Abbey Road was recorded after Let It Be (with the exception of “I Me Mine” and Phil Spector’s [...]

Continuing with my series on who is the “Most Valuable Beatle” (which basically turns into a John Vs. Paul battle) for each Beatles album, I’ve made my way to Abbey Road today (I’m going by release date, not recording date as Let It Be was the last album released, but Abbey Road was the last [...]

Continuing with my series on who is the “MVB” (Most Valuable Beatle) for each their albums, I have arrived at 1969′s Yellow Submarine which is a pretty unusual album in The Beatles career as it contains only four new Beatles songs because two had already been released on previous albums (“Yellow Submarine” on Revolver & [...]

It’s been awhile, but I’m finally picking up where I left off (Magical Mystery Tour) with my series on who was the “Most Valuable Beatle” for each Beatles album which, of course, boils down to a John Lennon vs. Paul McCartney battle. There’s no disrespect meant to George & Ringo as they were valuable parts [...]

In my continuing series on who was the “MVB” (Most Valuable Beatle) for each album – I’ve made my way to their 9th album; 1967′s Magical Mystery Tour. Lennon won the first six (Please Please Me through Rubber Soul) and McCartney has won the last two (Revolver & Sgt. Pepper.) Before I continue let me [...]

Even after Paul McCartney’s victory for Revolver, John Lennon is still up 6 to 1 in my album by album series on who contributed more to each Beatles album; Lennon or McCartney? Next, The Beatles 8th, and most famous, album; 1967′s Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. 01. “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” – [...]

John Lennon won the Rubber Soul battle and is now up 6-0 in my continuing series on who contributed more to each Beatles album, John Lennon or Paul McCartney. But it should be noted that at least half of those battles were very, very close so this hasn’t really been as much of a landslide [...]

Here are the rules: I start with “Rubber Soul” and end with “Abbey Road”. “In My Life” is an obvious choice. I hear a slight Buddy Holly influence on this song. A beautiful melancholy melody and pleasantly dreaming lead vocal performance from John Lennon. While the song “Rain” never appeared on any of The Beatles [...]

While I’ll be the first to admit that the solo work of John Lennon & Paul McCartney does pale a bit in comparison to The Beatles, I do think that their post Beatles stuff is often not given the respect it deserves. Here I highlight what I think are the best three post Beatles albums [...]