From Hello to Goodbye! My experience of touring the Beatles Story in Liverpool’s Albert Dock. Expect replicas, Blue meanies, Sgt Pepper and maybe a few tears.
The Last Symphony of The Beatles: A Personal Ode to Abbey Road
Abbey Road has always been my favourite Beatles album. Released in 1969, the album marked the end of an era, as it would be the last time the band recorded together before their eventual split. After the alleged ‘troubled’ recording of Let it Be, the Fab Four returned to the studio to deliver one last […]
Father’s Day Presents for the Music Lover
We’ve just celebrated Father’s Day here in England. But what do you give the father who has most things? I think this year, my daughter surpassed herself. Socks. Yes Socks. But not any kind of socks… Yellow Submarine socks from Happy Socks! I’m a fan of Yellow Submarine (I completed the Yellow Submarine Lego last […]
Hard Times are Over
In November 1980, John Lennon and Yoko Ono released ‘Double Fantasy’. It was John’s first album release since 1973’s flop, ‘Mind Games’ and less than a decade since he had moved to New York City. The intervening years had seen major changes in the couple’s life. Mind Games had been a massive flop in comparison […]
The Hidden Secrets Of Liverpool’s Beatles Statue
The Beatles Statue is an iconic tribute to Liverpool’s most famous band. It was unveiled in 2015 after the Cavern Club owners had felt there was no one place Beatles fans could gather in Liverpool to celebrate the band. London had Abbey Road, but the narrow street of the Cavern Club didn’t feel like the best gathering […]
Celebrating 50 Years Of Sgt. Pepper In Liverpool
This summer Liverpool will celebrate 50 years since the release of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band which gives me an overwhelming reason to visit. Do You Want To Know A Secret? I’ve never been to Liverpool. There is no reason for *not* going, it’s just I’ve never had a work or personal reason to visit. […]